UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 001-38211

 

Roku, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

26-2087865

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

150 Winchester Circle1155 Coleman Avenue

Los Gatos,San Jose, California 9503295110

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (408) 556-9040

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class:

Trading Symbol(s):

Name of Exchange on Which Registered:

Class A Common Stock, $0.0001 par value

“ROKU”

The Nasdaq Global Select Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes      No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes        No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer

 

  

Accelerated filer

 

 

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer

 

  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

  

Smaller reporting company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

 

 

 

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes      No  

As of November 3, 2017,July 31, 2021, the registrant had 18,106,218116,404,536 of Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and 79,718,67617,046,871 shares of Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding.

 

 


 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Page

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

1

Item 1.

Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

1

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

 

1

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

2

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ DeficitEquity

 

3

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

 

4

 

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

5

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

1922

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

3234

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

 

3234

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

 

3335

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

 

3335

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

 

3335

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

5673

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

5673

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

 

5673

Item 5.

Other Information

 

5673

Item 6.

Exhibits

 

5774

Signatures

 

5875

 

 

 

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Note Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsNOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Securities Act,(the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or the Exchange Act,(the “Exchange Act”) about us and our industry that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this report, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial condition, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. For example, statements in this Form 10-Q regarding the potential future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business and results of operations are forward-looking statements.In some cases, forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “design,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potentially,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. We caution you that the foregoing list does not encompass all of the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Forward-looking statements are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management.available. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including risks described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, regarding, among other things:

our financial performance, including our revenue, cost of revenue, operating expenses and our ability to attain and sustain profitability;

our financial performance, including our revenue, cost of revenue, operating expenses and our ability to attain and sustain profitability;

our ability to attract and retain users and increase hours streamed;

the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, operations, and the markets and communities in which we and our advertisers, partners, manufacturers, suppliers and users operate;

our ability to attract and retain advertisers;

our ability to attract and retain users and increase streaming hours;

our ability to attract and retain additional TV brands and service operators to license our platform;

our ability to attract and retain advertisers;

our ability to license popular content on our platform, including the renewals of our existing agreements with content publishers;

our ability to attract and retain TV brands and service operators to license and deploy our technology;

changes in consumer viewing habits or the growth of TV streaming;

our ability to acquire rights to distribute popular content on our platform on favorable terms, or at all, including the renewals of our existing agreements with content publishers;

the growth of our relevant markets, including the growth in advertising spend on TV streaming platforms, and our ability to successfully grow our business in those markets;

changes in consumer viewing habits and the growth of TV streaming;

our ability to adapt to changing market conditions and technological developments, including with respect to developing integrations with our platform partners;

the growth of our relevant markets, including the growth in advertising spend on TV streaming platforms, and our ability to successfully grow our business in those markets;

our ability to develop and launch new streaming devices and provide ancillary services and support;

our ability to adapt to changing market conditions and technological developments;

our ability to compete effectively with existing competitors and new market entrants;

our ability to develop and launch new products and provide ancillary services and support;

our ability to successfully manage domestic and international expansion;

our ability to integrate acquired businesses, products and technologies;

our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and key personnel;

our ability to compete effectively with existing competitors and new market entrants;

security breaches and system failures;

our ability to successfully manage domestic and international expansion;

our ability to maintain, protect and enhance our intellectual property; and

our ability to attract and retain qualified employees and key personnel;

our ability to address potential and actual security breaches and system failures involving our products, systems and operations;

our ability to stay in compliance with laws and regulations that currently apply or may become applicable to our business both in the United States and internationally.

our ability to maintain, protect and enhance our intellectual property; and

our ability to comply with laws and regulations that currently apply or may become applicable to our business both in the United States and internationally, including compliance with the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the California Consumer Privacy Act.

We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain allOther sections of the forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Other sections of this report10-Q may include additional factors that could harm our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ from those contained in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements.

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You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We cannot assure you that the events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this report or to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations. You should read this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and the documents that we reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and have filed as

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exhibits to this report with the understanding that our actual future results, levels of activity, performance and achievements may be materially different from what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

Investors and others should note that we may announce material business and financial information to our investors using our investorinvestor relations website (ir.roku.com/investor-relations)(roku.com/investor), SEC filings, webcasts, press releases, and conference calls. We use these mediums including our website, to communicate with our membersinvestors and the general public about our company, our products and services, and other issues. It is possible that the information that we make available may be deemed to be material information. We therefore encourage investors, the media and others interested in our company to review the information that we make availablepost on our investor relations website.

Roku, the Roku logo and other trade names, trademarks or service marks of Roku appearing in this report are the property of Roku. Trade names, trademarks and service marks of other companies appearing in this report are the property of their respective holders.

 

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PART I—FINANCIALFINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements.Statements

 

ROKU, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands)thousands, except par value data)

(unaudited)

 

 

As of

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

66,918

 

 

$

34,562

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowances

 

 

84,840

 

 

 

79,325

 

Receivable from related parties

 

 

153

 

 

 

148

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

2,083,273

 

 

$

1,092,815

 

Restricted cash, current

 

 

 

 

 

434

 

Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $24,455 and $41,236 as of

 

 

587,481

 

 

 

523,852

 

June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inventories

 

 

35,450

 

 

 

43,568

 

 

 

47,996

 

 

 

53,895

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

7,702

 

 

 

4,981

 

 

 

80,482

 

 

 

26,644

 

Deferred cost of revenue

 

 

2,448

 

 

 

2,636

 

Total current assets

 

 

197,511

 

 

 

165,220

 

 

 

2,799,232

 

 

 

1,697,640

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

12,807

 

 

 

9,528

 

 

 

160,544

 

 

 

155,197

 

Deferred cost of revenue, noncurrent portion

 

 

4,975

 

 

 

3,815

 

Intangible assets

 

 

2,215

 

 

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

298,949

 

 

 

266,197

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

97,218

 

 

 

62,181

 

Goodwill

 

 

1,554

 

 

 

 

 

 

146,784

 

 

 

73,058

 

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

6,440

 

 

 

515

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

135,831

 

 

 

16,269

 

Total Assets

 

$

225,502

 

 

$

179,078

 

 

$

3,638,558

 

 

$

2,270,542

 

Liabilities, Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

49,171

 

 

$

31,397

 

 

$

132,483

 

 

$

112,314

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

65,498

 

 

 

46,156

 

 

 

423,253

 

 

 

347,668

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

 

 

15,000

 

 

 

7,377

 

 

 

4,874

 

Deferred revenue, current portion

 

 

30,822

 

 

 

23,952

 

 

 

48,235

 

 

 

55,465

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

145,491

 

 

 

116,505

 

 

 

611,348

 

 

 

520,321

 

Long-term debt, less current portion

 

 

23,043

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock warrant liability

 

 

52,355

 

 

 

9,990

 

Noncurrent deferred revenue

 

 

38,802

 

 

 

29,084

 

Long-term debt, non-current portion

 

 

84,928

 

 

 

89,868

 

Deferred revenue, non-current portion

 

 

23,149

 

 

 

21,283

 

Operating lease liability, non-current portion

 

 

336,948

 

 

 

307,936

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

8,604

 

 

 

4,143

 

 

 

21,157

 

 

 

3,119

 

Total Liabilities

 

 

268,295

 

 

 

159,722

 

 

 

1,077,530

 

 

 

942,527

 

Commitments and Contingencies (Note 7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convertible Preferred Stock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Convertible preferred stock

 

 

213,180

 

 

 

213,180

 

Stockholders’ Deficit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value

 

 

13

 

 

 

13

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

34,305

 

 

 

26,005

 

 

 

2,743,629

 

 

 

1,660,379

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

29

 

 

 

29

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(290,279

)

 

 

(219,829

)

 

 

(182,643

)

 

 

(332,406

)

Total stockholders’ deficit

 

 

(255,973

)

 

 

(193,824

)

Total Liabilities, Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit

 

$

225,502

 

 

$

179,078

 

Total Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

2,561,028

 

 

 

1,328,015

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

$

3,638,558

 

 

$

2,270,542

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.


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ROKU, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Net Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

$

532,303

 

 

$

244,777

 

 

$

998,829

 

 

$

477,334

 

Player

 

$

67,254

 

 

$

64,789

 

 

$

184,583

 

 

$

183,905

 

 

 

112,816

 

 

 

111,296

 

 

 

220,473

 

 

 

199,505

 

Platform

 

 

57,528

 

 

 

24,264

 

 

 

139,919

 

 

 

67,404

 

Total net revenue

 

 

124,782

 

 

 

89,053

 

 

 

324,502

 

 

 

251,309

 

 

 

645,119

 

 

 

356,073

 

 

 

1,219,302

 

 

 

676,839

 

Cost of Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

 

187,328

 

 

 

106,324

 

 

 

341,918

 

 

 

208,260

 

Player

 

 

61,925

 

 

 

56,156

 

 

 

165,047

 

 

 

155,531

 

 

 

119,525

 

 

 

102,913

 

 

 

212,347

 

 

 

180,642

 

Platform

 

 

12,962

 

 

 

6,847

 

 

 

33,083

 

 

 

19,396

 

Total cost of revenue

 

 

74,887

 

 

 

63,003

 

 

 

198,130

 

 

 

174,927

 

 

 

306,853

 

 

 

209,237

 

 

 

554,265

 

 

 

388,902

 

Gross Profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

 

344,975

 

 

 

138,453

 

 

 

656,911

 

 

 

269,074

 

Player

 

 

5,329

 

 

 

8,633

 

 

 

19,536

 

 

 

28,374

 

 

 

(6,709

)

 

 

8,383

 

 

 

8,126

 

 

 

18,863

 

Platform

 

 

44,566

 

 

 

17,417

 

 

 

106,836

 

 

 

48,008

 

Total gross profit

 

 

49,895

 

 

 

26,050

 

 

 

126,372

 

 

 

76,382

 

 

 

338,266

 

 

 

146,836

 

 

 

665,037

 

 

 

287,937

 

Operating Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

 

28,532

 

 

 

18,229

 

 

 

76,650

 

 

 

56,700

 

 

 

113,276

 

 

 

84,387

 

 

 

214,857

 

 

 

172,665

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

16,216

 

 

 

12,844

 

 

 

44,938

 

 

 

39,089

 

 

 

93,678

 

 

 

64,164

 

 

 

182,551

 

 

 

132,412

 

General and administrative

 

 

13,039

 

 

 

9,078

 

 

 

33,894

 

 

 

27,333

 

 

 

62,228

 

 

 

40,494

 

 

 

122,739

 

 

 

80,234

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

57,787

 

 

 

40,151

 

 

 

155,482

 

 

 

123,122

 

 

 

269,182

 

 

 

189,045

 

 

 

520,147

 

 

 

385,311

 

Loss from Operations

 

 

(7,892

)

 

 

(14,101

)

 

 

(29,110

)

 

 

(46,740

)

Income (Loss) from Operations

 

 

69,084

 

 

 

(42,209

)

 

 

144,890

 

 

 

(97,374

)

Other Income (Expense), Net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

(815

)

 

 

(32

)

 

 

(1,286

)

 

 

(163

)

 

 

(746

)

 

 

(1,034

)

 

 

(1,488

)

 

 

(1,897

)

Change in fair value of preferred stock warrant liability

 

 

(37,682

)

 

 

1,481

 

 

 

(40,333

)

 

 

1,087

 

Other income (expense), net

 

 

212

 

 

 

(41

)

 

 

423

 

 

 

(66

)

 

 

1,520

 

 

 

557

 

 

 

1,961

 

 

 

1,818

 

Total other income (expense), net

 

 

(38,285

)

 

 

1,408

 

 

 

(41,196

)

 

 

858

 

 

 

774

 

 

 

(477

)

 

 

473

 

 

 

(79

)

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(46,177

)

 

 

(12,693

)

 

 

(70,306

)

 

 

(45,882

)

Income tax expense

 

 

58

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

144

 

 

 

103

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(46,235

)

 

$

(12,743

)

 

$

(70,450

)

 

$

(45,985

)

Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders—basic

and diluted

 

$

(8.79

)

 

$

(2.66

)

 

$

(14.09

)

 

$

(9.73

)

Weighted-average shares used in computing net loss per

share attributable to common stockholders—basic and diluted

 

 

5,259,796

 

 

 

4,784,170

 

 

 

4,998,727

 

 

 

4,724,767

 

Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes

 

 

69,858

 

 

 

(42,686

)

 

 

145,363

 

 

 

(97,453

)

Income tax (benefit) expense

 

 

(3,609

)

 

 

462

 

 

 

(4,400

)

 

 

307

 

Net Income (Loss)

 

$

73,467

 

 

$

(43,148

)

 

$

149,763

 

 

$

(97,760

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) per share — basic

 

$

0.55

 

 

$

(0.35

)

 

$

1.14

 

 

$

(0.81

)

Net income (loss) per share — diluted

 

$

0.52

 

 

$

(0.35

)

 

$

1.06

 

 

$

(0.81

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding — basic

 

 

132,705

 

 

 

122,614

 

 

 

131,198

 

 

 

121,397

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding — diluted

 

 

142,122

 

 

 

122,614

 

 

 

141,234

 

 

 

121,397

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.


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ROKU, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND

STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICITEQUITY

(in thousands, except share data)thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Convertible

Preferred Stock

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Additional

Paid-in

 

 

Treasury

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Total

Stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Stock

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Deficit

 

Balance—December 31, 2016

 

 

80,844,138

 

 

$

213,180

 

 

 

4,818,812

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

26,005

 

 

$

-

 

 

$

(219,829

)

 

$

(193,824

)

Issuance of common stock upon

   exercise of stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

445,995

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1,442

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,443

 

Share repurchases

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(92,637

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(671

)

 

 

 

 

 

(671

)

Vesting of early exercised stock

   options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12

 

Issuance of common stock pursuant to acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

108,332

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

Issuance of common stock upon expiration of warrants

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

357,283

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,517

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,517

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(70,450

)

 

 

(70,450

)

Balance—September 30, 2017

 

 

80,844,138

 

 

$

213,180

 

 

 

5,637,785

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

34,976

 

 

$

(671

)

 

$

(290,279

)

 

$

(255,973

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Paid-in

 

 

Other Comprehensive

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Equity

 

Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance—March 31, 2021

 

 

132,304

 

 

$

13

 

 

$

2,697,380

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

(256,110

)

 

$

2,441,312

 

Issuance of common stock pursuant to equity incentive plans

 

 

995

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,580

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,580

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,669

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

42,669

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73,467

 

 

 

73,467

 

Balance—June 30, 2021

 

 

133,299

 

 

$

13

 

 

$

2,743,629

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

(182,643

)

 

$

2,561,028

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance—December 31, 2020

 

 

128,004

 

 

$

13

 

 

$

1,660,379

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

(332,406

)

 

$

1,328,015

 

Vesting of early exercised stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

Issuance of common stock pursuant to equity incentive plans

 

 

2,658

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,285

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,285

 

Issuance of common stock in connection with at-the-market offering, net of issuance costs of $10,400

 

 

2,637

 

 

 

 

 

 

989,615

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

989,615

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

83,346

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

83,346

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

149,763

 

 

 

149,763

 

Balance—June 30, 2021

 

 

133,299

 

 

$

13

 

 

$

2,743,629

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

(182,643

)

 

$

2,561,028

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Paid-in

 

 

Other Comprehensive

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Stockholders’

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Income

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Equity

 

Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance—March 31, 2020

 

 

120,657

 

 

$

12

 

 

$

1,045,383

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

(369,511

)

 

$

675,913

 

Vesting of early exercised stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

Issuance of common stock pursuant to equity incentive plans

 

 

923

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,134

 

Issuance of common stock in connection with at-the-market offering, net of issuance costs of $4,800

 

 

3,004

 

 

 

 

 

 

349,609

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

349,609

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,036

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(43,148

)

 

 

(43,148

)

Balance—June 30, 2020

 

 

124,584

 

 

$

12

 

 

$

1,428,171

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

(412,659

)

 

$

1,015,553

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance—December 31, 2019

 

 

119,897

 

 

$

12

 

 

$

1,012,218

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

(313,833

)

 

$

698,426

 

Vesting of early exercised stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

 

Issuance of common stock pursuant to equity incentive plans

 

 

1,683

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,877

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,877

 

Issuance of common stock in connection with at-the-market offering, net of issuance costs of $4,800

 

 

3,004

 

 

 

 

 

 

349,609

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

349,609

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,441

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60,441

 

Adoption of ASU 2016-13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,066

)

 

 

(1,066

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(97,760

)

 

 

(97,760

)

Balance—June 30, 2020

 

 

124,584

 

 

$

12

 

 

$

1,428,171

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

(412,659

)

 

$

1,015,553

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.


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ROKU, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(unaudited)

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

149,763

 

 

$

(97,760

)

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

20,412

 

 

 

17,248

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

83,083

 

 

 

60,441

 

Amortization of right-of-use assets

 

 

13,979

 

 

 

15,947

 

Amortization of content assets

 

 

28,093

 

 

 

12,182

 

Provision for (recoveries of) doubtful accounts

 

 

(1,099

)

 

 

3,516

 

Other items, net

 

 

(8

)

 

 

290

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

(56,661

)

 

 

21,372

 

Inventories

 

 

5,899

 

 

 

4,713

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

(30,235

)

 

 

(5,222

)

Other non-current assets

 

 

(72,195

)

 

 

2,095

 

Accounts payable

 

 

16,433

 

 

 

20,847

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

16,543

 

 

 

6,336

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

(18,394

)

 

 

12,695

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

(527

)

 

 

(556

)

Deferred revenue

 

 

(10,326

)

 

 

5,952

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

144,760

 

 

 

80,096

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment

 

 

(13,898

)

 

 

(64,109

)

Acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired

 

 

(136,778

)

 

 

 

Proceeds from escrows associated with acquisition

 

 

 

 

 

1,058

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(150,676

)

 

 

(63,051

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from equity issued under at-the-market offerings, net of issuance costs

 

 

989,615

 

 

 

349,609

 

Proceeds from borrowings, net of issuance costs

 

 

 

 

 

69,325

 

Repayments of borrowings

 

 

(2,500

)

 

 

(71,825

)

Proceeds from equity issued under incentive plans

 

 

10,285

 

 

 

5,877

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

997,400

 

 

 

352,986

 

Net increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

991,484

 

 

 

370,031

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash —beginning of period

 

 

1,093,249

 

 

 

517,333

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash —end of period

 

$

2,084,733

 

 

$

887,364

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

2,083,273

 

 

 

885,825

 

Restricted cash, current

 

 

 

 

 

1,539

 

Restricted cash, non-current

 

 

1,460

 

 

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash —end of period

 

$

2,084,733

 

 

$

887,364

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(70,450

)

 

$

(45,985

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

3,883

 

 

 

4,201

 

Impairment of assets

 

 

-

 

 

 

320

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

7,517

 

 

 

6,016

 

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

 

17

 

 

 

278

 

Change in fair value of preferred stock warrant liability

 

 

40,333

 

 

 

(1,087

)

Noncash interest expense

 

 

668

 

 

 

89

 

Loss on disposals of property and equipment

 

 

54

 

 

 

29

 

Loss from exit of facilities

 

 

232

 

 

 

3,804

 

Write-off of deferred initial public offering costs

 

 

-

 

 

 

594

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Due from related parties

 

 

(5

)

 

 

165

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

(5,532

)

 

 

(4,058

)

Inventories

 

 

8,118

 

 

 

(19,738

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

(2,867

)

 

 

385

 

Deferred cost of revenue

 

 

(972

)

 

 

(1,759

)

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

(5,870

)

 

 

445

 

Accounts payable

 

 

17,406

 

 

 

13,137

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

17,662

 

 

 

20,193

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

4,410

 

 

 

959

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

16,588

 

 

 

9,102

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

 

31,192

 

 

 

(12,910

)

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property and equipment

 

 

(6,671

)

 

 

(7,380

)

Purchase of business, net of cash acquired

 

 

(2,959

)

 

 

-

 

Restricted cash

 

 

31

 

 

 

29

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(9,599

)

 

 

(7,351

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments of costs related to initial public offering

 

 

-

 

 

 

(594

)

Proceeds from borrowings, net

 

 

24,691

 

 

 

-

 

Repayments of borrowings

 

 

(15,000

)

 

 

(15,000

)

Proceeds from exercise of stock options, net of repurchases

 

 

1,072

 

 

 

366

 

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

10,763

 

 

 

(15,228

)

Net Increase (Decrease) In Cash

 

 

32,356

 

 

 

(35,489

)

Cash—Beginning of period

 

 

34,562

 

 

 

75,748

 

Cash—End of period

 

$

66,918

 

 

$

40,259

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

583

 

 

$

149

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

162

 

 

$

132

 

Supplemental disclosures of noncash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment recorded in accounts payable

   and accrued liabilities

 

$

836

 

 

$

671

 

Issuance of convertible preferred stock warrants in connection with debt

 

$

2,032

 

 

$

-

 

Unpaid initial public offering costs

 

$

2,992

 

 

$

-

 

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

1,290

 

 

$

2,118

 

Cash paid for income taxes

 

$

487

 

 

$

482

 

Supplemental disclosures of noncash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash consideration for business combination

 

$

15,200

 

 

$

 

Services to be received as part of a business combination

 

$

6,300

 

 

$

 

Unpaid portion of property and equipment purchases

 

$

3,709

 

 

$

5,218

 

Unpaid portion of acquisition-related expenses

 

$

271

 

 

$

 

Unpaid portion of purchased intangibles

 

$

 

 

$

400

 

Unpaid portion of at-the-market issuance costs

 

$

 

 

$

150

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.


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ROKU, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1. THE COMPANY

Organization and Description of Business

Roku, Inc. (the “Company” or “Roku”), was formed in October 2002 as Roku LLC under the laws of the State of Delaware. On February 1, 2008, Roku LLC was converted into Roku, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The Company’s TV streaming platform allows users to easily discover and access a wide variety of movies and TV episodes, as well as live sports, music, news and more. The Company operates in two2 reportable segments and generates platform revenue throughfrom advertising, content distribution, audience development and billing services, and player revenue from the sale of streaming players advertising, subscription and transaction revenue sharing, as well as through licensing arrangements with TV brands and cable, satellite, and telecommunication service operators (“service operators”).

Initial Public Offering

On October 2, 2017, the Company completed its initial public offering (IPO) of Class A common stock, in which it sold 10,350,000 shares, including 1,350,000 shares pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The shares were sold at an IPO price of $14.00 per share for net proceeds of $134,757,000, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $10,143,000. Additionally, offering costs incurred by the Company are expected to total approximately $4,000,000. Upon the closing of the Company’s IPO, all outstanding shares of its convertible preferred stock automatically converted into 80,844,138 shares of Class B common stock and all outstanding convertible preferred stock warrants automatically converted to Class B common stock warrants on a one-for-one basis. Following the IPO, we have two classes of authorized common stock – Class A common stock and Class B common stock.

audio products.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation and Use of Estimates

The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements contained in our final prospectusthe Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, with the SEC on September 28, 2017February 26, 2021 (the “Prospectus”“Annual Report”). There have

The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 has been no material changesderived from the audited consolidated financial statements as of that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes included in the Company’s significant accounting policies from thoseAnnual Report. The interim financial information is unaudited, but reflects all normal recurring adjustments that were disclosedare, in the Prospectus, except as noted below.opinion of management, necessary to fairly present the information set forth herein. The results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the operating results to be expected for the full year or any future periods.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, and liabilities, and the related disclosures at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts ofnet revenue and expenses during the periods presented. expenses. Significant items subject to such estimates includeand assumptions include: for revenue recognition, for multiple element arrangements, determinationdetermining the nature and timing of satisfaction of performance obligations, variable consideration, determining the stand-alone selling prices of performance obligations, gross versus net revenue reportingrecognition, evaluation of customer versus vendor relationships, and other obligations such as net versus gross, sales return reserves customerand sales incentive programs, inventoryprograms; the impairment of goodwill and intangible assets; valuation of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with business combinations; useful lives of tangible and intangible assets; allowances for doubtful accounts; the valuation of deferred income tax assets, the recognitionassets; and disclosure of contingent liabilities, the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired in business combinations and the fair value of the Company’s preferred stock and common stock.stock-based compensation. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from the Company’s estimates. To the extent that there are material differences between these estimates and actual results, the Company’s financial condition or operating results will be affected.assumptions.

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements, which include the accounts of Roku, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, have been prepared in accordanceconformity with U.S. GAAP and includes the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries.GAAP. All intercompany transactionsaccounts and balancestransactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. As of June 30, 2021, 2 financial institutions managed 44% and 23%, respectively, of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents balance. As of December 31, 2020, 2 financial institutions managed 46% and 26%, respectively, of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents balance.

5


Accounts Receivable, net

Accounts receivable are typically unsecured and are derived from revenue earned from customers. They are stated at invoice value less estimated allowances for sales returns, sales incentives and doubtful accounts. The Company performs ongoing credit evaluations of its customers and maintains allowances for potential credit losses and doubtful accounts. The Company considers historical experience, ongoing promotional activities, historical claim rate and other factors to determine the allowances for sales returns and sales incentives.

Allowance for Sales Returns: Allowance for sales returns consists of the following activities (in thousands):


 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Beginning balance

 

$

(3,768

)

 

$

(4,668

)

 

$

(5,912

)

 

$

(6,550

)

Charged to revenue

 

 

(4,524

)

 

 

(3,959

)

 

 

(7,050

)

 

 

(6,686

)

Utilization of sales return reserve

 

 

3,777

 

 

 

3,215

 

 

 

8,447

 

 

 

7,824

 

Ending balance

 

$

(4,515

)

 

$

(5,412

)

 

$

(4,515

)

 

$

(5,412

)

Comprehensive Loss

Comprehensive loss is equalAllowance for Sales Incentives: Allowance for sales incentives consists of the following activities (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Beginning balance

 

$

(20,136

)

 

$

(9,273

)

 

$

(30,838

)

 

$

(19,476

)

Charged to revenue

 

 

(14,956

)

 

 

(8,248

)

 

 

(27,574

)

 

 

(17,657

)

Utilization of sales incentive reserve

 

 

18,452

 

 

 

8,559

 

 

 

41,772

 

 

 

28,171

 

Ending balance

 

$

(16,640

)

 

$

(8,962

)

 

$

(16,640

)

 

$

(8,962

)

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts: Allowance for doubtful accounts consists of the following activities (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Beginning balance

 

$

(4,127

)

 

$

(4,959

)

 

$

(4,181

)

 

$

(1,140

)

Impact of adoption of ASU 2016-13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,066

)

Adjusted beginning balance

 

 

(4,127

)

 

 

(4,959

)

 

 

(4,181

)

 

 

(2,206

)

Provision for doubtful accounts

 

 

1,045

 

 

 

273

 

 

 

1,099

 

 

 

(2,965

)

Adjustments for recovery and write-off

 

 

 

 

 

283

 

 

 

 

 

 

768

 

Ending balance

 

$

(3,082

)

 

$

(4,403

)

 

$

(3,082

)

 

$

(4,403

)

The Company did 0t have any customer that accounted for more than 10% of its accounts receivable, net balance as of June 30, 2021. Customer H accounted for 11% of the accounts receivable, net balance as of December 31, 2020.

RecentlyAdopted Accounting Standards

On January 1, 2021, the Company adopted the guidance issued in Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) 2019-12, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. The ASU simplifies the accounting for income taxes by removing certain exceptions to the net loss for all periods presented.  Therefore,general principles and also simplifies areas such as franchise taxes, step-up in tax basis of goodwill, separate entity financial statements and interim recognition of enactment of tax laws or rate changes. The adoption did not have a material impact on the consolidated statements of comprehensive loss have been omitted from theCompany’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Concentrations

6


In March 2020, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. This guidance provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying U.S. GAAP to contract modifications, hedging relationships, and other transactions that reference London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) that is expected to be discontinued, subject to meeting certain criteria. The guidance is effective as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. The Company made a policy election in the second quarter of 2020 to elect a different reference rate for the Credit Agreement (as defined below) when LIBOR is discontinued.

3. REVENUE

The Company’s disaggregated revenues are represented by the 2 reportable segments discussed in Note 15.

The contract balances include the following (in thousands):

 

 

As of

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

$

587,481

 

 

$

523,852

 

Contract assets (included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets)

 

 

37,715

 

 

 

7,431

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue, current portion

 

$

48,235

 

 

$

55,465

 

Deferred revenue, non-current portion

 

 

23,149

 

 

 

21,283

 

Total deferred revenue

 

$

71,384

 

 

$

76,748

 

Accounts receivable are recorded at the amount invoiced, net of an allowance for doubtful accounts, sales returns, and sales incentives. Payment terms can vary by customer and contract.

The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to customers. Contract assets are created when invoicing occurs subsequent to revenue recognition. Contract assets are transferred to accounts receivable when the right to invoice becomes unconditional. The Company’s contract assets are generally current in nature. Contract assets increased by approximately $30.3 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 primarily due to an increase in the growth of platform revenue combined with the timing of billing which falls into a subsequent period.

Contract liabilities are included in deferred revenue and reflect consideration invoiced prior to the completion of performance obligations and revenue recognition. Deferred revenue decreased by approximately $5.4 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021 due to the timing of fulfillment of performance obligations related to platform revenue contracts.

Revenue recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, from amounts included in deferred revenue as of December 31, 2020, was $13.5 million and $39.7 million, respectively. Revenue recognized during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, from amounts included in deferred revenue as of December 31, 2019, was $8.1 million and $28.7 million, respectively.

Revenue allocated to remaining performance obligations represents estimated contracted revenue that has not yet been recognized which includes unearned revenue and amounts that will be invoiced and recognized as revenue in future periods. Estimated contracted revenue for these remaining performance obligations was $1,248.4 million as of June 30, 2021 of which we expect to recognize approximately 35% over the next 12 months and the remainder thereafter.

The Company recognized revenue of $3.3 million and $29.6 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, and revenue of $7.1 million and $6.6 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, from performance obligations that were satisfied in previous periods due to changes in the transaction price of its revenue contracts.

Customers accounting for 10% or more of the Company’s net revenue were as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

October 1,

2016

 

Customer A

 

 

10

%

 

 

16

%

 

*

 

 

14

%

Customer B

 

*

 

 

11

 

 

*

 

12

 

Customer C

 

18

 

 

25

 

 

19

 

25

 

Customer D

 

11

 

 

*

 

 

11

 

*

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

June 30, 2020

 

Customer C

 

*

 

 

13

%

 

*

 

 

13

%

Customer H

 

*

 

 

10

%

 

*

 

*

 

* Less than 10%.

Customers accounting for 10% or more7


4. business combinationS

Nielsen’s Advanced Video Advertising Business

On February 28, 2021, the Company entered into an Asset and Stock Purchase Agreement (the “ASPA”) to purchase the Advanced Video Advertising (“AVA”) business from Nielsen Holdings PLC (“Nielsen”). The AVA business consists primarily of video automatic content recognition and dynamic ad insertion (“DAI”) technologies. On April 15, 2021, the Company closed the transaction, acquiring from Nielsen the AVA business, consisting of certain assets and liabilities and all of the equity interests in a subsidiary associated with the AVA business (the “Acquisition”). In conjunction with the Acquisition, Roku and Nielsen entered into a strategic commercial arrangement under which the parties will provide certain advertising measurement solutions to each other. The Company acquired Nielsen’s AVA business to accelerate its launch of an end-to-end DAI solution for traditional TV and to further integrate Nielsen’s ad and content measurement products into the Company’s accounts receivable were as follows:

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Customer A

 

 

11

%

 

 

12

%

Customer B

 

*

 

 

 

11

 

Customer C

 

 

14

 

 

 

17

 

Customer D

 

 

19

 

 

 

17

 

*

Less than 10%

Business Combinationsplatform.

The Company accountstotal purchase consideration for its acquisitionsNielsen’s AVA business was $47.4 million, which consisted of (i) $38.5 million paid in cash and (ii) $15.2 million of noncash consideration related to obligations to deliver services to Nielsen, offset by (iii) $6.3 million of services to be received from Nielsen. The obligations to deliver services to Nielsen were recorded at fair value using the acquisitionincremental cash flow method. GoodwillThe services delivered to Nielsen will be recognized within Other income (expense), net in the condensed consolidated statement of operations over the six year service period. The services to be received from Nielsen represent contract terms that the Company entered into for future goods and services that were recorded at fair value using the incremental cash flow method. These services will be recognized as Cost of revenue, platform in the condensed consolidated statement of operations over the six year service period.

In addition, there are earn-out conditions in the ASPA which may trigger an additional payment to Nielsen. As of the Acquisition date and as of June 30, 2021, no contingent consideration is measured at the acquisition dateanticipated to be paid to Nielsen as the excesslikelihood of the purchase price overearn-out conditions being met was determined to be remote. The Company incurred $3.9 million in acquisition-related expenses and has recorded them in General and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

The Company is still in the process of finalizing the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. SignificantThe purchase price allocation below is preliminary in nature. The estimates and assumptions are made by management to value such assets and liabilities. Althoughregarding the Company believes that those estimates and assumptions are reasonable and appropriate, they are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. Additional information related to the acquisition date fair value of certain tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, the valuation of intangible assets acquired, income taxes, and goodwill are subject to change as the Company obtains additional information during the measurement period, which usually lasts for up to one year from the Acquisition date.

The preliminary allocation of the purchase consideration to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed is based on estimated fair values and is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Fair Values

 

Assets acquired

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

3,057

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

85

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

584

 

Intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

Developed technology

 

 

14,200

 

IPR&D technology

 

 

8,500

 

Goodwill

 

 

22,055

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

1,235

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

1,927

 

Total assets acquired

 

 

51,643

 

Liabilities assumed

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

(1,168

)

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

(830

)

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

(2,254

)

Total liabilities assumed

 

 

(4,252

)

Total purchase consideration

 

$

47,391

 

8


The excess of the total consideration over the tangible assets, identifiable intangible assets, and assumed liabilities obtainedis recorded as goodwill. Goodwill is primarily attributable to expected synergies in our advertising offerings and cross-selling opportunities. The majority of the goodwill recorded is deductible for tax purposes.

The fair value of the developed technology has been estimated using the relief-from-royalty method. The key valuation assumptions include the Company's estimates of expected future earnings and royalty rate.The Company amortizes the fair value of the developed technology on a straight-line basis over its useful life. The fair value of the in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) technology has been estimated using the multi-period-excess-earnings method. The key valuation assumptions include the Company's estimates of expected future revenue and margin.Once the project reaches technological feasibility, the Company will amortize the fair value of the IPR&D technology on a straight-line basis over its useful life.

The valuation of the intangible assets acquired from Nielsen’s AVA business along with their estimated useful lives, is as follows (in thousands, except years):

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

 

Estimated Weighted-Average Useful Lives (in years)

Developed technology

 

$

14,200

 

 

5.9

IPR&D technology

 

 

8,500

 

 

5.3

Estimated fair value of acquired intangible assets

 

$

22,700

 

 

5.7

The revenue, cost of revenue and gross profit recorded by the Company in its condensed consolidated statement of operations from the Acquisition date to June 30, 2021 are not material.

This Old House

On March 19, 2021, the Company acquired all outstanding shares of TOH Intermediate Holdings, LLC (“This Old House”), a home improvement media business, according to the terms and conditions of the Equity Purchase Agreement. The Company acquired the This Old House business because the Company believes the content aligns with The Roku Channel’s ad-supported growth strategy.

The total purchase consideration for This Old House was $97.8 million, paid entirely in cash. The Company incurred $2.4 million in acquisition-related expenses and has recorded them in General and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statement of operations.

The purchase price allocation below is preliminary in nature. The estimates and assumptions regarding the fair value of certain tangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, the valuation of intangible assets acquired, income taxes, and goodwill are subject to change as the Company obtains additional information during the measurement period, notwhich usually lasts for up to exceed one year may result in changesfrom the acquisition date.

9


The preliminary allocation of the purchase consideration to tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, reflecting measurement period adjustments through June 30, 2021, is based on estimated fair values and is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Fair Values

 

Assets acquired

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

7

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

5,830

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

7,310

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

307

 

Intangible assets:

 

 

 

 

Tradename

 

 

20,000

 

Customer relationships

 

 

700

 

Goodwill

 

 

46,671

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

5,498

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

23,487

 

Total assets acquired

 

 

109,810

 

Liabilities assumed

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

 

(2,747

)

Deferred revenue, current portion

 

 

(4,146

)

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

(4,262

)

Deferred revenue, non-current portion

 

 

(816

)

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

(28

)

Total liabilities assumed

 

 

(11,999

)

Total purchase consideration

 

$

97,811

 

Other non-current assets include $22.5 million of content assets acquired. The fair value of the content assets has been estimated using the income approach. Amortization expense related to the content assets will be recorded valueson an accelerated basis according to the pattern of suchmonetization. From the acquisition date of March 19, 2021 to June 30, 2021, amortization expense is not material and is recorded in Cost of revenue, platform.

The excess of the total consideration over the tangible assets, identifiable intangible assets, and assumed liabilities resultingis recorded as goodwill. Goodwill is primarily attributable to expected synergies in an offsetting adjustmentour advertising offerings as we bring more free ad-supported content to anyour users. The goodwill associated with the business acquired. Uncertainrecorded is deductible for tax positions and tax-related valuation allowances are initially established in connection with a business combination aspurposes.

The fair value of the acquisition date. tradename has been estimated using the relief-from-royalty method. The key valuation assumptions include the Company's estimates of expected future revenue and royalty rate.The Company will continue to collect information and reevaluate these estimates and assumptions quarterly.

Any contingent consideration payable is recognized atamortizes the fair value atof the tradename on a straight-line basis over its useful life.

The valuation of the intangible assets acquired from This Old House along with their estimated useful lives, is as follows (in thousands, except years):

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

 

Estimated Weighted-Average Useful Lives (in years)

Tradename

 

$

20,000

 

 

10.0

Customer relationships

 

 

700

 

 

4.0

Estimated fair value of acquired intangible assets

 

$

20,700

 

 

9.8

The revenue, cost of revenue and gross profit recorded by the Company in its condensed consolidated statement of operations from the acquisition date. Liability-classified contingent consideration is remeasured each reporting period with changes in fair value recognized in earnings until the contingent consideration is settled.date of March 19, 2021 to June 30, 2021 are not material.

Acquisition related costs incurred in connection with a business combination, other than those associated with the issuance of debt or equity securities, are expensed as incurred.5. GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill Purchased Intangible Assets and Impairment Assessment

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase priceconsideration in a business combination over the fair value of thetangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, if any, in a business combination. The Company reviews its goodwill for impairment annually, asnet of the beginning ofliabilities assumed. All goodwill relates to the fourth quarter, and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that impairment may exist.Company’s platform segment.

Purchased intangible assets consist of identifiable intangible assets, which consisted primarily of developed technology. Purchased intangible assets are recorded at fair value on the date of acquisition and amortized over their estimated useful lives10


The following the pattern in which the economic benefits of the assets will be consumed, generally straight-line. The carrying amounts of our purchased intangible assets are periodically reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate thattable reflects the carrying value of thesegoodwill (in thousands):

 

 

Carrying Value

 

Balance as of December 31, 2020

 

$

73,058

 

Additions:

 

 

 

 

This Old House acquisition

 

 

46,671

 

Nielsen AVA business acquisition

 

 

22,055

 

Other immaterial acquisitions

 

 

5,000

 

Balance as of June 30, 2021

 

$

146,784

 

Intangible Assets

The following table is the summary of the Company’s intangible assets may not be recoverable or that the useful life is shorter than originally estimated.(in thousands, except years):

 


 

 

As of June 30, 2021

 

 

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Net Carrying Amount

 

 

Weighted-Average Useful Lives (in years)

 

Developed technology

 

$

76,567

 

 

$

(19,366

)

 

$

57,201

 

 

 

5.9

 

IPR&D technology

 

 

8,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,500

 

 

 

5.3

 

Customer relationships

 

 

14,100

 

 

 

(5,633

)

 

 

8,467

 

 

 

4.0

 

Tradename

 

 

20,400

 

 

 

(966

)

 

 

19,434

 

 

 

9.8

 

Patents

 

 

4,076

 

 

 

(460

)

 

 

3,616

 

 

 

14.0

 

Intangible assets

 

$

123,643

 

 

$

(26,425

)

 

$

97,218

 

 

 

6.6

 

Streaming Content

 

 

As of December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Gross Carrying Amount

 

 

Accumulated Amortization

 

 

Net Carrying Amount

 

 

Weighted-Average Useful Lives (in years)

 

Developed technology

 

$

62,367

 

 

$

(13,439

)

 

$

48,928

 

 

 

5.9

 

Customer relationships

 

 

13,400

 

 

 

(3,908

)

 

 

9,492

 

 

 

4.0

 

Tradename

 

 

400

 

 

 

(400

)

 

 

 

 

 

0.5

 

Patents

 

 

4,076

 

 

 

(315

)

 

 

3,761

 

 

 

14.0

 

Intangible assets

 

$

80,243

 

 

$

(18,062

)

 

$

62,181

 

 

 

6.0

 

The Company licenses certain contentrecorded expenses of $4.7 million and $3.6 million for users to access through The Roku Channel. The content licenses can be for a fixed fee and/or advertising revenue share with specific windowsamortization of content availability. intangible assets during the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The Company capitalizesrecorded expenses of $8.4 million and $7.4 million for amortization of intangible assets during the content feessix months ended June 30, 2021 and records a corresponding liability at2020, respectively. During the gross amountthree and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded amortization of developed technology in Cost of revenue, platform, Cost of revenue, player and Research and development expenses, recorded amortization of customer relationships and tradenames in Sales and marketing expenses, and recorded amortization of patents in General and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

As of June 30, 2021, the estimated future amortization expense for intangible assets for the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):

Year Ending December 31,

 

 

 

 

2021 (remaining 6 months)

 

$

9,291

 

2022

 

 

19,897

 

2023

 

 

19,219

 

2024

 

 

16,427

 

2025

 

 

14,724

 

Thereafter

 

 

17,660

 

Total

 

$

97,218

 

11


6. Balance sheet components

Accounts Receivable, net: Accounts receivable, net consists of the liability when the license period begins, the costfollowing (in thousands):

 

 

As of

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Gross accounts receivable

 

$

611,936

 

 

$

565,088

 

Allowance for sales returns

 

 

(4,515

)

 

 

(5,912

)

Allowance for sales incentives

 

 

(16,640

)

 

 

(30,838

)

Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

 

(3,082

)

 

 

(4,181

)

Other allowances

 

 

(218

)

 

 

(305

)

Total allowances

 

 

(24,455

)

 

 

(41,236

)

Total accounts receivable, net of allowances

 

$

587,481

 

 

$

523,852

 

Property and Equipment, net: Property and equipment, net consists of the following (in thousands):

 

 

As of

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Computers and equipment

 

$

34,600

 

 

$

30,859

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

156,664

 

 

 

144,013

 

Website and internal-use software

 

 

7,319

 

 

 

6,744

 

Office equipment and furniture

 

 

19,903

 

 

 

19,661

 

Total property and equipment

 

 

218,486

 

 

 

201,277

 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(57,942

)

 

 

(46,080

)

Property and equipment, net

 

$

160,544

 

 

$

155,197

 

Depreciation and amortization expense, for property and equipment assets, for the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $6.1 million and $5.2million, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense, for property and equipment assets, for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 was $12.0 million and $9.9million, respectively.

Accrued Liabilities: Accrued liabilities consists of the following (in thousands):

 

 

As of

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Payments due to content publishers

 

$

146,930

 

 

$

106,576

 

Accrued cost of revenue

 

 

102,442

 

 

 

98,285

 

Marketing, retail and merchandising costs

 

 

23,586

 

 

 

43,645

 

Operating lease liability, current

 

 

34,007

 

 

 

35,647

 

Content liability, current

 

 

25,210

 

 

 

6,165

 

Accrued payroll and related expenses

 

 

31,644

 

 

 

15,675

 

Other accrued expenses

 

 

59,434

 

 

 

41,675

 

Total accrued liabilities

 

$

423,253

 

 

$

347,668

 

Deferred Revenue: Deferred revenue consists of the following (in thousands):

 

 

As of

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Platform, current

 

$

22,953

 

 

$

27,587

 

Player, current

 

 

25,282

 

 

 

27,878

 

Total deferred revenue, current

 

 

48,235

 

 

 

55,465

 

Platform, non-current

 

 

10,674

 

 

 

9,909

 

Player, non-current

 

 

12,475

 

 

 

11,374

 

Total deferred revenue, non-current

 

 

23,149

 

 

 

21,283

 

Total deferred revenue

 

$

71,384

 

 

$

76,748

 

12


7. Content Assets

The Company classifies its content assets as Other non-current assets. The Company records amortization expense for licensed content based on the pattern of monetization of such content which is known and the content is accepted and available for streaming. At September 30, 2017, $506,000 of content met these requirements and is recorded in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets”.primarily straight-line. The Company amortizes produced content over the applicable content life cycle based upon the ratio of current period revenue to the estimated total gross revenues to be earned. Licensed and produced content assets in “Cost of Revenue, Platform” over the contractual window of availability.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In July 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued new guidanceare primarily monetized together as a unit, referred to address the complexity of the accountingas a film group. The film group is evaluated for certain financial instruments with down round features that result in the strike price being reduced on the basis of the pricing of future equity offerings. Under this guidance, when determining the classification of certain financial instruments as liabilityimpairment whenever an event occurs or equity, a down round feature no longer precludes equity classification when assessing whether the instrument is indexed to an entity’s own stock. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of this new guidance on the consolidated financial statements and the related disclosures.

