NEW RELIC, INC. - Quarter Report: 2015 September (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D. C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2015

or

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission File Number: 001-36766

New Relic, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

188 Spear Street, Suite 1200

San Francisco, California 94105

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(650) 777-7600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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  x    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  x    No  ¨

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

As of October 30, 2015, there were 48,689,095 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.001 per share, outstanding.

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NEW RELIC, INC.

Form 10-Q Quarterly Report

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “shall,” “might,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “could,” “intends,” “target,” “projects,” “contemplates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern our expectations, strategy, plans, or intentions. Forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, statements about:

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

You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, operating results, and prospects. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We cannot assure you that the results, events, and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or occur, and actual results, events, or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. We may not actually achieve the plans, intentions, or expectations disclosed in our forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements. Our forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any future acquisitions, mergers, dispositions, joint ventures, or investments we may make.

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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

NEW RELIC, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except par value)

(Unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NEW RELIC, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NEW RELIC, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NEW RELIC, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited)

Description of Business—New Relic, Inc. (the “Company” or “New Relic”) was incorporated in Delaware on February 20, 2008. The Company is a software-as-a-service provider of software analytics products which allow users to monitor software performance with .NET, Java, JavaScript, Node.js, PHP, Python, and Ruby applications deployed in a cloud or in a data center. New Relic’s software analytics products enable developers and operation teams to monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize their applications.

Basis of Presentation—These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“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 consolidated financial statements and notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, as filed with the SEC on May 28, 2015 (the “Annual Report”). There have been no changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies described in the Annual Report that have had a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes.

In the opinion of management, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations, 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 fiscal year ending March 31, 2016. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2015 included herein was derived from the audited financial statements as of that date.

Initial Public Offering—In December 2014, New Relic completed its initial public offering (“IPO”) in which the Company issued and sold 5,750,000 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $23.00 per share. The Company received aggregate proceeds of approximately $123.0 million from the sale of shares of common stock, net of underwriters’ discounts and commissions, but before deducting paid and unpaid offering expenses of approximately $3.1 million.

The sale of common stock in the IPO triggered the weighted average anti-dilution provisions set forth in the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation. At the IPO price of $23.00 per share, the per share conversion rate for the Company’s Series F convertible preferred stock into common stock was approximately 1:1.02. The conversion rate for the Company’s Series A, Series B, Series C, Series D, and Series E convertible preferred stock was 1:1. As a result of the IPO, the 24,813,343 shares of the Company’s convertible preferred stock outstanding automatically converted into 24,885,778 shares of the Company’s common stock.

Use of Estimates—The preparation of the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. These estimates are based on information available as of the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements; therefore, actual results could differ from management’s estimates.

Concentration of Risk—One customer accounted for 20% and 12% of the Company’s accounts receivable balance as of September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, respectively. There were no customers that individually exceeded 10% of the Company’s revenue during the three and six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.

Short-term Investments—Short-term investments consist of money market funds, certificates of deposit, commercial paper, U.S. treasury securities, U.S. agency securities, and corporate debt securities and are classified as available-for-sale securities. The Company has classified its investments as current based on the nature of the investments and their availability for use in current operations. Available-for-sale securities are carried at fair value with unrealized gains and losses reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income, while realized gains and losses and other-than-temporary impairments are reported within the statement of operations. For the periods presented, realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments were not material. An impairment charge is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations for declines in fair value below the cost of an individual investment that are deemed to be other than temporary. The Company assesses whether a decline in value is temporary based on the length of time that the fair market value has been below cost, the severity of the decline and the intent and ability to hold or sell the investment. The Company did not identify any investments as other-than-temporarily impaired as of September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015.

Business Combinations—The Company recognizes identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair value. Goodwill as of the acquisition date is measured as the excess of consideration transferred over the net of the acquisition

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date fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. While the Company uses its best estimates and assumptions as a part of the purchase price allocation process to accurately value assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, its estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company records adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill to the extent that the Company identifies adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocation. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded to the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. There has been no such adjustment as of September 30, 2015.

Goodwill —Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price of an acquired business over the fair value of the underlying net tangible and intangible assets. Goodwill is evaluated for impairment annually in the third quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of goodwill may not be recoverable. Triggering events that may indicate impairment include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in customer demand or business climate that could affect the value of goodwill or a significant decrease in expected cash flows. Since inception through September 30, 2015, the Company did not have any goodwill impairment.

