Rimini Street, Inc. (RMNI) FY 2024 MD&A

Item 7.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Rimini Street, Inc. was formed in the State of Nevada in 2005 (“RSI” or “predecessor”) and, through a merger in 2017 with a public company, became Rimini Street, Inc., a Delaware corporation (referred to as the “Company”, “we” and “us”), trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “RMNI”. References to “management” or “management team” refer to the officers of the Company.

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A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2024 compared to fiscal 2023 is presented below. A discussion regarding our financial condition and results of operations for fiscal 2023 compared to fiscal 2022 that are not in this Report can be found under Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, which was filed with the SEC on February 28, 2024, which discussion is hereby incorporated by reference and is available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes to those statements included in Item 8 of this Report. In addition to historical financial information, the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Our actual results and timing of selected events may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those discussed under “Risk Factors” in Item 1A and elsewhere in this Report. See also “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” contained in this Report.

Certain figures, such as interest rates and other percentages included in this section have been rounded for ease of presentation. Percentage figures included in this section have not in all cases been calculated on the basis of such rounded figures but on the basis of such amounts prior to rounding. For this reason, percentage amounts in this section may vary slightly from those obtained by performing the same calculations using the figures in our Consolidated Financial Statements or in the associated text. Certain other amounts that appear in this section may similarly not sum due to rounding.

Overview

Rimini Street, Inc. and its subsidiaries (referred to as “Rimini Street”, the “Company”, “we” and “us”) are global providers of end-to-end enterprise software support, products and services. The Company offers a comprehensive family of unified solutions to run, manage, support, customize, configure, connect, protect, monitor, and optimize clients’ enterprise application, database, and technology software platforms.

We founded Rimini Street to disrupt and redefine the enterprise software support market by developing and delivering innovative new solutions that filled a then-unmet need in the enterprise software market. We became and remain the leading independent software support provider for enterprise software based on both the number of active clients supported and recognition by industry analyst firms.

Over the years, as our reputation for technical capability, value, innovation, responsiveness and trusted reliability grew, clients and prospects began asking us to expand the scope of our support, product and service offerings to meet other needs and opportunities related to their enterprise software. We also heard from prospects and clients that their goals include reducing the number of IT vendors to more manageable numbers from a governance perspective, with a desire to select vendors who can provide a wider scope of IT services and become true trusted partners.

To meet the needs of our clients and prospects and to service what we believe is a significantly expanded addressable market opportunity, we continue to expand our solutions portfolio (our “Solutions Portfolio”) to a wider array of enterprise software – including an expanded list of supported software for VMware; managed services for Oracle, SAP, Salesforce®, IBM, ServiceNow®, and open-source database software; and new solutions for security, interoperability, observability and consulting. We also offer a unified package of our services as Rimini ONE™, a unique end-to-end, “turnkey” outsourcing option for Oracle and SAP landscapes designed to optimize our clients’ existing technologies with a minimum of 15 extended years of operating lifespan and enable our clients to focus their IT talent and budget on potentially higher-value, innovative projects that will support competitive advantage and growth.

As of December 31, 2024, we employed over 2,040 professionals and supported over 3,080 active clients globally, including approximately 73 Fortune 500 companies and 20 Fortune Global 100 companies across a broad range of industries. We define an active client as a distinct entity, such as a company, an educational or government institution, or a business unit of a company that purchases our support, products or services. For example, we count as two separate active client instances in circumstances where we provide support for two different products to the same entity. We market and sell our services globally, primarily through our direct sales force, and have wholly-owned subsidiaries in Australia, Brazil, Canada, UAE (Dubai), France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and the United States. We believe our primary competitors for our support services are the enterprise software vendors whose products we service and support, including Oracle, SAP, IBM, Microsoft and VMware. We believe our primary competitors for our other solutions include systems integrators, security, interoperability and observability vendors; and IT consulting firms.

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Our subscription-based revenue provides a strong foundation for, and visibility into, future period results. We generated revenue of $428.8 million, $431.5 million and $409.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively, representing a year-over-year decrease of 1% for 2024 and 5% increase for 2023. We have a history of losses, and as of December 31, 2024, we had an accumulated deficit of $238.5 million. We recorded net loss of $36.3 million, net income of $26.1 million and net loss of $2.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We generated approximately 49% of our revenue in the United States and approximately 51% of our revenue from our international business for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Since our inception, we have financed our operations through cash collected from clients and net proceeds from equity financings and borrowings.

We intend to continue investing for long-term revenue growth and profitability. We have invested and expect to continue investing in expanding our ability to market, sell and provide our current and future products and services to clients globally. We also expect to continue investing in the development and improvement of new and existing enterprise software support, products, and services to address current and evolving client needs.

Recent Developments

Reference is made to Note 9 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Report for a discussion of developments in our litigation with Oracle.

Additionally, reference is made to Note 5 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Report for a discussion of developments related to our amended credit facility dated April 30, 2024, (as amended, the “2024 Credit Facility”).

