Atlassian Corp (TEAM)
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SEC company page: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/browse/?CIK=1650372. Latest filing source: 0001650372-25-000036.
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Business
Read TEAM's verbatim Item 1 Business section from its latest 10-K: Business.
Risk Factors
Read TEAM's verbatim Item 1A Risk Factors from its latest 10-K: Risk Factors.
Selected Fundamentals
| Metric | Value | Unit | FY | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 5,215,304,000 | USD | 2025 | 2025-08-15 |
| Net income | -256,687,000 | USD | 2025 | 2025-08-15 |
| Assets | 6,041,970,000 | USD | 2025 | 2025-08-15 |
Financials
Annual standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2025-08-15. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001650372.json. Derived margins, ratios, and free cash flow are computed from the extracted annual SEC facts.
| Metric | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 2,089,132,000 | 2,802,882,000 | 3,534,647,000 | 4,358,603,000 | 5,215,304,000 | |
| Net income | -578,979,000 | -519,510,000 | -486,761,000 | -300,519,000 | -256,687,000 | |
| Operating income | 141,406,000 | 70,083,000 | -345,222,000 | -117,077,000 | -130,392,000 | |
| Gross profit | 1,757,282,000 | 2,349,968,000 | 2,900,882,000 | 3,555,108,000 | 4,320,453,000 | |
| Diluted EPS | -2.32 | -2.05 | -1.90 | -1.16 | -0.98 | |
| Operating cash flow | 789,960,000 | 821,044,000 | 868,111,000 | 1,448,159,000 | 1,460,393,000 | |
| Capital expenditures | 31,520,000 | 70,583,000 | 25,812,000 | 33,112,000 | 44,850,000 | |
| Share buybacks | 0.00 | 0.00 | 150,006,000 | 395,256,000 | 779,439,000 | |
| Assets | 3,326,830,000 | 4,106,779,000 | 5,212,133,000 | 6,041,970,000 | ||
| Liabilities | 2,999,458,000 | 3,452,107,000 | 4,179,282,000 | 4,696,316,000 | ||
| Stockholders' equity | 566,643,000 | 313,262,000 | 327,372,000 | 654,672,000 | 1,032,851,000 | 1,345,654,000 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 919,227,000 | 1,385,265,000 | 2,102,550,000 | 2,176,930,000 | 2,512,874,000 | |
| Free cash flow | 758,440,000 | 750,461,000 | 842,299,000 | 1,415,047,000 | 1,415,543,000 |
Ratios
| Metric | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -27.71% | -18.53% | -13.77% | -6.89% | -4.92% | |
| Operating margin | 6.77% | 2.50% | -9.77% | -2.69% | -2.50% | |
| Return on equity | -184.82% | -158.69% | -74.35% | -29.10% | -19.08% | |
| Return on assets | -15.62% | -11.85% | -5.77% | -4.25% | ||
| Liabilities / equity | 9.16 | 5.27 | 4.05 | 3.49 | ||
| Current ratio | 1.19 | 1.35 | 1.18 | 1.22 |
Industry Peer Context
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Financial Bridges
Income statement bridge from reported figures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2025. Revenue: accession 0001650372-25-000036; concept RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax; source concepts us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax | Gross profit: accession 0001650372-25-000036; concept GrossProfit; source concepts us-gaap:GrossProfit | Operating income: accession 0001650372-25-000036; concept OperatingIncomeLoss; source concepts us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss | Net income: accession 0001650372-25-000036; concept NetIncomeLoss; source concepts us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss
Free cash flow = operating cash flow - capital expenditures
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts FY 2025. Operating cash flow: accession 0001650372-25-000036; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities | Capital expenditures: accession 0001650372-25-000036; concept PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment | Free cash flow: accession 0001650372-25-000036; concept NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment; source concepts us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment
Financial Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax. Source concepts: us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: OperatingIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: GrossProfit. Source concepts: us-gaap:GrossProfit.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock. Source concepts: us-gaap:PaymentsForRepurchaseOfCommonStock.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: Assets. Source concepts: us-gaap:Assets.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: Liabilities. Source concepts: us-gaap:Liabilities.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: StockholdersEquity. Source concepts: us-gaap:StockholdersEquity.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue. Source concepts: us-gaap:CashAndCashEquivalentsAtCarryingValue.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2025 ended 2025-06-30; accession 0001650372-25-000036; filed 2025-08-15. Concept: NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities - PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetCashProvidedByUsedInOperatingActivities; us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment.
Quarterly
Quarterly standardized facts from SEC companyfacts as of latest extracted filing date 2026-05-01. Source: https://data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001650372.json.
| Quarter | End Date | Revenue | Net Income | Diluted EPS | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-Q1 | 2022-09-30 | -0.05 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q2 | 2022-12-31 | -0.80 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q3 | 2023-03-31 | -0.81 | reported discrete quarter | ||
| 2023-Q4 | 2023-06-30 | 939,098,000 | -58,952,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2024-Q1 | 2023-09-30 | 977,775,000 | -31,883,000 | -0.12 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q2 | 2023-12-31 | 1,060,110,000 | -84,469,000 | -0.33 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q3 | 2024-03-31 | 1,189,128,000 | 12,752,000 | 0.05 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2024-Q4 | 2024-06-30 | 1,131,590,000 | -196,919,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2025-Q1 | 2024-09-30 | 1,187,781,000 | -123,769,000 | -0.48 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q2 | 2024-12-31 | 1,286,463,000 | -38,208,000 | -0.15 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q3 | 2025-03-31 | 1,356,716,000 | -70,807,000 | -0.27 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2025-Q4 | 2025-06-30 | 1,384,344,000 | -23,903,000 | derived Q4 = FY annual - nine-month YTD | |
| 2026-Q1 | 2025-09-30 | 1,432,553,000 | -51,870,000 | -0.20 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q2 | 2025-12-31 | 1,586,315,000 | -42,645,000 | -0.16 | reported discrete quarter |
| 2026-Q3 | 2026-03-31 | 1,786,971,000 | -98,389,000 | -0.38 | reported discrete quarter |
Quarterly Charts
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001650372-26-000027; filed 2026-05-01. Concept: RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax. Source concepts: us-gaap:RevenueFromContractWithCustomerExcludingAssessedTax.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001650372-26-000027; filed 2026-05-01. Concept: NetIncomeLoss. Source concepts: us-gaap:NetIncomeLoss.
Figure provenance: SEC companyfacts. Latest point: FY 2026 ended 2026-03-31; accession 0001650372-26-000027; filed 2026-05-01. Concept: EarningsPerShareDiluted. Source concepts: us-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted.
Macro Cross-References
- CPIAUCSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items in U.S. City Average
- UNRATE - Unemployment Rate
- FEDFUNDS - Federal Funds Effective Rate
- CES0500000003 - Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees, Total Private
- DFEDTARU - Federal Funds Target Range - Upper Limit
- DFEDTARL - Federal Funds Target Range - Lower Limit
- DGS3MO - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 3-Month Constant Maturity
- DGS2 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 2-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS10 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 10-Year Constant Maturity
- DGS30 - Market Yield on U.S. Treasury Securities at 30-Year Constant Maturity
- T10Y2Y - 10-Year Treasury Constant Maturity Minus 2-Year Treasury Constant Maturity
- CPILFESL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: All Items Less Food and Energy
- CPIUFDSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food
- CPIENGSL - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Energy
- CUSR0000SAH1 - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Shelter
- PCEPI - Personal Consumption Expenditures: Chain-type Price Index
- PCEPILFE - Personal Consumption Expenditures Excluding Food and Energy: Chain-type Price Index
- PPIACO - Producer Price Index by Commodity: All Commodities
- T10YIE - 10-Year Breakeven Inflation Rate
- U6RATE - Total Unemployed, Plus All Marginally Attached Workers Plus Total Employed Part Time for Economic Reasons
- PAYEMS - All Employees, Total Nonfarm
- CIVPART - Labor Force Participation Rate
- EMRATIO - Employment-Population Ratio
- UNEMPLOY - Unemployed
- CE16OV - Employment Level
- ICSA - Initial Claims
- JTSJOL - Job Openings: Total Nonfarm
- JTSQUR - Quits: Total Nonfarm
- GDPC1 - Real Gross Domestic Product
- A191RL1Q225SBEA - Real Gross Domestic Product: Percent Change from Preceding Period
- INDPRO - Industrial Production: Total Index
- TCU - Capacity Utilization: Total Index
- HOUST - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Started: Total Units
- PERMIT - New Privately-Owned Housing Units Authorized in Permit-Issuing Places: Total Units
- RSAFS - Advance Retail Sales: Retail Trade
- PCE - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- DSPIC96 - Real Disposable Personal Income
- PSAVERT - Personal Saving Rate
- M2SL - M2
- BOPGSTB - U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services: Balance
- MSPUS - Median Sales Price of Houses Sold for the United States
- HSN1F - New One Family Houses Sold: United States
- RHORUSQ156N - Homeownership Rate in the United States
- TTLCONS - Total Construction Spending: Total Construction in the United States
- RRVRUSQ156N - Rental Vacancy Rate in the United States
- TOTALSL - Total Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- REVOLSL - Revolving Consumer Credit Owned and Securitized
- DRCCLACBS - Delinquency Rate on Credit Card Loans, All Commercial Banks
- GDP - Gross Domestic Product
- GPDI - Gross Private Domestic Investment
- GCE - Government Consumption Expenditures and Gross Investment
- PCEC - Personal Consumption Expenditures
- NETEXP - Net Exports of Goods and Services
- GFDEBTN - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt
- GFDEGDQ188S - Federal Debt: Total Public Debt as Percent of Gross Domestic Product
- FYFSD - Federal Surplus or Deficit
- FGRECPT - Federal Government Current Receipts
- FGEXPND - Federal Government: Current Expenditures
- MANEMP - All Employees, Manufacturing
- USCONS - All Employees, Construction
- USTRADE - All Employees, Retail Trade
- USFIRE - All Employees, Financial Activities
- USGOVT - All Employees, Government
- AWHAETP - Average Weekly Hours of All Employees, Total Private
- DGORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Durable Goods
- NEWORDER - Manufacturers' New Orders: Nondefense Capital Goods Excluding Aircraft
- BUSINV - Total Business Inventories
- EXPGS - Exports of Goods and Services
- IMPGS - Imports of Goods and Services
- IR - Import Price Index (End Use): All Commodities
- PPIFIS - Producer Price Index by Commodity: Final Demand
Latest quarter (10-Q)
Latest 10-Q source: 0001650372-26-000027.
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 the condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto and the information contained in Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the year ended June 30, 2025, included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 15, 2025.
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “plan,” “should,” “estimate,” or “continue,” and similar expressions or variations, but these words are not the exclusive means for identifying such statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results and the timing of certain events to differ materially from future results and timing expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q represent our views as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Except as may be required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-looking statements or the reasons that results could differ from these forward-looking statements. You should, therefore, not rely on these forward-looking statements as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Overview
Our mission is to unleash the potential of every team.
Atlassian’s team collaboration software enables organizations to connect all teams through a system of work that unlocks productivity at scale.
Our deeply interconnected portfolio of apps, AI agents, and products, each with discrete value propositions, delivers solutions for software teams, IT operations and support teams, leadership, and business teams. We’ve put AI at the center of our portfolio to enhance teamwork for users across our apps and Collections, a carefully curated set of apps and agents designed to solve complex tasks. These apps, agents, and Collections are all built on the Atlassian Cloud Platform and data model: a common technology foundation that seamlessly connects teams, information, and workflows throughout an organization.
We generate revenues primarily in the form of subscription fees. Subscription revenues consist primarily of fees earned from subscription-based arrangements for providing customers the right to use our software apps in a cloud-based-infrastructure that we provide (“Cloud offerings”). We also sell on-premises term license agreements for our Data Center products (“Data Center offerings”), consisting of software licensed for a specified period and support and maintenance services that are bundled with the license for the term of the license period. Subscription revenues also include subscription-based agreements for our premier support services. From time to time, we make changes to our apps and product offerings, prices, and pricing plans for our offerings, which may impact the growth rate of our revenue, and our deferred revenue balances, remaining performance obligations, and customer retention. Subscription revenue, through our Cloud and Data Center offerings, results in a large recurring revenue base.
In September 2025, we announced plans to end-of-life our Data Center deployment offering. As of March 2026, we no longer sell term licenses to new customers, and we will stop selling term licenses and expansions to existing customers in March 2028. Subject to limited exceptions, we also plan to end maintenance and support for on-premises versions of our products in March 2029. In order to support customers who face unique requirements or challenges, we will offer an approximately three-year extended maintenance period for certain customers.
In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, we completed the acquisitions of The Browser Company of New York Inc. (“BCNY”) and A Software Company (“DX”). We believe integrating these technologies into our offerings will enhance customer value. BCNY has built a browser for enterprises optimized for SaaS applications in the AI-era. DX offers market-leading engineering intelligence that provides leaders with data-driven insights to understand how their
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investments are helping teams accelerate and improve their work and enhances the value of the offerings in our Collections.
Economic Conditions
Our results of operations may vary based on the impact of changes in the global economy on us or our customers. Our business depends on demand for business software applications generally and for collaboration software solutions in particular. We are subject to risks and exposures from the evolving macroeconomic environment, inflationary pressures, interest rate policy, changes in trade policies, political instability, and geopolitical tensions. We monitor the direct and indirect impacts of these circumstances on our business and financial results. The extent to which these risks ultimately impact our business, results of operations, and financial position will depend on future developments, which are uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time.
Restructuring
During the first quarter of fiscal year 2026, we initiated a restructuring plan (“July 2025 Plan”) to reduce additional capacity no longer necessary due to the increased ability, accessibility, performance, stability, and supportability of our products. The July 2025 Plan is substantially completed as of March 31, 2026.
During the third quarter of fiscal year 2026, we initiated a restructuring plan (“March 2026 Plan”) to accelerate building the future of teamwork in the AI era. This includes self-funding further investment in key strategic priorities, such as AI and enterprise sales, reorganizing our teams to move with more focus and speed across the Atlassian System of Work, and optimizing for long-term operational efficiency and sustainability. The execution of the March 2026 Plan, including cash payment of severance and other termination benefits related liabilities, is expected to be substantially completed by the end of fiscal year 2026.
As a result, we recorded total severance and other termination benefits of $198.1 million and stock-based compensation of $1.4 million for the affected employees for the nine months ended March 31, 2026.
In addition, we exited certain leased properties, which we plan to sublease, in order to optimize our real estate footprint. As a result, we recorded total impairment charges for the related operating lease right-of-use assets and leasehold improvements of $80.0 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2026.
A summary of restructuring charges for the nine months ended March 31, 2026 by major activity type is as follows (in thousands):
| Severance and Other Termination Benefits | Stock-based Compensation | Lease Consolidation | Total | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost of revenue | $ | 44,541 | $ | 1,432 | $ | 6,647 | $ | 52,620 | ||||||
| Research and development | 104,972 | — | 35,650 | 140,622 | ||||||||||
| Marketing and sales | 24,423 | — | 26,421 | 50,844 | ||||||||||
| General and administrative | 24,120 | — | 11,303 | 35,423 | ||||||||||
| Total | $ | 198,056 | $ | 1,432 | $ | 80,021 | $ | 279,509 |
Refer to Note 14, “Restructuring,” in the notes of our condensed consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Key Business Metrics
We utilize the following key metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions.
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Customer Base
We have a history of successfully growing both our total customer base and the spend per customer through growth in users, higher average price per user, and adoption of new apps or products. We believe our ability to attract new customers is critical, and expanding within the existing customer base is the primary driver of our success as a business. Typically, new customers begin their journey with Atlassian with a small footprint by either adopting our free editions or purchasing a single app or product for a limited number of users. We are focused on continuing to grow our total customer base, specifically the number of customers with more than $10,000 in annualized recurring revenue from our Cloud offerings (“Cloud ARR”), as it measures our ability to successfully expand within our existing customer base.
