UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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 December 31, 2022June 30, 2023
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: 001-39010 
Dynatrace, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)  
Delaware47-2386428
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1601 Trapelo Road, Suite 11602451
Waltham,MAMassachusetts02451
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:(781) 530-1000

N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common stock, par value $0.001 per shareDTNew York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrantRegistrant (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 registrantRegistrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted 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 such files). Yes      No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrantRegistrant 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 filerAccelerated filer
Non-accelerated filerSmaller reporting company
Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrantRegistrant 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 registrantRegistrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes   No  

The registrantRegistrant had 289,051,862293,290,050 shares of common stock outstanding as of January 30,July 31, 2023.



SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Quarterly Report”) contains forward-looking statementsincludes certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, whichPrivate Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. All statements of historical fact included in this Quarterly Report regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “may,” “should,” “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. When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements described under the heading “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2022 (“Annual Report”). These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current beliefs, based on currently available information, as to the outcome and timing of future events. Forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report include, but are not limited to, statements about:regarding:
our future financial performance, including our expectations regarding key factors driving future performance, our revenue, annual recurring revenue, gross profit or gross margin, operating expenses, ability to generate cash flow, billing/revenue mix, and our pricing and licensing model;
our ability to maintain future profitability;navigate the current macroeconomic environment;
anticipated trends and growth rates in our business and in the markets in which we operate;
our ability to maintain and expand our customer base and our partner network;
our ability to sell our applications and expand internationally;
our ability to anticipate market needs and successfully develop new and enhanced solutions to meet those needs;
the evolution of technology affecting our offerings, platform and markets, including our plans to continue evolving our technology capabilities;
our plans to continue investing in research and development and driving innovation to meet customers’ needs and grow our customer base;
our ability to maintain and expand our customer base and our partner ecosystem;
our expectations regarding the evolving competitive environment;
our plans to invest in future growth opportunities that we expect will drive long-term value;
our ability to sell our offerings and expand internationally;
our ability to hire and retain necessary qualified employees to grow our business and expand our operations;
the evolution of technology affecting our applications, platform and markets;
our ability to adequately protect our intellectual property;property.
our ability to service our debt obligations;
our expectations regarding the potential impact of the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) pandemic, or other future health pandemics and any related economic downturns, on our business, operations, and the markets in which we and our partners and customers operate; and
certain macroeconomic factors facing the global economies, including disruptions in the capital markets, economic sanctions and economic slowdowns or recessions, rising inflation and changing interest rates.
We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of theThese forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report.
You shouldinclude, but are not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-lookinglimited to, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and other statements contained in this Quarterly Report primarily onthat are not historical facts and statements identified by words such as “will,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates” or words of similar meaning. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views about our plans, intentions, expectations, strategies and projections about future eventsprospects, which are based on the information currently available to us and trends thaton assumptions we have made. Although we believe may affectthat our business, financial condition, results of operationsplans, intentions, expectations, strategies and prospects. The outcome of the events describedprospects as reflected in theseor suggested by those forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” in the Annual Report and as filed with the SEC and “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A in this Quarterly Report and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report. Moreover,are reasonable, 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. We cannot assure youcan give no assurance that the results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statementsplans, intentions, expectations or strategies will be achievedattained or occur, andachieved. Furthermore, actual results events or circumstances couldmay differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.statements and will be affected by a variety of risks and factors that are beyond our control including, without limitation, the risks set forth in the summary below, in Part II, Item 1A. entitled “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report, and in our other SEC filings. We assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.




WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATIONSUMMARY OF THE MATERIAL RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR BUSINESS

InvestorsOur business is subject to numerous risks and othersuncertainties that you should note that we announce material financial information tobe aware of in evaluating our investors using our investor relations website, press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. We also use the following social media and web channels as a means of disclosing information about the company, our planned financial and other announcements, attendance at upcoming investor and industry conferences, and other matters and for complying with our disclosure obligations under Regulation FD:

News Page (https://ir.dynatrace.com/news-events)
LinkedIn Page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/Dynatrace)
Twitter Account (https://twitter.com/Dynatrace)

The information we post through these channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor these accounts and our News page,business. Please see Part II, Item 1A. entitled “Risk Factors” in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. This list may be updated from time to time. The information we post through these channels is not a part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.for a discussion of risks that we believe are material. These channelsrisks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
We have experienced rapid revenue growth in recent periods, and our recent growth rates may not be indicative of our future growth.
Our quarterly and annual operating results may be updated from timeadversely affected due to timea variety of factors, which could make our future results difficult to predict.
Market adoption of the solutions that we offer is relatively new and may not grow as we expect, which may harm our business and prospects.
Our business is dependent on overall demand for observability and security solutions and therefore reduced spending on those solutions or overall adverse economic conditions may negatively affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
If we fail to innovate and do not continue to develop and effectively market solutions that anticipate and respond to the needs of our customers, our business, operating results, and financial condition may suffer.
If our platform and solutions do not effectively interoperate with our customers’ existing or future IT infrastructures, installations of our solutions could be delayed or canceled, which would harm our business.
If we are unable to acquire new customers or retain and expand our relationships with existing customers, our future revenues and operating results will be harmed.
Failure to effectively expand our sales and marketing capabilities could harm our ability to execute on our investor relations website.business plan, increase our customer base, and achieve broader market acceptance of our applications.

We face significant competition, which may adversely affect our ability to add new customers, retain existing customers, and grow our business.
If we are unable to maintain successful relationships with our partners, or if our partners fail to perform, our ability to market, sell, and distribute our applications and services will be limited, and our business, operating results, and financial condition could be harmed.
Security breaches, computer malware, computer hacking attacks and other security incidents could harm our business, reputation, brand and operating results.
Real or perceived errors, failures, defects, or vulnerabilities in our solutions could adversely affect our financial results and growth prospects.
Failure to protect and enforce our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights could substantially harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Thoma Bravo has significant influence over matters requiring stockholder approval, which may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes of control, or limiting the ability of other stockholders to approve transactions they deem to be in their best interest.





