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Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences include those under “Risk Factors” included in Part I, Item 1A or in other parts of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: Rapid7 is advancing security with visibility, analytics, and automation delivered through our Insight Platform.
−Removed: Our solutions simplify the complex, allowing security teams to work more effectively with IT and development to reduce vulnerabilities, monitor for misconfigurations and malicious behavior, investigate and shut down attacks, and automate routine tasks.
+Added: Rapid7 is on a mission to create a safer digital world by making cybersecurity simpler and more accessible.
+Added: We empower security professionals to manage a modern attack surface through our best-in-class technology, leading-edge research, and broad, strategic expertise.
+Added: Our comprehensive security solutions help our customers unite cloud risk management and threat detection to reduce attack surfaces and eliminate threats with speed and precision.
In the over 20 years that Rapid7 has been in business, security companies and trends have come and gone, while broader technology innovation continues to advance rapidly.
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Our revenue was not concentrated with any individual customer and no customer represented more than 1% of our revenue in 2022, 2021 or 2020.
−Removed: Recent Developments
−Removed: COVID-19 Response
−Removed: Rapid7 remains focused on supporting its customers, partners, employees and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic.
−Removed: The impact of COVID-19 on the global economy and on our business continues to be a fluid situation.
−Removed: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have modified certain aspects of our business, including restricting employee travel, adopting a virtual sales strategy to enable our employees to work productively from home, transitioning our employee onboarding and training processes to remote or online programs, and canceling certain events and meetings, among other modifications.
−Removed: We have begun to selectively reopen certain offices in a phased approach and to hold in-person or hybrid meetings, on a voluntary basis, taking into consideration government restrictions and employee safety.
−Removed: We will continue to actively monitor the at times rapidly evolving situation related to COVID-19 and may take further actions that alter our business operations, including those that may be required by federal, foreign, state or local authorities, or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers, partners, suppliers, vendors and stockholders.
−Removed: At this point, the
−Removed: extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may impact our business, results of operations and financial condition is uncertain.
−Removed: While we have not experienced significant disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic during the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, we are unable to accurately predict the full impact that COVID-19 will have due to numerous uncertainties, including the duration of the outbreak, the result of vaccination efforts, resurgence of the virus, actions that may be taken by governmental authorities, the impact on our business including our sales cycle, sales execution and marketing efforts, and the impact to the business of our customers, vendors and partners.
−Removed: Furthermore, due to our subscription model, any effect of the COVID-19 pandemic may not be fully reflected in our results of operations until future periods.
−Removed: For further discussion of the challenges and risks we confront related to the COVID-19 pandemic, please refer to Part I, Item 1A Risk Factors of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Our Business Model
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Our Managed Vulnerability Management, Managed Application Security and Managed Detection and Response products are offered on a managed service basis, generally pursuant to one-year agreements.
−Removed: • Licensed software consists of term licenses and to a lesser extent perpetual licenses.
−Removed: When a term license is purchased, maintenance and support and content subscriptions, as applicable, is bundled with the license for the term period.
−Removed: Our Nexpose, Metasploit, AppSpider and InsightCloudSec products are offered through term software licenses.
−Removed: When a perpetual license is purchased, a customer typically purchases maintenance and support and content subscriptions, as applicable.
+Added: • Licensed software consists of term licenses.
+Added: When licensed software is purchased, maintenance and support and content subscriptions, as applicable, are bundled with the license for the term period.
+Added: Our Nexpose, Metasploit and AppSpider products are offered through term software licenses.
Our maintenance and support provides our customers with telephone and web-based support and ongoing bug fixes and repairs during the term of the maintenance and support agreement, and our customers who purchase our Nexpose and Metasploit products also purchase content subscriptions, which provide them with real-time access to the latest vulnerabilities and exploits.
−Removed: Our maintenance and support and content subscription agreements are typically for one-year terms.
We also offer various professional services across all of our offerings, including deployment and training services related to our software and cloud-based products, incident response services, penetration testing and security advisory services.
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Non-GAAP income from operations $ 30,386 $ 7,599 $ 2,032
+Added: Non-GAAP operating margin 4.4 % 1.4 % 0.5 %
Free cash flow $ 40,677 $ 35,053 $ (15,045)
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Annualized recurring revenue (“ARR”)
+Added: $ 714,231 $ 599,020
Year-over-year growth 19.2 % 38.4 %
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Year-over-year growth 6.3 % 18.0 %
−Removed: (1) In 2021, we modified our definition of a customer in order to better align the calculation of our number of customers with ARR.
−Removed: We previously defined a customer as any entity that has (1) an active Rapid7 contract or a contract that expired within 90 days or less of the applicable measurement date;
−Removed: and for Logentries products, those customers with a contract value equal to or greater than $2,400 per year, or (2) purchased Rapid7 professional services within the 12 months preceding the applicable measurement date.
−Removed: We have eliminated the 90-day expiration period and removed professional services-only customers and low-value InsightOps customers.
−Removed: See the revised definition below.
−Removed: Prior period number of customers have been revised to conform with the modified definition.
+Added: ARR per customer $ 65.4 $ 58.3
+Added: Year-over-year growth 12.2 % 17.3 %
Total Revenue and Growth .
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We monitor total revenue and believe it is useful to investors as a measure of the overall success of our business.
−Removed: Non-GAAP Income from Operations .
−Removed: We monitor non-GAAP income from operations, a non-GAAP financial measure, to analyze our financial results.
−Removed: We believe non-GAAP income from operations is useful to investors, as a supplement to U.S.
+Added: Non-GAAP Income from Operations and Non-GAAP Operating Margin .
+Added: We monitor non-GAAP income from operations and non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP financial measures, to analyze our financial results.
+Added: We believe non-GAAP income from operations and non-GAAP operating margin are useful to investors, as supplements to U.S.
GAAP measures, in evaluating our ongoing operational performance and enhancing an overall understanding of our past financial performance and allowing for greater transparency with respect to metrics used by our management in its financial and operational decision-making.
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Free Cash Flow .
−Removed: Free cash flow is a non-GAAP measure that we define as net cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment and capitalization of internal-use software costs.
−Removed: We consider free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business after necessary capital expenditures.
+Added: Free cash flow is a non-GAAP measure that we define as cash provided by operating activities less purchases of property and equipment and capitalization of internal-use software costs.
+Added: We consider free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the
+Added: business after necessary capital expenditures.
See Non-GAAP Financial Results below for a reconciliation of non-GAAP free cash flow to the comparable GAAP financial measure.