We define the number of total customers at the end of any particular period as the number of organizations with unique domains with an active subscription for two or more seats. We define the number of customers with Cloud ARR greater than $10,000 using the same definition as total customers, with the distinction of having an active Cloud subscription and greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR. We define Cloud ARR as the annualized recurring revenue run-rate of Cloud subscription agreements at a point in time. We calculate Cloud ARR by taking the Cloud monthly recurring revenue (“Cloud MRR”) run-rate and multiplying it by 12. Cloud MRR for each month is calculated by aggregating monthly recurring revenue from committed contractual amounts at a point in time. Cloud ARR and Cloud MRR should be viewed independently of revenue and do not represent our revenue under GAAP, as they are operational metrics that can be affected by contract start and end dates and renewal rates. While a single customer may have distinct departments, operating segments, or subsidiaries with multiple active licenses or subscriptions of our apps, if the app deployments share a unique domain name, we only include the customer once for purposes of calculating a customer.
As of March 31, 2026, we had more than 350,000 customers. If we include single-user accounts and organizations that have only adopted our free or starter offerings, the active use of our offerings extends well beyond our total customer base. Through the extensive use of our software, we are able to reach a vast number of users, gather insights to refine our offerings, and generate growing revenue by expanding within our total customer base. Customers with greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR represent the majority of our Cloud revenue.
The following table sets forth our number of customers with greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR as of the dates presented:
| As of | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | June 30, 2025 | September 30, 2025 | December 31, 2025 | March 31, 2026 | |||||||||
| Number of customers with greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR | 50,715 | 51,978 | 53,017 | 55,369 | 55,913 |
Free Cash Flow
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as net cash provided by operating activities less net cash used in investing activities for capital expenditures. Management considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash genera
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Latest 10-K MD&A
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
This section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K discusses our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal years 2025 and 2024, and year-to-year comparisons between fiscal years 2025 and 2024, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). A discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the fiscal year 2023 and year-to-year comparisons between fiscal years 2024 and 2023 that is not included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2024, filed on August 16, 2024.
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing under “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Item 8 in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. As discussed in the section titled “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 such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” under Part I, Item 1A in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Overview
Our mission is to unleash the potential of every team.
Atlassian’s team collaboration software enables organizations to connect all teams through a system of work that unlocks productivity at scale.
Our deeply interconnected portfolio of apps, AI agents, and Collections, each with discrete value propositions, delivers solutions for software teams, IT operations and support teams, leadership, and business teams. We’ve put AI at the center of our portfolio to enhance teamwork for users across our apps and Collections for all teams. These apps, agents, and Collections are all built on the Atlassian Cloud Platform and data model: a
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common technology foundation that seamlessly connects teams, information, and workflows throughout an organization.
We generate revenues primarily in the form of subscription fees. Subscription revenues consist primarily of fees earned from subscription-based arrangements for providing customers the right to use our software apps in a cloud-based-infrastructure that we provide (“Cloud offerings”). We also sell on-premises term license agreements for our Data Center products (“Data Center offerings”), consisting of software licensed for a specified period and support and maintenance services that are bundled with the license for the term of the license period. Subscription revenues also include subscription-based agreements for our premier support services. From time to time, we make changes to our apps and product offerings, prices, and pricing plans for our offerings, which may impact the growth rate of our revenue, our deferred revenue balances, and customer retention. Subscription revenue, through our Cloud and Data Center offerings, results in a large recurring revenue base.
Economic Conditions
Our results of operations may vary based on the impact of changes in the global economy on us or our customers. Our business depends on demand for business software applications generally and for collaboration software solutions in particular. We are subject to risks and exposures from the evolving macroeconomic environment, inflationary pressures, interest rate policy, changes in trade policies, political instability, and geopolitical tensions. We monitor the direct and indirect impacts of these circumstances on our business and financial results. The extent to which these risks ultimately impact our business, results of operations, and financial position will depend on future developments, which are uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time.
Key Business Metrics
We utilize the following key metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans, and make strategic decisions.
Customer Base
We have a history of successfully growing both our total customer base and the spend per customer through growth in users, higher average price per user, and adoption of new apps or products. We believe our ability to attract new customers is critical, and expanding within the existing customer base is the primary driver of our success as a business. Typically, new customers begin their journey with Atlassian with a small footprint by either adopting our free editions or purchasing a single app or product for a limited number of users. We are focused on continuing to grow our total customer base, specifically the number of customers with more than $10,000 in annualized recurring revenue from our Cloud offerings (“Cloud ARR”), as it measures our ability to successfully expand within our existing customer base.
We define the number of total customers at the end of any particular period as the number of organizations with unique domains with an active subscription for two or more seats. We define the number of customers with Cloud ARR greater than $10,000 using the same definition as total customers with the distinction of having an active Cloud subscription and greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR. We define Cloud ARR as the annualized recurring revenue run-rate of Cloud subscription agreements at a point in time. We calculate Cloud ARR by taking the Cloud monthly recurring revenue (“Cloud MRR”) run-rate and multiplying it by 12. Cloud MRR for each month is calculated by aggregating monthly recurring revenue from committed contractual amounts at a point in time. Cloud ARR and Cloud MRR should be viewed independently of revenue and do not represent our revenue under GAAP, as they are operational metrics that can be affected by contract start and end dates and renewal rates. While a single customer may have distinct departments, operating segments, or subsidiaries with multiple active licenses or subscriptions of our apps, if the app deployments share a unique domain name, we only include the customer once for purposes of calculating a customer.
As of June 30, 2025, we had more than 300,000 customers. If we include single-user accounts and organizations that have only adopted our free or starter offerings, the active use of our offerings extends well beyond our total customer base. Through the extensive use of our software, we are able to reach a vast number of users, gather insights to refine our offerings, and generate growing revenue by expanding within our total customer base. Customers with greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR represent the majority of our Cloud revenue. No single customer contributed more than 5% of our total revenues during fiscal year 2025.
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The following table sets forth our number of customers with greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR as of the dates presented:
| As of | |||||||
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| June 30, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | June 30, 2025 | |||||
| Number of customers with greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR | 38,726 | 45,842 | 51,978 |
Free Cash Flow
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as net cash provided by operating activities less net cash used in investing activities for capital expenditures. Management considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by our business that can be used to fund our commitments, repay our debt, and for strategic opportunities, such as reinvesting in our business, making strategic acquisitions, and strengthening our financial position. Free cash flow is not a measure calculated in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP, such as GAAP net cash provided by operating activities. In addition, free cash flow may not be comparable to similarly titled metrics of other companies due to differences in the methods of calculation. The following table presents a reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow for the periods presented (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 1,460,393 | $ | 1,448,159 | ||
| Less: Capital expenditures | (44,850) | (32,577) | ||||
| Free cash flow | $ | 1,415,543 | $ | 1,415,582 |
Free cash flow for fiscal year 2025 remained approximately flat as compared to fiscal year 2024. The slight decrease in free cash flow was primarily attributable to an increase in capital expenditures offset by an increase in net cash provided by operating activities. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily attributable to an increase in cash received from customers, offset by an increase in cash paid to suppliers and employees.
For more information about net cash provided by operating activities, please see “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
Components of Results of Operations
Sources of Revenues
Subscription Revenues
Subscription revenues consist primarily of fees earned from subscription-based arrangements for providing customers the right to use our software in a cloud-based-infrastructure that we provide. We also sell on-premises term license agreements for our Data Center offerings, which consist of software licensed for a specified period and include support and maintenance services that are bundled with the license for the term of the license period. Subscription revenues also include subscription-based agreements for our premier support services. Subscription revenues are driven primarily by the number and size of active licenses, the type of deployment, and the price of the licenses. Our subscription-based arrangements generally have a contractual term of one to twelve months. For Cloud offerings, subscription revenue is recognized ratably as services are performed, commencing with the date the service is made available to customers. For Data Center offerings, we recognize revenue upfront for the portion that relates to the delivery of the term license, and the support and related revenue is recognized ratably as the services are delivered over the term of the arrangement. Premier support consists of subscription-based arrangements for a higher level of support across different deployment options, and revenue is recognized ratably as the services are delivered over the term of the arrangement.
Other Revenues
Other revenues primarily include fees received for sales of third-party apps in the Atlassian Marketplace. Advisory services and training services are also included in other revenues. Revenue from the sale of third-party apps via Atlassian Marketplace is recognized on the date of product delivery given that all of our obligations have
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been met at that time and on a net basis as we function as the agent in the relationship. Revenue from advisory services is recognized over the time period that the customer has access to the service. Revenue from consulting and training is recognized over time as the services are performed.
We expect subscription revenue to increase and continue to be our primary driver of revenue growth. Maintenance revenue related to our Server offerings is immaterial after the Server end of support date in fiscal year 2024, and has been classified in other revenues within our Consolidated Statements of Operations for all periods presented.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues primarily consists of expenses related to compensation expenses for our employees, including stock-based compensation, hosting our cloud infrastructure, which includes third-party hosting fees and depreciation associated with computer equipment, payment processing fees, consulting and contractors costs associated with our customer support and infrastructure service teams, amortization of acquired intangible assets, such as the amortization of the cost associated with an acquired company’s developed technology, certain IT program expenses, and facilities and related overhead costs. To support our cloud-based infrastructure, we utilize third-party managed hosting facilities.
We expect cost of revenues to increase as we continue to invest in our cloud-based infrastructure to support our Cloud customers.
We allocate stock-based compensation based on the expense category in which the employee works. We allocate overhead such as information technology costs, rent and occupancy charges in each expense category based on headcount in that category. As such, general overhead expenses are reflected in cost of revenues and operating expense categories.
Gross Profit and Gross Margin
Gross profit is total revenues less total cost of revenues. Gross margin is gross profit expressed as a percentage of total revenues. Gross margin can fluctuate from period to period as a result of changes in product mix.
We expect gross margin to be approximately flat, driven by the optimization of Cloud infrastructure costs, offset by the revenue mix shift from Data Center offerings to Cloud offerings.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses are classified as research and development, marketing and sales, and general and administrative. For each functional category, the largest component is compensation expenses, which include salaries, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and employee benefit costs.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation expenses for our employees, including stock-based compensation, facilities and related overhead costs, consulting and contractor costs associated with our software development teams, and certain IT program expenses. We continue to focus our research and development efforts on building new apps, AI agents and products, adding new features and services, integrating acquired technologies, increasing functionality, enhancing our cloud infrastructure, and advancing our artificial intelligence capabilities.
Marketing and Sales
Marketing and sales expenses consist primarily of compensation expenses for our employees, including stock-based compensation, marketing and sales program expenses, consulting and contractor costs, facilities and related overhead costs, and certain IT program expenses. Marketing programs consist of advertising, promotional events, such as user conferences, sponsorships, corporate communications, brand building and marketing activities such as online lead generation. Sales programs consist of activities and teams focused on direct sales to customers, supporting our solution partners and resellers, tracking channel sales activity, supporting and servicing our customers by helping them optimize their experience and expand the use of our offerings across their organizations and helping product evaluators learn how they can use our tools most effectively.
General and Administrative
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General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation expenses for our employees, including stock-based compensation, for finance, legal, human resources and information technology personnel, facilities and related overhead costs, consulting and contractor costs, certain IT program expenses, and other corporate expenses.
Income Taxes
Provision for income taxes consists primarily of income taxes related to federal, state, and foreign jurisdictions where we conduct business.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. These items are monitored and analyzed by us for changes in facts and circumstances, and material changes in these estimates could occur in the future. We base our estimates on 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. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results for the period in which they become known. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions and such differences could be material.
While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to the notes to our consolidated financial statements, the following accounting policies involve a greater degree of judgment and complexity. Accordingly, these are the accounting policies that we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations.
Revenue Recognition
Our contracts with customers often include promises to transfer multiple products and services to a customer.
We allocate the transaction price for each contract to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price (“SSP”) for each performance obligation. We use judgment in determining the SSP for products and services. We typically determine an SSP range for our products and services, which is reassessed on a periodic basis or when facts and circumstances change. For all performance obligations we are able to determine SSP based on the observable prices of products or services sold separately in comparable circumstances to similar customers. In instances where performance obligations do not have observable standalone sales, we utilize available information that may include market conditions, pricing strategies, the life of the software, and other observable inputs to estimate the price we would charge if the products and services were sold separately.
Income Taxes
We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to (i) temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and (ii) operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets are recognized subject to management’s judgment that realization is more likely than not applicable to the periods in which we expect the temporary difference will reverse. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts that are more likely than not expected to be realized. Future realization of deferred tax assets ultimately depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income within the carryback or carryforward periods available under the applicable tax law. We regularly review the deferred tax assets for recoverability based on historical taxable income, projected future taxable income, the expected timing of the reversals of existing temporary differences and tax planning strategies. Our judgment regarding future profitability may change due to many factors, including future market conditions and the ability to successfully execute our business plans and tax planning strategies. Should there be a change in the ability to recover deferred tax assets, our income tax provision would increase or decrease in the period in which the assessment is changed.
In the multiple tax jurisdictions in which we operate, our tax returns are subject to routine audit by the Internal Revenue Service, Australian Taxation Office (“ATO”), and other taxation authorities. These audits at times may
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produce alternative views regarding certain tax positions taken in the year(s) of review. As a result, we record uncertain tax positions, which require recognition at the time when it is deemed more likely than not that the position in question will be upheld. Although management believes that the judgment and estimates involved are reasonable and that the necessary provisions have been recorded, changes in circumstances or unexpected events could adversely affect our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
New Accounting Pronouncements Pending Adoption
The impact of recently issued accounting standards is set forth in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” of the notes to our consolidated financial statements.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods indicated (in thousands, except for percentages of total revenues):
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||
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| 2025 | % of Total Revenues | 2024 | % of Total Revenues | ||||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 4,930,604 | 95 | % | $ | 3,924,389 | 90 | % | |||||
| Other | 284,700 | 5 | 434,214 | 10 | |||||||||
| Total revenues | 5,215,304 | 100 | 4,358,603 | 100 | |||||||||
| Cost of revenues | 894,851 | 17 | 803,495 | 18 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 4,320,453 | 83 | 3,555,108 | 82 | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||
| Research and development | 2,669,312 | 51 | 2,184,111 | 50 | |||||||||
| Marketing and sales | 1,134,535 | 22 | 877,497 | 20 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 646,998 | 12 | 610,577 | 14 | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 4,450,845 | 85 | 3,672,185 | 84 | |||||||||
| Operating loss | (130,392) | (2) | (117,077) | (2) | |||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (50,277) | (1) | (30,916) | (1) | |||||||||
| Interest income | 112,324 | 2 | 96,663 | 2 | |||||||||
| Interest expense | (30,550) | (1) | (34,077) | (1) | |||||||||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (98,895) | (2) | (85,407) | (2) | |||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | (157,792) | (3) | (215,112) | (5) | |||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (256,687) | (5) | % | $ | (300,519) | (7) | % |
Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2025 and 2024
Revenues
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 4,930,604 | $ | 3,924,389 | $ | 1,006,215 | 26 | % | ||||||
| Other | 284,700 | 434,214 | (149,514) | (34) | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 5,215,304 | $ | 4,358,603 | $ | 856,701 | 20 | % |
Total revenues increased $856.7 million, or 20%, in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. Growth in total revenues was primarily attributable to increased demand for our offerings from existing customers. Of total revenues recognized in fiscal year 2025, over 90% was attributable to sales to customer accounts existing on or before June 30, 2024.
Subscription revenues increased $1.0 billion, or 26%, in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The increase in subscription revenues was primarily attributable to paid seat expansion from our existing customers and price increases.
Other revenues decreased $149.5 million, or 34%, in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The decrease in other revenues was primarily attributable to a decrease of $171.9 million in maintenance revenue due to the end of support from our Server offerings in fiscal year 2024.