Our Business Model

Enterprise software support, products and services is one of the largest categories of overall global information technology (“IT”) spending. We believe enterprise resource planning (“ERP”), customer relationship management (“CRM”), product lifecycle management (“PLM”) database and technology software systems have become increasingly important in the operation of mission-critical business processes over the last 30 years. We also believe organizations are increasingly creating more complex IT environments that are a mixture of multiple technologies, business models and vendors, including perpetual license and subscription license software solutions, deployed across the client’s system and cloud computing providers (hybrid IT environments), and consisting of proprietary and non-proprietary open-source software, all from a multitude of different technology vendors. The costs associated with running and supporting these systems; failure and downtime; security exposure; integrating and monitoring; and maintaining the tax, legal and regulatory compliance of these software systems, have increased in both actual spend and as a percentage of the full IT budget. As a result, we believe that licensees often view enterprise software support, products and services as a mandatory cost of doing business.

The majority of our revenue through December 31, 2024, was generated from our support solutions.

In a traditional licensing model, the customer typically procures a perpetual software license and pays for the license in a single upfront fee (“perpetual license”), and base software support services can be optionally procured from the software vendor for an annual fee that is typically 20-23% of the total cost of the software license. In a newer subscription-based licensing model, such as software as a service (“SaaS”), the customer generally pays for the usage of the software on a monthly or annual basis (“subscription license”). Under a subscription license, the product license and a base level of software support are generally bundled together as a single purchase, and the base level of software support is not procured separately nor is it an optional purchase.

When we provide our support solutions for a perpetual software license, we generally offer our clients service for a fee that we believe is equal to approximately 50% of the annual fees charged by the software vendor for their base support. When providing supplemental software support for a perpetual license, where the client procures our support service in addition to retaining the software vendor’s base support, we generally offer our clients service for a fee that we believe is equal to approximately 25% of the annual fees charged by the software vendor for their base support. We also offer a special support service, Rimini Street Extra Secure Support, available to clients that require a more rigorous level of security background checks and/or government security clearance for engineers accessing a client’s system than our standard employment security background check and requirements. Clients may be asked to pay an additional fee for Rimini Street Extra Secure Support.

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In addition to our support services, we also offer a breadth of enterprise software support, products and services through our full portfolio of solutions at an additional fee that is calculated based on a variety of factors and metrics. Our solutions are designed to meet specific client needs and are designed to provide what we believe is exceptional value and return for the fees charged. For more details about our Solutions Portfolio, please see Item 1 “Business” included in Part I of this Report.

Key Business Metrics

Number of clients

Since we founded our company, we have made the expansion of our client base a priority. We believe that our ability to expand our client base is an indicator of the growth of our business, the success of our sales and marketing activities, and the value that our services bring to our clients. We define an active client as a distinct entity, such as a company, an educational or government institution, or a business unit of a company that purchases our services to support a specific product. For example, we count as two separate active clients when support for two different products is being provided to the same entity. As of December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, we had approximately 3,080, 3,030 and 3,020 active clients, respectively.

We define a unique client as a distinct entity, such as a company, an educational or government institution or a subsidiary, division or business unit of a company that purchases one or more of our support, products or services. We count as two separate unique clients when two separate subsidiaries, divisions or business units of an entity purchase our products or services. As of December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, we had over 1,570, 1,530 and 1,510 unique clients, respectively.

The increase in both our active and unique client counts has been a combination of new unique client wins as well as cross-sales of new support, products and services to existing clients. As noted previously, we intend to focus future growth on both new and existing clients. We believe that the growth in our number of clients is an indication of the increased adoption of our enterprise software products and services.

Annualized subscription revenue

We recognize subscription revenue on a daily basis. We define annualized subscription revenue as the amount of subscription revenue recognized during a quarter and multiplied by four. This gives us an indication of the revenue that can be earned in the following 12-month period from our existing client base assuming no cancellations or price changes occur during that period. Subscription revenue excludes any non-recurring revenue, which has been insignificant to date. Our annualized subscription revenue was approximately $415 million, $432 million and $420 million as of December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Our annualized subscription revenue calculated as of December 31, 2024 excluded the one-time revenue recognized due to a client event as noted in the Results of Operations.

Revenue retention rate

A key part of our business model is the recurring nature of our revenue. As a result, it is important that we retain clients after the completion of the non-cancelable portion of the support period. We believe that our revenue retention rate provides insight into the quality of our products and services and the value that our products and services provide our clients.

We define revenue retention rate as the actual subscription revenue (dollar-based) recognized in a 12-month period from clients that existed on the day prior to the start of the 12-month period divided by our annualized subscription revenue as of the day prior to the start of the 12-month period. Our revenue retention rate was 88%, 90% and 92% for each of the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The decline in our retention rate for the year ended December 31, 2024 was due to attrition during the fourth quarter of 2023 as well as the first and second quarters of 2024, as certain clients did not renew specific subscriptions for a variety of reasons. However, in some cases, these clients maintained or added subscriptions for other products and services. Our net billings during 2024 were about 1% higher than the prior year, with billings growth in the second half of the year partially offsetting the billings decline in the first half of the year.

Gross margin

We derive revenue through the sale of our enterprise software products and services. All the costs incurred in providing these products and services are recognized as part of the cost of revenue. The cost of revenue includes all direct product line expenses, as well as the expenses incurred by our shared services organization which supports all product lines.

