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Item 1. Business

2021-03-04 compared with 2020-03-06 · 122 added, 60 removed, 170 unchanged (52% of the section changed)

Okta is the leading independent identity management platform for the enterprise.

Our vision is to enable any organization to use any technology, and we believe identity is the key to making that happen.

The Okta Identity Cloud is our category-defining platform that enables our customers to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time.

The Okta Identity Cloud helps organizations effectively harness the power of cloud , mobile and web technologies by securing users and connecting them with the applications they rely on.

Every day, millions of people use Okta to securely access a wide range of cloud, mobile and web applications, on-premise servers, application program interfaces, or APIs, IT infrastructure providers and services from a multitude of devices.

Our vision is to enable everyone to safely use any technology, and we believe identity is the key to making that happen.

Our mission is to bring simple and secure digital access to people and organizations everywhere.

The Okta Identity Cloud is powered by our category-defining platform that enables our customers to securely connect the right people to the right technologies and services at the right time.

The Okta Identity Cloud helps organizations effectively harness the power of cloud, mobile and web technologies by securing users and connecting them with the applications and technology they use.

We designed the Okta Identity Cloud to provide organizations an integrated approach to managing and securing every identity in an organization.

Every day, thousands of organizations and millions of people use Okta to securely access a wide range of cloud, mobile and web applications, on-premises servers, application program interfaces (APIs), IT infrastructure providers and services from a multitude of devices.

Developers leverage our platform to securely and efficiently embed identity into the software they build, allowing them to focus on their core mission.

Employees and contractors sign into the Okta Identity Cloud to seamlessly and securely access the applications they need to do their most important work.

Organizations use our platform to collaborate with their partners, and to provide their customers with more modern experiences online and via mobile devices.

Developers leverage our platform to securely and efficiently embed identity into their software, allowing them to focus on their core mission.

Organizations use our platform to collaborate with their partners, and to provide their customers with more modern and secure experiences online and via mobile devices.

As we add new customers, users, developers and integrations to our platform, our business, customers, partners and users benefit from powerful network effects that increase the value and security of the Okta Identity Cloud.

Given the growth trends in the number of applications and cloud adoption, identity is becoming the most critical layer of an organization’s security.

The acceleration of digital transformations, cloud modernization and changing consumer expectations to simple, secure digital experiences are driving a shift in how organizations manage consumer identities on the internet.

Organizations are building secure consumer-facing applications and are turning to identity to optimize seamless and private user experiences.

Our approach provides organizations with the scale, efficiency and security they need to build customer facing applications.

Given the growth trends in the number of applications and cloud adoption, and the movement to remote workforces, identity is becoming the most critical layer of an organization’s security.

As organizations shift from network-based security models to a Zero Trust security model focusing on adaptive and context-aware controls, identity has become the most reliable way to manage user access and protect digital assets.

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Our customers consist of leading global organizations ranging from the largest enterprises, to small and medium-sized businesses, universities, non-profits and government agencies.

We partner with leading application and infrastructure vendors, such as Amazon Web Services, Atlassian, Cisco, CyberArk, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Proofpoint, SailPoint, ServiceNow, VMware and Workday.

We partner with leading application, infrastructure and security vendors, such as Amazon Web Services, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Netskope, Proofpoint, Salesforce, ServiceNow, VMware and Workday.

We had over 7,000 integrations with cloud, mobile and web applications and IT infrastructure providers as of January 31, 2021, which while not directly correlated to revenue, shows the breadth and acceptance of our platform.

We employ a SaaS business model, and generate revenue primarily by selling multi-year subscriptions to our cloud-based offerings.

We focus on acquiring and retaining our customers and increasing their spending with us through expanding the number of users who access our platform and up-selling additional products.

We employ a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business model, and generate revenue primarily by selling multi-year subscriptions to our cloud-based offerings.

We focus on acquiring and retaining our customers and increasing their spending with us through expanding the number of users who access the Okta Identity Cloud and up-selling additional products.

We sell our products directly through our field and inside sales teams, as well as indirectly through our network of channel partners, including resellers, system integrators and other distribution partners.

On March 3, 2021, we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Auth0, Inc.

(Auth0) pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement).

Upon consummation of the transaction contemplated by the Merger Agreement, all outstanding shares of Auth0 capital stock, options, warrants, convertible securities, phantom equity and other outstanding equity interests will be cancelled in exchange for aggregate consideration of $6.5 billion in the form of shares of Class A common stock of the Company and assumed awards of corresponding Company equity interests, subject to customary purchase price adjustments and certain customary cash payouts in lieu of shares of Company Class A common stock, as provided by the Merger Agreement.