Total revenues by deployment options were as follows:
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| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Cloud | $ | 3,447,427 | $ | 2,698,899 | $ | 748,528 | 28 | % | ||||||
| Data Center | 1,467,167 | 1,208,498 | 258,669 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Server | — | 177,645 | (177,645) | (100) | ||||||||||
| Marketplace and other | 300,710 | 273,561 | 27,149 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 5,215,304 | $ | 4,358,603 | $ | 856,701 | 20 | % |
Total revenues by geography were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Americas | $ | 2,516,901 | $ | 2,125,434 | $ | 391,467 | 18 | % | ||||||
| EMEA | 2,123,971 | 1,750,910 | 373,061 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Asia Pacific | 574,432 | 482,259 | 92,173 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 5,215,304 | $ | 4,358,603 | $ | 856,701 | 20 | % |
Cost of Revenues
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Cost of revenues | $ | 894,851 | $ | 803,495 | $ | 91,356 | 11 | % | ||||||
| Gross margin | 83 | % | 82 | % |
Cost of revenues increased $91.4 million, or 11%, in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $32.5 million in hosting fees paid to third-party providers, an increase of $25.7 million in compensation expense for employees (which includes an increase of $11.3 million in stock-based compensation), and an increase of $18.2 million in software subscription costs.
Operating Expenses
Research and development
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 2,669,312 | $ | 2,184,111 | $ | 485,201 | 22 | % |
Research and development expenses increased $485.2 million, or 22%, in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $462.7 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $225.0 million in stock-based compensation).
Marketing and sales
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Marketing and sales | $ | 1,134,535 | $ | 877,497 | $ | 257,038 | 29 | % |
Marketing and sales expenses increased $257.0 million, or 29%, for fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $163.0 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $30.9 million in stock-based compensation), and an increase of $74.9 million in advertising and marketing program expenses.
General and administrative
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | 646,998 | $ | 610,577 | $ | 36,421 | 6 | % |
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General and administrative expenses increased $36.4 million, or 6%, in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $40.6 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $13.5 million in stock-based compensation).
Other expense, net
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Other expense, net | $ | (50,277) | $ | (30,916) | $ | (19,361) | 63 | % |
Other expense, net increased $19.4 million, or 63% in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $9.2 million in expense related to our share of loss from an equity method investment and an increase of $7.0 million in contributions to the Atlassian Foundation.
Interest income
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Interest Income | $ | 112,324 | $ | 96,663 | $ | 15,661 | 16 | % |
Interest income increased $15.7 million, or 16% in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in investment income as a result of increased investment balances.
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Interest expense | $ | (30,550) | $ | (34,077) | $ | 3,527 | (10) | % |
Interest expense decreased $3.5 million, or 10%, in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in interest expense on our outstanding debt as a result of the issuance of the Notes (as defined below) and repayment of the Term Loan (as defined below) in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024.
Provision for income taxes
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2025 | 2024 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | (157,792) | $ | (215,112) | $ | 57,320 | (27) | % | ||||||
| Effective tax rate | * | * |
* Not meaningful
The provision for income taxes decreased by $57.3 million in fiscal year 2025 compared to fiscal year 2024. This decrease was primarily driven by a reduction in income tax expense in Australia, which resulted from a decrease in valuation allowance expense, partially offset by an increase in non-deductible stock-based compensation expense.
Our future effective tax rate may be materially impacted by the expense or benefit from tax amounts associated with our foreign earnings that are taxed at rates different from the U.S. federal statutory rate, level of profit before tax, accounting for uncertain tax positions, business combinations, changes in our valuation allowances to the extent sufficient positive evidence becomes available, closure of statute of limitations or settlement of tax audits, and changes in tax laws.
A significant amount of our earnings is generated by our Australian subsidiaries. Our future effective tax rates may be adversely affected to the extent earnings are lower than anticipated in countries where we have lower statutory tax rates. Changes in our global operations could result in changes to our effective tax rates, future cash flows, and overall profitability of our operations.
We recognize the tax benefit of an uncertain tax position only if we conclude it is more likely than not that the position is sustainable upon examination by the taxing authority, based on the technical merits. The tax benefit recognized is measured as the largest amount of benefit which is greater than 50 percent likely to be realized upon settlement with the taxing authority. We believe we have provided adequate reserves for income tax uncertainties in
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all open tax years. Based on the information currently available, we do not anticipate a material change in unrecognized tax benefits in the next 12 months.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development introduced a framework for a global minimum corporate income tax of 15% known as the Global Anti-Base Erosion rules. This legislation has been enacted in certain jurisdictions where we operate and is effective for our fiscal year 2025. As of June 30, 2025, the global minimum tax does not have a significant impact on our financial statements. As additional jurisdictions enact legislation, transitional rules lapse, and other provisions of the global minimum tax legislation become effective, our effective tax rate and cash tax payments may increase in future years.
On July 4, 2025, the U.S. government enacted The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) which includes, among other provisions, changes to the U.S. corporate income tax system such as allowing the immediate expensing of qualifying domestic research and development costs and permanent extensions of certain provisions within the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Certain provisions are effective for us beginning in fiscal year 2026. We are currently evaluating the future impact of these tax law changes on our consolidated financial statements.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2025, we had cash and cash equivalents totaling $2.5 billion, short-term investments totaling $424.3 million and accounts receivables totaling $778.3 million. Since our inception, we have primarily financed our operations through cash flows generated by operations and corporate debt.
Our cash flows from operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities for fiscal years 2025 and 2024 were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||
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| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 1,460,393 | $ | 1,448,159 | ||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (342,322) | (963,746) | ||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (782,582) | (408,217) | ||||
| Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 151 | (1,989) | ||||
| Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | $ | 335,640 | $ | 74,207 |
Our primary source of cash is collections from our customers. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are general business expenses, including employment expenses, cloud platform and other infrastructure services, income taxes, professional services fees, marketing expenses, software expenses, and facility expenses.
Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $12.2 million for fiscal year 2025, compared to fiscal year 2024. The net increase was primarily attributable to an increase in cash received from customers, partially offset by an increase in cash paid to suppliers and employees.
Net cash used in investing activities decreased by $621.4 million for fiscal year 2025, compared to fiscal year 2024. The net decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in cash consideration paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired, of approximately $833.5 million, partially offset by an increase in net outflows of $170.0 million related to marketable securities activity, and an increase in net outflows of $30.4 million related to strategic investment activity.
Net cash used in financing activities increased by $374.4 million for fiscal year 2025, compared to fiscal year 2024. The net cash used in financing activities was primarily attributable to an increase in repurchases of Class A Common Stock of $384.2 million, a decrease in proceeds from issuance of The Notes, net of issuance costs of $987.0 million, offset by a decrease in principal payments on our Term Loan of $1.0 billion.
Material Cash Requirements
Debt
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As of June 30, 2025, we had $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.250% senior notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes” and together with the 2029 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes will mature on May 15, 2029, and May 15, 2034, respectively. Interest on the Notes is paid semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year. Refer to Note 10, “Debt,” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
On August 12, 2024, Atlassian US, Inc.’s prior credit facility was amended and restated to provide for a $750 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “2024 Credit Facility”). We may repay outstanding loans under the 2024 Credit Facility at any time, without premium or penalty, and we have an option to request an increase of $250 million in certain circumstances. The 2024 Credit Facility replaced our prior credit facility entered into in October 2020, which provided for a $1.0 billion senior unsecured delayed-draw term loan facility (the “Term Loan”) and a $500 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility. The 2024 Credit Facility matures in August 2029. As of June 30, 2025, there were no borrowings under the 2024 Credit Facility. Refer to Note 10, “Debt,” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Share Repurchase Program
In January 2023, the Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of our outstanding Class A Common Stock (the “2023 Repurchase Program”). In September 2024, the Board of Directors authorized a new program under which we may repurchase up to an additional $1.5 billion of our outstanding Class A Common Stock (the “2024 Repurchase Program” and, together with the 2023 Repurchase Program, the “Repurchase Programs”). The 2024 Repurchase Program commenced in April 2025 following the completion of the 2023 Repurchase Program. The 2024 Share Repurchase Program does not have a fixed expiration date, may be suspended or discontinued at any time, and does not obligate us to repurchase any specific dollar amount or to acquire any specific number of shares.
During fiscal year 2025, we repurchased approximately 4.0 million shares of our Class A Common Stock for approximately $780.7 million at an average price per share of $196.02 through the Repurchase Programs. All repurchases were made in open market transactions. As of June 30, 2025, $1.2 billion of our Class A Common Stock remained available for repurchase under the 2024 Repurchase Program. Refer to Note 14, “Stockholders' Equity,” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Contractual Obligations
Our principal commitments consist of contractual commitments for cloud services platform and other infrastructure services, and obligations under leases for office space including obligations for leases that have not yet commenced. Refer to Note 9, “Leases,” and Note 11, “Commitments and Contingencies,” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Other Future Obligations
We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, together with cash generated from operations, and borrowing capacity from the 2024 Credit Facility will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for at least the next 12 months. Our other future cash requirements will depend on many factors including our growth rate, the timing and extent of spend on research and development efforts, employee headcount, marketing and sales activities, payments to tax authorities, acquisitions of additional businesses and technologies, the introduction of new software and services offerings, enhancements to our existing software and services offerings and the continued market acceptance of our offerings.
As of June 30, 2025, we are not party to any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the measures presented in our consolidated financial statements, we regularly review other measures that are not presented in accordance with GAAP, defined as non-GAAP financial measures by the SEC, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends, prepare financial forecasts, and make strategic decisions. The key measures we consider are non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share, and free cash flow (collectively, the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”). These Non-GAAP Financial
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Measures, which may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies, provide supplemental information regarding our operating performance on a non-GAAP basis that excludes certain gains, losses and charges of a non-cash nature or that occur relatively infrequently and/or that management considers to be unrelated to our core operations. Management believes that tracking and presenting these Non-GAAP Financial Measures provides management, our board of directors, investors and the analyst community with the ability to better evaluate matters such as: our ongoing core operations, including comparisons between periods and against other companies in our industry; our ability to generate cash to service our debt and fund our operations; and the underlying business trends that are affecting our performance.
Our Non-GAAP Financial Measures include:
•Non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation and amortization of acquired intangible assets.
•Non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation and amortization of acquired intangible assets.
•Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, gain on a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary, and the related income tax adjustments.
•Free cash flow. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, which consists of purchases of property and equipment.
We understand that although these Non-GAAP Financial Measures are frequently used by investors and the analyst community in their evaluation of our financial performance, these measures have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. We compensate for such limitations by reconciling these Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures.
The following table presents a reconciliation of our Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measure for fiscal years 2025 and 2024 (in thousands, except percentage and per share data):
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||
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| 2025 | 2024 | |||||
| Gross profit | ||||||
| GAAP gross profit | $ | 4,320,453 | $ | 3,555,108 | ||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 83,017 | 71,691 | ||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 40,508 | 36,988 | ||||
| Non-GAAP gross profit | $ | 4,443,978 | $ | 3,663,787 | ||
| Gross margin | ||||||
| GAAP gross margin | 83% | 82% | ||||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 2 | 1 | ||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | — | 1 | ||||
| Non-GAAP gross margin | 85% | 84% | ||||
| Operating income | ||||||
| GAAP operating loss | $ | (130,392) | $ | (117,077) | ||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 1,362,222 | 1,081,433 | ||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 55,517 | 49,748 | ||||
| Non-GAAP operating income | $ | 1,287,347 | $ | 1,014,104 | ||
| Operating margin | ||||||
| GAAP operating margin | (3)% | (3)% | ||||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 27 | 25 | ||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Non-GAAP operating margin | 25% | 23% | ||||
| Net income | ||||||
| GAAP net loss | $ | (256,687) | $ | (300,519) |
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| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 1,362,222 | 1,081,433 | ||||
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| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 55,517 | 49,748 | ||||
| Less: Gain on a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary | — | (1,378) | ||||
| Less: Income tax adjustments (1) | (185,107) | (66,875) | ||||
| Non-GAAP net income | $ | 975,945 | $ | 762,409 | ||
| Net income per share | ||||||
| GAAP net loss per share - diluted | $ | (0.98) | $ | (1.16) | ||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 5.15 | 4.16 | ||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 0.20 | 0.19 | ||||
| Less: Gain on a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary | — | (0.01) | ||||
| Less: Income tax adjustments (1) | (0.69) | (0.25) | ||||
| Non-GAAP net income per share - diluted | $ | 3.68 | $ | 2.93 | ||
| Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding | ||||||
| Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted GAAP net loss per share | 261,787 | 259,133 | ||||
| Plus: Dilution from dilutive securities (2) | 3,407 | 1,076 | ||||
| Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted non-GAAP net income per share | 265,194 | 260,209 | ||||
| Free cash flow | ||||||
| GAAP net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 1,460,393 | $ | 1,448,159 | ||
| Less: Capital expenditures | (44,850) | (32,577) | ||||
| Free cash flow | $ | 1,415,543 | $ | 1,415,582 |
(1) We utilize a fixed long-term projected non-GAAP tax rate in our computation of the non-GAAP income tax adjustments in order to provide better consistency across interim reporting periods. In projecting this long-term non-GAAP tax rate, we utilized a three-year financial projection that excludes the direct and indirect income tax effects of the other non-GAAP adjustments reflected above. Additionally, we considered our current operating structure and other factors such as our existing tax positions in various jurisdictions and key legislation in major jurisdictions where we operate. For fiscal years 2025 and 2024, we determined the projected non-GAAP tax rate to be 26% and 27%, respectively. This fixed long-term projected non-GAAP tax rate eliminates the effects of non-recurring and period specific items which can vary in size and frequency. Examples of the non-recurring and period specific items include but are not limited to changes in the valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets, effects resulting from acquisitions, and unusual or infrequently occurring items. We will periodically re-evaluate this long-term rate, as necessary, for significant events. The rate could be subject to change for a variety of reasons, for example, significant changes in the geographic earnings mix or fundamental tax law changes in major jurisdictions where we operate.
(2) The effects of these dilutive securities were not included in the GAAP calculation of diluted net loss per share for fiscal years 2025 and 2024 because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.
MD&A history
Prior-year 10-K MD&A spans are extracted from SEC filings with the same bounded parser used for the latest filing. The latest 10-K appears above; prior years are below.
FY 2024 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001650372-24-000036.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
This section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K discusses our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal years 2024 and 2023, and year-to-year comparisons between fiscal years 2024 and 2023, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). A discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the fiscal year 2022 and year-to-year comparisons between fiscal years 2023 and 2022 that is not included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended 2023, filed on August 18, 2023.
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing under “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Item 8 in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. As discussed in the section titled “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 such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” under Part I, Item 1A in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Company Overview
Our mission is to unleash the potential of every team.
Our products help teams plan, track and execute shared work — delivering superior outcomes for their organizations.
Our primary products include Jira for planning and project management, Confluence for content creation and sharing, Jira Service Management for team service, management and support applications, and Loom, which we acquired in November 2023, for asynchronous video collaboration. Together, our connected portfolio of products form integrated solutions and, when deployed in the cloud, provide customers all the benefits of analytics, automation, and now AI, along with integrations with thousands of third-party apps as a solution that is deeply entrenched in how teams collaborate and how organizations run. The Atlassian platform is the common technology foundation for our products that drives connection between teams, information, and workflows. It allows work to flow seamlessly across tools, automates the mundane so teams can focus on what matters, and enables better decision-making based on the data customers choose to put into our products.
Our mission is possible with a deep investment in product development to create and refine innovative, high-value, and versatile products that users love. We make our products affordable for organizations of all sizes and transparently share our pricing online for most of our products. We aim to grow our customer base, targeting organizations of all sizes, in every industry, and in most geographies, and strategically expand our relationships with customers over time with our dedicated sales team. This product-led philosophy enables us to go to market in a unique and efficient way. To land new customers, we’ve engineered a low-friction flywheel with an emphasis on self-service, making it easy to try and get value first and foremost. This allows us to operate at an unusual scale for an enterprise software company, with customers across virtually every industry sector in approximately 200 countries and territories as of June 30, 2024. Our customers range from small organizations that have adopted one of our products for a small group of users, to over eighty percent of the Fortune 500, many of which use a combination of our products across thousands of users. By designing our products to be simple, powerful, affordable, and easy to adopt, we generate demand through word-of-mouth and viral expansion within organizations, allowing our sales force to focus primarily on expanding and deepening strategic relationships with existing customers, particularly in the enterprise.