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We define a customer as any entity that has an active Rapid7 recurring revenue contract as of the specified measurement date, excluding InsightOps and Logentries only customers with a contract value less than $2,400 per year.
+Added: ARR per Customer .
+Added: ARR per customer is defined as ARR divided by the number of customers at the end of the period.
Non-GAAP Financial Results
−Removed: To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, we provide investors with certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow.
+Added: To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, we provide investors with certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) per share, adjusted EBITDA and free cash flow.
The presentation of the non-GAAP financial measures is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.
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While our non-GAAP financial measures are an important tool for financial and operational decision-making and for evaluating our own operating results over different periods of time, you should review the reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures included below, and not rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business.
−Removed: We define non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per share as the respective GAAP balances excluding the effect of stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs and certain other items such as
−Removed: acquisition-related expenses, litigation-related expenses and induced conversion expense.
+Added: We define non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per share as the respective GAAP balances excluding the effect of stock-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs and certain other items such as acquisition-related expenses, litigation-related expenses and induced conversion expense.
Non-GAAP net income (loss) per basic and diluted share is calculated as non-GAAP net income (loss) divided by the weighted average shares used to compute net income (loss) per share, with the number of weighted average shares decreased, when applicable, to reflect the anti-dilutive impact of the capped call transactions entered into in connection with our convertible senior notes.
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• Induced conversion expense.
−Removed: In conjunction with the first quarter of 2021 partial repurchase of our 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2023, we incurred an induced conversion expense of $2.7 million.
+Added: In conjunction with the first quarter of 2021 partial repurchase of our 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2023 (the “2023 Notes”), we incurred an induced conversion expense of $2.7 million.
We exclude induced conversion expense because this amount is not indicative of the performance of, or trends in, our business and is neither comparable to the prior period nor predictive of future results.
• Litigation-related expenses.
−Removed: We exclude certain litigation-related expenses consisting of professional fees and related costs incurred by us related to significant litigation outside the ordinary course of business.
−Removed: We believe it is useful to exclude such expenses because we do not consider such amounts to be part of our ongoing operations.
+Added: We exclude non-ordinary course litigation expense because we do not consider legal costs and settlement fees incurred in litigation and litigation-related matters of non-ordinary course lawsuits and other disputes to be indicative of our core operating performance.
+Added: We do not adjust for ordinary course legal expenses, including those expenses resulting from maintaining and enforcing our intellectual property portfolio and license agreements.
• Acquisition-related expenses.
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Although we cannot reflect the anti-dilutive impact of the capped call transactions under GAAP, we do reflect the anti-dilutive impact of the capped call transactions in non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share, when applicable, to provide investors with useful information in evaluating our financial performance on a per share basis.
−Removed: We define adjusted EBITDA as net loss before (1) interest income, (2) interest expense, (3) other income (expense), net, (4) provision for income taxes, (5) depreciation expense, (6) amortization of intangible assets, (7) stock-based compensation expense, and (8) certain other items.
+Added: We define adjusted EBITDA as net loss before (1) interest income, (2) interest expense, (3) other income (expense), net, (4) provision for income taxes, (5) depreciation expense, (6) amortization of intangible assets, (7) stock-based compensation expense, (8) acquisition-related expenses and (9) litigation-related expenses.
We believe that the use of adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors and other users of our financial statements in evaluating our operating performance because it provides them with an additional tool to compare business performance across companies and across periods.
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Non-GAAP income from operations $ 30,386 $ 7,599 $ 2,032
−Removed: The following table reconciles GAAP net loss to non-GAAP net (loss) income for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
+Added: The following table reconciles GAAP net loss to non-GAAP net income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:
Year Ended December 31,
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Litigation-related expenses 115 569 1,762
−Removed: Induced conversion expense 2,740 — (761)
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs 4,085 3,982 17,518
−Removed: Non-GAAP net (loss) income $ (2,983) $ (5,200) $ 4,306
−Removed: Reconciliation of net (loss) income per share, basic:
−Removed: GAAP net loss per share, basic $ (2.65) $ (1.94) $ (1.10)
−Removed: Non-GAAP adjustments to net loss $ 2.60 $ 1.84 $ 1.19
−Removed: Non-GAAP net (loss) income per share, basic $ (0.05) $ (0.10) $ 0.09
−Removed: Reconciliation of net (loss) income per share, diluted:
−Removed: GAAP net loss per share, diluted $ (2.65) $ (1.94) $ (1.10)
−Removed: Non-GAAP adjustments to net loss $ 2.60 $ 1.84 $ 1.19
−Removed: Non-GAAP net (loss) income per share, diluted $ (0.05) $ (0.10) $ 0.09
−Removed: Weighted-average common shares used in GAAP per share calculation, basic 55,270,998 51,036,824 48,731,791
−Removed: Weighted average shares used in non-GAAP per share calculation:
+Added: Induced conversion expense — 2,740 —
+Added: Non-GAAP net income (loss) $ 21,368 $ (2,983) $ (5,200)
+Added: Interest expense of convertible senior notes (1) 1,500 — —
+Added: Numerator for non-GAAP earnings per share calculation $ 22,868 $ (2,983) $ (5,200)
+Added: Weighted average shares used in GAAP earnings per share calculation, basic 58,552,065 55,270,998 51,036,824
+Added: Dilutive effect of convertible senior notes (1) 5,803,831 — —
+Added: Dilutive effect of employee equity incentive plans (2) 1,251,725 — —
+Added: Weighted average shares used in non-GAAP earnings per share calculation, diluted 65,607,621 55,270,998 51,036,824
+Added: Non-GAAP net income (loss) per share:
Basic $ 0.36 $ (0.05) $ (0.10)
Diluted $ 0.35 $ (0.05) $ (0.10)
+Added: (1) We use the if-converted method to compute diluted earnings per share with respect to our convertible senior notes.
+Added: There was no add-back of interest expense or additional dilutive shares related to the convertible senior notes where the effect was anti-dilutive.
+Added: On an if-converted basis, for the year ended December 31, 2022, the 2027 convertible senior notes were dilutive and the 2025 convertible senior notes were anti-dilutive.
+Added: (2) We use the treasury method to compute the dilutive effect of employee equity incentive plan awards.