The purchase price payable in shares of Class A common stock will be valued at $276.2147 per share (which price was calculated based on the daily volume-weighted average sales price per share of Company Class A common stock for the 20 trading days ending on February 26, 2021).

The per share price of these shares has been fixed as of the Merger Agreement signing date, and the aggregate value of these shares will fluctuate based on changes in our share price between the signing and closing dates.

Auth0 is an identity management platform for application developers that provides solutions to add authorization and authentication services to developer applications.

The proposed transaction is expected to close during the Company’s second quarter of fiscal 2022, the quarter ending July 31, 2021.

The closing of this transaction is subject to certain customary closing conditions and approvals.

The Okta Identity Cloud

The Okta Identity Cloud is an independent and neutral cloud-based identity platform that allows our customers to integrate with any prevalent application, service or cloud that they choose through our secure, reliable and scalable platform.

The Okta Identity Cloud is an independent and neutral cloud-based identity solution that allows our customers to integrate with nearly any application, service or cloud that they choose through our secure, reliable and scalable platform and cloud infrastructure.

Our technological neutrality allows our customers to easily adopt the best technologies, and our platform is designed to securely connect users to the technology that they choose.

We prioritize the compatibility of the Okta Identity Cloud with on-premise infrastructures and public and hybrid clouds.

We prioritize the compatibility of the Okta Identity Cloud with public clouds, on-premises infrastructures and hybrid clouds.

Our customers use the Okta Identity Cloud to secure their workforces, to create solutions that make their partner networks more collaborative, and to provide more seamless and secure experiences for their customers or end users, which combined with our open approach, enables our customers to future-proof their environments.

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We enable our customers to easily deploy, manage and secure applications and devices, and to provision and support users across their IT environments, with a simple, intuitive, consumer-like user experience.

Developers are similarly able to leverage a robust set of tools to quickly build custom cloud, mobile and web application experiences that leverage the Okta Identity Cloud as the underlying identity platform.

Developers are similarly able to leverage a robust set of tools through the platform to quickly build custom cloud, mobile and web application experiences that leverage the breadth and depth of capabilities within the Okta Identity Cloud.

Once deployed, we enable administrators to enforce contextual access management decisions based on conditions such as user identity, device, location, application identity, IP reputation and time of day.

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Our customers use it to manage and secure their employees, contractors and partners, which we refer to as workforce identity.

Our customers also use it to manage and secure the identities of their own customers via the powerful APIs we have developed, which we refer to as customer identity.

Our customers also use it to enable, manage and secure the identities of their own customers via the powerful APIs we have developed, which we refer to as customer identity.

The Okta Identity Cloud is underpinned by Okta Platform Services which are the foundational platform components that power our product features.

The Okta Identity Cloud for Workforce Identity

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We offer our customers an additional security layer through our Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication product.

Our Universal Directory and Lifecycle Management products also serve as a system of record to help our customers organize, customize and manage their users and their access privileges throughout the users’ entire lifecycles.

Our Advanced Server Access product is designed to significantly improve our customers’ ability to secure access to cloud-based and on-premise servers, while Okta Access Gateway enables our customers to extend the Okta Identity Cloud to their existing on-premise applications.

Our Universal Directory product also serves as a system of record to help our customers organize, customize and manage their users.

Our Lifecycle Management product enables customers to manage users’ access privileges through their entire lifecycle with a no-code approach that improves administrative efficiency and productivity.

Our Advanced Server Access product is designed to significantly improve our customers’ ability to secure access to cloud-based and on-premises servers, while Okta Access Gateway enables our customers to extend the Okta Identity Cloud to their existing on-premises applications.

The Okta Identity Cloud enables our customers to automate access across their growing ecosystem of employees, contractors and partners, increasing collaboration across their workforces.

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In customer identity use cases, the Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to transform their own customers’ experiences by empowering development teams to rapidly and securely build customer-facing cloud, mobile or web applications.

We enable an organization’s product team to layer our powerful identity platform into their cloud, web and mobile applications through our APIs.

This makes it easier for them to authenticate, manage and secure their connections, enabling rapid product innovation for the business.

Organizations are able to centrally manage policy and API-level access across their development efforts, leading to more seamless customer experiences that are personalized, engaging and secure.

We enable an organization’s product team to layer our powerful identity platform into their cloud, web and mobile applications.

This makes it easier for them to authenticate, manage, scale and secure their connections, enabling rapid time to market for the business.