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We define gross profit as the difference between revenue and the costs incurred in providing the software products and services. Gross margin is the ratio of gross profit divided by revenue. Our gross margin was approximately 60.9%, 62.3% and 62.8% for the years ended December 31, 2024, 2023 and 2022, respectively. We believe the gross margin provides an indication of how efficiently and effectively we are operating our business and serving our clients.

Factors Affecting Our Operating Performance

Litigation

The information from Item 3, Legal Proceedings and Item 1A, Risk Factors—Risks Related to Litigation—“We and our President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board have been involved in continuing litigation with Oracle since 2010. Adverse outcomes and future adverse outcomes in the ongoing litigation could result in the payment of substantial attorneys’ fees and/or costs and/or injunctions against certain of our business practices, which could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial results,” is incorporated by reference herein. For claims on which Oracle has prevailed or may prevail, we have been and could be required to pay substantial damages or reimbursement of legal expenses incurred in connection with the proceedings or for our current or past business activities or be enjoined from certain business practices. Any of these outcomes could result in a material adverse effect on our business.

Adoption of enterprise software products and services

We believe the existing market for independent enterprise software support services is underserved. We are a global provider of enterprise software products and services, the leading third-party support provider for Oracle and SAP software products, and a Salesforce partner. We also believe the existing market for our other enterprise software products and services is underserved, and that we have unique products and services that can meet client needs in the marketplace. For example, we provide security, interoperability and compatibility products and services with the Rimini Protect and Rimini Connect solutions.

We also believe that our total addressable market for our enterprise software products and services is substantially larger than our current client base and the products and services we currently offer. As a result, we believe we have the opportunity to expand our global client base and to further increase adoption of our software products and services within and across existing clients. However, as the market for independent enterprise software support services as well as our other software products and services is still emerging, it is difficult for us to predict the timing of when and if widespread acceptance will occur.

Sales cycle

We sell our services to our clients primarily through our direct sales organization. Our sales cycle, depending on the product or service, typically ranges from six months to a year from when a prospective client is engaged. While we believe that there is a significant market opportunity for our enterprise software support, products and services, we often must educate prospective clients about the value of our products and services, which can result in lengthy and multiple sales cycles, particularly for larger prospective clients, as well as the incurrence of significant marketing expenses. Our typical sales cycle with a prospective client begins with the generation of a sales lead through trade shows, industry events, online marketing, media interviews and articles, inbound calls, outbound calls or client, analyst or other referral. The sales lead is followed by an assessment of the prospect’s current software license contract terms where relevant, systems environment, products and releases being used, needs and objectives.

The variability in our sales cycle for software support services is impacted by whether software vendors or other current software support providers are able to convince potential clients that they should renew their software support contract with the existing vendor or procure or renew supplemental support services from the existing vendor, respectively. Another driver of our sales cycle variability is any announcement by a software vendor of their discontinuation, reduction or limitation of support services for a particular software product or release for which we continue to offer a competing support service. In addition, our sales cycle variability for software support is impacted by vendor discounts provided by software vendors to retain existing clients or attract potential clients. Finally, our litigation with Oracle around our support service offerings can also drive sales cycle variability as clients oftentimes perform their own legal due diligence, which can lengthen the sales cycle.

Global Economic Uncertainty

We have experienced some clients not renewing our services due to the adverse impact on their businesses from current global economic uncertainty, as well as by the economic disruption continuing to be caused by current conflicts and recent political and trade turmoil with China, amongst other global challenges. While we do not physically operate in some of

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these countries, we do have operations in Israel. These global events, together with inflationary pressures, have negatively impacted the global economy, causing the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in 2022 and to reduce interest rates in 2024.

Uncertainty in changes to be made in laws and regulations by the new U.S. Presidential administration, along with uncertainty about the trade policies of such administration, particularly when pertaining to treaties, tariffs and other limitations on international trade, are causing economic and geopolitical uncertainty. Despite these macroeconomic and geopolitical pressures, we expect to continue to be able to market, sell and provide our current and future products and services to clients globally. We also expect to continue investing in the development and improvement of new and existing products and services to address client needs. Further, although our operations are influenced by general economic conditions, we do not believe the impacts of the economic disruptions described above had a significant net impact on our revenue or results of operations during the year ended December 31, 2024.

The extent to which rising inflation, interest rate changes and continuing global economic and geopolitical uncertainty impact our business going forward, however, will depend on numerous evolving factors we cannot reliably predict, including continued governmental and business actions in response to increasing global economic and geopolitical uncertainty. As such, the effects of rising inflation, interest rate increases and other negative impacts on the global economy may not be fully reflected in our financial results until future periods. Refer to “Risk Factors” (Part I, Item 1A of this Report) for a discussion of these factors and other risks.

Key Components of Consolidated Statements of Operations

Revenue. We currently derive nearly all of our revenue from subscription-based contracts for software services. Revenue from these contracts is recognized ratably on a straight-line basis over the applicable service period.

Cost of revenue. Cost of revenue includes salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation expenses associated with our technical support and service delivery organizations, as well as allocated overhead and non-personnel expenses such as outside services, professional fees and travel-related expenses. Allocated overhead includes overhead costs for depreciation of equipment, facilities (consisting of leasehold improvements and rent) and technical operations (including costs for compensation of our personnel and costs associated with our infrastructure). We recognize expenses related to our technical support and service delivery organizations as they are incurred. All other costs include royalties paid for the use of products or services resold or licensed to clients, which were provided by other vendors.