The following table reconciles GAAP net loss to adjusted EBITDA for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:
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(in thousands)
−Removed: Net loss $ (146,334) $ (98,849) $ (53,845)
+Added: GAAP net loss $ (124,717) $ (146,334) $ (98,849)
Interest income (1,813) (365) (1,454)
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Adjusted EBITDA $ 49,441 $ 23,795 $ 15,525
−Removed: The following table reconciles net cash provided by (used in) operating activities to free cash flow for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019:
+Added: The following table reconciles net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow for the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020:
Year Ended December 31,
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−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities $ 53,917 $ 4,887 $ (1,420)
+Added: Net cash provided by operating activities $ 78,204 $ 53,917 $ 4,887
Purchases of property and equipment (20,382) (9,010) (13,802)
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We generate products revenue from the sale of (1) cloud-based subscriptions, (2) managed services offerings, which utilize our products and (3) software licenses with related maintenance and support and content subscription, as applicable.
−Removed: Software license revenue consist of revenues from term licenses, and to a lesser extent perpetual licenses.
−Removed: When a term license is purchased, maintenance and support and content subscription, as applicable, is bundled with the license for the term period.
−Removed: When a perpetual license is purchased, a customer typically purchases maintenance and support and content subscription, as applicable.
+Added: Software license revenue consists of revenues from term licenses.
+Added: When software licenses are purchased, maintenance and support and content subscription, as applicable, is bundled with the license for the term period.
Professional Services
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Additional expenses include third-party infrastructure costs, travel and entertainment, consulting and professional fees for third-party development resources as well as allocated overhead costs.
−Removed: We expect research and development expense to increase on an absolute dollar basis in the near term as we continue to increase investments in our products and technology platform innovation and to increase slightly as a percentage of total revenue.
+Added: We expect research and development expense to increase on an absolute dollar basis in the near term as we continue to increase investments in our products and technology platform innovation, but to decrease as a percentage of total revenue.
Sales and Marketing Expense
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Interest Expense
−Removed: Interest expense consists primarily of contractual interest expense, amortization of debt discount and issuance costs related to our convertible senior notes and revolving credit facility and induced conversion expense.
+Added: Interest expense consists primarily of contractual interest expense, amortization of debt issuance costs related to our convertible senior notes and revolving credit facility and induced conversion expense.
We expect interest expense in the near term to represent contractual interest expense and amortization of debt issuance costs related to our convertible senior notes and revolving credit facility.
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The $133.9 million increase in revenue related to organic growth consisted of a $12.7 million increase in revenue from new customers and a $121.2 million increase in revenue from existing customers.
−Removed: The $111.4 million increase in revenue from existing customers was due to an increase in revenue from renewals, upsells and cross-sells as a result of our growing base of existing customers.
−Removed: Revenue from new customers represents the revenue recognized from the customer's initial purchase.
+Added: The $121.2 million increase in revenue from existing customers was due to an increase in revenue from renewals, upsells and cross-sells as a result of the continued growth of our existing customer base.
All renewals, upsells and cross-sells are considered revenue from existing customers.
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Total gross margin % 68.7 % 68.4 %
−Removed: Total cost of revenue increased by $47.4 million in 2021 compared to 2020, primarily due to a $19.7 million increase in cloud computing costs related to growing cloud-based subscription and managed services revenue and a $16.8 million increase in personnel costs, inclusive of a $2.2 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, resulting from an increase in headcount to support our growing customer base, as well as $1.7 million of additional costs attributable to the employees acquired in the IntSights acquisition in July 2021 and the DivvyCloud acquisition in May 2020.
−Removed: Our increase in total cost of revenue also included a $6.7 million increase in amortization expense for acquired intangible assets, a $1.9 million increase in third-party professional service consulting costs, a $1.4 million increase in amortization expense for capitalized internally-developed software and a $0.9 million increase in other expenses.
−Removed: Total gross margin percentage decreased in 2021 compared to 2020.
−Removed: The decrease in products gross margin was primarily due to an increase in revenue from cloud-based subscriptions and managed services, which have lower margins than our licensed software products as well as an increase in amortization expense for the developed technology acquired intangible asset related to the acquisition of IntSights.
−Removed: The increase in professional services gross margin was primarily due to the increase in professional services revenue.
+Added: Total cost of revenue increased by $45.4 million in 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a $18.2 million increase in personnel costs, inclusive of a $3.9 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, resulting from an increase in headcount to support our growing customer base, as well as $1.5 million of additional costs attributable to the employees acquired in the IntSights acquisition in July 2021.
+Added: Our increase in total cost of revenue also included a $14.8 million increase in cloud computing costs related to growing cloud-based subscription and managed services revenue, a $5.9 million increase in allocated overhead driven largely by an increase in IT and facilities costs, a $3.1 million increase in amortization expense for acquired intangible assets, a $1.6 million increase in amortization expense for capitalized internally-developed software and a $1.8 million increase in other expenses.
+Added: Total gross margin percentage increased slightly in 2022 compared to 2021 due to a higher mix of products revenue as compared to professional services revenue.
+Added: The gross margin for products remained consistent.
+Added: The decrease in professional services gross margin was due to an increase in personnel cost inclusive of stock-based compensation expense.
Operating Expenses
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% of revenue 27.7 % 30.0 %
−Removed: Research and development expense increased by $52.2 million in 2021 compared to 2020, primarily due to a $44.5 million increase in personnel costs, a $4.4 million increase in allocated overhead driven largely by an increase in IT and facilities costs, a $2.5 million increase in third-party infrastructure costs and a $0.8 million increase in other expenses.
−Removed: The $44.5 million increase in personnel costs was primarily due to a $22.3 million increase in salaries and related costs driven by growth in headcount, inclusive of $13.7 million in additional salaries and related costs attributable to the employees acquired in the acquisitions of IntSights in July 2021, Alcide in January 2021 and DivvyCloud in May 2020, and a $22.2 million increase in stock-based compensation expense.
−Removed: The $22.2 million increase in stock-based compensation expense includes $16.4 million of stock-based compensation for employees acquired in the acquisitions of IntSights, DivvyCloud and Alcide, inclusive of $6.9 million of stock-based compensation expense related to accelerated vesting of a stock award which was deemed a modification of the original award.
+Added: Research and development expense increased by $29.2 million in 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a $18.5 million increase in personnel costs, a $8.1 million increase in allocated overhead driven largely by an increase in IT and facilities costs and a $2.6 million increase in other expenses.
+Added: The $18.5 million increase in personnel costs was primarily due to a $15.2 million increase in salaries and related costs driven by growth in headcount, inclusive of $5.6 million in additional salaries and related costs attributable to the employees acquired in the acquisitions of IntSights in July 2021, and a $3.3 million increase in stock-based compensation expense.