In January 2017, the FASB issued new guidance which eliminates Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test which measures a goodwill impairment loss by comparing the implied fair value of a reporting unit’s goodwill with the carrying amount of that goodwill. Under this guidance, an entity should perform its annual or interim goodwill impairment test by comparingcircumstances change indicating the fair value is less than the carrying value. The Company reviews various qualitative factors and indicators to assess whether the group asset is impaired.

Content assets, net consisted of the reporting unit with its carrying amount, and should recognizefollowing (in thousands):

 

 

As of

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Licensed content, net

 

$

88,160

 

 

$

7,907

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Produced content, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Released, less amortization

 

 

20,930

 

 

 

 

In production

 

 

4,369

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,299

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total licensed and produced content, net

 

$

113,459

 

 

$

7,907

 

On January 8, 2021, the Company entered into an impairment loss for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value,agreement with the loss not exceeding the total amount of goodwill allocatedmobile-first video distribution service known as Quibi to that reporting unit.acquire certain content rights. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The guidance should be applied prospectively. The Company is evaluating the impact of this new guidance on the consolidated financial statements and the related disclosures.

In January 2017, the FASB issued new guidance which changes the definition of a business to assist entities with evaluating when a set of transferred assets and activities should betransaction was accounted for as an acquisitionasset acquisition. As discussed in Note 4, the Company also acquired content assets as part of the This Old House acquisition. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the increase of $105.6 million in content assets was primarily driven by content acquired from Quibi and This Old House.

The following table represents the amortization of content assets (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Licensed content

 

$

15,855

 

 

$

6,059

 

 

$

25,471

 

 

$

12,182

 

Produced content

 

 

2,420

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,622

 

 

 

 

Total amortization costs(1)

 

$

18,275

 

 

$

6,059

 

 

$

28,093

 

 

$

12,182

 

(1) Included in Cost of revenue, platform in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

8. FAIR VALUE

The Company’s financial assets measured at fair value are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

As of June 30, 2021

 

 

As of December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Level 1

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

1,811,478

 

 

$

1,811,478

 

 

$

1,021,022

 

 

$

1,021,022

 

Money market funds

 

 

271,795

 

 

 

271,795

 

 

 

71,793

 

 

 

71,793

 

Restricted cash, current

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

434

 

 

 

434

 

Restricted cash, non-current

 

 

1,460

 

 

 

1,460

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets measured and recorded at fair value

 

$

2,084,733

 

 

$

2,084,733

 

 

$

1,093,249

 

 

$

1,093,249

 

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Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal market (or most advantageous market, in the absence of a business or group of assets. The guidance requires an entity to evaluate if substantially all ofprincipal market) for the fair value of the gross assets acquired is concentrated in a single identifiable asset or a group of similar identifiable assets; if so, the set of transferred assets and activities is not a business. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. The guidance should be applied prospectively to any transactions occurring on or after the adoption date. The Company is evaluating the impact of this new guidance on the consolidated financial statements and the related disclosures.

In August 2016, the FASB issued new guidance which addresses classification of certain cash receipts and cash payments related to the statement of cash flows. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of this new guidance on the consolidated financial statements and the related disclosures.

In February 2016, the FASB issued new guidance related to new accounting and reporting guidelines for leasing arrangements. The guidance requires organizations that lease assets to recognize assets and liabilities on the balance sheet related to the rights and obligations created by those leases, regardless of whether they are classified as finance or operating leases. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The new standard is to be applied using a modified retrospective approach. The Company is evaluating the impact of this new guidance on the consolidated financial statements and the related disclosures.

In January 2016, the FASB issued new guidance related to the accounting for equity investments, financial liabilities under the fair value option, and the presentation and disclosure requirements for financial instruments. The guidance is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. The Company is evaluating the impact of this new guidance on the consolidated financial statements and the related disclosures.

In May 2014, the FASB issued new guidance related to the recognition and reporting of revenue that establishes a comprehensive new revenue recognition model designed to depict the transfer of goods or services to a customerliability in an amount that reflects the consideration the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. In August 2015, the FASB deferred the effective date for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. In 2016 the FASB issued amendments on this guidance with the same effective date and transition guidance. The Company plans to adopt the new revenue standard in its first quarter of 2018 using the modified retrospective approach, which requires the cumulative impact of initially applying the guidance to be recognized as


an adjustment to the Company’s accumulated deficit as of January 1, 2018, the date of adoption. Prior periods will not be retroactively adjusted.

To date, the Company has established an implementation team and is in the process of evaluating the impact of the new standard on its accounting policies, processes, and system requirements. Furthermore, the Company has made and will continue to make investments in systems to enable timely and accurate reporting under the new standard.

The Company is continuing to evaluate the potential impact that the implementation of this standard will have on its condensed consolidated financial statements, but has not yet determined whether the effect will be material. However, the Company believes this new standard will impact its accounting for revenue arrangements as follows:

Revenue from the licensing of the Company’s technology and proprietary operating system to service operators and TV brands, will be recognized earlier and could result in greater variability in revenue recognition;

Estimation of variable consideration for content publisher arrangements with revenue share from user subscriptions and media purchases through its platform and the sale of branded channel buttons on its remote controls; and

Expanded disclosures.

The Company expects revenue recognition related to players to remain relatively unchanged under the new guidance and is in the process of evaluating the impact on its player arrangements.

Fair Value Measurements

Level 1—Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets that are accessibleorderly transaction between market participants at the measurement datedate. Further, the Company maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs in measuring fair value and utilizes a three-level fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The three levels of inputs used to measure fair value are as follows:

Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Financial assets and liabilities measured using Level 1 inputs include cash equivalents, accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued liabilities.

The Company considers all highly liquid investments purchased with an original or remaining maturity of 90 days or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. The Company measured money market funds of $271.8 million and $71.8 million as cash equivalents as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively, using Level 1 inputs.

Level 2—Observable inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; and inputs other than quoted prices that are observable or are derived principally from, or corroborated by, observable market data by correlation or other means.

The Company did not have Level 2 instruments on June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Level 3—Unobservable inputs that are used whensupported by little or no market data is available. The fair value hierarchy gives the lowest priorityactivity, are significant to Level 3 inputs.

Level 1 liabilities consist of accounts payable, accrued expenses and long-term debt. The carrying amounts of accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, accounts payable and accrued liabilities approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these items. Based on the borrowing rates currently available to the Company for debt with similar terms, the carrying value of the line of credit and term debt approximate fair value as well.

The tables below summarize the Company’s financial instruments’ classification within the fair value hierarchy as follows (in thousands):

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Financial liabilities—convertible preferred stock warrant

   liability

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

52,355

 

 

$

52,355

 

Total financial liabilities

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

52,355

 

 

$

52,355

 

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Financial liabilities—convertible preferred stock warrant

   liability

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

9,990

 

 

$

9,990

 

Total financial liabilities

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

9,990

 

 

$

9,990

 

Level 3 instruments consist solely of the Company’s preferred stock warrant liability in which the fair value was measured upon issuance and at each reporting date. Inputs used to determine the estimated fair value of the warrant liability as of the valuation date included remaining contractual term of the warrants, the risk-free interest rate, the volatility of comparable public companies over the remaining term, and the fair value of underlying shares. The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the


preferred stock warrant liability were the fair value of the underlying stock atassets or liabilities and reflect the valuation date for periods prior toCompany’s own assumptions about the IPO andassumptions market participants would use in pricing the estimated term ofasset or liability developed based on the warrants. Generally, increases (decreases)best information available in the fair value of the underlying stock and estimated term would result in a directionally similar impact to the fair value measurement.circumstances.

The following table represents the activity of the fair value ofCompany did not have Level 3 instruments on June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on a Non-Recurring Basis

Non-financial assets such as goodwill, intangible assets, property, plant, and equipment, operating lease right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and licensed content assets are evaluated for impairment and adjusted to fair value using Level 3 inputs, only when impairment is recognized. There were no indicators of impairment that required a fair value analysis during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021. The impairments for operating right-of-use assets recorded by the Company for the year ended December 31, 2020 were not material.

9. LEASES

The Company has entered into operating leases primarily for office real estate. The leases have remaining terms ranging from two to eleven years and may include options to extend or terminate the lease. The depreciable life of ROU assets is limited by the expected lease term.

The components of lease expense are as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Operating lease cost(1)

 

$

11,381

 

 

$

9,691

 

 

$

21,647

 

 

$

21,908

 

Variable lease cost

 

 

4,541

 

 

 

3,331

 

 

 

7,493

 

 

 

5,529

 

Net operating lease cost

 

$

15,922

 

 

$

13,022

 

 

$

29,140

 

 

$

27,437

 

(1) Operating lease cost is presented net of sublease income. Sublease income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 was $0.2 million. Sublease income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 was $0.9 million and $1.7 million, respectively.

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Supplemental cash flow information related to leases is as follows (in thousands):

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Beginning balance

 

$

9,990

 

 

$

10,878

 

Fair value of warrants issued during the period

 

 

2,032

 

 

 

 

Change in fair value of preferred stock warrant liability

 

 

40,333

 

 

 

(888

)

Ending balance

 

$

52,355

 

 

$

9,990

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating cash outflows from operating leases

 

$

11,755

 

 

$

5,733

 

 

$

27,979

 

 

$

15,184

 

Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

$

41,038

 

 

$

3,566

 

 

$

46,536

 

 

$

2,771

 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to leases is as follows (in thousands, except lease term and discount rate):

 

 

As of

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

$

298,949

 

 

$

266,197

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease liability, current (included in accrued liabilities)

 

$

34,007

 

 

$

35,647

 

Operating lease liability, non-current

 

 

336,948

 

 

 

307,936

 

Total operating lease liability

 

$

370,955

 

 

$

343,583

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating leases (in years)

 

8.8

 

 

9.05

 

Weighted-average discount rate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating leases

 

 

4.33

%

 

 

4.60

%

3. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

On September 6, 2017, the Company acquired allFuture lease payments under operating leases as of the outstanding sharesJune 30, 2021 are as follows (in thousands):

Year Ending December 31,

 

Operating Leases

 

2021 (remaining 6 months)

 

$

23,604

 

2022

 

 

49,456

 

2023

 

 

53,703

 

2024

 

 

52,637

 

2025

 

 

52,403

 

Thereafter

 

 

241,637

 

Total future lease payments

 

 

473,440

 

Less: imputed interest

 

 

(81,286

)

Less: expected tenant improvement allowance

 

 

(21,199

)

Total

 

$

370,955

 

As of a privately held technology company located in Denmark to enhanceJune 30, 2021, the Company’s player product offering, for an aggregate purchase price of $3,500,000. In addition, the Company issued 108,332 shares of its common stockcommitment relating to two of the founders as part of a continuing services arrangement. The shares are subject to a right of repurchase which lapses over a threeoperating leases that have not yet commenced was $4.4 million. These operating leaseswillcommence in fiscal year period at varying prices per share. In addition, the Company incurred approximately $350,000 of costs related to the acquisition.

The preliminary purchase price allocation includes $1,554,000 of goodwill and $2,215,000 of identifiable intangible assets, which primarily consist of developed technology,2021 with an expected useful lifelease terms of approximately four years. Goodwill represents the excess

10. DEBT

The Company’s outstanding debt as of the purchase price over theJune 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 is as follows (in thousands, except interest rates):  

 

 

As of

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

December 31, 2020

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

Effective

Interest Rate

 

 

Amount

 

 

Effective

Interest Rate

 

Term Loan A Facility

 

$

92,500

 

 

 

2.02

%

 

$

95,000

 

 

 

2.03

%

Less: Debt issuance costs

 

 

(195

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(258

)

 

 

 

 

Net carrying amount of debt

 

$

92,305

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

94,742

 

 

 

 

 

The carrying amount of debt approximates fair value ofdue to its variable interest rates.

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Interest expense, associated with the net tangible and intangible assets acquired, and is not expected to be deductible for income tax purposes. The goodwill in this transaction is primarily attributable to the acquired workforce and expected operating synergies.

The results of operations of the acquired company are included in the results of the Company beginning on the date the acquisition was completed. Actual and pro forma results of operations have not been presented as the total amounts of revenue and net income are not material to the Company's consolidated results for all periods presented.

4. CONSOLIDATED Balance sheet components

Accounts Receivable, Net—Accounts receivable, net, consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Gross accounts receivable

 

$

100,059

 

 

$

95,538

 

Allowance for sales returns

 

 

(4,377

)

 

 

(6,916

)

Allowance for sales incentives

 

 

(10,499

)

 

 

(8,503

)

Other allowances

 

 

(343

)

 

 

(794

)

Total allowances

 

 

(15,219

)

 

 

(16,213

)

Total accounts receivable—net

 

$

84,840

 

 

$

79,325

 

Allowance for Sales Returns—Allowance for sales returns consisted of the following activities (in thousands):

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Beginning balance

 

$

(6,916

)

 

$

(9,514

)

Charged to revenue

 

 

(12,495

)

 

 

(20,810

)

Utilization of sales return reserve

 

 

15,034

 

 

 

23,408

 

Ending balance

 

$

(4,377

)

 

$

(6,916

)

Allowance for Sales Incentives—Allowance for sales incentives consisted of the following activities (in thousands):


 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Beginning balance

 

$

(8,503

)

 

$

(7,642

)

Charged to revenue

 

 

(28,048

)

 

 

(36,626

)

Utilization of sales incentive reserve

 

 

26,052

 

 

 

35,765

 

Ending balance

 

$

(10,499

)

 

$

(8,503

)

Property and Equipment, Net—Property and equipment, net consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Computers and equipment

 

$

10,982

 

 

$

8,787

 

Leasehold improvements

 

 

7,134

 

 

 

4,201

 

Website and internal-use software

 

 

4,384

 

 

 

2,902

 

Office equipment and furniture

 

 

1,824

 

 

 

1,452

 

Total property and equipment

 

 

24,324

 

 

 

17,342

 

Accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(11,517

)

 

 

(7,814

)

Property and equipment, net

 

$

12,807

 

 

$

9,528

 

Depreciation and amortization expenseTerm Loan A Facility, for the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and October 1, 2016,2020 was $1,303,000$0.5 million and $1,351,000, respectively. Depreciation$0.9 million, respectively, and amortization expense for the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and October2020 was $1.1 million and $1.5 million, respectively.

Senior Secured Term Loan A and Revolving Credit Facilities

On February 19, 2019 (the “Original Closing Date”), the Company entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Existing Credit Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. On May 3, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), the Existing Credit Agreement was amended pursuant to an Incremental Assumption and Amendment No. 1 2016, was $3,883,000(the “Amendment” and $4,201,000, respectively.

Accrued Liabilities—Accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Accrued royalty expense

 

$

14,549

 

 

$

14,940

 

Accrued inventory

 

 

11,325

 

 

 

4,274

 

Accrued payroll and related expenses

 

 

4,352

 

 

 

5,342

 

Accrued cost of revenue

 

 

9,004

 

 

 

7,264

 

Accrued payments to content publishers

 

 

17,651

 

 

 

8,554

 

Other accrued expenses

 

 

8,617

 

 

 

5,782

 

Total accrued liabilities

 

$

65,498

 

 

$

46,156

 

Deferred Revenue—Deferred revenue consisted ofExisting Credit Agreement as amended by the following (in thousands):

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Player, current

 

$

14,359

 

 

$

13,611

 

Platform, current

 

 

16,463

 

 

 

10,341

 

Total deferred revenue, current

 

 

30,822

 

 

 

23,952

 

Player, non-current

 

 

4,767

 

 

 

5,215

 

Platform, non-current

 

 

34,035

 

 

 

23,869

 

Total deferred revenue, non-current

 

 

38,802

 

 

 

29,084

 

Total deferred revenue

 

$

69,624

 

 

$

53,036

 


5. DEBT

Debt obligations consisted ofAmendment, the following (in thousands):

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Term Loan

 

$

25,000

 

 

$

 

Line of Credit

 

 

 

 

 

15,000

 

Total debt obligations

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

15,000

 

Compounding interest due at maturity

 

255

 

 

 

 

Less unamortized debt discount and issuance costs

 

 

(2,212

)

 

 

 

Balance

 

 

23,043

 

 

 

15,000

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

(15,000

)

Long-term debt less current portion

 

$

23,043

 

 

$

 

“Credit Agreement”). On the Original Closing Date, the Company terminated the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreements

In May 2015, the Company amended its Restated 2014 loan and security agreement (“Restated LSA”)Agreement that it entered into with Silicon Valley Bank (“Bank’), extendingin November 2014.

The Credit Agreement provides for (i) a four-year revolving credit facility in the agreement to June 30, 2017. The amended Restated LSA provides advances under a revolving lineaggregate principal amount of credit up to $30,000,000 and provides for letters$100.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), (ii) a four-year delayed draw term loan A facility in the aggregate principal amount of credit to be issued up to $100.0 million (the “Term Loan A Facility”) and (iii) an uncommitted incremental facility, subject to the lessorsatisfaction of certain financial and other conditions, in the amount of up to (v) $50.0 million, plus (w) 1.0x of the available lineCompany’s EBITDA for the most recently completed four fiscal quarter period, plus (x) an additional amount at the Company’s discretion, so long as, on a pro forma basis at the time of credit, reduced by outstanding advancesincurrence, the Company’s secured leverage ratio does not exceed 1.50 to 1.00, plus (y) voluntary prepayments of the Revolving Credit Facility and drawn but unreimbursed letters of credit, or $5,000,000. The advances under the first amendmentTerm Loan A Facility to the Restated LSA carry a floating per annumextent accompanied by concurrent reductions to the applicable Credit Facility(together with the Revolving Credit Facility and the Term Loan A Facility, collectively, the “Credit Facility”).

On November 18, 2019, the Company borrowed an aggregate principal amount of $100.0 million from the Term Loan A facility. On March 24, 2020, the Company borrowed the available balance of $69.3 million from the Revolving Credit Facility. For both borrowings, the Company elected an interest rate equal to the prime rate or the primeadjusted one-month LIBOR rate plus 2.5% dependingan applicable margin of 1.75% based on the Company’s secured leverage ratio.

Loans under the Term Loan A Facility amortize in equal quarterly installments beginning on March 31, 2020, in an aggregate annual amount equal to (i) on or prior to December 31, 2021, 1.25% of the drawn principal amount of the Term Loan A Facility or $1.25 million and (ii) thereafter, 2.50% of the drawn principal amount of the Term Loan A Facility or $2.5 million, with the remaining balance payable on the maturity date of the Term Loan A Facility in February 2023. The Revolving Credit Facility may be borrowed, repaid and reborrowed until the fourth anniversary of the Original Closing Date in February 2023, at which time all outstanding balances of the Revolving Credit Facility are due to be repaid.

The Company had outstanding letters of credit against the Revolving Credit Facility of $30.8 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.

The Company’s obligations under the Credit Agreement are secured by substantially all of its assets. In the future, certain ratiosof its direct and indirect subsidiaries may be required to guarantee the Credit Agreement. The Company may prepay, and in certain circumstances would be required to prepay, loans under the Credit Agreement without payment of a premium. The Credit Agreement contains customary representations and warranties, customary affirmative and negative covenants, a financial covenant that is tested quarterly and requires the Company to maintain a currentcertain adjusted quick ratio (calculated as current assets, divided by current liabilities less deferred revenue), greater than or equalof at least 1.00 to 1.1. The interest rate on the line1.00, and customary events of credit was 3.75% as of December 31, 2016. default.

As of December 31, 2016, $15,000,000 under the line of credit was outstanding and letters of credit in the amount of $868,000 were outstanding. As of December 31, 2016,June 30, 2021, the Company was in compliance with all of the covenants inof the amended Restated 2014 LSA.Credit Agreement.

In June 2017,11. STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Preferred Stock

The Company has 10 million shares of undesignated preferred stock authorized but not issued with rights and preferences determined by the Company entered into a second amendment to the Restated LSA. The advances under the second amendment carry a floating per annum interest rate equal to,Company’s Board of Directors at the Company’s option, (1) the prime rate or (2) LIBOR plus 2.75%, or the prime rate plus 1% depending on certain ratios. The extension further changed the financial covenant to maintain a current ratio (calculated as current assets, divided by current liabilities less deferred revenue) greater than or equal to 1.25. The revolving linetime of credit terminates onissuance of such shares. As of June 30, 2019 at which time the principal amount2021 and December 31, 2020, there were 0 shares of all outstanding advances becomes duepreferred stock issued and payable. As of September 30, 2017, no borrowings under the revolving line of credit were outstanding and letters of credit in the amount of $1,472,000 were outstanding. As of September 30, 2017, the Company was in compliance with all of the covenants in the amended Restated  LSA.

In June 2017, the Company entered into a subordinated loan agreement (“2017 Agreement”) with the Bank. The 2017 Agreement provides for a term loan borrowing of $40,000,000 with a minimum of $25,000,000 to be initially drawn at the close of the agreement and the remaining amount available for a 24 month period, to be drawn in no less than $5,000,000 increments. Advances under the term loan incur a facility fee equal to 1% of the drawn borrowings, in addition to interest payments at an interest rate equal to, at the Company’s option, (1) the prime rate plus 3.5% or (2) LIBOR plus 6.5%, subject to a 1% LIBOR floor. Additionally, the borrowings incur payment in kind interest fees equal to 2.5%, accruing to the unpaid borrowings balance, compounded monthly. Payment in kind interest may be settled in cash, at the Company’s election, during the term or at maturity. 16


Common Stock

The Company is also obligated to pay final payment fees ranging from 1% to 4% depending on the timinghas 2 classes of the payment. The 2017 Agreement terminates on October 9, 2020. On October 31, 2017 the Company repaid the entire amount outstanding,authorized common stock, Class A common stock and subsequently terminated the 2017 Agreement.

In connection with the 2017 Agreement the Company issued 408,648 warrants to purchase shares of Series H convertible preferred stock, with an exercise price of $9.17340. The warrants are exercisable up to ten years from the date of issuance. Upon the repayment of the amounts borrowed and the subsequent termination of the 2017 Agreement, the Company cancelled 114,933 warrants to purchase Class B common stock. Holders of Class A common stock that were contingentare entitled to one vote for each share of Class A common stock held on future borrowings.

6. STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

Convertible Preferred Stock— Asall matters submitted to a vote of September 30, 2017stockholders and December 31, 2016 convertible preferred stock consisted of the following (in thousands, except share and per share data):


 

 

September 30, 2017 and December 31,2016

 

Series

 

Price

 

 

Shares

Authorized

 

 

Shares

Outstanding

 

 

Liquidation

Preference

 

A

 

$

0.36312

 

 

 

23,020,000

 

 

 

23,019,997

 

 

$

8,359

 

B

 

 

0.93808

 

 

 

6,396,071

 

 

 

6,396,068

 

 

 

6,000

 

C-1

 

 

0.54109

 

 

 

9,240,560

 

 

 

9,240,558

 

 

 

5,000

 

C-2

 

 

0.64931

 

 

 

8,950,467

 

 

 

7,700,466

 

 

 

5,000

 

D

 

 

2.37840

 

 

 

4,685,755

 

 

 

4,204,505

 

 

 

10,000

 

E

 

 

4.35679

 

 

 

11,160,733

 

 

 

11,074,655

 

 

 

48,250

 

F

 

 

5.43396

 

 

 

11,041,671

 

 

 

11,041,667

 

 

 

60,000

 

G

 

 

7.79730

 

 

 

3,206,239

 

 

 

3,206,234

 

 

 

25,000

 

H

 

 

9.17340

 

 

 

6,666,667

 

 

 

4,959,988

 

 

 

45,500

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

84,368,163

 

 

 

80,844,138

 

 

$

213,109

 

Upon the closing of the Company’s IPO, all outstanding shares of its convertible preferred stock automatically converted into 80,844,138 sharesholders of Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes for each share of Class B common stock held on all matters submitted to a one-to-one basis.  (Note 12)

Common Stock — At September 30, 2017 there were 1,000,000,000vote of stockholders. Except with respect to voting, the rights of the holders of Class A and Class B common stock are identical. Shares of Class B common stock are voluntarily convertible into shares of Class A common stock at the option of the holder and 150,000,000are generally automatically converted into shares of the Company's Class BA common stock par value $0.0001, authorized. There were noupon sale or transfer. Shares issued in connection with exercises of stock options, vesting of restricted stock units, or shares purchased under the employee stock purchase plan are generally automatically converted into shares of the Company’s Class A common stock.

At-the-Market Offering

On March 2, 2021, the Company entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Evercore Group L.L.C., as its sales agents, pursuant to which the Company could offer and sell from time-to-time shares of its Class A common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $1,000.0 million. In March 2021, the Company sold approximately 2.6 million shares of Class A common stock at an average selling price of $379.26 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,000.0 million and 5,637,785 sharesincurred issuance costs of Class B common stock issued and outstanding at September$10.4 million.

Common Stock Reserved for Future Issuance

As of June 30, 2017. At December 31, 2016 there were 122,000,000 shares of common stock, par $0.0001, authorized and 4,818,812 shares issued and outstanding.

The2021, the Company had reserved shares of common stock for issuance as follows:

follows (in thousands):

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

Conversion of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A convertible preferred stock

 

 

23,019,997

 

 

 

23,019,997

 

Series B convertible preferred stock

 

 

6,396,068

 

 

 

6,396,068

 

Series C-1 convertible preferred stock

 

 

9,240,558

 

 

 

9,240,558

 

Series C-2 convertible preferred stock

 

 

7,700,466

 

 

 

7,700,466

 

Series C-2 convertible preferred stock warrants

 

 

1,250,000

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

Series D convertible preferred stock

 

 

4,204,505

 

 

 

4,204,505

 

Series D convertible preferred stock warrants

 

 

481,246

 

 

 

481,246

 

Series E convertible preferred stock

 

 

11,074,655

 

 

 

11,074,655

 

Series E convertible preferred stock warrants

 

 

86,072

 

 

 

86,072

 

Series F convertible preferred stock

 

 

11,041,667

 

 

 

11,041,667

 

Series G convertible preferred stock

 

 

3,206,234

 

 

 

3,206,234

 

Series H convertible preferred stock

 

 

4,959,988

 

 

 

4,959,988

 

Series H convertible preferred stock warrants

 

 

408,648

 

 

 

 

Conversion of common stock warrants

 

 

 

 

 

375,000

 

Common stock options issued under stock option plan

 

 

27,326,277

 

 

 

22,334,508

 

Common stock options available for grant under stock

   option plan

 

 

1,221,824

 

 

 

409,582

 

Total

 

 

111,618,205

 

 

 

105,780,546

 

Stock Option Plan—As of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 the Company had

As of June 30, 2021

Common stock awards granted under equity incentive plans

10,611

Common stock awards available for issuance under the 2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan(1)

5,089

Common stock awards available for issuance under the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan

27,698

Total reserved for issuance 28,548,101 and 22,744,090 shares of common stock

43,398

(1) The Company has not issued any common stock respectively, underpursuant to the Company’s2017 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Equity Incentive Plans

The Company has 2 equity incentive plans, the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”) and the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”). OptionsThe 2017 Plan became effective September 2017 in connection with the Company’s initial public offering (“IPO”). No additional equity grants have been made pursuant to the 2008 Plan subsequent to the IPO. The 2017 Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options to the Company’s employees and for the grant of non-statutory stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock unit awards, performance stock awards, performance cash awards, and other forms of equity compensation to the Company’s employees, directors and consultants.

Restricted stock units granted under the 20082017 Plan must beare subject to continuous service. Stock options granted under the 2017 Plan generally are granted at a price per share equivalent to the fair market value on the date of grant. Recipients of option grants under the 2008 Plan who possess more than 10% of the combined voting power of the Company (a “10% Shareholder”) are subject to certain limitations, and incentive stock options granted to such recipients must beare at a price per share no less than 110% of the fair market value aton the date of grant. Options under the 2008 Plan generally vest over four years and have a term of 10 years.

Upon the closing ofRestricted Stock Units

The following table summarizes the Company’s IPO,restricted stock unit activities for the Company’s Board of Directors adopted the 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2017 Plan”). (Note 12). No further shares would be issued under the 2008 Plan at the time the 2017 Plan became effective.six months ended June 30, 2021 (in thousands, except per share data):


 

 

Number of

Shares

 

 

Weighted-Average

Grant Date Fair

Value per Share

 

Balance as of December 31, 2020

 

 

4,355

 

 

$

92.91

 

Awarded

 

 

306

 

 

 

353.72

 

Released

 

 

(806

)

 

 

74.62

 

Forfeited

 

 

(188

)

 

 

113.42

 

Balance as of June 30, 2021

 

 

3,667

 

 

$

117.65

 

Activity under the Company’s equity incentive plans is as follows:17

 

 

Shares

Available

for Grant

 

 

Number of

Shares

 

 

Weighted

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (Years)

 

 

Weighted

Average

Grant Date

Fair Value

Per Share

 

Balance, December 31, 2016

 

 

409,582

 

 

 

22,334,508

 

 

 

3.66

 

 

 

6.6

 

 

 

 

Increase authorization

 

 

6,250,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

(6,013,312

)

 

 

6,013,312

 

 

 

7.47

 

 

 

 

 

$

3.48

 

Exercised

 

 

 

 

 

(445,995

)

 

 

3.91

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited and expired

 

 

575,554

 

 

 

(575,554

)

 

 

5.49

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2017

 

 

1,221,824

 

 

 

27,326,271

 

 

 

4.46

 

 

 

6.7

 

 

 

 


 

The aggregate intrinsic valueAs of June 30, 2021, the shares vested and exercisable at September 30, 2017 was $354,849,000.

Stock-Based Compensation—The fair valueCompany had $352.8 million of options granted under the 2008 Plan is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes option-valuation model. This valuation model forunrecognized stock-based compensation expense requires the Company to make certain assumptions and judgments about the variables used in the calculation, including the expected term, the expected volatility of the Company’s common stock, an assumed risk-free interest rate, and expected dividends. In addition to these assumptions, the Company also estimated a forfeiture rate of unvested stock options to calculate the stock-based compensation expense prior to January 1, 2017. Beginning January 1, 2017, the Company began recognizing forfeitures as they occur with the adoption of the new guidance related to accounting for stock-based payment award transactions.

Expected Term—The Company’s expected term represents the periodunvested restricted stock units that the Company’s stock-based awards areis expected to be outstanding and is determined based on the simplified method as described in ASC Topic 718-10-S99-1, SEC Materials SAB Topic 14, Share-Based Payment.recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.04 years.

Expected VolatilityStock Options

The Company’s volatility factor is estimated using several comparable public company volatilities for similar option terms.

Expected Dividends—The Company has never paid cash dividends and has no present intention to pay cash dividends in the future, and as a result, the expected dividends are $0.

Risk-Free Interest Rate—The Company bases the risk-free interest rate on the implied yield currently available on U.S. Treasury zero coupon issues with a remaining term equivalent to the estimated life of the stock-based awards. Where the expected term offollowing table summarizes the Company’s stock-based awards does not correspond with the term for which an interest rate is quoted, the Company performs a straight-line interpolation to determine the rate from the available term maturities.

Fair Value of Common Stock—Given the absence of a public trading market at the date of the grant, the Company’s board of directors consider numerous objective and subjective factors to determine the fair value of the common stock at each grant date. These factors include, but are not limited to (i) independent contemporaneous third-party valuations of the common stock; (ii) the prices option activities for the preferred stock sold to outside investors; (iii) the rights and preferences of convertible preferred stock relative to the common stock; (iv) the lack of marketability of the common stock; (v) developments in the business; and (vi) the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an IPO or sale of the Company, given prevailing market conditions.

The Company uses the straight-line method for expense recognition.


The assumptions used to value stock-based awards granted are as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

Dividend rate

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expected term (in years)

 

5.3 - 6.5

 

 

 

 

 

5.3 - 6.5

 

 

5.3 - 6.5

 

Risk-free interest rate

 

1.84 - 2.03%

 

 

 

 

 

1.84% - 2.25%

 

 

1.32% - 1.50%

 

Expected volatility

 

39%  - 43%

 

 

 

 

 

39%  - 44%

 

 

44%  - 46%

 

Fair value of common stock

 

$

8.82

 

 

 

 

 

$5.70 - $8.82

 

 

$

6.60

 

The total intrinsic value of options exercised during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 (in thousands, except years and October 1, 2016, was $1,510,000 and $350,000, respectively. per share data):

 

 

Number of

Shares

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Exercise

Price

 

 

Weighted-

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life (Years)

 

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 

Balance as of December 31, 2020

 

 

8,733

 

 

$

26.19

 

 

 

5.7

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

67

 

 

 

357.60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exercised

 

 

(1,852

)

 

 

5.55

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited and expired

 

 

(4

)

 

 

7.56

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of June 30, 2021

 

 

6,944

 

 

$

34.89

 

 

 

5.7

 

 

$

2,946,586

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Options exercisable as of June 30, 2021

 

 

5,108

 

 

$

10.77

 

 

 

4.9

 

 

$

2,290,669

 

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, the Company had $33,750,000$47.6 million of unrecognized stockstock-based compensation expense related to unvested stock options that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.81.86 years.

As a resultStock-Based Compensation

The Company measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an equity award based on the Company’s Black-Scholes option-valuation fair value calculations and the Company’s use of the straight-line vesting attribution method, the Company recognized employee stock-based compensation expense as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

Cost of player revenue

 

$

25

 

 

$

30

 

 

$

99

 

 

$

88

 

Cost of platform revenue

 

 

18

 

 

 

63

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

165

 

Research and development

 

 

1,197

 

 

 

651

 

 

 

3,078

 

 

 

1,924

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

808

 

 

 

580

 

 

 

2,099

 

 

 

1,737

 

General and administrative

 

 

876

 

 

 

687

 

 

 

2,183

 

 

 

2,102

 

Total

 

$

2,924

 

 

$

2,011

 

 

$

7,517

 

 

$

6,016

 

Common Stock Warrants—In July 2017 the Company issued 357,283 shares of common stock upon expiration of 375,000 common stock warrants issued in 2009. There were no common stock warrants outstanding at September 30, 2017.

Preferred Stock Warrants

Outstanding preferred stock warrants were as follows:

Series

 

Number

Outstanding

September 30,

2017

 

 

Number

Outstanding

December 31,

2016

 

 

Issuance Date

 

Exercise

Price

 

 

Original

Term

C-2

 

 

1,250,000

 

 

 

1,250,000

 

 

July 13, 2011

 

$

0.64931

 

 

10 years

D

 

 

249,999

 

 

 

249,999

 

 

October 17, 2011

 

 

2.37840

 

 

10 years

D

 

 

168,180

 

 

 

168,180

 

 

March 12, 2012

 

 

2.37840

 

 

10 years

D

 

 

63,067

 

 

 

63,067

 

 

April 27, 2012

 

 

2.37840

 

 

10 years

E

 

 

86,072

 

 

 

86,072

 

 

April 27, 2012

 

 

3.48546

 

 

10 years

H

 

 

408,648

 

 

 

 

 

June 9, 2017

 

 

9.17340

 

 

10 years

Total

 

 

2,225,966

 

 

 

1,817,318

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upon the closing of the Company’s IPO, all outstanding convertible preferred stock warrants automatically converted to Class B common stock warrants.  (Note 12)

Thegrant date fair value of the preferredaward. Generally, stock warrants has been recordedoptions granted to employees under the 2008 Plan vest 25% after one year and then 1/48th monthly thereafter and have a term of ten years. Stock options granted to employees under the 2017 Plan generally vest over one to four years and have a term of ten years. Restricted stock units generally vest over 4 years. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, the amount of stock-based compensation capitalized as a liability aspart of Septemberinternal-use software was not material.

The following table shows the total stock-based compensation expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 20172021 and December 31, 2016. The fair value of the preferred stock warrants is remeasured as of each balance sheet date using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. Changes in the fair value of the preferred stock warrants during the year are recognized in the consolidated statements of operations.2020 (in thousands):


The assumptions used to value the preferred stock warrants using the Black-Scholes model are as follows:

September 30,

2017

December 31,

2016

Dividends

$

$

Expected term (in years)

3.0-9.7

3.2-3.9

Risk-free interest rate

1.5%—2.3%

0.7%—1.6%

Volatility

43.5%—50.7%

46.2%—47.8%

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Cost of platform revenue

 

$

167

 

 

$

232

 

 

$

365

 

 

$

443

 

Cost of player revenue

 

 

315

 

 

 

310

 

 

 

730

 

 

 

648

 

Research and development

 

 

18,577

 

 

 

13,348

 

 

 

35,131

 

 

 

26,603

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

14,275

 

 

 

9,615

 

 

 

27,638

 

 

 

19,672

 

General and administrative

 

 

9,212

 

 

 

6,531

 

 

 

19,219

 

 

 

13,075

 

Total stock-based compensation

 

$

42,546

 

 

$

30,036

 

 

$

83,083

 

 

$

60,441

 

 

7.12. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Commitments—The Company has operating lease agreements for office, research and development and sales and marketing space in the United States, the United Kingdom (“UK”), and China, with expiration dates from May 2017 to September 2024. Rent expense for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and October 1, 2016 was $1,716,000 and $1,122,000 respectively. Rent expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and October 1, 2016 was $4,805,000 and $3,505,000 (excluding amounts related to the loss from the exit of the former headquarters facilities), respectively.

Manufacturing Purchase Commitments

The Company has various manufacturing contracts with vendors in the conduct of the normal course of its business. One major vendor has a contract that is noncancelable. As of September 30, 2017 the Company had $87,151,000 $ purchase commitments for inventory issuedIn order to this vendor.

The Company records a liability for noncancelable purchase commitments in excess of itsmanage future demand forecasts. The Company recorded $1,366,000 and $2,040,000 for these purchase commitments in “Accrued liabilities” at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

Content License Purchase Commitments—The Company licenses certain content for users to access through The Roku Channel. An obligation for licensing of content is incurred at the timeits products, the Company enters into an agreementagreements with manufacturers and suppliers to obtain future titlesprocure inventory based upon certain criteria and the costtiming. Some of the content is known. Certain agreements include the obligation to license rights for unknown future titles, the ultimate quantity and/or fees for whichthese commitments are not yet determinable asnon-cancelable. As of the reporting date. At SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, the Company had $506,000$260.5 million of obligations recorded in “Accrued liabilities” for license purchase commitments and $1,611,000 of obligations that are not reflected on the financial statements as they do not yet meet the criteria for asset recognition. There were no content license agreements at December 31, 2016.inventory.

Letter of Credit18


Licensed Content Commitments

As of SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 and December 31, 20162020, the Company recognized a liability of $25.2 million and $6.2 million in Accrued liabilities, respectively, and $4.2 million and $1.4 million in Other long-term liabilities, respectively, for licensed content that is available for streaming. In connection with the acquisition of certain content rights during the quarter ended March 31, 2021, the Company assumed liabilities related to certain costs of the development and use of certain assets that had been incurred but not paid at the time assumed. Escrow arrangements were put in place such that selling shareholders will cover such costs. Accordingly, the Company recognized both an indemnification asset and liability of $81.4 million, respectively, as of March 31, 2021. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, $66.1 million of both the indemnification asset and liability were released related to payments made for a portion of the liabilities assumed. The remaining indemnification balance is $15.3 million as of June 30, 2021, with the indemnification asset recorded as part of Prepaid expenses and other current assets and the indemnification liability recorded as part of Accrued liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

The Company also enters into contracts with content publishers to acquire content or to buy ad inventory in the future. As of June 30, 2021, the Company had $176.6 million in commitments with contentpublishers that are non-cancelable. These commitments include both content that is available for streaming and is recognized as liabilities as well as content that is not yet available for streaming or ad inventories not yet purchased.

Letters of Credit

As of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company had irrevocable letters of credit outstanding in the amount of $1,472,000$30.8 million and $868,000 for the benefit of a landlord$30.9 million, respectively, related to noncancelable facilities leases. The letters of credit have various expiration dates from January 2018 to August 2018.through 2030.

Contingencies

The Company mayaccrues for loss contingencies, including liabilities for intellectual property licensing claims, when it believes such losses are probable and reasonably estimable.These contingencies are reviewed at least quarterly and adjusted to reflect the impact of negotiations, estimated settlements, legal rulings, advice of legal counsel and other information and events. The resolution of these contingencies and of other legal proceedings can be, involved in disputes or litigation matters that arisehowever, inherently unpredictable and subject to significant uncertainties.

From time to time, the Company is subject to legal proceedings, claims, and investigations in the ordinary course of business. Managementbusiness, including claims relating to employee relations, business practices and patent infringement. The Company is involved in litigation matters not awarelisted herein. Although the results of these proceedings, claims, and investigations cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company does not believe that the final outcome of any disputematters that it believes wouldis currently involved in are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on its business, operatingfinancial condition, or results cash flows or financial condition.of operations.

Indemnification—ManyIndemnification

In the ordinary course of business, the Company has entered into contractual arrangements which provide indemnification provisions of varying scope and terms to business partners and other parties with respect to certain matters, including, but not limited to, losses arising out of the Company’s breach of such agreements include certain provisions for indemnifying content publishers, licensees, contract manufacturers and suppliers if the Company’s products or services infringe a third party’sout of intellectual property rights. infringement claims made by third parties. The Company’s obligations under these agreements may be limited in terms of time or amount, and in some instances, the Company may have recourse against third parties for certain payments. In addition, the Company has entered into indemnification agreements with its directors and certain of its officers that will require it, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers.

It is not possible to determine the maximum potential amount under these indemnification obligations due to the limited history of prior indemnification claims and the unique facts and circumstances involved in each agreement. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such obligations and havehas not accrued any liabilities related to such obligations in the condensed consolidated financial statements.

Player Warranties—Upon issuance of a standard player warranty, the Company recognizes a liability19


13. INCOME TAXES

Income tax benefit was $3.6 million and $4.4 million for the obligation it assumes under the warranty. As of Septemberthree and six months ended June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 and the accrued warranty reserve was immaterial.

2021, respectively. The Company’s standard player warranty period ranges from 12 to 24 months from the date of player activation. Upon shipment of player to its customers, the Company estimates expensesincome tax benefit for the costthree and six months ended June 30, 2021 was primarily attributable to replace productsthe mix of earnings and increased losses in foreign jurisdictions with differing statutory rates, a tax rate change in a foreign jurisdiction, and non-U.S. tax benefits associated with the Company's non-U.S. operations.

Income tax provision was $0.5 million and $0.3 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. The income tax expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020 was primarily attributable to foreign operations.

A valuation allowance is provided when it is more likely than not that maysome portion of the deferred tax assets will not be returned under warranty and accruesrealized through future operations. As a liability in cost of player revenue for this amount. The determinationresult of the Company’s warranty requirements is based on historical experience. The Company estimates and adjusts these accruals at each balance sheet date for changes in these factors.


8. INCOME TAXES

The Company is subject to income tax in the U.S. as well as other tax jurisdictions in which it conducts business. Earnings from non-U.S. activities are subject to local country income tax. The Company does not provide for federal income taxes on the undistributed earningsanalysis of its foreign subsidiaries as such earnings are expected to be reinvested indefinitely.

The Company recorded an income tax expense of $144,000 and $103,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and October 1, 2016, respectively, related to foreign income taxes and state minimum taxes. Based on theall available objective evidence, during the nine months ended Septemberboth positive and negative, as of June 30, 2017, the Company2021, management believes it is more likely than not that the deferred tax benefits of the U.S. losses incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 mayassets will not be realized.fully realizable. Accordingly, the Company recordedhas provided a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets with the exception of deferred tax benefits ofassets related to foreign entities in Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, India, Netherlands, Taiwan and the U.S. losses incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2017. United Kingdom.

The primary difference between the effective tax rate and the local statutory tax rate relates to stock-based compensation excess tax benefits and the valuation allowance on the Company’s U.S. losses.

9. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

The Company has agreements with one of the Company’s strategic investors. In the three months ended September 30, 2017 and October 1, 2016, the Company recorded $153,000 and $121,000 of revenue from sales to this investor. In the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and October 1, 2016, the Company recorded $243,000 and $627,000 of revenue from sales to this investor. The Company had receivable balances of $153,000 and $148,000 related to these sales at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively.

10.14. NET LOSSINCOME (LOSS) PER SHARE

The Company calculates its basic and diluted net loss per share allocable to common stockholders in conformity with the two-class method required for companies with participating securities. In computing diluted net loss allocable to common stockholders, undistributed earnings are re-allocated to reflect the potential impact of dilutive securities. The Company’s basic net lossincome (loss) per share allocable to common stockholders is calculated by dividing the net loss allocable to common stockholdersincome (loss) by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period. The Company uses the two-class method to calculate net income (loss) per share. Except with respect to certain voting, conversion and transfer rights and as otherwise expressly provided in the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation or required by applicable law, shares of the Company’s Class A common stock and Class B common stock have the same rights and privileges and rank equally, share ratably and are identical in all respects as to all matters. Accordingly, basic and diluted net income (loss) per share are the same for both classes. For purposes of the calculation of diluted net lossincome (loss) per share, allocableoptions to purchase common stockholders, convertible preferred stock, restricted stock units and unvested shares of common stock issued upon the early exercise of stock options convertible preferred stock warrants, options to purchase common stock and common stock warrants are considered common stock equivalents but have beenequivalents. Dilutive shares of common stock are determined by applying the treasury stock method. The dilutive shares are excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share allocable to common stockholdersin the period of net loss, as their effect is antidilutive.

Basic and diluted net loss per share of common stock allocable to common stockholders is calculated by dividing the net loss allocable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period, less shares subject to repurchase, and excludes any dilutive effects of employee stock-based awards and warrants. Because the Company has reported a net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and October 1, 2016 and the three months ended September 30, 2017 and October 1, 2016, diluted net loss per common share is the same as the basic net loss per share for those years.

The Company considers all series of its convertible preferred stock to be participating securities as they are entitled to receive noncumulative dividends prior and in preference to any dividends on shares of common stock. Due to the Company’s net losses, there is no impact on the loss per share calculation in applying the two-class method since the participating securities have no legal obligation to share in any losses.

