Overview and Basis of Presentation | 3 Months Ended |
Mar. 31, 2015 |
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract] | |
Overview and Basis of Presentation | Note 1. Overview and Basis of Presentation |
Company and Background |
Zendesk was founded in Denmark in 2007 and reincorporated in Delaware in April 2009. |
Our mission is to help organizations and their customers build better relationships. We are a software development company that provides a software-as-a-service, or SaaS, customer service platform. Our platform helps organizations engage with people in new ways that foster long-term customer loyalty and satisfaction. We empower organizations to better answer customers’ questions, and to solve their problems through the channels that people use every day when seeking help, such as email, chat, voice, social media and websites. Our customer service platform also helps people find answers on their own through knowledge bases and communities, capitalizing on the increasing customer preference for self-service. Our customer engagement capabilities allow organizations to proactively serve their customers, reaching out to those who may need help and soliciting feedback about their experience. The openness of our customer service platform makes it easy for organizations to integrate with their other applications. Our customer service platform consolidates the data from customer interactions and provides organizations with powerful analytics and performance benchmarking. |
References to Zendesk, the “Company”, “our”, or “we” in these notes refer to Zendesk, Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. |
Basis of Presentation |
These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, regarding interim financial reporting. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. Therefore, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed on February 17, 2015. There have been no changes to our significant accounting policies described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K that have had a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes. |
The consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2014 included herein was derived from the audited financial statements as of that date. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, our comprehensive loss and cash flows for the interim periods, but are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be anticipated for the full year ending December 31, 2015. |
Follow-On Public Offering |
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In March 2015, we completed a follow-on public offering, in which we issued 8.8 million shares of our common stock at a public offering price of $22.75 per share. We received net proceeds of $190.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $8.7 million and other offering expenses of $0.9 million. |
Initial Public Offering and Share-based Compensation |
In May 2014, we completed our initial public offering, or IPO, in which we issued and sold 12.8 million shares of common stock at a public offering price of $9.00 per share. We received net proceeds of $103.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $8.1 million and other offering expenses of $3.8 million. Upon the closing of the IPO, all shares of our then-outstanding redeemable convertible preferred stock automatically converted into an aggregate of 34.3 million shares of common stock. |
Share-based compensation expense to employees is measured based on the fair value of the awards on the grant date and recognized in our consolidated statements of operations over the period during which the employee is required to perform services in exchange for the award (generally the vesting period of the award). We estimate the fair value of stock options granted using the Black-Scholes option valuation model. We measure the fair value of restricted stock units, or RSUs, based on the fair value of the underlying shares on the date of grant. Compensation expense for awards with only service conditions is recognized over the vesting period of the applicable award using the straight-line method. Compensation expense for awards with both service and performance conditions is recognized over the longer period required to achieve both conditions using the accelerated attribution method. |
All RSUs and certain options granted to employees prior to the IPO vest upon the satisfaction of both a service condition and a performance condition. These RSUs and stock options with both a service condition and performance condition are collectively referred to as “Performance Awards” in the following discussion. The service condition for substantially all of these awards is satisfied over four years. The performance condition was satisfied upon the occurrence of a qualifying liquidity event which occurred upon the effectiveness of the registration statement related to our IPO. No share-based compensation expense was recognized for the Performance Awards prior to the IPO as the performance condition had not been deemed probable to have been met. Upon the satisfaction of the performance condition, we recognized a cumulative share-based compensation expense for the portion of the Performance Awards that had met the service condition. The remaining unrecognized share-based compensation expense related to the Performance Awards are being recorded over the remaining requisite service period using the accelerated attribution method, net of estimated forfeitures. |
Use of Estimates |
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reported periods. |
Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the fair value of our common stock (through the date of our IPO) and share-based awards, fair value of acquired intangible assets, goodwill, unrecognized tax benefits, useful lives of intangible assets and property and equipment, and the capitalization and estimated useful life of our capitalized internal-use software. |
These estimates are based on information available as of the date of the financial statements; therefore, actual results could differ from those estimates. |
Concentrations of Risk |
At March 31, 2015, there were no customers that represented more than 10% of our accounts receivable balance. At March 31, 2014, one customer represented 14% and a second customer represented 12% of our total accounts receivable balance. There were no customers that individually exceeded 10% of our revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2015 or 2014. |
Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements |
On May 28, 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09 regarding ASC Topic 606 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers.” This ASU provides principles for recognizing revenue to which an entity expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. This ASU is expected to be effective no earlier than our fiscal year beginning January 1, 2017. Early adoption is not permitted. We are currently evaluating the accounting, transition and disclosure requirements of the standard and cannot currently estimate the financial statement impact of adoption. |