Sales and marketing expenses. Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of personnel costs for our sales, marketing and business development employees and executives, amortization expense associated with capitalized sales commissions, sales commissions that do not qualify for capitalization, travel related expenses, outside services and allocated overhead. Sales commissions are costs of obtaining customer contracts and are capitalized and then amortized over a period of benefit that we have determined to be 4 years.

General and administrative expenses. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs for our administrative, legal, human resources, finance and accounting employees and executives. These expenses also include non-employee expenses, such as travel-related expenses, outside services, legal, auditing and other professional fees, and general corporate expenses, along with an allocation of our general overhead expenses.

Reorganization costs. These costs consist primarily of severance costs associated with reorganization plans that occurred in 2024 and 2022.

Litigation costs and related recoveries, net. Litigation costs consist of legal settlements, pre-judgment interest, and third-party professional fees to defend against litigation claims. In the past, we have had liability insurance policies where a portion of our defense costs and litigation judgments or settlements have been reimbursed under the terms of the policies. Such insurance recoveries were reflected as a reduction of litigation costs upon notification of approval for reimbursement by the insurance company.

Interest expense. Interest expense is incurred under our Credit Facilities and other debt obligations. The components of interest expense include the amount of interest payable in cash at the stated interest rate, interest that is payable in kind through additional borrowings, make-whole applicable premium, and accretion of debt discounts and issuance costs (“DDIC”) using the effective interest method. Interest expense also includes payments incurred or received as a result of the interest rate swap agreement.

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Other income (expenses), net. Other income (expenses), net consists primarily of gains or losses on foreign currency transactions and interest income.

Income taxes. The provision for income taxes is based on the amount of our taxable income and enacted federal, state and foreign tax rates, as adjusted for allowable credits and deductions. Our provision for income taxes consists primarily of foreign taxes for the periods presented, as our taxable income for U.S. federal and state purposes is offset by net operating losses. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, we considered whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets would not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. We considered the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.

Results of Operations

Comparison of Years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023

Our consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 are presented below (in thousands):

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(1)Includes the portion of costs for information technology, security services and facilities costs that are allocated to cost of revenue. In our Consolidated Financial Statements, such costs are allocated between cost of revenue, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses based primarily on relative headcount, except for facilities which is based on occupancy.

Revenue. Revenue decreased from $431.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $428.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, a decrease of $2.7 million or 1%. The decline was due to a lower retention rate for clients beginning in the fourth quarter of 2023. It was partially offset by a one-time revenue recognition of $5.4 million due to a client event during the fourth quarter of 2024. On a regional basis, United States revenue declined from $220.0 million for fiscal 2023 to

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$210.0 million for fiscal 2024, a decline of $10.0 million or 5%, while international revenue grew from $211.5 million for fiscal 2023 to $218.8 million for fiscal 2024, an increase of $7.2 million or 3%.

Previously we announced the wind-down of services for Oracle PeopleSoft products. We are now reassessing our exit from the PeopleSoft business in light of the recent litigation rulings and the continued demand in the market.

Cost of revenue. Total cost of revenue increased from $162.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $167.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $5.2 million or 3%. This increase was due to several items. First our costs for employee compensation and benefits increased by $1.9 million. We also experienced an increase in all other costs of $2.1 million, driven primarily by an increase in outside services of $1.3 million, as well as an increase of allocated costs for $1.7 million. Offsetting the increased costs, we experienced a decline in engineering consulting costs of $0.5 million.

The $1.9 million increase in cost of revenue attributable to employee compensation and benefits for the year ended December 31, 2024, was primarily due to an increase in salaries, wages and benefit costs due to a 11% increase in the average number of employees devoted to cost of revenue functions and annual pay increases.

As discussed in Note 9 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Report, the District Court issued its findings of fact and conclusions of law in Rimini II, accompanied by the “Rimini II Injunction” in July 2023, which had been subject to an administrative stay. The District Court found infringement as to Oracle’s PeopleSoft and Oracle Database products.

A three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit heard oral argument on our appeal of the District Court’s July 2023 Rimini II judgment and Injunction in June 2024, and the Ninth Circuit issued its decision on our appeal in December 2024. In its decision, the Ninth Circuit vacated multiple copyright rulings, reversed in part the District Court’s Lanham Act ruling, and vacated portions of the Rimini II Injunction that we appealed. In January 2025, Oracle filed a petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc in the Ninth Circuit, arguing that the panel had erred in its rulings regarding Section 117(a), derivative works, one of the security-related statements under the Lanham Act, and vacatur of portions of the injunction the Company appealed.

If the Rimini II Injunction becomes effective in a manner substantially similar to the version originally ordered by the District Court, it would impact our delivery of PeopleSoft support services to clients in the future, as well as potentially impact our previously announced plans to wind-down the offering of services for Oracle PeopleSoft products.