Intangible Assets—Intangible assets consist of identifiable intangible assets, primarily developed technology, resulting from the Company’s acquisitions. Acquired intangible assets are recorded at cost, net of accumulated amortization. Intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements—In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“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 customer in an amount that reflects the consideration the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. The guidance allows for the use of either the full or modified retrospective transition method, and the standard will be effective for the Company in its fiscal year beginning April 1, 2018; early adoption is permitted for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2017. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on its condensed consolidated financial statements, as well as which transition method the Company intends to use.

In August 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements—Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40): Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. The Update is intended to define management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an organization’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosures. The standard will be effective for the Company in the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2016; early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this new standard on its disclosures within the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-05, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other — Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40): Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement, which provides guidance to customers about whether a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license. If a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license, then the customer should account for the software license element of the arrangement consistent with the acquisition of other software licenses. If the arrangement does not include a software license, then the customer should account for the arrangement as a service contract. The standard will be effective for the Company in the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2016; early adoption is permitted. The standard may be applied on either a prospective or retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating adoption methods and whether this standard will have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

In October 2014, the Company closed the acquisition of Few Ducks, S.L., (“Ducksboard”), a provider of real-time dashboards for tracking business metrics from a broad set of application sources, pursuant to which the Company acquired all of the capital stock of Ducksboard for 121,493 shares of the Company’s common stock, of which 108,234 shares were issued as of September 30, 2015 and up to 13,259 shares will be released on the twelve month anniversary of the closing date, and $2.3 million in cash resulting in an aggregate purchase price of $4.2 million. Of the total purchase price, $2.1 million was allocated to goodwill, $2.8 million to identifiable intangible assets, and $0.7 million to net liabilities assumed. The addition of the Ducksboard technology complements the Company’s visualization expertise and the Company believes it will readily expand the sources of data that are available to customers via the Company’s Software Analytics data cloud. The Company accounted for the acquisition of Ducksboard as a purchase of a business. Goodwill generated from the acquisition is attributable to expected synergies from future growth and potential future monetization opportunities, and is not deductible for tax purposes. Pro forma revenue and results of operations have not been presented because the historical results of Ducksboard were not material to the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements in any period presented.

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In connection with the acquisition, the Company may also issue 128,507 shares of its common stock to certain former employees of Ducksboard, contingent upon their continuous employment with the Company. From the date of acquisition, compensation expense is recorded ratably over the respective service period of three years.

The following tables present information about the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015 based on the three-tier fair value hierarchy (in thousands):

There were no transfers between fair value measurement levels during the three and six months ended September 30, 2015.

In September 2015, the Company executed a $3.4 million letter of credit in connection with a lease signed in June 2015. The cash collateralized letter of credit is classified as restricted cash on the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2015.

Level 3 instruments in prior periods consisted solely of the Company’s preferred stock warrant liability. Prior to the Company’s IPO, outstanding warrants to purchase shares of the Company’s Series A and Series D convertible preferred stock were classified as other liabilities. The initial liability recorded was adjusted for changes in the fair values of the Company’s preferred stock warrants during each reporting period and was recorded as a component of other income (expense), net in the statement of operations. The Company estimated the fair values of these warrants using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, based on the inputs for the estimated fair value of the underlying convertible preferred stock at the valuation measurement date, the remaining contractual term of the warrant, risk-free interest rates, expected dividend rates and expected volatility of the price of the underlying convertible preferred stock. These estimates were based on subjective assumptions. During the three and six months ended September 30, 2014, the Company recognized income in the amount of $0.2 million and $0.3 million, respectively, which was recorded as other income in the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations. Upon the closing of the IPO in December 2014, the Company ceased recording any further related periodic fair value adjustments.

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Gross unrealized gains or losses for cash equivalents and available-for-sale marketable securities as of September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015 were not material. As of September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, there were no securities that were in an unrealized loss position for more than 12 months.

The following table classifies the Company’s available-for-sale short-term investments by contractual maturities as of September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015 (in thousands):

For certain other financial instruments, including accounts receivable, accounts payable and other current liabilities, the carrying amounts approximate their fair value due to the relatively short maturity of these balances.

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

Depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment was $3.5 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $6.5 million and $3.5 million for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

There were no changes to the carrying amount of goodwill for the three and six months ended September 30, 2015.

Purchased intangible assets subject to amortization as of September 30, 2015 consist of the following (in thousands):

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Purchased intangible assets subject to amortization as of March 31, 2015 consist of the following (in thousands):

Amortization expense of purchased intangible assets for the three and six months ended September 30, 2015 was $0.2 million and $0.5 million, respectively. No amortization expense was recorded for the three and six months ended September 30, 2014.

Estimated future amortization expense as of September 30, 2015 is as follows (in thousands):

Leases—The Company leases office space under non-cancelable operating lease agreements, which expire from 2015 through 2023.