Our high-velocity, low-friction distribution model is designed to drive exceptional customer scale by making products that are free to try and affordable to purchase online. We prioritize product quality, automated distribution, transparent pricing, and customer service to land new customers and expand to new teams. We also have a sales team focused primarily on expanding and deepening strategic relationships with existing customers, particularly large enterprises. We primarily rely on word-of-mouth and low-touch demand generation to drive trial, adoption, and initial expansion of our products. A substantial majority of our sales are automated through our website, including sales of our products through our solution partners and resellers. For fiscal year 2024, we derived over 50% of our revenue from channel partners’ sales efforts. Our solution partners and resellers primarily focus on customers in regions that require local language support and other customized needs. We plan to continue to invest in our partner programs to help us enter and grow in new markets, complementing our automated, low-touch approach.
Our culture of innovation, transparency and dedication to customer service drives our success in implementing and refining this unique approach. We believe this approach creates a self-reinforcing effect that fosters innovation, quality, customer success, and scale. As part of this strategy, we invest significantly more in research and development activities than in traditional sales activities relative to other enterprise software companies.
We generate revenues primarily in the form of subscription and maintenance fees. Subscription revenues consist primarily of fees earned from subscription-based arrangements for providing customers the right to use our software in a cloud-based-infrastructure that we provide (“Cloud offerings”). We also sell on-premises term license agreements for our Data Center products (“Data Center offerings”), consisting of software licensed for a specified period and support and maintenance services that are bundled with the license for the term of the license period. Subscription revenues also include subscription-based agreements for our premier support services. From time to time, we make changes to our product offerings, prices and pricing plans for our products which may impact the growth rate of our revenue, our deferred revenue balances, and customer retention. Subscription revenue, through our Cloud and Data Center offerings, results in a large recurring revenue base.
Maintenance provides our customers with access to unspecified future updates, upgrades and enhancements and technical product support on an if-and-when-available basis for perpetual license products purchased and
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operated by our customers on their premises (“Server offerings”). We no longer sell perpetual licenses for our Server offerings and generally ended maintenance and support for these Server offerings in February 2024, subject to limited exceptions for some enterprise customers that have signed an agreement for our Cloud offerings. We have helped our customers transition to other versions of our products with our migration tools and programs, customer support teams, and pricing and packaging options. Maintenance revenue no longer constitutes a material portion of our recurring revenue base after February 2024.
On November 30, 2023, we acquired 100% of the outstanding equity of Loom, Inc., an asynchronous video messaging platform that helps users communicate through instantly shareable videos. We believe the acquisition of Loom, Inc. will further elevate the collaboration experience for our customers.
Economic Conditions
Our results of operations may vary based on the impact of changes in the global economy on us or our customers. Our business depends on demand for business software applications generally and for collaboration software solutions in particular. We are subject to risks and exposures from the evolving macroeconomic environment, including the effects of rising inflation, and increases in interest rates, political instability, and geopolitical tensions. We monitor the direct and indirect impacts of these circumstances on our business and financial results. We have seen expansion from existing customers moderate in recent quarters, particularly amongst our small and medium-sized customers. The extent to which these risks ultimately impact our business, results of operations, and financial position will depend on future developments, which are uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time.
Key Business Metrics
We utilize the following key metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions.
Customer Base
We have a history of successfully growing both our total customer base and the spend per customer through growth in users, purchase of new licenses, and adoption of new products. We believe our ability to attract new customers is critical, and expanding within the existing customer base is the primary driver of our success as a business. Typically, new customers begin their journey with Atlassian products with a small footprint by either adopting our free editions or purchasing a single product for a limited number of users. We are focused on continuing to grow our total customer base, specifically the number of customers with more than $10,000 in annualized recurring revenue from our Cloud offerings (“Cloud ARR”), as it measures our ability to successfully expand within our existing customer base.
We define the number of total customers at the end of any particular period as the number of organizations with unique domains with an active subscription for two or more seats. We define the number of customers with Cloud ARR greater than $10,000 using the same definition as total customers with the distinction of having an active Cloud subscription and greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR. We define Cloud ARR as the annualized recurring revenue run-rate of Cloud subscription agreements at a point in time. We calculate Cloud ARR by taking the Cloud monthly recurring revenue (“Cloud MRR”) run-rate and multiplying it by 12. Cloud MRR for each month is calculated by aggregating monthly recurring revenue from committed contractual amounts at a point in time. Cloud ARR and Cloud MRR should be viewed independently of revenue and do not represent our revenue under GAAP, as they are operational metrics that can be affected by contract start and end dates and renewal rates. While a single customer may have distinct departments, operating segments, or subsidiaries with multiple active licenses or subscriptions of our products, if the product deployments share a unique domain name, we only include the customer once for purposes of calculating a customer.
As of June 30, 2024, we had more than 300,000 customers. Including single user accounts and organizations who have only adopted our free or starter products, the active use of our products extends well beyond our total customer base. With these customers using our software today, we are able to reach a vast number of users, gather insights to refine our offerings, and generate growing revenue by expanding within our total customer base. Customers with greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR represent the majority of our Cloud ARR. No single customer contributed more than 5% of our total revenues during fiscal year 2024.
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The following table sets forth our number of customers with greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR as of the dates presented:
| As of | |||||||
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| June 30, 2022 | June 30, 2023 | June 30, 2024 | |||||
| Number of customers with greater than $10,000 in Cloud ARR | 32,355 | 38,726 | 45,842 |
Free Cash Flow
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as net cash provided by operating activities less net cash used in investing activities for capital expenditures. Management considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by our business that can be used to fund our commitments, repay our debt, and for strategic opportunities, such as reinvesting in our business, making strategic acquisitions, and strengthening our financial position. Free cash flow is not a measure calculated in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP, such as GAAP net cash provided by operating activities. In addition, free cash flow may not be comparable to similarly titled metrics of other companies due to differences among methods of calculation. The following table presents a reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow for the periods presented (in thousands):
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 1,448,159 | $ | 868,111 | ||
| Less: Capital expenditures | (32,577) | (25,652) | ||||
| Free cash flow | $ | 1,415,582 | $ | 842,459 |
Free cash flow increased by $573.1 million during fiscal year 2024 as compared to fiscal year 2023. The increase in free cash flow was primarily attributable to an increase in net cash provided by operating activities, offset by an increase in capital expenditures. The increase in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily attributable to an increase in cash received from customers, partially offset by an increase in cash paid to suppliers and employees and cash used to pay income taxes.
For more information about net cash provided by operating activities, please see “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
Components of Results of Operations
Sources of Revenues
Subscription Revenues
Subscription revenues consist primarily of fees earned from subscription-based arrangements for providing customers the right to use our software in a cloud-based-infrastructure that we provide. We also sell on-premises term license agreements for our Data Center offerings, which consist of software licensed for a specified period and include support and maintenance services that are bundled with the license for the term of the license period. Subscription revenues also include subscription-based agreements for our premier support services. Subscription revenues are driven primarily by the number and size of active licenses, the type of product and the price of the licenses. Our subscription-based arrangements generally have a contractual term of one to twelve months. For Cloud offerings, subscription revenue is recognized ratably as services are performed, commencing with the date the service is made available to customers. For Data Center offerings, we recognize revenue upfront for the portion that relates to the delivery of the term license and the support and related revenue is recognized ratably as the services are delivered over the term of the arrangement. Premier support consists of subscription-based arrangements for a higher level of support across different deployment options, and revenue is recognized ratably as the services are delivered over the term of the arrangement.
Maintenance Revenues
Maintenance revenues represent fees earned from providing customers unspecified future updates, upgrades and enhancements and technical product support for our Server offerings on an if-and-when-available basis. Maintenance revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the support period.
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Other Revenues
Other revenues primarily include fees received for sales of third-party apps in the Atlassian Marketplace. Advisory services and training services are also included in other revenues. Revenue from the sale of third-party apps via Atlassian Marketplace is recognized on the date of product delivery given that all of our obligations have been met at that time and on a net basis as we function as the agent in the relationship. Revenue from advisory services is recognized over the time period that the customer has access to the service. Revenue from consulting and training is recognized over time as the services are performed.
We expect subscription revenue to increase and continue to be our primary driver of revenue growth. We no longer sell perpetual licenses for our Server offerings and we generally ended maintenance and support for these Server offerings in February 2024. We have helped our Server customers migrate to our Cloud and Data Center offerings and maintenance revenue is immaterial after the Server end of support date.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues primarily consists of expenses related to compensation expenses for our employees, including stock-based compensation, hosting our cloud infrastructure, which includes third-party hosting fees and depreciation associated with computer equipment and software, payment processing fees, consulting and contractors costs associated with our customer support and infrastructure service teams, amortization of acquired intangible assets, such as the amortization of the cost associated with an acquired company’s developed technology, certain IT program expenses, and facilities and related overhead costs. To support our cloud-based infrastructure, we utilize third-party managed hosting facilities. We allocate stock-based compensation based on the expense category in which the employee works. We allocate overhead such as information technology costs, rent and occupancy charges in each expense category based on headcount in that category. As such, general overhead expenses are reflected in cost of revenues and operating expense categories.
We expect cost of revenues to increase as we continue to invest in our cloud-based infrastructure to support migrations and our Cloud customers.
Gross Profit and Gross Margin
Gross profit is total revenues less total cost of revenues. Gross margin is gross profit expressed as a percentage of total revenues. Gross margin can fluctuate from period to period as a result of changes in product and services mix.
We expect gross margin to modestly decrease due to the sales mix shift from Data Center offerings to Cloud offerings. This impact will be primarily driven by increased hosting costs and personnel costs to support our Cloud customers.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses are classified as research and development, marketing and sales, and general and administrative. For each functional category, the largest component is compensation expenses, which include salaries and bonuses, stock-based compensation, employee benefit costs, and contractor costs. We allocate overhead, such as information technology costs, rent, and occupancy charges in each expense category based on headcount in that category.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation expenses for our employees, including stock-based compensation, consulting and contractor costs associated with our software development teams, facilities and related overhead costs, and certain IT program expenses. We continue to focus our research and development efforts on building new products, adding new features and services, integrating acquired technologies, increasing functionality, enhancing our cloud infrastructure and developing our mobile capabilities.
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Marketing and Sales
Marketing and sales expenses consist primarily of compensation expenses for our employees, including stock-based compensation, marketing and sales programs, consulting and contractor costs, facilities and related overhead costs, and certain IT program expenses. Marketing programs consist of advertising, promotional events, corporate communications, brand building and product marketing activities such as online lead generation. Sales programs consist of activities and teams focused on supporting our solution partners and resellers, tracking channel sales activity, supporting and servicing our customers by helping them optimize their experience and expand the use of our products across their organizations and helping product evaluators learn how they can use our tools most effectively.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation expenses for our employees, including stock-based compensation, for finance, legal, human resources and information technology personnel, facilities and related overhead costs, consulting and contractor costs, certain IT program expenses, and other corporate expenses.
Income Taxes
Provision for income taxes consists primarily of income taxes related to federal, state, and foreign jurisdictions where we conduct business.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. These items are monitored and analyzed by us for changes in facts and circumstances, and material changes in these estimates could occur in the future. We base our estimates on 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. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results for the period in which they become known. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions and such differences could be material.
While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to the notes to our consolidated financial statements, the following accounting policies involve a greater degree of judgment and complexity. Accordingly, these are the accounting policies that we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations.
Revenue Recognition
Our contracts with customers often include promises to transfer multiple products and services to a customer.
We allocate the transaction price for each contract to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price (“SSP”) for each performance obligation. We use judgment in determining the SSP for products and services. We typically determine an SSP range for our products and services, which is reassessed on a periodic basis or when facts and circumstances change. For all performance obligations other than perpetual and term licenses, we are able to determine SSP based on the observable prices of products or services sold separately in comparable circumstances to similar customers. In instances where performance obligations do not have observable standalone sales, we utilize available information that may include market conditions, pricing strategies, the life of the software, and other observable inputs to estimate the price we would charge if the products and services were sold separately.
Strategic Investments
Investments in privately held equity securities without readily determinable fair values in which we do not own a controlling interest or have significant influence over are measured using the measurement alternative. In applying the measurement alternative, the carrying value of the investment is measured at cost, less impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes from orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer in the period of occurrence. In determining the estimated fair value of our strategic investments in privately held companies, we use the most recent data available to us. Valuations of privately held
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securities are inherently complex due to the lack of readily available market data and require the use of judgment. The determination of whether an orderly transaction is for an identical or similar investment requires significant judgment. In our evaluation, we consider factors such as differences in the rights and preferences of the investments and the extent to which those differences would affect the fair values of those investments.
We assess our privately held debt and equity securities’ strategic investment portfolio quarterly for impairment. Our impairment analysis encompasses an assessment of both qualitative and quantitative analyses of key factors including the investee’s financial metrics, market acceptance of the investee’s product or technology, general market conditions and liquidity considerations. If the investment is considered to be impaired, we record the investment at fair value by recognizing an impairment through the Consolidated Statements of Operations and establishing a new carrying value for the investment.
Business Combinations
The allocation of the purchase price in a business combination requires management to make significant estimates in determining the fair value of acquired assets and assumed liabilities, especially with respect to intangible assets. The excess of the purchase price in a business combination over the fair value of these tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed is recorded as goodwill. Critical assumptions used to estimate the fair value of intangible assets include projected revenue growth, projected operating expense, and technology migration curves. These assumptions are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement and, as a result, actual results may differ from estimates. We evaluate these estimates and assumptions as new information is obtained and may record adjustments to the fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed but not later than one year from the acquisition date.
Income Taxes
We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to (i) temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and (ii) operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets are recognized subject to management’s judgment that realization is more likely than not applicable to the periods in which we expect the temporary difference will reverse. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts that are more likely than not expected to be realized. Future realization of deferred tax assets ultimately depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income within the carryback or carryforward periods available under the applicable tax law. We regularly review the deferred tax assets for recoverability based on historical taxable income, projected future taxable income, the expected timing of the reversals of existing temporary differences and tax planning strategies. Our judgment regarding future profitability may change due to many factors, including future market conditions and the ability to successfully execute our business plans and tax planning strategies. Should there be a change in the ability to recover deferred tax assets, our income tax provision would increase or decrease in the period in which the assessment is changed.
In the multiple tax jurisdictions in which we operate, our tax returns are subject to routine audit by the Internal Revenue Service, Australian Taxation Office (“ATO”), and other taxation authorities. These audits at times may produce alternative views regarding certain tax positions taken in the year(s) of review. As a result, we record uncertain tax positions, which require recognition at the time when it is deemed more likely than not that the position in question will be upheld. Although management believes that the judgment and estimates involved are reasonable and that the necessary provisions have been recorded, changes in circumstances or unexpected events could adversely affect our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
New Accounting Pronouncements Pending Adoption
The impact of recently issued accounting standards is set forth in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” of the notes to our consolidated financial statements.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods indicated (in thousands, except for percentages of total revenues):
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||
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| 2024 | % of Total Revenues | 2023 | % of Total Revenues | ||||||||||
| Revenues: | |||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 3,924,389 | 90 | % | $ | 2,922,576 | 84 | % | |||||
| Maintenance | 177,230 | 4 | 399,738 | 11 | |||||||||
| Other | 256,984 | 6 | 212,333 | 5 | |||||||||
| Total revenues | 4,358,603 | 100 | 3,534,647 | 100 | |||||||||
| Cost of revenues | 803,495 | 18 | 633,765 | 18 | |||||||||
| Gross profit | 3,555,108 | 82 | 2,900,882 | 82 | |||||||||
| Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||
| Research and development | 2,184,111 | 50 | 1,869,881 | 53 | |||||||||
| Marketing and sales | 877,497 | 20 | 769,861 | 22 | |||||||||
| General and administrative | 610,577 | 14 | 606,362 | 17 | |||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 3,672,185 | 84 | 3,246,104 | 92 | |||||||||
| Operating loss | (117,077) | (2) | (345,222) | (10) | |||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | (30,916) | (1) | 14,501 | — | |||||||||
| Interest income | 96,663 | 2 | 49,732 | 1 | |||||||||
| Interest expense | (34,077) | (1) | (30,147) | (1) | |||||||||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (85,407) | (2) | (311,136) | (10) | |||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | (215,112) | (5) | (175,625) | (4) | |||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (300,519) | (7) | % | $ | (486,761) | (14) | % |
Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2024 and 2023
Revenues
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 3,924,389 | $ | 2,922,576 | $ | 1,001,813 | 34 | % | ||||||
| Maintenance | 177,230 | 399,738 | (222,508) | (56) | ||||||||||
| Other | 256,984 | 212,333 | 44,651 | 21 | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 4,358,603 | $ | 3,534,647 | $ | 823,956 | 23 | % |
Total revenues increased $824.0 million, or 23%, in fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023. Growth in total revenues was primarily attributable to increased demand for our products from both new and existing customers. Of total revenues recognized in fiscal year 2024, over 90% was attributable to sales to customer accounts existing on or before June 30, 2023.