Thefollowing table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net lossincome (loss) per share as follows (in thousands, except share and per share data):

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

73,467

 

 

$

(43,148

)

 

$

149,763

 

 

$

(97,760

)

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding — basic

 

 

132,705

 

 

 

122,614

 

 

 

131,198

 

 

 

121,397

 

Net income (loss) per share — basic

 

$

0.55

 

 

$

(0.35

)

 

$

1.14

 

 

$

(0.81

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding — basic

 

 

132,705

 

 

 

122,614

 

 

 

131,198

 

 

 

121,397

 

Common stock equivalents

 

 

9,417

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,036

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding — diluted

 

 

142,122

 

 

 

122,614

 

 

 

141,234

 

 

 

121,397

 

Net income (loss) per share — diluted

 

$

0.52

 

 

$

(0.35

)

 

$

1.06

 

 

$

(0.81

)

20

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss allocable to common stockholders

 

$

(46,235

)

 

$

(12,743

)

 

$

(70,450

)

 

$

(45,985

)

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used in computing net

   loss per share, basic and diluted

 

 

5,259,796

 

 

 

4,784,170

 

 

 

4,998,727

 

 

 

4,724,767

 

Net loss per share, basic and diluted

 

$

(8.79

)

 

$

(2.66

)

 

$

(14.09

)

 

$

(9.73

)



 

The potential common shares that wereCommon stock equivalents excluded from the calculation of diluted net income per share or excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because of their anti-dilutive effect would have been antidilutive for the periods presented are as follows:

follows (in thousands):  

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

Options to purchase common stock

 

 

27,326,277

 

 

 

20,628,248

 

Unvested shares of common stock issued upon early

   exercise of stock options

 

 

51,686

 

 

 

4,566

 

Warrants to purchase common stock

 

 

-

 

 

 

375,000

 

Warrants to purchase convertible preferred stock

 

 

2,225,966

 

 

 

1,817,320

 

Convertible preferred stock

 

 

80,844,138

 

 

 

80,844,138

 

Total

 

 

110,448,067

 

 

 

103,669,272

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Restricted stock units and stock options

 

 

125

 

 

 

14,365

 

 

 

125

 

 

 

14,365

 

Unvested shares of common stock issued upon early exercise of stock options

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

Total

 

 

125

 

 

 

14,374

 

 

 

125

 

 

 

14,374

 

 

11.15. SEGMENT INFORMATION

An operating segment is defined as a component of an entity for which discrete financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) for purposes of allocating resources and evaluating financial performance. The Company uses the management approach to determine the segment financial information that should be disaggregated and presented separately in the Company’s notes to its consolidated financial statements. The management approach is based on the manner by which management has organized the segments within the Company for making operating decisions, allocating resources, and assessing performance.

The Company’s CODM is its Chief Executive Officer, and the CODM evaluates performance and makes decisions about allocating resources to its operating segments based on financial information presented on a consolidated basis and on revenue and gross profit for each operating segment. In the second quarter of 2017 the Company changed the operating segments to combine one of the previous operating segments with two existing segments to reflect how the CODM evaluates performance and allocates resources. This change did not result in a change to the reportable segments.

The Company is organized into two2 reportable segments as follows:

PlayerPlatform

Consists primarily of net salesrevenue generated from sale of digital advertising, content distribution services, subscription and transaction revenue share including Premium Subscriptions, sale of branded buttons on remote controls and licensing arrangements with service operators and TV brands.

Player

Consists of revenue generated from sale of streaming media players, audio products and accessories through retailers and distributors, as well as directly to customers through the Company’s website.

Platform—Consists primarily of fees received from advertisers and content publishers, and from licensing the Company’s technology and proprietary operating system with TV brands and service operators. Platform revenue primarily includes fees earned from the sale of digital advertising and revenue share from new or recurring user subscriptions activated through the Company’s platform and revenue share from user purchases of content publishers’ media through its platform. The Company also earns revenue from the sale of branded channel buttons on remote controls.

The accounting policies for the segments are the same as those described in our Prospectus. The Company does not allocate property and equipment or any other assets or capital expenditures to reportable segments. Operating expenses are not managed at the segment level.

The Company evaluates the performance of its reportable segments based on the financial measures, including segment gross profit, which are regularly reviewed by the CODM and provide insight into the individual segments and their ability to contribute to Company’s operating results.

Customers accounting for 10% or more of player segment revenue net, wereare as follows:

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Platform segment revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer H

 

*

 

 

 

15

%

 

 

11

%

 

 

14

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player segment revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer A

 

 

19

%

 

 

22

%

 

 

15

%

 

 

19

%

 

*

 

 

*

 

 

 

10

%

 

 

11

%

Customer B

 

*

 

 

10

 

 

10

 

 

11

 

 

 

20

%

 

 

18

%

 

 

22

%

 

 

16

%

Customer C

 

32

 

 

33

 

 

32

 

 

33

 

 

 

36

%

 

 

38

%

 

 

37

%

 

 

42

%


Customers accounting for* Less than 10% or more of platform segment revenue were as follows:.

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

 

September 30,

2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

Customer 1

 

*%

 

 

 

14

%

 

*%

 

 

 

17

%

Customer 3

 

 

14

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

13

 

 

*

 

*

Less than 10%

Substantially all Company assets were held in the United States and were attributable to the operations in the United States as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016. Revenue in international markets was less than 10% in each of the periods presented.

12. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

IPO On October 2, 2017, the Company completed its IPO of Class A common stock, in which it sold 10,350,000 shares, including 1,350,000 shares pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The shares were sold at an IPO price of $14.00 per share for net proceeds of $134,757,000, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $10,143,000. Additionally, offering costs incurred by the Company totaledapproximately $4,000,000.

Upon the closingpresented above. Substantially all of the Company’s IPO, all outstanding shares of its convertible preferred stock automatically converted into 80,844,138 shares of Class B common stock and all outstanding convertible preferred stock warrants automatically converted to Class B common stock warrants on a one-to-one basis.  

In connection withassets were held in the IPO, the Company amended and restated its Certificate of Incorporation to change the authorized capital stock to 1,000,000,000 shares of Class A common stock, 150,000,000 shares of Class B common stock, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, all with a par value of $0.0001 per share. The Consolidated Financial StatementsUnited States as of SeptemberJune 30, 2017, including share2021 and per share amounts, do not give effect to the IPO, conversion of the convertible preferred stock, or conversion of the preferred stock warrants as the IPO and such conversions were completed subsequent to September 30, 2017.

Debt Extinguishment — In October 2017, the Company repaid all outstanding advances, accrued interest and associated fees due under the 2017 Agreement with the Bank and terminated the agreement.  The repayment was treated as a debt extinguishment and, as a result, the Company will record a loss on extinguishment of debt of $2,338,000. In connection with the repayment, the Company cancelled 114,933 warrants to purchase Class B common stock that were contingent on future borrowings.

Class B Common Stock Warrants — In October 2017, the Company issued 956,511 shares of Class B common stock upon net exercise of 1,043,009 Class B common stock warrants issued in connection with various debt agreements entered into from 2011 to 2017.  These common stock warrants had converted from convertible preferred stock warrants at the close of the IPO.  December 31, 2020.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.Operations

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with our audited consolidated financial statements included in our prospectus dated September 27, 2017 asAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed on February 26, 2021, with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act (File No. 333-220318)SEC (the “Annual Report”).

Overview

Roku pioneered streaming toWe operate in two revenue segments: the TV. Roku connects users toplatform segment and the streaming content they love, enables content publishers to build and monetize large audiences, and provides advertisers with unique capabilities to engage consumers. We do this at scale today. As of September 30, 2017, we had 16.7 million active accounts. Our users streamed more than 10.5 billion hours on the Roku platform in the nine months ended September 30, 2017, 60% growthplayer segment. Platform revenue is generated from the nine months ended September 30, 2016. Roku is capitalizing on large economic opportunity from TV streaming’s disruptivesale of digital advertising and related services, content distribution model as a leading TV streaming platform for users, content publishersservices, subscription and advertisers.

The Roku platform delivers a significant expansion in consumer choice in TV streaming. From our home screen, users can easily search, discovertransaction revenue shares, Premium Subscriptions, billing services, sale of branded channel buttons on remote controls and access movieslicensing arrangements with service operators and TV episodes, as well as live sports, music, news and more. In the US, users can also search for and compare the price of content from various channels available on our platform and choose from ad-supported, subscription and transactional video on-demand content. Consumers can personalize their content selection with cable TV replacement offerings and other streaming services that suit their budgets and needs.brands.

Advertising. Our advertising products enable advertisers to serve relevant ads to our users and measure return on investment. Our primary advertising products include:

Video ads. Our ad-supported content publishers use video ads to monetize our audiences and we also use video ads to monetize our platform. Video ads are sold as 15-second or 30-second spots inserted before a program starts, or during a program break, within channels on the Roku platform where we have video inventory access. One of the ways we secure video ad insertion rights from content publishersPlayer revenue is via our distribution deals with those publishers. In addition, many publishers also authorize us to fill their own unsold inventory. For many small and medium publishers on our platform, Roku sells all or a majority of the ads on their channels.

Interactive video ads. We offer advertisers the ability to make their TV advertising interactive with customized clickable overlays that invite viewers to engage more intimately with brands, by watching additional videos, obtaining offer details, getting a coupon code via text or finding the nearest retailer to buy a product.

Audience development promotions. We utilize a variety of ad placements, particularly native display ads, on the Roku home screen and screen saver, to promote content publishers and their services to our users. We help them to drive channel downloads and traffic to their channels, and to drive subscriptions or movie and TV show consumption.. We also sell branded buttons on our remote controls which are reserved for content publishers who are in more prominent placement on the remote to drive incremental usage and reduce friction by allowing the user to launch straight to the channel.

Brand sponsorships. We support a variety of promotional opportunities for advertisers, such as sponsored themes to take over our home screen and content sponsorships to give users the opportunity to experience a free movie or show (e.g. “Family movie night brought to you by…”).

Roku TVs. Roku TVs are manufactured and sold by our TV brand licensees, integrate our Roku Operating System, or Roku OS, and leverage our smart TV hardware reference design. Current licensee brands include Element, Hisense, Hitachi, Insignia, RCA, Sharp and TCL. Roku TVs are available in sizes ranging from 24” to 65” at leading retailers in the United States and Canada. By the end of  2017, we expect over 150 models to be available to consumers in North America, up from approximately 100 in 2016, featuring a wide range of prices as well as picture and display capabilities.

Streaming Players. We offer a popular, industry-leading line of streaming players for sale under the Roku brand in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, the Republic of Ireland and several Latin American countries, that allow users to access our TV streaming platform. All players run on the Roku OS and stream content via built-in Ethernet or Wi-Fi capability, depending on the model.


We have achieved significant growth. In the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we generated revenue of $324.5 million, up 29% from $251.3 million in the nine months ended October 1, 2016. We generate player revenueprimarily from the sale of streaming players and platform revenue from advertising, content distribution, billing and licensing activities on our platform. We earn revenue as users engage on our platform and we intend to continue to grow platform revenue by further monetizing our TV streaming platform. In the nine months ended September 30, 2017, player revenue represented 57% of total revenue and was unchanged, and platform revenue represented 43% of total revenue and grew 108% from the nine months ended October 1, 2016.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we generated gross profit of $126.4 million, up 65% from $76.4 million in the nine months ended October 1, 2016. In the nine months ended September 30, 2017, player gross profit represented 15% of total gross profit and declined 31%, and platform gross profit represented 85% of total gross profit and grew 123%. We are strategically decreasing our streaming player average selling prices, or ASP, to expand our active accounts, which will also reduce our player gross margin. As a result, our player revenue may not increase as rapidly as it has historically or at all, and, unless we are able to adequately increase our platform revenue and grow our active accounts, we may be unable to grow gross profit and our business will be harmed.

players. We expect to continue to make tradeoffs awaymanage the average selling prices (“ASP”) of our streaming players to increase our active accounts. As a result, player revenues may not increase as they have historically. We expect that the tradeoff from player gross profit in favor of platform gross profit to grow active accounts more rapidlywill result in increased platform monetization and increase monetization. Ingross profit.

COVID-19 Update

The widespread global impact from the nineoutbreak and spread of the novel strain of coronavirus referred to as COVID-19, which was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization in March 2020, continued through the end of the second quarter of 2021. Precautionary measures to slow down the spread of the virus that were put in place by governmental authorities have eased in many locations but have been reinstated in other geographies. We continue to have the majority of our workforce work from home to protect the health and safety of our employees, and business travel has been severely curtailed. The COVID-19 pandemic, and the resulting precautionary measures, have caused, and are expected to continue to cause, economic uncertainty both in the United States and globally as well as significant volatility in, and disruption to, financial markets.

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift of TV viewing away from traditional TV to streaming TV. During the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021, we continued to see an increase in the number of active accounts, but the growth rate was slower than in the prior year period because of the spike in the number of active accounts in the second quarter of 2020 caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Active accounts increased to 55.1 million as of June 30, 2021, growing 28% year-over-year. Although streaming hours grew 19% year-over-year, in the three months ended June 30, 2021 streaming hours decreased to 17.4 billion hours. We believe the sequential decrease in streaming hours from the first quarter to the second quarter of 2021 resulted from consumers seeking increased out-of-home entertainment activities (such as dining and travel) during the second quarter of 2021 as a result of pent-up demand and the loosening of COVID-19 restrictions.

Our platform revenue continued to perform well, year-over-year growing 117% for the three months ended June 30, 2021. We believe advertising budgets will continue to shift from traditional TV to streaming TV and that we will benefit from this shift due to our net lossadvanced advertising capabilities. Major content publishers have continued to reorganize around streaming and as a result, our content distribution business has benefited as our active accounts growth was $(70.5) millionaccompanied by continued consumer demand for ad-supported viewing, subscription services and premium movie rentals. While we have experienced an increase in TV streaming during the COVID-19 pandemic and our Adjusted EBITDA was $(17.7) million. Inbusiness generally has benefited, there can be no assurance that these patterns will continue throughout the nine months ended October 1, 2016remainder of 2021. With our net loss was $(46.0) millionexceptional performance during the second half of 2020, some of our year-over-year comparisons in 2021 may be volatile.

We have largely been able to maintain an inventory of our players, audio products and accessories in stock at retailers and online stores throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. However, like many manufacturers, we have been negatively affected by the constraints in the global supply chain of certain components as well as shipping constraints. While consumer demand for our players and our Adjusted EBITDA was $(36.5) million. SeeOEM partners’ Roku TV models has been strong during the section titled “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation between Adjusted EBITDACOVID-19 pandemic, there can be no assurance that these patterns will continue throughout the remainder of 2021.

In 2020, we closely monitored and net loss,decreased our operating expenses to mitigate the most directly comparable generally accepted accounting principle, or GAAP, financial measureuncertainties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We now expect to make sequential increases in operating expenses to support our growth and a discussion about the limitationsextend our competitive advantages. This is expected to have an impact on our results of Adjusted EBITDA.operations.

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Key Performance Metrics

We use the followingThe key performance metrics we use to evaluate our business, measure our performance, develop financial forecasts and make strategic decisions. Our key performance metricsdecisions are gross profit, active accounts, streaming hours, streamed, and average revenueAverage Revenue per userUser (“ARPU”).

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

%

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

%

 

Hours Streamed (in millions)

 

 

3,780

 

 

 

2,396

 

 

 

58

%

 

 

10,523

 

 

 

6,568

 

 

 

60

%

Active Accounts (in thousands)

 

 

16,728

 

 

 

11,278

 

 

 

48

 

 

 

16,728

 

 

 

11,278

 

 

 

48

 

ARPU for the preceding four fiscal quarters (in dollars)

 

$

12.68

 

 

$

9.26

 

 

 

37

%

 

$

12.68

 

 

$

9.26

 

 

 

37

%

Gross Profit

We measure the performance of our business usinguse gross profit and we are focused on increasing gross profit. We currently generate positive gross profit on player revenue, however, the majority of our gross profit is generated from platform revenue.  We believe gross profit isas the primary metric to measure the performance of our business because we have two revenue segments withthat have different margin profiles, and we aim to maximize our highhigher margin platform revenue from our active accounts as they stream content on our platform. Substantially all of our gross profit is generated from our platform segment.

Our gross profit was $338.3 million and $665.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, respectively, and $146.8 million and $287.9 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.

Active Accounts

We believe that the number of active accounts is a relevant measure to gauge the size of our user base. We define active accounts as the number of distinct user accounts that have streamed content on our platform inwithin the last 30 days of the period. Users who streamed content from The Roku Channel only on non-Roku platforms are not included in this metric. The number of active accounts also does not correspond to the number of unique individuals who actively utilize our platform, or the number of devices associated with an account. For example, a single account may be used by more than one individual, such as a family, and one account may usebe used on multiple streaming devices.

We had 55.1 million and 43.0 million active accounts as of June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Hours Streamed

We believe that the number of active accounts is a relevant measure to gauge the size of our user base and the opportunity to increase our platform revenue and gross profit.

Hours Streamed

We definestreaming hours streamed as the aggregate amount of time users streamed content on our platform in a given period. We report hours streamed on a calendar basis. We believe the usage of our platform is an effective measure of user engagement and that the growth in the number of hours of content streamed across our platform reflects our success in addressing the growing user demand for TV streaming. We define streaming hours as the aggregate amount of time streaming devices stream content on our platform in a given period. Hours streamed from The Roku Channel on non-Roku platforms are not included in this metric. We report streaming hours on a calendar basis.


streaming.Additionally, we believe that over time, increasing user engagement on our streaming platform increases our platform monetization because we earn platform revenue from various forms of user engagement, including advertising, revenue shares from subscriptions and transactional video on-demand. However, our revenuesrevenue from content providers arepublishers is not tied to the hours streamed on their streaming channels, and the number of streaming hours streamed does not correlate to revenue earned from such content providerspublishers or ARPU on a period-by-period basis. Additionally, increasing user engagementMoreover, streaming hours on our platform are measured whenever a Roku player or a Roku TV is streaming platform increasescontent, whether a viewer is actively watching or not. For example, if a Roku player is connected to a TV, and the viewer turns off the TV, steps away or falls asleep and does not stop or pause the player, then the particular streaming channel may continue to play content for a period of time determined by the streaming channel. We believe that this also occurs across a wide variety of non-Roku streaming devices and other set-top boxes.

Since the first quarter of 2020, all of our gross profit becausedevices include a Roku OS feature that is designed to identify when content has been continuously streaming on a channel for an extended period of time without user interaction. This feature, which we earn platform revenue by delivering advertisingrefer to as well as generating revenue shares from subscription“Are you still watching,” periodically prompts the user to confirm that they are still watching the selected channel and transactional video on-demand as users engage withcloses the channel if the user does not respond affirmatively. We believe that the implementation of this feature across the Roku platform.platform benefits us, our customers, channel partners and advertisers. Some of our leading channel partners, including Netflix, also have implemented similar features within their channels. This Roku OS feature supplements these channel features. This feature has not had and is not expected to have a material impact on our future financial performance.

We streamed 17.4 billion and 14.6 billion hours during the three months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

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Note About Our Streaming Hours Adjustments

To calculate and report our streaming hours, we utilize data from event logs generated by the firmware running on the Roku devices that are recorded in a central database. The event information (play, pause, stop, time counts, etc.) is generated by the firmware running on the Roku streaming devices, and event data is transmitted to our central database at regular intervals when a device is connected to the internet. Pause time is not intended to be included in streaming hours.

During the second quarter of 2020 we discovered that some pause time was inadvertently included in the streaming hours information recorded in our central database. Upon discovering these errors in the log data, we promptly reviewed and analyzed the issue utilizing our firmware, data engineering and core analytics teams. We concluded that certain past Roku OS releases inadvertently caused the logging errors. The error rates varied over time and across different types of devices and firmware versions. As a result, we reported higher streaming hours and streaming hours growth rates for the affected periods than we would have if all pause time had been excluded from streaming hours as we had intended. Neither these logging errors, nor the resulting adjustments that we made to our streaming hours calculations, has had any impact on our financial results, and do not require us to revise any of our previously reported key operating metrics other than streaming hours.

The affected log data was for the periods from February 2016 to August 2020. After adjusting for logging errors, we estimate that our streaming hours were, on average, approximately 0.5% lower than previously reported for the period January 2017 through September 2018, and approximately 5.8% lower for the period October 2018 through March 2020.

By the end of August 2020, we fully deployed a software update that addressed the root cause of the pause time logging errors and prevented them from continuing.

The roll out of the “Are you still watching” feature had no impact on the adjustments we made to our streaming hours calculations. While our revenue from content publishers is not based on the hours streamed on their streaming channels, and the number of streaming hours does not directly correlate to revenue earned from such content publishers or ARPU on a period-by-period basis, we believe that the growth in the number of hours of content streamed across our platform reflects our success in addressing the growing user demand for TV streaming. After adjusting our streaming hours as discussed above, our estimated year-over-year streaming hour growth rates for fiscal year 2018 versus fiscal year 2017, fiscal year 2019 versus fiscal year 2018 and the first quarter of 2020 versus the first quarter of 2019 were 60.5%, 59.3% and 46.8%, respectively. The estimated year-over-year streaming hour growth rate for the second quarter of 2020 versus the second quarter of 2019 was 65%.

The following table presents the estimated impacts on streaming hours (in billions) for periods from January 1, 2017 through March 31, 2020 and streaming hours growth rates on a year-over-year (“YoY”) basis by quarter for periods from January 1, 2018 through March 31, 2020 and annually for fiscal year 2018 and 2019. Revised streaming hours for 2016 are not estimated and therefore revised 2017 YoY growth rates are not available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quarter

Published SHs

Revised SHs

SHs % Delta

Published YoY

Revised YoY

2017 Q1

3.3B

3.2B

-0.5%

63.4%

NA

2017 Q2

3.5B

3.5B

-0.4%

60.0%

NA

2017 Q3

3.8B

3.8B

-0.4%

57.8%

NA

2017 Q4

4.3B

4.3B

-0.2%

55.3%

NA

2018 Q1

5.1B

5.1B

-0.5%

56.0%

56.1%

2018 Q2

5.5B

5.4B

-0.5%

57.2%

57.0%

2018 Q3

6.2B

6.1B

-0.7%

62.7%

62.1%

2018 Q4

7.3B

7.1B

-2.2%

68.6%

65.2%

2019 Q1

8.9B

8.4B

-5.4%

74.1%

65.5%

2019 Q2

9.4B

8.8B

-6.0%

72.1%

62.6%

2019 Q3

10.3B

9.6B

-6.5%

67.6%

57.9%

2019 Q4

11.7B

10.9B

-6.3%

60.2%

53.7%

2020 Q1

13.2B

12.3B

-7.0%

49.3%

46.8%

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year

Published SHs

Revised SHs

SHs % Delta

Published YoY

Revised YoY

2017

14.8B

14.8B

-0.4%

58.8%

NA

2018

24.0B

23.7B

-1.1%

61.7%

60.5%

2019

40.3B

37.8B

-6.1%

67.8%

59.3%

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Average Revenue per User

We measure our platform monetization progress with ARPU, which we believe represents the inherent value of our business. We define ARPU as our platform revenue duringfor the precedingtrailing four fiscal quarters divided by the average of the number of active accounts at the end of thatthe current period and the end of the corresponding period in the prior four fiscal quarters. We measure progress in our platform business usingyear. ARPU because it helps us understandmeasures the rate at which we are monetizing our active account base.  base and the progress of our platform business.

ARPU was $36.46 as of June 30, 2021 as compared to $24.92 as of June 30, 2020.

Components of Results of Operations

Revenue

Platform Revenue

We generate platform revenue from advertising sales and related services, subscription and transaction revenue sharing arrangements with partners, the sale of Premium Subscription services, sales of branded channel buttons on remote controls and licensing arrangements with service operators. Our first-party video ad inventory includes The Roku Channel, native display ads on our home screen and screen saver as well as ad inventory we obtain through our content distribution agreements with publishers. To supplement supply, we re-sell video inventory that we purchase from content publishers and, to a lesser extent, directly sell third-party inventory on a revenue share basis. To date, we have generated most of our platform revenue in the United States.

Player Revenue

We generate player revenue primarily from the sale of streaming players through consumer retail distribution channels, including major brick and mortar retailers, such as Best Buy and Walmart, and online retailers, primarily Amazon.com.including Amazon. We generate most of our player revenue in the United States. In our international markets, we primarily sell our players through wholesale distributors which, in turn, sellre-sell to retailers. We currently distribute our players in Canada, the United Kingdom, France, the Republic of Ireland, Mexico, Brazil and several other Latin American countries. We generate most

Player revenue also includes the sale of our player revenue in the United States.

Platform Revenue

We generate platform revenue from advertising sales, subscriptionaudio products, including wireless speakers, smart soundbars and transaction revenue share, sales of branded channel buttons on remote controls and licensing arrangements with TV brands and service operators. We generate most of our platform revenue in the United States. Our first-party video ad inventory includes native display ads on our home screen and screen saver, as well as ad inventory made available to us through our content publisher agreements. To satisfy existing demand, we can sell video advertising that we purchase from content publishers to supplement our first-party video ad inventory, and to a lesser extent,
third-party video advertising on a revenue share basis from content publishers in our Roku Direct Publisher program.
wireless subwoofers.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of Platform Revenue

Cost of platform revenue consists of costs associated with arrangements with content partners and publishers, including advertising inventory and content or programming licensing fees, as well as amortization of content assets. Cost of platform revenue also includes payment processing fees, allocated expenses associated with the delivery of our services including, salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation for our partner and customer support teams, third-party cloud services and amortization of acquired developed technology.

Cost of Player Revenue

Cost of player revenue is comprised mostly of player manufacturing costs payable to our third-party contract manufacturers and technology licenses or royalty fees,fees. Cost of player revenue also includes inbound and outbound freight, duty and logistics costs, third-party packaging and assembly costs, warranty costs, write-downs for excess and obsolete inventory, allocated overhead costs related to facilities and customer support, and salary, benefit and stock-based compensation costs for operations personnel.

Cost of Platform Revenue

Cost of platform revenue consists of advertising inventory acquisition costs, payment processing fees, third-party cloud service fees and allocated personnel-related costs, including salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation for Roku personnel that support platform services, including advertising and billing operations customer service, and our TV brands and our service operator licensees. We anticipate that cost of platform revenue will increase in absolute dollars.personnel.

Operating and Other Expenses

Research and Development

Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel-related costs, including employee salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation for our engineers and other employees engaged in the development of our products including new technologies and features and functionality.teams as well as outsourced development fees. In addition, research and development expenses include allocated facilities and overhead costs. We believe continued investment is important to attaining our strategic objectives and expect research and development expenses to increase in absolute dollars foras we continue to invest in the foreseeable future.development of our platform, player and TV products, advertising products and other platform services.


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Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of personnel-related costs, including salaries, benefits, commissions and
stock-based compensation expense for our employees engaged in sales and sales support, marketing, communications, data science and analytics, business development, product management marketing, communications, and partner and customer support functions. Sales and marketing expenses also include costs for marketing, retail and public relations, channel merchandising including point of purchase and in-store displays, trade shows and other events, professional services, travelcosts and allocated facilities and other overhead.overhead expenses. We expect our sales and marketing expenses to increase in absolute dollars in future periods as we continue to growfocus on growing active accounts, platform and player revenues, and expanding our business.business internationally.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel-related costs, including salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation for our executive, finance, legal, information technology, human resources and other administrative personnel. General and administrative expenses also include outside legal, accounting and other professional service fees as well as allocated facility expenses. We expect our general and administrative expenses to increase due to the anticipated growthexpansion of our business and related infrastructure as well as accounting, legal, insurance, investor relations and other costs associated with being a public company.infrastructure.

Other Income (Expense), Net

OurFor the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, other income (expense), net consists of interest income on cash and cash equivalents, income recognized related to noncash consideration associated with the delivery of services as part of a strategic commercial arrangement, interest expense that primarily of changes in the fair value of our convertible preferred stock warrant liability,includes interest expense on our Credit Facility and amortization of deferred debt andcosts, foreign currency re-measurement and transaction gains and losses. As the underlying shares of our convertible preferred stock warrants are contingently redeemable, we account for these warrants as a liability at fair value and re-measure the value at each balance sheet date. Any change in the fair value is recognized as other income (expense), net in our consolidated statement of operations. Upon the completion of the IPO in October 2017, these warrants automatically converted into warrants to purchase shares of our common stock. At that time, the convertible preferred stock warrant liability was reclassified to stockholders’ equity.

Income Tax (Benefit) Expense

Our income tax (benefit) expense consists primarily of income taxes in certain foreign jurisdictions where we conduct business and state minimum income taxes in the United States. We have a valuation allowance for U.S. deferred tax assets, including net operating loss carryforwards and tax credits related primarily to research and development. We expect to maintain this valuation allowance for the foreseeable future.


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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth our results of operations for the periods presented.

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player

 

$

67,254

 

 

$

64,789

 

 

$

184,583

 

 

$

183,905

 

Platform

 

 

57,528

 

 

 

24,264

 

 

 

139,919

 

 

 

67,404

 

Total net revenue

 

 

124,782

 

 

 

89,053

 

 

 

324,502

 

 

 

251,309

 

Cost of revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player(1)

 

 

61,925

 

 

 

56,156

 

 

 

165,047

 

 

 

155,531

 

Platform(1)

 

 

12,962

 

 

 

6,847

 

 

 

33,083

 

 

 

19,396

 

Total cost of revenue

 

 

74,887

 

 

 

63,003

 

 

 

198,130

 

 

 

174,927

 

Gross profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player

 

 

5,329

 

 

 

8,633

 

 

 

19,536

 

 

 

28,374

 

Platform

 

 

44,566

 

 

 

17,417

 

 

 

106,836

 

 

 

48,008

 

Total gross profit

 

 

49,895

 

 

 

26,050

 

 

 

126,372

 

 

 

76,382

 

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development(1)

 

 

28,532

 

 

 

18,229

 

 

 

76,650

 

 

 

56,700

 

Sales and marketing(1)

 

 

16,216

 

 

 

12,844

 

 

 

44,938

 

 

 

39,089

 

General and administrative(1)

 

 

13,039

 

 

 

9,078

 

 

 

33,894

 

 

 

27,333

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

57,787

 

 

 

40,151

 

 

 

155,482

 

 

 

123,122

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(7,892

)

 

 

(14,101

)

 

 

(29,110

)

 

 

(46,740

)

Other income (expense), net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

(815

)

 

 

(32

)

 

 

(1,286

)

 

 

(163

)

Change in fair value of preferred stock warrant liability

 

 

(37,682

)

 

 

1,481

 

 

 

(40,333

)

 

 

1,087

 

Other income (expense), net

 

 

212

 

 

 

(41

)

 

 

423

 

 

 

(66

)

Net loss before income taxes

 

 

(46,177

)

 

 

(12,693

)

 

 

(70,306

)

 

 

(45,882

)

Income tax expense

 

 

58

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

144

 

 

 

103

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

 

$

(46,235

)

 

$

(12,743

)

 

$

(70,450

)

 

$

(45,985

)

(1)

Includes stock-based compensation as follows:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Cost of player revenue

 

$

25

 

 

$

30

 

 

$

99

 

 

$

88

 

Cost of platform revenue

 

 

18

 

 

 

63

 

 

 

58

 

 

 

165

 

Research and development

 

 

1,197

 

 

 

651

 

 

 

3,078

 

 

 

1,924

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

808

 

 

 

580

 

 

 

2,099

 

 

 

1,737

 

General and administrative

 

 

876

 

 

 

687

 

 

 

2,183

 

 

 

2,102

 

Total stock-based compensation

 

$

2,924

 

 

$

2,011

 

 

$

7,517

 

 

$

6,016

 


The following table sets forth our results of operations as a percentage of net revenue:

revenue.

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Net revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

 

83

%

 

 

69

%

 

 

82

%

 

 

71

%

Player

 

 

54

%

 

 

73

%

 

 

57

%

 

 

73

%

 

 

17

%

 

 

31

%

 

 

18

%

 

 

29

%

Total net revenue

 

 

100

%

 

 

100

%

 

 

100

%

 

 

100

%

Cost of Revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

 

46

 

 

 

27

 

 

43

 

 

27

 

 

 

29

%

 

 

30

%

 

 

28

%

 

 

31

%

Total net revenue

 

 

100

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

100

 

 

 

100

 

Cost of revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player

 

50

 

 

63

 

 

51

 

 

62

 

 

 

19

%

 

 

29

%

 

 

17

%

 

 

26

%

Total cost of revenue

 

 

48

%

 

 

59

%

 

 

45

%

 

 

57

%

Gross Profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

10

 

 

8

 

 

10

 

 

8

 

 

 

54

%

 

 

39

%

 

 

54

%

 

 

40

%

Total cost of revenue

 

60

 

 

71

 

 

61

 

 

70

 

Gross profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player

 

4

 

 

10

 

 

6

 

 

11

 

 

 

(2

)%

 

 

2

%

 

 

1

%

 

 

3

%

Platform

 

 

36

 

 

 

19

 

 

33

 

 

19

 

Total gross profit

 

40

 

 

29

 

 

39

 

 

30

 

 

 

52

%

 

 

41

%

 

 

55

%

 

 

43

%

Operating expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

23

 

 

21

 

 

24

 

 

23

 

 

 

18

%

 

 

24

%

 

 

18

%

 

 

26

%

Sales and marketing

 

13

 

 

14

 

 

14

 

 

15

 

 

 

14

%

 

 

18

%

 

 

15

%

 

 

20

%

General and administrative

 

10

 

 

10

 

 

11

 

 

11

 

 

 

10

%

 

 

11

%

 

 

10

%

 

 

12

%

Total operating expenses

 

46

 

 

45

 

 

49

 

 

49

 

 

 

42

%

 

 

53

%

 

 

43

%

 

 

58

%

Loss from operations

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(16

)

 

 

(10

)

 

 

(19

)

Other income (expense), net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income (Loss) from Operations

 

 

10

%

 

 

(12

)%

 

 

12

%

 

 

(15

)%

Other Income (Expense), Net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

%

 

 

%

 

 

(1

)%

Change in fair value of convertible preferred

stock warrants

 

 

(30

)

 

 

2

 

 

 

(12

)

 

1

 

Other income (expense), net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

%

 

 

%

 

 

%

 

 

%

Net loss before income taxes

 

 

(37

)

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(22

)

 

 

(18

)

Income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

 

 

(37

)%

 

 

(14

)%

 

 

(22

)%

 

 

(18

)%

Total other income (expense), net

 

 

%

 

 

%

 

 

%

 

 

(1

)%

Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes

 

 

10

%

 

 

(12

)%

 

 

12

%

 

 

(16

)%

Income tax (benefit) expense

 

 

(1

)%

 

 

%

 

 

%

 

 

%

Net Income (Loss)

 

 

9

%

 

 

(12

)%

 

 

12

%

 

 

(16

)%

Comparison of Three and NineSix Months Ended September 30, 2017June 31, 2021 and October 1, 2016June 31, 2020

Net Revenue

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

$

532,303

 

 

$

244,777

 

 

$

287,526

 

 

 

117

%

 

$

998,829

 

 

$

477,334

 

 

$

521,495

 

 

 

109

%

Player

 

 

112,816

 

 

 

111,296

 

 

 

1,520

 

 

 

1

%

 

 

220,473

 

 

 

199,505

 

 

 

20,968

 

 

 

11

%

Total net revenue

 

$

645,119

 

 

$

356,073

 

 

$

289,046

 

 

 

81

%

 

$

1,219,302

 

 

$

676,839

 

 

$

542,463

 

 

 

80

%

Platform

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Player

 

$

67,254

 

 

$

64,789

 

 

$

2,465

 

 

 

4

%

 

$

184,583

 

 

$

183,905

 

 

$

678

 

 

—%

 

Platform

 

 

57,528

 

 

 

24,264

 

 

 

33,264

 

 

 

137

 

 

 

139,919

 

 

 

67,404

 

 

 

72,515

 

 

 

108

 

Total net revenue

 

$

124,782

 

 

$

89,053

 

 

$

35,729

 

 

 

40

%

 

$

324,502

 

 

$

251,309

 

 

$

73,193

 

 

 

29

%

Platform revenue increased by $287.5 million, or 117%, and $521.5 million, or 109%, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.The increases are primarily attributable to higher advertising revenues and higher content distribution and related transactional revenues, including from Premium Subscriptions.

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Player

Player revenue increased by $2.5$1.5 million, or 4%1%, during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three months ended October 1, 2016. A 35%June 30, 2020, primarily due to increased revenues from the sale of audio products and accessories offset by a decrease in the volume of streaming players sold. During the three months ended June 30, 2021, the volume of streaming players sold decreased 1% and the average selling price of players decreased 2% as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. We believe the decrease in the volume of players sold can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic which contributed to a spike in units sold in the second quarter of 2020 and resulted in less growth in the second quarter of 2021 as compared to the prior year.

Player revenue increased by $21.0 million, or 11%, during the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020, primarily due to an increase in the volume of streaming players sold in addition to increased revenues from the sale of audio products and accessories. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the volume of streaming players sold increased 6% as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020 offset by a 2% decrease in the average selling price of players. The increase in the volume of players sold was offset bythe result of a 23% decreasestronger first quarter of 2021 compared to the second quarter of 2021. We believe the overall slowdown in average selling prices, driven primarily by sales of our lower priced Roku Expressgrowth, compared to fiscal year 2020, can be attributed to the COVID-19 pandemic which was introducedcontributed to a spike in units sold in the third quarterfirst half of 2016.2020 and resulted in less growth in the first half of 2021.

PlayerCost of Revenue and Gross Profit

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenue:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

$

187,328

 

 

$

106,324

 

 

$

81,004

 

 

 

76

%

 

$

341,918

 

 

$

208,260

 

 

$

133,658

 

 

 

64

%

Player

 

 

119,525

 

 

 

102,913

 

 

 

16,612

 

 

 

16

%

 

 

212,347

 

 

 

180,642

 

 

 

31,705

 

 

 

18

%

Total cost of revenue

 

$

306,853

 

 

$

209,237

 

 

$

97,616

 

 

 

47

%

 

$

554,265

 

 

$

388,902

 

 

$

165,363

 

 

 

43

%

Gross profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Platform

 

$

344,975

 

 

$

138,453

 

 

$

206,522

 

 

 

149

%

 

$

656,911

 

 

$

269,074

 

 

$

387,837

 

 

 

144

%

Player

 

 

(6,709

)

 

 

8,383

 

 

 

(15,092

)

 

 

(180

)%

 

 

8,126

 

 

 

18,863

 

 

 

(10,737

)

 

 

(57

)%

Total gross profit

 

$

338,266

 

 

$

146,836

 

 

$

191,430

 

 

 

130

%

 

$

665,037

 

 

$

287,937

 

 

$

377,100

 

 

 

131

%

Platform

The cost of platform revenue increased by $0.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the nine months ended October 1, 2016. A 37% increase in the volume of players sold was offset by a 27% decrease in average selling prices, driven primarily by sales of our lower priced Roku Express which was introduced in the third quarter of 2016, and by an increase in sales incentives.


Platform

Platform revenue increased by $33.3$81.0 million, or 137%76%, during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three months ended October 1, 2016. TheJune 30, 2020. This increase wasis primarily duedriven by higher advertising related costs including inventory acquisition costs, in addition to higher advertisingcontent licensing fees, programming fees and subscriptioncredit card processing fees totaling $78.5 million, and transaction revenue share of $32.6 million, as we expanded our advertising sales operations and increased our advertising inventory, and from an increase in the numberallocated personnel and operational overhead costs of paid subscriptions. In addition, fees earned from license arrangements with TV brands increased by $0.7$1.9 million.

PlatformThe cost of platform revenue increased by $72.5$133.7 million, or 108%64%, during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the ninesix months ended October 1, 2016. TheJune 30, 2020. This increase wasis primarily duedriven by higher advertising related costs including inventory acquisition costs, in addition to higher advertisingcontent licensing fees, programming fees and subscriptioncredit card processing fees totaling $130.3 million, and transaction revenue share of $71.0 million, as we expanded our advertising sales operations and increased our advertising inventory, and from an increase in the numberallocated personnel and operational overhead costs of paid subscriptions to third party channels from which we get a$3.6 million.

Gross profit for platform revenue share. In addition, fees earned from license arrangements with TV brands increased by $2.2$206.5 million, while fees earned from arrangements with service operators decreasedor 149%, and $387.8 million, or 144%, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, primarily driven by $0.7 million.

Cost of Revenue

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Cost of revenue :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player

 

$

61,925

 

 

$

56,156

 

 

$

5,769

 

 

 

10

%

 

$

165,047

 

 

$

155,531

 

 

$

9,516

 

 

 

6

%

Platform

 

 

12,962

 

 

 

6,847

 

 

 

6,115

 

 

 

89

 

 

 

33,083

 

 

 

19,396

 

 

 

13,687

 

 

 

71

 

Total cost of revenue

 

$

74,887

 

 

$

63,003

 

 

$

11,884

 

 

 

19

%

 

$

198,130

 

 

$

174,927

 

 

$

23,203

 

 

 

13

%

Gross profit:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player

 

$

5,329

 

 

$

8,633

 

 

$

(3,304

)

 

 

(38

)%

 

$

19,536

 

 

$

28,374

 

 

$

(8,838

)

 

 

(31

)%

Platform

 

 

44,566

 

 

 

17,417

 

 

$

27,149

 

 

 

156

 

 

 

106,836

 

 

 

48,008

 

 

$

58,828

 

 

 

123

 

Gross Profit

 

$

49,895

 

 

$

26,050

 

 

$

23,845

 

 

 

92

%

 

$

126,372

 

 

$

76,382

 

 

$

49,990

 

 

 

65

%

the overall growth in our platform revenues.

Player

CostThe cost of player revenue increased by $5.8$16.6 million, or 10%16%, during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three months ended October 1, 2016. Cost of player revenue increased on an absolute dollar basisJune 30, 2020. The increase is primarily due to a 35%higher product costs of $9.1 million, an increase in the numberinventory reserves of players sold. The$8.9 million, an increase in costallocated personnel of player revenue was partially$2.3 million, and higher royalty expense of $0.4 million offset by a reduction in direct manufacturingoverhead costs for most of our players.$4.1 million.

Gross profit on player sales decreased by $3.3 million, or 38% during the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the three months ended October 1, 2016. 28


The decrease was primarily due to higher sales volumes of lower priced players.

Costcost of player revenue increased by $9.5$31.7 million, or 6%18%, during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the ninesix months ended October 1, 2016. Cost of player revenue increased on an absolute dollar basisJune 30, 2020. The increase is primarily due to a 37%higher product costs of $25.2 million, an increase in the numberinventory reserves of players sold. In addition, we incurred a charge of $0.9$7.1 million, for the write-down of inventory on hand due to the ban on the importation and sale of Roku devices in Mexico resulting from a court order targeting entities that are alleged to sell unlicensed content to consumers using our platform among other means. Thean increase in costallocated personnel of player revenue was partially$3.8 million, and higher royalty expense of $2.8 million offset by a reduction in direct manufacturingoverhead costs for most of our players.$7.1 million.

Gross profit onfor player salesrevenue decreased by $8.8$15.1 million, or 31% during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the nine months ended October 1, 2016. The decrease was primarily due to higher sales volumes of lower priced players, such as the Roku Express,180%, and by an increase in sales incentives.

Platform

Cost of platform revenue increased by $6.1 million, or 89%, during the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the three months ended October 1, 2016. This increase was driven by higher inventory acquisition costs, ad serving costs, and credit card processing fees totaling $4.3 million and a $0.6 million increase in allocated overhead primarily in advertising operations and TV brand support driven by the growth of our platform business.

Gross profit on platform revenue increased by $27.1 million, or 156% during the three months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the three months ended October 1, 2016, primarily driven by strong growth in advertising demand.


Cost of platform revenue increased by $13.7 million, or 71%, during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the nine months ended October 1, 2016. This increase was driven by higher inventory acquisition costs, ad serving costs, and credit card processing fees totaling $9.5 million and a $2.7 million increase in allocated overhead primarily in advertising operations and service operator support driven by the growth of our platform business.

Gross profit on platform revenue increased by $58.8 million, or 123% during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 compared to the nine months ended October 1, 2016, primarily driven by strong growth in advertising demand.

Operating Expenses

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

%

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Research and development

 

$

28,532

 

 

$

18,229

 

 

$

10,303

 

 

 

57

%

 

$

76,650

 

 

$

56,700

 

 

$

19,950

 

 

 

35

%

Sales and marketing

 

 

16,216

 

 

 

12,844

 

 

 

3,372

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

44,938

 

 

 

39,089

 

 

 

5,849

 

 

 

15

 

General and administrative

 

 

13,039

 

 

 

9,078

 

 

 

3,961

 

 

 

44

 

 

 

33,894

 

 

 

27,333

 

 

 

6,561

 

 

 

24

 

Total operating expenses

 

$

57,787

 

 

$

40,151

 

 

$

17,636

 

 

 

44

%

 

$

155,482

 

 

$

123,122

 

 

$

32,360

 

 

 

26

%

Research and Development

Research and development expenses increased by $10.3$10.7 million, or 57%, during the three and six months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, driven primarily by higher direct manufacturing costs for player products and accessories as a result of constraints in the global supply chain caused by the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

Operating Expenses

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research and development

 

$

113,276

 

 

$

84,387

 

 

$

28,889

 

 

 

34

%

 

$

214,857

 

 

$

172,665

 

 

$

42,192

 

 

 

24

%

Sales and marketing

 

 

93,678

 

 

 

64,164

 

 

 

29,514

 

 

 

46

%

 

 

182,551

 

 

 

132,412

 

 

 

50,139

 

 

 

38

%

General and administrative

 

 

62,228

 

 

 

40,494

 

 

 

21,734

 

 

 

54

%

 

 

122,739

 

 

 

80,234

 

 

 

42,505

 

 

 

53

%

Total operating expenses

 

$

269,182

 

 

$

189,045

 

 

$

80,137

 

 

 

42

%

 

$

520,147

 

 

$

385,311

 

 

$

134,836

 

 

 

35

%

Research and Development

Research and development expenses increased by $28.9 million, or 34%, during the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended October 1, 2016.June 30, 2020. The increase wasis primarily due to higherincreases in personnel-related costs of $8.2$20.2 million as a result of increased engineering headcount and related stock-based compensation and higher professional service and consulting expensesfees of $1.1$10.0 million foroffset by higher allocations of overhead costs to Cost of revenue, platform and new product development.player of $2.7 million.