In June 2015, the Company entered into an eight-year lease with respect to office space within a building located in San Francisco, California, pursuant to which the Company will initially lease approximately 14,067 square feet on November 1, 2015 and then lease an additional approximately 42,201 square feet on June 1, 2016.

Deferred Rent—Certain of the Company’s operating leases contain rent holidays, allowances, and rent escalation provisions. For these leases, the Company recognizes the related rental expense on a straight-line basis over the life of the lease from the date the Company takes possession of the office and records the difference between amounts charged to operations and amounts paid as deferred rent. These rent holidays, allowances, and rent escalations are considered in determining the straight-line expense to be recorded over the lease term. As of September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, $5.1 million and $4.9 million was recorded as deferred rent, respectively.

Rent expense, net of sublease income, for operating leases was $1.7 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $3.0 million and $2.6 million for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Future minimum lease payments under non-cancelable operating leases as of September 30, 2015 were as follows (in thousands):

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Purchase Commitments—As of September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015, the Company had purchase commitments of $6.1 million and $3.6 million, respectively, for specific contractual services.

Legal Proceedings—From time to time, the Company may become involved in various legal proceedings in the ordinary course of its business, and may be subject to third-party infringement claims.

On November 5, 2012, CA, Inc. filed suit against the Company in the United States District Court, Eastern District of New York for alleged patent infringement. CA, Inc.’s complaint against the Company claims that certain aspects of the Company’s products infringe certain patents held by CA, Inc. Discovery is complete in the case, and the court has ruled on summary judgment motions filed by both parties. A trial date has not been set as of September 30, 2015. The Company cannot at this time predict the likely outcome of this proceeding or estimate the amount or range of loss or possible loss that may arise from it. The Company has not accrued any loss related to the outcome of this case as of September 30, 2015.

In the normal course of business, the Company may agree to indemnify third parties with whom it enters into contractual relationships, including customers, lessors, and parties to other transactions with the Company, with respect to certain matters. The Company has agreed, under certain conditions, to hold these third parties harmless against specified losses, such as those arising from a breach of representations or covenants, other third-party claims that the Company’s products when used for their intended purposes infringe the intellectual property rights of such other third parties, or other claims made against certain parties. To date, the Company has not incurred any costs as a result of such obligations and has not accrued any liabilities related to such obligations in the condensed consolidated financial statements. In addition, the Company indemnifies its officers, directors, and certain key employees while they are serving in good faith in their respective capacities. The Company does not currently believe there is a reasonable possibility that a loss may have been incurred under these indemnification obligations. To date, there have been no claims under any such indemnification provisions.

Common stock authorized — Upon the completion of the IPO, the Company’s certificate of incorporation was amended and restated to increase the amount of common stock authorized for issuance from 55,000,000 to 100,000,000 common shares with a par value of $0.001 per share.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan — The Company’s board of directors adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved, the Company’s 2014 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”), which became effective in December 2014. The ESPP initially reserved and authorized the issuance of up to 1,000,000 shares of common stock. The ESPP provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance under the ESPP will automatically increase each April, beginning on April 1, 2015, by the lesser of 500,000 shares, 1% of the number of the Company’s common stock shares issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding March 31, or such lesser number of shares as determined by the Company’s board of directors. As of September 30, 2015, there were 1,471,169 shares available for issuance under the ESPP. The first offering period under the ESPP commenced on August 15, 2015. For the six months ended September 30, 2015, no shares of common stock were purchased under the ESPP.

2008 Equity Incentive Plan — The Company’s board of directors adopted the 2008 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2008 Plan”) in February 2008. The 2008 Plan was terminated in connection with the Company’s IPO, and accordingly, no shares are available for future issuance under this plan. The 2008 Plan continues to govern outstanding awards granted thereunder.

2014 Equity Incentive Plan — The Company’s board of directors adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved, the Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”), which became effective in December 2014. The 2014 Plan serves as the successor to the Company’s 2008 Plan. The 2014 Plan initially reserved and authorized the issuance of 5,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. Additionally, shares not issued or subject to outstanding grants under the 2008 Plan upon its termination became available under the 2014 Plan, resulting in a total of 5,184,878 available shares under the 2014 Plan as of the effective date of the 2014 Plan. Pursuant to the terms of the 2014 Plan, any shares subject to outstanding stock options or other stock awards under the 2008 Plan that (i) expire or terminate for any reason prior to exercise or settlement, (ii) are forfeited because of the failure to meet a contingency or condition required to vest such shares or otherwise return to the Company or (iii) are reacquired, withheld (or not issued) to satisfy a tax withholding obligation in connection with an award or to satisfy the purchase price or exercise price of a stock award will become available for issuance pursuant to awards granted under the 2014 Plan. The 2014 Plan provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance under the plan will automatically increase each April 1, beginning on April 1, 2015, by 5% of the outstanding number of shares of the Company’s common stock shares issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding March 31, or such lesser number of shares as determined by the Company board of directors. As of September 30, 2015, there were 6,766,304 shares available for issuance under the 2014 Plan.