Organizations are able to centrally manage policy and API-level access across all their applications, leading to more seamless customer experiences that are personalized, engaging and secure.

Okta Platform Services

In order to enable customers and partners to address a wide range of identity use cases, we have built a set of modular components, called Okta Platform Services, which can be combined to build new features and tailored experiences faster.

Okta Platform Services are available in Okta packaged products through APIs and software development kits (SDKs).

Okta Platform Services can be used across both workforce and customer identity use cases.

We expect to use Okta Platform Services to continue to enable new and expanded use cases and enable customers or third-party developers to build their own solutions based on an industry use case or unique customer need.

Okta Platform Services include Okta’s Identity Engine, Workflows, Devices, Integrations and Insights.

Growth Strategy

Key elements of our growth strategy are to:

Execute with Our Existing Platform

Execute with Our Platform

• Drive New Customer Growth .

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• Expand Our International Footprint .

With 16% of our revenue generated outside of the United States in fiscal 2020 , comparable to 16% in fiscal 2019 , we believe there is significant opportunity to grow our international business.

We believe global demand for our products will continue to be a long-term opportunity as organizations

outside the United States fully embrace the transition to cloud computing, and larger international organizations take advantage of technology consolidation within their global locations.

With 16% of our revenue generated outside of the United States in fiscal 2021, and our international revenue growing 46% from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2021, we believe there is significant opportunity to continue to grow our international business.

We believe global demand for our products will continue to be a long-term opportunity as organizations outside the United States fully embrace the transition to cloud computing, and larger international organizations take advantage of technology consolidation within their global locations.

Increase Our Opportunities

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As technology and our customers’ needs evolve, we plan to use our platform to help our customers address new challenges, regulatory requirements and use cases.

Expand Our Integrations .

The Okta Integration Network is an extensive partner ecosystem, which includes over 6,500 integrations with cloud, mobile and web applications and IT infrastructure providers.

• Leverage Our Integrations .

The Okta Integration Network is an extensive partner ecosystem, which includes over 7,000 integrations with cloud, mobile and web applications and IT infrastructure

We plan to continue these partnerships as well as add new integration partners to enrich our user experience and expand our customer base.

We view our investment in these partnerships as a force multiplier that enables us to build and promote complementary capabilities that benefit our customers.

• Expand our Developer Ecosystem .

We want to empower every application developer to use the Okta Identity Platform to securely build authentication into any application.

We believe that our secure and seamless access solutions enable developers to focus their time and attention on building their core application capabilities while relying on the Okta Identity Platform for their identity related requirements.

We currently offer a free developer license, and we plan to create additional SDKs and APIs to make our platform more extensible and allow developers to build applications and services that extend its functionality.

• Leverage Our Unique Data Assets with Powerful Analytics .

Our position at the intersection of people, devices, applications and infrastructure gives us unique access to powerful data, and the opportunity to provide differentiated insights based on that data, as well as predictive capabilities based on that data to help keep customers more secure.

We expect the value of our analytics to our customer base will increase as customers continue to connect more devices, applications and users to their networks and as we add more customers.

We also expect that our analytics ability will enable our customers to use our data and third-party data from our partners, to help customers make more informed and secure access decisions.

We do not currently derive direct revenue from our unique data assets, but we may explore opportunities for monetization in the future.

The Okta Identity Cloud consists of a suite of products to manage and secure identities.

• Mergers and Acquisitions and Investments .

From time to time, we evaluate opportunities to acquire or invest in emerging and adjacent technologies to complement our organic investments and improve our products, services and customers’ experiences.

We will continue to use these types of strategic levers as opportunities arise.

The Okta Identity Cloud consists of an independent platform with a suite of products and services to manage and secure identities.

We are continuously enhancing these products and services.

Most of our products can be used for both customer identity and for workforce identity use cases.

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For customer identity, our APIs are also used by developers to embed Okta identity functionality into their own customer-facing mobile or web applications.

We continuously improve the Okta Identity Cloud through the release and development of additional products and features.

We continuously improve the Okta Identity Cloud through the release and development of additional products, features and services.

• Universal Directory .

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When used for workforce identity, Universal Directory becomes a customer’s system of record for all of its employees, contractors and partners.

When used for customer identity, Universal Directory becomes a customer's system of record for all of its users.

When used for customer identity, Universal Directory becomes a customer's secure system of record for management of all of its users.

• Single Sign-On .

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Single Sign-On also enables built-in reporting and analytics that provide real-time search functionalities across users, devices, applications and the associated access and usage activity.