We would likely incur additional expenses for incremental labor costs and other contingencies in order to comply. Due to the large number of uncertainties surrounding the outcome of the ongoing litigation, we are unable to determine the final impact on future period costs until a decision is rendered. Any adverse outcome in our ongoing judicial proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased from $269.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $261.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, a decline of $8.0 million or 3%. Gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2023 was 62.3% compared to 60.9% for the year ended December 31, 2024. Our revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024 declined by $2.7 million or 1% compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. Total cost of revenue for the year ended December 31, 2024 increased by $5.2 million, or 3%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. Given that the increase in the cost of revenue was 3% and we experienced a decline in revenue of 1%, we realized a decline of 150 basis points in our gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the year ended December 31, 2023. The lower gross margin for the year ended December 31, 2024 was primarily due to increasing employee compensation and benefits, all other costs and administrative allocations despite a slight decline in our revenue.

Sales and marketing expenses. As a percentage of our revenue, sales and marketing expenses have increased from 33% for the year ended December 31, 2023 to 35% for the year ended December 31, 2024. In dollar terms, sales and marketing expenses increased from $142.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $149.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $7.4 million or 5%. This increase was primarily due to (i) a $6.3 million increase in travel and entertainment costs, primarily related to a sales training event held in January 2024 (ii) a $1.4 million increase in employee compensation and benefits, (iii) a $1.2 million increase in administrative allocated costs, and (iv) a $1.3 million increase of other costs. These costs increases were offset by (v) a $1.5 million decline in contract labor, (vi) a $0.8 million decline in trade show costs and (vii) a $0.5 million decline for advertising, marketing and promotional costs.

The $1.4 million increase in employee compensation and benefits for the year ended December 31, 2024 was primarily due to an increases of salaries, wages and benefits of $2.1 million offset by a reduction of stock-based compensation expense of $0.6 million.

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General and administrative. General and administrative expenses increased from $73.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $73.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, a slight increase of $40.0 thousand or 0.1%. This increase was primarily due to (i) an increase of computer software costs of $2.7 million, (ii) an increase of professional fees of $1.4 million, (iii) an increase in sales and other taxes of $0.8 million, (iv) an increase of depreciation and amortization expense of $0.6 million, (v) an increase in rent and facility costs of $0.5 million and (vi) an increase of contract labor of $0.4 million. These unfavorable variances were offset, in part, by (vii) a decrease in compensation and benefit costs of $3.6 million and (viii) an increase in our administrative allocations from general and administrative expenses of $2.9 million.

The $3.6 million decline attributable to employee compensation and benefits for the year ended December 31, 2024, was primarily due to a decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $2.1 million, as well as a reduction in salaries, wages, bonus and benefit costs of $1.5 million, which was primarily a result of reorganization activity that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2024.

We expect to continue to incur higher expenses associated with supporting the growth of our business, both in terms of size and geographical diversity, and to meet the increased compliance requirements associated with being a public company. Public company costs that are expected to increase in the future include additional information systems costs, costs for additional personnel in our accounting, human resources, IT and legal functions, SEC and Nasdaq fees, and incremental professional, legal, audit and insurance costs. As a result, we currently expect our general and administrative expenses to increase in dollar terms in future periods.

Reorganization costs. During the year ended December 31, 2024, we began a process to evaluate and optimize our cost structure through a headcount reduction. We recognized reorganization costs of $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $5.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The increased cost was due primarily to severance costs associated with our 2024 reorganization plan. We are likely to incur additional reorganization costs during 2025 as we continue to optimize our cost structure in areas where opportunities to streamline our operations exist.

Litigation costs and related recoveries, net. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, litigation costs and related recoveries, net consist of the following (in thousands):

Litigation expense increased from $2.7 million for year ended December 31, 2023 compared to $58.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. On September 23, 2024, the District Court issued its order on Oracle’s motion for attorneys’ fees and taxable costs. The District Court awarded to Oracle $58.2 million in attorneys’ fees and $0.3 million in costs. As a result, we expensed and paid $58.5 million for attorneys’ fees and costs during the year ended December 31, 2024. In December 2023, we reached an agreement with Oracle for $9.7 million for attorneys’ fees and costs, relating to the Rimini I Injunction contempt proceedings. We had previously accrued $6.9 million as an estimate of attorney’s fees and costs during the year ended December 31, 2021. As a result, we recorded an incremental expense of $2.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. This expense was offset by a payment received from Oracle of $0.1 million relating to the reduced sanctions award for the Rimini I Injunction contempt proceedings.

Professional fees and other defense costs associated with litigation decreased from $7.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $6.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, a decrease of $1.0 million. This decrease was primarily due to the timing of when costs were incurred for our appeal preparation of the Rimini II decision with the Ninth Circuit.

Interest expense. Interest expense increased from $5.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 to $6.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, an increase of $0.8 million. Interest expense increased primarily due to rising interest rates on our Credit Facilities, which increased from the effective interest rate of 8.2% for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to an effective interest rate of 8.8% for the year ended December 31, 2024 under the term loan. In addition, we borrowed $15.0 million in October 2024 from our revolving line of credit, resulting in incremental interest expense of $0.2 million. Finally, we incurred $0.2 million of interest expense related to the Oracle attorneys’ fees and costs noted above during the year ended December 31, 2024.