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option and restricted stock unit (“RSU”) award activities for the six months ended September 30, 2015 (in thousands, except per share information):

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Restricted Stock Awards—The Company granted restricted stock awards to two directors for an aggregate of 100,000 shares of its common stock in August 2013 and 40,000 shares of common stock in May 2014, each of which vests over four years, subject to the continued service relationship with the Company, or become fully vested upon a change of control. The grant date fair value of the restricted stock awards was $0.9 million or $9.37 per share for awards granted in August 2013, and $0.7 million or $16.93 per share for awards granted in May 2014. Stock-based compensation expense recognized related to these restricted stock awards was $0.1 million for each of the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, and $0.2 million for each of the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. The Company recognizes the expense using a straight-line basis over the requisite service periods of the award. As of September 30, 2015, 74,582 shares were vested.

Stock Options Granted to Nonemployees—The Company granted 7,306 shares and 35,700 shares to nonemployee consultants during the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and 11,607 shares and 50,000 shares to nonemployee consultants during the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Company recorded stock-based compensation expense of $0.3 million and $54,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $0.5 million and $0.1 million for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Stock-Based Compensation Expense—Stock-based compensation expense for both employees and nonemployees was $5.6 million and $2.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $10.2 million and $4.2 million for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Stock-based compensation expense attributed to cost of revenue, research and development, sales and marketing, and general and administrative expenses were as follows (in thousands):

As of September 30, 2015, unrecognized stock-based compensation cost related to outstanding unvested stock options was $35.8 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.7 years. As of September 30, 2015, unrecognized stock-based compensation cost related to outstanding unvested stock awards was $36.1 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 3.3 years.

The Company is subject to income tax in the United States 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 earnings of its foreign subsidiaries as such earnings are to be reinvested indefinitely.

The Company recorded an income tax benefit of $41,000 and an income tax provision of $61,000 for the three and six months ended September 30, 2015, respectively, related to foreign income taxes and state minimum taxes. Based on the available objective evidence during the three and six months ended September 30, 2015, the Company believes it is more likely than not that the tax benefits of U.S. losses incurred during the three and six months ended September 30, 2015 may not be realized. Accordingly, the Company did not record the tax benefits of U.S. losses incurred during the three and six months ended September 30, 2015. The primary difference between the effective tax rate and the local statutory tax rate relates to the valuation allowance on the Company’s U.S. losses, foreign tax rate differences, and amortization of a deferred charge associated with the intercompany transfer of intellectual property from prior periods.

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As of September 30, 2015, the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits was $1.9 million, all of which would affect the Company’s effective tax rate if recognized before consideration of any valuation allowance. As of September 30, 2015, the Company had an immaterial amount related to the accrual of interest and penalties. During the six months ended September 30, 2015, the Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefits increased by $0.1 million, none of which would affect the Company’s effective tax rate if recognized. The Company does not have any tax positions as of September 30, 2015 for which it is reasonably possible that the total amount of gross unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within the next 12 months.

Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, less shares subject to repurchase, and excludes any dilutive effects of employee share-based awards and warrants. Diluted net loss per common share is computed giving effect to all potential dilutive common shares, including common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options and unvested restricted common stock. As the Company had net losses for each of the three and six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, all potential common shares were determined to be anti-dilutive.

The following table sets forth the computation of net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted (in thousands, except per share amounts):

The following outstanding options, unvested shares, warrants, ESPP shares, and convertible preferred stock were excluded (as common stock equivalents) from the computation of diluted net loss per common share for the periods presented as their effect would have been antidilutive (in thousands):

The following table shows the Company’s revenue by geographic areas, as determined based on the billing address of its customers (in thousands):

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Substantially all of the Company’s long-lived assets were attributable to operations in the United States as of September 30, 2015 and March 31, 2015.

On October 28, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of Opsmatic, Inc. (“Opsmatic”), a provider of live-state server configuration monitoring across dynamic cloud infrastructure, pursuant to which the Company acquired all of the capital stock of Opsmatic for $5.5 million in cash, up to 161,116 shares of the Company’s common stock, and 12,008 RSUs. The aggregate preliminary purchase price is $12.3 million.