When used for customer identity, Single Sign-On enables secure authentication for applications by external customers.

• Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication .

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We offer an intelligent approach to security, built on contextual data.

Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication includes a policy framework that is integrated with a broad set of cloud and on-premise applications and network infrastructures.

Adaptive Multi-Factor Authentication includes a policy framework that is integrated with a broad set of cloud

and on-premises applications and network infrastructures.

It offers adaptive, risk-based authentication that leverages data intelligence from across the Okta network of thousands of organizations.

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Lifecycle Management enables IT organizations or developers to manage a user's identity throughout its entire lifecycle.

It automates IT processes and ensures user accounts are created and

deactivated at the appropriate times, including the workflow and policies needed to power those processes.

It automates IT processes and ensures user accounts are created and deactivated at the appropriate times, including the workflow and policies needed to power those processes.

With Okta Lifecycle Management, organizations can securely manage the entire identity lifecycle, from on-boarding to off-boarding, and ensure compliance requirements are met as user roles evolve and access levels change.

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Access to these APIs is managed based on the user, which enables organizations to centrally maintain one set of permissions for any employee, partner or customer across every point of access.

API Access Management reduces development time, boosts security and enables seamless end-user experiences by providing a unified portable service for authorizing secure and always available access to any API.

API Access Management reduces development time, boosts security, helps in achieving compliance and enables seamless end-user experiences by providing a unified portable service for authorizing secure and always available access to any API.

• Access Gateway .

Access Gateway enables organizations to extend the Okta Identity Cloud, which is a cloud native platform, from the cloud to their existing on-premises applications, so that they can harness the benefits of Okta to manage all of their critical systems, whether in the cloud, on-premises or hybrid.

Extending the benefits of the Okta Identity Cloud to hybrid IT environments delivers a single point of management for our customers’ administrators and a single location from which end users can access their critical applications.

• Advanced Server Access .

Advanced Server Access offers continuous, contextual access management to secure cloud infrastructure.

Organizations can continuously manage and secure access to on-premise Windows and Linux servers and across leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service vendors, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.

Organizations can continuously manage and secure access to on-premises Windows and Linux servers and across leading Infrastructure-as-a-Service vendors, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform and Microsoft Azure.

Advanced Server Access enables our customers to centralize access controls in a seamless manner to better mitigate the risk of credential theft, reuse, sprawl and abandoned administrative accounts.

Access Gateway .

A ccess Gateway enables organizations to extend the Okta Identity Cloud, which is a cloud native platform, from the cloud to their existing on-premise applications, so that they can harness the benefits of Okta to manage all of their critical systems, whether cloud, on-premise or a hybrid.

By focusing on identity, the one constant in an ever-changing technology and threat landscape, the Okta Identity Cloud provides our customers with a solution to solve their IT and security challenges, and facilitates their adoption of a Zero Trust security model .

By focusing on identity, the one constant in an ever-changing technology and threat landscape, the Okta Identity Cloud provides our customers with a solution to solve their IT and security challenges, facilitate their adoption of a Zero Trust security model and enable their digital transformation.

Our Technology

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Our pure cloud architecture is multi-tenant, encrypted and third-party validated.

Our service also allows us to integrate into our customers’ on-premise components and hybrid configurations.

Okta Integration Network

The Okta Integration Network contains over 6,500 integrations with cloud, mobile and web applications, IoT devices and IT infrastructure providers, including Amazon Web Services, Atlassian, Cisco, F5 Networks, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Office 365, NetSuite, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Slack, Splunk, VMware, Workday and Zoom.

At the core of the Okta Integration Network is a patented technology that allows our customers to seamlessly connect to any application or type of device that is already integrated into our network.

Our service also allows us to integrate into our customers’ on-premises components and hybrid configurations.

One Platform with Differentiated Administration, User and Developer Experience

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Our source code is updated weekly, and there are audited and verifiable security checkpoints to ensure source code fidelity and continuous security review.

We have attained multiple SOC 2 Type II Attestations, CSA Star Level 2 Attestation, ISO/IEC 27001:2013, ISO/IEC 27018:2019 and HIPAA certifications and multiple agency FedRAMP Moderate Authorities to Operate.

We have attained multiple SOC 2 Type II Attestations, CSA Star Level 2 Attestation, ISO/IEC 27001:2013, ISO/IEC 27018:2019 and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) certifications and multiple agency Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) Moderate Authorities to Operate.

We also support FIPS 140-2 validated encryption in our Okta Verify MFA product.