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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

DYNATRACE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In thousands, except share data)
December 31, 2022March 31, 2022June 30, 2023March 31, 2023
(unaudited)(unaudited)
AssetsAssetsAssets
Current assets:Current assets:Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalentsCash and cash equivalents$422,451 $462,967 Cash and cash equivalents$700,703 $555,348 
Accounts receivable, netAccounts receivable, net304,411 350,666 Accounts receivable, net238,275 442,518 
Deferred commissions, currentDeferred commissions, current71,001 62,601 Deferred commissions, current83,007 83,029 
Prepaid expenses and other current assetsPrepaid expenses and other current assets33,034 72,188 Prepaid expenses and other current assets52,443 37,289 
Total current assetsTotal current assets830,897 948,422 Total current assets1,074,428 1,118,184 
Property and equipment, netProperty and equipment, net50,528 45,271 Property and equipment, net54,382 53,576 
Operating lease right-of-use assets, netOperating lease right-of-use assets, net68,730 58,849 Operating lease right-of-use assets, net71,226 68,074 
GoodwillGoodwill1,281,507 1,281,876 Goodwill1,282,134 1,281,812 
Other intangible assets, netOther intangible assets, net74,073 105,736 Other intangible assets, net53,915 63,599 
Deferred tax assets, netDeferred tax assets, net23,726 28,106 Deferred tax assets, net99,068 79,822 
Deferred commissions, non-currentDeferred commissions, non-current69,150 63,435 Deferred commissions, non-current78,053 86,232 
Other assetsOther assets15,268 9,615 Other assets14,106 14,048 
Total assetsTotal assets$2,413,879 $2,541,310 Total assets$2,727,312 $2,765,347 
Liabilities and shareholders' equityLiabilities and shareholders' equityLiabilities and shareholders' equity
Current liabilities:Current liabilities:Current liabilities:
Accounts payableAccounts payable$14,687 $22,715 Accounts payable$6,065 $21,953 
Accrued expenses, currentAccrued expenses, current154,081 141,556 Accrued expenses, current156,146 188,380 
Deferred revenue, currentDeferred revenue, current647,259 688,554 Deferred revenue, current721,817 811,058 
Operating lease liabilities, currentOperating lease liabilities, current14,990 12,774 Operating lease liabilities, current15,925 15,652 
Total current liabilitiesTotal current liabilities831,017 865,599 Total current liabilities899,953 1,037,043 
Deferred revenue, non-currentDeferred revenue, non-current25,778 25,783 Deferred revenue, non-current28,710 34,423 
Accrued expenses, non-currentAccrued expenses, non-current30,449 19,409 Accrued expenses, non-current30,723 29,212 
Operating lease liabilities, non-currentOperating lease liabilities, non-current59,589 52,070 Operating lease liabilities, non-current62,692 59,520 
Deferred tax liabilitiesDeferred tax liabilities23 85 Deferred tax liabilities302 280 
Long-term debt, net— 273,918 
Total liabilitiesTotal liabilities946,856 1,236,864 Total liabilities1,022,380 1,160,478 
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Shareholders' equity:Shareholders' equity:Shareholders' equity:
Common shares, $0.001 par value, 600,000,000 shares authorized, 288,961,064 and 286,053,276 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022 and March 31, 2022, respectively
289 286 
Common shares, $0.001 par value, 600,000,000 shares authorized, 293,159,681 and 290,411,108 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023, respectivelyCommon shares, $0.001 par value, 600,000,000 shares authorized, 293,159,681 and 290,411,108 shares issued and outstanding at June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023, respectively293 290 
Additional paid-in capitalAdditional paid-in capital1,929,940 1,792,197 Additional paid-in capital2,053,086 1,989,797 
Accumulated deficitAccumulated deficit(433,682)(461,348)Accumulated deficit(315,201)(353,389)
Accumulated other comprehensive lossAccumulated other comprehensive loss(29,524)(26,689)Accumulated other comprehensive loss(33,246)(31,829)
Total shareholders' equityTotal shareholders' equity1,467,023 1,304,446 Total shareholders' equity1,704,932 1,604,869 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equityTotal liabilities and shareholders' equity$2,413,879 $2,541,310 Total liabilities and shareholders' equity$2,727,312 $2,765,347 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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DYNATRACE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited – In thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,
202220212022202120232022
Revenue:Revenue:Revenue:
SubscriptionSubscription$279,152 $226,290 $790,016 $635,411 Subscription$316,454 $249,558 
License— — 52 
ServiceService18,304 14,474 54,039 41,397 Service16,432 17,715 
Total revenueTotal revenue297,456 240,766 844,055 676,860 Total revenue332,886 267,273 
Cost of revenue:Cost of revenue:Cost of revenue:
Cost of subscriptionCost of subscription36,891 28,284 105,393 80,401 Cost of subscription42,904 32,738 
Cost of serviceCost of service15,044 12,232 46,264 32,921 Cost of service15,542 15,168 
Amortization of acquired technologyAmortization of acquired technology3,889 3,944 11,669 11,638 Amortization of acquired technology3,898 3,892 
Total cost of revenueTotal cost of revenue55,824 44,460 163,326 124,960 Total cost of revenue62,344 51,798 
Gross profitGross profit241,632 196,306 680,729 551,900 Gross profit270,542 215,475 
Operating expenses:Operating expenses:Operating expenses:
Research and developmentResearch and development53,411 40,876 153,800 113,509 Research and development66,282 49,411 
Sales and marketingSales and marketing111,524 94,033 321,208 260,816 Sales and marketing125,117 105,673 
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative36,242 32,643 112,637 91,254 General and administrative39,094 34,734 
Amortization of other intangiblesAmortization of other intangibles6,573 7,539 19,719 22,618 Amortization of other intangibles5,760 6,573 
Restructuring and otherRestructuring and other(5)— (15)25 Restructuring and other(10)
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses207,745 175,091 607,349 488,222 Total operating expenses236,254 196,381 
Income from operationsIncome from operations33,887 21,215 73,380 63,678 Income from operations34,288 19,094 
Interest expense, net(4,787)(2,450)(7,475)(7,958)
Interest income (expense), netInterest income (expense), net7,146 (2,175)
Other income (expense), netOther income (expense), net1,617 (1,357)(1,847)(1,345)Other income (expense), net252 (2,250)
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes30,717 17,408 64,058 54,375 Income before income taxes41,686 14,669 
Income tax expenseIncome tax expense(15,691)(2,821)(36,392)(2,853)Income tax expense(3,498)(12,555)
Net incomeNet income$15,026 $14,587 $27,666 $51,522 Net income$38,188 $2,114 
Net income per share:Net income per share:Net income per share:
BasicBasic$0.05 $0.05 $0.10 $0.18 Basic$0.13 $0.01 
DilutedDiluted$0.05 $0.05 $0.10 $0.18 Diluted$0.13 $0.01 
Weighted average shares outstanding:Weighted average shares outstanding:Weighted average shares outstanding:
BasicBasic287,957 284,722 287,120 283,773 Basic291,325 286,203 
DilutedDiluted291,228 291,845 290,803 290,895 Diluted296,387 290,024 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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DYNATRACE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited - In thousands)
Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,
202220212022202120232022
Net incomeNet income$15,026 $14,587 $27,666 $51,522 Net income$38,188 $2,114 
Other comprehensive (loss) incomeOther comprehensive (loss) incomeOther comprehensive (loss) income
Foreign currency translation adjustmentForeign currency translation adjustment(5,133)692 (2,835)1,428 Foreign currency translation adjustment(1,417)480 
Total other comprehensive (loss) incomeTotal other comprehensive (loss) income(5,133)692 (2,835)1,428 Total other comprehensive (loss) income(1,417)480 
Comprehensive incomeComprehensive income$9,893 $15,279 $24,831 $52,950 Comprehensive income$36,771 $2,594 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.