Sales and Marketing Expense
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% of revenue 44.9 % 46.2 %
−Removed: Sales and marketing expense increased by $51.5 million in 2021 compared to 2020, primarily due to a $32.9 million increase in personnel costs, an $8.4 million increase in commission expense, a $6.1 million increase in marketing and advertising costs, a $1.2 million increase in amortization of acquired intangible asset and a $2.9 million increase in other expenses.
−Removed: The $32.9 million increase in personnel costs was primarily due to a $25.9 million increase in salaries and related costs driven by growth in headcount, inclusive of $7.0 million of additional costs attributable to the employees acquired in the acquisitions of IntSights in July 2021 and DivvyCloud in May 2020, and a $7.0 million increase in stock-based compensation expense.
+Added: Sales and marketing expense increased by $60.0 million in 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a $30.4 million increase in personnel costs, a $10.6 million increase in commission expense, a $10.0 million increase in allocated overhead driven largely by an increase in IT and facilities costs, a $3.2 million increase in marketing and advertising costs, a $1.2 million increase in amortization of acquired intangible assets, a $2.5 million increase in travel and entertainment expense and a $2.1 million increase in other expenses.
+Added: The $30.4 million increase in personnel costs was primarily due to a $23.0 million increase in salaries and related costs driven by growth in headcount, inclusive of $5.2 million of additional costs attributable to the employees acquired in the IntSights acquisition in July 2021, and a $7.4 million increase in stock-based compensation expense.
General and Administrative Expense
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% of revenue 12.4 % 14.6 %
−Removed: General and administrative expense increased by $18.8 million in 2021 compared to 2020, primarily due to a $11.8 million increase in personnel costs due to an increase in headcount, inclusive of a $7.3 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, a $6.8 million increase in professional fees primarily due to acquisition-related expenses and other professional consulting fees and a $3.0 million increase in other expenses.
−Removed: These increases were partially offset by a $2.8 million decrease in bad debt expense.
+Added: General and administrative expense increased by $6.7 million in 2022 compared to 2021, primarily due to a $8.1 million increase in personnel costs due to an increase in headcount, inclusive of a $2.7 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, a $1.2 million increase in allocated overhead driven largely by an increase in IT and facilities costs and a $2.5 million increase in other expenses.
+Added: These increases were partially offset by a $5.1 million decrease in professional fees primarily due to a decrease in acquisition-related expenses and other professional consulting fees.
Interest Income
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% of revenue 0.3 % 0.1 %
−Removed: Interest income decreased by $1.1 million in 2021 compared to 2020 primarily due to a decrease in interest rates.
+Added: Interest income increased by $1.4 million in 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to an increase in interest rates.
Interest Expense
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% of revenue (1.6) % (2.7) %
−Removed: Interest expense decreased by $9.8 million in 2021 compared to 2020 primarily due to primarily due to a $15.8 million decrease in amortization of debt discount costs as a result of our adoption of ASU 2020-06, partially offset by $2.7 million of induced conversion expense incurred in conjunction with the partial repurchase of the 2023 Notes in March 2021, a $1.0 million increase in contractual interest and a $2.3 million increase in amortization of debt issuance costs related to the 2025 Notes issued in May 2020, the 2027 Notes issued in March 2021 and the revolving credit facility issued in April 2020 and amended in December 2021.
+Added: Interest expense decreased by $3.3 million in 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to a $2.7 million decrease of induced conversion expense incurred in conjunction with the partial repurchase of the 2023 Notes in March 2021 and a decrease in contractual interest expense related to the 2023 Notes which were partially repurchased in the first quarter of 2021, with the remaining amount repurchased in the fourth quarter of 2021.
Other Income (Expense), Net
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−Removed: Other income (expense), net $ (1,921) $ (81) $ (1,840) NM
+Added: Other income (expense), net $ (1,522) $ (1,921) $ 399 (20.8) %
% of revenue (0.2) % (0.4) %
−Removed: Other income (expense), net reflected a $1.8 million decrease in expense in 2021 compared to 2020 due to realized and unrealized foreign currency losses, primarily related to the euro and British pound sterling.
+Added: Other income (expense), net decreased by $0.4 million in 2022 compared to 2021 due to realized and unrealized foreign currency losses, primarily related to the euro and British pound sterling.
Provision for Income Taxes
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−Removed: Provision for income taxes $ 10,421 $ 1,986 $ 8,435 NM
+Added: Provision for income taxes $ 2,412 $ 10,421 $ (8,009) (76.9) %
% of revenue 0.4 % 1.9 %
−Removed: Provision for income taxes increased by $8.4 million in 2021 compared to 2020 primarily due to $9.0 million of tax expense recorded for an intercompany sale of intellectual property as part of post-acquisition tax planning related to the Alcide acquisition.
+Added: Provision for income taxes decreased by $8.0 million in 2022 compared to 2021 primarily due to $9.0 million of tax expense associated with the 2021 intercompany sale of intellectual property as part of post-acquisition tax planning related to the Alcide acquisition, partially offset by an increase of $1.0 million due to our increased operations in foreign jurisdictions.
Year Ended December 31, 2021 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2020
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−Removed: $ 382,922 $ 297,897 $ 85,025 28.5 %
+Added: Products $ 500,843 $ 382,922 $ 117,921 30.8 %
Professional services 34,561 28,564 5,997 21.0
Total revenue $ 535,404 $ 411,486 $ 123,918 30.1 %
−Removed: Total revenue increased by $84.5 million in 2020 compared to 2019 which included $6.3 million of revenue attributable to the DivvyCloud acquisition in May 2020.
−Removed: The remainder of the increase in revenue was primarily from existing customers as a result of the continued growth of our customer base.
−Removed: Revenue from renewals, upsells and cross-sells are considered revenue from existing customers.
+Added: Total revenue increased by $123.9 million in 2021 compared to 2020 and consisted of $114.8 million of organic growth and $9.1 million related to the acquisition of IntSights in July 2021.
+Added: The $114.8 million increase in revenue related to organic growth consisted of a $3.4 million increase in revenue from new customers and a $111.4 million increase in revenue from existing customers.
+Added: The $111.4 million increase in revenue from existing customers was due to an increase in revenue from renewals, upsells and cross-sells as a result of our growing base of existing customers.
+Added: Revenue from new customers represents the revenue recognized from the customer's initial purchase.
+Added: All renewals, upsells and cross-sells are considered revenue from existing customers.