Subscription revenues increased $1.0 billion, or 34%, in fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023. The increase in subscription revenues was primarily attributable to additional subscriptions from our existing customer base, and customers migrating to subscription services for our Cloud offerings and term-based licenses for our Data Center offerings.
Maintenance revenues decreased $222.5 million, or 56%, in fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023. We no longer offer upgrades to perpetual licenses beginning February 2022, and generally ended maintenance and support for these products in February 2024.
Other revenues increased $44.7 million, or 21%, in fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023. The increase in other revenues was primarily attributable to an increase of $38.3 million in revenue from sales of third-
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party apps through our Atlassian Marketplace.
Total revenues by deployment options were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Cloud | $ | 2,698,899 | $ | 2,085,498 | $ | 613,401 | 29 | % | ||||||
| Data Center | 1,208,498 | 819,251 | 389,247 | 48 | ||||||||||
| Server | 177,645 | 400,519 | (222,874) | (56) | ||||||||||
| Marketplace and other | 273,561 | 229,379 | 44,182 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 4,358,603 | $ | 3,534,647 | $ | 823,956 | 23 | % |
Total revenues by geography were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Americas | $ | 2,125,434 | $ | 1,765,166 | $ | 360,268 | 20 | % | ||||||
| EMEA | 1,750,910 | 1,366,739 | 384,171 | 28 | ||||||||||
| Asia Pacific | 482,259 | 402,742 | 79,517 | 20 | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 4,358,603 | $ | 3,534,647 | $ | 823,956 | 23 | % |
Cost of Revenues
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Cost of revenues | $ | 803,495 | $ | 633,765 | $ | 169,730 | 27 | % | ||||||
| Gross margin | 82 | % | 82 | % |
Cost of revenues increased $169.7 million, or 27%, in fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $101.9 million in hosting fees paid to third-party providers, and an increase of $48.4 million in compensation expense for employees (which includes an increase of $8.1 million in stock-based compensation).
Operating Expenses
Research and development
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 2,184,111 | $ | 1,869,881 | $ | 314,230 | 17 | % |
Research and development expenses increased $314.2 million, or 17%, in fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $349.5 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $114.0 million in stock-based compensation), partially offset by restructuring charges of $43.1 million recorded during fiscal year 2023, and a decrease of $32.2 million in contractor costs and professional services fees.
Marketing and sales
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Marketing and sales | $ | 877,497 | $ | 769,861 | $ | 107,636 | 14 | % |
Marketing and sales expenses increased $107.6 million, or 14%, for fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $86.0 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $7.4 million in stock-based compensation), and an increase of $15.0 million in advertising and marketing event expenses.
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General and administrative
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | 610,577 | $ | 606,362 | $ | 4,215 | 1 | % |
General and administrative expenses increased $4.2 million, or 1%, in fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $36.6 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $14.2 million in stock-based compensation), offset by restructuring charges of $20.7 million recorded during fiscal year 2023, and a decrease of $7.6 million in recruitment cost.
Other income (expense), net
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | $ | (30,916) | $ | 14,501 | $ | (45,417) | (313) | % |
Other income (expense), net decreased $45.4 million in fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023. The decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease in other income of $45.2 million from a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary that occurred during fiscal year 2023, and an increase in other expense of $11.3 million related to our share of loss from an equity method investment, partially offset by a decrease of $17.3 million in losses related to our other strategic investments.
Interest income
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Interest Income | $ | 96,663 | $ | 49,732 | $ | 46,931 | 94 | % |
Interest income increased $46.9 million, or 94% in fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023. The increase was primarily attributable to an increase in investment income as a result of increased investment balances and increased interest rates.
Interest expense
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Interest expense | $ | (34,077) | $ | (30,147) | $ | (3,930) | 13 | % |
Interest expense increased $3.9 million, or 13%, in fiscal year 2024 compared to fiscal year 2023. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase in interest expense from our Credit Facility (as defined below) as a result of increased interest rates.
Provision for income taxes
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2024 | 2023 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | (215,112) | $ | (175,625) | $ | (39,487) | 22 | % | ||||||
| Effective tax rate | * | * |
** Not meaningful
We reported an income tax provision of $215.1 million on pretax loss of $85.4 million for fiscal year 2024, as compared to an income tax provision of $175.6 million on pretax loss of $311.1 million for fiscal year 2023. The increase in the income tax provision for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024 was primarily attributable to the increase in valuation allowance and overall growth in foreign jurisdictions associated with an increase in profit and non-deductible stock-based compensation, offset by a decrease in reserves for uncertain tax positions.
We finalized an Advanced Pricing Arrangement with the ATO with respect to our transfer pricing arrangements between Australia and the U.S. that covers the tax years ended June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2025. Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, we made a cash tax payment of approximately $60.5 million during fiscal year 2024.
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Our effective tax rate substantially differed from the U.S. statutory income tax rate of 21.0% primarily attributable to full valuation allowances in the U.S. and Australia, research and development tax credits and incentives, non-deductible stock-based compensation in certain foreign jurisdictions, and the recognition of reserves for uncertain tax positions. See Note 17, “Income Taxes,” to the notes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
We regularly assess the need for a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. Our assessment is based on all positive and negative evidence related to the realizability of such deferred tax assets. Based on available objective evidence as of June 30, 2024, we will continue to maintain a full valuation allowance on our U.S. federal, U.S. state, and Australian deferred tax assets as it is more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will not be realized. We intend to maintain the full valuation allowance until sufficient positive evidence exists to support the reversal of, or decrease in, the valuation allowance.
Our future effective annual tax rate may be materially impacted by the expense or benefit from tax amounts associated with our foreign earnings that are taxed at rates different from the federal statutory rate, changes in valuation allowances, level of profit before tax, accounting for uncertain tax positions, business combinations, and changes in our valuation allowances to the extent sufficient positive evidence becomes available, closure of statute of limitations or settlement of tax audits, and changes in tax laws.
A significant amount of our earnings is generated by our Australian subsidiaries. Our future effective tax rates may be adversely affected to the extent earnings are lower than anticipated in countries where we have lower statutory tax rates. See Note 17, “Income Taxes,” to the notes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information. Changes in our global operations could result in changes to our effective tax rates, future cash flows, and overall profitability of our operations.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of June 30, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents totaling $2.2 billion, short-term investments totaling $162.0 million and accounts receivables totaling $628.0 million. Since our inception, we have primarily financed our operations through cash flows generated by operations and corporate debt.
Our cash flows from operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities for fiscal years 2024 and 2023 were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||
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| (in thousands) | 2024 | 2023 | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 1,448,159 | $ | 868,111 | ||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (963,746) | (1,258) | ||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (408,217) | (148,421) | ||||
| Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (1,989) | (1,805) | ||||
| Net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | $ | 74,207 | $ | 716,627 |
Our primary source of cash is primarily through collections from our customers. Our primary uses of cash from operating activities are general business expenses including employment expenses, cloud platform and other infrastructure services, professional services fees, income taxes, marketing expenses, software expenses, and facility expenses.
Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $580.0 million for fiscal year 2024, compared to fiscal year 2023. The net increase was primarily attributable to an increase in cash received from customers, partially offset by an increase in cash paid to suppliers and employees and cash used to pay income taxes.
Net cash used in investing activities increased by $962.5 million for fiscal year 2024, compared to fiscal year 2023. The net increase was primarily attributable to an increase in cash consideration paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired, of approximately $842.0 million, an increase in net outflows of $138.1 million related to marketable securities activity, partially offset by an increase in net inflows of $24.9 million related to strategic investment activity.
Net cash used in financing activities increased by $259.8 million for fiscal year 2024, compared to fiscal year 2023. The net cash used in financing activities was primarily attributable to an increase in repurchases of Class A
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Common Stock of $245.3 million, and principal payments of our long term debt of $1.0 billion, offset by proceeds from issuance of debt, net of issuance costs of $987.0 million.
Material Cash Requirements
Debt
As of June 30, 2024, we had $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.250% senior notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”) and $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due 2034 (the “2034 Notes,” and together with the 2029 Notes, the “Notes”). The Notes will mature on May 15, 2029, and May 15, 2034, respectively. Interest on the notes will be paid semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 15 of each year, starting from November 15, 2024. Refer to Note 11, “Debt,” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
On August 12, 2024, Atlassian US, Inc.’s prior credit facility was amended and restated to provide for a $750 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “2024 Credit Facility”). We may repay outstanding loans under the 2024 Credit Facility at any time, without premium or penalty, and we have an option to request an increase of $250 million in certain circumstance. The 2024 Credit Facility matures in August 2029. Refer to Note 18, “Subsequent Events,” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information. As of June 30, 2024, there were no outstanding borrowings under the prior credit facility, and we were in compliance with all related covenants.
Share Repurchase Program
In January 2023, the Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of our outstanding Class A Common Stock (the “Share Repurchase Program”). The Share Repurchase Program does not have a fixed expiration date, may be suspended or discontinued at any time, and does not obligate us to repurchase any specific dollar amount or to acquire any specific number of shares. During fiscal year 2024, we repurchased approximately 2.2 million shares of our Class A Common Stock for approximately $394.0 million at an average price per share of $182.32. All repurchases were made in open market transactions. As of June 30, 2024, we were authorized to purchase $451.8 million of our Class A Common Stock under the Share Repurchase Program. Refer to Note 15, “Stockholders' Equity,” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Contractual Obligations
Our principal commitments consist of contractual commitments for cloud services platform and other infrastructure services, and obligations under leases for office space including obligations for leases that have not yet commenced. Refer to Note 10, “Leases,” and Note 12, “Commitments and Contingencies,” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Other Future Obligations
We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, together with cash generated from operations, and borrowing capacity from the 2024 Credit Facility will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for at least the next 12 months. Our other future cash requirements will depend on many factors including our growth rate, the timing and extent of spend on research and development efforts, employee headcount, marketing and sales activities, payments to tax authorities, acquisitions of additional businesses and technologies, the introduction of new software and services offerings, enhancements to our existing software and services offerings and the continued market acceptance of our products.
As of June 30, 2024, we are not party to any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the measures presented in our consolidated financial statements, we regularly review other measures that are not presented in accordance with GAAP, defined as non-GAAP financial measures by the SEC, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends, prepare financial forecasts and make strategic decisions. The key measures we consider are non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share, and free cash flow (collectively, the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”). These Non-GAAP Financial Measures, which may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies, provide supplemental information regarding our operating performance on a non-GAAP basis that excludes certain gains,
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losses and charges of a non-cash nature or that occur relatively infrequently and/or that management considers to be unrelated to our core operations. Management believes that tracking and presenting these Non-GAAP Financial Measures provides management, our board of directors, investors and the analyst community with the ability to better evaluate matters such as: our ongoing core operations, including comparisons between periods and against other companies in our industry; our ability to generate cash to service our debt and fund our operations; and the underlying business trends that are affecting our performance.
Our Non-GAAP Financial Measures include:
•Non-GAAP gross profit and non-GAAP gross margin. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and restructuring charges.
•Non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and restructuring charges.
•Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges, gain on a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary and the related income tax adjustments.
•Free cash flow. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, which consists of purchases of property and equipment.
We understand that although these Non-GAAP Financial Measures are frequently used by investors and the analyst community in their evaluation of our financial performance, these measures have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. We compensate for such limitations by reconciling these Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures.
The following table presents a reconciliation of our Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measure for fiscal years 2024 and 2023 (in thousands, except percentage and per share data):
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||
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| 2024 | 2023 | |||||
| Gross profit | ||||||
| GAAP gross profit | $ | 3,555,108 | $ | 2,900,882 | ||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 71,691 | 63,625 | ||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 36,988 | 22,853 | ||||
| Plus: Restructuring charges (1) | — | 9,192 | ||||
| Non-GAAP gross profit | $ | 3,663,787 | $ | 2,996,552 | ||
| Gross margin | ||||||
| GAAP gross margin | 82% | 82% | ||||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Plus: Restructuring charges (1) | — | — | ||||
| Non-GAAP gross margin | 84% | 85% | ||||
| Operating income | ||||||
| GAAP operating income (loss) | $ | (117,077) | $ | (345,222) | ||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 1,081,433 | 937,812 | ||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 49,748 | 33,127 | ||||
| Plus: Restructuring charges (1) | — | 96,894 | ||||
| Non-GAAP operating income | $ | 1,014,104 | $ | 722,611 | ||
| Operating margin | ||||||
| GAAP operating margin | (3)% | (10)% | ||||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 25 | 26 | ||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Plus: Restructuring charges (1) | — | 3 |
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| Non-GAAP operating margin | 23% | 20% | ||||
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| Net income | ||||||
| GAAP net loss | $ | (300,519) | $ | (486,761) | ||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 1,081,433 | 937,812 | ||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 49,748 | 33,127 | ||||
| Plus: Restructuring charges (1) | — | 96,894 | ||||
| Less: Gain on a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary | (1,378) | (45,158) | ||||
| Less: Income tax adjustments (2) | (66,875) | (43,659) | ||||
| Non-GAAP net income | $ | 762,409 | $ | 492,255 | ||
| Net income per share | ||||||
| GAAP net loss per share - diluted | $ | (1.16) | $ | (1.90) | ||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 4.16 | 3.66 | ||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 0.19 | 0.13 | ||||
| Plus: Restructuring charges (1) | — | 0.38 | ||||
| Less: Gain on a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary | (0.01) | (0.18) | ||||
| Less: Income tax adjustments (2) | (0.25) | (0.17) | ||||
| Non-GAAP net income per share - diluted | $ | 2.93 | $ | 1.92 | ||
| Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding | ||||||
| Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted GAAP net loss per share | 259,133 | 256,307 | ||||
| Plus: Dilution from dilutive securities (3) | 1,076 | 554 | ||||
| Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted non-GAAP net income per share | 260,209 | 256,861 | ||||
| Free cash flow | ||||||
| GAAP net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 1,448,159 | $ | 868,111 | ||
| Less: Capital expenditures | (32,577) | (25,652) | ||||
| Free cash flow | $ | 1,415,582 | $ | 842,459 |
(1) Restructuring charges include stock-based compensation expense related to the rebalancing of resources for fiscal year 2023.
(2) In fiscal year 2024, we began to utilize a fixed long-term projected non-GAAP tax rate in our computation of the non-GAAP income tax adjustments in order to provide better consistency across interim reporting periods. In projecting this long-term non-GAAP tax rate, we utilized a three-year financial projection that excludes the direct and indirect income tax effects of the other non-GAAP adjustments reflected above. Additionally, we considered our current operating structure and other factors such as our existing tax positions in various jurisdictions and key legislation in major jurisdictions where we operate. For fiscal year 2024, we determined the projected non-GAAP tax rate to be 27%. This fixed long-term projected non-GAAP tax rate eliminates the effects of non-recurring and period specific items which can vary in size and frequency. Examples of the non-recurring and period specific items include but are not limited to changes in the valuation allowance related to deferred tax assets, effects resulting from acquisitions, and unusual or infrequently occurring items. We will periodically re-evaluate this long-term rate, as necessary, for significant events. The rate could be subject to change for a variety of reasons, for example, significant changes in the geographic earnings mix or fundamental tax law changes in major jurisdictions where we operate.