The acquisition also included an obligation to issue up to 98,115 shares of our common stock to certain employees of Opsmatic, contingent upon their continuous employment with the Company. As such, compensation expense will be recorded ratably over the respective service period of 30 months.

The initial purchase price accounting is not yet complete. A preliminary purchase price allocation is currently expected to be included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the quarterly period ending December 31, 2015. Pro forma results of operations have not been presented because the acquisition was not material to the Company’s results of operations.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of 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 appearing elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. When reviewing the discussion below, you should keep in mind the substantial risks and uncertainties that could impact our business. In particular, we encourage you to review the risks and uncertainties described in Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this report. These risks and uncertainties could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in forward-looking statements contained in this report or implied by past results and trends. Forward-looking statements are statements that attempt to forecast or anticipate future developments in our business, financial condition or results of operations. See the section titled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in this report. These statements, like all statements in this report, speak only as of their date (unless another date is indicated), and we undertake no obligation to update or revise these statements in light of future developments.

Overview

We are defining a new category of enterprise software we call Software Analytics. Our cloud-based platform and suite of products enables organizations to collect, store, and analyze massive amounts of software data in real time. We design all our products to be highly intuitive and frictionless; they are easy to deploy, and customers can rapidly, often within minutes, realize benefits and results. Technology users can use our products to quickly find and fix performance problems as well as prevent future issues. Business users such as product managers can get answers to how their new product launch is being received, or how a pricing change impacted customer retention, without waiting for help from IT. Software developers can build better applications faster, as they can see how their software will perform and is actually performing for end-users.

Since our formation in 2007, we have invested in building an integrated platform that enables organizations to collect, store and analyze massive amounts of data from their software in real time. We launched our first product offering, New Relic APM (Application Performance Management) for Ruby, in 2008. Since then, we broadened our product offerings to support a wide variety of programming languages and frameworks, with Java in 2009, PHP and .NET in 2010, and Python in 2011. In 2011, we released New Relic Servers to provide server monitoring for the cloud and data centers. In 2013, we released New Relic Mobile to support mobile by providing native mobile application performance management for the iOS and Android mobile operating systems. We also launched support for Node.js, a programming language, and New Relic Plugins (formerly New Relic Platform) to enable third parties to integrate with our platform. In March 2014, we launched New Relic Insights to leverage big data analytics. During the quarter ended December 31, 2014, we released New Relic Browser to improve browser-side performance and New Relic Synthetics to enable our users to test their software through simulated usage.

We sell our products primarily through direct sales and marketing channels utilizing a wide range of online and offline sales and marketing activities. The majority of our users visit our website, create an account, and deploy our software. Upon deployment, most users experience our full-featured products with a 14-day or 30-day free trial, enabling them to realize the benefits of our products, after which they have the option to purchase one or more of our subscription plans. During and after the trial period, our direct sales team engages with the user to convert the user into a paid business account. Many users initially subscribe to one of our products to address a particular use case and broaden the usage of our products as they become more familiar with our products. Most of our customers to date have been small to medium-sized organizations, and many of our customers to date have made purchasing decisions without interacting with our sales or other personnel. For larger organizations, our sales team focuses on leveraging users in existing accounts to broaden our footprint across the organization.

We offer access to our platform and suite of products under subscription plans that also include service and support. We offer a variety of pricing plans based on the particular product purchased by an account, number of servers monitored, number of applications monitored, or number of mobile devices monitored. Our plans typically have terms of one year, although some of our customers commit for shorter or longer periods. We recognize revenue from subscription fees ratably over the service period. Most of our customers pay us on a monthly basis. As a result, our deferred revenue at any given period of time has historically been relatively low. As we sell more to larger organizations, we expect to invoice more of our customers on a less frequent basis, and, therefore, we expect our deferred revenue to increase over time. However, due to our mix of subscription plans and billing frequencies, we do not believe that changes in our deferred revenue in a given period are directly correlated with our revenue growth.

We have grown rapidly in recent periods, with revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 of $42.9 million and $25.4 million, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 69%. For the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, our revenue was $81.1 million and $48.0 million, respectively, representing year-over-year growth of 69%. We expect that the rate of growth in our revenue will decline over the long term as our business scales, even if our revenue continues to grow in absolute terms. We have continued to make significant expenditures and investments, including in personnel-related costs, sales and marketing, infrastructure and operations, and have incurred net losses in each period since our inception, including net losses of $14.8 million and $9.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and $29.9 million and $19.4 million for the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Our accumulated deficit as of September 30, 2015 was $161.5 million.