Research and development expenses increased by $20.0$42.2 million, or 35%24%, during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the ninesix months ended October 1, 2016.June 30, 2020. The increase wasis primarily due to higherincreases in personnel-related costs of $19.0$34.2 million as a result of increased engineering headcount. The increase in personnel-related costs was partiallyheadcount and related stock-based compensation and higher professional service and consulting fees of $14.5 million offset by higher allocations of overhead costs to Cost of revenue, platform and player of $5.2 million, and lower facilitiestravel expenses of $1.6 million. In$1.2 million due to the nine months ended October 1, 2016, we incurred $2.7 million in allocated lease exit costs associated with the move of our corporate headquarters.continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing expenses increased by $3.4$29.5 million, or 26%46%, during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three months ended October 1, 2016.June 30, 2020. The increase wasis primarily due to higherincreases in personnel-related costs of $3.0$20.4 million related to increased headcount withinand related stock-based compensation in sales and sales support, product management, marketing and business analytics to support efforts to grow our advertisingbusiness. Other sales organization and data science team.marketing expenses include an increase of $3.7 million mainly due to increases in marketing, retail and merchandising costs, an increase in facilities costs of $2.9 million due to expansion of office spaces and an increase of $1.8 million in professional service and consulting fees.

Sales and marketing expenses increased by $5.8$50.1 million, or 15%38%, during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the ninesix months ended October 1, 2016.June 30, 2020. The increase wasis primarily due to higherincreases in personnel-related costs of $6.9$33.1 million related to increased headcount withinand related stock-based compensation in sales and sales support, product management, marketing and business analytics to support efforts to grow our advertisingbusiness. Other sales organization and data science team. Themarketing expenses include an increase was partiallyof $14.5 million mainly due to increases in marketing, retail and merchandising costs, an increase in facilities costs of $2.1 million due to expansion of office spaces and an increase of $1.7 million in professional service and consulting fees offset by lower retail marketing costsa decrease in travel expenses of $1.0$1.8 million resulting from decreased spending on in-store displays and merchandising.due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.

General and Administrative

General and administrative expenses increased by $4.0$21.7 million, or 44%54%, during the three months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the three months ended October 1, 2016.June 30, 2020. The increase wasis primarily due to higherincreases in personnel-related costs of $1.7 million as a result of increased headcount in finance, billing operations, information technology and human resources and other professional service expenses of $1.6$11.1 million related to increased accountingheadcount and related stock-based compensation and an increase of $8.5 million related to higher legal, servicesconsulting and other IPO related expenses.professional service fees.

29


General and administrative expenses increased by $6.6$42.5 million, or 24%53%, during the ninesix months ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 as compared to the ninesix months ended October 1, 2016.June 30, 2020. The increase is primarily due to increases in personnel-related costs of $24.2 million related to increased headcount and related stock-based compensation and an increase of $18.8 million related to higher legal, consulting and professional service fees.

Other Income (Expense), Net

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

$

(746

)

 

$

(1,034

)

 

$

288

 

 

 

(28

)%

 

$

(1,488

)

 

$

(1,897

)

 

$

409

 

 

 

(22

)%

Other income (expense), net

 

 

1,520

 

 

 

557

 

 

 

963

 

 

 

173

%

 

 

1,961

 

 

 

1,818

 

 

 

143

 

 

 

8

%

Total other income (expense), net

 

$

774

 

 

$

(477

)

 

$

1,251

 

 

 

(262

)%

 

$

473

 

 

$

(79

)

 

$

552

 

 

 

(699

)%

Total other income (expense), net, increased by $1.3 million during the three months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was primarily driven by $0.8 million of other income recognized related to noncash consideration associated with the delivery of services for a strategic commercial arrangement and decreased interest expense of $0.3 million, including amortization of deferred debt costs, due to higher personnel-related costsa lower level of $3.4 million as a result of increased headcount in finance, billing operations, information technology and human resources andborrowings under our Term Loan A Facility.

Total other professional service expenses of $2.3 million to support overall business growth and IPO related expenses.


Other Income (Expense), Net

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Interest expense

 

$

(815

)

 

$

(32

)

 

$

(783

)

 

$

(1,286

)

 

$

(163

)

 

$

(1,123

)

Change in fair value of convertible preferred stock

   warrants

 

 

(37,682

)

 

 

1,481

 

 

 

(39,163

)

 

 

(40,333

)

 

 

1,087

 

 

 

(41,420

)

Other income (expense), net

 

 

212

 

 

 

(41

)

 

 

253

 

 

 

423

 

 

 

(66

)

 

 

489

 

Total other income (expense), net

 

$

(38,285

)

 

$

1,408

 

 

$

(39,693

)

 

$

(41,196

)

 

$

858

 

 

$

(42,054

)

Other income (expense), net, decreased from $1.4increased by $0.6 million netduring the six months ended June 30, 2021 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2020. The increase was primarily driven by favorable foreign exchange of $1.0 million mainly related to the British Pound Sterling, $0.8 million of other income recognized related to noncash consideration associated with the delivery of services for a strategic commercial arrangement, and decreased interest expense of $0.4 million. This was offset by lower interest income of $2.0 million from a significant drop in the three months ended October 1, 2016 to $38.3 million in net other expense in the three months ended September 30, 2017. The change was primarily due to an increase in the fair value of warrants to purchase convertible preferred stock.

Other income (expense), net, decreased from $0.9 million net other income in the nine months ended October 1, 2016 to $41.2 million in net other expense in the nine months ended September 30, 2017. The change was primarily due to an increase in the fair value of warrants to purchase convertible preferred stock and increased interest on borrowings.rates, which impacted our investment yields.

Income Tax (Benefit) Expense

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

Change

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

$

 

 

 

(dollars in thousands)

 

Income Tax Expense

 

$

58

 

 

$

50

 

 

$

8

 

 

$

144

 

 

$

103

 

 

$

41

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

Change $

 

 

Change %

 

(in thousands, except percentages)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax (benefit) expense

 

$

(3,609

)

 

$

462

 

 

$

(4,071

)

 

 

(881

)%

 

$

(4,400

)

 

$

307

 

 

$

(4,707

)

 

 

(1533

)%

Income tax (benefit) expense is comprised of foreign income taxesincreased by $4.1 million and state minimum income taxes in$4.7 million during the United States.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA

To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are preparedthree and presented in accordance with GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures,six months ended June 30, 2021 as described below, to understand and evaluate our core operating performance. We have included Adjusted EBITDA in this Form 10-Q because it is a key measure we use to evaluate our operating performance, generate future operating plans and make strategic decisions for the allocation of capital. Accordingly, we believe that Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating our operating results in the same manner as our management and board of directors. While we believe that this non-GAAP financial measure is useful in evaluating our business, this information should be considered as supplemental in nature and is not meant as a substitute for the related financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Some limitations of Adjusted EBITDA are:

Adjusted EBITDA does not include other (income) expense, net, which primarily includes changes in the fair value of warrants to purchase convertible preferred stock and interest expense;

Adjusted EBITDA does not include the impact of stock-based compensation;

Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash used for capital expenditures for such replacements or for new capital expenditures;

Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect income tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us; and

Other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently or not at all, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.


Because of these limitations, you should consider Adjusted EBITDA alongside other financial performance measures, including net loss and our financial results presented in accordance with GAAP. The following table presents a reconciliation of net loss to Adjusted EBITDA for each of the periods indicated:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Reconciliation of Net Loss to Adjusted EBITDA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(46,235

)

 

$

(12,743

)

 

$

(70,450

)

 

$

(45,985

)

Other (income) expense, net

 

 

38,285

 

 

 

(1,408

)

 

 

41,196

 

 

 

(858

)

Stock-based compensation

 

 

2,924

 

 

 

2,011

 

 

 

7,517

 

 

 

6,016

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

1,303

 

 

 

1,351

 

 

 

3,883

 

 

 

4,201

 

Income tax expense

 

 

58

 

 

 

50

 

 

 

144

 

 

 

103

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

(3,665

)

 

$

(10,739

)

 

$

(17,710

)

 

$

(36,523

)

Pro Forma Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders, or Pro Forma Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per Share

Pro forma basic and diluted net loss per share adjusts for certain items and, therefore, has not been calculated in accordance with GAAP. We believe the adjustment of these items assists in providing a more complete understanding of our underlying operations results and trends and allows for comparability with our peer company index and industry and to be more consistent with our expected capital structure on a going forward basis. Pro forma basic and diluted net loss per share gives effectcompared to the conversion of outstanding convertible preferred stock using the as-if converted method into common shares as though the conversion had occurred as of the beginning of the period. Also, the numerator has been adjusted to reverse the fair value adjustments related to the convertible preferred stock warrants as they became warrants to purchase common stock at the time of our IPO,three and at such timesix months ended June 30, 2020, respectively, and was driven primarily by stock-based compensation excess tax benefits, increased losses in foreign jurisdiction with no longer required periodic revaluation. .Pro forma basicvaluation allowance, and diluted net loss per share is a non-GAAP financial measure and should not be consideredtax rate change in isolation or as a substitute for financial information provided in accordance with GAAP. This non-GAAP financial measure may not be computed in the same manner as similarly titled measures used by other companies.

The following table reconciles net loss per share attributable to common stockholders on a basic and diluted basis, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to pro forma net loss per share, basic and diluted:

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

October 1,

2016

 

Pro forma basic and diluted loss per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss, basic and diluted

 

$

(46,235

)

 

$

(12,743

)

 

$

(70,450

)

 

$

(45,985

)

Add: Change in fair value of convertible preferred stock

   warrant liability

 

 

37,682

 

 

 

(1,481

)

 

 

40,333

 

 

 

(1,087

)

Net loss used in computing pro forma basic and diluted

   net loss per share

 

$

(8,553

)

 

$

(14,224

)

 

$

(30,117

)

 

$

(47,072

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares used in computing net

   loss per share, basic and diluted

 

 

5,259,796

 

 

 

4,784,170

 

 

 

4,998,727

 

 

 

4,724,767

 

Add: Pro forma adjustment to reflect assumed

   conversion of convertible preferred stock

 

 

80,844,138

 

 

 

80,844,138

 

 

 

80,844,138

 

 

 

80,844,138

 

Weighted-average shares used in computing pro forma

   basic and diluted net loss per share

 

 

86,103,934

 

 

 

85,628,308

 

 

 

85,842,865

 

 

 

85,568,905

 

Pro forma basic and diluted net loss per share

 

$

(0.10

)

 

$

(0.17

)

 

$

(0.35

)

 

$

(0.55

)


foreign jurisdiction.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of SeptemberJune 30, 2017,2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $66.9$2,083.3 million. In October 2017, as a resultApproximately 1% of our IPO, we received cash proceeds of $134.8 million net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting other offering expenses. was held outside the United States in accounts held by our foreign subsidiaries which are used to fund foreign operations.

Our primary sourcesources of liquidity is cash generated through operatingare receipts from platform and financing activities. Ourplayer revenue and proceeds from equity sales including equity issued pursuant to our employee stock option plans. The primary uses of cash are costs of revenue including third party manufacturing costs, costs to acquire advertising inventory, content and programming license fees as well as operating expenses including payroll-related expenses, consulting and professional service fees, and facility and marketing expenses. Other uses of cash include operatingpurchases of property and equipment and mergers and acquisitions.

We have multi-year lease agreements for office space and have incurred material facility and building expenses. We expect to continue to incur expenses for facility and building related costs at our office locations in the United States and internationally. As our business and workforce continue to expand, we expect additional ongoing purchases of computer systems and other investments in property and equipment. In addition, we have pursued merger and acquisition activities, such as personnel-related expensesthe acquisition of the Nielsen AVA business, the This Old House business and capital spending. Wecontent rights from Quibi, and we may contemplate and engage inpursue additional merger and acquisition activityactivities in the future, including the acquisition of rights to programming and content assets, that could materially impact our liquidity and capital resource position. resources.

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We believe that our existing cash balance together with proceedsand cash equivalents, cash flow from operations, and our IPO and amountsundrawn available balance under our credit facilitiesCredit Facility will be sufficient to fundmeet our working capital and meet our anticipated cash needsrequirements for at least the next twelve months. Our future capital requirements, may vary materiallythe adequacy of available funds, and cash flows from operations could be affected by various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those currently planned and will depend on many factors including our growth ratedetailed in Part II, Item 1A, Risk Factors and the continuing market acceptanceeffects of the COVID-19 pandemic. While the pandemic has not severely impacted our liquidity and capital resources to date, it has contributed to disruption and volatility in local economies and in capital and credit markets which could adversely affect our liquidity and capital resources in the future.

We may attempt to raise additional capital through the sale of equity securities or other financing arrangements. If we raise additional funds by issuing equity, the ownership of our players, advertising platformexisting stockholders will be diluted. Our Credit Agreement expires in February 2023. If we raise additional financing by the incurrence of additional indebtedness, we may be subject to fixed payment obligations and other platform services, headcount, the timingalso to restrictive covenants.  

At-the-Market Offering

On March 2, 2021, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and extent of spendingEvercore Group L.L.C., as our sales agents, pursuant to support development efforts, the introduction of new playerswhich we could offer and platform features, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, as well as overall economic conditions.

As of September 30, 2017, less than 1%sell from time-to-time shares of our cash was held outside the United States. These amounts were primarily held in EuropeClass A common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of up to $1,000.0 million. In March 2021, we sold approximately 2.6 million shares of Class A common stock at an average selling price of $379.26 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,000.0 million and are utilized to fund our foreign operations. The amountincurred issuance costs of unremitted earnings related to our foreign subsidiaries is not material.$10.4 million.

Silicon Valley BankSenior Secured Term Loan A and Security AgreementsRevolving Credit Facilities

In May 2015,On February 19, 2019, we entered into a first amendmentCredit Agreement (the “Existing Credit Agreement”) with Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. On May 3, 2019, the Existing Credit Agreement was amended pursuant to our Restated 2014 Loanan Incremental Assumption and Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment” and the Existing Credit Agreement extendingas amended by the Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”).

The Credit Agreement provides for (i) a four-year revolving line to June 30, 2017. The Restated LSA provides advances under a revolving linecredit facility in the aggregate principal amount of credit up to $30,000,000 and provides for letters$100.0 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), (ii) a four-year delayed draw term loan A facility in the aggregate principal amount of credit to be issued up to $100.0 million (the “Term Loan A Facility”) and (iii) an uncommitted incremental facility, subject to the lessorsatisfaction of certain financial and other conditions, in the amount of up to (v) $50.0 million, plus (w) 1.0x of our consolidated EBITDA for the most recently completed four fiscal quarter period, plus (x) an additional amount at our discretion, so long as, on a pro forma basis at the time of incurrence, our secured leverage ratio does not exceed 1.50 to 1.00, plus (y) voluntary prepayments of the available line of credit, reducedRevolving Credit Facility and Term Loan A Facility to the extent accompanied by outstanding advancesconcurrent reductions to the applicable Credit Facility (together with the Revolving Credit Facility and drawn but unreimbursed letters of credit, or $5,000,000. Advances under the first amendment carryTerm Loan A Facility, collectively, the “Credit Facility”).

For our current borrowings, we have elected a floating per annumEurodollar borrowing with interest at a rate equal to the prime rate or the primeadjusted one-month LIBOR rate plus 2.5% if the adjusted quick ratio (calculated as the suman applicable margin of cash maintained with Silicon Valley Bank or its affiliates and net billed account receivable balances, divided by current liabilities plus all outstanding obligations to Silicon Valley Bank under the revolving line, less deferred revenue) is less than or equal to 1.0.

In June 2017, we entered into a second amendment to the 2014 Loan Agreement extending its termination date to June 30, 2019. Advances carry a floating per annum interest rate equal to, at1.75% based on our option, (1) the prime rate or (2) LIBOR plus 2.75%, or the prime rate plus 1% depending on certain ratios.secured leverage ratio. The extension further changed the financial covenant to maintain a current ratio (calculated as current assets, divided by current liabilities less deferred revenue), greater than or equal to 1.25.

As of September 30, 2017, there were no borrowings under the line of credit and letters of creditfacility mature or have to repaid in the amount of $1.5 million were outstanding. The interest rate on the line of credit was 4.25% as of September 30, 2017.

In June 2017, we entered into a subordinated loan and security agreement, or the 2017 Agreement, with Silicon Valley Bank. The 2017 Agreement provides for a term loan borrowing of up to $40.0 million with a minimum of $25.0 million to be initially drawn. The remaining amount of the debt is available for 24 months from the date of the 2017 Agreement and can be drawn in no less than $5.0 million increments. Advancesfull by February 2023. Our obligations under the term loan incur a facility fee equal to 1% of the drawn borrowings, in addition to interest payments at an interest rate equal to, at our option, (1) the prime rate plus 3.5% or (2) LIBOR plus 6.5%, subject to a 1% LIBOR floor. Additionally, the borrowings incur payment in kind interest fees equal to 2.5%, accruing to the unpaid borrowings balance, compounded monthly. Payment in kind interest may be settled in cash, at our election, during the term or at maturity. WeCredit Agreement are also obligated to pay final payment fees ranging from 1% to 4% of the borrowings depending on the timing of the payment. The maturity date of the 2017 Agreement is October 9, 2020. The 2017 Agreement provides for a lien onsecured by substantially all of our assets, including intellectual property. As of September 30, 2017, $23.0 million under the 2017assets. The Credit Agreement was outstanding. On October 31, 2017, we repaid the entire amount outstanding, and subsequently terminated the 2017 Agreement.

In connection with the 2017 Agreement we issued 408,648 warrants to purchase shares of Series H convertible preferred stock, which automatically converted to common stock warrants upon the closing of the Company’s IPO. The warrants have an exercise price of $9.17340, the price per share in our Series H financing in November 2015. A portion of these warrants vested at the time we borrowed money under the 2017 Agreement, and the warrants were exercisable up to ten years from the date of issuance. Upon the repayment of the amounts borrowed and the subsequent termination of the 2017 Agreement, we cancelled 114,933 warrants to purchase Class B common stock that were contingent on future borrowings.

Our credit facilities containcontains customary representations and warranties, and customary affirmative and negative covenants, applicablea financial covenant that is tested quarterly and requires us to usmaintain a certain adjusted quick ratio of at least 1.00 to 1.00, and our subsidiaries, including, among other things, restrictions on changes in business, management, ownership or business locations, indebtedness, encumbrances, investments, mergers or acquisitions, dispositions, maintenance of collateral accounts, prepayment of other indebtedness, distributions and transactions with affiliates. The credit facilities contain customary


customary events of default subject in certain cases to grace periods and notice requirements, including (a) failure to pay principal, interest and other obligations when due, (b) material misrepresentations, (c) breachdefault. As of covenants, conditions or agreements in the credit facilities, (d) default under material indebtedness, (e) certain bankruptcy events, (f) failure to pay judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $0.5 million, (g) a material adverse change; (h) attachment, levy or restraint on business, (i) default with respect to subordinated debt, (j) cross default under our credit facilities, and (k) governments approvals being revoked.

WeJune 30, 2021, we were in compliance with all of the covenants underof the loan and security agreementsCredit Agreement. See Note 10 to the condensed consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional details regarding the Credit Agreement.

We had outstanding letters of credit of $30.8 million as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2016 and September 30, 2017.2020 against the Revolving Credit Facility.

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Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods presented:

presented (in thousands):

 

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30,

 

 

October 1,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

 

$

31,192

 

 

$

(12,910

)

Cash flows (used in) investing activities

 

 

(9,599

)

 

 

(7,351

)

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

 

 

10,763

 

 

 

(15,228

)

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

June 30, 2021

 

 

June 30, 2020

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows provided by operating activities

 

$

144,760

 

 

$

80,096

 

Cash flows used in investing activities

 

 

(150,676

)

 

 

(63,051

)

Cash flows provided by financing activities

 

 

997,400

 

 

 

352,986

 

Operating Activities

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017,Our operating activities provided $31.2cash of $144.8 million in cash as a resultfor the six months ended June 30, 2021. Our net income of a net loss of $70.5$149.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021 was adjusted by non-cashnoncash charges of $52.7$144.5 million and an increasecomprised mainly of $48.9 million from our net operating assets and liabilities. The non-cash charges of $52.7 million were primarily comprised of a $40.3 million fair value measurement charge related to preferred stock warrant liability, $7.5$83.1 million of stock-based compensation, expense, and $3.9$28.1 million of amortization of content assets, $20.4 million of depreciation and amortization expense.primarily on property and equipment and intangible assets, and $14.0 million of amortization of right-of-use assets. The increase fromchanges in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily the resultused cash of a $35.1$149.5 million mainly from an increase in other non-current assets of $72.2 million due to an increase in content assets, an increase in accounts payablereceivable of $56.7 million as a result of increased revenue,an increase in prepaid expenses of $30.2 million due to an increase in contract assets primarily driven by the overall growth of platform revenue combined with the timing of billing which falls into a subsequent period, a decrease in operating lease liabilities of $18.4 million on account of contractual lease payments and accrued liabilitiesa decrease in deferred revenue of $10.3 million due to the timing of revenue recognition. These outflows were offset by inflows of $16.4 million from an increase in accounts payable due to timing of payments and increased developer payables, $16.5 million from an increase in accrued liabilities mainly due to an increase in payables to content publishers and payroll accruals, and $5.9 million from a $16.6decrease in inventory levels.

Our operating activities provided cash of $80.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020. Our net loss of $97.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020 was adjusted by noncash charges of $109.6 million comprised mainly of $60.4 million of stock-based compensation, $17.2 million of depreciation and amortization primarily on property and equipment and intangible assets, $15.9 million of amortization of operating lease right-of-use assets, $12.2 million of amortization of content assets and $3.5 million of provision for doubtful accounts. The changes in our operating assets and liabilities provided cash of $68.2 million comprised of inflows of $21.4 million from a decrease in accounts receivable as a result of higher collections in the first quarter of 2020 from holiday revenue recorded in 2019, $12.7 million from an increase in operating lease liabilities, $20.8 million from an increase in accounts payable due to timing of payments, $6.3 million from an increase in accrued liabilities due to increased developer payables and overall growth in the volume of business, $4.7 million from a decrease in inventory balances, $6.0 million from an increase in deferred revenue, driven by a $9.8and $2.1 million pre-payment from a service operator and the growth in our business, an $8.1 million decrease in inventories and a $4.4 million increase in other long-term liabilities, primarily the result of entering into a multi-year licensing agreement. The increase in our net operating assets and liabilities wasnon-current assets. These inflows were partially offset by a $5.5cash outflows of $5.2 million increase in accounts receivable due to increased revenue and a $8.7 millionfrom an increase in prepaid expenses and other current assets due to an increase in prepaid capital expenditure for new facilities, and $0.6 million from a decrease in other noncurrent assets, primarilylong-term liabilities.

Investing Activities

Our investing activities for the result of capitalized IPO costs that will be charged to equity at the completion of the IPO and from entering into a multi-year license agreement.

During the ninesix months ended October 1, 2016, operatingJune 30, 2021 included cash outflows of $150.7 million comprised of $136.8 million for the acquisition of businesses, mainly the Nielsen AVA business and This Old House, and $13.9 million for purchases of property and equipment and expenditures on leasehold improvements.

Our investing activities used $12.9cash of $63.1 million infor the six months ended June 30, 2020. The cash as a result of a net loss of $46.0 million, adjusted by non-cash charges of $14.2 million and an increase of $18.8 million from our net operating assets and liabilities. The non-cash charges of $14.2 million wereused was primarily comprised of a $3.8$64.1 million loss provision related to the exit from our prior headquarters facilities, $6.0 million of stock-based compensation expenses and $4.2 million of depreciation and amortization expense. The increase from our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily the result of a $9.1 million increase in deferred revenue as a result of the growth in our business and a $33.3 million increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities due to the timing of payments. The increase in our net operating assets and liabilities was partially offset by a $19.7 million increase in inventory for the anticipated salespurchase of players, a $3.9 million increase in accounts receivable and a $1.8 million increase in deferred cost of revenue.

Investing Activities

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and October 1, 2016, investing activities used $9.6 million and $7.4 million in cash, respectively, primarily on capital expenditures to purchase property and equipment, andof which the majority related to expenditures on leasehold improvements related to expanding our facilities. In 2017,facilities and other capital investments. These outflows were partially offset by $1.1 million of cash received from proceeds from the Company also used $3.0M in cash for a business acquisition.resolution of purchase acquisition contingencies.

Financing Activities

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017,Our financing activities provided $10.8cash of $997.4 million infor the six months ended June 30, 2021. The cash driven primarilywas received mainly from $24.7proceeds from an at-the-market offering of $989.6 million, innet of issuance costs and proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options of $10.3 million. These inflows were offset by $2.5 million of repayments made on borrowings.

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Our financing activities provided cash of $353.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020. The cash was received mainly from net proceeds on term debt,from an at-the-market offering of $349.6 million, net of issuance costs, proceeds from borrowings of $69.3 million and proceeds from the exercise of employee stock options of $5.9 million. These inflows were partially offset by a $15.0$71.8 million paydownof repayments made on the line of credit. During the nine months ended October 1, 2016, financing activities used $15.2 million in cash, driven primarily by a $15.0 million paydown on the line of credit.Revolving Credit Facility.


Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

During the periods presented, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements, as defined by applicable SEC rules and regulations.

Contractual Obligations

Our future minimum payments under our non-cancelablenoncancelable contractual obligations wereare as follows as of December 31, 2016:

June 30, 2021 (in thousands):

 

Payments Due by Period

 

 

Payments Due by Period

 

 

Total

 

 

Less Than

1 Year

 

 

1 – 3

Years

 

 

3 – 5

Years

 

 

More Than

5 Years

 

 

Total

 

 

Less Than

1 Year

 

 

1 – 3

Years

 

 

3 – 5

Years

 

 

More Than

5 Years

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Term Loan A Facility(1)

 

$

92,500

 

 

$

7,500

 

 

$

85,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

Purchase commitments(1)(2)

 

$

64,347

 

 

$

64,347

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

260,481

 

 

 

260,481

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease obligations (2)(3)

 

 

35,824

 

 

 

8,138

 

 

 

27,664

 

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

473,440

 

 

 

47,915

 

 

 

105,302

 

 

 

104,962

 

 

 

215,261

 

Debt(3)

 

 

15,000

 

 

 

15,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other obligations(4)

 

 

176,560

 

 

 

98,809

 

 

 

53,052

 

 

 

22,959

 

 

 

1,740

 

Total

 

$

115,171

 

 

$

87,485

 

 

$

27,664

 

 

$

22

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,002,981

 

 

$

414,705

 

 

$

243,354

 

 

$

127,921

 

 

$

217,001

 

(1)

Represents the principal amount of the Term Loan A Facility. For additional information regarding the terms of the debt and interest payable, see Note 10 to the condensed consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

(2)

Represents commitments to purchase finished good inventorygoods from third-partyour contract manufacturers.manufacturers and other inventory-related items.

(2)(3)

Represents future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases.

(3)(4)

Represents future principal payments under our loancommitments included in other non-cancelable arrangements such as content licensing, advertising buys and security agreements.other platform services.

We utilize one outsourcing supplierrely on outsourced suppliers to manufacture, assemble and test our products. This outsourcing supplier acquires componentsplayers and build product based on demand information supplied by us.audio devices. Consistent with industry practice,practices, we enter into firm, noncancelable, and unconditional purchase commitments to acquire productproducts through a combination of purchase orders, supplier contracts, and open orders based on projected demand information. If there are unexpected changes to anticipated demand forOur contract manufacturers source components and build our products based on these demand forecasts. Changes to projected demand or in the subsequent sales mix of our products, some of the firm, non-cancelable, and unconditional purchase commitments may result in ourus being committed to purchase excess inventory. As of September 30, 2017, we had manufacturing purchase obligations of $87.2 million.inventory to satisfy these commitments.

The contractual commitment amounts in the table above are associated with agreements that are enforceable and legally binding. Obligations under contracts that we can cancel without a significant penalty are not included in the table above.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure About Market Risk

Interest Rate Fluctuation Risk

Our exposure to interest rate risk primarily relates to the interest income generated by cash held at Silicon Valley Bank, which is relatively insensitive to interest rate changes. The primary objective of our investment activities is to preserve principal while maximizing income without significantly increasing risk. We do not believe that an increase or decrease in interest rates of 100 basis points would have a material effect on our operating results or financial condition.

Our borrowings under our credit facility with Silicon Valley Bank are at variable interest rates. However, a hypothetical 100-basis point change in interest rates would not have a material impact on our borrowings or results of operations.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

Most of our sales are currently within the United States and we have minimal foreign currency risk related to our revenue. In addition, most of our operating expenses are denominated in the U.S. dollar, resulting in minimal foreign currency risks. The volatility of exchange rates depends on many factors that we cannot accurately forecast. In the future, if our international sales increase or more of our expenses are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, our operating results may be more greatly affected by fluctuations in the exchange rates of the currencies in which we do business. At this time we do not, but we may in the future, enter into derivatives or other financial instruments in an attempt to hedge our foreign currency exchange risk. It is difficult to predict the impact hedging activities could have on our results of operations.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue, expenses and related disclosures. These estimates and assumptions are affected by management’s application of accounting policies, as well as uncertainty in the current economic environment due to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an ongoing basis. Our estimates


are based on historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Our actual results could differ from these estimates.

ThereThere have been no material changes into our critical accounting policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2017,and estimates as compared to those disclosedthe critical accounting policies and estimates described in the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in the Prospectus and section 1 of this document.our Annual Report.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.Risk

Management believesInterest Rate Fluctuation Risk

Our exposure to interest rate risk relates to the interest income generated by cash and cash equivalents, and interest expense on the Credit Facility. The primary objective of our investment policy is to preserve principal while maximizing income without significantly increasing risk. We do not believe that an increase or decrease in interest rates of 100 basis points would have a material effect on our operating results or financial condition. As of June 30, 2021, borrowings under the Term Loan A Facility totaled $92.5 million with an effective interest rate of 2.02%. If the amount outstanding under our Term Loan A Facility remains at this level for an entire year and interest rates increased or decreased by 100 basis points, our annual interest expense would increase or decrease, respectively, by an additional $0.9 million.

Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk

During the six months ended June 30, 2021 there have beenwere no material changes to our quantitativeforeign currency exchange rate risk disclosures as set forth under the heading “Item 7A – Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risks during the three months ended September 30, 2017, compared to those discussedQualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” in Part II of our Prospectus.Annual Report.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controlsDisclosure Controls and procedures.Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, our principal financial officer, havehas evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the Exchange Act prior toend of the filingperiod covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report. Ourreport, our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosedwere, in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarizeddesign and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to ouroperation, effective at a reasonable assurance level.

Our management, including the President andour Chief Executive Officer to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all errors and all fraud. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objective and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures.  Based on this evaluation, our President and Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, our disclosure controls and procedures were, in design and operation, effective at a reasonable assurance level.  

Changes in internal control over financial reporting.Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There werewas no changeschange in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15(d) and 15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act that occurred during the quarter ended SeptemberJune 30, 20172021 that havehas materially affected, or areis reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.



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PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

We are currently involved in, and may in the future be involved in, legal proceedings, claims, and investigations in the ordinary course of our business, including claims for infringing patents, copyrights or other intellectual property rights related to our platform and products, or the content distributed through our platform by us or third-party channel developers. Although the results of these proceedings, claims, and investigations cannot be predicted with certainty, we do not believe that the final outcome of any matters that we are currently involved in are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, or results of operations. Regardless of final outcomes, however, any such proceedings, claims, and investigations may nonetheless impose a significant burden on management and employees and may come with costly defense costsexpensive attorney fees or unfavorable preliminary and interim rulings.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Our business involves significant risks, some of which are described below. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes. If any of the following risks actually occurs, our business, reputation, financial condition, results of operations, revenue, and future prospects could be seriously harmed. In addition, you should consider the interrelationship and compounding effects of two or more risks occurring simultaneously. Unless otherwise indicated, references to our business being seriously harmed in these risk factors will include harm to our business, reputation, financial condition, results of operations, revenue, and future prospects. In that event, the market price of our Class A common stock could decline, and you could lose part or all of your investment. You should not interpret our disclosure of any of the following risks to imply that such risks have not already materialized. The risks facing our business have not changed substantively from those discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on February 26, 2021 except for those risks marked with an asterisk (*).

Risk Factors Summary

Below is a summary of the principal factors that make an investment in our Class A common stock speculative or risky:

Risks Related to Our Business and Industry

the highly competitive nature of the TV streaming industry that is rapidly evolving;

our ability to monetize our streaming platform;

our ability to attract advertisers and advertising agencies to our demand-side advertising platform;

our ability to develop relationships with TV brands and service operators;

our ability to establish and maintain relationships with important content publishers;

popular or new content publishers not publishing their content on our streaming platform;

maintaining an adequate supply of quality video ad inventory on our platform and selling the available supply;

content publishers electing not to participate in platform features that we develop;

irrelevant or unengaging advertising, marketing campaigns or other promotional advertising on our platform;

our ability to attract users to and generate revenue from The Roku Channel;

users signing up for offerings and services outside of our platform;

the evolution of our industry and the impact of many factors that are outside of our control;

changes in consumer viewing habits;

our and our Roku TV brand partners’ reliance on retail sales channels to sell products;

our ability to build a strong brand and maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty;

advertiser and/or advertising agency delayed payment or failure to pay;

maintaining adequate customer support levels;

our ability to manage streaming device and other product introductions and transitions;

our and our Roku TV brand partners’ reliance on contract manufacturers and limited manufacturing capabilities;

our ability to forecast manufacturing requirements and manage our supply chain and inventory levels;

decreased availability or increased costs for materials and components used in the manufacturing of our players and Roku TV models;

our ability to obtain key components from sole source suppliers;

interoperability of our streaming devices with content publishers’ offerings, technologies and systems;

detecting hardware errors or software bugs in our products before they are released to users;

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component manufacturing, design or other defects that render our devices permanently inoperable;

our ability to obtain necessary or desirable third-party technology licenses;

Risks Related to incur operating losses in the futureOperating and may never achieve or maintain profitability.Growing Our Business

our history of operating losses;

volatility of our quarterly operating results that could cause our stock price to decline;

our ability to manage our growth;

our ability to successfully expand our international operations;

seasonality of our business and its impact on our revenue and gross profit;

attracting and retaining key personnel and managing succession;

maintaining systems that can support our growth, business arrangements and financial rules;

our ability to successfully complete acquisitions and investments and integrate acquired businesses;

our ability to comply with the terms of our outstanding credit facility;

our ability to secure funds to meet our financial obligations and support our planned business growth;

We began operations in 2002Risks Related to Cybersecurity, Reliability and for allData Privacy

significant disruptions of information technology systems or data security breaches;

legal obligations and potential liability related to our users’ personal information;

our actual or perceived failure to adequately protect personal and confidential information;

disruptions in computer systems or other services that result in a degradation of our platform;

changes in how network operators manage data that travel across their networks;

Risks Related to Intellectual Property

litigation resulting in the loss of important intellectual property rights;

failure or inability to protect or enforce our intellectual property or proprietary rights;

our use of open source software;

our agreements to indemnify certain of our partners if our technology is alleged to infringe on third-parties’ intellectual property rights;

Risks Related to Macroeconomic Conditions

the current and future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business;

natural disasters or other catastrophic events;

Legal and Regulatory Risks

enactment of or changes to government regulation or laws related to our business;

changes in general economic conditions, geopolitical conditions, and/or U.S. or foreign trade and sanctions policies that impact our business;

U.S. or international rules (or absence of rules) that permit ISPs to degrade users’ internet service speeds or limit internet data consumption by users;

changes to current or future laws, regulations or government actions that impact our partners;

liability for content that is distributed through or advertising that is served through our platform;

our ability to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting;

the impact of changes in accounting principles;

compliance with laws and regulations related to the collection of indirect taxes and payment of income tax;

changes to U.S. or foreign taxation laws or regulations;

regulatory inquiries, investigations and proceedings;

Risks Related to Ownership of our history we have experienced net lossesOur Class A Common Stock

the dual class structure of our Class A common stock;

the volatility in the trading price of our Class A common stock;

potential dilution or a decline in our stock price caused by future sales or issuance of our capital stock or rights to purchase capital stock;

a decline in our stock prices caused by future sales by existing stockholders;

dependency on favorable securities and industry analyst reports;

the significant legal, accounting and other expenses associated with being a publicly-traded company;

the absence of dividends on our Class A or Class B common stock;

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anti-takeover provisions in our charter; and

the limitations resulting from our selection of the Delaware Court of Chancery and the federal district courts of the United States as the exclusive forums for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders.

Risks Related to Our Business and negative cash flows from operations. As of September 30, 2017, we had an accumulated deficit of $290.3 million and for the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we experienced a net loss of $70.5 million. We expect our operating expenses to increase in the future as we expand our operations. If our revenue and gross profit do not grow at a greater rate than our operating expenses, we will not be able to achieve and maintain profitability. We expect to incur significant losses in the future for a number of reasons, including without limitation the other risks and uncertainties described herein. Additionally, we may encounter unforeseen operating or legal expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other factors that may result in losses in future periods. If our expenses exceed our revenue, we may never achieve or maintain profitability and our business may be harmed.Industry

TV streaming is highly competitive and many companies, including large technology companies, content owners and aggregators, TV brands and service operators, are actively focusing on this industry. If we fail to differentiate ourselves and compete successfully with these companies, it will be difficult for us to attract and retain users and our business will be harmed.*

TV streaming is increasinglyhighly competitive and global. Our success depends in part on attracting and retaining users on, and effective monetization of, our TV streaming platform. To attract and retain users, we need to be able to respond efficiently to changes in consumer tastes and preferences and continue to increaseoffer our users access to the type and number of content offerings.they love on terms that they accept. Effective monetization requires us to continue to update the features and functionality of our streaming platform for users, content publishers and advertisers. We also must also effectively support the most popular sources of streaming content that are available on our platform, such as Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Discovery+, HBO Max, Hulu, Paramount+, Peacock, Netflix Amazon.com, Inc. and Hulu, including rapid responsesYouTube. And we must respond rapidly to actual and anticipated market trends in the U.S. TV streaming industry.

Companies such as Amazon.com,Amazon, Apple Inc. and Google Inc. offer TV streaming productsdevices that compete with our streaming players. Amazon.com has also recently launched a co-branded TV that natively runs its TV streaming platform that competes with Roku TV. In addition, Google licenses its Android operating system software for integration into smart TVs and service provider set top boxes.set-top boxes, and Amazon licenses its operating system software for integration into smart TVs. These companies have thegreater financial resources tothan we do and can subsidize the cost of their streaming devices in order to promote their other products and services, makingwhich could make it harder for us to acquire new users, retain existing users and increase hours streamed.streaming hours. These companies could also implement standards or technology that are not compatible with our products or that provide a better streaming experience on competitive products.experience. These companies also promote their brands through traditional forms of advertising, such as TV commercials, as well as Internetdigital advertising or website product placement, and have greater resources than us to devote to such efforts.efforts than we do.


In addition, many TV brands such as LG, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and VIZIO, Inc., offer their own TV streaming solutions within their TVs. Other devices, such as Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation game consoles, and many DVD and Blu-ray players, also incorporate TV streaming functionality.

Similarly, some service operators such as Comcast and Cablevision, offer TV streaming applications as part of their cable service plans and can leverage their existing consumer bases, installation networks, broadband delivery networks and name recognition to gain traction in the TV streaming market. If usersconsumers of TV streaming content prefer these alternative products to Rokuour streaming players and our partners' Roku TVs,TV models, we may not be able to achieve our expected growth in playeractive accounts, streaming hours, revenue, gross profit or gross profit.ARPU.

We expect competition in TV streaming from the large technology companies and service operators described above, as well as new and growing companies, to increase in the future. This increased competition could result in pricing pressure, lower revenue and gross profit or the failure of our players, Roku TV andmodels or our platform to gain or maintain broad market acceptance. To remain competitive and maintain our position as a leading TV streaming providerplatform we need to continuously invest in our platform, product development, marketing, service and support and device distribution infrastructure. In addition, evolving TV standards such as 8K, HDR and unknown future developments may require further investments in the development of our players, Roku TV models, and our platform. We may not have sufficient resources to continue to make the investments needed to maintain our competitive position. In addition, most of our competitors have longer operating histories, greater name recognition, larger customer bases and significantly greater financial, technical, sales, marketing and other resources than us, which provide them with advantages in developing, marketing or servicing new products and offerings. As a result, they may be able to respond more quickly to market demand, devote greater resources to the development, promotion, sales and salesdistribution of their products or the distribution of their content, and influence market acceptance of their products better than we can. These competitors may also be able to adapt more quickly to new or emerging technologies or standards and may be able to deliver products and services at a lower cost. Increased competition could reduce our market share,sales volume, revenue and operating margins, increase our operating costs, harm our competitive position and otherwise harm our business.

In July 2018, we introduced our Roku TV Wireless Speakers, designed specifically for use with Roku TV models, in September 2019, we launched our Roku Smart Soundbar and Roku Wireless Subwoofer and in September 2020, we launched our Roku Streambar. As a result of these developments, we may face additional competition from makers of TV audio

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speakers and soundbars, as well as makers of other TV peripheral devices. While our audio products have not generated material amounts of revenue, if these products do not operate as designed or do not enhance the Roku TV or other viewing experience as we intend, our users’ overall viewing experience may be diminished, and this may impact the overall demand for Roku TV models or our other products.

We also compete for video viewing hours with mobile platforms (phones and tablets), and users may prefer to view streaming content on such devices. Increased use of mobile or other platforms for TV streaming could adversely impact the growth of our streaming hours, harm our competitive position and otherwise harm our business.

Our future growth depends on the acceptance and growth of over-the-top (“OTT”) advertising and OTT advertising platforms.*

We operate in a highly competitive advertising industry and we compete for revenue from advertising with other streaming platforms and services, as well as traditional media, such as radio, broadcast, cable and satellite TV, and satellite and internet radio. These competitors offer content and other advertising mediums that may be more attractive to advertisers than our streaming platform. These competitors are often very large and have more advertising experience and financial resources than we do, which may adversely affect our ability to compete for advertisers and may result in lower revenue and gross profit from advertising. If we are unable to increase our revenue from advertising by, among other things, continuing to improve our platform’s capabilities to further optimize and measure advertisers’ campaigns, increasing our advertising inventory and expanding our advertising sales team and programmatic capabilities, our business and our growth prospects may be harmed. We may not be able to compete effectively or adapt to any such changes or trends, which would harm our ability to grow our advertising revenue and harm our business.

Many advertisers continue to devote a substantial portion of their advertising budgets to traditional advertising, such as linear TV, radio and print, and to advertising through social media platforms. The future growth of our business depends on the growth of OTT advertising, and on advertisers increasing their spend on advertising on our platform. Although traditional TV advertisers have shown growing interest in OTT advertising, we cannot be certain that their interest will continue to increase or that they will not revert to traditional TV advertising, especially if our users no longer stream TV or significantly reduce the amount of TV they stream either as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic coming to an end or for other reasons. If advertisers, or their agency relationships, do not perceive meaningful benefits of OTT advertising, the market may develop more slowly than we expect, which could adversely impact our operating results and our ability to grow our business.

Finally, there is political pressure in some countries to limit OTT advertising or impose local content requirements on OTT services. This pressure has been driven by owners of traditional broadcast television services and could pose a threat to our services.  

We may not be successful in our efforts to further monetize our streaming platform, which may harm our business.*

In addition to generating player revenue, ourOur business model depends on our ability to generate platform revenue from advertisers and content publishers and advertisers.publishers. We generate platform revenue primarily from advertising and audience development campaigns that run across our streaming platform and on a transactional basis from new subscription purchases and content transactions that occur on our platform.distribution services. As such, we are seeking to expand our user basethe number of active accounts and increase the number of hours that are streamed across our platform in an effort to create additional platform revenue opportunities and grow our ARPU. The total number of hours streamed, however, does not correlate with platform revenue or ARPUT on a period-by-period basis, because we do not monetize every hour streamed on our platform.opportunities. As our user base grows and as we increase the amount of content offered and streamed across our platform, we must effectively monetize our expanding user base and streaming activity. The total number of streaming hours, however, does not correlate with platform revenue on a period-by-period basis, primarily because we do not monetize every hour streamed on our platform. Moreover, streaming hours on our platform are measured whenever a player or a Roku TV is streaming content, whether a viewer is actively watching or not. For example, if a player is connected to a TV, and the viewer turns off the TV, steps away or falls asleep and does not stop or pause the player then the particular streaming channel may continue to play content for a period of time determined by the streaming channel. We believe that this also occurs across a wide variety of non-Roku streaming devices and other set-top boxes. Since the first quarter of 2020, all Roku devices include a Roku OS feature that is designed to identify when content has been continuously streaming on a channel for an extended period of time without user interaction. This feature, which we refer to as “Are you still watching,” periodically prompts the user to confirm that they are still watching the selected channel and closes the channel if the user does not respond affirmatively. We believe that the implementation of this feature across the Roku platform benefits us, our customers, channel partners and advertisers. Some of our leading channel partners, including Netflix, also have similar features within their channels. This Roku OS feature supplements these channel features. This feature has not had and is not expected to have a material impact on our financial performance.