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DYNATRACE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(Unaudited - In thousands)
Three Months Ended December 31, 2022Three Months Ended June 30, 2023
Common SharesAdditional 
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Deficit
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Shareholders' EquityCommon SharesAdditional 
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Deficit
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Shareholders' Equity
SharesAmountSharesAmount
Balance, September 30, 2022287,813 $288 $1,874,488 $(448,708)$(24,391)$1,401,677 
Balance, March 31, 2023Balance, March 31, 2023290,411 $290 $1,989,797 $(353,389)$(31,829)$1,604,869 
Foreign currency translationForeign currency translation(5,133)(5,133)Foreign currency translation(1,417)(1,417)
Restricted stock units vestedRestricted stock units vested463 — — — Restricted stock units vested1,821 (2)— 
Restricted stock awards forfeited(1)— — 
Issuance of common stock related to employee stock purchase planIssuance of common stock related to employee stock purchase plan287 — 9,179 9,179 Issuance of common stock related to employee stock purchase plan313 — 9,584 9,584 
Exercise of stock optionsExercise of stock options399 10,769 10,770 Exercise of stock options615 13,189 13,190 
Share-based compensationShare-based compensation35,504 35,504 Share-based compensation40,518 40,518 
Net incomeNet income15,026 15,026 Net income38,188 38,188 
Balance, December 31, 2022288,961 $289 $1,929,940 $(433,682)$(29,524)$1,467,023 
Balance, June 30, 2023Balance, June 30, 2023293,160 $293 $2,053,086 $(315,201)$(33,246)$1,704,932 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2021Three Months Ended June 30, 2022
Common SharesAdditional 
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Deficit
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Shareholders’ EquityCommon SharesAdditional 
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Deficit
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Shareholders’ Equity
SharesAmountSharesAmount
Balance, September 30, 2021285,025 $285 $1,723,056 $(476,864)$(25,475)$1,221,002 
Balance, March 31, 2022Balance, March 31, 2022286,053 $286 $1,792,197 $(461,348)$(26,689)$1,304,446 
Foreign currency translationForeign currency translation692 692 Foreign currency translation480 480 
Restricted stock units vestedRestricted stock units vested252 — — Restricted stock units vested886 (1)— 
Restricted stock awards forfeitedRestricted stock awards forfeited(14)— — 
Issuance of common stock related to the employee stock purchase planIssuance of common stock related to the employee stock purchase plan168 7,320 7,321 Issuance of common stock related to the employee stock purchase plan266 — 8,627 8,627 
Exercise of stock optionsExercise of stock options257 — 5,311 5,311 Exercise of stock options68 — 1,275 1,275 
Share-based compensationShare-based compensation27,123 27,123 Share-based compensation28,695 28,695 
Equity repurchasesEquity repurchases(21)(21)Equity repurchases(11)(11)
Net incomeNet income14,587 14,587 Net income2,114 2,114 
Balance, December 31, 2021285,702 $286 $1,762,789 $(462,277)$(24,783)$1,276,015 
Balance, June 30, 2022Balance, June 30, 2022287,259 $287 $1,830,782 $(459,234)$(26,209)$1,345,626 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.