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Our architecture is designed to scale both vertically by increasing the size of the application tiers and horizontally by adding new geo-distributed cells.

Our platform is monitored not only at the infrastructure level but also at the application and third-party integration level.

The Okta Identity Cloud is monitored not only at the infrastructure level but also at the application and third-party integration level.

Synthetic transaction monitoring allows our technical operations team to detect and resolve issues proactively.

Okta Integration Network

The Okta Integration Network contains over 7,000 integrations with cloud, mobile and web applications, IoT devices and IT infrastructure providers, including Amazon Web Services, Atlassian, Cisco, F5 Networks, Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Office 365, NetSuite, Oracle, Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Slack, Splunk, VMware, Workday and Zoom.

At the core of the Okta Integration Network is a patented technology that allows our customers to seamlessly connect to any application or type of device that is already integrated into our network.

In addition, customers can extend the Okta Integration Network by creating their own integrations to both cloud and on-premises proprietary applications.

Our Customers

As of January 31, 2020 , we had over 7,950 customers on our platform, including more than 1,450 customers with an annual contract value greater than $100,000.

As of January 31, 2021, we had more than 10,000 customers on our platform, including more than 1,950 customers with an annual contract value greater than $100,000.

Our customers span nearly all industry verticals and range from small organizations with fewer than 100 employees to companies in the Fortune 50, with up to hundreds of thousands of employees, some of which use the Okta Identity Cloud to manage millions of their customers' identities.

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Our most valuable marketing features our customers and their successes, and is informed by a deeply data-driven approach, giving us insights into the efficacy of our efforts.

Our marketing efforts focus on promoting our industry-leading identity platform, establishing our brand, generating awareness, creating sales leads and cultivating the Okta Community.

Our marketing efforts focus on promoting our

industry-leading identity platform, establishing our brand, generating awareness, creating sales leads and cultivating the Okta Community.

A centerpiece of our marketing strategy is our annual customer conference, Oktane, that features customers sharing their success stories, new product and feature announcements and hands-on product labs.

We also host a number of other events, such as Okta Showcase, a key event for product and feature announcements, where we engage with both existing customers and new prospects, as well as deliver product training.

Research and Development

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We protect our intellectual property through a combination of trademarks, domain names, copyrights, trade secrets and patents, as well as contractual provisions and restrictions on access to our proprietary technology.

As of January 31, 2020 , we had sixteen issued patents in the United States, which expire between 2030 and 2036 and cover various aspects of our products.

In addition, as of such date, we also had four issued patents in Australia, which expire between 2033 and 2037, two issued patents in New Zealand expiring in 2034 and 2035, and four issued European patents which have each been validated in Germany, France and Great Britain and expire between 2033 and 2035.

We have registered “Okta” as a trademark in the United States, the European Community, Australia, Canada, China and Japan.

We also have filed other trademark applications in the United States.

As of January 31, 2021, we had twenty issued patents in the United States, which expire between 2030 and 2037 and cover various aspects of our products.

In addition, as of such date, we also had five issued patents in Australia which expire between 2033 and 2037, five issued patents in New Zealand which expire between 2034 and 2037, and five issued European patents which have each been validated in Germany, France and Great Britain and expire between 2033 and 2036.

We have registered “Okta” as a trademark in the United States, Australia, Canada, China, the European Union, Japan and the United Kingdom.

We also have filed other trademark applications pending in the United States and China.

We also have registered in the United States the trademarks "Okta Your Cloud, Covered," "Enterprise Identity, Delivered," "Work Outside the Perimeter," "Oktane," "Never Build Auth Again" and "Zero Trusts Given."

We are the registered holder of a variety of domestic and international domain names that include “Okta” and similar variations.

In addition to the protection provided by our intellectual property rights, we enter into confidentiality and proprietary rights or similar agreements with our employees, consultants and contractors.

Our employees, consultants and contractors are also subject to invention assignment agreements.

Our employees,

consultants and contractors are also subject to invention assignment agreements.

We further control the use of our proprietary technology and intellectual property through provisions in both general and product-specific terms of use.

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Additional information regarding our competition is included in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Okta for Good

Okta for Good’s mission is to mobilize our technology and people to enable non-profit organizations to achieve their missions faster.

Through Okta for Good, which is a part of our company and not a separate legal entity, we also donate and discount access to our service for non-profit organizations, who use the Okta Identity Cloud to make their teams more efficient, allowing them to focus on making a meaningful impact in the world.