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Our ability to deliver more relevant advertisements to our users and to increase our platform’s value to advertisers and content publishers depends on the collection of user engagement data, which may be restricted or prevented by a number of factors. Users may decide to opt out or restrict our ability to collect personal viewing data or to provide them with more relevant advertisements. Content publishers may also refuse to allow us to collect data regarding user engagement or refuse to implement mechanisms we request to ensure compliance with our legal obligations or technical requirements. For example, we are not able to fully utilize program level viewing data from many of our most popular channels to improve the relevancy of advertisements provided to our users. Other channels available on our platform, such as Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, Hulu and YouTube, are focused on increasing user engagement and time spent within their channel by allowing themusers to purchase additional content and streaming services within their channels. In addition, we do not currently monetize content provided on non-certified channels, which are not displayed in our channel store and must be added manually by the user, on our streaming platform. If our users spend most of their time within particular channels where we have limited or no ability to place advertisements or leverage user information, or users opt out from our ability to collect data for use in providing more relevant advertisements, then we may not be able to achieve our expected growth in platform revenue or gross profit. If we are unable to further monetize our streaming platform, our business may be harmed.

To date, the majority of the hours streamed on our platform have consisted of subscription video on demand content; however, inIn order to materially increase the monetization of our streaming platform through the sale of advertising-supported video advertising, we will need our users to stream significantly more ad-supported content. Furthermore, ourOur efforts to monetize our streaming platform through ad-supported content is(including through advertising-supported video on demand (“AVOD”)) are still developing and may not continue to grow as we expect. This means of monetization will require us to continue to attract advertising dollars to our streaming platform as well as deliver AVOD content that appeals to users. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in monetizing our streaming platform through the saledistribution of advertising-supported video.

We depend on a small number of content publishers for a majority of our streaming hours, and if we fail to monetize these relationships, directly or indirectly, our business could be harmed.

Historically, a small number of content publishers have accounted for a significant portion of the content streamed across our platform and the terms and conditions of our relationships with content publishers vary. For both fiscal 2016 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017, content streamed from our top five streaming channels accounted for approximately 70% of the total hours of content streamed across our platform, with Netflix alone accounting for approximately one-third of all hours streamed in each period. However, although Netflix is the largest provider of content across our platform, revenue generated from Netflix was not material to


our overall revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, and we do not expect revenue from Netflix to be material to our operating results for the foreseeable future. In addition, our agreements with content publishers generally have a term of one to three years and can be terminated before the end of the term by the content publisher under certain circumstances, such as if we materially breach the agreement, become insolvent, enter bankruptcy, commit fraud or fail to adhere to the content publisher’s security requirements. Further, we receive no revenue from YouTube, the most viewed ad-supported channel by hours streamed on our platform for fiscal 2016 and the nine months ended September 30, 2017. If we fail to maintain our relationships with the content publishers that account for a significant amount of the content streamed by our users or if these content publishers face problems in delivering their content across our platform, we may lose users and our business may be harmed.

We operate in an evolving industry, which makes it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects. If TV streaming develops more slowly than we expect, our operating results and growth prospects could be harmed. In addition, our future growth depends on the growth of TV streaming advertising.

TV streaming is relatively new and rapidly evolving industry, making our business and prospects difficult to evaluate. The growth and profitability of this industry and the level of demand and market acceptance for our products and TV platform are subject to a high degree of uncertainty. We believe that the continued growth of streaming as an entertainment alternative will depend on the availability and growth of cost-effective broadband Internet access, the quality of broadband content delivery, the quality and reliability of new devices and technology, the cost for users relative to other sources of content, as well as the quality and breadth of content that is delivered across streaming platforms. These technologies, products and content offerings continue to emerge and evolve. Users, content publishers or advertisers may find TV streaming platforms to be less attractive than traditional TV, which would harm our business. In addition, many advertisers continue to devote a substantial portion of their advertising budgets to traditional advertising, such as TV, radio and print. The future growth of our business depends on the growth of TV streaming advertising, and on advertisers increasing spend on such advertising. We cannot be certain that they will do so. If advertisers do not perceive meaningful benefits of TV streaming advertising, then this market may develop more slowly than we expect, which could adversely impact our operating results and our ability to grow our business.content.

If we are unable to maintain an adequate supply of video ad inventory onattract advertisers or advertising agencies to our OneView Ad Platform or if we are not successful in running a demand-side advertising platform, our business may be harmed.

WeIn 2020, we announced the rebranding of the OneView Ad Platform, a demand-side platform through which advertisers and advertising agencies can programmatically purchase and manage their OTT, desktop and mobile advertising campaigns. OneView leverages the demand-side platform (“DSP”) developed by dataxu, which we acquired in November 2019, and integrates the reach, inventory and capabilities of our proprietary advertising products and services. The market for programmatic OTT ad buying is an emerging market, and our current and potential advertisers and advertising agencies may failnot shift to programmatic ad buying from other buying methods as quickly as we expect or at all. If the market for programmatic OTT ad buying deteriorates or develops more slowly than we expect, advertisers and advertising agencies may not use OneView or we may not attract content publishers that generate sufficient ad-supported content hours onprospective advertisers or advertising agencies to OneView, and our platform and continue to grow our video ad inventory. Our business model depends on our ability to grow video ad inventory on our platform and sell it to advertisers. We grow ad inventory by adding and retaining content publishers on our platform with ad-supported channels that we can monetize.could be harmed. In addition, we dohave limited experience running a DSP and if OneView does not have access to all video ad inventory on our platform, andthe functionality or services expected by advertisers or advertising agencies, we may not secure access in the future. The amount, quality and cost of inventory availablebe able to us can change at any time.attract their advertising spend to OneView or our existing customers may not maintain or increase their spend on OneView. If we are unablefail to growadapt to our rapidly changing industry or to our customers evolving needs, advertisers and maintain a sufficient supply of quality video advertising inventory at reasonable costs to keep up with demand,agencies will not adopt OneView and our business may be harmed.

We operate in a highly competitive industry and we compete for advertising revenue with other Internet streaming platforms and services, as well as traditional media, such as radio, broadcast, cable and satellite TV and satellite and Internet radio. These competitors offer content and other advertising mediums that may be more attractive to advertisers than our TV streaming platform. These competitors are often very large and have more advertising experience and financial resources than we do, which may adversely affect our ability to compete for advertisers and may result in lower revenue and gross profit from advertising. If we are unable to increase our advertising revenue by, among other things, continuing to improve our platform’s data capabilities to further optimize and measure advertisers’ campaigns, increase our advertising inventory and expand our advertising sales team and programmatic capabilities, our business and our growth prospects may be harmed. Wealso may not be able to compete effectively with more established DSPs or be able to adapt to any such changes or trends in programmatic OTT advertising, which would harm our ability to grow our advertising revenue and harm our business.

Our players and Roku TVs must operate with various offerings, technologies and systems from our content publishers that we do not control. If Roku devices do not operate effectively with those offerings, technologies and systems, our business may be harmed.

Our Roku OS is designed for performance using relatively low cost hardware, which enables us to drive user growth with our players and Roku TVs offered at a low cost to consumers. However, our hardware must be interoperable with all channels and other offerings, technologies and systems from our content publishers, including virtual multi-channel video programming distributors such as Sling TV. We have no control over these offerings, technologies and systems beyond our channel certification requirements, and if our players don’t provide our users with a high quality experience on those offerings on a cost effective basis or if changes are made to those offerings that are not compatible with our players, we may be unable to increase user growth and content hours streamed, we may be required to increase our hardware costs and our business will be harmed. We plan to continue to introduce new products regularly and we have experienced that it takes time to optimize such products to function well with these offerings, technologies and systems. In addition, many of our largest content publishers have the right to test and certify our new products before we can publish their channels on new products. These certification processes can be time consuming and introduce third party dependencies into our product release cycles. If content publishers do not certify new products on a timely basis, or require us to make changes in order to


obtain certifications, our product release plans may be adversely impacted. To continue to grow our active accounts and user engagement, we will need to prioritize development of our products to work better with new offerings, technologies and systems. If we are unable to maintain consistent operability of Roku devices that is on parity with or better than other platforms, our business could be harmed. In addition, any future changes to offerings, technologies and systems from our content publishers such as virtual service operators may impact the accessibility, speed, functionality, and other performance aspects of our products, which issues are likely to occur in the future from time to time. We may not successfully develop products that operate effectively with these offerings, technologies or systems. If it becomes more difficult for our users to access and use these offerings, technologies or systems, our business could be harmed.

Changes in consumer viewing habits could harm our business.

The manner in which consumers access streaming content is changing rapidly. As the technological infrastructure for Internet access continues to improve and evolve, consumers will be presented with more opportunities to access video, music and games on-demand with interactive capabilities. Time spent on mobile devices is growing rapidly, in particular by young adults streaming video content, including popular streaming channels like Netflix and YouTube, as well as content from cable or satellite providers available live or on-demand on mobile devices. In addition, personal computers, smart TVs, DVD players, Blu-ray players, gaming consoles and cable set top boxes allow users to access streaming entertainment content. If other streaming or technology providers are able to respond and take advantage of changes in consumer viewing habits and technologies better than us, our business could be harmed.

New entrants may enter the TV streaming market with unique service offerings or approaches to providing video. In addition, our competitors may enter into business combinations or alliances that strengthen their competitive positions. If new technologies render the TV streaming market obsolete or we are unable to successfully compete with current and new competitors and technologies, our business will be harmed, and we may not be able to increase or maintain our market share and revenue.

If we fail to obtain or maintain popular content, we may fail to retain existing users and attract new users.

We have invested a significant amount of time to cultivate relationships with our content publishers; however, such relationships may not continue to grow or yield further financial results. We must continuously maintain existing relationships and identify and establish new relationships with content publishers to provide popular content. In order to remain competitive, we must consistently meet user demand for popular streaming channels and content; particularly as we launch new players or enter new markets, including international markets. If we are not successful in helping our content publishers launch and maintain streaming channels that attract and retain a significant number of users on our platform or if we are not able to do so in a cost-effective manner, our business will be harmed. Our ability to successfully help content publishers maintain and expand their channel offerings on a cost-effective basis largely depends on our ability to:

effectively market new streaming channels and enhancements to our existing streaming channels;

minimize launch delays of new and updated streaming channels; and

minimize platform downtime and other technical difficulties.

If we fail to help our content publishers maintain and expand their channel offerings our business may be harmed.

If the advertisements on our platform are not relevant or not engaging to our users, our growth in active accounts and hours streamed may be adversely impacted.

We have made, and are continuing to make, investments to enable advertisers to deliver relevant advertising content to users on our platform. Existing and prospective Roku advertisers may not be successful in serving ads that lead to and maintain user engagement. Those ads may seem irrelevant, repetitive or overly targeted and intrusive. We are continuously seeking to balance the objectives of our users and advertisers with our desire to provide an optimal user experience, but we may not be successful in achieving a balance that continues to attract and retain users and advertisers. If we do not introduce relevant advertisements or such advertisements are overly intrusive and impede the use of our TV streaming platform, our users may stop using our platform which will harm our business.

The Roku Channel may not generate sufficient advertising revenues.

In September 2017, we launched “The Roku Channel,” an ad-supported streaming channel on the Roku platform that gives our users free access to a collection of films and other content. We will not receive subscriptions or other fees from users that access content on The Roku Channel. We have incurred, and will continue to incur, costs and expenses in connection with the launch and operation of The Roku Channel, which we plan to monetize through advertising. If our users do not stream the content we make available on The


Roku Channel, we will not have the opportunity to monetize The Roku Channel through advertising. Furthermore, if the advertisements on The Roku Channel are not relevant to our users or such advertisements are overly intrusive and impede our users’ enjoyment of the content we make available, our users may not stream content and view advertisements on The Roku Channel, and The Roku Channel may not generate sufficient advertising revenues to be cost effective for us to operate.

Our growth will depend in part uponon our ability to develop and expand our relationships with TV brandsbrand partners in the United States and international markets and, to a lesser extent, service operators.

We have developed, and intend to continue to develop and expand, relationships with TV brandsbrand partners and, to a lesser extent, service operators in both the United States and international markets. Our licensing arrangements are complex and time-consuming to negotiate and complete. Our current and potential partners include TV brands, cable and satellite companies and telecommunication providers. Under these license arrangements,We continue to invest in the growth and expansion of our Roku TV program both in the United States and international markets. Our licensing program for service operators has historically been primarily focused on international markets and has not been growing in scale in recent years, as we generally have limited control overshifted the amount and timingfocus of resources these entities dedicateour international growth to the relationship. Ifsale of Roku streaming players and Roku TV models.

In the past few years, the sale of Roku TV models by our TV brand or service operator partners failhas materially contributed to meet their forecasts for distributing licensed devices, our business may be harmed.

active account growth, to our streaming hours, and to our platform monetization efforts. This growth has primarily been in the United States; however, our Roku TV licensing program has been expanded to certain international markets. We license ourthe Roku OS and our smart TV reference designs to certain TV brandsbrand partners to manufacture co-branded smart TVs, or Roku TVs. We have not received, nor do we expect to receive, license revenue from these arrangements, but we expect to incur expenses in connection with these commercial agreements. The primary economic benefits that we derive from these license arrangements have been and will likely continue to be indirect, primarily from growing our active accounts, increasing streaming hours and increasing hours streamed. We have not received, nor do we expect to receive significant license revenue from these arrangements in the near term, but we expect to incur expenses in connection with these commercial agreements.generating advertising-related revenues on our platform. If these arrangements do not continue to result

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in increased users,active accounts and streaming hours, streamed or we are unableand if that growth does not in turn lead to increase the revenue under these arrangements,successfully monetizing that increased user activity, our business may be harmed.

The loss of a relationship with a TV brand or service operator could harm our results of operations, damage our reputation, increase pricing and promotional pressures from other partners and distribution channels, or increase our marketing costs. If we are not successful in maintaining existing and creating new relationships with TV brands and, to a lesser extent, service operators,any of these third parties, or if we encounter technological, content licensing or other impediments to our development of these relationships, our ability to grow our business could be adversely impacted.

Under these license arrangements, we generally have limited control over the amount and timing of resources these entities dedicate to the relationship. If our TV brand or service operator partners fail to meet their forecasts for distributing licensed streaming devices, or chose to deploy competing streaming solutions within their product lines, our business may be harmed.

We depend on a small number of content publishers for a majority of our streaming hours, and if we fail to maintain these relationships, our business could be harmed.*

Historically, a small number of content publishers have accounted for a significant portion of the hours streamed on our platform. In the quarter ended June 30, 2021, the top three streaming services represented over 50% of all hours streamed in the period. If, for any reason, we cease distributing channels that have historically streamed a large percentage of the aggregate streaming hours on our platform, our streaming hours, active accounts or streaming device sales may be adversely affected, and our business may be harmed. 

If popular or new content publishers do not publish content on our platform, we may fail to retain existing users and attract new users.

We must continuously maintain existing relationships and identify and establish new relationships with content publishers to provide popular streaming channels and popular content. In order to remain competitive, we must consistently meet user demand for popular streaming channels and content; particularly as we launch new players, new Roku TV models are introduced, or we enter new markets, including international markets. If we are not successful in helping our content publishers launch and maintain streaming channels that attract and retain a significant number of users on our streaming platform or if we are not able to do so in a cost-effective manner, our business will be harmed. Our ability to successfully help content publishers maintain and expand their channel offerings on a cost-effective basis largely depends on our ability to:

effectively promote and market new and existing streaming channels;

minimize launch delays of new and updated streaming channels; and

minimize streaming platform downtime and other technical difficulties.

In addition, if service operators, including pay TV providers, refuse to grant our users access to stream certain channels or only make content available on devices they prefer, our ability to offer a broad selection of popular streaming channels or content may be limited. If we fail to help our content publishers maintain and expand their audiences on the Roku platform or their channels are not available on our platform, our business may be harmed.

Most of our agreements with content publishers are not long term and can be terminated by the content publishers under certain circumstances. Any disruption in the renewal of such agreements may result in the removal of certain channels from our streaming platform and may harm our active account growth and engagement.

We enter into agreements with all our content publishers, which have varying terms and conditions, including expiration dates. Our agreements with content publishers generally have terms of one to three years and can be terminated before the end of the term by the content publisher under certain circumstances, such as if we materially breach the agreement, become insolvent, enter bankruptcy, commit fraud or fail to adhere to the content publishers’ security or other platform certification requirements. Upon expiration of these agreements, we are required to re-negotiate and renew them in order to continue providing content from these content publishers on our streaming platform. We have in the past been unable, and in the future may not be able, to reach a satisfactory agreement with certain content publishers before our existing agreements have expired. If we are unable to renew such agreements on a timely basis on mutually agreeable terms, we may be required to temporarily or permanently remove certain channels from our streaming platform.

The loss of such channels from our streaming platform for any period of time may harm our business. More broadly, if we fail to maintain our relationships with the content publishers on terms favorable to us, or at all, or if these content

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publishers face problems in delivering their content across our platform, we may lose channel partners or users and our business may be harmed.

If we are unable to maintain an adequate supply of quality video ad inventory on our platform or effectively sell our available video ad inventory, our business may be harmed.

Our business model depends on our ability to grow video ad inventory on our streaming platform and sell it to advertisers. While The Roku Channel serves as a valuable source of video ad inventory for us to sell, we are also dependent on our ability to monetize video ad inventory within other ad-supported channels on our streaming platform. We seek to obtain the ability to sell such inventory from the content publishers of such channels. We may fail to attract content publishers that generate a sufficient quantity or quality of ad-supported content hours on our streaming platform, or fail to obtain access to a sufficient quantity and quality of ad inventory from the publishers of such content. Our access to video ad inventory in ad-supported streaming channels on our platform varies greatly among channels; accordingly, we do not have access to all of the video ad inventory on our platform. For certain channels, including YouTube’s ad-supported channel, we have no access to video ad inventory at this time, and we may not secure access in the future. The amount, quality and cost of video ad inventory available to us can change at any time. If we are unable to grow and maintain a sufficient supply of quality video ad inventory at reasonable costs to keep up with demand, our business may be harmed.

If our content publishers do not participate in new features that we may introduce from time to time, our business may be harmed.

As our streaming platform and products evolve, we will continue to introduce new features, which may or may not be attractive to our content publishers or meet their requirements. For example, some content publishers have elected not to participate in our cross-channel search feature, our integrated advertising framework, or have imposed limits on our data gathering for usage within their channels. In addition, our streaming platform utilizes our proprietary Brightscript scripting language in order to allow our content publishers to develop and create channels on our streaming platform. If we introduce new features or utilize a new scripting language in the future, such a change may not comply with our content publishers' certification requirements. In addition, our content publishers may find other languages, such as HTML5, more attractive to develop for and shift their resources to developing their channels on other platforms. If content publishers do not find our streaming platform simple and attractive to develop channels for, do not value and participate in all of the features and functionality that our streaming platform offers, or determine that our software developer kit or new features of our platform do not meet their certification requirements, our business may be harmed.

If the advertising and audience development campaigns and other promotional advertising on our platform are not relevant or not engaging to our users, our growth in active accounts and streaming hours may be adversely impacted.

We have made, and are continuing to make, investments to enable advertisers and content publishers to deliver relevant advertisement, audience development campaigns and other promotional advertising to our users. Existing and prospective advertisers and content publishers may not be successful in serving ads and audience development campaigns and sponsoring other promotional advertising that lead to and maintain user engagement. Those ads and campaigns may seem irrelevant, repetitive or overly targeted and intrusive. We are continuously seeking to balance the objectives of our advertisers and content publishers with our desire to provide an optimal user experience, but we may not be successful in achieving a balance that continues to attract and retain users, advertisers and content publishers. If we do not introduce relevant advertisers, audience development campaigns, and other promotional advertising, or such advertisements, audience development campaigns, and other promotional advertising are overly intrusive and impede the use of our streaming platform, our users may stop using our platform which will harm our business.

The Roku Channel may not continue to attract a large number of users and/or generate significant revenue from advertising, and our users may not purchase Premium Subscriptions.*

We operate The Roku Channel, which offers both ad-supported free access for users to a collection of films, television series and other content as well as Premium Subscriptions, which allow our users to pay for ad-free content from various content publishers, all on one streaming channel. We have incurred, and will continue to incur, costs and expenses in connection with the development, expansion and operation of The Roku Channel, which we monetize primarily through advertising. For example, in the first quarter of 2021, we acquired content rights, including rights to certain projects in development, from the mobile-first video distribution service known as Quibi, and announced that The Roku Channel would become the home of such content. In addition, we acquired the entities comprising the “This Old House” business, which own and produce the “This Old House” and “Ask This Old House” TV programs and operate related business lines, to further the growth strategy and ad-supported content offerings in The Roku Channel. If our users do not continue to stream the free, ad-supported content we make available on The Roku Channel, we will not have the opportunity to monetize The Roku Channel through revenue generated from advertising. In order to attract users to the ad-supported content on The Roku

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Channel and drive streaming of ad-supported video on The Roku Channel, we must secure rights to stream content that is appealing to our users and advertisers. In part, we do this by directly licensing certain content from content owners, such as television and movie studios. The agreements that we enter into with these content owners have varying terms and provide us with rights to make specific content available through The Roku Channel during certain periods of time. Upon expiration of these agreements, we are required to re-negotiate and renew these agreements with the content owners, or enter into new agreements with other content owners, in order to obtain rights to distribute additional titles or to extend the duration of the rights previously granted. If we are unable to enter into content license agreements on acceptable terms to access content that enables us to attract and retain users of the ad-supported content on The Roku Channel, or if the content we do secure rights to stream, including for example the content that we acquired through the Quibi and This Old House transactions described above, is ultimately not appealing to our users and advertisers, usage of The Roku Channel may decline, and our business may be harmed. In addition, following the acquisition of the This Old House business and the launch of our advertising brand studio, we are producing content for distribution on The Roku Channel and other platforms. We have limited experience producing content, and we may not be successful in doing so in a cost-effective manner that is appealing to our users and advertisers and furthers the growth of The Roku Channel. Furthermore, if the advertisements on The Roku Channel are not relevant to our users or such advertisements are overly intrusive and impede our users’ enjoyment of the available content, our users may not stream content and view advertisements on The Roku Channel, and The Roku Channel may not generate sufficient revenue from advertising to be cost effective for us to operate, regardless of our ability to sell Premium Subscriptions. In addition, we distribute The Roku Channel on platforms other than our own streaming platform, and there can be no assurance that we will be successful in attracting a large number of users and/or generating significant revenue from advertising through the distribution of The Roku Channel on such other streaming platforms.

If our users sign up for offerings and services outside of our platform or thoughthrough other channels on our platform, our business may be harmed.

We earn revenue by acquiring subscribers for certain of our content publishers activated on or through our platform. If users do not use our platform for these purchases or subscriptions for any reason, and instead pay for services directly with content publishers or by other means that we do not receive attribution for, our business may be harmed. In addition, certain channels available on our platform allow users to purchase additional streaming services from within their channels. The revenuesrevenue we earn from these transactions areis generally not equivalent to the revenuesrevenue we earn from activations on or through our platform that we receive full attribution credit for. Furthermore, for Premium Subscriptions, we only earn revenue for subscription video on demand (“SVOD”) channels, including subscriptions to these services through The Roku Channel. Accordingly, if users activate their subscriptions for content or services throughSVOD channels, including channels available as Premium Subscriptions, other channelsthan on our platform, our business may be harmed.

If we were to lose the services of our Chief Executive Officer or other members of our senior management team, we may not be able to execute our business strategy.

Our success dependsWe operate in a large part upon the continued service of key members of our senior management team. In particular, our founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Wood, is critical to our overall management, as well as the continued development of our devices and the Roku platform, our culture and our strategic direction. All of our executive officers are at will employees, and we do not maintain any key person life insurance policies. The loss of any member of our senior management team could harm our business.

If we are unable to attract and retain highly qualified employees, we may not be able to continue to grow our business.

Our ability to compete and grow depends in large part on the efforts and talents of our employees. Our employees, particularly engineers and other product developers, are in high demand, and we devote significant resources to identifying, hiring, training, successfully integrating and retaining these employees. As competition with other companies’ increases, we may incur significant expenses in attracting and retaining high quality engineers and other employees. The loss of employees or the inability to hire additional skilled employees as necessary to support the rapid growth of our business and the scale of our operations could result in significant disruptions to our business, and the integration of replacement personnel could be time-consuming and expensive and cause additional disruptions to our business.

We believe a critical component to our success and our ability to retain our best people is our culture. As we continue to grow and develop a public company infrastructure, we may find it difficult to maintain our entrepreneurial, execution-focused culture. In addition, many of our employees, may be able to receive significant proceeds from sales of our equity in the public markets after our initial public offering, which may reduce their motivation to continue to work for us. Moreover, the IPO could create disparities in wealth among our employees, which may harm our culture and relations among employees and our business.


Most of our agreements with content publishers are not long term. Any disruption in the renewal of such agreements may result in the removal of certain content from our platform and may harm our active account growth and engagement.

We enter into agreements with all our content publishers, which have varying expiration dates; typically over one to three years. Upon expiration of these agreements, we are required to re-negotiate and renew these agreements in order to continue providing offerings from these content publishers on our platform. For example, since 2008, we have offered Netflix on our platform pursuant to a series of multi-year contracts. We are in the final year of our current application distribution agreement with Netflix and we anticipaterapidly evolving industry that this contract will be extended or renewed prior to its expiration. We may not be able to reach a satisfactory agreement before our existing agreements have expired. If we are unable to renew such agreements on a timely basis, we may be required to temporarily or permanently remove certain content from our platform. The loss of such content from our platform for any period of time may harm our business.

If our content publishers do not continue to develop channels for our platform and participate in new features that we may introduce from time to time, our business may be harmed.

As our platform and products evolve, we will continue to introduce new features, which may or may not be attractive to our content publishers or meet their requirements. For example, some content publishers have elected not to participate in our cross-channel search feature, our integrated advertising framework, known as RAF, or have imposed limits on our data gathering for usage within their channels. In addition, our platform utilizes our proprietary Brightscript scripting language in order to allow our content publishers to develop and create channels on our platform. If we introduce new features or utilize a new scripting language in the future, such a change may not comply with our content publisher’s certification requirements. In addition, our content publishers may find other languages, such as HTML5, more attractive to develop for and shift their resources to developing their channels on other platforms. If content publishers do not find our platform simple and attractive to develop channels for, do not value and participate in all of the features and functionality that our platform offers, or determine that our software developer kit or new features of our platform do not meet their certification requirements, our business may be harmed.

Our quarterly operating results may be volatile and are difficult to predict, and our stock price may decline if we fail to meet the expectations of securities analysts or investors.

Our revenue, gross profit and other operating results could vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year and may fail to match our past performance due to a variety of factors, includingimpacted by many factors that are outside of our control. Factorscontrol, which makes it difficult to evaluate our business and prospects.*

TV streaming is a rapidly evolving industry, making our business and prospects difficult to evaluate. The growth and profitability of this industry and the level of demand and market acceptance for our products and streaming platform are subject to a high degree of uncertainty. We believe that may contributethe continued growth of streaming as an entertainment alternative will depend on the availability and growth of cost-effective broadband internet access (including mobile broadband internet access), the quality and reliability of broadband content delivery, broadband service providers’ ability to control the variabilitydelivery speed of different content traveling on their networks, the quality and reliability of new devices and technology, the cost for users relative to other sources of content, as well as the quality and breadth of content that is delivered across streaming platforms. Accordingly, the future evolution of TV streaming as an industry, which is likely to impact our success, is dependent on many of the factors that are outside of our operating results and cause the market price ofcontrol.

Changes in consumer viewing habits could harm our Class A common stock to fluctuate include:business.

the entrance of new competitors or competitive products in our market, whether by established or new companies;

our ability to retain and grow our active account base and increase engagement among new and existing users;

our ability to maintain effective pricing practices, in response to the competitive marketsThe manner in which we operateconsumers access streaming content is changing rapidly. As the technological infrastructure for internet access continues to improve and evolve, consumers will be presented with more opportunities to access video, music and games on-demand with interactive capabilities. Time spent on mobile devices is growing rapidly, in particular by young adults streaming content as well as content from cable or satellite providers available live or on-demand on mobile devices. In addition, personal computers, smart TVs, DVD players, Blu-ray players, gaming consoles and cable set-top boxes allow users to access streaming content. If other macroeconomic factors, such as inflationstreaming or increased product taxes;

technology providers are able to respond and take advantage of changes in consumer viewing habits and technologies better than us, our revenue mix, which drives gross profit;business could be harmed.

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New entrants may enter the TV streaming market with unique service offerings or other shifts in advertising revenue or player sales;

the timing of the launch of new or updated products, streaming channels or features;

the addition or loss of popular content;

the ability of retailersapproaches to anticipate consumer demand;

an increase in the manufacturing or component costs of our players or the manufacturing or component costs of our TV brand licensees’ for Roku TVs; and

an increase in costs associated with protecting our intellectual property, defending against third-party intellectual property infringement allegations or procuring rights to third-party intellectual property.

Our gross profit margins vary across our devices and platform offerings. Player revenue has a lower gross margin compared to platform revenue derived through our arrangements with advertising, content distribution, billing and licensing activities. Gross margins on our players vary across player models and can change over time as a result of product transitions, pricing and configuration changes, component costs, player returns and other cost fluctuations.providing video. In addition, our gross margin and operating margin percentages, as well as overall profitability,competitors may be adversely impacted as a result of a shift in device, geographicenter into business combinations or sales channel mix, component cost increases, price competition,alliances that strengthen their competitive positions. If new technologies render the TV streaming market obsolete or the introduction of new players, including those that have higher cost structures with flat or reduced pricing. We have in the past and may in the future strategically reduce our player gross margin in an effort to


increase our active accounts and grow our gross profit. As a result, our player revenue may not increase as rapidly as it has historically, or at all, and, unless we are able to adequately increase our platform revenue and grow our active accounts, we may be unable to grow gross profitsuccessfully compete with current and new competitors and technologies, our business will be harmed. If a reduction in gross margin does not result in an increase in our active accounts and gross profit, our financial results may suffer and our business may be harmed.

Our revenue and gross profit are subject to seasonality and if our sales during the holiday season fall below our expectations, our business may be harmed.

Seasonal consumer shopping patterns significantly affect our business. Specifically, our revenue and gross profit are traditionally strongest in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year due to higher consumer purchases and increased advertising during holiday periods. Fourth quarter revenue comprised 40% and 37% of our fiscal 2015 and 2016 total net revenue, respectively, and fourth quarter gross profit comprised 39% and 37% of our fiscal 2015 and 2016 gross profit, respectively. Furthermore, a significant percentage of our player sales through retailers in the fourth quarter are pursuant to committed sales agreements with retailers for which we recognize significant discounts in the average selling prices in the third quarter in an effort to grow our active accounts, which will reduce our player gross margin.

Given the seasonal nature of our player sales, accurate forecasting is critical to our operations. We anticipate that this seasonal impact on revenue and gross profit is likely to continue and any shortfall in expected fourth quarter revenue, due to macroeconomic conditions, a decline in the effectiveness of our promotional activities, actions by our competitors or disruptions in our supply or distribution chain, or for any other reason, would cause our results of operations to suffer significantly. For example, delays or disruptions at U.S. ports of entry could adversely affect our or our licensees’ ability to timely deliver players and co-branded Roku TVs to retailers during the holiday season. A substantial portion of our expenses are personnel related and include salaries, stock-based compensation and benefits that are not seasonal in nature. Accordingly, in the event of a revenue shortfall, we would be unable to mitigate the negative impact on margins, at least in the short term, and our business would be harmed.

We and our Roku TV brand partners depend on our retail sales channels to effectively market and sell our players and Roku TVs,TV models, and if we or our partners fail to maintain and expand effective retail sales channels, we could experience lower player or Roku TV model sales.*

To continue to acquire newincrease our active accounts, we must maintain and expand our retail sales channels. The majority of our players and our TV brand partners' Roku TVsTV models are sold through traditional brick and mortar retailers, such as Best Buy, Costco, Target and Walmart, including their online sales platforms, and online retailers such as Amazon.com.Amazon. To a lesser extent, we sell players directly through our website and internationally through distributors. In 2015For the three and 2016, Amazon.com,six months ended June 30, 2021, Amazon, Best Buy and Walmart eachin total accounted for more than 10%65% and 69%, respectively, of our player revenue and are expected to each account for more than 10% of our player revenue in fiscal 2017.segment revenue. These three retailers collectively accounted for 57%69% and 61 %72% of our player revenue in fiscal 2015for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2016,2019, respectively. These retailers and our international distributors also sell products offered by our competitors. We have no minimum purchase commitments or long-term contracts with any of these retailers or distributors. If one or several retailers or distributors were to discontinue selling our players or our TV brand partners' Roku TVs, orTV models, choose not to prominently display those devices in their stores or on their websites, or close or severely limit access to their brick and mortar locations due to COVID-19 restrictions or other concerns, the volume of Rokuour streaming devices sold could decrease, which would harm our business. If any of our existing TV brands choose to work exclusively with, or divert a significant portion of their business with us to, other operating system developers, this may impact our ability to license the Roku OS and our smart TV reference design to TV brands and our ability to continue to grow active accounts. Traditional retailers have limited shelf and end cap space in their stores and limited promotional budgets, and online retailers have limited prime website product placement space. Competition is intense for these resources, and a competitor with more extensive product lines and stronger brand identity, such as AppleAmazon or Google, possesses greater bargaining power with retailers. In addition, one of our online retailers, Amazon.com,Amazon, sells its own competitive TV streaming productsdevices and is able to market and promote these products more prominently on its website, and could refuse to offer or promote our devices.devices on its website. Any reduction in our ability to place and promote our devices, or increased competition for available shelf or website placement, wouldcould require us to increase our marketing expenditures simply to maintain our product visibility or result in reduced visibility for our products, which may harm our business. In particular, the availability of product placement during peak retail periods, such as the holiday season, is critical to our revenue growth, and if we are unable to effectively sell our devices during these periods, our business would be harmed.

If our efforts to build a strong brand and maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty are not successful, we may not be able to attract or retain users, and our business may be harmed.

Building and maintaining a strong brand is important to attract and retain users, as potential users have a number of TV streaming choices. Successfully building a brand is a time consuming and comprehensive endeavor and can be positively and negatively impacted by any number of factors. Some of theseCertain factors, such as the quality or pricing of our players or our customer service, are within our control. Other factors, such as the quality and reliability of Roku TVsTV models and the quality of the content that our content publishers provide, may be out of our control, yet users may nonetheless attribute those factors to us. Our competitors may be able to achieve and maintain brand awareness and market share more quickly and effectively than we can. Many of our competitors are larger companies and promote their brands through traditional forms of advertising, such as print media and TV commercials, and have substantial resources to devote to such efforts. Our competitors may also have greater resources to utilize Internetdigital advertising or website product placement more effectively than we can. If we are unable to execute on building a strong brand, it may be difficult to


differentiate our business and streaming platform from our competitors in the marketplace, therefore our ability to attract and retain users may be adversely affected and our business may be harmed.

We must successfully manage device introductionsOur streaming platform allows our users to choose from thousands of channels, representing a variety of content from a wide range of content publishers. Our users can choose and transitions in ordercontrol which channels they download and watch, and they can use certain settings to remain competitive.

We must continually develop new and improved devices that meet changing consumer demands. Moreover, the introduction of a new device is a complex task, involving significant expenditures in research and development, promotion and sales channel development, and management of existing inventoriesprevent channels from being downloaded to reduce the cost associated with returns and slow moving inventory. As new devices are introduced,our streaming devices. While we have policies that prohibit the publication of content that is unlawful, incites illegal activities or violates third-party rights, among other things, we may distribute channels that include controversial content. Controversies related to monitor closely the inventory at our contract manufacturers, and phase outcontent included on certain of the manufacture of prior versionschannels that we distribute could result in a controlled manner. For example, in 2017 we participated in the introduction of dozens of new models of Roku TVs with TCL that incorporate new high-dynamic range technologies and high-end Roku TVs with Hisense that feature new 4K technologies and larger screen sizes and we updated our entire streaming player product line for higher performance and new features. Whether users will broadly adopt new devices is not certain. Our future success will depend on our ability to develop new and competitively priced devices and add new desirable content and featuresnegative publicity, cause harm to our platform. Moreover, we must introduce new devices in a timelyreputation and cost-effective manner, and we must secure production orders for those devices from our contract manufacturers and component suppliers. The development of new devices is a highly complex process, and while our research and development efforts are aimed at solving increasingly complex problems, we do not expect that all of our projects will be successful. The successful development and introduction of new devices depends on a number of factors, including the following:

the accuracy of our forecasts for market requirements beyond near term visibility;

our ability to anticipate and react to new technologies and evolving consumer trends;

our development, licensingbrand, or acquisition of new technologies;

our timely completion of new designs and development;

the ability of our contract manufacturers to cost-effectively manufacture our new devices;

the availability of materials and key components used in the manufacture of our new devices; and

our ability to attract and retain world-class research and development personnel.

If any of these or other factors becomes problematic, we may not be able to develop and introduce new devices in a timely or cost-effective manner, and our business may be harmed.

We do not have manufacturing capabilities and primarily depend upon a single contract manufacturer, and our operations could be disrupted if we encounter problems with these contract manufacturers.

We do not have any internal manufacturing capabilities and primarily rely upon one contract manufacturer, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., or Foxconn, to build our devices. Foxconn and our other contract manufacturers are vulnerable to capacity constraints and reduced component availability, and our control over delivery schedules, manufacturing yields and costs, particularly when components are in short supply or when we introduce a new device or feature, is limited. In addition, we have limited control over Foxconn’s quality systems and controls, and therefore must rely on Foxconn to manufacture our devices to our quality and performance standards and specifications. Delays, component shortages and other manufacturing and supply problems could impair the retail distribution of our devices and ultimately our brand. Furthermore, any adverse change in our contract manufacturers’ financial or business condition could disrupt our ability to supply devices to our retailers and distributors.

Our contract with Foxconn does not obligate them to supply our devices in any specific quantity or at any specific price. In the event Foxconn is unable to fulfill our production requirements in a timely manner or decide to terminate their relationship with us, our order fulfillment may be delayed and we would have to identify, select and qualify acceptable alternative contract manufacturers. Alternative contract manufacturers may not be available to us when needed or may not be in a position to satisfy our production requirements at commercially reasonable prices or to our quality and performance standards. Any significant interruption in manufacturing at Foxconn would require us to reduce our supply of devices to our retailers and distributors, which in turn would reduce our revenue. In addition, the Foxconn facilities are located in the People’s Republic of China and may be subject to political, economic, social and legal uncertainties that may harm our relationships with these parties. We believe that the international location of these facilities increases supply risk, including the risk of supply interruptions. Furthermore, any manufacturing issues affecting the quality of our products, including Roku TVs or players, could harm our business.

If Foxconn fails for any reason to continue manufacturing our devices in required volumes and at high quality levels, or at all, we would have to identify, select and qualify acceptable alternative contract manufacturers. Alternative contract manufacturers may not be available to us when needed, or may not be in a position to satisfy our production requirements at commercially reasonable prices


or to our quality and performance standards. Any significant interruption in manufacturing at Foxconn would require us to reduce our supply of devices to our retailers and distributors, which in turn would reduce our revenue and user growth.

If we fail to accurately forecast our manufacturing requirements and manage our inventory with our contract manufacturers, we could incur additional costs, experience manufacturing delays and lose revenue.

We bear supply risk under our contract manufacturing arrangement with Foxconn. Lead times for the materials and components that Foxconn orders on our behalf through different component suppliers vary significantly and depend on numerous factors, including the specific supplier, contract terms and market demand for a component at a given time. Lead times for certain key materials and components incorporated into our devices are currently lengthy, requiring our contract manufacturers to order materials and components several months in advance. If we overestimate our production requirements, our contract manufacturers may purchase excess components and build excess inventory. If our contract manufacturers, at our request, purchase excess components that are unique to our players or build excess players, we could be required to pay for these excess components or players. In the past, we have agreed to reimburse our contract manufacturers for purchased components that were not used as a result of our decision to discontinue players or the use of particular components. If we incur costs to cover excess supply commitments, this would harm our business.

Conversely, if we underestimate our player requirements, our contract manufacturers may have inadequate component inventory, which could interrupt the manufacturing of our players and result in delays or cancellation of orders from retailers and distributors. In addition, from time to time we have experienced unanticipated increases in demand that resulted in the need to ship devices via air freight, which is more expensive than ocean freight, and adversely affected our device gross margin during such periods of high demand, for example, during end-of-year holidays. If we fail to accurately forecast our manufacturing requirements, our business may be harmed.

Our players incorporate key components from sole source suppliers and if our contract manufacturers are unable to source these components on a timely basis, due to fabrication capacity issues or other material supply constraints, we will not be able to deliver our players to our retailers and distributors.

We depend on sole source suppliers for key components in our players. Our players utilize specific system on chip, or SoC, WiFi silicon products and WiFi front-end modules from various manufacturers, depending on the player, for which we do not have a second source. Although this approach allows us to maximize player performance on lower cost hardware, reduce engineering qualification costs and develop stronger relationships with our strategic suppliers, this also creates supply chain risk. These sole source suppliers could be constrained by fabrication capacity issues or material supply issues, stop producing such components, cease operations or be acquired by, or enter into exclusive arrangements with, our competitors or other companies. Neither we nor our contract manufacturers have long-term supply agreements with these suppliers. Instead, our contract manufacturers typically purchase the components required to manufacture our devices on a purchase order basis. As a result, most of these suppliers can stop selling to us at any time, requiring us to find another source, or can raise their prices, which could impact our gross margins. Any such interruption or delay may force us to seek similar components from alternative sources, which may not be available. Switching from a sole source supplier would require that we redesign our players to accommodate new components, and would require us to re-qualify our players with regulatory bodies, such as the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC, which would be costly and time-consuming.

Our reliance on sole source suppliers involves a number of additional risks, including risks related to:

supplier capacity constraints;

price increases;

timely delivery;

component quality; and

delays in, or the inability to execute on, a supplier roadmap for components and technologies.

Any interruption in the supply of sole source components for our players could adversely affect our ability to meet scheduled player deliveries to our retailers and distributors, result in lost sales and higher expenses and harm our business.


If we have difficulty managing our growth in operating expenses, our business could be harmed.

We have experienced significant growth in research and development, sales and marketing, support services and operations in recent years and expect to continue to expand these activities. For example, our research and development expenses increased from $56.7 million for the nine months ended October 1, 2016 to $76.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2017. In addition, in January 2016, we moved our corporate headquarters and had commenced activities to sublet our old office space. We have secured sublessors for a substantial portion of our old office space, but continue to incur rent expense on the remaining space. If we are unable to find sublessors for all or a substantial portion of this remaining space, our quarterly financial performance will be impacted as a result of this additional expense through 2020. Our historical growth has placed, and expected future growth will continue to place, significant demands on our management, as well as our financial and operational resources, to:

manage a larger organization;

hire more employees, including engineers with relevant skills and experience;

expand our manufacturing and distribution capacity;

increase our sales and marketing efforts;

broaden our customer support capabilities;

support a larger number of TV brand and service operators;

implement appropriate operational and financial systems;

expand internationally; and

maintain effective financial disclosure controls and procedures.

If we fail to manage our growth effectively, we may not be able to execute our business strategies and our business will be harmed.

We may be unable to successfully expand our international operations, including our recent expansion into Latin America. In addition, our international expansion plans, if implemented, will subject us to a variety of risks thatclaims and may harm our business.

We currently generate almost all of our revenue in the United States and have limited experience marketing, selling and supporting our players and monetizing our platform outside the United States. In addition, we have limited experience managing the administrative aspects of a global organization. We currently sell our players in Canada, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and France and have recently commenced sales in several Latin American countries. While we intend to continue to explore opportunities to expand our business in international markets in which we see compelling opportunities to build relationships with users, advertisers and retail distributors, TV brands and service operators, we may not be able to create or maintain international market demand for our devices and TV streaming platform. In addition, as we expand our operations internationally, our support organization will face additional challenges, including those associated with delivering support, training and documentation in languages other than English. We may also be subject to new statutory restrictions and risks. For example, there may be no foreign equivalents to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to shield us from liability in connection with infringing materials that content publishers may make available on our platform. In addition, we may be required in international jurisdictions to offer longer warranty periods than we currently offer in the United States. If we invest substantial time and resources to expand our international operations and are unable to do so successfully and in a timely manner, our business and financial condition may be harmed.43


In the course of expanding our international operations and operating overseas, we will be subject to a variety of risks, including:

differing regulatory requirements, including tax laws, trade laws, labor regulations, tariffs, export quotas, custom duties or other trade restrictions;

greater difficulty supporting and localizing our devices and platform;

our ability to deliver or provide access to popular streaming channels to users in certain international markets;

different or unique competitive pressures as a result of, among other things, the presence of local consumer electronics companies and the greater availability of free content on over-the-air channels in certain countries;

challenges inherent in efficiently managing an increased number of employees over large geographic distances, including the need to implement appropriate systems, policies, compensation and benefits and compliance programs;

differing legal and court systems, including limited or unfavorable intellectual property protection;

risk of change in international political or economic conditions;


restrictions on the repatriation of earnings; and

working capital constraints.

If ongoing litigation in Mexico continues to prevent our products from entering the marketplace, our international expansion plans will be impacted and our operating results may suffer.