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DYNATRACE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITYCASH FLOWS
(Unaudited - In thousands)
Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022
Common SharesAdditional 
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Deficit
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Shareholders' Equity
SharesAmount
Balance, March 31, 2022286,053 $286 $1,792,197 $(461,348)$(26,689)$1,304,446 
Foreign currency translation(2,835)(2,835)
Restricted stock units vested1,727 (2)— 
Restricted stock awards forfeited(15)— — 
Issuance of common stock related to employee stock purchase plan553 — 17,806 17,806 
Exercise of stock options643 15,101 15,102 
Share-based compensation104,853 104,853 
Equity repurchases(15)(15)
Net income27,666 27,666 
Balance, December 31, 2022288,961 $289 $1,929,940 $(433,682)$(29,524)$1,467,023 
Nine Months Ended December 31, 2021
Common SharesAdditional 
Paid-In Capital
Accumulated
Deficit
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss
Shareholders’ Equity
SharesAmount
Balance, March 31, 2021283,130 $283 $1,653,328 $(513,799)$(26,211)$1,113,601 
Foreign currency translation1,428 1,428 
Restricted stock units vested1,049 (1)— 
Restricted stock awards forfeited(19)— — 
Issuance of common stock related to employee stock purchase plan372 13,913 13,914 
Exercise of stock options1,170 23,650 23,651 
Share-based compensation71,950 71,950 
Equity repurchases(51)(51)
Net income51,522 51,522 
Balance, December 31, 2021285,702 $286 $1,762,789 $(462,277)$(24,783)$1,276,015 
Three Months Ended June 30,
20232022
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income$38,188 $2,114 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operations:
Depreciation3,916 2,798 
Amortization9,681 10,571 
Share-based compensation40,518 28,695 
Deferred income taxes(19,327)— 
Other(154)2,748 
Net change in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable204,228 151,404 
Deferred commissions8,545 2,079 
Prepaid expenses and other assets(16,426)33,096 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses(39,641)(29,815)
Operating leases, net277 (142)
Deferred revenue(95,902)(60,450)
Net cash provided by operating activities133,903 143,098 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment(10,267)(6,906)
Net cash used in investing activities(10,267)(6,906)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayment of term loans— (30,000)
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan9,584 8,627 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options13,190 1,275 
Equity repurchases— (11)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities22,774 (20,109)
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents(1,055)(7,705)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents145,355 108,378 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period555,348 462,967 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period$700,703 $571,345 
Supplemental cash flow data:
Cash paid for interest$212 $2,066 
Cash paid for (received from) tax, net$13,151 $(31,542)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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DYNATRACE, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited – In thousands)
Nine Months Ended December 31,
20222021
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income$27,666 $51,522 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to cash provided by operations:
Depreciation9,012 7,788 
Amortization31,566 34,682 
Share-based compensation104,853 71,950 
Loss on extinguishment of debt5,925 — 
Other5,171 2,906 
Net change in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable40,314 (22,362)
Deferred commissions(17,198)(19,581)
Prepaid expenses and other assets29,616 (17,508)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses19,365 10,987 
Operating leases, net(36)683 
Deferred revenue(21,796)41,545 
Net cash provided by operating activities234,458 162,612 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment(15,625)(11,768)
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired— (13,195)
Net cash used in investing activities(15,625)(24,963)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Repayment of term loans(281,125)(90,000)
Debt issuance costs(1,949)— 
Proceeds from employee stock purchase plan17,806 13,913 
Proceeds from exercise of stock options15,102 23,650 
Equity repurchases(15)(51)
Net cash used in financing activities(250,181)(52,488)
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents(9,168)(1,400)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents(40,516)83,761 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period462,967 324,962 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period$422,451 $408,723 
Supplemental cash flow data:
Cash paid for interest$6,867 $6,549 
Cash (received from) paid for tax, net$(20,335)$20,230 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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DYNATRACE, INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
1.    Description of the Business
Business
Dynatrace, Inc. (“Dynatrace”, or the “Company”) designed its all-in-one Dynatrace® Software Intelligence Platformunified observability and security platform with analytics and automation at its core to address the growing complexity faced by technology and digital business teams as these enterprises further embrace the cloud to effect their digital transformation. The Company’s platform does so by utilizing artificialArtificial intelligence at its core and continuous automation to deliver precise answers about the performance and security of applications, the underlying infrastructure, and the experience of its customers’ users that enablesenable organizations to innovate faster, operate more efficiently, and improve user experiences for consistently better business outcomes.
Fiscal year
The Company’s fiscal year ends on March 31. References to fiscal 2023,2024, for example, refer to the fiscal year endedending March 31, 2023.2024.
2.    Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of presentation and consolidation
The condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance 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 (“SEC”) regarding interim financial reporting. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.
Certain reclassifications of prior period amounts have been made in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements to conform to the current period presentation. These reclassifications had no effect on the reported results of operations.
There were no new recently issued accounting pronouncements that were expected to have a material impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes.
Unaudited interim consolidated financial information
The accompanying interim condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 and the interim condensed consolidated statements of operations, statements of comprehensive income, and statements of shareholders’ equity, for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, statements of cash flows for the ninethree months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, and the related disclosures, are unaudited. In management’s opinion, the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and includes all normal and recurring adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position as of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, its results of operations for the three and nine months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, and its cash flows for the ninethree months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022 and 2021 in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The results for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full fiscal year or any other interim period.
These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022 (“Annual2023 (the “Annual Report”).
Reclassification
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, the Company refined its methodology used to allocate depreciation expense for certain property and equipment to better align the expense with the related use of property and equipment. This change in allocating depreciation expense has been applied retrospectively to April 1, 2022, and had no impact on the Company’s income from operations and net income. Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.
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The following table presents the effect of the reclassification and the impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):
Three Months Ended June 30, 2022
Previous MethodCurrent MethodEffect of Change
Research and development$48,482 $49,411 $929 
Sales and marketing105,015 105,673 658 
General and administrative36,321 34,734 (1,587)
Net income2,114 2,114 — 
Use of estimates
The preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Management periodically evaluates such estimates and assumptions for continued reasonableness. In particular, the Company makes estimates with respect to the stand-alone selling price for each distinct performance obligation in customer contracts with multiple performance obligations, the allowance for credit losses, the fair value of tangible and intangible assets acquired, the valuation of long-lived assets, the period of benefit for deferred commissions and material rights, income taxes, equity-based compensation expense, and the determination of the incremental borrowing rate used for operating lease liabilities, among other things. Appropriate adjustments, if any, to the estimates used are made prospectively based upon such periodic evaluation. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
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Significant accounting policies
The Company’s significant accounting policies are discussed in Note 2, “SignificantSignificant Accounting Policies”Policies, in the Company’s Annual Report. There have been no changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies described in the Company’s Annual Report that have had a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes.
3.    Revenue Recognition
Disaggregation of revenue
The following table is a summary of the Company’s total revenue by geographic region (in thousands, except percentages):
Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,
202220212022202120232022
Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount%Amount%
North AmericaNorth America$179,438 60 %$133,704 55 %$503,942 60 %$370,368 55 %North America$198,537 60 %$156,749 59 %
Europe, Middle East and AfricaEurope, Middle East and Africa73,182 25 %71,102 30 %212,927 25 %207,493 31 %Europe, Middle East and Africa83,149 25 %70,148 26 %
Asia PacificAsia Pacific28,311 %24,927 10 %81,852 10 %71,002 10 %Asia Pacific29,808 %26,095 10 %
Latin AmericaLatin America16,525 %11,033 %45,334 %27,997 %Latin America21,392 %14,281 %
Total revenueTotal revenue$297,456 $240,766 $844,055 $676,860 Total revenue$332,886 $267,273 
For the three and nine months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, the United States was the only country that represented more than 10% of the Company’s revenue in any period, constituting $169.7$188.0 million and 57%56% and $124.3$147.5 million and 52%55% of total revenue during the three months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively, and $475.5 million and 56% and $343.9 million and 51% of total revenue during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Deferred revenue
Revenue recognized during the three months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, which was included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of each respective period, was $143.5$297.3 million and $110.6$258.5 million, respectively. Revenue recognized during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, which was included in the deferred revenue balance at the beginning of each respective period, was $569.3 million and $447.2 million, respectively.
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Remaining performance obligations
As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to remaining performance obligations was $1,697.8$1,859.7 million, which consists of both billed consideration in the amount of $673.0$750.5 million and unbilled consideration in the amount of $1,024.8$1,109.2 million that the Company expects to recognize as subscription and service revenue. The Company expects to recognize 58%59% of this amountthe total remaining performance obligations as revenue over the next twelve months and the remainder thereafter.
4.    Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, Net
Changes in the carrying amount of goodwill on a consolidated basis for the ninethree months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 consists of the following (in thousands):
December 31, 2022June 30, 2023
Balance, beginning of period$1,281,8761,281,812 
Foreign currency impact(369)322 
Balance, end of period$1,281,5071,282,134 
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Other intangible assets, net excluding goodwill consists of the following (in thousands):
Weighted
Average 
Useful Life
(in months)
Weighted
Average 
Useful Life
(in months)
December 31, 2022March 31, 2022June 30, 2023March 31, 2023
Capitalized softwareCapitalized software107$191,813 $191,900 Capitalized software107$191,886 $191,863 
Customer relationshipsCustomer relationships120351,555 351,555 Customer relationships120351,555 351,555 
Trademarks and tradenamesTrademarks and tradenames12055,003 55,003 Trademarks and tradenames12055,003 55,003 
Total intangible assetsTotal intangible assets598,371 598,458 Total intangible assets598,444 598,421 
Less: accumulated amortizationLess: accumulated amortization(524,298)(492,722)Less: accumulated amortization(544,529)(534,822)
Total other intangible assets, netTotal other intangible assets, net$74,073 $105,736 Total other intangible assets, net$53,915 $63,599 
Amortization of other intangible assets totaled $10.5$9.7 million and $11.6$10.6 million for the three months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively, and $31.6 million and $34.7 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
5.    Income Taxes
The Company computes its interim provision for income taxes by applying the estimated annual effective tax rate to income from operations and adjusts the provision for discrete tax items occurring in the period. The Company’s effective tax rate for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 was 51.1%8% compared to 16.2%86% for the three months ended December 31, 2021.June 30, 2022. The Company’s effective tax rate for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 was 56.8% compared to 5.2% for the nine months ended December 31, 2021. The increasedecrease in the effective tax rate for both the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 and the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 isJune 30, 2023 was primarily due to a decreasean increase in share-based compensation windfall benefits as well as effects ofadditional tax benefits, primarily related to the new requirementdeferred tax asset resulting from capitalized research and development expenses under Section 174 of the Internal Revenue Code, (“IRC”) to capitalize and amortize research and development expensesrecognized in the U.S. The capitalization of research and development expenses resulted in an increase to the Company’s taxable income and foreign derived intangible income (“FDII”), resulting in a corresponding increase in the Company’s FDII deduction. However, no tax benefit is recognized for the deferred tax asset established for these capitalized research and development expensescurrent year due to the Company’sreversal of the U.S. valuation allowance position in the U.S.as of March 31, 2023.