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Other income (expenses), net. For the year ended December 31, 2023, we had other income, net of $3.0 million as compared to other income, net of $1.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, a decline of $1.2 million. For the year ended December 31, 2023, other income, net of $3.0 million was comprised of gains from cash equivalents and investments of $3.7 million which were offset, in part, by foreign exchange losses of $0.3 million and other costs of $0.4 million. For the year ended December 31, 2024, net other income of approximately $1.8 million was comprised of gains from cash equivalents and investments of $3.6 million which were offset significantly by foreign exchange losses of approximately $1.2 million and other costs of $0.6 million.

Income taxes. Income taxes changed from tax expense of $15.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 to a tax benefit of $0.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024, a change of $15.5 million or 102%. This was primarily due to a decrease of income before taxes of $77.9 million in the current year period compared to the prior year period.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

As of December 31, 2024, we had a working capital deficit of $68.3 million and we had an accumulated deficit of $238.5 million. We recorded net loss of $36.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 and net income of $26.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, respectively.

Credit Facility

On April 30, 2024, we refinanced our Original Credit Facility, which had an outstanding principal balance of $70.9 million, with a new five-year senior secured credit facility (“2024 Credit Facility”) consisting of a $75.0 million term loan and a $35.0 million revolving line of credit. As of December 31, 2024, we had outstanding term loan borrowings under our 2024 Credit Facility of $73.1 million. In addition, we had availability of $20.0 million under our new revolving line of credit as of December 31, 2024. We borrowed $15.0 million under the revolving line of credit on October 21, 2024. On October 22, 2024, we paid the full amount of the court ordered attorneys’ fees and costs in the Rimini II litigation, as discussed in Note 9 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Report.

We have a choice of interest rates under the 2024 Credit Facility between (a) SOFR and (b) Base Rate, in each case plus an applicable margin. The applicable margin remains the same as the Original Credit Facility and is based on our Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio (as defined in the 2024 Credit Facility) and whether we elect SOFR (ranging from 2.75% to 3.50%) or a Base Rate (ranging from 1.75% to 2.5%). Interest on the unused portion of the revolving credit line is at rates of between 25 to 40 basis points, depending on our Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio. Annual minimum principal payments over the five-year term for the 2024 Credit Facility are 5%, 5%, 7.5%, 7.5%, and 10%, respectively, with the remaining balance due at the end of the original term.

The 2024 Credit Facility contains certain financial covenants, including a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio greater than 1.25, a total leverage ratio less than 3.75, and a minimum liquidity balance of at least $20 million in U.S. cash. We believe that we are in compliance with these financials covenants for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Please refer to Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Report for information regarding our 2024 Credit Facility.

A key component of our business model requires that substantially all clients prepay us annually for the services we will provide over the following year or longer. As a result, we typically collect cash from our clients in advance of when the related service costs are incurred, which resulted in deferred revenue of $258.0 million that is included in current liabilities as of December 31, 2024. Therefore, we believe that working capital deficit is not as meaningful in evaluating our liquidity since the costs of fulfilling our commitments to provide services to clients are currently limited to approximately 39.1% of the related deferred revenue based on our gross profit percentage of 60.9% for the year ended December 31, 2024.

For the next year, assuming that our operations are not significantly impacted by rising inflation, continued interest rate changes, other global economic or geopolitical uncertainties, or the litigation matters as disclosed in Note 9 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Report, we believe that cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash of $89.2 million as of December 31, 2024, plus future cash flows from operating activities and our 2024 Credit Facility will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs including working capital requirements, planned capital expenditures and our contractual obligations. Our future capital requirements depend on many factors, including client growth, number of employees, expansion of sales and marketing activities, and the introduction of new and enhanced services offerings. We may also enter

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into arrangements to acquire or invest in complementary businesses, services, technologies, or intellectual property rights in the future. We may choose to seek additional debt or equity financing to support these long-term capital requirements. In an economic downturn, we may also be unable to raise capital through debt or equity financings on terms acceptable to us or at all. Covenants in our 2024 Credit Facility could also have consequences on our operations, including restricting or delaying our ability to obtain additional financing, potentially limiting our ability to adjust to rapidly changing market conditions or respond to business opportunities. Additionally, in challenging and uncertain economic environments, we cannot predict when macroeconomic uncertainty may arise, whether or when such circumstances may improve or worsen or what impact such circumstances could have on our business and our liquidity requirements.

As discussed below in greater detail, for the year ended December 31, 2024, we utilized cash flows of $38.8 million from our operating activities. We believe our operating cash flows for the year ending December 31, 2024 will be sufficient to fund the portion of our contractual obligations that is not funded with existing capital resources.

Cash Flows Summary

Presented below is a summary of our operating, investing and financing cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):

The effect of foreign currency translation was unfavorable by $8.2 million and $2.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, due to unfavorable foreign exchange impacts related to foreign cash. For the year ended December 31, 2024, the unfavorable foreign currency impact was primarily related to our foreign cash held in Japan as the Japanese yen weakened against the U.S. dollar.