(3) The effects of these dilutive securities were not included in the GAAP calculation of diluted net loss per share for fiscal years 2024 and 2023 because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.
FY 2023 10-K MD&A
SEC filing source: 0001650372-23-000040.
ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
This section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K discusses our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal years 2023, 2022, and 2021, and year-to-year comparisons between fiscal years 2023 and 2022, and fiscal years 2022, and 2021, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).
You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes appearing under “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Item 8 in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. As discussed in the section titled “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 such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below, and those discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” under Part I, Item 1A in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Company Overview
Our mission is to unleash the potential of every team.
Our products help teams organize, discuss and complete their work — delivering superior outcomes for their organizations.
Our products serve teams of all shapes and sizes, in virtually every industry. Our primary products include Jira Software and Jira Work Management for planning and project management, Confluence for content creation and sharing, Trello for capturing and adding structure to fluid, fast-forming work for teams, Jira Service Management for team service, management and support applications, Jira Align for enterprise agile planning, and Bitbucket for code sharing and management. Together, our products form an integrated system for organizing, discussing and completing shared work, becoming deeply entrenched in how people collaborate and how organizations run.
Our mission is possible with a deep investment in product development to create and refine high-quality and versatile products that users love. By making our products affordable for organizations of all sizes and transparently sharing our pricing online for most of our products, we generally do not follow the practice of opaque pricing and ad hoc discounting that is typical in the enterprise software industry. We pursue customer volume, targeting every organization, regardless of size, industry, or geography. This allows us to operate at unusual scale for an enterprise software company, with more than 260,000 customers across virtually every industry sector in approximately 200 countries as of June 30, 2023. Our customers range from small organizations that have adopted one of our products for a small group of users, to over two-thirds of the Fortune 500, many of which use a combination of our products across thousands of users.
To reach this expansive market, we primarily distribute and sell our products online where our customers can get started in minutes without the need for assistance. We focus on enabling a self-service, low-friction model that makes it easy for customers to try, adopt and use our products. By making our products simple, powerful, affordable and easy to adopt, we generate demand from word-of-mouth and viral expansion within organizations.
Our culture of innovation, transparency and dedication to customer service drives our success in implementing and refining this unique approach. We believe this approach creates a self-reinforcing effect that
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fosters innovation, quality, customer success, and scale. As a result of this strategy, we invest significantly more in research and development activities than in traditional sales activities relative to other enterprise software companies.
A substantial majority of our sales are automated through our website, including sales of our products through our solution partners and resellers. For fiscal year 2023, we derived over 40% of our revenue from channel partners’ sales efforts. Our solution partners and resellers primarily focus on customers in regions that require local language support and other customized needs. We plan to continue to invest in our partner programs to help us enter and grow in new markets, complementing our automated, low-touch approach.
We generate revenues primarily in the form of subscriptions, maintenance and other sources. Subscription revenues consist primarily of fees earned from subscription-based arrangements for providing customers the right to use our software in a cloud-based-infrastructure that we provide (“Cloud offerings”). We also sell on-premises term license agreements for our Data Center products (“Data Center offerings”), consisting of software licensed for a specified period and support and maintenance service that is bundled with the license for the term of the license period. Subscription revenues also include subscription-based agreements for our premier support services. From time to time, we make changes to our product offerings, prices and pricing plans for our products which may impact the growth rate of our revenue, our deferred revenue balances, and customer retention.
Maintenance provides our customers with access to unspecified future updates, upgrades and enhancements and technical product support on an if-and-when-available basis for perpetual license products purchased and operated by our customers on their premises (“Server offerings”). Maintenance revenue combined with our subscription revenue business, through our Cloud and Data Center products, results in a large recurring revenue base. In each of the past three fiscal years, more than 80% of our total revenues have been of a recurring nature from subscription and maintenance fees.
Customers typically pay us maintenance fees annually, at the beginning of each contractual year. We typically recognize revenue on the license portion of term license agreements (Data Center offerings) once the customer obtains control of the license, which is generally upon delivery of the license, and for maintenance and subscriptions, revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the contract. Any invoice amounts or payments received in advance of revenue recognition from subscriptions or maintenance are included in our deferred revenue balance. The deferred revenue balance is influenced by several factors, including customer decisions around the timing of renewals, length of contracts and invoice timing within the period. We no longer sell perpetual licenses or upgrades for our Server offerings and plan to end maintenance and support for these Server offerings in February 2024. We will proactively help our customers transition to other versions of our products with our migration tools and programs, customer support teams, and pricing and packaging options.
Economic Conditions
Our results of operations may vary based on the impact of changes in the global economy on us or our customers. Our business depends on demand for business software applications generally and for collaboration software solutions in particular. We believe that weakening macroeconomic conditions, in part due to rising inflation, increases in interest rates, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and remaining effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, have impacted our results of operations during fiscal year 2023. Primarily, we have seen the growth from existing customers moderate during fiscal year 2023. We also saw moderating growth in the rate of conversions from our free to paid products. We believe these events are largely due to customers impacted by weakening economic conditions. The extent to which these risks ultimately impact our business, results of operations, and financial position will depend on future developments, which are uncertain and cannot be predicted at this time.
Restructuring
On March 6, 2023, we announced a rebalancing of resources resulting in the elimination of certain roles impacting about 500 full-time employees, or approximately 5% of the Company’s then-current workforce. These actions are part of our initiatives to accelerate progress against our largest growth opportunities. These actions include continuing to invest in strategic areas of the business, and aligning talent to best meet customer needs and business priorities. In addition, we consolidated our leases, including planned subleasing, of several office spaces, to optimize our real estate footprint. We continue to evaluate our real estate needs and may incur additional charges in the future.
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A summary of our restructuring charges for fiscal year 2023 by major activity type is as follows (in thousands):
| Severance and Other Termination Benefits | Stock-based Compensation | Lease Consolidation | Total | |||||||||||
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| Cost of revenue | $ | 1,011 | $ | 288 | $ | 7,893 | $ | 9,192 | ||||||
| Research and development | 8,279 | 5,866 | 29,004 | 43,149 | ||||||||||
| Marketing and sales | 7,069 | 1,815 | 14,984 | 23,868 | ||||||||||
| General and administrative | 8,961 | 2,306 | 9,418 | 20,685 | ||||||||||
| Total | $ | 25,320 | $ | 10,275 | $ | 61,299 | $ | 96,894 |
The execution of these actions, including the related cash payments have been substantially completed as of June 30, 2023. Refer to Note 15, “Restructuring,” to the notes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Key Business Metrics
We utilize the following key metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions.
Customers
We have successfully demonstrated a history of growing both our customer base and spend per customer through growth in users, purchase of new licenses and adoption of new products. We believe that our ability to attract new customers and grow our customer base drives our success as a business.
We define the number of customers at the end of any particular period to be the number of organizations with unique domains that have at least one active and paid non-starter license or subscription, with two or more seats. While a single customer may have distinct departments, operating segments, or subsidiaries with multiple active licenses or subscriptions of our products, if the product deployments share a unique domain name, we only include the customer once for purposes of calculating this metric. We define active licenses as those licenses that are under an active maintenance or subscription contract as of period end.
Our customers, as defined in this metric, have generated substantially all of our revenue in each of the periods presented. Including single-user accounts and organizations who have only adopted our free or starter products, the active use of our products extends well beyond our more than 260,000 customers. With these customers using our software today, we are able to reach a vast number of users, gather insights to refine our offerings and generate growing revenue by expanding within our customer base. No single customer contributed more than 5% of our total revenues during fiscal year 2023.
The following table sets forth our number of customers as of the dates presented:
| As of June 30, | |||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||
| Number of customers | 262,337 | 242,623 | 204,754 |
Free Cash Flow
Free cash flow is a non-GAAP financial measure that we calculate as net cash provided by operating activities less net cash used in investing activities for capital expenditures. Management considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by our business that can be used to fund our commitments, repay our debt, and for strategic opportunities, such as reinvesting in our business, making strategic acquisitions, and strengthening our financial position. Free cash flow is not a measure calculated in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP, such as GAAP net cash provided by operating activities. In addition, free cash flow may not be comparable to similarly titled metrics of other companies due to differences among methods of calculation. The following table presents a reconciliation of net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow for the periods presented (in thousands):
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 868,111 | $ | 821,044 | $ | 789,960 | ||||
| Less: Capital expenditures | (25,652) | (70,583) | (31,520) | |||||||
| Free cash flow | $ | 842,459 | $ | 750,461 | $ | 758,440 |
Free cash flow increased by $92.0 million during fiscal year 2023 as compared to fiscal year 2022. The increase of free cash flow was primarily attributable to the increase of net cash provided by operating activities and a decrease in capital expenditures. The increase of net cash provided by operating activities was primarily attributable to an increase in cash received from customers, offset by an increase in cash paid to suppliers and employees, and cash used to pay income taxes.
For more information about net cash provided by operating activities, please see “Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
Components of Results of Operations
On September 30, 2022, . Atlassian Corporation Plc, a public company limited by shares, incorporated under the laws of England and Wales, completed a redomestication, which was approved by the shareholders of Atlassian Corporation Plc, resulting in Atlassian Corporation, a Delaware corporation, becoming our publicly traded parent company (the “U.S. Domestication”). In fiscal year 2022 and prior periods, we prepared our financial information in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). As a consequence of becoming a U.S. domestic issuer, beginning with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended September 30, 2022, we are required to present our financial information in accordance with GAAP. The below financial information has been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The financial information should not be expected to correspond to figures we have previously presented under IFRS.
Sources of Revenues
Subscription Revenues
Subscription revenues consist primarily of fees earned from subscription-based arrangements for providing customers the right to use our software in a cloud-based-infrastructure that we provide. We also sell on-premises term license agreements for our Data Center products, which consist of software licensed for a specified period and include support and maintenance services that are bundled with the license for the term of the license period. Subscription revenues also include subscription-based agreements for our premier support services. Subscription revenues are driven primarily by the number and size of active licenses, the type of product and the price of the licenses. Our subscription-based arrangements generally have a contractual term of one to twelve months, with a majority being one month. For Cloud offerings, subscription revenue is recognized ratably as services are performed, commencing with the date the service is made available to customers. For Data Center products, we recognize revenue upfront for the portion that relates to the delivery of the term license and the support and related revenue is recognized ratably as the services are delivered over the term of the arrangement. Premier support consists of subscription-based arrangements for a higher level of support across different deployment options, and revenue is recognized ratably as the services are delivered over the term of the arrangement.
Maintenance Revenues
Maintenance revenues represent fees earned from providing customers unspecified future updates, upgrades and enhancements and technical product support for perpetual license products on an if-and-when-available basis. Maintenance revenue is recognized ratably over the term of the support period.
Other Revenues
Other revenues primarily include perpetual license revenue and fees received for sales of third-party apps in the Atlassian Marketplace. Technical account management, consulting and training services are also included in other revenues. Perpetual license revenues represent fees earned from the license of software to customers for use on the customer’s premises other than Data Center products. Software is licensed on a perpetual basis. Perpetual license revenues consist of the revenues recognized from sales of licenses to customers. The Company no longer sells perpetual licenses or upgrades for our Server offerings. The Company typically recognized revenue on the license portion of perpetual license arrangements once the customer obtained control of the license, which is generally upon delivery of the license. Revenue from the sale of third-party apps via Atlassian Marketplace is
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recognized on the date of product delivery given that all of our obligations have been met at that time and on a net basis the Company functions as the agent in the relationship. Revenue from technical account management is recognized over the time period that the customer has access to the service. Revenue from consulting and training is recognized over time as the services are performed.
We expect subscription revenue to increase and continue to be our primary driver of revenue growth as our customers continue to migrate to our Cloud and Data Center offerings. Migrating our larger customers to the cloud continues to be one of our most important priorities over the coming year. Consistent with our strategy, our Server business is expected to contract. Maintenance revenue is expected to decline as Server customers migrate to our Cloud and Data Center offerings.
Cost of Revenues
Cost of revenues primarily consists of expenses related to compensation expenses for our employees, including stock-based compensation, hosting our cloud infrastructure, which includes third-party hosting fees and depreciation associated with computer equipment and software; payment processing fees; consulting and contractors costs, associated with our customer support and infrastructure service teams; amortization of acquired intangible assets, such as the amortization of the cost associated with an acquired company’s developed technology; certain IT program fees; and facilities and related overhead costs. To support our cloud-based infrastructure, we utilize third-party managed hosting facilities. We allocate stock-based compensation based on the expense category in which the employee works. We allocate overhead such as information technology costs, rent and occupancy charges in each expense category based on headcount in that category. As such, general overhead expenses are reflected in cost of revenues and operating expense categories.
We expect cost of revenues to increase as we continue to invest in our cloud-based infrastructure to support migrations and our cloud customers.
Gross Profit and Gross Margin
Gross profit is total revenues less total cost of revenues. Gross margin is gross profit expressed as a percentage of total revenues. Gross margin can fluctuate from period to period as a result of changes in product and services mix.
We expect gross margin to decrease due to the sales mix shift from Server and Data Center offerings to Cloud offerings. This impact will be primarily driven by increased hosting costs as well as additional personnel costs to support migrations and our cloud customers.
Operating Expenses
Our operating expenses are classified as research and development, marketing and sales, and general and administrative. For each functional category, the largest component is compensation expenses, which include salaries and bonuses, stock-based compensation, employee benefit costs, and contractor costs. We allocate overhead such as information technology costs, rent, and occupancy charges in each expense category based on headcount in that category.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation expense for our employees, including stock-based compensation, consulting and contractor costs, contract software development costs, facilities and related overhead costs, certain IT program expenses, and restructuring charges. We continue to focus our research and development efforts on building new products, adding new features and services, integrating acquired technologies, increasing functionality, enhancing our cloud infrastructure and developing our mobile capabilities.
Marketing and Sales
Marketing and sales expenses consist primarily of compensation expense for our employees, including stock-based compensation, marketing and sales programs, consulting and contractor costs, facilities and related overhead costs, certain IT program expenses, and restructuring charges. Marketing programs consist of advertising, promotional events, corporate communications, brand building and product marketing activities such as online lead generation. Sales programs consist of activities and teams focused on supporting our solution partners and resellers, tracking channel sales activity, supporting and servicing our customers by helping them optimize their
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experience and expand the use of our products across their organizations and helping product evaluators learn how they can use our tools most effectively.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation expense for our employees, including stock-based compensation, for finance, legal, human resources and information technology personnel, consulting and contractor costs, certain IT program expenses, other corporate expenses and facilities and related overhead costs, and restructuring charges.
Income Taxes
Provision for income taxes consists primarily of income taxes related to federal, state, and foreign jurisdictions where we conduct business.
Net Loss
We incurred a net loss in fiscal year 2023, primarily attributable to growing our team, specifically focusing on adding research and development personnel to drive continued product innovation, as well as investments in infrastructure to support our Cloud offerings, additional tax expenses due to the recognition of reserves for uncertain tax positions, and restructuring charges associated with the rebalancing of resources and lease consolidation. During fiscal years 2022 and 2021, the net loss was primarily attributable to marking to fair value of the exchangeable senior notes (the “Notes”) and related capped call transactions (the “Capped Calls”) and settlements of the Notes and Capped Calls.
Critical Accounting Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated 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 consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. These items are monitored and analyzed by us for changes in facts and circumstances, and material changes in these estimates could occur in the future. We base our estimates on 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. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results for the period in which they become known. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions and such differences could be material.
While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” to the notes to our consolidated financial statements, the following accounting policies involve a greater degree of judgment and complexity. Accordingly, these are the accounting policies that we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our financial condition and results of operations.
Revenue Recognition
Our contracts with customers often include promises to transfer multiple products and services to a customer. Determining whether products and services are considered distinct performance obligations may require judgment.
We allocate the transaction price for each contract to each performance obligation based on the relative standalone selling price (“SSP”) for each performance obligation. We use judgment in determining the SSP for products and services. We typically determine an SSP range for our products and services, which is reassessed on a periodic basis or when facts and circumstances change. For all performance obligations other than perpetual and term licenses, we are able to determine SSP based on the observable prices of products or services sold separately in comparable circumstances to similar customers. In instances where performance obligations do not have observable standalone sales, we utilize available information that may include market conditions, pricing strategies, the economic life of the software, and other observable inputs to estimate the price we would charge if the products and services were sold separately.