Based on the Company’s review of both positive and negative evidence regarding the realizability of deferred tax assets at December 31, 2022, a valuation allowance continues to be recorded against certain deferred tax assets in the U.S. based upon the conclusion that it was more likely than not that these assets would not be realized. The valuation allowance in the U.S. at December 31, 2022 relates primarily to capitalized development costs, share-based compensation, accrued interest and foreign tax credits. Given the Company’s current earnings and anticipated future earnings, it is reasonably possible that within the next twelve months sufficient positive evidence may become available to allow the Company to conclude that a significant portion of the valuation allowance will no longer be needed. Release of the valuation allowance would result in the recognition of certain deferred tax assets. However, the exact timing and amount of the valuation allowance release are subject to change based on the Company’s ability to generate U.S. taxable earnings and utilization of deferred tax assets.
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6.    Long-term Debt
On December 2, 2022, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement for a senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) in an aggregate amount of $400.0 million. The Credit Facility has sublimits for swing line loans up to $30.0 million and for the issuance of standby letters of credit in a face amount up to $45.0 million. The Credit Facility will mature on December 2, 2027. As of DecemberJune 30, 2023 and March 31, 2022,2023, there were no amounts outstanding under the Credit FacilityFacility. There were $12.1 million and there were $15.5 million letters of credit issued.issued as of June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023, respectively. The Company had $387.9 million and $384.5 million of availability under the Credit Facility as of DecemberJune 30, 2023 and March 31, 2022.2023, respectively.
Borrowings under the Credit Facility are available in U.S. dollars, Euros, Pounds Sterling and Canadian Dollars, with a sublimit of $100.0 million for non-U.S. dollar-denominated borrowings. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement currently bear interest at (i) the Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus 0.10%, (ii) the Adjusted Euro Interbank Offer Rate, (iii) the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate, (iv) the Base Rate, as defined per the Credit Agreement, or (v) the Sterling Overnight Index Average, in each case plus an applicable margin as defined per the Credit Agreement. Interest payments are due quarterly, or more frequently, based on the terms of the Credit Agreement.
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The Company incurs fees with respect to the Credit Facility, including (i) a commitment fee ranging from 0.175% to 0.35% per annum, dependent on the Company’s leverage ratio, as defined per the Credit Agreement, of the unused commitment under the Credit Facility, (ii) a fronting fee of 0.125% per annum of the face amount of each letter of credit, (iii) a participation fee equal to the applicable margin, as defined per the Credit Agreement, applied to the daily average face amount of letters of credit, and (iv) customary administrative fees.
Debt issuance costs of $1.9 million were incurred in connection with the Credit Facility. The debt issuance costs are included within “Other assets” in the condensed consolidated balance sheets and will be amortized into interest expense over the contractual term of the Credit Facility. At December 31, 2022, thereThere were $1.9$1.7 million and $1.8 million of unamortized debt issuance costs.costs as of June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023, respectively.
Pursuant to the Credit Agreement, obligations owed under the Credit Facility are secured by a first priority security interest on substantially all assets of Dynatrace LLC, including a pledge of the capital stock and other equity interests of certain subsidiaries. Under certain circumstances, the guarantees may be released without action by, or consent of, the holder of the Credit Facility. The Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including financial covenants that require the Company to maintain specified financial ratios. At December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, the Company was in compliance with all applicable covenants.
First lien credit facilities
The Company’s First Lien Credit Agreement, as amended, provided for a term loan facility (the “First Lien Term Loan”) in an aggregate principal amount of $950.0 million and a senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Revolving Facility”), in an aggregate amount of $60.0 million. The Revolving Facility included a $25.0 million letter of credit sub-facility. Borrowings under the First Lien Term Loan and Revolving Facility bore interest, at the Company’s election, at either (i) the Alternative Base Rate, as defined per the credit agreement, plus 1.25% per annum, or (ii) LIBOR plus 2.25% per annum. The maturity date on the First Lien Term Loan and Revolving Facility was August 23, 2025 and August 23, 2023, respectively, with payment due in full on the maturity date. Interest payments were due quarterly, or more frequently, based on the terms of the credit agreement.
During the three months endedIn December 31, 2022, the Company terminated the First Lien Credit Agreement and repaid all outstanding borrowings, including accrued interest. TheDuring the three months ended December 31, 2022, the Company recognized a loss on debt extinguishment of $5.9 million within “Interest expense, net” in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2022.
At March 31, 2022, the Company had an aggregate principal amount outstanding of $281.1 million for the First Lien Term Loan, bearing interest at 2.7%, and had $7.2 million of unamortized debt issuance costs and original issuance discount which was recorded as a reduction of the debt balance on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet. At March 31, 2022, there were no amounts outstanding under the Revolving Facility and there were $15.6 million letters of credit issued. The Company had $44.4 million of availability under the Revolving Facility as of March 31, 2022.million.
7.    Leases
The Company leases office space under non-cancelable operating leases which expire at various dates from fiscal 20232024 to 2033. As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, the weighted average remaining lease term was 6.1years and the weighted average discount rate was 4.7%4.6%. The Company does not have any finance leases as of December 31, 2022.June 30, 2023.
The Company has a sublease of a former office which expires in fiscal 2025. Sublease income from operating leases, which is recorded as a reduction of rental expense, was $0.6 million and $0.8 million for each of the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 and 2021, respectively, and $1.7 million and $1.9 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021.
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2022.
The following table presents information about leases on the condensed consolidated statements of operations (in thousands):
Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,