The increase in total revenue in 2021 was comprised of $90.5 million generated from sales in North America and $33.4 million generated from sales from the rest of the world.
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Total gross margin % 68.4 % 70.5 %
−Removed: Total cost of revenue increased by $30.4 million in 2020 compared to 2019, primarily due to a $14.3 million increase in personnel costs, inclusive of a $1.7 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, resulting from an increase in headcount to support our growing customer base, and a $11.4 million increase in cloud computing costs related to growing cloud-based subscription revenue.
−Removed: The $14.3 million increase in personnel costs included $1.2 million of additional costs attributable to the employees acquired in the DivvyCloud acquisition in May 2020.
−Removed: Our increase in total cost of revenue also included a $2.6 million increase in allocated overhead driven largely by an increase in IT and facilities costs, a $2.4 million increase in amortization expense for acquired intangible assets and a $1.4 million increase in amortization expense for capitalized internally-developed software.
−Removed: These increases were partially offset by a $1.7 million decrease in other expenses.
+Added: Total cost of revenue increased by $47.4 million in 2021 compared to 2020, primarily due to a $19.7 million increase in cloud computing costs related to growing cloud-based subscription and managed services revenue and a $16.8 million increase in personnel costs, inclusive of a $2.2 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, resulting from an increase in headcount to support our growing customer base, as well as $1.7 million of additional costs attributable to the employees acquired in the IntSights acquisition in July 2021 and the DivvyCloud acquisition in May 2020.
+Added: Our increase in total cost of revenue also included a $6.7 million increase in amortization expense for acquired intangible assets, a $1.9 million increase in third-party professional service consulting costs, a $1.4 million increase in amortization expense for capitalized internally-developed software and a $0.9 million increase in other expenses.
Total gross margin percentage decreased in 2021 compared to 2020.
−Removed: The decrease in products gross margin was primarily due to an increase in revenue from cloud-based subscriptions and managed services, which have lower gross margins than our licensed software products.
−Removed: The decrease in professional services gross margin was primarily due to a reduction in professional services revenue as customers delayed scheduling the delivery of services in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: The decrease in products gross margin was primarily due to an increase in revenue from cloud-based subscriptions and managed services, which have lower margins than our licensed
+Added: software products as well as an increase in amortization expense for the developed technology acquired intangible asset related to the acquisition of IntSights.
+Added: The increase in professional services gross margin was primarily due to the increase in professional services revenue.
Operating Expenses
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% of revenue 30.0 % 26.4 %
−Removed: Research and development expense increased by $29.2 million in 2020 compared to 2019, primarily due to a $22.9 million increase in personnel costs, a $5.1 million increase in allocated overhead driven by costs related to our global kick-off meeting and an increase in IT and facilities costs, and a $1.7 million increase in third-party infrastructure costs.
−Removed: These increases were partially offset by a $0.5 million decrease in other expenses.
−Removed: The $22.9 million increase in personnel costs was primarily due to a $14.1 million increase in salaries and related costs driven by growth in headcount, including $5.3 million in additional salaries and related costs attributable to the employees acquired in the acquisition of DivvyCloud in May 2020, and a $8.8 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, including $4.2 million of stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs issued to retained employees and common stock to be issued to the founders as part of the acquisition of DivvyCloud.
+Added: Research and development expense increased by $52.2 million in 2021 compared to 2020, primarily due to a $44.5 million increase in personnel costs, a $4.4 million increase in allocated overhead driven largely by an increase in IT and facilities costs, a $2.5 million increase in third-party infrastructure costs and a $0.8 million increase in other expenses.
+Added: The $44.5 million increase in personnel costs was primarily due to a $22.3 million increase in salaries and related costs driven by growth in headcount, inclusive of $13.7 million in additional salaries and related costs attributable to the employees acquired in the acquisitions of IntSights in July 2021, Alcide in January 2021 and DivvyCloud in May 2020, and a $22.2 million increase in stock-based compensation expense.
+Added: The $22.2 million increase in stock-based compensation expense includes $16.4 million of stock-based compensation for employees acquired in the acquisitions of IntSights, DivvyCloud and Alcide, inclusive of $6.9 million of stock-based compensation expense related to accelerated vesting of a stock award which was deemed a modification of the original award.
Sales and Marketing Expense
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−Removed: Sales and marketing expense increased by $38.3 million in 2020 compared to 2019, primarily due to a $26.8 million increase in personnel costs, a $6.5 million increase in commission expense, a $5.0 million increase in allocated overhead driven by costs related to our global kick-off meeting as well as an increase in IT and facilities costs, a $4.0 million increase in marketing and advertising costs and a $0.9 million increase in other expenses.
−Removed: The $26.8 million increase in personnel costs was primarily due a $21.9 million increase in salaries and related costs driven by growth in headcount, including $6.1 million of additional costs attributable to the employees acquired in the DivvyCloud acquisition in May 2020, and a $4.9 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, including $1.5 million in stock-based compensation expense related to RSUs issued to DivvyCloud retained employees.
−Removed: These increases were partially offset by a $4.9 million decrease in travel and entertainment expenses as a result of reduced travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
+Added: Sales and marketing expense increased by $51.5 million in 2021 compared to 2020, primarily due to a $32.9 million increase in personnel costs, an $8.4 million increase in commission expense, a $6.1 million increase in marketing and advertising costs, a $1.2 million increase in amortization of acquired intangible asset and a $2.9 million increase in other expenses.
+Added: The $32.9 million increase in personnel costs was primarily due to a $25.9 million increase in salaries and related costs driven by growth in headcount, inclusive of $7.0 million of additional costs attributable to the employees acquired in the acquisitions of IntSights in July 2021 and DivvyCloud in May 2020, and a $7.0 million increase in stock-based compensation expense.
General and Administrative Expense
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−Removed: General and administrative expense increased by $14.8 million in 2020 compared to 2019, primarily due to a $10.7 million increase in personnel costs due to an increase in headcount, inclusive of a $7.8 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, a $2.1 million increase in professional fees primarily due to litigation and acquisition-related expenses and other professional consulting fees, a $0.6 million increase in allocated overhead driven by costs related to our global kick-off meeting as well as an increase in IT costs, a $0.6 million increase in other office expenses and a $0.8 million increase in other expenses.
+Added: General and administrative expense increased by $18.8 million in 2021 compared to 2020, primarily due to a $11.8 million increase in personnel costs due to an increase in headcount, inclusive of a $7.3 million increase in stock-based compensation expense, a $6.8 million increase in professional fees primarily due to acquisition-related expenses and other professional consulting fees and a $3.0 million increase in other expenses.