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Our employee headcount has increased to 818 employees as of September 30, 2015 from 534 as of September 30, 2014, and our number of paid business accounts to 12,840 from 10,590 over the same period, and we plan to continue to aggressively invest in the growth of our business to take advantage of our market opportunity. We intend to continue to increase our investment in sales and marketing, as we further expand our sales teams, increase our marketing activities, and grow our international operations, particularly as we increase our sales to larger organizations.

Internationally, we currently offer our products in Europe, Middle East, and Africa, or EMEA, Asia-Pacific, or APAC, and other non-U.S. locations, as determined based on the billing address of our customers, and our revenue from those regions constituted 19%, 8%, and 6%, respectively, of our revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2015, and 19%, 8%, and 7%, respectively, of our revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2014. Our revenue from the EMEA, APAC, and other non-U.S. regions constituted 19%, 8%, and 6%, respectively, of our revenue for each of the six months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014. We believe there is further opportunity to increase our international revenue overall and as a proportion of our revenue, and we are increasingly investing in our international operations and intend to invest in further expanding our footprint in international markets. At the same time, the regulatory framework for privacy and security issues worldwide is rapidly evolving and is likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable future. For instance, the European Union Court of Justice (“ECJ”) ruled on October 6, 2015 that the U.S.-EU Safe Harbor Framework upon which we have in the past relied upon to allow for the transfer of personal data when doing business in the European Economic Area (“EEA”) was no longer deemed to be a valid method of compliance with requirements set forth in the Data Protection Directive (and member states’ implementations thereof) regarding the transfer of data outside of the EEA. We have begun to undertake efforts to conform transfers of personal data from the EEA based on current regulatory obligations, the guidance of data protection authorities, and evolving best practices. These efforts may involve substantial expense and distraction from other aspects of our business. Despite this, we may be unsuccessful in establishing conforming means of transferring such data from the EEA, including due to ongoing legislative activity, which may, among other things, limit or decrease customer adoption and retention, expose us to additional liabilities in connection with compliance and related requirements, and harm our business and operating results.

To support the growth of our customer adoption, we also intend to increase our investment in our support organization and infrastructure. In addition, we plan to continue to invest in our research and development organization to enhance and further develop our products. While these areas represent significant opportunities for us, we also face significant risks and challenges that we must successfully address in order to sustain the growth of our business and improve our operating results. Due to our continuing investments to grow our business, in advance of and in preparation for our expected increase in sales and expansion of our paid business accounts, we are continuing to incur expenses in the near term from which we may not realize any long-term benefit. In addition, any investments that we make in sales and marketing or other areas will occur in advance of our experiencing any benefits from such investments, so it may be difficult for us to determine if we are efficiently allocating our resources in these areas. As a result, we have never achieved profitability and we do not expect to be profitable for the foreseeable future.

Further, our reported revenue, operating results, and cash flows for a given period may not be indicative of future results due to our limited operating history and fluctuations in the number of new employees, the rate of our expansion, the timing of expenses we incur to grow our business and operations, levels of competition, and market demand for our products.

Factors Affecting Our Performance

Market Adoption of Our Products. We are defining a new category of software, which we refer to as Software Analytics. Our success is dependent on the market adoption of this emerging category of software, which may not yet be well understood by the market. For the foreseeable future, we expect that our revenue growth will be primarily driven by the pace of adoption and penetration of our products and we will incur significant expenses associated with educating the market about the benefits of our products.

Increasing the Number of Paid Business Accounts. Our future growth is dependent on our ability to increase the number of accounts that pay us to use our products. Most users experience our products with a free trial after which they have the option to purchase one or more of our subscription plans. We believe that we have a significant competitive advantage as our users experience the ease of installation and the full set of features that our products deliver during the free trial period.

Retention and Expansion within Paid Business Accounts. A key factor in our success is the retention and expansion of our subscription agreements with our existing customers. In order for us to continue to grow our business, it is important to generate additional revenue from our existing customers, and we do this in several ways. As we improve our existing products and introduce new products, we believe that the demand for our products will generally grow. We also believe that there is a significant opportunity for us to increase the number of subscriptions we sell to our current customers as they become more familiar with our products and adopt our products to address additional business use cases.

Investment in Sales and Marketing. We expect to continue to invest aggressively in sales and marketing to drive additional revenue. Any investments that we make in sales and marketing will occur in advance of our experiencing any benefits from such investments, so it may be difficult for us to determine if we are efficiently allocating our resources. As we continue to focus sales and

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marketing investments more heavily towards large organizations, this may require more of our resources. In addition, we expect our sales cycle to be longer and less predictable with respect to larger customers, which may delay realization of future sales. We also intend to increase our sales and marketing investment in international markets, such as Europe, and those markets may take longer and be more costly to develop than the U.S. market.