2022202120222021

20232022
Operating lease expense (1)
Operating lease expense (1)
$3,246 $2,838 $9,241 $7,919 
Operating lease expense (1)
$3,769 $2,924 
Short-term lease expenseShort-term lease expense$450 $258 $1,299 $699 Short-term lease expense$435 $364 
Variable lease expenseVariable lease expense$281 $202 $659 $574 Variable lease expense$453 $269 
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(1) Presented gross of sublease income.
The following table presents supplemental cash flow information about the Company’s leases (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,
2022202120232022
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilitiesCash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities$11,590 $9,912 Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities$4,488 $3,844 
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities (1)
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities (1)
$20,656 $25,151 
Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities (1)
$7,254 $116 
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(1) Includes the impact of new leases as well as remeasurements and modifications of existing leases.
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As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, remaining maturities of lease liabilities were as follows (in thousands):
Fiscal Years Ending March 31,Fiscal Years Ending March 31,AmountFiscal Years Ending March 31,Amount
2023$4,409 
2024202418,034 2024$14,057 
2025202515,185 202517,101 
2026202611,954 202614,031 
2027202710,756 202712,882 
202820288,592 
ThereafterThereafter23,672 Thereafter22,294 
Total operating lease payments (1)
Total operating lease payments (1)
84,010 
Total operating lease payments (1)
88,957 
Less: imputed interestLess: imputed interest(9,431)Less: imputed interest(10,340)
Total operating lease liabilitiesTotal operating lease liabilities$74,579 Total operating lease liabilities$78,617 
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(1) Presented gross of sublease income.
As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, the Company had commitcommitments of $78.5 million foments of $23.4 million forr operating leases that have not yet commenced and therefore are not included in the right-of-use assets or operating lease liabilities. These operating leases are expected to commence during the fiscal years ended March 31, 20232024 through March 31, 20252026 with lease terms ranging from 32 to 10 years.
8.    Commitments and Contingencies
Legal matters
FromThe Company is, from time to time, the Company may be a party to lawsuits and legal proceedings arisingand subject to claims in the ordinary course of business. InAlthough the opinionoutcome of legal proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company’s management, theseCompany currently believes that the resolution of any such matters individually and in the aggregate, will not have a material adverse effect on theits business, operating results, financial condition, and results of the future operations of the Company.or cash flows.
9.    Share-based Compensation
Amended and Restated 2019 Equity Incentive Plan
In July 2019, the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), upon the recommendation of the compensation committee of the board of directors, adopted the 2019 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended and restated (the “2019 Plan”) which was subsequently approved by the Company’s shareholders and was later amended and restated by the Board in January 2021.
The Company initially reserved 52,000,000 shares of common stock, or the Initial Limit, for the issuance of awards under the 2019 Plan. The 2019 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, 2020, by 4% of the outstanding number of shares of the Company’s common stock on the immediately preceding March 31 or such lesser number determined by the compensation committee. This number is subject to
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adjustment in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or other change in the Company’s capitalization. As of December 31, 2022, 43,823,732June 30, 2023, 51,252,373 shares of common stock were available for future issuance under the 2019 Plan.
Stock options
The following table summarizes activity for stock options during the period ended December 31, 2022:June 30, 2023:
Number of Options
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual TermAggregate Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)(per share)(years)(in thousands)
Balance, March 31, 20226,968 $21.87 7.6$176,839 
Exercised(643)23.49 
Forfeited or expired(636)24.93 
Balance, December 31, 20225,689 $21.35 6.0$99,122 
Options vested and expected to vest at December 31, 20225,689 $21.35 6.0$99,122 
Options vested and exercisable at December 31, 20224,082 $19.99 6.0$75,835 
Number of Options
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
Weighted Average Remaining Contractual TermAggregate Intrinsic Value
(in thousands)(per share)(years)(in thousands)
Balance, March 31, 20234,636 $22.25 6.5$94,565 
Exercised(615)21.46 
Forfeited or expired(20)44.73 
Balance, June 30, 20234,001 $22.26 6.3$117,198 
Options vested and expected to vest at June 30, 20234,001 $22.26 6.3$117,198 
Options vested and exercisable at June 30, 20233,243 $20.85 6.2$99,499 
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As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to non-vested stock options is $13.8$6.7 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 1.00.7 years. The Company recognized $4.6$3.3 million and $5.6$5.2 million of share-based compensation expense related to stock options for the three months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively, and $13.8 million and $14.9 million of share-based compensation expense related to stock options for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Restricted shares and units
The following table provides a summary of the changes in the number of restricted stock awards (“RSAs”) and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) for the period ended December 31, 2022:June 30, 2023:
Number of
 RSAs
Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Number of RSUsWeighted Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Number of
 RSAs
Weighted Average
Grant Date Fair Value
Number of RSUsWeighted Average
Grant Date Fair Value
(in thousands)(per share)(in thousands)(per share)(in thousands)(per share)(in thousands)(per share)
Balance, March 31, 2022202 $16.00 5,180 $42.43 
Balance, March 31, 2023Balance, March 31, 2023$16.00 8,836 $41.76 
GrantedGranted— — 6,482 40.29 Granted— — 4,371 52.23 
VestedVested(170)16.00 (1,727)39.00 Vested(4)16.00 (1,821)40.36 
ForfeitedForfeited(15)16.00 (951)42.51 Forfeited— — (131)43.00 
Balance, December 31, 202217 $16.00 8,984 $41.46 
Balance, June 30, 2023Balance, June 30, 2023— $— 11,255 $46.05 
RSUs outstanding as of December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 were comprised of 8.010.2 million RSUs with only service conditions and 1.0 million RSUs with both service and performance conditions (“PSUs”).
During the ninethree months ended December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, the Company granted PSUs to certain key employees that generally vest 33% one year after the grant date and the remaining 67% vest ratably on a quarterly basis over the following two years (the “Annual PSUs”). The number of shares that may be earned pursuant to the Annual PSUs is based on specific company metrics related to the Company’s fiscal year ending March 31, 2023.2024. No Annual PSUs will be earned with respect to any metric if the applicable “threshold” percentage of the specific metric is not achieved, and the overall number of shares that may be earned shall not exceed 150%200% of the target award. Once the Annual PSUs are earned, they are then also subject to time-based vesting, with 33% of the earned Annual PSUs vesting on the first anniversary of the grant date, and with the remaining 67% vesting in eight equal quarterly installments over the following two years, and provided that the executive officerkey employee remains employed by the Company through the applicable vesting date.