Cash Flows Provided by Operating Activities

A key component of our business model generally requires that customers prepay us annually for the services we will provide over the following year or longer. As a result, we collect cash in advance of the date when the vast majority of the related services are provided. For the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, cash flows used in and provided by operating activities amounted to $38.8 million and $12.5 million, respectively.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, cash flows utilized by operating activities amounted to $38.8 million. We recognized net loss of $36.3 million, non-cash expenses, net amounted to $8.6 million, and unfavorable changes in operating assets and liabilities, net were $11.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The primary reason for the net loss for the year ended December 31, 2024 was due to the District Court awarding Oracle $58.2 million for attorneys’ fees and $0.3 million in costs on September 23, 2024. In addition, we incurred interest expense of $0.2 million associated with the Oracle award during the three months ended December 31, 2024. We paid $58.5 million to Oracle in October 2024 and then later paid interest of $0.2 million in November 2024. These payments had a significant impact on our operating cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2024, resulting in us utilizing operating funds for the year ended December 31, 2024. For further information regarding our legal matters, please see Note 9 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8 of this Report for a discussion of developments in our litigation with Oracle.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, the non-cash expenses, net of $8.6 million were comprised of the following: stock-based compensation expense of $9.5 million, amortization and accretion related to ROU assets and liabilities of $4.6 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $3.6 million, accretion and amortization of debt discount and issuance costs of $0.8 million, and deferred tax provision benefit of $9.8 million.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, changes in operating assets and liabilities were unfavorable by $11.2 million to the operating cash flows due to several items. The first item was an unfavorable change of $15.2 million for accounts receivable as we collected $416.3 million of accounts receivable during the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to billings, net of $423.0 million, for the year ended December 31, 2024. As a result, our days sales outstanding for accounts receivable was 71 days as of December 31, 2024. Accrued compensation, benefits, commissions and other liabilities were also unfavorable to our operating cash flows for $6.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2024. This was primarily due to payments of $2.7

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million for paid time off related to our employee terminations due in part to our reorganization plan. In addition, we experienced a decline in commission payments of $1.4 million during the year ended December 31, 2024. Also, accounts payable had an unfavorable operating cash flow impact of $0.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2024.

The unfavorable changes were offset by the following favorable changes. Prepaid expenses, deposits and other assets changed favorably by $6.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. The change in prepaid expenses, deposits and other assets was primarily due to a reduction of prepaid expense of $2.5 million related to our January 2024 sales event as there was no similar event in January 2025. In addition, we experienced a reduction in prepaid royalties and insurance of $2.6 million as we made fewer prepayments as of December 31, 2024. The favorable change in deferred contract costs of $2.3 million was due to capitalizing $17.2 million of commission costs and amortizing $19.6 million of these costs during the year ended December 31, 2024. Finally, our deferred revenue had a favorable impact on our operating cash flows of $2.2 million, primarily due to recognizing revenue of $428.8 million offset by recording billings, net of $423.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, cash flows provided by operating activities amounted to $12.5 million. We recognized net income of $26.1 million, non-cash expenses, net amounted to $27.5 million, and unfavorable changes in operating assets and liabilities, net were $41.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the non-cash expenses, net of $27.5 million were comprised of the following: stock-based compensation expense of $12.5 million, amortization and accretion related to ROU assets and liabilities of $4.5 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $2.8 million, accretion and amortization of debt discount and issuance costs of $1.0 million, and deferred tax provision expense of $6.6 million.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, changes in operating assets and liabilities were unfavorable by $41.1 million to the operating cash flows due to several items. The first item was an unfavorable change of $3.0 million for accounts receivable as we collected $421.0 million of accounts receivable during the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to billings, net of $418.5 million, for the year ended December 31, 2023. As a result, our days sales outstanding for accounts receivable was 71 days as of December 31, 2023. In addition, our deferred revenue had an unfavorable impact on our operating cash flows of $11.4 million, primarily due to recognizing revenue of $431.5 million offset by recording billings, net of $418.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. Also, accounts payable had an unfavorable operating cash flow impact of $2.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2023. Accrued compensation, benefits, commissions and other liabilities were also unfavorable to our operating cash flows for $17.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2023. This was primarily due to payments of $9.7 million for the Rimini I Injunction attorneys’ fees and costs settlement, of which we had accrued $6.9 million, $2.5 million related to our 2022 reorganization plan, and incremental professional fee payments of $5.6 million. Prepaid expenses, deposits and other assets changed unfavorably by $6.2 million and deferred contract costs of $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023. The change in prepaid expenses, deposits and other assets of $6.2 million was primarily due to payments made for future sales and marketing activities, software, and insurance. The unfavorable change in deferred contract costs of $0.8 million was due to capitalizing $20.1 million of commission costs and amortizing $19.4 million of these costs during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Cash Flows Used in Investing Activities

Cash flows used in investing activities were primarily driven by investment purchases, investment sales and maturities, and capital expenditures for software development costs, computer equipment and leasehold improvements as we continued to invest in our business infrastructure and geographic locations. Cash provided by investing activities totaled $6.4 million and $3.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

For the year ended December 31, 2024, cash provided by investing activities of $6.4 million consisted of proceeds from sales and maturities of short-term investments of $17.3 million, offset by investment purchases of $7.5 million and capital expenditures of $3.4 million. The capital expenditures of $3.4 million consisted primarily of $2.5 million for capitalized software development costs, new computer equipment, and leasehold improvements in our U.S. entity, and $0.9 million for computer equipment at our foreign locations, primarily in India of $0.3 million and Brazil of $0.3 million.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, cash provided by investing activities of $3.1 million consisted of proceeds from sales and maturities of investments of $40.8 million, offset by investment purchases of $30.5 million and capital expenditures of $7.2 million. The capital expenditures of $7.2 million consisted primarily of $3.6 million for capitalized software development costs, new computer equipment, and furniture and fixtures in our U.S. entity, and $3.6 million for computer equipment at our foreign locations, primarily in India of $1.9 million, Brazil of $0.7 million, and Japan of $0.7 million.