We are involved in litigation in Mexico that was commenced by a large Mexican pay TV and Internet access provider. Roku was not named as a defendant in this case, and the case principally targeted entities that are alleged to sell unlicensed content to consumers using our platform, among other means. At the commencement of this case, however, a court issued a temporary ban on the importation and sale of Roku devices in Mexico, which remains in effect. In response to this ban, the Company commenced a separate proceeding in a federal District Court in Mexico City challenging the constitutionality of the ban, which proceeding is ongoing. Involvement in these legal proceedings has been complicated and has drawn management time and company resources.  In addition to reducing revenue for products sold in Mexico, our involvement in this litigation has caused us to incur legal expenses and other costs, and to the extent these legal and other expenses grow, our involvement in this litigation, or similar legal matters in the future, could be disruptive to our business.

If we experience higher device returns than we expect and are unable to resell such returned devices as refurbished devices our business could be harmed.

We offer customers who purchase devices through our website 30 days to return such devices. We also generally honor the return policies of our retail and distribution partners, who typically allow customers to return devices, even with open packaging within certain time periods that may exceed 30 days. We generally resell any returned devices as refurbished devices. In the event we decide to permanently reduce the retail prices of our devices, we provide price protection to certain distribution partners for the devices they hold in inventory at the time of the price drop. To the extent we experience a greater number of returns than we expect, are unable to resell returned devices as refurbished devices or are required to provide price protection in amounts greater than we expect, our business could be harmed.

We are subject to payment-related risks and, if our advertisers or advertising agencies do not pay or dispute their invoices, our business may be harmed.

Many of our contracts with advertising agencies provide that if the advertiser does not pay the agency, the agency is not liable to us, and we must seek payment solely from the advertiser, a type of arrangement called sequential liability. Contracting with these agencies, which in some cases have or may develop higher-risk credit profiles, may subject us to greater credit risk than if we were to contract directly with advertisers. This credit risk may vary depending on the nature of an advertising agency’s aggregated advertiser base. In addition, typically, we are contractually required to pay advertising inventory data suppliers within a negotiated period of time, regardless of whether our advertisers or advertising agencies pay us on time, or at all. In addition, we typically experience slow payment cycles by advertising agencies as is common in the advertising industry. While we attempt to balance payment periods with our suppliers and advertisers and advertising agencies, we are not always successful. As a result, we can often face a timing issue with our accounts payable on shorter cycles than our accounts receivables, requiring us to remit payments from our own funds, and accept the risk of credit losses.

We may also be involved in disputes with agencies and their advertisers over the operation of our streaming platform, or the terms of our agreements.agreements or our billings for purchases made by them through our streaming platform or through our DSP. If we are unable to collect or make adjustments to bills, we could incur write-offs for bad debt,credit losses, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations for the periods in which the write-offs occur. In the future, bad debt may exceed reserves for such contingencies and our bad debt exposure may increase over time. Any increase in write-offs for bad debt could have a materially negative effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. If we are not paid by our advertisers or advertising agencies on time or at all, our business may be harmed.

The quality of our customer support is important to our users and licensees, and, if we fail to provide adequate levels of customer support, we could lose users and licensees, which would harm our business.

Our users and licensees depend on our customer support organization to resolve any issues relating to our devices. A high level of support is critical for the successful marketing and sale of our devices. We currently outsource our customer support operation to a third-party customer support organization. If we do not effectively train, update and manage our third-party customer support organization to assist our users, and if that support organization does not succeed in helping them quickly resolve issues or provide effective ongoing support, it could adversely affect our ability to sell our devices to users and harm our reputation with potential new users and our licensees.

We must successfully manage streaming device and other product introductions and transitions to remain competitive.

We must continually develop new and improved streaming devices and other products that meet changing consumer demands. Moreover, the introduction of a new streaming device or other product is a complex task, involving significant expenditures in research and development, promotion and sales channel development. For example, in 2018, we introduced our Roku TV Wireless Speakers, designed specifically for use with Roku TV models, in 2019 we introduced our Roku Smart Soundbar and Roku Wireless Subwoofer, and in 2020 we launched our Roku Streambar. Whether users will broadly adopt new streaming devices or other products is not certain. Our future success will depend on our ability to develop new and competitively priced streaming devices and other products and add new desirable content and features to our streaming platform. Moreover, we must introduce new streaming devices and other products in a timely and cost-effective manner, and we must secure production orders for those products from our contract manufacturers. The development of new streaming devices and other products is a highly complex process, and while our research and development efforts are aimed at solving increasingly complex problems, we do not expect that all of our projects will be successful. The successful development and introduction of new streaming devices and products depends on a number of factors, including:

the accuracy of our forecasts for market requirements beyond near term visibility;

our ability to anticipate and react to new technologies and evolving consumer trends;

our development, licensing or acquisition of new technologies;

our timely completion of new designs and development;

the ability of our contract manufacturers to cost-effectively manufacture our new products;

the availability of materials and key components used in manufacturing;

tariffs, trade, sanctions, and export restrictions by the U.S. or foreign governments, which could impact the pricing and availability of such devices and depress consumer demand, limit the ability of our contract manufacturers to obtain key parts, components, software, and technologies, and lead to shortages;

the ability of our contract manufacturers to produce quality products and minimize defects, manufacturing mishaps, and shipping delays; and

our ability to attract and retain world-class research and development personnel.

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If any of these or other factors materializes, we may not be able to develop and introduce new products in a timely or cost-effective manner, and our business may be harmed.

We do not have manufacturing capabilities and primarily depend upon a limited number of contract manufacturers, and our operations could be disrupted if we encounter problems with our contract manufacturers.*

We do not have any internal manufacturing capabilities and rely on a limited number of contract manufacturers to build our players, smart soundbars, wireless subwoofers and our wireless speakers. Our contract manufacturers are vulnerable to:

capacity constraints;

reduced component availability;

production disruptions or delays, including from strikes, mechanical issues, quality control issues, natural disasters, and public health crises, such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; and

the impact of U.S. or foreign tariffs, trade, or sanctions restrictions on components, finished goods, software, other products or data transfers.

As a result, we have limited control over delivery schedules, manufacturing yields and costs, particularly when components are in short supply or when we introduce new streaming devices or other products. For example, during the six months ended June 30, 2021, high demand for consumer electronics and information technology products created tight component supply conditions and logistical delays for our products. In addition, the COVID-19 pandemic and recent increases in U.S. demand for imported goods have caused shipping delays from Asia with backlogs at ports of origination and entry.

We also have limited control over our contract manufacturers’ quality systems and controls, and therefore must rely on them to manufacture our players and other products to our quality and performance standards and specifications. Delays, component shortages and other manufacturing and supply problems could impair the retail distribution of our players and other products and ultimately our brand. Furthermore, any adverse change in our contract manufacturers’ financial or business condition could disrupt our ability to supply our players or other products to our retailers and distributors.

Our contracts with our contract manufacturers generally do not obligate them to supply our players or other products in any specific quantity or at any specific price. In the event our contract manufacturers are unable to fulfill our production requirements in a timely manner, their costs increase because of U.S. or international tariffs, sanctions, export or import restrictions, or they decide to terminate their relationship with us, our order fulfillment may be delayed, and we would have to identify, select and qualify acceptable alternative contract manufacturers. Alternative contract manufacturers may not be available to us when needed or may not be in a position to satisfy our production requirements at commercially reasonable prices, to our quality and performance standards on a timely basis, or at all. Any significant interruption in manufacturing at our contract manufacturers for any reason could require us to reduce our supply of players or other products to our retailers and distributors, which in turn would reduce our revenue, or incur higher freight costs than anticipated, which would negatively impact our player gross margin. In addition, our contract manufacturers’ facilities are located in Southeast Asia, the People’s Republic of China and Brazil and may be subject to political, economic, labor, trade, social and legal uncertainties that may harm or disrupt our relationships with these parties. We believe that the international location of these facilities increases supply risk, including the risk of supply interruptions, tariffs, and trade restrictions on exports or imports. Furthermore, any manufacturing issues affecting the quality of our products, including players and audio products, could harm our business.

If our contract manufacturers fail for any reason to continue manufacturing our players or other products in required volumes and at high quality levels, or at all, we would have to identify, select and qualify acceptable alternative contract manufacturers. Alternative contract manufacturers may not be available to us when needed, or at all, or may not be in a position to satisfy our production requirements at commercially reasonable prices, to our quality and performance standards, or at all. Any significant interruption in manufacturing at a contract manufacturer could require us to reduce our supply of players or other products to our retailers and distributors, which in turn would reduce our revenue, active account growth or streaming hour growth.

Certain Roku TV brands do not have manufacturing capabilities and primarily depend upon contract manufacturers, and the supply of Roku TV models to the market could be disrupted if they encounter problems with their contract manufacturers or suppliers.*

Certain Roku TV brands do not have internal manufacturing capabilities and primarily rely upon contract manufacturers to build the Roku TV models that they sell to retailers. Their contract manufacturers may be vulnerable to

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capacity constraints and reduced component availability; increases in U.S. tariffs on imports of Roku TV models; future possible changes in U.S. regulations on exports of U.S. technologies; U.S. restrictions on dealings with certain countries, parties, regions, or imported inputs; foreign tariffs on U.S. parts or components for Roku TV models that are assembled outside of the United States; and their control over delivery schedules, manufacturing yields and costs, particularly when components are in short supply and may be limited. Delays, component shortages, and other manufacturing and supply problems (whether due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the current high demand for consumer electronics and information technology products, or other reasons) could impair the retail distribution of their Roku TV models. A significant interruption in the supply of Roku TV models to retailers and distributors could, in turn, reduce our active accounts and streaming hours.

Furthermore, any manufacturing issues affecting the quality or performance of our Roku TV brand partners’ Roku TV models, could harm our brand and our business.

If we fail to accurately forecast our manufacturing requirements and manage our inventory with our contract manufacturers, we could incur additional costs, experience manufacturing delays and lose revenue.*

We bear supply risk under our contract manufacturing arrangements. Lead times for the materials and components that our contract manufacturers order on our behalf through different component suppliers vary significantly and depend on numerous factors, including the specific supplier, contract terms, shipping and air freight, and market demand for a component at a given time. Lead times for certain key materials and components incorporated into our players or other products are currently lengthy, requiring our contract manufacturers to order materials and components several months in advance. If we overestimate our production requirements, our contract manufacturers may purchase excess components and build excess inventory. If our contract manufacturers, at our request, purchase excess components that are unique to our products or build excess products, we could be required to pay for these excess components or products. In the past, we have agreed to reimburse our contract manufacturers for purchased components that were not used as a result of our decision to discontinue a certain model of player or the use of particular components. If we incur costs to cover excess supply commitments, this would harm our business.

Conversely, if we underestimate our player or other product requirements, our contract manufacturers may have inadequate component inventory, which could interrupt the manufacturing of our players or other products and result in delays or cancellation of orders from retailers and distributors. In addition, from time to time we have experienced unanticipated increases in demand that resulted in the need to ship players via air freight, which is more expensive than ocean freight, and adversely affected our player gross margin during such periods of high demand, for example, during end-of-year holidays. During the six months ended June 30, 2021, sustained high demand for consumer electronics and information technology products created tight component supply conditions and logistical delays for our products and key components. If we fail to accurately forecast our manufacturing requirements, our business may be harmed.

Our players incorporate key components from sole source suppliers and if our contract manufacturers are unable to source these components on a timely basis, due to fabrication capacity issues or other material supply constraints, we will not be able to deliver our players to our retailers and distributors.*

We depend on sole source suppliers for key components in our players. Our players utilize specific system on chip, or SoC, Wi-Fi silicon products and Wi-Fi front-end modules from various manufacturers, depending on the player, for which we do not have a second source. Although this approach allows us to maximize player performance on lower cost hardware, reduce engineering qualification costs and develop stronger relationships with our strategic suppliers, this also creates supply chain risk. These sole-source suppliers could be constrained by fabrication capacity issues or material supply issues, such as U.S. or foreign tariffs, other export or import restrictions on parts or components for finished players that are used in final assembly of their components (or on the finished players themselves), or shortages of key components. There is also the risk that the strategic supplier may stop producing such components, cease operations or be acquired by, or enter into exclusive arrangements with, our competitors or other companies, or become subject to U.S. or foreign sanctions or export control restrictions or penalties. Such suppliers also have experienced, and may continue to experience, production, shipping, or logistical constraints arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Such interruptions and delays have forced us to seek similar components from alternative sources, which have not always been available, and have caused us to delay product introductions and incur air freight expense. Switching from a sole-source supplier may require that we redesign our players to accommodate new components and would require us to re-qualify our players with regulatory bodies, such as the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”), which would be costly and time-consuming.

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Our reliance on sole-source suppliers involves a number of additional risks, including risks related to:

supplier capacity constraints;

price increases;

timely delivery;

component quality; and

delays in, or the inability to execute on, a supplier roadmap for components and technologies.

Any interruption in the supply of sole-source components for our players could adversely affect our ability to meet scheduled player deliveries to our retailers and distributors, result in lost sales and higher expenses and harm our business.

Our players and Roku TV models must operate with various offerings, technologies and systems from our content publishers that we do not control. If our streaming devices do not operate effectively with those offerings, technologies and systems, our business may be harmed.

The Roku OS is designed for performance using relatively low-cost hardware, which enables us to drive user growth with our players and Roku TV models offered at a low cost to consumers. However, this hardware must be interoperable with all channels and other offerings, technologies and systems from our content publishers, including virtual multi-channel video programming distributors. We have no control over these offerings, technologies and systems beyond our channel certification requirements, and if our players and Roku TV models do not provide our users with a high-quality experience on those offerings on a cost-effective basis or if changes are made to those offerings that are not compatible with our players or Roku TV models, we may be unable to increase active account growth and user engagement, we may be required to increase our hardware costs and our business will be harmed. We plan to continue to introduce new products regularly and we have experienced that it takes time to optimize such products to function well with these offerings, technologies and systems. In addition, many of our largest content publishers have the right to test and certify our new products before we can publish their channels on these devices. The certification processes can be time consuming and introduce third-party dependencies into our product release cycles. If content publishers do not certify new products on a timely basis or require us to make changes in order to obtain certifications, our product release plans may be adversely impacted, or we may not continue to offer certain channels. To continue to grow our active accounts and user engagement, we will need to prioritize development of our streaming devices to work better with new offerings, technologies and systems. If we are unable to maintain consistent operability of our devices that is on parity with or better than other platforms, our business could be harmed. In addition, any future changes to offerings, technologies and systems from our content publishers, such as virtual service operators, may impact the accessibility, speed, functionality, and other performance aspects of our streaming devices. We may not successfully develop streaming devices that operate effectively with these offerings, technologies or systems. If it becomes more difficult for our users to access and use these offerings, technologies or systems, our business could be harmed.

Our streaming devices are technically complex and may contain undetected hardware errors or software bugs, which could manifest themselves in ways that could harm our reputation and our business.

Our streaming devices and those of our licensees are technically complex and have contained and may in the future contain undetected software bugs or hardware errors. These bugs and errors can manifest themselves in any number of ways in our devices or our streaming platform, including through diminished performance, security vulnerabilities, data quality in logs or interpretation of data, malfunctions or even permanently disabled devices. Some errors in our devices may only be discovered after a device has been shipped and used by users and may in some cases only be detected under certain circumstances or after extended use. We also update the Roku OS and our software on a regular basis, and, despite our quality assurance processes, we could introduce bugs in the process of any such update. The introduction of a serious software bug could result in devices becoming permanently disabled. We offer a limited one-year warranty in the United States and any such defects discovered in our devices after commercial release could result in loss of revenue or delay in revenue recognition, loss of customer goodwill and users and increased service costs, any of which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. We could also face claims for product or information liability, tort or breach of warranty, or other violations of laws or regulations. In addition, our contracts with users contain provisions relating to warranty disclaimers and liability limitations, which may not be upheld. Defending a lawsuit, regardless of its merit, is costly and may divert management’s attention and adversely affect the market’s perception of Roku and our products. In addition, if our insurance coverage proves inadequate or future coverage is unavailable on acceptable terms or at all, our business could be harmed.

Components used in our products may fail as a result of manufacturing, design or other defects over which we have no control and render our devices permanently inoperable.

We rely on third-party component suppliers to provide certain functionalities needed for the operation and use of our products. Any errors or defects in such third-party technology could result in errors in our products that could harm our

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business. If these components have a manufacturing, design or other defect, they can cause our products to fail and render them permanently inoperable. For example, the typical means by which our users connect their home networks to our players is by way of a Wi-Fi access point in the home network router. If the Wi-Fi receiver in our player fails, then our player cannot detect a home network’s Wi-Fi access point, and our player will not be able to display or deliver any content to the TV screen. As a result, we may have to replace these players at our sole cost and expense. Should we have a widespread problem of this kind, our reputation in the market could be adversely affected and our replacement of these players would harm our business.

If we are unable to obtain necessary or desirable third-party technology licenses, our ability to develop new streaming players or platform enhancements may be impaired.

We utilize commercially available off-the-shelf technology in the development of our players and streaming platform. As we continue to introduce new features or improvements to our players and our streaming platform, we may be required to license additional technologies from third parties. These third-party licenses may be unavailable to us on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. If we are unable to obtain necessary third-party licenses, we may be required to obtain substitute technologies with lower quality or performance standards, or at a greater cost, any of which could harm the competitiveness of our players, streaming platform and our business.

Risks Related to Operating and Growing Our Business

We have incurred operating losses in the past, expect to incur operating losses in the future and may never achieve or maintain profitability.*

We began operations in 2002 and we have experienced annual net losses each year since inception. As of June 30, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $182.6 million. We expect our operating expenses to increase in the future as we continue to expand our operations. If our revenue and gross profit do not grow at a greater rate than our operating expenses, we will not be able to achieve and maintain profitability. We expect to operate at or near break-even levels in the future for a number of reasons, including without limitation the other risks and uncertainties described herein. Additionally, we may encounter unforeseen operating or legal expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other factors that may result in losses in future periods. If our expenses exceed our revenue, we may never achieve or maintain profitability and our business may be harmed.

Our quarterly operating results may be volatile and are difficult to predict, and our stock price may decline if we fail to meet the expectations of securities analysts or investors.*

Our revenue, gross profit and other operating results could vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year and may fail to match our past performance due to a variety of factors, including many factors that are outside of our control. Factors that may contribute to the variability of our operating results and cause the market price of our Class A common stock to fluctuate include:

the entrance of new competitors or competitive products or services, whether by established or new companies;

our ability to retain and grow our active account base, increase engagement among new and existing users, and monetize our streaming platform;

our ability to maintain effective pricing practices, in response to the competitive markets in which we operate or other macroeconomic factors, such as inflation or increased taxes;

our revenue mix, which drives gross profit;

supply of advertising inventory on our advertising platform and advertiser demand for advertising inventory;

seasonal, cyclical or other shifts in revenue from advertising or player sales;

the timing of the launch of new or updated products, channels or features;

the addition or loss of popular content or channels;

the expense and availability of content to license or produce for The Roku Channel;

the ability of retailers to anticipate consumer demand;

an increase in the manufacturing or component costs of our players or the manufacturing or component costs of our TV brand licensees for Roku TV models;

delays in delivery of our players or our partners’ Roku TV models, or disruptions in our or our licensees’ supply or distribution chains, including any disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, tariffs, or other trade restrictions or disruptions; and

an increase in costs associated with protecting our intellectual property, defending against third-party intellectual property infringement allegations or procuring rights to third-party intellectual property.

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Our gross margins vary across our devices and platform offerings. Our player segment revenue has a lower gross margin compared to our platform segment revenue derived through our arrangements with advertising, content distribution, billing, and licensing activities. Gross margins on our players vary across player models and can change over time as a result of product transitions, pricing and configuration changes, component costs, player returns and other cost fluctuations. In addition, our gross margin and operating margin percentages, as well as overall profitability, may be adversely impacted as a result of a shift in device, geographic or sales channel mix, component cost increases, price competition, or the introduction of new streaming devices, including those that have higher cost structures with flat or reduced pricing. We have in the past and may in the future strategically reduce our player gross margin in an effort to increase the number of active accounts and grow our gross profit. As a result, our player segment revenue may not increase as rapidly as it has historically, or at all, and, unless we are able to continue to increase our platform revenue and grow the number of active accounts, we may be unable to grow gross profit and our business will be harmed. If a reduction in gross margin does not result in an increase in our active accounts or increase our platform revenue and gross profit, our financial results may suffer, and our business may be harmed.

If we have difficulty managing our growth in operating expenses, our business could be harmed.

We have experienced significant growth in our research and development, sales and marketing, support services, operations, and general and administrative functions in recent years and expect to continue to expand these activities. Our historical growth has placed, and expected future growth will continue to place, significant demands on our management, as well as our financial and operational resources, to:

manage a larger organization;

hire more employees, including engineers with relevant skills and experience;

expand internationally;

increase our sales and marketing efforts;

expand the capacity to manufacture and distribute our players;

broaden our customer support capabilities;

support a larger number of TV brand and service operators;

expand and improve the content offering on our platform;

implement appropriate operational and financial systems; and

maintain effective financial disclosure controls and procedures.

If we fail to manage our growth effectively, we may not be able to execute our business strategies and our business will be harmed.

We may be unable to successfully expand our international operations and our international expansion plans, if implemented, will subject us to a variety of risks that may harm our business.*

We currently generate the vast majority of our revenue in the United States and have limited experience marketing, selling, licensing and supporting our devices and running or monetizing our streaming platform outside the United States. In addition, we have limited experience managing the administrative aspects of a global organization. While we intend to continue to explore opportunities to expand our business in international markets in which we see compelling opportunities, we may not be able to create or maintain international market demand for our devices and streaming platform.

In the course of expanding our international operations and operating overseas, in addition to the risks we face in the United States, we will be subject to a variety of risks that could adversely affect our business, including:

differing regulatory requirements, including country-specific data privacy and security laws and regulations, consumer protection laws and regulations, tax laws, telecommunications laws, trade laws, labor regulations, tariffs, export quotas, U.S. and foreign sanctions, custom duties on cross-border movements of goods or data flows, extension of limits on TV advertising minutes to OTT advertising, local content requirements, data or data processing localization requirements, or other trade restrictions;

compliance with laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, UK Bribery Act and other anti-corruption laws, U.S. or foreign export controls and sanctions, and local laws prohibiting corrupt payments to government officials;

compliance with various privacy, data transfer, data protection, accessibility, consumer protection and child protection laws in the European Union (“EU”) and other international markets that we operate in;

slower adoption and acceptance of streaming devices and services in other countries;

competition with other devices that consumers may use to stream TV or existing local traditional pay TV services and products, including those provided by incumbent pay TV service providers;

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greater difficulty supporting and localizing our streaming devices and streaming platform, including delivering support and training documentation in languages other than English;

our ability to deliver or provide access to popular streaming channels or content to users in certain international markets;

different or unique competitive pressures as a result of, among other things, the presence of local consumer electronics companies and the greater availability of free content on over-the-air channels in certain countries;

availability of reliable broadband connectivity and wide area networks in areas targeted for expansion;

challenges inherent in efficiently staffing and managing an increased number of employees over large geographic distances, including the need to implement appropriate systems, policies, compensation and benefits, and compliance programs;

difficulties in understanding and complying with local laws, regulations and customs in foreign jurisdictions;

differing legal and court systems, including limited or unfavorable intellectual property protection;

unstable political and economic conditions whatever the cause, including pandemics, impacts from the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU (commonly referred to as “Brexit”), tariffs, trade wars, local or global recessions, or long-term environmental risks;

international political or social unrest or economic instability, including U.S.-China tensions, and other political, security, or economic tensions between countries in which we do business or which serve as sources for our and our Roku TV brand partners’ products and components;

adverse tax consequences such as those related to changes in tax laws or tax rates or their interpretations could impact our judgment in determining our tax provision and effective tax rate;

the imposition of customs duties on cross-border data flows for streaming services, which are currently prohibited under the WTO’s e-commerce moratorium, but could be permitted if certain WTO Members continue to oppose extension of the moratorium when it is considered at the WTO’s MC-12 Ministerial Meeting, which is scheduled to take place in late 2021;

digital services taxes, which have been imposed or are under consideration by several European and other countries, which would lead to taxes on certain digital services even though the providers would not be subject to tax under existing international tax rules and treaties;

the COVID-19 pandemic or any other pandemics or epidemics could result in decreased economic activity in certain markets, decreased use of our products or platform, or in our decreased ability to import, export, ship, or sell our products to supply such services to existing or new customers in international markets;

fluctuations in currency exchange rates could impact our revenue and expenses of our international operations and expose us to foreign currency exchange rate risk;

restrictions on the repatriation of earnings from certain jurisdictions;

future possible changes in U.S. regulations on exports of U.S. technologies, dealings with certain countries or parties, or the ability of our suppliers or licensees to continue to source certain imported products, inputs, or components, because of expanding U.S. export controls, sanctions, and import restrictions on China and Hong Kong;

future possible restrictions on imports, installation or procurement of products and services from certain countries, including China, that are associated with securing the U.S. supply chain (including the information and communication technology and services supply chain) from potential threats involving certain high-risk jurisdictions; and

working capital constraints.

If we invest substantial time and resources to expand our international operations and are unable to do so successfully and in a timely manner, our business and financial condition may be harmed.

Our revenue and gross profit are subject to seasonality and if our sales during the holiday season fall below our expectations, our business may be harmed.

Seasonal consumer shopping patterns significantly affect our business. Specifically, our revenue and gross profit are traditionally strongest in the fourth quarter of each fiscal year and represent a high percentage of the total net revenue for such fiscal year due to higher consumer purchases and increased advertising during holiday seasons. Furthermore, a significant percentage of our player sales through retailers in the fourth quarter are pursuant to committed sales agreements with retailers for which we recognize significant discounts in the average selling prices in the third quarter in an effort to grow our active accounts, which will reduce our player gross margin.

Given the seasonal nature of advertising and our device sales, accurate forecasting is critical to our operations. We anticipate that this seasonal impact on revenue and gross profit is likely to continue, and any shortfall in expected fourth quarter revenue due to a decline in the effectiveness of our promotional activities, actions by our competitors, disruptions in

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our supply or distribution chains, tariffs or other restrictions on trade, shipping or air freight delays, or for any other reason, would cause our full year results of operations to suffer significantly. For example, delays or disruptions at U.S. ports of entry could adversely affect our or our distributors’ ability to timely deliver players and co-branded Roku TV models to retailers during the holiday season. A substantial portion of our expenses are personnel related, including salaries, stock-based compensation and benefits, and facilities related none of which are seasonal in nature. Accordingly, in the event of a revenue shortfall, we would be unable to mitigate the negative impact on gross profit and operating margins, at least in the short term, and our business would be harmed.

If we fail to attract and retain key personnel, effectively manage succession, or hire, develop, and motivate our employees, we may not be able to execute our business strategy or continue to grow our business.

Our success depends in large part on our ability to attract and retain key personnel on our senior management team and in our engineering, research and development, sales and marketing, operations and other organizations. In particular, our founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Wood, is critical to our overall management, as well as the continued development of our devices and streaming platform, our culture and our strategic direction. We do not have long-term employment or non-competition agreements with any of our key personnel. The loss of one or more of our executive officers or the inability to promptly identify a suitable successor to a key role could have an adverse effect on our business.

Our ability to compete and grow depends in large part on the efforts and talents of our employees. Our employees, particularly engineers and other product developers, are in high demand, and we devote significant resources to identifying, hiring, training, successfully integrating and retaining these employees. Because we face significant competition for personnel, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area where our headquarters is located, to attract top talent, we have had to offer, and believe we will need to continue to offer, competitive compensation packages before we can validate the productivity of those employees. In addition, the recent move by companies to offer a remote or hybrid work environment may increase the competition for such employees from employers outside of our traditional office locations. To retain employees, we also may need to increase our employee compensation levels in response to competition. The loss of employees or the inability to hire additional skilled employees necessary to support our growth could result in significant disruptions to our business, and the integration of replacement personnel could be time-consuming and expensive and cause disruptions.

We believe a critical component to our success and our ability to retain our best people is our culture. As we continue to grow, we may find it difficult to maintain our entrepreneurial, execution-focused culture. In addition, many of our employees may be able to receive significant proceeds from sales of our equity in the public markets, which may reduce their motivation to continue to work for us. Moreover, the equity ownership of many of our employees could create disparities in wealth among our employees, which may harm our culture and relations among employees and our business.

We need to maintain operational and financial systems that can support our expected growth, increasingly complex business arrangements, and rules governing revenue and expense recognition and any inability or failure to do so could adversely affect our financial reporting, billing and payment services.

We have a complex business that is growing in size and complexity both in the United States and in international jurisdictions. To manage our growth and our increasingly complex business operations, especially as we move into new markets internationally or acquire new businesses, we will need to maintain and may need to upgrade our operational and financial systems and procedures, which requires management time and may result in significant additional expense. Our business arrangements with our content partners, advertisers, Roku TV brand partners and other licensees, and the rules that govern revenue and expense recognition in our business are increasingly complex. To manage the expected growth of our operations and increasing complexity, we must maintain operational and financial systems, procedures and controls and continue to increase systems automation to reduce reliance on manual operations. An inability to do so will negatively affect our financial reporting, billing and payment services. Our current and planned systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our complex arrangements and the rules governing revenue and expense recognition for our future operations and expected growth. Delays or problems associated with any improvement or expansion of our operational and financial systems and controls could adversely affect our relationships with our users, content publishers, advertisers, advertisement agencies, Roku TV brand partners, or other licensees; cause harm to our reputation and brand; and could also result in errors in our financial and other reporting.

We may pursue acquisitions, which involve a number of risks, and if we are unable to address and resolve these risks successfully, such acquisitions could harm our business.

We have in the past and may in the future acquire businesses, products or technologies to expand our offerings and capabilities, user base and business. We have evaluated, and expect to continue to evaluate, a wide array of potential strategic

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transactions; however, we have limited experience completing or integrating acquisitions. Any acquisition could be material to our financial condition and results of operations, and any anticipated benefits from an acquisition may never materialize. Acquisitions could also result in dilutive issuances of equity securities or the incurrence of debt, which could adversely affect our operating results, may cause unfavorable accounting treatment, may expose us to claims and disputes by third parties, including intellectual property claims, and may not generate sufficient financial returns to offset additional costs and expenses related to the acquisitions. In addition, the process of integrating acquired businesses, products or technologies may create unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures, in particular when the acquired businesses, products or technologies involve areas of operation in which we have limited or no prior experience. Acquisitions of businesses, products or technologies in international markets would involve additional risks, including those related to integration of operations across different cultures and languages, currency risks and the particular economic, political and regulatory risks associated with specific countries. We may not be able to address these risks successfully, or at all, without incurring significant costs, delays or other operational problems and if we were unable to address such risks successfully our business could be harmed.

We have outstanding debt and our credit facility provides our lender with a first-priority lien against substantially all of our assets and contains financial covenants and other restrictions on our actions that may limit our operational flexibility or otherwise adversely affect our financial condition.*

We entered into a credit agreement among us, as borrower, the lenders and issuing banks from time to time party thereto, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., or the Agent providing for a (i) a four-year revolving credit facility in the aggregate principal amount of up to $100.0 million, (the “Revolving Credit Facility”), (ii) a four-year delayed draw term loan A facility in the aggregate principal amount of up to $100.0 million, (the “Term Loan A Facility”) and (iii) an uncommitted incremental facility subject to certain conditions (collectively, the “Credit Agreement”). The Credit Agreement contains a number of affirmative and negative covenants, which may restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to respond to certain changes in our business or industry or take future actions. The Credit Agreement also contains a financial covenant requiring us to maintain a minimum adjusted quick ratio of at least 1.00 to 1.00, tested as of the last day of any fiscal quarter on the basis of the prior period of our four consecutive fiscal quarters. Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, we granted the Agent a security interest in substantially all of our assets. See the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Senior Secured Term Loan A and Revolving Credit Facilities.”

In November 2019, we borrowed an aggregate principal amount of $100.0 million from the Term Loan A Facility and in March 2020, we borrowed an aggregate principal amount of $69.3 million of revolving loans pursuant to the Revolving Credit Facility. In May 2020, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as sales agents, pursuant to which we sold 4.0 million shares of our Class A common stock at an average selling price of $126.01 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $504.0 million, a portion of which was used to repay the $69.3 million outstanding under our Revolving Credit Facility. In March 2021, we entered into an Equity Distribution Agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Evercore Group L.L.C., as sales agents, pursuant to which we sold 2.6 million shares of our Class A common stock at an average selling price of $379.26, for aggregate gross proceeds of $1,000.0 million. We also have outstanding letters of credit as of June 30, 2021 totaling $30.8 million against the Revolving Credit Facility.

As of June 30, 2021, we were in compliance with all of the financial covenants of the Credit Agreement. However, if we fail to comply with the covenants, make payments as specified in the Credit Agreement, or undergo any other event of default contained in the Credit Agreement, the Agent could declare an event of default, which would give it the right to terminate the commitments to provide additional loans and declare any borrowings outstanding, together with accrued and unpaid interest and fees, to be immediately due and payable. In addition, the Agent would have the right to proceed against the assets we provided as collateral pursuant to the Credit Agreement. If the outstanding debt under the Credit Agreement is accelerated, we may not have sufficient cash or be able to sell sufficient assets to repay it, which would harm our business and financial condition.

When we borrowed pursuant to the Revolving Credit Facility, we chose a variable interest rate based on London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) as the benchmark for establishing the applicable interest rate. LIBOR is currently calculated and published for various currencies and periods by the benchmark’s administrator, ICE Benchmark Administration Limited (“IBA”), which is regulated for such purposes by the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority. On March 5, 2021, the IBA confirmed that it would cease the publication of the one-week and two-month U.S. dollar LIBOR settings immediately following the LIBOR publication on December 31, 2021, and the U.S. dollar LIBOR settings (overnight and 12 months) immediately following the LIBOR publication on June 30, 2023.

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Accordingly, in the near future LIBOR will cease being a widely used benchmark interest rate. The current and any future reforms and other pressures may cause LIBOR to be replaced with a new benchmark or to perform differently than in the past, including during the transition period. The consequences of the developments cannot be entirely predicted and could have an adverse impact on the value of our LIBOR-linked financial obligations, such as an increase in the cost of our Credit Agreement indebtedness.

We may require additional capital to meet our financial obligations and support planned business growth, and this capital might not be available on acceptable terms or at all.*

We intend to continue to make significant investments to support planned business growth and may require additional funds to respond to business challenges, including the need to develop new devices and enhance our streaming platform, continue to expand the content on our platform, maintain adequate levels of inventory to support our retail partners’ demand requirements, improve our operating infrastructure or acquire complementary businesses, personnel and technologies. Our primary uses of cash include operating costs such as personnel-related expenses and capital spending. Our future capital requirements may vary materially from those currently planned and will depend on many factors including our growth rate and the continuing market acceptance of our streaming platform, the Roku OS and players along with the timing and effort related to the introduction of new platform features, players, hiring of experienced personnel, the expansion of sales and marketing activities, as well as overall economic conditions.

We may need to engage in equity or debt financings to secure additional funds. If we raise additional funds through future issuances of equity or convertible debt securities, our then existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges superior to those of holders of our Class A common stock. Any debt financing we secure could involve additional restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activities and other financial and operational matters, which may make it more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions. If we were to violate such restrictive covenants, we could incur penalties, increased expenses and an acceleration of the payment terms of our outstanding debt, which could in turn harm our business.

We may not be able to obtain additional financing on terms favorable to us, if at all. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to continue to support our business growth and to respond to business challenges could be significantly impaired, and our business may be harmed.

Risks Related to Cybersecurity, Reliability, and Data Privacy

Significant disruptions of our information technology systems or data security incidents could harm our reputation, cause us to modify our business practices and otherwise adversely affect our business and subject us to liability.*

We are increasingly dependent on information technology systems and infrastructure to operate our business. In the ordinary course of our business, we collect, store, process and transmit large amounts of sensitive corporate, personal and other information, including intellectual property, proprietary business information, user payment card information, other user information and other confidential information. It is critical that we do so in a secure manner to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of such information. Our obligations under applicable laws, regulations, contracts, industry standards, self-certifications, and other documentation may include maintaining the confidentiality, integrity and availability of personal information in our possession or control, maintaining reasonable and appropriate security safeguards as part of an information security program, and limits on the use and/or cross-border transfer of such personal information. These obligations create potential legal liability to regulators, our business partners, our users, and other relevant stakeholders and also impact the attractiveness of our subscription service to existing and potential users.

We have outsourced certain elements of our operations (including elements of our information technology infrastructure) to third parties, or may have incorporated technology into our platform, that collects, processes, transmits and stores our users’ or others’ personal information (such as payment card information) and as a result, we manage a number of third-party vendors who may or could have access to our information technology systems (including our computer networks) or to our confidential information. In addition, many of those third parties in turn subcontract or outsource some of their responsibilities to third parties. As a result, our information technology systems, including the functions of third parties that are involved or have access to those systems, are very large and complex. While all information technology operations are inherently vulnerable to inadvertent or intentional security breaches, incidents, attacks and exposures, the size, complexity, accessibility and distributed nature of our information technology systems, and the large amounts of sensitive or personal information stored on those systems, make such systems vulnerable to unintentional or malicious, internal and external threats on our technology environment. Vulnerabilities can be exploited from inadvertent or intentional actions of our

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employees, third-party vendors, business partners, or by malicious third parties. For example, despite our efforts to secure our information technology systems and the data contained in those systems, including our efforts to educate or train our employees, we have experienced, and remain vulnerable to, data security incidents including phishing attacks and improper employee access of confidential data. Malicious attacks are increasing in their frequency, levels of persistence, sophistication and intensity, and are being conducted by sophisticated and organized groups and individuals with a wide range of motives (including, but not limited to, industrial espionage) and expertise, including organized criminal groups, “hacktivists,” nation states and others.

Although we have, and may in the future, implement remote working protocols and offer work-issued devices to employees, the actions of our employees while working remotely may have a greater effect on the security of our systems and the data we process, including by increasing the risk of compromise to our systems, intellectual property, or data arising from employees’ combined personal and private use of devices, accessing our systems or data using wireless networks that we do not control, or the ability to transmit or store company-controlled data outside of our secured network. These risks have been heightened by the dramatic increase in the numbers of our employees who have been and are continuing to work from home as a result of government guidelines and internal policies adopted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In addition to the threat of unauthorized access or acquisition of sensitive or personal information or intellectual property, other threats include the deployment of harmful malware, ransomware attacks, denial-of-service (“DoS”) attacks, social engineering and other means to affect service reliability and threaten the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information. Some of these external threats may be amplified by the nature of our third-party web hosting, cloud computing, or network-dependent streaming services or suppliers. Our systems experience directed attacks on at least a periodic basis that are intended to interrupt our operations; interrupt our users’, content publishers’ and advertisers’ ability to access our platform; extract money from us; and/or view or obtain our data (including without limitation user or employee personal information or proprietary information) or intellectual property. Although we have implemented certain systems, processes, and safeguards intended to protect our information technology systems and data from such threats and mitigate risks to our systems and data, we cannot be certain that threat actors will not have a material impact on our systems or services in the future. Our safeguards intended to prevent or mitigate certain threats may not be sufficient to protect our information technology systems and data due to the developing sophistication and means of attack in the threat landscape. Recent developments in the threat landscape include an increased number of cyber extortion and ransomware attacks, with increases in the amount of ransom demands and the sophistication and variety of ransomware techniques and methodology. Additionally, our third-party vendors or business partners’ information technology systems, or hardware/software provided by such third parties for use in our information technology systems, may be vulnerable to similar threats and our business could be affected by those or similar third-party relationships.

We maintain insurance policies to cover certain losses relating to our information technology systems. However, there may be exceptions to our insurance coverage such that our insurance policies may not cover some or all aspects of a security incident. Even where an incident is covered by our insurance, the insurance limits may not cover the costs of complete remediation and redress that we may be faced with in the wake of a security incident. The successful assertion of one or more large claims against us that exceeds our available insurance coverage, or results in changes to our insurance policies (including premium increases or the imposition of large deductible or co-insurance requirements), could have an adverse effect on our business. In addition, we cannot be sure that our existing insurance coverage and coverage for errors and omissions will continue to be available on acceptable terms or that our insurers will not deny coverage as to any future claim. Though it is difficult to determine what harm may directly result from any specific interruption or breach, any failure to maintain performance, reliability, security and availability of our network infrastructure to the satisfaction of our users, business partners, regulators or other relevant stakeholders may harm our reputation and our ability to retain existing users and attract new users. Because of our prominence in the TV streaming industry, we believe we may be a particularly attractive target for threat actors. Our platform also incorporates licensed software from third parties, including open-source software, and we may also be vulnerable to attacks that focus on such third-party software. Any attempts by threat actors to disrupt our platform, our streaming devices, website, computer systems or our mobile apps, if successful, could harm our business, subject us to liability, be expensive to remedy, cause harm to our systems and operations and damage our reputation. Efforts to prevent threat actors from entering our computer systems or exploiting vulnerabilities in our devices are expensive to implement and may not be effective in detecting or preventing intrusion or vulnerabilities. Such unauthorized access to our data could damage our reputation and our business and could expose us to the risk of contractual damages, litigation and regulatory fines and penalties that could harm our business. The risk of harm to our business caused by security incidents may also increase as we expand our product and service offerings and as we enter into new markets. Implementing, maintaining, and updating security safeguards requires substantial resources now and will likely be an increasing and substantial cost in the future.

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Significant disruptions of our third-party vendors’ and/or commercial partners’ information technology systems or other similar data security incidents could adversely affect our business operations and/or result in the loss, misappropriation, and/or unauthorized access, use or disclosure of, or the prevention of access to, sensitive or personal information, which could harm our business. In addition, information technology system disruptions, whether from attacks on our technology environment or from computer viruses, natural disasters, terrorism, war and telecommunication and electrical failures, could result in a material disruption of our product development and our business operations.

There is no way of knowing with certainty whether we have experienced any data security incidents that have not been discovered. While we have no reason to believe that we have experienced a data security incident that we have not discovered, attackers have become very sophisticated in the way they conceal their unauthorized access to systems, and many companies that have been attacked are not aware that they have been attacked. Any event that leads to unauthorized access, use or disclosure of personal information, including but not limited to personal information regarding our users, could disrupt our business, harm our reputation, compel us to comply with applicable federal and/or state breach notification laws and foreign law equivalents, subject us to time consuming, distracting and expensive litigation, regulatory investigation and oversight, mandatory corrective action, require us to verify the correctness of database contents, or otherwise subject us to liability under laws, regulations and contractual obligations, including those that protect the privacy and security of personal information. This could result in increased costs to us and result in significant legal and financial exposure and/or reputational harm. For example, in the wake of a data breach involving payment card data, we may be subject to substantial penalties and related enforcement for failure to adhere to the technical or operational security requirements of the Payment Card Industry (“PCI”) Data Security Standards (“DSS”) imposed by the PCI Council to protect cardholder data. Penalties arising from PCI DSS enforcement are inherently uncertain as penalties may be imposed by various entities within the payment card processing chain without regard to any statutory or universally mandated framework. Such enforcement could threaten our relationship with our banks, card brands we do business with, and our third-party payment processors.

In addition, any actual or perceived failure by us or our vendors or business partners to comply with our privacy, confidentiality or data security-related legal or other obligations to third parties, or any further security incidents or other unauthorized access events that result in the unauthorized access, release or transfer of sensitive information, which could include personal information, may result in governmental investigations, enforcement actions, regulatory fines, litigation, or public statements against us by advocacy groups or others, and could cause third parties, including current and potential partners, to lose trust in us including existing or potential users’ perceiving our platform, system or networks as less desirable or we could be subject to claims by third parties that we have breached our privacy- or confidentiality-related obligations, which could materially and adversely affect our business and prospects. There can be no assurance that the limitations of liability in our contracts would be enforceable or adequate or would otherwise protect us from liabilities or damages. Moreover, data security incidents and other inappropriate access can be difficult to detect, and any delay in identifying them may lead to increased harm of the type described above. While we have implemented security measures intended to protect our information technology systems and infrastructure, as well as the personal and proprietary information that we possess or control, there can be no assurance that such measures will successfully prevent service interruptions or further security incidents. Data protection laws around the world often require “reasonable,” “appropriate” or “adequate” technical and organizational security measures, and the interpretation and application of those laws are often uncertain and evolving, and there can be no assurance that our security measures will be deemed adequate, appropriate or reasonable by a regulator or court. Moreover, even security measures that are deemed appropriate, reasonable, and/or in accordance with applicable legal requirements may not be able to protect the information we maintain. In addition to potential fines, we could be subject to mandatory corrective action due to a data security incident, which could adversely affect our business operations and result in substantial costs for years to come.

We and our service providers collect, process, transmit and store the personal information of our users, which creates legal obligations and exposes us to potential liability.*

We collect, process, transmit and store information about a variety of individuals including our users and their devices, and rely on third party service providers to collect, process, transmit and store personal information of our users, including our users’ payment card data. Further, we and our service providers as well as business partners use tracking technologies, including cookies, device identifiers and related technologies, to help us manage and track our users’ interactions with our platform, devices, website and partners’ content to deliver relevant advertising and personalized content for ourselves and on behalf of our partners on our devices.