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As of December 31, 2022, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock awards is $0.2 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 0.3 years. As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, the total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock units is $302.4was $462.1 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.4 years. The Company recognized $29.0$35.5 million and $20.3$22.0 million of share-based compensation expense related to restricted shares and units for the three months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively, and $85.7 million and $53.4 million of share-based compensation expense related to restricted shares and units for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
In July 2019, the Board adopted, and the Company’s shareholders approved, the 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (“ESPP”). The Company expects to offer, selloffers, sells and issueissues shares of common stock under this ESPP from time to time based on various factors and conditions, although the Company is under no obligation to sell any shares under this ESPP. The ESPP provides for six-month offering periods and each offering period will consistconsists of six-month purchase periods. On each purchase date, eligible employees will purchase shares of the Company’s common stock at a price per share equal to 85% of the lesser of (1) the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the offering date or (2) the fair market value of the Company’s common stock on the purchase date. For the ninethree months ended December 31, 2022, 553,188June 30, 2023, 313,127 shares of common stock were purchased under the ESPP. As of December 31, 2022, 13,494,698June 30, 2023, 16,085,682 shares of common stock were available for future issuance under the ESPP.
As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, there was approximately $3.1$3.0 million of unrecognized share-based compensation related to the ESPP that is expected to be recognized over the remaining term of the current offering period. The Company recognized $1.9$1.7 million and $1.2$1.5 million of share-based compensation expense related to the ESPP for the three months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively, and $5.4 million and $3.6 million of share-based compensation expense related to the ESPP for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
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Share-based compensation
The following table summarizes the components of total share-based compensation expense included in the condensed consolidated financial statements for each period presented (in thousands):
Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,
202220212022202120232022
Cost of revenueCost of revenue$4,285 $3,405 $13,410 $9,542 Cost of revenue$5,488 $3,890 
Research and developmentResearch and development11,057 5,908 29,339 15,331 Research and development13,264 7,285 
Sales and marketingSales and marketing13,385 9,267 37,399 26,487 Sales and marketing13,999 10,076 
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative6,777 8,543 24,705 20,590 General and administrative7,767 7,444 
Total share-based compensationTotal share-based compensation$35,504 $27,123 $104,853 $71,950 Total share-based compensation$40,518 $28,695 
10.    Net Income Per Share
Basic net income per share is calculated by dividing the net income for the period by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period, without consideration of potentially dilutive securities. Diluted net income per share includes the dilutive effect of common share equivalents and is calculated using the weighted-average number of common shares and the common share equivalents outstanding during the reporting period. An anti-dilutive impact is an increase in net income per share or a reduction in net loss per share resulting from the conversion, exercise, or contingent issuance of certain securities.
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The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net income per share (in thousands, except per share data):
Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,
202220212022202120232022
Numerator:Numerator:Numerator:
Net incomeNet income$15,026 $14,587 $27,666 $51,522 Net income$38,188 $2,114 
Denominator:Denominator:Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding, basicWeighted average shares outstanding, basic287,957 284,722 287,120 283,773 Weighted average shares outstanding, basic291,325 286,203 
Dilutive effect of stock-based awardsDilutive effect of stock-based awards3,271 7,123 3,683 7,122 Dilutive effect of stock-based awards5,062 3,821 
Weighted average shares outstanding, dilutedWeighted average shares outstanding, diluted291,228 291,845 290,803 290,895 Weighted average shares outstanding, diluted296,387 290,024 
Net income per share, basicNet income per share, basic$0.05 $0.05 $0.10 $0.18 Net income per share, basic$0.13 $0.01 
Net income per share, dilutedNet income per share, diluted$0.05 $0.05 $0.10 $0.18 Net income per share, diluted$0.13 $0.01 
The effect of certain common share equivalents were excluded from the computation of weighted-average diluted shares outstanding for the three and nine months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022 and 2021 as inclusion would have resulted in anti-dilution. A summary of these weighted-average anti-dilutive common share equivalents is provided in the table below (in thousands):
Three Months Ended December 31,Nine Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,
202220212022202120232022
Stock optionsStock options1,613 147 1,785 167 Stock options220 889 
Unvested RSAs and RSUsUnvested RSAs and RSUs2,316 49 1,197 67 Unvested RSAs and RSUs1,507 2,274 
Shares committed under ESPPShares committed under ESPP10 — — Shares committed under ESPP13 10 
11.    Geographic Information
Revenue
Revenues by geography are based on legal jurisdiction. Refer toSee Note 3, “Revenue Recognition”Revenue Recognition, for a disaggregation of revenue by geographic region.
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Property and equipment, net
The following table presents property and equipment by geographic region for the periods presented (in thousands):
December 31, 2022March 31, 2022June 30, 2023March 31, 2023
North AmericaNorth America$20,352 $15,462 North America$22,652 $22,124 
Europe, Middle East and AfricaEurope, Middle East and Africa27,720 28,195 Europe, Middle East and Africa29,620 29,142 
Asia PacificAsia Pacific2,340 1,429 Asia Pacific1,968 2,194 
Latin AmericaLatin America116 185 Latin America142 116 
Total property and equipment, netTotal property and equipment, net$50,528 $45,271 Total property and equipment, net$54,382 $53,576 
12.    Subsequent Events
On July 30, 2023, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 100% equity interest in Rookout, Ltd. (“Rookout”) for $33.9 million of preliminary consideration, subject to customary post-closing adjustments. The Company intends to acquire Rookout utilizing cash on hand. Rookout is a provider of enterprise-ready and privacy-aware solutions that enable developers to quickly troubleshoot and debug actively running code in Kubernetes-hosted cloud-native applications. The acquisition is expected to close during the second quarter of fiscal year 2024.
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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 the 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 the section titled “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. 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. Our fiscal year ends on March 31. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any period in the future, and our interim results are not necessarily indicative of the results we expect for the full fiscal year or any other period.
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Overview