Our products are generally sold with a right of return, we may provide other credits or incentives, and, in certain instances, we estimate customer usage of our services, which are accounted for as variable consideration when determining the amount of revenue to recognize. Returns and credits are estimated at contract inception and updated at the end of each reporting period if additional information becomes available. Variable consideration was not material for the periods presented.
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Strategic Investments
Investments in privately held equity securities without readily determinable fair values in which we do not own a controlling interest or have significant influence over are measured using the measurement alternative. In applying the measurement alternative, the carrying value of the investment is measured at cost, less impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes from orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer in the period of occurrence. In determining the estimated fair value of our strategic investments in privately held companies, we use the most recent data available to us. Valuations of privately held securities are inherently complex due to the lack of readily available market data and require the use of judgment. The determination of whether an orderly transaction is for an identical or similar investment requires significant judgment. In our evaluation, we consider factors such as differences in the rights and preferences of the investments and the extent to which those differences would affect the fair values of those investments.
We assess our privately held debt and equity securities’ strategic investment portfolio quarterly for impairment. Our impairment analysis encompasses an assessment of both qualitative and quantitative analyses of key factors including the investee’s financial metrics, market acceptance of the investee’s product or technology, general market conditions and liquidity considerations. If the investment is considered to be impaired, we record the investment at fair value by recognizing an impairment through the consolidated statements of operations and establishing a new carrying value for the investment.
Valuation of Minority Interest in Equity Method Investment
In July 2022, we completed a non-cash sale of our controlling interest in Vertical First Trust (“VFT”) to a third-party buyer. VFT was established for the construction project associated with the Company’s new global headquarters in Sydney, Australia. We retained a minority equity interest of 13% in the form of ordinary shares and have significant influence in VFT. VFT was deconsolidated at the time of the sale, and we accounted for our retained equity interest as an equity method investment in our consolidated financial statements.
We used our best estimates and assumptions to accurately determine the fair value of our retained equity interest in VFT. The estimation is primarily due to the judgmental nature of the inputs to the valuation model used to measure fair value and the sensitivity to the significant underlying assumptions. Our estimates are inherently uncertain. We used a discounted cash flow model to calculate the fair value of our retained equity interest. The significant inputs to the valuation included observable market inputs, including capitalization rate, discount rate, and other management inputs, including the underlying building practical completion date. These assumptions are forward-looking and could be affected by future economic and market conditions and construction progress.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Long-lived assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate an asset’s carrying value may not be recoverable. When the projected undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than their carrying amounts, the assets are adjusted to their estimated fair value and an impairment loss is recorded as a component of operating income (expense).
Judgment is required to estimate the amount and timing of future cash flows and the relative risk of achieving those cash flows. Assumptions and estimates about future values can be subjective. They can be affected by a variety of factors, including external factors such as industry and economic trends, and internal factors such as changes in our business strategy.
Income Tax
We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method. We recognize deferred tax assets and liabilities for the future tax consequences attributable to (i) temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and (ii) operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets are recognized subject to management’s judgment that realization is more likely than not applicable to the periods in which we expect the temporary difference will reverse. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.
Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amounts that are more likely than not expected to be realized. Future realization of deferred tax assets ultimately depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income within the carryback or carryforward periods available under the applicable tax law. We regularly review the deferred tax assets for recoverability based on historical taxable income, projected
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future taxable income, the expected timing of the reversals of existing temporary differences and tax planning strategies. Our judgment regarding future profitability may change due to many factors, including future market conditions and the ability to successfully execute our business plans and tax planning strategies. Should there be a change in the ability to recover deferred tax assets, our income tax provision would increase or decrease in the period in which the assessment is changed.
In the multiple tax jurisdictions in which we operate, our tax returns are subject to routine audit by the Internal Revenue Service, Australian Taxation Office (“ATO”), and other taxation authorities. These audits at times may produce alternative views regarding certain tax positions taken in the year(s) of review. As a result, we record uncertain tax positions, which require recognition at the time when it is deemed more likely than not that the position in question will be upheld. Although management believes that the judgment and estimates involved are reasonable and that the necessary provisions have been recorded, changes in circumstances or unexpected events could adversely affect our financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “TCJA”), enacted on December 22, 2017, eliminates the option to deduct research and development expenditures, instead requiring taxpayers to capitalize and amortize such expenditures over five or fifteen years beginning in fiscal year 2023. If not deferred, modified, or repealed, this provision may materially increase future cash taxes.
New Accounting Pronouncements Pending Adoption
The impact of recently issued accounting standards is set forth in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” of the notes to our consolidated financial statements.
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Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods indicated (in thousands, except for percentages of total revenues):
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 2,922,576 | 83 | % | $ | 2,096,706 | 75 | % | $ | 1,324,064 | 63 | % | ||||||||
| Maintenance | 399,738 | 11 | 495,077 | 18 | 522,971 | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Other | 212,333 | 6 | 211,099 | 7 | 242,097 | 12 | ||||||||||||||
| Total revenues | 3,534,647 | 100 | 2,802,882 | 100 | 2,089,132 | 100 | ||||||||||||||
| Cost of revenues | 633,765 | 18 | 452,914 | 16 | 331,850 | 16 | ||||||||||||||
| Gross profit | 2,900,882 | 82 | 2,349,968 | 84 | 1,757,282 | 84 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Research and development | 1,869,881 | 53 | 1,291,877 | 46 | 932,994 | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| Marketing and sales | 769,861 | 22 | 535,815 | 19 | 371,644 | 18 | ||||||||||||||
| General and administrative | 606,362 | 17 | 452,193 | 16 | 311,238 | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Total operating expenses | 3,246,104 | 92 | 2,279,885 | 81 | 1,615,876 | 77 | ||||||||||||||
| Operating income (loss) | (345,222) | (10) | 70,083 | 3 | 141,406 | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | 14,501 | — | (501,839) | (19) | (570,393) | (28) | ||||||||||||||
| Interest income | 49,732 | 1 | 2,284 | — | 7,158 | — | ||||||||||||||
| Interest expense | (30,147) | (1) | (41,466) | (1) | (92,586) | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| Loss before provision for income taxes | (311,136) | (10) | (470,938) | (17) | (514,415) | (25) | ||||||||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | (175,625) | (4) | (48,572) | (2) | (64,564) | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (486,761) | (14) | % | $ | (519,510) | (19) | % | $ | (578,979) | (28) | % |
Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022
Revenues
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2023 | 2022 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 2,922,576 | $ | 2,096,706 | $ | 825,870 | 39 | % | ||||||
| Maintenance | 399,738 | 495,077 | (95,339) | (19) | ||||||||||
| Other | 212,333 | 211,099 | 1,234 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 3,534,647 | $ | 2,802,882 | $ | 731,765 | 26 | % |
Total revenues increased $731.8 million, or 26%, in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022. Growth in total revenues was primarily attributable to increased demand for our products from both new and existing customers. Of total revenues recognized in fiscal year 2023, over 90% was attributable to sales to customer accounts existing on or before June 30, 2022. Our number of total customers increased to 262,337 at June 30, 2023 from 242,623 at June 30, 2022.
Subscription revenues increased $825.9 million, or 39%, in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022. The increase in subscription revenues was primarily attributable to additional subscriptions from our existing customer base, and customers migrating to cloud-based subscription services and term-based licenses for our Data Center products.
Maintenance revenues decreased $95.3 million, or 19%, in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022. We no longer offer upgrades to perpetual licenses beginning February 2022, and plan to end maintenance and support for these products in February 2024.
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Other revenues increased $1.2 million, or 1%, in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022. The increase in other revenues was primarily attributable to an increase of $29.8 million in revenue from sales of third-party apps through our Atlassian Marketplace and other revenue, offset by a decrease of $28.6 million in perpetual license revenues as we discontinued selling new perpetual licenses for our products beginning February 2021.
Total revenues by deployment options were as follows:
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2023 | 2022 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Cloud | $ | 2,085,498 | $ | 1,515,424 | $ | 570,074 | 38 | % | ||||||
| Data Center | 819,251 | 560,319 | 258,932 | 46 | ||||||||||
| Server | 400,519 | 525,028 | (124,509) | (24) | ||||||||||
| Marketplace and services | 229,379 | 202,111 | 27,268 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 3,534,647 | $ | 2,802,882 | $ | 731,765 | 26 |
Total revenues by geography were as follows:
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2023 | 2022 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Americas | $ | 1,765,166 | $ | 1,408,868 | $ | 356,298 | 25 | % | ||||||
| EMEA | 1,366,739 | 1,077,338 | 289,401 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Asia Pacific | 402,742 | 316,676 | 86,066 | 27 | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 3,534,647 | $ | 2,802,882 | $ | 731,765 | 26 |
Cost of Revenues
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2023 | 2022 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||
| Cost of revenues | $ | 633,765 | $ | 452,914 | $ | 180,851 | 40 | % | ||||
| Gross margin | 82 | % | 84 | % |
Cost of revenues increased $180.9 million, or 40%, in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $81.0 million in compensation expense for employees (which includes an increase of $32.3 million in stock-based compensation), and an increase of $56.1 million in hosting fees paid to third-party providers. In addition, we recorded restructuring charges of $9.2 million in fiscal year 2023, which were primarily comprised of $7.9 million of impairment charges for leases and leasehold improvements.
Operating Expenses
Research and development
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2023 | 2022 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 1,869,881 | $ | 1,291,877 | $ | 578,004 | 45 | % |
Research and development expenses increased $578.0 million, or 45%, in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022. The overall increase was primarily a result of an increase of $456.8 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $269.5 million in stock-based compensation). In addition, we recorded restructuring charges of $43.1 million in fiscal year 2023, which were comprised of $29.0 million of impairment charges for leases and leasehold improvements, and $14.1 million of severance and other termination benefits.
Marketing and sales
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2023 | 2022 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Marketing and sales | $ | 769,861 | $ | 535,815 | $ | 234,046 | 44 | % |
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Marketing and sales expenses increased $234.0 million, or 44%, for fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $148.9 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $53.7 million in stock-based compensation), and an increase of $19.4 million in professional services. In addition, we recorded restructuring charges of $23.9 million in fiscal year ended June 30, 2023, which were comprised of $15.0 million of impairment charges for leases and leasehold improvements, and $8.9 million of severance and other termination benefits.
General and administrative
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2023 | 2022 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | 606,362 | $ | 452,193 | $ | 154,169 | 34 | % |
General and administrative expenses increased $154.2 million, or 34%, in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $124.3 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $57.6 million in stock-based compensation). In addition, we recorded restructuring charges of $20.7 million in fiscal year 2023, which were comprised of $11.3 million of severance and other termination benefits, and $9.4 million of impairment charges for leases and leasehold improvements.
Other income (expense), net
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2023 | 2022 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||||
| Other income (expense), net | $ | 14,501 | $ | (501,839) | $ | 516,340 | ** |
Other income (expense), net increased $516.3 million in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022. The increase was primarily attributable to a decrease of $424.5 million in other expense from the mark to fair value of the the Notes and Capped Calls and charges related to the full settlements of Notes and Capped Calls during fiscal year 2022, a decrease of $68.2 million in mark-to-market adjusted losses related to our publicly held equity securities, and an increase of $45.2 million from a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary recorded during fiscal year 2023.
Interest expense
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2023 | 2022 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Interest expense | $ | (30,147) | $ | (41,466) | $ | 11,319 | (27) | % |
Interest expense decreased $11.3 million, or 27%, in fiscal year 2023 compared to fiscal year 2022. The overall decrease was primarily attributable to $26.6 million in lower amortization of debt discount and issuance cost due to settlements of the Notes, offset by an increase in interest expense of $15.3 million from our Term Loan Facility (as defined below) as a result of increased interest rates.
Provision for income taxes
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||
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| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2023 | 2022 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | (175,625) | $ | (48,572) | $ | (127,053) | ** | ||||||
| Effective tax rate | ** | ** |
** Not meaningful
We reported an income tax provision of $175.6 million on pretax loss of $311.1 million for fiscal year 2023, as compared to an income tax provision of $48.6 million on pretax loss of $470.9 million for fiscal year 2022. The income tax provision for fiscal year 2023 reflects an increase in tax provision primarily attributable to the recognition of a reserve for uncertain tax positions and overall growth in foreign jurisdictions associated with an increase in profit and non-deductible stock-based compensation. Since fiscal year 2020, we have been in unilateral advanced pricing agreement (“APA”) negotiations with the ATO relating to our transfer pricing arrangements between Australia and the U.S. During fiscal year 2023, we discussed with the ATO, for the first time, a framework to finalize our transfer pricing arrangements for the proposed APA period (tax years ended June 30, 2019 to June 30, 2025).
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Given the stage of discussions with the ATO during fiscal year 2023, we recorded a reserve for uncertain tax positions of $110.7 million based upon applying the recognition and measurement thresholds of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 740 Income Taxes (“ASC 740”). Although our recorded tax reserves are the best estimate of our liabilities, differences may occur in the future, depending on final resolution of the APA negotiations. The negotiations are expected to be finalized within the next 12 months.
Our effective tax rate substantially differed from the U.S. statutory income tax rate of 21.0% primarily attributable to the recognition of a reserve for uncertain tax positions, different tax rates in foreign jurisdictions such as Australia, non-deductible stock-based compensation in certain foreign jurisdictions, and full valuation allowances in the U.S. and Australia. See Note 19, “Income Tax,” to the notes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
We regularly assess the need for a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets. Our assessment is based on all positive and negative evidence related to the realizability of such deferred tax assets. Based on available objective evidence as of June 30, 2023, we will continue to maintain a full valuation allowance on our U.S. federal, U.S. state, and Australian deferred tax assets as it is more likely than not that these deferred tax assets will not be realized. We intend to maintain the full valuation allowance until sufficient positive evidence exists to support the reversal of, or decrease in, the valuation allowance.
Our future effective annual tax rate may be materially impacted by the expense or benefit from tax amounts associated with our foreign earnings that are taxed at rates different from the federal statutory rate, changes in valuation allowances, level of profit before tax, accounting for uncertain tax positions, business combinations, and changes in our valuation allowances to the extent sufficient positive evidence becomes available, closure of statute of limitations or settlement of tax audits, and changes in tax laws, including impacts of the TCJA. The TCJA, enacted on December 22, 2017, eliminates the option to deduct research and development expenditures, instead requiring taxpayers to capitalize and amortize such expenditures over five or fifteen years beginning in fiscal year 2023. If not deferred, modified or repealed, this provision may materially increase future cash taxes.
A significant amount of our earnings is generated by our Australian subsidiaries. Our future effective tax rates may be adversely affected to the extent earnings are lower than anticipated in countries where we have lower statutory tax rates. See Note 19, “Income Tax,” to the notes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information. Changes in our global operations could result in changes to our effective tax rates, future cash flows, and overall profitability of our operations.
Fiscal Years Ended June 30, 2022 and 2021
Revenues
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2022 | 2021 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Subscription | $ | 2,096,706 | $ | 1,324,064 | $ | 772,642 | 58 | % | ||||||
| Maintenance | 495,077 | 522,971 | (27,894) | (5) | ||||||||||
| Other | 211,099 | 242,097 | (30,998) | (13) | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 2,802,882 | $ | 2,089,132 | $ | 713,750 | 34 |
Total revenues increased $713.8 million, or 34%, in fiscal year 2022 compared to fiscal year 2021. Growth in total revenues was primarily attributable to increased demand for our products from both new and existing customers and accelerated short-term demand for on-premises products as a result of customers purchasing ahead of both the discontinuation of new perpetual license sales and price changes for on-premises products during the third quarter of fiscal year 2022. Of total revenues recognized in fiscal year 2022, over 90% was attributable to sales to customer accounts existing on or before June 30, 2021. Our number of total customers increased to 242,623 at June 30, 2022 from 204,754 at June 30, 2021.