We collect information about the interaction of users with our platform, devices, website, advertisements, and content publishers’ streaming channels. To deliver relevant advertisements effectively, we must successfully leverage this data as well as data provided by third parties. Our ability to collect and use such data could be restricted by a number of factors, including users having the ability to refuse consent to or opt out from our, our service providers’ or our advertising partners’

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collection and use of this data, restrictions imposed by advertisers, content publishers and service providers, changes in technology, and developments in laws, regulations and industry standards. For example, certain EU laws and regulations prohibit access to or storage of information on a user’s device (such as cookies and similar technologies that we use for advertising) that is not “strictly necessary” to provide a user-requested service or used for the “sole purpose” of a transmission unless the user has provided unambiguous, affirmative consent, and users may choose not to provide this consent to collection of information which is used for advertising purposes. Additionally, certain device manufacturers or operating system providers may restrict the deployment of cookies and similar technologies, or otherwise restrict the collection of personal information through these or other tools, via our applications. Any restrictions on our ability to collect or use data could harm our ability to grow our revenue, particularly our platform revenue which depends on engaging the relevant recipients of advertising campaigns.

Various federal, state, and foreign laws and regulations as well as industry standards and contractual obligations govern the collection, use, retention, cross-border transfer, localization, sharing and security of the data we receive from and about our users, employees and other individuals. The regulatory environment for the collection and use of personal information by device manufacturers, online service providers, content distributors, advertisers and publishers is evolving in the United States and internationally. Privacy groups and government bodies, including the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), state attorneys general, the European Commission and European data protection authorities, have increasingly scrutinized privacy issues with respect to devices that identify or are identifiable to a person (or household or device) and personal information collected through the internet, and we expect such scrutiny to continue to increase. The United States, U.S. states, and foreign governments have enacted and are considering laws and regulations that could significantly restrict industry participants’ ability to collect, use and share personal information, such as by regulating the level of consumer notice and consent required before a company can place cookies or other tracking technologies. For example, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) became effective in May 2018 and imposes detailed requirements related to the collection, storage and use of personal information related to people located in the EU or which is processed in the context of EU operations and places new data protection obligations and restrictions on organizations and may require us to make further changes to our policies and procedures in the future beyond what we have already done. In the wake of Brexit, the United Kingdom has adopted a framework similar to the GDPR (the “UK GDPR”), although additional data protection requirements may be imposed under local laws. The EU has recently confirmed that the UK framework as being ‘adequate’ to receive EU personal data.

We made changes to our data protection compliance program to prepare for the GDPR and will continue to monitor the implementation and evolution of data protection regulations, but if we are not compliant with GDPR or other data protection laws or regulations if and when implemented, we may be subject to significant fines and penalties (such as restrictions on personal information processing) and our business may be harmed. For example, under the GDPR, fines of up to EUR 20 million or 4% of the annual global revenue of a noncompliant company, whichever is greater, as well as data processing restrictions could be imposed for violation of certain of the GDPR’s requirements. Data protection laws continue to proliferate throughout the world and such laws likely apply to our business. For example, Brazil’s General Data Protection Law (“LGPD”) came into effect in August 2020. The LGPD bears many substantive similarities to the GDPR such as extra-territorial reach, enhanced privacy rights for individuals, data transfer restrictions and mandatory breach notification obligations. It carries penalties of up to 2% of a company’s Brazilian revenue.

The U.S. data protection legal landscape also continues to evolve, with states such as California and Nevada having enacted broad-based data privacy and protection legislation and with states and the federal government continuing to consider additional data privacy and protection legislation. The potential effects of this legislation are far-reaching and may require us to modify our data processing practices and policies and to incur substantial costs and expenses in an effort to comply. Effective October 2019, Nevada amended its existing Security of Personal Information Law (“SPI Law”) to require, among other things, that certain businesses provide a designated request address to intake requests from consumers to opt out of the sale of their personal data. Effective January 2020, the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) gives California residents certain rights with respect to their personal information such as rights to access and require deletion of their personal information, opt out of the sale of their personal information, and receive detailed information about how their personal information is used. The CCPA also provides for civil penalties for violations, as well as a private right of action for data breaches that may increase data breach litigation. In November 2020, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) was passed into law and goes into effect on January 1, 2023 (with a ‘look-back’ to January 1, 2022). The CPRA builds on the CCPA and among other things, requires the establishment of a dedicated agency to regulate consumer privacy issues. In 2021, Virginia and Colorado adopted laws introducing new privacy obligations for which we may need to take additional steps to comply.

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We are continuing to assess the impact of new and proposed data privacy and protection laws and proposed amendments to existing laws on our business. Such restrictions could, for example, limit our ability to supply targeted advertising and thus negatively impact our business.

Applicable data privacy and security laws may also obligate us to employ security measures that are appropriate to the nature of the data we collect and process and, among other factors, the risks attendant to our data processing activities in order to protect personal information from unauthorized access or disclosure, or accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, or alteration. We have implemented security measures that we believe are appropriate, but a regulator could deem our security measures not to be appropriate given the lack of prescriptive measures in certain data protection laws. Given the evolving nature of security threats and evolving safeguards, we cannot be sure that our chosen safeguards will protect against security threats to our business including the personal information that we process. However, even security measures that are appropriate, reasonable, and/or in accordance with applicable legal requirements may not be able to fully protect our information technology systems and the data contained in those systems, or our data that is contained in third parties’ systems. Moreover, certain data protection laws impose on us responsibility for our employees and third parties that assist with aspects of our data processing. Our employees’ or third parties’ intentional, unintentional, or inadvertent actions may increase our vulnerability or expose us to security threats, such as phishing attacks, and we may remain responsible for successful access, acquisition or other disclosure of our data despite the quality and legal sufficiency of our security measures.

As part of our data protection compliance program, we have implemented data transfer mechanisms to provide for the transfer of personal information from the European Economic Area (the “EEA”) or the United Kingdom to the United States. However, there are certain unsettled legal issues regarding the adequacy of data transfers to the United States, the resolution of which may adversely affect our ability to transfer personal information from the EEA to the United States. On July 16, 2020, the European Court of Justice (the highest EU Court) ruled the EU-US Privacy Shield to be an invalid data transfer mechanism, confirmed that the Model Clauses remain valid, and left unaddressed some issues regarding supplementary measures that may need to be taken to support transfers. We are currently assessing the available regulatory guidance from EU Data Protection Authorities and the US Department of Commerce on the impact of this ruling on broader international data transfer compliance for companies, including finalized guidance on specific supplementary measures that all companies would be required to implement in addition to the Model Clauses. In June 2021, the European Commission published updated versions of the Model Clauses, which must be incorporated into new and existing agreements within prescribed timeframes in order to continue to lawfully transfer personal information outside of the EEA. The UK is expected to publish their own versions of Model Clauses during 2021. Updating agreements to incorporate these new Model Clauses may require significant time and resources to implement, including through adjusting our operations, conducting requisite data transfer assessments, and revising our contracts. Our ability to continue to transfer personal information outside of the EU may become significantly more costly and may subject us to increased scrutiny and liability under the GDPR, and we may experience operating disruptions if we are unable to conduct these transfers in the future. In addition, cloud service providers upon which our services depend are experiencing heightened scrutiny from EU regulators, which may lead to significant shifts or unavailability of cloud services to transfer personal information outside the EU, which may significantly impact our costs or ability to operate.  

We will continue to review our business practices and may find it necessary or desirable to make changes to our personal information processing to cause our transfer and receipt of EEA residents’ personal information to conform to applicable European law. The regulation of data privacy in the EU continues to evolve, and it is not possible to predict the ultimate effect of evolving data protection regulation and implementation over time. Member states also have some flexibility to supplement the GDPR with their own laws and regulations and may apply stricter requirements for certain data processing activities.

In addition, some countries are considering or have enacted ‘data localization’ laws requiring that user data regarding users in their country be maintained, stored, and/or processed in their country. Maintaining local data centers in individual countries could increase our operating costs significantly. We expect that, in addition to the “business as usual” costs of compliance, the evolving regulatory interpretation and enforcement of laws such as the GDPR and CCPA, as well as other domestic and foreign data protection laws, will lead to increased operational and compliance costs and will require us to continually monitor and, where necessary, make changes to our operations, policies, and procedures. Any failure or perceived failure to comply with privacy-related legal obligations, or any compromise of security of user data, may result in governmental enforcement actions, litigation, contractual indemnity or public statements against us by consumer advocacy groups or others. In addition to potential liability, these events could harm our business.

We publish privacy policies, notices and other documentation regarding our collection, processing, use and disclosure of personal information, credit card information and/or other confidential information. Although we endeavor to comply with

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our published policies, certifications, and documentation, we may at times fail to do so or may be perceived to have failed to do so. Moreover, despite our efforts, we may not be successful in achieving compliance if our employees or vendors fail to comply with our published policies, certifications, and documentation. Such failures can subject us to potential international, local, state and federal action if they are found to be deceptive, unfair, or misrepresentative of our actual practices.

We have incurred, and will continue to incur, expenses to comply with privacy and security standards and protocols imposed by law, regulation, industry standards and contractual obligations. Increased regulation of data collection, use and security practices, including self-regulation and industry standards, changes in existing laws, enactment of new laws, increased enforcement activity, and changes in interpretation of laws, could increase our cost of compliance and operation, limit our ability to grow our business or otherwise harm our business.

Our actual or perceived failure to adequately protect personal information and confidential information that we (or our service providers or business partners) collect, store or process could trigger contractual and legal obligations, harm our reputation, subject us to liability and otherwise adversely affect our business including our financial results.

In the ordinary course of our business, we collect, store and process personal information (including payment card information) and/or other confidential information of our employees, our partners, and our users. We use third-party service providers and subprocessors to help us deliver our services. These vendors may store or process personal information, payment card information and/or other confidential information of our employees, our partners, or our users. We collect such information from individuals located both in the United States and abroad and may store or process such information outside the country in which it was collected.

A variety of state, national, and foreign laws and regulations apply to the collection, use, retention, protection, disclosure, security, transfer, cross-border transfer, localization, and other processing of personal information. These privacy and data protection-related laws and regulations are evolving, with new or modified laws and regulations proposed and implemented frequently and existing laws and regulations subject to new or different interpretations. In addition, each state and the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, EU member states, and the United Kingdom, as well as some other foreign nations, have passed laws requiring notification to regulatory authorities, to affected users, and/or others within a specific timeframe when there has been a security breach involving certain personal information as well as impose additional obligations for companies. Additionally, our agreements with certain users or partners may require us to notify them in the event of a security breach. Such statutory and contractual disclosures are costly, could lead to negative publicity, may cause our users to lose confidence in the effectiveness of our security measures and require us to expend significant capital and other resources to respond to and/or alleviate problems caused by the actual or perceived security breach. Compliance with these obligations could delay or impede the development of new products and may cause reputational harm.

Litigation resulting from security breaches may adversely affect our business. Unauthorized access to our platform, systems, networks, or physical facilities could result in litigation with our users or other relevant stakeholders. These proceedings could force us to spend money in defense or settlement, divert management’s time and attention, increase our costs of doing business, and/or adversely affect our reputation. We could be required to fundamentally change our business activities and practices or modify our products and/or platform capabilities in response to such litigation, which could have an adverse effect on our business. Any actual or perceived inability to adequately protect the privacy of individuals’ information in our possession, custody or control may render our products or services less desirable and could harm our reputation and business. Any costs incurred as a result of this potential liability could harm our business.

Any significant disruption in our computer systems or those of third parties we utilize in our operations could result in a loss or degradation of service on our platform and could harm our business.

We rely on the expertise of our engineering and software development teams for the performance and operation of ourthe Roku OS, streaming platform and computer systems. Service interruptions, errors in our software or the unavailability of computer systems used in our operations could diminish the overall attractiveness of our devices and streaming platform to existing and potential users. We utilize computer systems located either in our facilities or those of third-party server hosting providers and third-party Internet-basedinternet-based or cloud computing services. Although we generally enter into service level agreements with these parties, we exercise no control over their operations, which makes us vulnerable to any errors, interruptions or delays that they may experience. In the future, we may transition additional features of our services from our managed hosting systems to cloud computing services, which may require significant expenditures and engineering resources. If we are unable to manage such a transition effectively, we may experience operational delays and inefficiencies until the transition is complete. Upon the expiration or termination of any of our agreements with third-party vendors, we may not be able to replace their services in a timely manner or on terms and conditions, including service levels and cost, that are favorable to us, and a transition from one vendor to another vendor could subject us to operational delays and

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inefficiencies until the transition is complete. In addition, fires, floods, earthquakes, power losses, telecommunications failures, break-ins and similar events could damage these systems and hardware or cause them to fail completely. As we do not maintain entirely redundant systems, a


disrupting event could result in prolonged downtime of our operations and could adversely affect our business. Any disruption in the services provided by these vendors could have adverse impacts on our business reputation, customer relations and operating results.

Our servers and those of the third parties we use in our operations may be vulnerable to computer viruses, physical or electronic break-ins and similar disruptions, which could lead to interruptions and delays in platform availability and operations, as well as the loss, misuse or theft of personal and identifying information of our users. We also rely on third-party contractors to collect, process, transmit and store personal information of our users, including our users’ credit card data. While we have implemented administrative, physical and electronic security measures to protect against reasonably foreseeable loss, misuse and alteration of personal data and confidential information (e.g., protected content or intellectual property), cyberattacks on companies have increased in frequency and potential impact in recent years and, if successful against us, may harm our reputation and business and subject us to potential liability despite reasonable precautions

We maintain limited insurance policies to cover losses relating to our systems. Though it is difficult to determine what harm may directly result from any specific interruption or breach, any failure to maintain performance, reliability, security and availability of our network infrastructure to the satisfaction of our users may harm our reputation and our ability to retain existing users and attract new users. Because of our prominence in the TV streaming industry, we believe we may be a particularly attractive target for hackers. Our platform also incorporates licensed software from third-parties, including open source software, and we may also be vulnerable to attacks that focus on such third-party software. In October 2017, individuals identified and publicized certain vulnerabilities that affect the Wi-Fi Protected Access and the Wi-Fi Protected Access II security protocols.  These protocol-level vulnerabilities affected companies providing infrastructure devices and wireless clients, which follow the WPA and WPA2 specifications, for which we took steps to release a security patch. Any attempts by hackers to disrupt our platform, our devices, website, computer systems or our mobile apps, if successful, could harm our business, be expensive to remedy and damage our reputation. Efforts to prevent hackers from entering our computer systems or exploiting vulnerabilities in our devices are expensive to implement and may not be effective in detecting or preventing intrusion or vulnerabilities. Such unauthorized access to users’ data could damage our reputation and our business and could expose us of the risk to contractual damages, litigation and regulatory fines and penalties that could harm our business.

If any aspect of our computer systems or those of third parties we utilize in our operations fails, it may lead to downtime or slow processing time, either of which may harm the experience of our users. We have experienced, and may in the future experience, service disruptions, outages and other performance problems due to a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, human or software errors and capacity constraints. We expect to continue to make significant investmentsinvest in our technology infrastructure to maintain and improve the user experience and platform performance. To the extent that we or our third-party service hosting provider do not effectively address capacity constraints, upgrade ouror patch systems as needed and continually develop our technology and network architecture to accommodate increasingly complex services and functions, increasing numbers of users, and actual and anticipated changes in technology, our business may be harmed.

Changes in how network operators manage data that travel across their networks could harm our business.*

Our business relies upon the ability of consumersour users to access high-quality streaming content through the Internet.internet. As a result, the growth of our business depends on our users’ ability to obtain and maintain low-cost, high-speed access to the Internet,internet, which relies in part on the network operators’ continuing willingness to upgrade and maintain their equipment as needed to sustain a robust Internetinternet infrastructure as well as their continued willingness to preserve the open and interconnected nature of the Internet.internet. We exercise no control over network operators, which makes us vulnerable to any errors, interruptions or delays in their operations.operations, as well as their decision to prioritize the delivery of certain network traffic at the expense of other traffic. Any material disruption or degradation in Internetinternet services could harm our business.

To the extent that the number of Internetinternet users continues to increase, network congestion could adversely affect the reliability of our streaming platform. We may also face increased costs of doing business if network operators engage in discriminatory practices with respect to streamed video content in an effort to monetize access to their networks or customers by data providers. In the past, ISPsinternet service providers have attempted to implement usage-based pricing, bandwidth caps and traffic “shaping” or throttling. To the extent network operators were to create tiers of Internetinternet access service and either charge us for access to these tiers or prohibit our content offerings from being available on some or all of these tiers, our quality of service could decline, our operating expenses could increase and our ability to attract and retain customersusers could be impaired, each of which would harm our business.

In addition, most network operators that provide consumers with access to the Internetinternet also provide these consumers with multichannel video programming.programming, and some network operators also own streaming services. These network operators have an incentive to use their network infrastructure in a manner adverse to the continued growth and success of other companies seeking to distribute similar video programming. To the extent that network operators are able to provide preferential treatment to their own data and content, as opposed to ours, our business could be harmed.


We could become subjectRisks Related to litigationIntellectual Property

Litigation regarding intellectual property rights that could be costly, result in the loss of rights important to our devices and streaming platform, cause us to incur significant legal costs or otherwise harm our business.*

Some Internet,internet, technology and media companies, including some of our competitors, own large numbers of patents, copyrights and trademarks, which they may use to assert claims against us. Third parties have asserted, and may in the future assert, that we have infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated their intellectual property rights. As we grow and face increasing competition, the possibility of intellectual property rights claims against us will grow. Plaintiffs who have no relevant product revenue may not be deterred by our own issued patents and pending patent applications in bringing intellectual property rights claims against us. The cost of patent litigation or other proceedings, even if resolved in our favor, has been or could be substantial. Some of our competitors may be better able to sustain the costs of such litigation or proceedings because of their substantially greater financial resources. Patent litigation and other proceedings may also require significant management time and divert management from our business. Uncertainties resulting from the initiation and continuation of patent litigation or other proceedings could impair our ability to compete in the marketplace. The occurrence of any of the foregoing could harm our business.

As a result of intellectual property infringement claims, or to avoid potential claims, we may choose or be required to seek licenses from third parties. These licenses may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, or at all. Even if we

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are able to obtain a license, the license would likely obligate us to pay license fees or royalties or both, and the rights granted to us might be nonexclusive, with the potential for our competitors to gain access to the same intellectual property. In addition, the rights that we secure under intellectual property licenses may not include rights to all of the intellectual property owned or controlled by the licensor, and the scope of the licenses granted to us may not include rights covering all of the products and services provided by us and our licensees. Furthermore, an adverse outcome of a dispute may require us to pay damages, potentially including treble damages and attorneys’ fees, if we are found to have willfully infringed a party’s intellectual property; cease making, licensing or using technologies that are alleged to infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property of others; expend additional development resources to redesign our solutions;products; enter into potentially unfavorable royalty or license agreements in order to obtain the right to use necessary technologies, content or materials; and to indemnify our partners and other third parties. For example, we have in the past elected to develop and implement specific design changes to address potential risks that certain products could otherwise become subject to exclusion orders arising from patent infringement claims brought in the U.S. International Trade Commission. In addition, any lawsuits regarding intellectual property rights, regardless of their success, could be expensive to resolve and would divert the time and attention of our management and technical personnel.

Under our agreements with many of our content publishers, licensees, contract manufacturers and suppliers, we are required to provide indemnification in the event our technology is alleged to infringe upon the intellectual property rights of third parties.

In certain of our agreements we indemnify our content publishers, licensees, manufacturing partners and suppliers. We could incur significant expenses defending these partners if they are sued for patent infringement based on allegations related to our technology. In addition, if a partner were to lose a lawsuit and in turn seek indemnification from us, we could be subject to significant monetary liabilities. In addition, because the devices sold by our licensing partners and TV brands often involve the use of third-party technology, this increases our exposure to litigation in circumstances where there is a claim of infringement asserted against the player in question, even if the claim does not pertain to our technology.

If we fail to, or are unable to, protect or enforce our intellectual property or proprietary rights, our business and operating results could be harmed.*

We regard the protection of our patents, trade secrets, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, domain names and other intellectual property or proprietary rights as critical to our success. We strive to protect our intellectual property rights by relying on federal, state and common law rights, as well as contractual restrictions. We seek to protect our confidential proprietary information, in part, by entering into confidentiality agreements and invention assignment agreements with all of our employees, consultants, contractors, advisors and any third parties who have access to our proprietary know-how, information or technology. However, we cannot be certain that we have executed such agreements with all parties who may have helped to develop our intellectual property or who had access to our proprietary information, nor can we be certain that our agreements will not be breached. Any party with whom we have executed such an agreement could potentially breach that agreement and disclose our proprietary information, including our trade secrets, and we may not be able to obtain adequate remedies for such breaches. We cannot guarantee that our trade secrets and other confidential proprietary information will not be disclosed or that competitors will not otherwise gain access to our trade secrets or independently develop substantially equivalent information and techniques. Detecting the disclosure or misappropriation of a trade secret and enforcing a claim that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated a trade secret is difficult, time-consuming and could result in substantial costs and the outcome of such a claim is unpredictable.

Further, the laws of certain foreign countries do not protect proprietary rights toprovide the same extent or in the same mannerlevel of protection of corporate proprietary information and assets such as intellectual property, trademarks, trade secrets, know-how and records as the laws of the United States. For instance, the legal systems of certain countries, particularly certain developing countries, do not favor the enforcement of patents and other intellectual property protection. As a result, we may encounter significant problems in protecting and defending our intellectual property or proprietary rights bothabroad. Additionally, we may also be exposed to material risks of theft or unauthorized reverse engineering of our proprietary information and other intellectual property, including technical data, manufacturing processes, data sets or other sensitive information. Our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights in such foreign countries may be inadequate to obtain a significant commercial advantage from the United Statesintellectual property that we develop, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and abroad. Ifresults of operations. Moreover, if we are unable to prevent the disclosure of our trade secrets to third parties, or if our competitors independently develop any of our trade secrets, we may not be able to establish or maintain a competitive advantage in our market, which could harm our business.

We have filed and will in the future file patent applications on inventions that we deem to be innovative. There is no guarantee that our patent applications will issue as granted patents, that the scope of the protection gained will be sufficient or that an issued patent


may subsequently be deemed invalid or unenforceable. Patent laws, and scope of coverage afforded by them, have recently been subject to significant changes, such as the change to “first-to-file” from “first-to-invent” resulting from the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. This change in the determination of inventorship may result in inventors and companies having to file patent applications more frequently to preserve rights in their inventions, which may favor larger competitors that have the resources to file more patent applications. Another change to the patent laws may incentivize third parties to challenge any issued patent in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or USPTO,(“USPTO”), as opposed to having to bring such an action in U.S. federal court. Any invalidation of a patent claim could have a significant impact on our ability to protect the innovations contained within our devices and platform and could harm our business.

The USPTO and various foreign governmental patent agencies require compliance with a number of procedural, documentary, fee payment and other provisions to maintain patent applications and issued patents. We may fail to take the

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necessary actions and to pay the applicable fees to obtain or maintain our patents. Noncompliance with these requirements can result in abandonment or lapse of a patent or patent application, resulting in partial or complete loss of patent rights in the relevant jurisdiction. In such an event, competitors might be able to use our technologies and enter the market earlier than would otherwise have been the case.

We pursue the registration of our domain names, trademarks and service marks in the United States and in certain locations outside the United States. We are seeking to protect our trademarks, patents and domain names in an increasing number of jurisdictions, a process that is expensive and time-consuming and may not be successful or which we may not pursue in every location.jurisdiction in which we conduct business.

Litigation may be necessary to enforce our intellectual property or proprietary rights, protect our trade secrets or determine the validity and scope of proprietary rights claimed by others. Any litigation of this nature, regardless of outcome or merit, could result in substantial costs, adverse publicity or diversion of management and technical resources, any of which could adversely affect our business and operating results. If we fail to maintain, protect and enhance our intellectual property or proprietary rights, our business may be harmed.

We and our third -party contractors collect, process, transmit and store the personal information of our users, which creates legal obligations and exposes us to potential liability.

We collect, process, transmit and store information about our users’ device usage patterns, and rely on third-party contractors to collect, process, transmit and store personal information of our users, including our users’ credit card data. Further, we and third parties use tracking technologies, including cookies, device identifiers and related technologies, to help us manage and track our users’ interactions with our platform, devices, website and partners’ content streaming channels and deliver relevant advertising for ourselves and on behalf of our partners on our devices.

We collect information about the interaction of users with our devices, our advertisements and our partners’ streaming channels. To deliver relevant advertisements effectively, we must successfully leverage this data as well as data provided by third parties. Our ability to collect and use such data could be restricted by a number of factors, including consumers choosing to opt out from our collection of this data or the ability of our advertisers to use such data to provide more relevant advertisements, restrictions imposed by advertisers, content publishers and service providers, changes in technology, and new developments in laws, regulations and industry standards. For example, our privacy policy outlines the type of data we collect and discloses to users how to disable or restrict such data collection and the use of such data in providing more relevant advertisements. Any restrictionsopen source software could impose limitations on our ability to collect datacommercialize our devices and our streaming platform.

We incorporate open source software in our streaming platform. From time to time, companies that incorporate open source software into their products and services have faced claims challenging the ownership of open source software and/or compliance with open source license terms. Therefore, we could harmbe subject to suits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe to be open source software or noncompliance with open source licensing terms. Although we monitor our ability to grow our revenue, particularly our advertising revenue which depends on engaging the relevant recipients of advertising campaigns.

Various federal and state laws and regulations govern the collection, use, retention, sharing and security of the data we receive from and about our users. The regulatory environment for the collection and use of consumer dataopen source software, the terms of many open source software licenses have not been interpreted by device manufacturers, online service providers, content distributors, advertisersU.S. courts, and publishersthere is very unsettleda risk that such licenses could be construed in a manner that could impose unanticipated conditions or restrictions on the sale of our devices. In such event, we could be required to make our proprietary software generally available to third parties, including competitors, at no cost, to seek licenses from third parties in order to continue offering our devices, to re-engineer our devices or to discontinue the sale of our devices in the United States and internationally. Privacy groups and government bodies, including the Federal Trade Commission, have increasingly scrutinized privacy issues with respect to devices that link personal identitiesevent re-engineering cannot be accomplished on a timely basis or user and device data, with data collected through the Internet, and we expect such scrutiny to continue to increase. The United States and foreign governments have enacted and are considering regulations that could significantly restrict industry participants’ ability to collect, use and share personal information and pseudonymous data, such as by regulating the levelat all, any of consumer notice and consent required before a company can place cookies or other tracking technologies. Any failure or perceived failure to comply with privacy-related legal obligations, or any compromise of security of user data, may result in governmental enforcement actions, litigation, contractual indemnity or public statements against us by consumer advocacy groups or others. In addition to potential liability, these eventswhich could harm our business.

Under our agreements with many of our content publishers, licensees, distributors, retailers, contract manufacturers and suppliers, we are required to provide indemnification in the event our technology is alleged to infringe upon the intellectual property rights of third parties.

In certain of our agreements we indemnify our content publishers, licensees, distributors, retailers, manufacturing partners and suppliers. We have incurred,in the past, and may in the future, incur significant expenses defending these partners if they are sued for patent infringement based on allegations related to our technology. If a partner were to lose a lawsuit and in turn seek indemnification from us, we also could be subject to significant monetary liabilities. In addition, because the devices sold by our licensing partners and Roku TV brands often involve the use of third-party technology, this increases our exposure to litigation in circumstances where there is a claim of infringement asserted against the streaming device in question, even if the claim does not pertain to our technology.

Risks Related to Macroeconomic Conditions

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has impacted our business and we are unable to predict the extent to which the pandemic and related effects will continue to impact our business.*

Beginning in the first quarter of 2020 and continuing into 2021, there has been widespread global impact from the COVID-19 pandemic, and our business has been, and will continue to incur, expensesbe, impacted by the pandemic and resulting economic consequences. The spread of COVID-19 has caused us to comply with privacytake precautionary measures intended to help minimize the risk of the virus to our employees, including work-from-home policies, suspending non-essential business travel and security standardslimiting physical participation in non-essential meetings, events and protocols imposedconferences. We may take further actions as required by law, regulation, industry standards and contractual obligations. Increased regulationgovernment authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of data collection, useour employees, TV brand partners, content publishers, advertisers, retail and distribution practices,partners, contract manufacturers, services vendors and supply chain. There is no certainty that such measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and a continuation of the extended period of remote work arrangements could disrupt our business, introduce business and operational risks, including self-regulationcybersecurity risks, and industry standards,could make it more difficult for us to effectively manage our business.

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The COVID-19 pandemic continued to have a mixed impact on our business during the six months ended June 30, 2021. When staying-at-home restrictions were first issued in the first quarter of 2020, we saw an acceleration in both streaming hours, which has moderated, and account activations. In our platform segment, during the COVID-19 pandemic we have experienced increases in trials of and subscriptions to SVOD content, growth in the consumption of AVOD content, and increased purchases of transaction video on demand (“TVOD”) content. Although we experienced delays in the start of some video advertising campaigns and an increase in advertising campaign cancellations during the second quarter of 2020, we believe the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift of advertising from traditional TV to streaming TV. We also have encountered supply chain disruptions related to our players that have resulted in an increase in component prices and elevated air freight costs to replenish inventory and meet increased demand. Additionally, at times some of our retail partners have had to close or severely limit access to their brick-and-mortar locations, resulting in reduced sale of devices in these locations. For example, during the 2020 holiday season our retail partners saw fewer shoppers in their brick-and-mortar locations. Further, our management team has continued to focus on addressing the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, which has required, and will continue to require, a significant investment of their time and resources, and has diverted their attention away from other aspects of our business.

The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic ultimately impacts our business will depend on future developments, which are uncertain and cannot be predicted, including, but not limited to: the duration and spread of the outbreak; its severity; the actions taken by governmental authorities to contain the virus or treat its impacts; the development, availability and acceptance of effective vaccines; possible variants of the virus that render vaccines ineffective or decrease their efficacy; and how quickly and to what extent economic and operating conditions normalize. While vaccines have been developed and administered, and the spread of COVID-19 may eventually be contained or mitigated, we cannot predict the timing of the vaccine roll-out globally, vaccine acceptance, or the efficacy of such vaccines, and we do not know how consumers, advertisers, or our partners will operate in a post-COVID-19 environment. For example, in the second quarter of 2021, we believe consumers spent less time streaming TV, which reduced our streaming hours and the growth rate of our active accounts. These changes may impact our platform revenue if we experience a decrease in existing laws, enactmentsales of new laws,advertising or transactional revenue shares from content publishers. We also may incur significant operating costs and be exposed to increased enforcement activity, and


changes in interpretation of laws could increaseliability risks when employees begin to return to our offices, such as the cost of compliancecollecting additional information (including health and operation, limitmedical information) about our employees, contractors and visitors at our facilities, testing supplies and personal protective equipment for on-site staff. In addition, with the increase in remote working during the COVID-19 pandemic and the possible continuation of a hybrid-work environment when our employees return to our offices, we may not be able to maintain the same level of control over the security of our systems or the personal information that we collect, store and process, particularly as cyber attackers appear to increasingly attempt to compromise systems and data in an effort to exploit the pandemic. The ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global supply chain is expected to continue into 2022, and it may continue to result in increased costs and less availability of materials and components that are needed to manufacture our streaming players and our TV brand partners’ Roku TV models, as well as increased costs and less availability of freight and warehousing services that are used in our distribution channels. Furthermore, economic uncertainty may result in the purchase of fewer streaming devices which could lead to a reduction in account activations and streaming hours, and also could negatively impact our revenue. An economic downturn or continued economic uncertainty could also impact the overall financial condition of our TV brand partners, content publishers, advertisers, retailers, contract manufacturers, services vendors and supply chain, all of whom we depend on in order to operate our business. As a result, the current level of uncertainty over the economic and operational impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic means the impact on our business cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

Natural disasters or other catastrophic events could disrupt and impact our business.

Occurrence of any catastrophic event, including an earthquake, flood, tsunami or other weather event, power loss, internet failure, software or hardware malfunctions, cyber-attack, war, terrorist attack, medical epidemic or pandemic (such as the COVID-19 pandemic), other man-made disasters or other catastrophic events could disrupt our business operations. Any of these business disruptions could require substantial expenditures and recovery time in order to fully resume operations. In particular, our principal offices are located in California, and our contract manufacturers and some of our suppliers are located in Asia, both of which are regions known for seismic activity making our operations in these areas vulnerable to natural disasters or other business disruptions in these areas. Our insurance coverage may not compensate us for losses that may occur in the event of an earthquake or other significant natural disaster. In addition, our offices and facilities, and those of our contract manufacturers and suppliers, could be vulnerable to the effects of climate change (such as sea level rise, drought, flooding, wildfires and increased storm severity) that could disrupt our business operations. For example, in California, increasing intensity of drought and annual periods of wildfire danger increase the probability of planned power outages. Further, acts of terrorism could cause disruptions to the internet or the economy as a whole. If our streaming platform was to fail or be negatively impacted as a result of a natural disaster or other event, our ability to grow our business or otherwise harm our business.

If service operators refusedeliver streaming content, including advertising, to authenticate streaming channels on our platform, our users maywould be restricted from accessing certain content onimpaired. Disruptions in the operations of our platformcontract manufacturers as

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a result of a disaster or other catastrophic event could delay the manufacture and shipment of our business may be harmed.

Certain service operators, including pay TV providers, have from time to time refused to grantplayers or other products, which could impact our users access to streaming content through “TV Everywhere” channels and have made that content available only on certain devices favored by such service operators, including devices offered by that service operator or its partners. If major service operators do not authenticate popular TV Everywhere channels on our platform, we may be unable to offer a broad selection of popular streaming channels and consumers may not purchase or use our streaming players.business. If we are unable to develop adequate plans to ensure that our business functions continue to provide access to popular streaming channels on our platform, our business may be harmed.

United Statesoperate during and after a disaster or international rules that permit ISPs to limit Internet data consumption by users, including unreasonable discrimination in the provision of broadband Internet access services, could harm our business.

Laws, regulations or court rulings that adversely affect the popularity or growth in use of the Internet, including decisions that undermine open and neutrally administered Internet access, could decrease customer demand for our service offerings, may impose additional burdens on us or could cause us to incur additional expenses or alter our business model. On February 26, 2015, the FCC adopted open Internet rules intended to protect the ability of consumers and content producers to send and non-harmful, lawful legal information on the Internet. The FCC’s Open Internet Order prohibits broadband Internet access service providers from: (i) blocking access to legal content, applications, services or non-harmful devices; (ii) throttling, impairing or degrading performance based on content, applications, services or non-harmful devices; and (iii) charging more for favorable delivery of content or favoring self-provisioned content over third-party content. The Open Internet Order also prohibits broadband Internet access service providers from unreasonably interfering with consumers’ ability to select, access and use the lawful content, applications, services or devices of their choosing as well as edge providers’ ability to make lawful content, applications, services or devices available to consumers.

On June 14, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld the Open Internet Order against a challenge by twelve parties, including AT&T Inc., the United States Telecom Association and the National Cable & Telecommunications Association. On May 1, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied rehearing en banc. Multiple parties subsequently petitioned for certiorari asking the Supreme Court of the United States to further review the Open Internet Order. In the interim, the FCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking on May 18, 2017 that proposes to limit or reverse some of the provisions of the Open Internet Order, including its prohibitions against blocking, throttling and paid prioritization. It is not clear whetherother catastrophic event and to what extent the Supreme Court will grant certiorari in light of the proposed rulemaking. To the extent the Supreme Court or the FCC do not uphold or adopt sufficient safeguards to protect against discriminatory conduct orexecute successfully on those plans in the event that any existingof a disaster or future rules fail to offer protections against such conduct, network operators may seek to extract fees from us or our content publishers to deliver our traffic or otherwise engage in blocking, throttling or other discriminatory practices, andcatastrophic event, our business couldwould be harmed.

As we expand internationally, government regulation protecting the non-discriminatory provision of Internet access may be nascent or non-existent. In those markets where regulatory safeguards against unreasonable discrimination are nascent or non-existentLegal and where local network operators possess substantial market power, we could experience anti-competitive practices that could impede our growth, cause us to incur additional expenses or otherwise harm our business. Future regulations or changes in laws and regulations or their existing interpretations or applications could also hinder our operational flexibility, raise compliance costs and result in additional liabilities for us, which may harm our business.

Broadband Internet providers are subject to government regulation, and changes in current or future laws or regulations that negatively impact our content publishers could harm our business.

The FCC exercises jurisdiction over many broadband Internet providers in the United States. The FCC could promulgate new regulations or interpret existing regulations in a manner that would cause us or our content publishers to incur significant compliance costs or force us to alter or eliminate certain features or functionality of our products or services which may harm our business. Future FCC regulation affecting providers of broadband Internet access services could impede the penetration of broadband Internet access into certain markets or affect the prices they may charge in such markets. As part of its February 26, 2015 network neutrality order, the FCC changed the regulatory classification of broadband Internet service from a lightly regulated “information service” to a common carrier “telecommunication service.” It also extended regulation to Internet traffic exchange and interconnection arrangements. On May 18, 2017, the FCC issued a notice of proposed rulemaking proposing to reinstate the classification of broadband Internet service as an “information service” that would not be subject to common carrier regulation, however, continued classification as a telecommunications service could subject broadband Internet access to significant new regulation, including rate


regulation, although the FCC has decided to forbear at this time from applying many common carrier requirements, including price regulation; market entry and exit regulation; the obligation to contribute to the federal universal service fund; and telephone-specific interconnection and unbundling requirements. Furthermore, many broadband Internet providers provide traditional telecommunications services that are subject to FCC and state rate regulation of interstate telecommunications services, and are recipients of federal universal service fund payments, which are intended to subsidize telecommunications services in areas that are expensive to serve. Changes in rate regulations or in universal service funding rules, either at the federal or state level, could adversely affect these broadband Internet providers’ revenue and capital spending plans. In addition, various international regulatory bodies have jurisdiction over non-United States broadband Internet providers. To the extent these broadband Internet providers are adversely affected by laws or regulations regarding their business, products or service offerings, our business could be harmed.Regulatory Risks

If government regulations or laws relating to the Internet,internet, video, advertising, or other areas of our business change, we may need to alter the manner in which we conduct our business, or our business could be harmed.

We are subject to general business regulations and laws, as well as regulations and laws specific to the Internet,internet and online services, which may include laws and regulations related to data privacy data collection and protection,security, consumer protection, data localization, law enforcement access to data, encryption, telecommunications, social media, payment processing, taxation, intellectual property, competition, electronic contracts, Internetinternet access, net neutrality, advertising, calling and texting, content restrictions, ,protection of children and accessibility, among others. We cannot guarantee that we have been or will be fully compliant in every jurisdiction. Litigation and regulatory proceedings are inherently uncertain, and the laws and regulations governing issues such as data privacy and security, payment processing, taxation, net neutrality, video, telecommunications, e-commerce tariffs and consumer protection related to the Internetinternet continue to develop. For example, laws relating to the liability of providers of online services for activities of their users and other third parties have been tested by a number of claims, including actions based on invasion of privacy and other torts, unfair competition, copyright and trademark infringement, and other theories based on the nature and content of the materials searched, the advertisements posted, actions taken or not taken by providers in response to user activity or the content provided by users. The U.S. Congress has also enacted legislation related to liability of providers of online services and may continue to legislate in this area. The CCPA and Nevada SPI Law also apply to entities that do business in California and Nevada, respectively, and impose a number of requirements on internet and online services. Moreover, as Internetinternet commerce and advertising continuescontinue to evolve, increasing regulation by federal, state and foreign regulatory authorities becomes more likely.

As we develop new services and devices, and improve our TV streaming platform, we may also be subject to new laws and regulations specific to such technologies. For example, in developing our Roku TV reference design, we were required to understand, address and comply with an evolving regulatory framework for developing, manufacturing, marketing and selling TVs. If we fail to adequately address or comply with such regulations regarding the manufacture and sale of TVs, we may be subject to fines or sanctions, and our licensees may be unable to sell Roku TVsTV models at all, which would harm our business and our ability to grow our user base.

Laws relating to data privacy and data collection and protection,security, data localization, law enforcement access to data, encryption, and similar activities continue to proliferate, often with little harmonization between jurisdictions and littlelimited guidance. A number of existing bills are pending in the U.S. Congress and other government bodies that contain provisions that would regulate, for example, how companies can use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect, use and share user information. The European UnionCCPA also imposes requirements on certain tracking activity. The EU already has already enactedexisting laws, which are due for update in 2021, requiring advertisers or companies like ours to, for example, obtain informedunambiguous, affirmative consent from users for the placement of cookies or other tracking technologies and the delivery of relevant advertisements. If we or the third parties that we work with, such as contract payment processing services, content publishers, vendors or developers violate or are alleged to violate applicable privacy or security laws, industry standards, our contractual obligations, or our policies, such violations and alleged violations may also put our users’ information at risk and could in turn harm our business and reputation and subject us to potential liability. Any of these consequences could cause our users, advertisers or publishers to lose trust in us, which could harm our business. Furthermore, any failure on our part to comply with these laws may subject us to liability and reputational harm.

Our use of data to deliver relevant advertising and other services on our platform places us and our content publishers at risk for claims under various unsettled laws, including the Video Privacy Protection Act or VPPA.(“VPPA”). Some of our content publishers have been engaged in litigation over alleged violations of the VPPA relating to activities on our platform in connection with advertising provided by unrelated third parties. The Federal Trade Commission has also in recent years revised its rules implementing the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act or (“COPPA Rules,Rules”) broadening the applicability of the COPPA Rules, including the types of information that are subject to these regulations, and it is currently examining whether additional changes are appropriate. Such actions could limit the information that we or our content publishers and advertisers may collect and use through certain content publishers, the content of advertisements and in relation to certain channel partner content. The CCPA also imposes certain opt in and opt out requirements for certain information about minors. We and our content publishers and advertisers could be at risk for violation or alleged violation of these and other privacy, advertising, or similar laws.

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Changes in general economic conditions, geopolitical conditions, U.S. or foreign trade policies and other factors beyond our control may adversely impact our business and operating results.*

Our actualbusiness is subject to risks generally associated with doing business abroad, such as U.S. and foreign governmental regulation in the countries in which our contract manufacturers and component suppliers are located. Our operations and performance depend significantly on global, regional and U.S. economic and geopolitical conditions. For example, there has been discussion and dialogue regarding potential significant changes to U.S. trade policies, legislation, treaties and tariffs. In November 2018, for example, the United States, Mexico, and Canada signed the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”) which superseded the North American Free Trade Agreement. The USMCA entered into force on July 1, 2020, although there are some remaining implementation issues with respect to ensuring that Mexico’s and Canada’s laws and regulations are fully in compliance with the USMCA obligations and commitments, and there may be further changes to interim regulations regarding customs procedures, rules of origin, and other provisions that could affect products sourced from Mexico or perceived failureCanada, and their eligibility for duty-free entry into the U.S., Mexican, and Canadian markets. In addition, there is a potential risk of Mexican or Canadian restrictions on OTT advertising and/or local content requirements. While the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (“USTR”) has cited Mexico’s proposed restrictions as potential USMCA violations, these issues remain unresolved and could lead to adequately protect personala protracted USMCA dispute settlement proceeding, creating uncertainties for our business in both markets.

The previous U.S. Administration threatened tougher trade terms with China, the EU, and other countries, including the imposition of substantially higher tariffs under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 (“Section 301”) on roughly $320 billion of imports from China. In response, China imposed higher Chinese tariffs on a large amount of U.S. exports to China, which could affect the prices of U.S. origin parts or components of our products assembled in China. In January 2020, the United States and China signed a “Phase One” trade deal pursuant to which, among other things, the United States will modify its Section 301 tariff actions. As part of the Phase One agreement, the United States canceled additional Section 301 duties that were originally scheduled to go into effect in December 2019 on certain imported products, including certain of our products, and reduced the duties on certain other imported products, including televisions assembled in China by Roku TV brand partners, from 15% ad valorem to 7.5%. While the new U.S. Administration has promised a detailed review of U.S. policies toward China, it is unclear what the outcomes of the review will be or whether it could lead to additional U.S. tariffs, export controls, or sanctions. At this point, there are no signs the U.S. tariffs on imported TVs from China will be removed in the foreseeable future.  

At this time, it is unknown whether the Phase One deal will last or whether there will be sufficient progress on Phases Two and Three to lead to a further reduction in U.S.-China trade tensions, whether additional Section 301 tariffs will be imposed on Roku products imported from China if the Biden Administration concludes that China has not complied with its commitments under the Phase One agreement, and, if so, how long U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods will remain in effect or whether even higher tariffs will be imposed, or new regulatory proposals to restrict trade will be adopted. The Biden Administration has imposed new sanctions for China’s actions in Hong Kong and Xinjiang Province, which could lead to additional U.S. and Chinese sanctions or trade restrictions, or a resumption of trade hostilities, exposing us and our suppliers to increased tariffs or restrictions in the U.S. and Chinese markets. In addition, the U.S. Administration has restricted imports of products from Xinjiang Province because the goods are produced with forced labor by workers from Xinjiang or contain inputs or raw materials from there. The U.S. Congress is considering legislation to further tighten the U.S. restrictions. Given the general deterioration in U.S.-China relations and ongoing tensions on trade, security, and human rights, additional U.S. sanctions, tariffs, and export or import restrictions, and Chinese sanctions or retaliatory measures, remain a serious risk. Finally, there are questions regarding whether international trade agreements will be negotiated or existing free trade agreements re-negotiated; whether new trade or tariff actions will be announced by the Biden Administration; or the effect that any such action would have, either positively or negatively, on our industry or our business or licensees. If any new legislation and/or regulations are implemented, or if existing trade agreements are renegotiated or terminated, or if tariffs are imposed on foreign-sourced or U.S. goods, it may be inefficient and expensive for us to alter our business operations in order to adapt to or comply with such changes, and higher prices could depress consumer demand. Such operational changes could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

On January 15, 2021, the USTR found that Vietnam’s currency practices violate Section 301 but deferred any decision whether to take any specific actions in connection with its findings, leaving the decision whether to impose higher U.S. tariffs or other trade restrictions to the Biden Administration. This decision could lead to increased tariffs on products assembled in Vietnam.  