Our employee volunteer program enables global team members to donate time to support charitable organizations worldwide.

In addition, prior to our initial public offering, we reserved 300,000 shares of our common stock to fund and support the operations of Okta for Good.

As of January 31, 2020 , we had 2,248 employees.

To our knowledge, none of our employees is represented by a labor union.

Human Capital Resources

Our core values – love our customers, never stop innovating, act with integrity, be transparent and empower our people – inform and guide our human capital initiatives and objectives.

In order to continue to innovate and drive customer success, it is crucial that we continue to attract, develop and retain exceptional talent.

To that end, we strive to make Okta a diverse and inclusive workplace, with opportunities for our employees to grow and develop in their careers, supported by fair and competitive compensation, benefits and wellness programs, and by initiatives that foster connections between and among our employees and their communities.

As of January 31, 2021, we had 2,806 employees, of which approximately 83% were in the United States and 17% were in our international locations.

We have not experienced any work stoppages, and we consider our relations with our employees to be good.

We encourage you to review the “Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging,” “Responsibility,” “Careers” and “Okta for Good” pages of our website at www.okta.com for more detailed information regarding our human capital programs and initiatives.

Additional information on our diversity, inclusion and belonging strategy, diversity metrics and programs can be found in our State of Inclusion at Okta Annual Report located on our website at www.okta.com/state-of-inclusion-at-okta.

The information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website is not incorporated by reference into this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We are committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and belonging, and to building a diverse workforce to drive innovation and collective growth, which we believe is critical to our success.

Over the past few years, we have prioritized our diversity, inclusion and belonging (DIB) program at Okta.

Our DIB initiatives – spearheaded by our DIB department, Inclusion Council and employee resource groups (ERGs), in partnership with various other teams – focus on DIB in our workforce, in our workplace and in the community.

We employ inclusive recruitment and hiring practices to source diverse talent and mitigate potential bias throughout the hiring process.

We also continue to recruit from a broad range of colleges and engage with organizations that support diverse students and jobseekers through our social impact arm, Okta for Good.

Growth and Development

We invest significant resources to develop talent and actively foster a learning culture where employees are empowered to drive their personal and professional growth.

We offer extensive onboarding and training programs to prepare our employees at all levels for career progression and individual development.

Compensation, Benefits and Wellness

We provide robust compensation, benefits and wellness programs that help support the varying needs of our employees.

In addition to market-competitive base pay, short-term bonus incentives and long-term equity incentives, our total rewards program includes comprehensive employee benefits and a variety of other health and wellness resources.

We are committed to fair compensation and opportunity in our workplace.

We help our employees succeed by providing flexibility in where and how they work.

Over the past few years, we introduced and began transitioning our workforce to a “Dynamic Work” framework, based on the premise that enabling our employees to work from anywhere can increase employee empowerment, satisfaction and productivity, drive efficiency and enable us to hire from a broader, more diverse pool of talent.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we accelerated our move to Dynamic Work to protect the health, safety and wellness of our employees.

Community and Social Impact

The mission of our social impact arm, Okta for Good, is to strengthen the connections between people, technology and community, which we believe fosters a more meaningful, fulfilling and enjoyable workplace.

Our employees are passionate about many causes and Okta for Good connects them with numerous giving and volunteering opportunities in service of our communities.

Okta for Good's core focus areas are:

• Developing technology for good ecosystems;

• Expanding economic opportunity and pathways into the technology sector;

• Supporting non-profits addressing critical needs in our global communities;

• Empowering our employees to become changemakers.

Through Okta for Good, which is a part of our company and not a separate legal entity, we donate and discount access to our service for non-profit organizations, who use the Okta Identity Cloud to make their teams more efficient, allowing them to focus on making a meaningful impact in the world.

Our employee volunteer program enables global team members to donate time to support charitable organizations worldwide.

In addition, prior to our initial public offering (IPO) in April 2017, we reserved 300,000 shares of our common stock to fund and support the operations of Okta for Good, of which 195,000 shares of Class A common stock remain reserved for future issuances.

Financial Information

The financial information required under this Item 1 is incorporated herein by reference to the section of this Annual Report titled “Part II-Item 8-Financial Statements and Supplementary Data”.

For financial information regarding our business, see “Part II-Item 7-Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Annual Report and our consolidated audited financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

The financial information required under this Item 1 is incorporated herein by reference to the section of this Annual Report on Form 10-K titled “Part II-Item 8-Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.” For financial information regarding our business, see “Part II-Item 7-Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and our consolidated audited financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Corporate Information

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