+Added: These increases were partially offset by a $2.8 million decrease in bad debt expense.
Interest Income
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% of revenue (2.7) % (5.9) %
−Removed: Interest expense increased by $10.7 million in 2020 compared to 2019 primarily due to contractual interest and amortization of debt discount and issuance costs related to the 2025 Notes issued in May 2020.
+Added: Interest expense decreased by $9.8 million in 2021 compared to 2020 primarily due to a $15.8 million decrease in amortization of debt discount costs as a result of our adoption of ASU 2020-06, partially offset by $2.7 million of induced conversion expense incurred in conjunction with the partial repurchase of the 2023 Notes in March 2021, a $1.0 million increase in contractual interest and a $2.3 million increase in amortization of debt issuance costs related to the 2025 Notes issued in May 2020, the 2027 Notes issued in March 2021 and the revolving credit facility issued in April 2020 and amended in December 2021.
Other Income (Expense), Net
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(dollars in thousands)
−Removed: Other income (expense), net $ (81) $ (433) $ 352 (81.3) %
+Added: Other income (expense), net $ (1,921) $ (81) $ (1,840) NM
% of revenue (0.4) % 0.0 %
−Removed: Other income (expense), net reflected a $0.4 million decrease in expense in 2020 compared to 2019 due to realized and unrealized foreign currency gains and losses, primarily related to the euro and British pound sterling.
+Added: Other income (expense), net reflected a $1.8 million decrease in expense in 2021 compared to 2020 due to realized and unrealized foreign currency losses, primarily related to the euro and British pound sterling.
Provision for Income Taxes
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−Removed: Provision for income taxes increased by $1.9 million in 2020 compared to 2019 primarily due to a $1.1 million increase in foreign income and withholding taxes and a $0.8 million deferred tax benefit in 2019.
−Removed: The $0.8 million deferred tax benefit resulted from a partial release of our valuation allowance to account for the creation of a deferred tax liability for the developed technology intangible asset acquired in the acquisition of NetFort, which is not deductible for tax purposes.
+Added: Provision for income taxes increased by $8.4 million in 2021 compared to 2020 primarily due to $9.0 million of tax expense recorded for an intercompany sale of intellectual property as part of post-acquisition tax planning related to the Alcide acquisition.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
−Removed: As of December 31, 2021, we had $164.6 million in cash and cash equivalents and $92.9 million of short- and long-term investments that have maturities ranging from 2 to 23 months.
+Added: As of December 31, 2022, we had $207.3 million in cash and cash equivalents and $93.9 million of investments that have maturities ranging from 2 to 19 months.
Since our inception, we have generated significant losses and expect to continue to generate losses for the foreseeable future and as of December 31, 2022 have an accumulated deficit of $860.7 million.
−Removed: Our principal sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents, short and long-term investments and our Credit and Security Agreement (Credit Agreement).
+Added: Our principal sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents, investments and our Credit and Security Agreement (“Credit Agreement”).
To date, we have financed our operations primarily through private and public equity financings and issuance of convertible senior notes and through cash generated by operating activities.
−Removed: We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, our short and long-term investments, our available borrowings under our Credit Agreement and cash generated by operating activities will be sufficient to meet our operating and capital requirements for at least the next 12 months as well as our longer-term expected future cash requirements and obligations.
−Removed: Our foreseeable cash needs, in addition to our recurring operating expenses, include our expected capital expenditures to support expansion of our infrastructure and workforce, office facilities lease obligations, purchase commitments, including our cloud infrastructure services (including with Amazon Web Services (AWS)), potential future acquisitions of technology businesses and any election we make to redeem our convertible senior notes.
+Added: We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, our investments, our available borrowings under our Credit Agreement and cash generated by operating activities will be sufficient to meet our operating and capital requirements for at least the next 12 months as well as our longer-term expected future cash requirements and obligations.
+Added: Our foreseeable cash needs, in
+Added: addition to our recurring operating expenses, include our expected capital expenditures to support expansion of our infrastructure and workforce, office facilities lease obligations, purchase commitments, including our cloud infrastructure services (including with Amazon Web Services (“AWS”)), potential future acquisitions of technology businesses and any election we make to redeem our convertible senior notes.
Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our growth rate, the timing and extent of spending to support research and development efforts, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, particularly internationally, the introduction of new and enhanced products and service offerings, the cost of any future acquisitions of technology or businesses and any election we make to redeem our convertible senior notes.
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Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period $ 165,017 $ 173,617 $ 123,413
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities 53,917 4,887 (1,420)
−Removed: Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities (325,378) (156,287) 16,811
+Added: Net cash provided by operating activities 78,204 53,917 4,887
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities (39,988) (325,378) (156,287)
Net cash provided by financing activities 7,416 264,133 200,925
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Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $ 207,804 $ 165,017 $ 173,617
−Removed: On July 16, 2021, we acquired IntSights Cyber Intelligence Ltd.
−Removed: (IntSights), a provider of contextualized external threat intelligence and proactive threat remediation, for a purchase price with an aggregate fair value of $322.2 million.
−Removed: The purchase consideration consisted of $319.2 million in cash paid at closing, $5.6 million in deferred cash payments and a $2.6 million receivable for estimated purchase price adjustments.
−Removed: On April 12, 2021, we acquired Velocidex Enterprises Pty Ltd (Velocidex), a leading open-source technology and community used for endpoint monitoring, digital forensics, and incident response, for a purchase price of $3.0 million.
−Removed: On January 28, 2021, we acquired Alcide.IO Ltd.
−Removed: (Alcide), a leading provider of Kubernetes security, for a purchase price of $50.5 million.
−Removed: Convertible Senior Notes
−Removed: In March 2021, we issued $600.0 million aggregate principal amount of 0.25% convertible senior notes due 2027 (the 2027 Notes).
−Removed: The total net proceeds from the offering, after deducting initial purchase discounts and estimated debt issuance costs, were approximately $585.0 million.
−Removed: We used $182.6 million of the net proceeds from the 2027 Notes and issued 2.2 million shares of our common stock to repurchase $182.6 million aggregate principal amount of our outstanding 1.25% convertible senior notes due 2023 in a privately negotiated transaction concurrently with the issuance of the 2027 Notes.
−Removed: In connection with the issuance of the 2027 Notes, we entered into capped call transactions with certain counterparties (the 2027 Capped Calls).
−Removed: We used $76.0 million of the net proceeds from the 2027 Notes to purchase the 2027 Capped Calls.