Key Operating Metrics

We review the following key metrics to evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions:

Number of Paid Business Accounts. We believe that our ability to increase our number of paid business accounts is one indicator of our market penetration, the growth of our business and our potential future prospects. We define the number of paid business accounts at the end of any particular period as the number of accounts at the end of the period as identified by a unique account identifier for which we have recognized revenue on the last day of the period indicated. A single organization or customer may have multiple paid business accounts for separate divisions, segments, or subsidiaries. We had 12,840 paid business accounts as of September 30, 2015.

Dollar-Based Net Expansion Rate. Our ability to generate revenue is dependent on our ability to maintain and grow our relationships with our existing customers. We track our performance in this area by measuring our dollar-based net expansion rate. Our dollar-based net expansion rate increases when customers increase their use of our products, use additional products, or upgrade to a higher subscription tier. Our dollar-based net expansion rate is reduced when customers decrease their use of our products, use fewer products, or downgrade to a lower subscription tier.

Our dollar-based net expansion rate compares our recurring subscription revenue from customers from one period to the next. We measure our dollar-based net expansion rate on a monthly basis because many of our customers change their subscriptions more frequently than quarterly or annually. To calculate our annual dollar-based net expansion rate, we first establish the base period monthly recurring revenue from all our customers at the end of a month. This represents the revenue we would contractually expect to receive from those customers over the following month, without any increase or reduction in any of their subscriptions. We then (i) calculate the actual monthly recurring revenue from those same customers at the end of that following month; then (ii) divide that following month’s recurring revenue by the base month’s recurring revenue to arrive at our monthly net expansion rate; then (iii) calculate a quarterly net expansion rate by compounding the net expansion rates of the three months in the quarter; and then (iv) calculate our annualized net expansion rate by compounding our quarterly net expansion rate over an annual period. Our annualized dollar-based net expansion rate for the three months ended September 30, 2015 was 121.3%.

The quarterly fluctuations in our dollar-based net expansion rate are primarily driven by transactions within a particular quarter in which certain paid business accounts from larger subscription customers either significantly upgrade or significantly downgrade their subscriptions and by increased sales to existing customers in particular quarters due to sales and marketing campaigns in a particular quarter. In addition, we believe that the composition of our customer base also has an impact on the net expansion rate, such that a relative increase in the number of paid business accounts from larger enterprises versus small to medium-sized organizations will tend to increase our quarterly net expansion rate and a relative increase in the number or paid business accounts from small to medium-sized organizations versus larger enterprises will tend to decrease the quarterly net expansion rate, as smaller businesses tend to cancel subscriptions more frequently than larger enterprises.

Key Components of Results of Operations

Revenue

We offer access to our products under subscription plans that include service and support for one or more of our products. For our paying customers, we offer a variety of pricing plans based on the particular product purchased by an account, number of servers monitored, number of applications monitored, or number of mobile devices monitored. Our plans typically have terms of one year, although some of our customers commit for shorter periods. We invoice most of our customers on a monthly basis. As a result, our deferred revenue has historically been relatively low. As we begin to sell more to larger organizations, we expect to invoice more of our customers on a less frequent basis, and therefore, we expect our deferred revenue to increase over time.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue consists of expenses relating to data center operations, hosting-related costs, payment processing fees, depreciation and amortization, consulting costs, and salaries and benefits of operations and global customer support personnel. Salaries and benefits costs associated with our operations and global customer support personnel consist of salaries, benefits, bonuses, and stock-based compensation. We plan to continue increasing the capacity, capability, and reliability of our infrastructure to support the growth of our customer adoption and the number of products we offer.

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Gross Profit and Margin

Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue. Gross margin is gross profit expressed as a percentage of revenue. Our gross margin has been, and will continue to be affected by, a number of factors, including the timing and extent of our investments in our operations and global customer support personnel, hosting-related costs, and the amortization of capitalized software. We expect that our gross margin will decline modestly over the long term, although we expect our gross margin to fluctuate from period to period as a result of these factors.

Operating Expenses

Personnel costs, which consist of salaries, benefits, bonuses, stock-based compensation and, with regard to sales and marketing expenses, sales commissions, are the most significant component of our operating expenses. We also incur other non-personnel costs such as an allocation of our general overhead expenses.

Research and Development. Research and development expenses consist primarily of personnel costs and an allocation of our general overhead expenses. We continue to focus our research and development efforts on adding new features and products, and increasing the functionality and enhancing the ease of use of our existing products. We capitalize the portion of our software development costs that meets the criteria for capitalization.