In addition, on October 2, 2020, the USTR initiated an investigation under Section 301 regarding Vietnam’s acts, policies, and practices related to the import and use of illegally harvested timber. While no decision has been reached yet in this investigation, USTR’s Section 301 investigations of Vietnam could lead to retaliatory tariffs on U.S. imports from

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Vietnam if the U.S. concerns cannot be resolved through negotiations. Such tariffs may not be limited to products directly involved in the acts, policies, and practices found to violate Section 301 (e.g., tropical timber) and thus could affect other, unrelated products, including those sourced by us or our suppliers and licensees.

Also, various countries, in addition to the United States, regulate the import and export of certain products, commodities, software, and technology, including through import and export licensing requirements, and have enacted laws that could limit our ability to distribute our products or collaborate on technology with our commercial or strategic partners, or could limit our commercial and/or strategic partners’ ability to implement our products in those countries. Changes in our products or future changes in export and import regulations may create delays in the introduction of our products in international markets, disrupt supply chains, prevent our commercial and/or strategic partners with international operations from deploying our products globally or, in some cases, prevent the export or import of our products to certain countries, governments, or persons altogether. In particular, the U.S. government continues to expand export control and sanctions restrictions on China and Hong Kong, which may limit the company’s ability to collaborate with and transfer technology to partners in the region. Cross-border data transmissions are currently exempt from customs duties under the WTO’s temporary e-commerce moratorium on customs duties on electronic transmissions, but the moratorium faces opposition from certain WTO Members when it comes up for renewal at the WTO Ministerial Meeting, which is scheduled to take place in late 2021, at which time a decision will be made by WTO Members whether to continue the moratorium. Other potential barriers include the further proliferation of digital services taxes in Europe and confidential informationelsewhere which potentially could expose certain digital services to new taxes, as well as continued risks of U.S. or foreign sanctions or related sanctions legislation, increased export and import restrictions stemming from governmental policies or U.S.-China “de-coupling,” or changes in the countries, governments, persons, businesses, products or technologies targeted by U.S. or foreign regulations, restrictions, and sanctions. Any change in U.S. or foreign export or import regulations, customs duties or other restrictions on intangible goods such as cross-border data flows, could result in decreased use of our products by, or in our decreased ability to export or sell our products and services to, existing or new customers in U.S. or international markets or hamper our ability to source products, components, and parts from certain suppliers or lead to potential supply chain disruptions and business or reputational harms. Any decreased use of our products or limitation on our ability to export, import, or sell our products or services, or source parts and/or components, would harm our business.  

Further, following the result of a referendum in 2016, the United Kingdom formally left the EU on January 31, 2020. The effects of Brexit have been and are expected to continue to be far-reaching. Brexit and the perceptions as to its impact may adversely affect business activity and economic conditions globally and could continue to contribute to instability in global financial markets. Brexit could also have the effect of disrupting the free movement of goods, services, and people between the United Kingdom and the EU. In addition, Brexit could lead to legal uncertainty and potentially divergent national laws and regulations as the United Kingdom determines which EU laws to replace or replicate. While the EU and United Kingdom have reached EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on their post-Brexit economic relationship, which took effect on January 1, 2021, it is incomplete, and the full effects of Brexit are uncertain. Given these possibilities and others we may not anticipate, as well as the lack of comparable precedent, the full extent to which our business, results of operations, and financial condition could be adversely affected by Brexit is uncertain.

The supply chains of our contract manufacturers and many of our licensees may source products, parts or components from China and other countries in the Asia-Pacific region. There are many uncertainties around the COVID-19 pandemic, including scientific and health issues, the unknown duration and extent of economic disruption in China and other markets in the region, and the impact on the Chinese, U.S., and global economies. As a result, the COVID-19 pandemic may result in further supply shortages of our products or our licensees’ products, and delays in shipping and transportation services that negatively impact our ability or our licensees’ ability to import, export, ship, or sell streaming devices to customers in U.S. and international markets. Any decrease, limitations or delays on our or our licensees’ ability to produce, import, export, ship, or sell our streaming devices would harm our business.

United States or international rules (or the absence of rules) that permit ISPs to degrade users’ internet speeds or limit internet data consumption by users, including unreasonable discrimination in the provision of broadband internet access services, could harm our business.*

A varietyLaws, regulations or court rulings that adversely affect the popularity or growth in use of state, national, foreign,the internet, including decisions that undermine open and international lawsneutrally administered internet access, could decrease customer demand for our service offerings, may impose additional burdens on us or could cause us to incur additional expenses or alter our business model.

In February 2015, the FCC adopted open internet rules intended to protect the ability of consumers and regulations applycontent producers to send and receive non-harmful, lawful information on the internet, known as the Open Internet Order. The Open Internet Order prohibited broadband internet access service providers from: (i) blocking access to legal content, applications,

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services or non-harmful devices; (ii) throttling, impairing or degrading performance based on content, applications, services or non-harmful devices; and (iii) charging more for favorable delivery of content or favoring self-provisioned content over third-party content (collectively, the “prohibited activities”). The Open Internet Order also prohibited broadband internet access service providers from unreasonably interfering with consumers’ ability to select, access and use the lawful content, applications, services or devices of their choosing as well as edge providers’ ability to make lawful content, applications, services or devices available to consumers.

In January 2018, the FCC released a new order, known as the Restoring Internet Freedom Order (the “Order”), that repealed most of the blocking, throttling, and paid prioritization restrictions adopted in the Open Internet Order. The Order reclassified broadband internet access service as a non-common carrier “information service” and repealed rules that had prohibited broadband internet access service providers from conducting the “prohibited activities” but continued to require broadband internet access service providers to be transparent about their policies and network management practices, and subjected discriminatory practices to case-by-case assessment under antitrust and consumer protection laws. Most portions of the Order went into effect in April 2018 and the remainder went into effect in June 2018. Numerous judicial challenges to the collection, use, retention, protection, disclosure, transferOrder were filed, and other processingin October 2019, the Court of personal data. These privacyAppeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld nearly all of the Order, but reversed the FCC’s decision to prohibit all state and data protection-related lawslocal regulation targeted at broadband internet access service, requiring case by case determinations as to whether state and regulations are evolving,local regulation conflicts with new or modified lawsthe FCC’s rules. The court also required the FCC to reexamine three issues from the Order where it found insufficient analysis but allowed the Order to remain in effect pending the FCC’s review. The original parties were denied a rehearing by the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in February 2020 and regulations proposedthe period to seek review by the Supreme Court has ended. On remand, the FCC reaffirmed its existing approach in October 2020; however, four petitioners sought reconsideration of the FCC’s decision in February 2021, and implemented frequently and existing laws and regulations subjectthe FCC subsequently filed a motion requesting that the D.C. Circuit hold the case in abeyance, which the court granted. The FCC, now newly organized following the inauguration of President Joe Biden, has yet to new or


different interpretations. Compliance withissue a decision in response to these laws and regulations can be costly and can delay or impedepetitions. On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order encouraging the development of new products.

We historically have relied upon adherenceFCC to restore net neutrality at the federal level. As an independent agency, the FCC is not required to follow the Executive Order but is expected to adopt net neutrality safeguards similar to those in the Open Internet Order once President Biden nominates additional commissioners to the FCC and Congress approves them. In the meantime, to the extent the courts, the agencies or the states do not uphold or adopt sufficient safeguards to protect against discriminatory conduct, network operators may seek to extract fees from us or our content publishers to deliver our traffic or otherwise engage in blocking, throttling or other discriminatory practices, and our business could be harmed.

Several states have adopted or are considering network neutrality legislation or regulation. For example, California’s legislation (SB822) codifies portions of the FCC’s rescinded Open Internet Order. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Safe Harbor Privacy PrinciplesJustice filed suit in September 2018 to block implementation of the California law, and compliance with the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework under Directive 95/46/EC, commonly referred to as the Data Protection Directive,California Attorney General agreed to delay implementation of the state law until the litigation is resolved. While the Department of Justice withdrew its challenge of the California net neutrality law in February 2021, the status of state net neutrality legislation remains uncertain because several broadband service provider trade associations also have sued California to invalidate the state’s net neutrality law on grounds that the law is preempted by the U.S. DepartmentOrder, among other claims. In February 2021, the federal judge denied the trade associations’ request for a preliminary injunction, allowing California to enforce its net neutrality law while the litigation proceeded. As of CommerceJuly 2021, the case remains pending.

Several states in addition to California have enacted net neutrality legislation (e.g., Colorado, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Washington), and the EU.several governors have signed executive orders requiring broadband internet access service providers contracting with state agencies to adhere to network neutrality principles (e.g., Hawaii, Montana, New York, Rhode Island). The U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework, which established means for legitimizing the transfer of personal data by U.S. companies from the European Economic Area, or EEA, to the United States, recently was invalidated by a decision of the European Court of Justice, or the ECJ.

On July 12, 2016, the European Commission adopted the EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, which provides aregulatory framework for network neutrality thus remains unsettled and is subject to ongoing federal litigation as well as federal and state legislative and regulatory activity.

As we expand internationally, government regulation protecting the transfernon-discriminatory provision of personal data of EU data subjects,internet access may be nascent or non-existent. In those markets where regulatory safeguards against unreasonable discrimination are nascent or non-existent and on May 4, 2016, the EU General Data Protection Regulation,where local network operators possess substantial market power, we could experience anti-competitive practices that could impede our growth, cause us to incur additional expenses or GDPR, which will replace Directive 95/46/EC, was formally published. The GDPR will go into effect on May 25, 2018 and as a regulation as opposed to a directive will be directly applicableotherwise harm our business. Future regulations or changes in EU member states. Among other things, the GDPR applies to data controllers and processors outside of the EU whose processing activities relate to the offering of goods or services to, or monitoring the behavior within the EU of, EU data subjects.

In light of these developments, we are reviewing our business practices and may find it necessary or desirable to make changes to our personal data handling to cause our transfer and receipt of EEA residents’ personal data to be legitimized under applicable European law. The regulation of data privacy in the EU continues to evolve, and it is not possible to predict the ultimate effect of evolving data protection regulation and implementation over time.Our actual or alleged failure to comply with applicable laws and regulations or to protect personal data,their existing interpretations or applications could also hinder our operational flexibility, raise compliance costs and result in additional liabilities for us, which may harm our business.

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Broadband internet providers are subject to government regulation and enforcement actions, and significant penalties againstchanges in current or future laws, regulations or enforcement actions that negatively impact our distributors or content publishers could harm our business.

Upon the effective date of the FCC’s Restoring Internet Freedom Order, the FTC became the federal agency primarily responsible for regulating broadband privacy and data security in the United States. The FTC follows an enforcement-focused approach to regulating broadband privacy and security. Future FTC enforcement actions could cause us which could result in negative publicity, increaseor our operating costs, subject uscontent publishers to alter advertising claims or other remedies andalter or eliminate certain features or functionalities of our products or services which may harm our business. At the FCC, many broadband internet providers provide traditional telecommunications services that are subject to FCC and state rate regulation of intrastate telecommunications services, and are recipients of federal universal service fund payments, which are intended to subsidize telecommunications services in areas that are expensive to serve. Changes in rate regulations or in universal service funding rules, either at the federal or state level, could affect these broadband internet providers’ revenue and capital spending plans. In addition, various international regulatory bodies have jurisdiction over non-United States broadband internet providers. The Nevada SPI Law and the CCPA also apply to broadband internet providers that do business in Nevada and California, respectively. To the extent these broadband internet providers are adversely affected by laws or regulations regarding their business, products or service offerings, our business could be harmed.

If we are found liable for content that we distributeis distributed through or advertising that is served through our players,platform, our business could be harmed.

As a distributor of content, we face potential liability for negligence, copyright, patent or trademark infringement, public performance royalties or other claims based on the nature and content of materials that we distribute. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act or the DMCA,(the “DMCA”) is intended, in part, to limit the liability of eligible service providers for caching, hosting or linking to, user content that includes materials that infringe copyrights or other rights. We rely on the protections provided by the DMCA in conducting our business. Similarly, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (“Section 230”) protects online distribution platforms, such as ours, from actions taken under various laws that might otherwise impose liability on the platform provider for what content creators develop or the actions they take or inspire.

However, the DMCA, Section 230, and similar statutes and doctrines that we rely on or may rely on in the future, isin the United States or international jurisdiction where we may operate, are subject to uncertain judicial interpretation and regulatory and legislative amendments. Regulatory or legislative changes, whether in the United States or in international jurisdictions where we may operate, may ultimately require us to take a different approach towards content moderation on our platform, which could diminish the depth, breadth, and variety of content we offer and, in so doing, reduce our advertising revenue or user base.

Moreover, the DMCA only provides protectionand Section 230 provide protections primarily in the United States. If the rules around these statutes and doctrines change, if international jurisdictions refuse to apply similar protections or if a court were to disagree with our application of those rules to our business, we could incur liabilityliabilities and our business could be harmed. If we become liable for these types of claims as a result of the content that is streamed over or the advertisements that are served through our platform, then our business may suffer. Litigation to defend these claims could be costly and the expenses and damages arising from any liability could harm our business. Our insurance may not be adequate to cover these types of claims or any liability that may be imposed on us.

In addition, regardless of any legal protections that may limit our liability for the actions of third parties, we may be adversely impacted if copyright holders assert claims, or commence litigation, alleging copyright infringement against the developers of channels that are distributed on our platform. While our platform policies prohibit streaming content on our platform without distribution rights from the copyright holder, and we maintain processes and systems for the reporting and removal of infringing content, in certain instances our platform has been misused by unaffiliated third parties to unlawfully distribute copyrighted content. For example, weIf content owners or distributors are involved in litigation in Mexico that was commencedinfluenced by a large Mexican pay TVthe existence of types of claims or proceedings and Internet access provider. The Company was not namedare deterred from working with us as a defendant inconsequence, this case, and the case principally targeted entities that are allegedcould impair our ability to sell unlicensed content to consumers usingmaintain or expand our platform, among other means.  Involvement in these legal proceedings has been complicated and has drawn management time and company resources.  business, including through international expansion plans.

Our involvement in any such legal matters now or in the future, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses and other costs, and be disruptive to our business.

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Our devices and those of our licensees are highly technical and have contained and may in the future contain undetected software bugs or hardware errors. These bugs and errors can manifest themselves in any number of ways in our devices or our platform, including through diminished performance, security vulnerabilities, data quality in logs or interpretation of data, malfunctions or even permanently disabled devices. Some errors in our devices may only be discovered after a device has been shipped and used by users, and may in some cases only be detected under certain circumstances or after extended use. We update our software on a regular basis and, despite our quality assurance processes, we could introduce bugs in the process of updating our software. The introduction of a serious software bug, could result in devices becoming permanently disabled. We offer a limited one year warranty in the United


States and any such defects discovered in our devices after commercial release could result in loss of revenue or delay in revenue recognition, loss of customer goodwill and users and increased service costs, any of which could harm our business, operating results and financial condition. We could also face claims for product or information liability, tort or breach of warranty. In addition, our device contracts with users contain provisions relating to warranty disclaimers and liability limitations, which may not be upheld. Defending a lawsuit, regardless of its merit, is costly and may divert management’s attention and adversely affect the market’s perception of Roku and our devices. In addition, if our business liability insurance coverage proves inadequate or future coverage is unavailable on acceptable terms or at all, our business could be harmed.

Components used in our devices may fail as a result of manufacturing, design or other defects over which we have no control and render our devices permanently inoperable.

We rely on third-party component suppliers to provide certain functionalities needed for the operation and use of our devices. Any errors or defects in such third-party technology could result in errors in our devices that could harm our business. If these components have a manufacturing, design or other defect, they can cause our devices to fail and render them permanently inoperable. For example, the typical means by which our users connect their home networks to our devices is by way of a Wi-Fi access point in the home network router. If the Wi-Fi receiver in our device fails, then our device cannot detect a home network’s Wi-Fi access point, and our device will not be able to display or deliver any content to the TV screen. As a result, we may have to replace these devices at our sole cost and expense. Should we have a widespread problem of this kind, our reputation in the market could be adversely affected and our replacement of these devices would harm our business.

If we are unable to obtain necessary or desirable third-party technology licenses, our ability to develop new devices or platform enhancements may be impaired.

We utilize commercially available off-the-shelf technology in the development of our devices and platform. As we continue to introduce new features or improvements to our devices and the Roku platform, we may be required to license additional technologies from third parties. These third-party licenses may be unavailable to us on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. If we are unable to obtain necessary third-party licenses, we may be required to obtain substitute technologies with lower quality or performance standards, or at a greater cost, any of which could harm the competitiveness of our devices, platform and our business.

Our use of open source software could impose limitations on our ability to commercialize our devices and our TV streaming platform.

We incorporate open source software in our TV streaming platform. From time to time, companies that incorporate open source software into their products have faced claims challenging the ownership of open source software and/or compliance with open source license terms. Therefore, we could be subject to suits by parties claiming ownership of what we believe to be open source software or noncompliance with open source licensing terms. Although we monitor our use of open source software, the terms of many open source software licenses have not been interpreted by U.S. courts, and there is a risk that such licenses could be construed in a manner that could impose unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to sell our devices. In such event, we could be required to make our proprietary software generally available to third parties, including competitors, at no cost, to seek licenses from third parties in order to continue offering our devices, to re-engineer our devices or to discontinue the sale of our devices in the event re-engineering cannot be accomplished on a timely basis or at all, any of which could harm our business.

The quality of our customer support is important to our users and licensees, and if we fail to provide adequate levels of customer support we could lose users and licensees, which would harm our business.

Our users and licensees depend on our customer support organization to resolve any issues relating to devices. A high level of support is critical for the successful marketing and sale of our devices. We currently outsource our customer support operation to a third-party customer support organization. If we do not effectively train, update and manage our third-party customer support organization who assists our users in using our devices, and if that support organization does not succeed in helping them quickly resolve any issues or provide effective ongoing support, it could adversely affect our ability to sell our devices to users and harm our reputation with potential new users and our licensees.

We will need to improve our operational and financial systems to support our expected growth, increasingly complex business arrangements, and rules governing revenue and expense recognition and any inability to do so could adversely affect our billing services and financial reporting.

We have increasingly complex business arrangements with our content publishers and licensees, and the rules that govern revenue and expense recognition in our business are increasingly complex. To manage the expected growth of our operations and increasing complexity, we will need to improve our operational and financial systems, procedures and controls and continue to increase systems


automation to reduce reliance on manual operations. Any inability to do so will negatively affect our billing services and financial reporting. Our current and planned systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our complex arrangements and the rules governing revenue and expense recognition for our future operations and expected growth. Delays or problems associated with any improvement or expansion of our operational and financial systems and controls could adversely affect our relationships with our users, content publishers or licensees; cause harm to our reputation and brand; and could also result in errors in our financial and other reporting.

If we are unable to implement and maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports and the market price of our Class A common stock may be adversely affected.

We are required to maintain internal control over financial reporting and to report any material weaknesses in such internal control. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Section 404”) requires that we furnish a report by management on, among other things, the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting beginning with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018.reporting. This assessment will need tomust include disclosure of any material weaknesses identified by our management in our internal control over financial reporting. Our independent registered public accounting firm will not be required to attestalso attests to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting until our first annual report required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, following the later of the date we are deemed to be an “accelerated filer” or a “large accelerated filer,” each as defined in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the date we are no longer an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act.reporting. If we have a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting in the future, we may not detect errors on a timely basis and our financial statements may be materially misstated. We are in the process of designing and implementing the internal control over financial reporting required to comply with this obligation, which process will be time-consuming, costly and complicated. If we identify material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting, are unable to continue to comply with the requirements of Section 404 in a timely manner, are unable to assert that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, or if our independent registered public accounting firm is unable to express an opinion as to the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, and the market price of our Class A common stock could be adversely affected. In addition, we could become subject to investigations by the stock exchange on which our Class A common stock is listed, the SEC, or other regulatory authorities, which could require additional financial and management resources.

WeOur financial results may pursue acquisitions,be adversely affected by changes in accounting principles applicable to us.

U.S. GAAP are subject to interpretation by the FASB, the SEC, and other various bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles. A change in these principles or interpretations could have a significant effect on our reported results of operations and may even affect the reporting of transactions completed before the announcement or effectiveness of a change. It is difficult to predict the impact of future changes to accounting principles or our accounting policies, any of which involve a number of risks, and if we are unable to address and resolve these risks successfully, such acquisitions could harm our business.

We may in the future acquire businesses, products or technologies to expand our offerings and capabilities, user base and business. We have evaluated, and expect to continue to evaluate, a wide array of potential strategic transactions; however, we have no experience completing or integrating acquisitions. Any acquisition could be material to our financial condition and results of operations and any anticipated benefits from an acquisition may never materialize. In addition, the process of integrating acquired businesses, products or technologies may create unforeseen operating difficulties and expenditures. Acquisitions in international markets would involve additional risks, including those related to integration of operations across different cultures and languages, currency risks and the particular economic, political and regulatory risks associated with specific countries. We may not be able to address these risks successfully, or at all, without incurring significant costs, delays or other operational problems and if we were unable to address such risks successfully our business could be harmed.

We have a credit facility that provides our lender with a first-priority lien against substantially all of our assets and contains financial covenants and other restrictions on our actions that may limit our operational flexibility or otherwise adversely affect our financial condition.

We entered into an amended and restated loan and security agreement with Silicon Valley Bank in November 2014, which was amended in May 2015 and June 2017, providing for a $30.0 million revolving line of credit. Our loan agreements with Silicon Valley Bank contain a number of restrictive covenants, and the terms may restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to respond to certain changes in our business or industry, or take future actions. Pursuant to this agreement, we granted Silicon Valley Bank a security interest in substantially all of our assets. See the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Liquidity and Capital Resources—Silicon Valley Bank Loan and Security Agreements.”

If we fail to comply with the covenants or payments specified in our credit facility, Silicon Valley Bank could declare an event of default, which would give it the right to terminate its commitment to provide additional loans and declare all borrowings outstanding, together with accrued and unpaid interest and fees, to be immediately due and payable. In addition, Silicon Valley Bank would have the right to proceed against the assets we provided as collateral pursuant to the credit facility. If the debt under this credit facility was accelerated, we may not have sufficient cash or be able to sell sufficient assets to repay this debt, which would harm our business and financial condition.


If we fail to comply with the laws and regulations relating to the collection of sales taxindirect taxes and payment of income taxes in the various statesjurisdictions in which we do business, we could be exposed to unexpected costs, expenses, penalties and fees as a result of our noncompliance, which could harm our business.*

By engaging in business activities in the United States, we becomeWe are subject to various state laws and regulations, including requirements to collect sales taxindirect taxes from our sales within those states,in various jurisdictions, and the payment of income taxes on revenue generated from activities in those states.jurisdictions. The laws and regulations governing the collection of sales taxindirect taxes for sales on our website and payment of income taxes are numerous, complex, and vary from state to state.by jurisdiction. A successful assertion by one or more statesjurisdictions that we were required to collect sales or otherindirect taxes or to pay income taxes where we did not could result in substantial tax liabilities, fees and expenses, including substantial interest and penalty charges, which could harm our business.

WeNew legislation that would change U.S. or foreign taxation of international business activities or other tax-reform policies could harm our business.*

Reforming the taxation of international businesses has been a priority for U.S. politicians, and key members of the legislative and executive branches, and a wide variety of changes has been proposed or enacted. Certain changes to U.S. tax laws could affect the tax treatment of our foreign earnings, as well as cash and cash equivalent balances we maintain outside the United States. Additionally, any changes in the U.S. or foreign taxation of such activities may requireincrease our worldwide effective tax rate and the amount of taxes we pay and harm our business.

Legislation enacted in 2017, informally titled the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”), as modified by legislation enacted on March 27, 2020, entitled the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”), significantly reformed the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. The TCJA, as modified by the CARES Act, alters U.S. federal tax rates, imposes additional limitations on the deductibility of interest, allows for the expensing of certain capital expenditures, and puts into effect the migration from a “worldwide” system of taxation to meeta territorial system. Additionally, the TCJA, as modified by the CARES Act, has both positive and negative changes to the utilization of future net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards. For example, U.S. federal NOLs incurred in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, can be carried forward indefinitely, but the deductibility of such U.S. federal NOLs in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020 is limited to 80% of taxable income. The U.S. Department of Treasury has broad authority to issue regulations and interpretative guidance that may significantly impact how we will apply the law, which could affect our financial position and result of operations. It is uncertain if and to what extent various states will conform to the TCJA and the CARES Act.

In addition, an increasing number of jurisdictions are considering or have adopted laws or administrative practices that impose new tax measures, including revenue-based taxes targeting online commerce, digital services, streaming services and

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the remote selling of goods and services. These include new obligations to collect sales, consumption, value added, or other taxes on online marketplaces and support planned business growth,remote sellers, or other requirements that may result in liability for third-party obligations. For example, Maryland recently passed legislation establishing a tax on certain advertising activities and in Europe, certain EU member states and other countries have adopted or proposed taxes on digital advertising and marketplace service revenue. The OECD and G-20 are currently engaged in negotiations over an Inclusive Framework on “Base Erosion and Profit Shifting” (BEPS). In the past, the talks particularly targeted digital businesses and had the potential to significantly alter the rules on international taxation of multinational and digital enterprises providing digital services. While the OECD’s focus appears to be shifting toward a global minimum tax, this capital mightis subject to further negotiations and is not yet fully agreed upon. Moreover, despite the OECD’s agreement to focus on a global minimum tax, the European Commission has proposed a “digital levy,” which appears to similarly target U.S. digital services providers. Our results of operations and cash flows could be availableadversely affected by additional taxes of this nature imposed on acceptable termsus or at all.on digital services generally, whether prospectively or retroactively, or additional taxes or penalties resulting from the failure to comply with any collection obligations. The United States has threatened to impose retaliatory duties under Section 301 on imports from countries that adopt digital services taxes, which could result in increased trade tensions and potential retaliation by foreign governments against U.S. digital services or technologies, which could disrupt our U.S. or international businesses.

We intend to continue to make significant investments to support planned business growth and may require additional funds to respond to business challenges, includingexamine the need to develop new devices and enhance the Roku platform, maintain adequate levels of inventory to support our retail partners’ demand requirements, improve our operating infrastructure or acquire complementary businesses, personnel and technologies. Accordingly, we may need to engage in equity or debt financings to secure additional funds. If we raise additional funds through future issuances of equity or convertible debt securities, our then existing stockholders could suffer significant dilution, and any new equity securities we issue could have rights, preferences and privileges superior to those of holders of our Class A common stock. Any debt financing we secure could involve restrictive covenants relating to our capital raising activitiesimpact these and other financialtax reforms may have on our business. The impact of these and operational matters, which may make itother tax reforms is uncertain and one or more difficult for us to obtain additional capital and to pursue business opportunities, including potential acquisitions. If we were to violate the restrictive covenants, weof these or similar measures could incur penalties, increased expenses and an acceleration of the payment terms of our outstanding debt, which could in turnseriously harm our business.

We have been, are currently, and may notin the future be ablesubject to obtain additional financing on terms favorable to us, if at all. If we are unable to obtain adequate financing or financing on terms satisfactory to us when we require it, our ability to continue to support our business growthregulatory inquiries, investigations and to respond to business challenges could be significantly impaired, and our business may be harmed.

Our facilities are located near known earthquake fault zones, and the occurrence of an earthquake or other natural disasterproceedings, which could cause damageus to our facilities and computer systems, which couldincur substantial costs or require us to curtail or cease operations.change our business practices in a way that could seriously harm our business.

Our principal officesWe have been, are currently, and a network operations center are locatedmay in the San Francisco Bay Area, an area knownfuture be subject to investigations and inquiries from government entities. These investigations and inquiries, and our compliance with any associated regulatory orders or consent decrees, may require us to change our policies or practices, subject us to substantial monetary fines or other penalties or sanctions, result in increased operating costs, divert management’s attention, harm our reputation, and require us to incur significant legal and other expenses, any of which could seriously harm our business. For example, in the past, we responded to requests for earthquakes, and are thus vulnerable to damage. We are also vulnerable to damageinformation made by staff from other types of disasters, including power loss, fire, floods, communications failures and similar events. If any disaster were to occur, our ability to operate our business at our facilities could be impaired.the SEC.

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Class A Common Stock

The dual class structure of our common stock as contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation has the effect of concentrating voting control with those stockholders who held our stock prior to our initial public offering, including our executive officers, employees and directors and their affiliates, and limiting your ability to influence corporate matters.*

Our Class B common stock has 10 votes per share, and our Class A common stock has one vote per share. Our President and Chief Executive Officer, Anthony Wood, holds approximately 27.3%and controls the vote of our outstanding common stock, but controls approximately 32.1%a significant number of the voting powershares of our outstanding common stock, and therefore Mr. Wood will have significant influence over our management and affairs and over all matters requiring stockholder approval, including election of directors and significant corporate transactions, such as a merger or other sale of Roku or our assets, for the foreseeable future. If Mr. Wood’s employment with us is terminated, he will continue to have the same influence over matters requiring stockholder approval.

In addition, the holders of Class B common stock collectively will continue to be able to control all matters submitted to our stockholders for approval even if their stock holdings represent less than 50% of the outstanding shares of our common stock. Because of the 10-to-1 voting ratio between our Class B and Class A common stock, the holders of our Class B common stock collectively will continue to control a majority of the combined voting power of our common stock even when the shares of Class B common stock represent as little as 10% of the combined voting power of all outstanding shares of our Class A and Class B common stock. This concentrated control will limit your ability to influence corporate matters for the foreseeable future, and, as a result, the market price of our Class A common stock could be adversely affected.

Future transfers by holders of Class B common stock will generally result in those shares converting to Class A common stock, which will have the effect, over time, of increasing the relative voting power of those holders of Class B common stock who retain their


shares in the long term. If, for example,As a result of such transfers, as of June 30, 2021, Mr. Wood retains a significant portion of his holdings of Class B common stock for an extended period of time, he could, in the future, controlcontrols a majority of the combined voting power of our Class A and Class B common stock even though he only owns 13% of the outstanding Class A and Class B common stock. As a board member, Mr. Wood owes a fiduciary duty to our stockholders and must act in good faith in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best interests of our stockholders. As a stockholder, even a controlling stockholder, Mr. Wood is entitled to vote his shares in his own interests, which may not

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always be in the interests of our stockholders generally. This concentrated control could delay, defer, or prevent a change of control, merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets that our other stockholders support, or conversely this concentrated control could result in the consummation of such a transaction that our other stockholders do not support. This concentrated control could also discourage a potential investor from acquiring our Class A common stock, which has limited voting power relative to the Class B common stock and might harm the trading price of our Class A common stock.

Our We have not elected to take advantage of the “controlled company” exemption to the corporate governance rules for companies listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market.

The trading price of our Class A common stock pricehas been, and maycontinue to be, volatile, and the value of yourour Class A common stock may decline.

The market price of our Class A common stock couldhas been and may continue to be subject to wide fluctuations in response to numerous factors, many risk factors listed in this section, and othersof which are beyond our control, including:

actual or anticipated fluctuations in our financial condition and operating results;

actual or anticipated fluctuations in our financial condition and operating results;

changes in projected operational and financial results;

changes in projected operational and financial results;

loss by us of key content publishers;

loss by us of key content publishers;

changes in laws or regulations applicable to our devices or platform;

changes in laws or regulations applicable to our devices or platform;

the commencement or conclusion of legal proceedings that involve us;

the commencement or conclusion of legal proceedings that involve us;

actual or anticipated changes in our growth rate relative to our competitors;

actual or anticipated changes in our growth rate relative to our competitors;

announcements of new products or services by us or our competitors;

announcements of new products or services by us or our competitors;

announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital-raising activities or commitments;

announcements by us or our competitors of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures;

additions or departures of key personnel;

capital-raising activities or commitments;

issuance of new or updated research or reports by securities analysts;

additions or departures of key personnel;

the use by investors or analysts of third-party data regarding our business that may not reflect our financial performance;

issuance of new or updated research or reports by securities analysts;

fluctuations in the valuation of companies perceived by investors to be comparable to us;

the use by investors or analysts of third-party data regarding our business that may not reflect our financial performance;

sales of our Class A common stock;

fluctuations in the valuation of companies perceived by investors to be comparable to us;

share price and volume fluctuations attributable to inconsistent trading volume levels of our shares;

sales of our Class A common stock, including short selling of our Class A common stock;

the expiration of contractual lock-up agreements; and

share price and volume fluctuations attributable to inconsistent trading volume levels of our shares; and

general economic and market conditions.

general economic and market conditions.

Furthermore, the stock markets frequently experience extreme price and volume fluctuations that affect the market prices of equity securities of many companies. These fluctuations often have been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. These broad market and industry fluctuations, as well as general economic, political and market conditions such as recessions, elections, interest rate changes or international currency fluctuations, may negatively impact the market price of our Class A common stock. If the market priceAs a result of our Class A common stock does not exceed the IPO price,such fluctuations, you may not realize any return on your investment in us and may lose some or all of your investment. In the past, companies that have experienced volatility in the market price of their stock have been subject to securities class action litigation. We may be the target of this type of litigation in the future. Securities litigation against usfuture, which could result in substantial costs and divert our management’s attention from other business concerns, which could harm our business.concerns.

We will have broad discretion in the use of proceeds from the IPO and may invest or spend the proceeds in ways with which you do not agree and in ways that may not yield a return.

We will have broad discretion over the use of proceeds from the IPO. Investors may not agree with our decisions, and our use of the proceeds may not yield any return on your investment. Our failure to apply the net proceeds of the IPO effectively could impair our ability to pursue our growth strategy or could require us to raise additional capital.


Future sales and issuances of our capital stock or rights to purchase capital stock could result in additional dilution of the percentage ownership of our stockholders and could cause our stock price to decline.

We may issue additional securities in the future and from time to time. Future sales and issuances of our capital stock or rights to purchase our capital stock could result in substantial dilution to our existing stockholders. We may sell or issue Class A common stock, convertible securities and other equity securities in one or more transactions at prices and in a manner as we may determine from time to time. If we sell any such securities in subsequent transactions, investors may be materially diluted. New investors in such subsequent transactions could gain rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of holders of our Class A common stock.

Future sales of shares by existing stockholders could cause our stock price to decline.*

If our existing stockholders sell, or indicate an intention to sell, substantial amounts of our Class A common stock in the public market, the trading price of our Class A common stock could decline. All of our outstanding Class A shares are eligible for sale in the public market, other than shares and stock options exercisable held by directors, executive officers and other affiliates that are subject to volume limitations under Rule 144 of the Securities Act. In addition, we have reserved

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shares for future issuance under our equity incentive plan. Our directors, employees and certain contingent workers are subject to our quarterly trading window, which generally opens at the start of the second full trading day after the public dissemination of our annual or quarterly financial results and closes (i) with respect to the first, second and third quarter of each year, at the end of the fifteenth day of the last month of the such quarter and (ii) with respect to the fourth quarter of each year, at the end of the trading day on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. These directors, employees and contingent workers may also sell shares during a closed window period pursuant to trading plans that comply with the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1) under the Exchange Act. When these shares are issued and subsequently sold, it would be dilutive to existing stockholders and the trading price of our Class A common stock could decline.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish unfavorable research about our business or if they downgrade our stock, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

EquityA limited number of equity research analysts do not currently provide research coverage of our Class A common stock, and we cannot assure you that anysuch equity research analysts will adequately provide research coverage of our Class A common stock. A lack of adequate research coverage may adversely affect the liquidity and market price of our Class A common stock. ToIf securities or industry analysts cover our company and one or more of these analysts downgrades our stock or issues other unfavorable commentary or research, the extent we obtain equity research analyst coverage, we will not have any control of the analysts or the content and opinions included in their reports. The price of our Class A common stock could decline if one or more equity research analysts downgrade our stock or issue other unfavorable commentary or research.decline. If one or more equity research analysts cease coverage of our company, or fail to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our stock could decrease, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.

We will incur costs and demands upon management as a result of complying with the laws and regulations affecting public companies in the United States, which may harm our business.

As a public company listed in the United States, we will incur significant additional legal, accounting and other expenses. In addition, changing laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including regulations implemented by the SEC and theThe Nasdaq Global Select Market, or Nasdaq, may increase legal and financial compliance costs and make some activities more time consuming. These laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies. We intend to invest resources to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards, and this investment may result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management’s time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities. If, notwithstanding our efforts, we fail to comply with new laws, regulations and standards, regulatory authorities may initiate legal proceedings against us, and our business may be harmed.

Failure to comply with these rules might also make it more difficult for us to obtain certain types of insurance, including director and officer liability insurance, and we might be forced to accept reduced policy limits and coverage or incur substantially higher costs to obtain the same or similar coverage. The impact of these events could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serve on our boardBoard of directors,Directors, on committees of our boardBoard of directorsDirectors or as members of senior management.

We are an “emerging growth company,” and we intend to comply only with reduced disclosure requirements applicable to emerging growth companies. As a result, our Class A common stock could be less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act and, for as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may choose to take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to other public companies but not to emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (1) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the closing of the IPO, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of over $1.07 billion or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which means the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the prior June 30th, and (2) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period. We cannot predict if investors will find our Class A common stock less attractive if we choose to rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our Class A common stock less attractive as a result of any choices to reduce future disclosure, there may be a less active trading market for our Class A common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.

We do not intend to pay dividends in the foreseeable future.

We have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our Class A or Class B common stock and do not intend to pay any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. We anticipate that we will retain all of our future earnings to grow our business and for general


corporate purposes. Moreover, our outstanding loan and security agreements containCredit Agreement contains prohibitions on the payment of cash dividends on our capital stock. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our board of directors. Accordingly, investors must rely on sales of their Class A common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investments.

Provisions in our corporate charter documents and under Delaware law may prevent or frustrate attempts by our stockholders to change our management or hinder efforts to acquire a controlling interest in us, and the market price of our Class A common stock may be lower as a result.

There are provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws that may make it difficult for a third-party to acquire, or attempt to acquire, control of Roku, even if a change in control was considered favorable by our stockholders.

Our charter documents also contain other provisions that could have an anti-takeover effect, such as:

establishing a classified board of directors so that not all members of our board of directors are elected at one time;

establishing a classified Board of Directors so that not all members of our Board of Directors are elected at one time;

permitting the board of directors to establish the number of directors and fill any vacancies and newly created directorships;

permitting the Board of Directors to establish the number of directors and fill any vacancies and newly created directorships;

providing that directors may only be removed for cause;

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providing that directors may only be removed for cause;

prohibiting cumulative voting for directors;

prohibiting cumulative voting for directors;

requiring super-majority voting to amend some provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws;

requiring super-majority voting to amend some provisions in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws;

authorizing the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock that our Board of Directors could use to implement a stockholder rights plan;

authorizing the issuance of “blank check” preferred stock that our board of directors could use to implement a stockholder rights plan;

eliminating the ability of stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders;

eliminating the ability of stockholders to call special meetings of stockholders;

prohibiting stockholder action by written consent, which requires all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders; and

prohibiting stockholder action by written consent, which requires all stockholder actions to be taken at a meeting of our stockholders; and

reflecting our two classes of common stock as described above.

reflecting our two classes of common stock as described above.

Moreover, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibit a person who owns 15% or more of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person acquired in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock, unless the merger or combination is approved in a prescribed manner. Any provision in our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws or Delaware law that has the effect of delaying or deterring a change in control could limit the opportunity for our stockholders to receive a premium for their shares of our Class A common stock and could also affect the price that some investors are willing to pay for our Class A common stock.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provideprovides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forums for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or employees.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for any derivative actionthe following types of actions or proceeding brought on our behalf; any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty; proceedings under Delaware statutory or common law:

any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf;

any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty;

any action asserting a claim against us arising pursuant to the Delaware General Corporation Law, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our bylaws; and

any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine.

This provision would not apply to suits brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction. Furthermore, Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all Securities Act actions. Accordingly, both state and federal courts have jurisdiction to entertain such claims.

To prevent having to litigate claims in multiple jurisdictions and the threat of inconsistent or contrary rulings by different courts, among other considerations, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our bylaws; or any action asserting a claim against us that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation further provides that the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act. TheseIn December 2018, the Delaware Chancery Court issued a ruling invalidating such provision, which we appealed to the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware. In March 2020, the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware reversed the ruling of the Delaware Chancery Court and held that the federal forum provision in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation is facially valid.

While the Delaware courts have determined that such choice of forum provisions are facially valid, a stockholder may nevertheless seek to bring a claim in a venue other than those designated in the exclusive forum provisions. In such instance, we would expect to vigorously assert the validity and enforceability of the exclusive forum provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation. This may require significant additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions and there can be no assurance that the provisions will be enforced by a court in those other jurisdictions.

These exclusive-forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for certain disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage such lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and other employees. If a court were to find either choice of forumexclusive-forum provision contained in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur further significant additional costs associated with resolving such action in other jurisdictions, all of which could harm our business.


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Item 2. Unregistered Sales of EquityEquity Securities and Use of Proceeds.Proceeds

Sales of Unregistered SecuritiesNone.

The following sets forth information regarding all unregistered securities sold since July 1, 2017 (share and per share amounts give effect to a 1-for-6 reverse stock split of our common stock and preferred stock effected on September 15, 2017):

(1)

From July 1, 2017 to September 27, 2017, we granted stock options to purchase an aggregate of 3,219,857 shares of Class B common stock at an exercise prices of $8.82 per share to a total of 209 employees, consultants and directors under our 2008 Equity Incentive Plan;

(2)

From July 1, 2017 to September 27, 2017, we issued and sold an aggregate of 267,813 shares of Class B common stock upon the exercise of options under our 2008 Plan at exercise prices ranging from $0.16 to $6.12, per share, for an aggregate exercise price of $868,055;

(3)

In July 2017, we issued 357,283 shares of our Class B common stock upon the automatic net exercise of a warrant to purchase 375,000 shares of our Class B common stock;

(4)

108,332 shares of Class B common stock issued in September 2017 in connection with an acquisition;

The offers, sales and issuances of the securities described in paragraphs (1) through (4) above were deemed to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or Regulation D promulgated thereunder or Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act as transactions by an issuer not involving a public offering or under benefit plans and contracts relating to compensation as provided under Rule 701. The recipients of securities in each of these transactions acquired the securities for investment only and not with a view to or for sale in connection with any distribution thereof and appropriate legends were affixed to the securities issued in these transactions. Each of the recipients of securities in these transactions was an accredited or sophisticated person and had adequate access, through employment, business or other relationships, to information about us.

Use of Proceeds from our Initial Public Offering of Class A Common Stock

On September 27, 2017, our registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-220318) was declared effective by the SEC for our initial public offering of Class A common stock, or the IPO,  pursuant to which, we issued and sold 9,000,000 shares of our Class A common stock on October 2, 2017, and on the same day we issued and sold an aggregate of 1,350,000 shares of our Class A common stock pursuant to the underwriters’ exercise of their option to purchase additional shares, in each case at a public offering price of $14.00 per share. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. acted as joint book-running managers for the offering and Allen & Company LLC, RBC Capital Markets, Needham & Company, Oppenheimer & Co. and William Blair acted as co-managers for the offering. Following the sale of the shares in connection with the closing of the IPO, the offering terminated. As a result of the offering, we received total net proceeds of approximately $130.8 million, after deducting total expenses of $14.1 million, consisting of underwriting discounts and commissions of $10.1 million and offering-related expenses of approximately $4.0 million. No payments for such expenses were made directly or indirectly to (i) any of our officers or directors or their associates, (ii) any persons owning 10% or more of any class of our equity securities, or (iii) any of our affiliates.

There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our IPO from that described in the Prospectus.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.Information

None.


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Item 6. Exhibits.Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporation By Reference

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Description

 

Form

 

SEC File No.

 

Exhibit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

 

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Roku, Inc.

 

8-K

 

001-38211

 

3.1

 

3.2

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Roku, Inc.

 

S-1

 

333-220318

 

3.4

 

4.1

 

Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 through 3.2.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.2

 

Form of Class A common stock certificate.

 

S-1/A

 

333-220318

 

4.1

 

31.1*

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31.2*

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.1*

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32.2*

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.INS

 

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incorporation by reference

Exhibit

Number

Description

Form

SEC File No.

Exhibit

Filing Date

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.1

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Roku, Inc.

8-K

001-38211

3.1

10/03/2017

3.2

Amended and Restated Bylaws of Roku, Inc.

S-1/A

333-220318

3.4

9/18/2017

4.1

Reference is made to Exhibits 3.1 through 3.2.

 

 

 

 

4.2

Form of Class A common stock certificate

S-1/A

333-220318

4.1

9/18/2017

10.1#

Forms of Restricted Stock Unit Grant Notice and Award Agreement under 2017 Equity Incentive Plan

10-Q

001-38211

10.2

5/7/2021

10.2*#

Forms of Stock Option Grant Notice and Option Agreement under 2017 Equity Incentive Plan (U.S. Executives)

 

 

 

 

31.1*

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

 

31.2*

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

 

32.1**

Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

 

32.2**

Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

 

101.INS*

Inline XBRL Instance Document - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

 

 

 

 

101.SCH*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

 

101.CAL*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

101.DEF*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

101.LAB*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

101.PRE*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

 

104

The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, has been formatted in Inline XBRL.

 

 

 

 

 

*

Filed herewith.


# Indicates management contract or compensatory plan, contract or agreement.

* Filed herewith.

** These exhibits are furnished with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and are not deemed filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are not incorporated by reference in any filing of Roku, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filings.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

Roku, Inc.

 

 

 

 

Date: November 9, 2017August 5, 2021

 

By:

/s/ Anthony Wood

 

 

 

Anthony Wood

 

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

Date: November 9, 2017August 5, 2021

 

By:

/s/ Steve Louden

 

 

 

Steve Louden

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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