−Removed: On September 16, 2021, we issued a redemption notice for the remaining $45.4 million aggregate principal amount outstanding of the 2023 Notes.
−Removed: Pursuant to the redemption notice, on November 30, 2021 we paid $43.4 million in cash and issued 697,262 shares of our common stock to the holders of the 2023 Notes who submitted conversion notices, and the remaining $2.0 million of 2023 Notes were redeemed in cash, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
Uses of Funds
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Operating Activities
−Removed: Operating activities provided $53.9 million of cash in 2021, which reflects our continued growth in revenue offset by continued investments in our operations and impact of the timing of working capital items.
+Added: Operating activities provided $78.2 million of cash in 2022, which reflects continued growth in revenue partially offset by our continued investments in our operations and a net benefit from changes in working capital items.
+Added: Cash provided by operating activities reflected our net loss of $124.7 million, offset by a decrease in our net operating assets of $39.5 million and non-cash charges of $163.4 million related primarily to depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, deferred income taxes, amortization of debt issuance costs and other non-cash charges.
+Added: The decrease in our net operating assets was primarily due to a $52.5 million increase in deferred revenue due to increased billings, a $8.0 million increase in accounts payable, an increase in accrued expenses of $3.7 million and a $2.4 million increase in other liabilities, which each had a positive impact on operating cash flow.
+Added: These factors were partially offset by a $15.9 million increase in deferred contract acquisition and fulfillment costs, a $9.0 million increase in accounts receivable and a $2.2 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets, which each had a negative impact on operating cash flow.
+Added: Operating activities provided $53.9 million of cash in 2021, which reflects continued growth in revenue partially offset by our continued investments in our operations and a net benefit from changes in working capital items.
Cash provided by operating activities reflected our net loss of $146.3 million, offset by a decrease in our net operating assets of $55.0 million and non-cash charges of $145.2 million related primarily to depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, deferred income taxes, induced conversion expense, amortization of debt issuance costs and other non-cash charges.
−Removed: The decrease in our net operating assets
−Removed: was primarily due to a $85.6 million increase in deferred revenue due to increased billings, a $19.2 million increase in accrued expenses and a $3.7 million increase in other liabilities, which each had a positive impact on operating cash flow.
+Added: The decrease in our net operating assets was primarily due to a $85.6 million increase in deferred revenue due to increased billings, a $19.2 million increase in accrued expenses and a $3.7 million increase in other liabilities, which each had a positive impact on operating cash flow.
These factors were partially offset by a $25.5 million increase in accounts receivable, a $22.5 million increase in deferred contract acquisition and fulfillment costs, a $3.4 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets and a $2.1 million decrease in accounts payable, which each had a negative impact on operating cash flow.
−Removed: Operating activities provided $4.9 million of cash in 2020, which reflects our continued growth in revenue offset by continued investments in our operations and impact of the timing of working capital items.
−Removed: Cash provided by operating activities reflected our net loss of $98.8 million and an increase in our net operating assets and liabilities of $3.5 million, offset by $106.7 million of non-cash charges related primarily to depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs, provision for doubtful accounts, deferred income taxes and other non-cash charges.
+Added: Operating activities provided $4.9 million of cash in 2020, which reflects continued growth in revenue partially offset by our continued investments in our operations and changes in working capital items.
+Added: Cash provided by operating activities reflected our net loss of $98.8 million and an increase in our net operating assets and liabilities of $3.5 million, offset by $106.7 million of non-cash charges related primarily to depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of debt
+Added: discount and debt issuance costs, provision for doubtful accounts, deferred income taxes and other non-cash charges.
The increase in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to a $24.4 million increase in accounts receivable, a $13.4 million increase in deferred contract acquisition and fulfillment costs, a $8.9 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets, a $2.4 million decrease in accounts payable and a $0.4 million decrease in other liabilities, which each had a negative impact on operating cash flow.
These factors were partially offset by a $37.4 million increase in deferred revenue from sales of our products and services and a $8.6 million increase in accrued expenses, which each had a positive impact on operating cash flow.
−Removed: Operating activities used $1.4 million of cash in 2019, which reflects our continued growth in revenue offset by continued investments in our operations and impact of the timing of working capital items.
−Removed: Cash used in operating activities reflected our net loss of $53.8 million and an increase in our net operating assets and liabilities of $15.2 million, offset by non-cash charges of $67.6 million related primarily to depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs, provision for doubtful accounts and other non-cash charges.
−Removed: The increase in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily due to a $14.8 million increase in accounts receivable, $13.7 million increase in prepaid expenses and other assets and a $11.3 million increase in deferred contract acquisition and fulfillment costs, which each had a negative impact on operating cash flow.
−Removed: These factors were partially offset by a $18.7 million increase in deferred revenue from sales of our products and services, a $4.7 million increase in accrued expenses, a $1.1 million increase in other liabilities, and a $0.1 million increase in accounts payable, which each had a positive impact on operating cash flow.
Investing Activities
+Added: Investing activities used $40.0 million of cash in 2022, consisting of $20.4 million in capital expenditures to purchase computer equipment and leasehold improvements, $17.1 million for capitalization of internal-use software costs, $1.5 million of investment purchases, net of sales and maturities, and $1.0 million of other investments.
Investing activities used $325.4 million of cash in 2021, consisting of $358.4 million of cash paid for the acquisitions of IntSights, Alcide and Velocidex, net of cash acquired, $9.9 million for capitalization of internal-use software costs, $9.0 million in capital expenditures to purchase computer equipment, furniture and fixtures and leasehold improvements, $3.0 million for other investing activities, partially offset by $54.9 million of investment sales and maturities, net of purchases.
Investing activities used $156.3 million of cash in 2020, consisting of $125.8 million of cash paid for the acquisition of DivvyCloud, net of cash acquired of $5.0 million, $13.8 million in capital expenditures to purchase leasehold improvements, furniture and fixtures and computer equipment, $10.6 million for purchases of investments, net of sales and maturities, and $6.1 million for capitalization of internal-use software costs.
−Removed: Investing activities provided $16.8 million of cash in 2019, consisting of $66.9 million for investment sales and maturities, net of purchases, $29.4 million in capital expenditures to purchase leasehold improvements and furniture and fixtures, primarily related to office space build-outs including our new corporate headquarters and computer equipment, $14.6 million of cash paid for the acquisition of NetFort and $6.1 million for capitalization of internal-use software costs.