We plan to continue to hire employees for our engineering, product management, and design teams to support our research and development efforts. As a result, we expect our research and development expenses to continue to increase in absolute dollars for the foreseeable future. However, we expect our research and development expenses to decrease modestly as a percentage of our revenue over the long term, although our research and development expenses may fluctuate from period to period depending on fluctuations in our revenue and the timing and extent of our research and development expenses.

Sales and Marketing. Sales and marketing expenses consist of personnel costs for our sales, marketing, and business development employees and executives. Commissions are expensed in the period when a customer contract is executed. Sales and marketing expenses also include the costs of our marketing and brand awareness programs.

We plan to continue investing in sales and marketing globally by increasing the number of our sales personnel, expanding our domestic and international marketing activities, building brand awareness, and sponsoring additional marketing events. We expect our sales and marketing expenses to continue to increase in absolute dollars and continue to be our largest operating expense category for the foreseeable future. However, we expect our sales and marketing expenses to decrease as a percentage of our revenue over the long term, although our sales and marketing expenses may fluctuate from period to period depending on fluctuations in our revenue and the timing and extent of our sales and marketing expenses.

General and Administrative. General and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs for our administrative, legal, human resources, information technology, finance and accounting employees, and executives. Also included are non-personnel costs, such as legal and other professional fees.

We plan to continue to expand our business both domestically and internationally, and we expect to increase the size of our general and administrative function to support the growth of our business. We also expect that we will continue to incur additional general and administrative expenses as a result of being a publicly traded company. As a result, we expect our general and administrative expenses to continue to increase in absolute dollars for the foreseeable future. However, we expect our general and administrative expenses to decrease modestly as a percentage of our revenue over the long term, although our general and administrative expense may fluctuate from period to period depending on fluctuations in our revenue and the timing and extent of our general and administrative expenses, such as litigation costs.

Other Income, Net

Other income, net consists primarily of the re-valuation of our convertible preferred stock warrant liability, interest income, interest expense, and foreign exchange gains and losses.

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Results of Operations

The following tables summarize our consolidated statements of operations data for the periods presented and as a percentage of our revenue for those periods.

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Revenue

Revenue increased $17.6 million, or 69%, in the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014. The increase was a result of an increase in the number of paid business accounts, which increased to 12,840 at September 30, 2015 from 10,590 at September 30, 2014, and an increase in product adoption by existing paid business accounts. Our revenue from EMEA increased $3.5 million, or 73%, in the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014, and our revenue from APAC increased $1.2 million, or 60%, in the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014, as a result of an increase in the number of paid business accounts and an increase in product adoption by existing paid business accounts located in these geographic regions.

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Revenue increased $33.1 million, or 69%, in the six months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014. The increase was a result of an increase in the number of paid business accounts, which increased to 12,840 at September 30, 2015 from 10,590 at September 30, 2014, and an increase in product adoption by existing paid business accounts. Our revenue from EMEA increased $6.7 million, or 75%, in the six months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014, and our revenue from APAC increased $2.4 million, or 64%, in the six months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014, as a result of an increase in the number of paid business accounts and an increase in product adoption by existing paid business accounts located in these geographic regions.

Cost of Revenue

Cost of revenue increased $3.9 million, or 78%, for the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014. The increase was primarily a result of an increase in personnel-related costs and hosting-related costs necessary to support our growth, an increase in amortization and depreciation expenses, and an increase in payment processing costs due to the increase in revenue. Personnel-related costs increased by $1.2 million, driven by higher headcount, and amortization and depreciation expenses increased by $1.5 million. Hosting-related costs and payment processing fees increased by $1.1 million.

Cost of revenue increased $7.8 million, or 86%, for the six months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014. The increase was primarily a result of an increase in personnel-related costs and hosting-related costs necessary to support our growth, an increase in amortization and depreciation expenses, and an increase in payment processing costs due to the increase in revenue. Personnel-related costs increased by $2.7 million, and amortization and depreciation expenses increased by $3.0 million. Hosting-related costs and payment processing fees increased by $1.9 million.

Research and Development

Research and development expenses increased $5.3 million, or 99%, for the three months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014. The increase was a result of an increase of $4.5 million in personnel-related costs, driven by higher headcount, and a $0.5 million increase in other miscellaneous expenses.

Research and development expenses increased $9.1 million, or 89%, for the six months ended September 30, 2015 compared to the same period of 2014. The increase was primarily a result of an increase of $8.2 million in personnel-related costs driven by higher headcount, a $0.4 million increase in depreciation, and a $0.5 million increase in other miscellaneous expenses.

Sales and Marketing