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Cash Flows from Financing Activities

For the year ended December 31, 2024, cash provided by financing activities of $14.0 million was attributable to receiving proceeds of $15.0 million, under our 2024 Credit Facility’s revolving line of credit, and $2.9 million, under our 2024 Credit Facility’s term loan. These items were offset by principal payments of $3.6 million for 2024 Credit Facility’s term loan and finance lease payments of $0.4 million.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, cash utilized in financing activities of $6.9 million was attributable to principal payments related to the Credit Facility of $5.6 million, payments to repurchase shares of Common Stock totaling $1.0 million and finance lease payments of $0.3 million. These cash uses were offset by proceeds of $0.1 million received from stock option exercises.

Foreign Subsidiaries

Our foreign subsidiaries and branches are dependent on our U.S.-based parent company for continued funding. We currently do not intend to repatriate any amounts that have been invested overseas back to the U.S.-based parent. The imposition of the Transition Tax set forth in the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 may reduce or eliminate U.S. federal deferred taxes on the unremitted earnings of our foreign subsidiaries. However, we may still be liable for withholding taxes, state taxes, or other income taxes that might be incurred upon the repatriation of foreign earnings. We have not made any provision for additional income taxes on undistributed earnings of our foreign subsidiaries. As of December 31, 2024, we had cash and cash equivalents of $43.9 million in our foreign subsidiaries.

Contractual Obligations

The following table summarizes our contractual obligations on an undiscounted basis as of December 31, 2024 and the period in which each contractual obligation is due (in thousands):

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

During the periods presented, we did not have any relationships with unconsolidated organizations or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, which were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements.

Critical Accounting Estimates

Our management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based on our Consolidated Financial Statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these Consolidated Financial Statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the Consolidated Financial Statements, as well as the reported revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. These items are monitored and analyzed for changes in facts and circumstances, and material changes in these estimates could occur in the future. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that

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are not readily apparent from other sources. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results for the period in which they become known. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

With respect to our significant accounting policies that are described in Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Report, we believe that the following accounting policies involve a greater degree of judgment and complexity. Accordingly, these are the policies we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our consolidated financial condition and results of operations.

Income Taxes and Valuation of Deferred Tax Assets

We account for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740”). Significant judgment is required in determining income tax benefit or expense and in evaluating uncertainties under ASC 740. Deferred taxes are recorded for the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Valuation allowances are established when it is determined that it is more likely than not that some portion or all of a deferred tax asset will not be realized. The Company’s deferred tax assets are primarily the result of U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards (“NOLs”) and tax credit carryforwards.

The realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon on our ability to generate sufficient future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible, prior to the expiration of the tax attributes. The evaluation of deferred tax assets requires judgment in assessing the likely future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in our financial statements or tax returns and forecasting future profitability.

We assessed the available positive and negative evidence to estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to utilize existing deferred tax assets within the applicable expiration period. While we believe that we have utilized a reasonable method to determine our deferred tax assets and the related release of our valuation allowance, should factors and conditions differ materially from those used by us, the actual realization of deferred tax assets could differ materially from the reported amounts.

Loss Contingencies

We are subject to various loss contingencies arising in the ordinary course of business. An estimated loss contingency is accrued when it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated. If some amount within a range of probable loss appears to be a better estimate than any other amount within the range, we accrue that amount. Alternatively, when no amount within a range of probable loss appears to be a better estimate than any other amount, we accrue the lowest amount in the range. If we determine that a loss is reasonably possible and the range of the loss is estimable, then we disclose the range of the possible loss if the upper end of the range is material. If we cannot estimate the range of loss, we will disclose the reason why it cannot estimate the range of loss, if there is a reasonable possibility that the amount of loss may be material. We regularly evaluate currently available information to determine whether an accrual is required, an accrual should be adjusted and if a range of possible loss should be disclosed.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

From time to time, new accounting pronouncements are issued by the FASB or other standard setting bodies that are adopted by us as of the specified effective date. For additional information on recently adopted accounting standards, please refer to the section titled Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements under Note 2 to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8 of this Report.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, “Income Taxes - Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures.” The guidance requires disaggregating income tax disclosures relating to the effective tax rate reconciliation and income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, though early adoption is permitted. The implementation of this ASU will result in additional disclosures and will not have an impact on our Consolidated Financial Statements.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, "Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses," and in January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, "Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date." ASU 2024-03 requires additional disclosure of the nature of expenses

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included in the income statement as well as disclosures about specific types of expenses included in the expense captions presented in the income statement. ASU 2024-03, as clarified by ASU 2025-01, is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026 and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027 on a prospective basis. Both early adoption and retrospective application are permitted. We are assessing the impact of the adoption of these standards on our Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.