Subscription revenues increased $772.6 million, or 58%, in fiscal year 2022 compared to fiscal year 2021. The increase in subscription revenues was primarily attributable to additional subscriptions from our existing customer base and accelerated short-term demand for data center products as a result of customers purchasing ahead of price changes during the third quarter of fiscal year 2022.
Maintenance revenues decreased $27.9 million, or 5%, in fiscal year 2022 compared to fiscal year 2021. We no longer offer upgrades to perpetual licenses beginning February 2022, and we plan to end maintenance and support for these products in February 2024.
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Other revenues decreased $31.0 million, or 13%, in fiscal year 2022 compared to fiscal year 2021. The decrease in other revenues was primarily attributable to a decrease of $54.9 million in perpetual license revenues as we discontinued selling new perpetual licenses for our products beginning February 2021, offset by an increase of $20.2 million in revenue from sales of third-party apps through our Atlassian Marketplace.
Total revenues by deployment options were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2022 | 2021 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Cloud | $ | 1,515,424 | $ | 967,832 | $ | 547,592 | 57 | % | ||||||
| Data Center | 560,319 | 336,273 | 224,046 | 67 | ||||||||||
| Server | 525,028 | 607,778 | (82,750) | (14) | ||||||||||
| Marketplace and services | 202,111 | 177,249 | 24,862 | 14 | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 2,802,882 | $ | 2,089,132 | $ | 713,750 | 34 |
Total revenues by geography were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2022 | 2021 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Americas | $ | 1,408,868 | $ | 1,028,481 | $ | 380,387 | 37 | % | ||||||
| EMEA | 1,077,338 | 826,445 | 250,893 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Asia Pacific | 316,676 | 234,206 | 82,470 | 35 | ||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 2,802,882 | $ | 2,089,132 | $ | 713,750 | 34 |
Cost of Revenues
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2022 | 2021 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||
| Cost of revenues | $ | 452,914 | $ | 331,850 | $ | 121,064 | 36 | % | ||||
| Gross margin | 84 | % | 84 | % |
Cost of revenues increased $121.1 million, or 36%, in fiscal year 2022 compared to fiscal year 2021. The overall increase was primarily attributable to an increase of $66.8 million in compensation expense for employees (which includes an increase of $11.5 million in share-based payment expense), an increase of $35.0 million in hosting fees paid to third-party providers and an increase of $12.2 million in merchant fees.
Operating Expenses
Research and development
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2022 | 2021 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Research and development | $ | 1,291,877 | $ | 932,994 | $ | 358,883 | 38 | % |
Research and development expenses increased $358.9 million, or 38%, in fiscal year 2022 compared to fiscal year 2021. The overall increase was primarily a result of an increase of $326.6 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $108.7 million in share-based payment expenses).
Marketing and sales
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2022 | 2021 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Marketing and sales | $ | 535,815 | $ | 371,644 | $ | 164,171 | 44 | % |
Marketing and sales expenses increased $164.2 million, or 44%, for fiscal year 2022, compared to fiscal year 2021. Marketing and sales expenses increased primarily due to an increase of $107.8 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $31.5 million in share-based payment expenses), an
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increase of $19.3 million in online product advertisement expenses, an increase of $8.6 million in marketing events expenses, and an increase of $7.4 million in professional services.
General and administrative
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2022 | 2021 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| General and administrative | $ | 452,193 | $ | 311,238 | $ | 140,955 | 45 | % |
General and administrative expenses increased $141.0 million, or 45%, in fiscal year 2022 compared to fiscal year 2021. The increase was primarily attributable to $108.2 million in compensation expenses for employees (which includes an increase of $32.4 million in share-based payment expenses) and an increase of $18.6 million in professional services.
Other expense, net
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2022 | 2021 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Other expense, net | $ | (501,839) | $ | (570,393) | $ | 68,554 | (12) | % |
Other expense, net decreased $68.6 million in fiscal year 2022, compared to fiscal year 2021. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $294.1 million from the mark to fair value of the Exchange and Capped Call Derivatives. This was offset by an increase of $102.2 million of charges related to the full settlement of the Notes, and mark to fair value related to our marketable equity securities of $113.9 million during fiscal year 2022.
Interest expense
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2022 | 2021 | $ Change | % Change | ||||||||||
| Interest expense | $ | (41,466) | $ | (92,586) | $ | 51,120 | (55) | % |
Interest expense decreased $51.1 million in fiscal year 2022 compared to fiscal year 2021. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $59.5 million in amortization of debt discount and issuance cost due to full settlements of the Notes during fiscal year 2022, offset by the interest expense of $11.6 million from our Term Loan Facility.
Provision for income taxes
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands, except percentage data) | 2022 | 2021 | $ Change | % Change | |||||||||
| Provision for income taxes | $ | (48,572) | $ | (64,564) | $ | 15,992 | ** | ||||||
| Effective tax rate | ** | ** |
** Not meaningful
We reported an income tax provision of $48.6 million on pretax loss of $470.9 million for fiscal year 2022, as compared to an income tax provision of $64.6 million on pretax loss of 514.4 million for fiscal year 2021. Our effective tax rate substantially differed from the U.S. statutory income tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to different tax rates in foreign jurisdictions such as Australia, and the recognition of significant permanent differences during fiscal years 2022 and 2021. Significant permanent differences included non-deductible charges related to the Notes, nondeductible stock-based compensation and research and development incentives. Our assessment of the recoverability of Australian and U.S. deferred tax assets will not change until there is sufficient evidence to support their realizability. Our assessment of the realizability of our Australian and U.S. deferred tax assets is based on all available positive and negative evidence. Such evidence includes, but is not limited to, recent cumulative earnings or losses, expectations of future taxable income by taxing jurisdiction, and the carry-forward periods available for the utilization of deferred tax assets.
See Note 19, “Income Tax,” to the notes to our consolidated financial statements for additional information. Changes in our global operations or local tax laws could result in changes to our effective tax rates, future cash flows and overall profitability of our operations.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
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As of June 30, 2023, we had cash and cash equivalents totaling $2.1 billion, short-term investments totaling $10.0 million and trade receivables totaling $477.7 million. Since our inception, we have primarily financed our operations through cash flows generated by operations and corporate debt.
Our cash flows from operating activities, investing activities, and financing activities for fiscal years 2023, 2022 and 2021 were as follows:
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |||||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 868,111 | $ | 821,044 | $ | 789,960 | ||||
| Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities | (1,258) | 36,516 | 259,262 | |||||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (148,421) | (399,280) | (1,603,433) | |||||||
| Effect of foreign exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | (1,805) | (9,233) | 5,408 | |||||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash | $ | 716,627 | $ | 449,047 | $ | (548,803) |
Cash provided by operating activities has historically been affected by the amount of net loss adjusted for non-cash expense items such as expense associated with stock-based awards, impairment charges for leases and leasehold improvements, depreciation and amortization, gain on non-cash sale of controlling interest of a subsidiary and non-coupon impact related to the Notes and Capped Calls, the timing of employee-related costs such as bonus payments, collections from our customers, which is our largest source of operating cash flows, income tax payment and changes in other working capital accounts.
Accounts impacting working capital consist of accounts receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payables, current provisions, and current deferred revenue. Our working capital may be impacted by various factors in future periods, such as billings to customers for subscriptions, licenses and maintenance services and the subsequent collection of those billings or the amount and timing of certain expenditures.
Net cash provided by operating activities increased by $47.1 million for fiscal year 2023, compared to fiscal year 2022. The net increase was primarily attributable to an increase in cash received from customers, offset by an increase in cash paid to suppliers and employees and cash used to pay income taxes.
Net cash provided by investing activities decreased by $37.8 million for fiscal year 2023, compared to fiscal year 2022. The net decrease was primarily attributable to a decrease of $185.6 million from proceeds from sales of marketable securities and strategic investments, offset by a decrease of $92.2 million from purchases of strategic investments, a decrease of $44.9 million from purchases of property and equipment, and a decrease of $13.6 million from business combinations, net of cash acquired.
Net cash used in financing activities decreased by $250.9 million for fiscal year 2023, compared to fiscal year 2022. The net cash used in financing activities was primarily attributable to repurchases of Class A Common Stock of $150.0 million during fiscal year 2023. The net cash used in financing activities during fiscal year 2022 was primarily attributable to the full settlement of the Notes for an aggregate consideration of $1.5 billion, offset by the proceeds from the Term Loan Facility of $1.0 billion and settlement of the Capped Call of $135.5 million.
Material Cash Requirements
Debt
In October 2020, Atlassian US, Inc. entered into a credit agreement establishing a $1 billion senior unsecured delayed-draw term loan facility (the “Term Loan Facility”) and a $500 million senior unsecured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Credit Facility,” and together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Credit Facility”). We have fully drawn the Term Loan Facility, and we have full access to the $500 million under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Credit Facility matures in October 2025 and as of July, 1 2023 and onward bears interest, at our option, at a base rate plus a margin up to 0.50% or Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10% plus a spread of 0.875% to 1.50%, in each case with such margin being determined by our consolidated leverage ratio. The Revolving Credit Facility may be borrowed, repaid, and re-borrowed until its maturity, and we have the option to request an increase of $250 million in certain circumstances. The Credit Facility may be repaid at our discretion without penalty. Commencing on October 31, 2023, we are obligated to repay the outstanding principal amount of the Term Loan in installments on a quarterly basis in an amount equal to 1.25% of the Term Loan Facility borrowing amount until the maturity of the Credit Facility.
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Share Repurchase Program
In January 2023, the Board of Directors authorized a program to repurchase up to $1.0 billion of our outstanding Class A Common Stock (the “Share Repurchase Program”). The Share Repurchase Program does not have a fixed expiration date, may be suspended or discontinued at any time, and does not obligate us to repurchase any specific dollar amount or to acquire any specific number of shares. During fiscal year 2023, we repurchased approximately 1.0 million shares of our Class A Common Stock for approximately $154.2 million at an average price per share of $157.49. All repurchases were made in open market transactions. As of June 30, 2023, we were authorized to purchase the remaining $845.8 million of our Class A Common Stock under the Share Repurchase Program. Refer to Note 18, “Stockholder’s Equity,” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Contractual Obligations
Our principal commitments consist of contractual commitments for cloud services platform and other infrastructure services, and obligations under leases for office space including obligations for leases that have not yet commenced. Refer to Note 11, “Leases,” Note 12, “Debt,” Note 13, “Commitments and Contingencies,” and Note 18, “Stockholder’s Equity,” to our consolidated financial statements for additional information.
Other Future Obligations
We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, together with cash generated from operations, and borrowing capacity from the Credit Facility will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs for at least the next 12 months. Our other future cash requirements will depend on many factors including our growth rate, the timing and extent of spend on research and development efforts, employee headcount, marketing and sales activities, payments to tax authorities, acquisitions of additional businesses and technologies, the introduction of new software and services offerings, enhancements to our existing software and services offerings and the continued market acceptance of our products.
As of June 30, 2023, the Company is not party to any off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on our financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, or capital resources.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to the measures presented in our consolidated financial statements, we regularly review other measures that are not presented in accordance with GAAP, defined as non-GAAP financial measures by the SEC, to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends, prepare financial forecasts and make strategic decisions. The key measures we consider are non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP net income per diluted share and free cash flow (collectively, the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures”). These Non-GAAP Financial Measures, which may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP measures used by other companies, provide supplemental information regarding our operating performance on a non-GAAP basis that excludes certain gains, losses and charges of a non-cash nature or that occur relatively infrequently and/or that management considers to be unrelated to our core operations. Management believes that tracking and presenting these Non-GAAP Financial Measures provides management, our board of directors, investors and the analyst community with the ability to better evaluate matters such as: our ongoing core operations, including comparisons between periods and against other companies in our industry; our ability to generate cash to service our debt and fund our operations; and the underlying business trends that are affecting our performance.
Our Non-GAAP Financial Measures include:
•Non-GAAP gross profit. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets and restructuring charges.
•Non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and restructuring charges.
•Non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP net income per diluted share. Excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, restructuring charges, non-coupon impact related to the Notes and Capped Calls, gain on a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary and the related income tax effects on these items, and a non-recurring income tax adjustment.
•Free cash flow. Free cash flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, which consists of purchases of property and equipment.
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We understand that although these Non-GAAP Financial Measures are frequently used by investors and the analyst community in their evaluation of our financial performance, these measures have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. We compensate for such limitations by reconciling these Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measures.
The following table presents a reconciliation of our Non-GAAP Financial Measures to the most comparable GAAP financial measure for fiscal years 2023, 2022 and 2021 (in thousands, except percentage and per share data):
| Fiscal Year Ended June 30, | ||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||||
| Gross profit | ||||||||||
| GAAP gross profit | $ | 2,900,882 | $ | 2,349,968 | $ | 1,757,282 | ||||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 63,625 | 31,358 | 19,879 | |||||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 22,853 | 22,694 | 22,394 | |||||||
| Plus: Restructuring charges (1) | 9,192 | — | — | |||||||
| Non-GAAP gross profit | $ | 2,996,552 | $ | 2,404,020 | $ | 1,799,555 | ||||
| Operating income | ||||||||||
| GAAP operating income (loss) | $ | (345,222) | $ | 70,083 | $ | 141,406 | ||||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 937,812 | 524,803 | 340,817 | |||||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 33,127 | 32,398 | 31,754 | |||||||
| Plus: Restructuring charges (1) | 96,894 | — | — | |||||||
| Non-GAAP operating income | $ | 722,611 | $ | 627,284 | $ | 513,977 | ||||
| Operating margin | ||||||||||
| GAAP operating margin | (10)% | 3% | 7% | |||||||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 26% | 18% | 16% | |||||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 1% | 1% | 2% | |||||||
| Plus: Restructuring charges (1) | 3% | —% | —% | |||||||
| Non-GAAP operating margin | 20% | 22% | 25% | |||||||
| Net income | ||||||||||
| GAAP net loss | $ | (486,761) | $ | (519,510) | $ | (578,979) | ||||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 937,812 | 524,803 | 340,817 | |||||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 33,127 | 32,398 | 31,754 | |||||||
| Plus: Restructuring charges (1) | 96,894 | — | — | |||||||
| Plus: Non-coupon impact related to exchangeable senior notes and capped calls | — | 450,829 | 700,847 | |||||||
| Less: Gain on a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary | (45,158) | — | — | |||||||
| Less: Income tax adjustments | (43,659) | (105,064) | (95,021) | |||||||
| Non-GAAP net income | $ | 492,255 | $ | 383,456 | $ | 399,418 | ||||
| Net income per share | ||||||||||
| GAAP net loss per share - diluted | $ | (1.90) | $ | (2.05) | $ | (2.32) | ||||
| Plus: Stock-based compensation | 3.66 | 2.05 | 1.35 | |||||||
| Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets | 0.13 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |||||||
| Plus: Restructuring charges (1) | 0.38 | — | — | |||||||
| Plus: Non-coupon impact related to exchangeable senior notes and capped calls | — | 1.78 | 2.80 | |||||||
| Less: Gain on a non-cash sale of a controlling interest of a subsidiary | (0.18) | — | — | |||||||
| Less: Income tax adjustments | (0.17) | (0.41) | (0.38) |
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| Non-GAAP net income per share - diluted | $ | 1.92 | $ | 1.50 | $ | 1.58 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding | ||||||||||
| Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted GAAP net loss per share | 256,307 | 253,312 | 249,679 | |||||||
| Plus: Dilution from dilutive securities (2) | 554 | 2,345 | 3,673 | |||||||
| Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted non-GAAP net income per share | 256,861 | 255,657 | 253,352 | |||||||
| Free cash flow | ||||||||||
| GAAP net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 868,111 | $ | 821,044 | $ | 789,960 | ||||
| Less: Capital expenditures | (25,652) | (70,583) | (31,520) | |||||||
| Free cash flow | $ | 842,459 | $ | 750,461 | $ | 758,440 |
(1) Restructuring charges include stock-based compensation expense related to the rebalancing of resources for fiscal year 2023.
(2) The effects of these dilutive securities were not included in the GAAP calculation of diluted net loss per share for fiscal years 2023, 2022 and 2021 because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.