Financing Activities
−Removed: Financing activities provided $264.1 million of cash in 2021, which consisted primarily of $585.0 million in proceeds from the issuance of the 2027 Notes, net of issuance costs paid of $15.0 million, $9.3 million in proceeds from the issuance of common stock purchased by employees under the Rapid7, Inc.
−Removed: 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) and $4.3 million in proceeds from the exercise of stock options, partially offset by $230.0 million for the redemption, repurchase and conversion of the 2023 Notes, $76.0 million for the purchase of 2027 Capped Calls, $16.0 million in withholding taxes paid for the net share settlement of equity awards, $12.1 million for payments related to the acquisitions of DivvyCloud, Alcide and IntSights, and $0.3 million for payments of debt issuance costs.
+Added: Financing activities provided $7.4 million of cash in 2022, which consisted primarily of $11.9 million in proceeds from the issuance of common stock purchased by employees under the Rapid7, Inc.
+Added: 2015 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”) and $3.3 million in proceeds from the exercise of stock options, partially offset by $7.5 million in withholding taxes paid for the net share settlement of equity awards and $0.3 million in payments related to the acquisition of Velocidex.
+Added: Financing activities provided $264.1 million of cash in 2021, which consisted primarily of $585.0 million in proceeds from the issuance of the 2027 Notes, net of issuance costs paid of $15.0 million, $9.3 million in proceeds from the issuance of common stock purchased by employees under the ESPP and $4.3 million in proceeds from the exercise of stock options, partially offset by $230.0 million for the redemption, repurchase and conversion of the 2023 Notes, $76.0 million for the purchase of 2027 Capped Calls, $16.0 million in withholding taxes paid for the net share settlement of equity awards, $12.1 million for payments related to the acquisitions of DivvyCloud, Alcide and IntSights, and $0.3 million for payments of debt issuance costs.
Financing activities provided $200.9 million of cash in 2020, which consisted primarily of $222.8 million in proceeds from the issuance of the 2025 Notes, net of issuance costs paid of $7.2 million, $7.8 million in proceeds from the exercise of stock options and $7.1 million in proceeds from the issuance of common stock purchased by employees under the ESPP, partially offset by $27.3 million for the purchase of 2025 Capped Calls, $8.9 million in withholding taxes paid for the net share settlement of equity awards, $0.4 million of payments of debt issuance costs and $0.2 million of deferred consideration payments.
−Removed: Financing activities provided $8.8 million of cash in 2019, which consisted primarily of $10.2 million in proceeds from the exercise of stock options and $5.5 million in proceeds from the issuance of common stock purchased by employees under the ESPP, partially offset by $6.9 million in withholding taxes paid for the net share settlement of equity awards.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
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We therefore believe that we are not materially exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in these relationships.
−Removed: Critical Accounting Policies
+Added: Critical Accounting Estimates
Our consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”).
−Removed: The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates, assumptions and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, costs and expenses.
+Added: The preparation of our consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and disclosures.
We base our estimates and assumptions on historical experience and other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances.
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Our actual results may differ from these estimates.
−Removed: Our significant accounting policies, including those considered to be critical accounting policies are summarized in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies , in the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: The following critical accounting policies reflect significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:
−Removed: • Revenue recognition;
−Removed: • Deferred contract acquisition and fulfillment costs;
−Removed: • Business combinations
+Added: Our significant accounting policies, including those considered to be critical accounting estimates are summarized in Note 2, Summary of Significant Accounting Policies , in the Notes to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Revenue Recognition
We generate revenue primarily from:
−Removed: (1) subscriptions from the sale of cloud-based subscriptions, managed services, term software licenses, content subscriptions and maintenance and support associated with our software licenses, (2) perpetual software licenses and (3) professional services from the sale of our deployment and training services related to our solutions, incident response services, penetration testing and security advisory services.
+Added: (1) subscriptions from the sale of cloud-based subscriptions, managed services, term software licenses, content subscriptions and maintenance and support associated with our software licenses and (2) professional services from the sale of our deployment and training services related to our solutions, incident response services, penetration testing and security advisory services.
The majority of our contracts with customers contain multiple performance obligations.
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Once SSP is established it is applied consistently to all transactions involving that product or service utilizing a portfolio approach.
−Removed: Deferred Contract Acquisition and Fulfillment Costs
−Removed: We capitalize commission expenses paid to internal sales personnel and partner referral fees that are incremental costs to obtaining customer contracts.
−Removed: Costs to obtain a contract for a new customer, upsell or cross-sell are amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated period of benefit of five years as sales commissions on initial sales are not commensurate with sales commissions on contract renewals.
+Added: Deferred Contract Acquisition Costs
+Added: We defer contract costs that are recoverable and incremental to obtaining customer contracts.
+Added: Contract costs, which primarily consist of sales commissions, are amortized on a systematic basis that is consistent with the transfer to the customer of the goods or services to which the asset relates.
+Added: Contract costs for a new customer, upsell or cross-sell are amortized on a straight-line basis over an estimated period of benefit of five years as sales commissions on initial sales are not commensurate with sales commissions on contract renewals.
We determined the estimated period of benefit by taking into consideration the contractual term and expected renewals of customer contracts, our technology and other factors, including the fact that commissions paid on renewals are not commensurate with commissions paid on initial sales transactions.
+Added: Contract costs relating to contract renewals are deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the related renewal period.
+Added: Contract costs for professional services arrangements are expensed as incurred in accordance with the practical expedient as the contractual period of our professional services arrangements are one year or less.
We periodically review the carrying amount of deferred contract acquisition costs to determine whether events or changes in circumstances have occurred that could impact the period of benefit.
−Removed: Commissions paid relating to contract renewals are deferred and amortized on a straight-line basis over the related renewal period.
−Removed: Costs to obtain a contract for professional services arrangements are expensed as incurred in accordance with the practical expedient as the contractual period of our professional services arrangements are one year or less.
−Removed: Business Combinations
−Removed: We allocate the fair value of purchase consideration to the tangible asset acquired, liabilities assumed, and intangible assets acquired based on their estimated fair values.
−Removed: The excess of the fair value of purchase consideration over the fair value of these identifiable net assets and liabilities is recorded as goodwill.
−Removed: Determining the fair value of the tangible assets acquired, liabilities assumed and intangible assets requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions, especially with respect to intangible assets.
−Removed: Significant estimates in valuing certain intangible assets include, but are not limited to, cash flows that an asset is expected to generate in the future, technology migration curves, discount rates, and useful lives.
−Removed: While we use our best estimates and judgements, our estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
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