We offer the market-leading software intelligenceDynatrace offers a unified observability and security platform with analytics and automation at its core, purpose-built for dynamic, hybrid, multicloud environments. Our comprehensive solutions help global organizations simplify cloud complexity, innovate faster, and do more with less in the modern cloud.
As enterprises and public sector institutions embrace modern cloud environments as the cloud to effectunderlying foundation of their digital transformation,transformations, we designed our unified platform to addressbelieve that the scale, growing complexity, faced byand dynamic nature of these environments are rapidly making solutions such as the Dynatrace® platform mandatory instead of optional for many organizations. Our Dynatrace® platform combines the only fully unified end-to-end solution for comprehensive observability and continuous runtime application security together with advanced artificial intelligence for IT operations (“AIOps”) to provide answers and intelligent automation from data at enormous scale. This approach enables IT, development, security, and business operations teams. With automation and intelligence at its core, our platform delivers precise answers about the performance and security of applications, the underlying infrastructure and the experience of all users to enable teams to innovate faster, simplify cloud complexity, collaborate more efficiently, and secure cloud-native applications. We designed our platform to allow our customers to modernize and automate IT operations, develop and release high qualitydeliver software faster and improve user experiences for consistentlymore securely, and provide better business outcomes. As a result, as of December 31, 2022, our products are trusted by more than 3,500 Dynatrace customers in over 90 countries in diverse industries such as banking, insurance, retail, manufacturing, travel and software.digital experiences.
We take Dynatrace® to market Dynatrace® through a combination of our global direct sales team and a network of partners, including global system integrators, cloud service providers (Amazon,(such as Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), Microsoft Azure (“Azure”), and Google)Google Cloud Platform “GCP”)), resellers and system integrators.technology alliance partners. We target the largest 15,000 global enterprise accounts, which generally have annual revenues in excess of $1 billion.billion, which we believe see more value from our integrated full-stack platform.
All of our offerings leverage the Dynatrace® observability and security platform to provide application performance monitoring (“APM”), runtime application security, infrastructure monitoring, log management and analytics, digital experience monitoring (“DEM”), digital business analytics, and cloud automation in an easy-to-use, highly automated, all-in-one solution.
We generate revenue primarily by selling subscriptions, which we define as (i) Software-as-a-serviceSoftware-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) agreements, (ii) Dynatrace®Dynatrace® term-based licenses, for which revenue is recognized ratably over the contract term, (iii) Dynatrace®Dynatrace® perpetual licenses, which are recognized ratably over the term of the expected optional maintenance renewals, which is generally three years, and (iv) maintenance and support agreements.
WeThe majority of our customers deploy our platformDynatrace® as a SaaS solution to get the latest Dynatrace® features and updates with greatly reduced administrative effort. Our SaaS solution provides customers with the option of retaining the data in the cloud, orability to scale up and down rapidly, without having to purchase, provision, and manage their hardware. We also provide options to deploy our platform at the edge in customer-provisioned infrastructure, which we refer to as Dynatrace® Managed. The Dynatrace® ManagedThis offering allows customers the flexibility to maintain control of the environment where their data resides, whether in the cloud or on-premises, combining the simplicity of SaaS with the ability to adhere to their own data security and sovereignty requirements. Our Mission Control functionalitycenter automatically upgrades all Dynatrace®Dynatrace® instances and offers on-premiseon-premises cluster customers auto-deployment options that suit their specific enterprise management processes.
Dynatrace® is an all-in-one platform, which is typically purchased by our customers with the full-stack Application Performance Module and extended with our Infrastructure Monitoring, Digital Experience Monitoring, Digital Business Analytics, Application Security, or Cloud Automation Modules. Customers also have the option to purchase the infrastructure monitoring module where the full-stack APM is not required, with the ability to upgrade to the full-stack APM when necessary. Our Dynatrace® platform has been commercially available since 2016 and is the primary offering we sell. Dynatrace
First-Quarter 2024 Financial Highlights
We delivered solid financial results during the three months ended June 30, 2023 in a dynamic macroeconomic environment, demonstrating the durability of our business model.
® customers increased to more than 3,500Our annual recurring revenue (“ARR”) was $1,294 million as of December 31, 2022 from approximately 3,200 asJune 30, 2023, which reflected 25% growth year-over-year;
Total revenue and subscription revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was $333 million and $316 million, respectively; and
We delivered an operating margin of December 31, 2021.10% for the three months ended June 30, 2023.
COVID-19 Update
We believe in a disciplined and balanced approach to operating our business. We plan to continue driving innovation to monitor, analyze,meet customers’ needs and respondgrow our customer base. We also plan to invest in future growth opportunities that we expect will drive long-term value, while leveraging our global partner ecosystem, optimizing costs, and improving efficiency and profitability.
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We believe this approach is even more important at this time as we navigate a rapidly evolving developments regarding the ongoing COVID-19 pandemicand uncertain macroeconomic environment, which has had significant impacts around the globecan include geopolitical considerations, fluctuations in credit, equity, and foreign currency markets, changes in many locations in which we operate. While the impacts have not caused a material adverse financial impact to our business to date, the future impacts remain uncertain. The extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic may impact our business going forward will depend on numerous evolvinginflation, interest rates, consumer confidence and spending, and other factors that we cannot reliably predict. These factors may adversely impact business spending on technology as well as customers’ ability to pay foraffect the buying patterns of our productscustomers and services on an ongoing basis.
Throughoutprospective customers, including the pandemic we have continued to make investments to support business growthsize of transactions and product development, including investments in research and development aslength of sales cycles. While we continue to introduce new products and applicationsclose deals, customers continue to extendbe cautious in their spending, with tighter budget scrutiny. We expect that the functionalityelongation of sales cycles that we experienced in the second half of our products, sales and marketingfiscal 2023 will persist throughout our fiscal 2024. Although macroeconomic uncertainty persists, we remain confident in our ability to support customer growth, and other critical functions to ensure the highest levels of customer service and support as well as ensuring that we maintain the required infrastructure to be a public company. We expect to continue to make these investments.
Seeexecute in this environment. Please see the section titled “Risk Factors” included under Part II, Item 1A for further discussion of the possible impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, or other future health pandemics and any related economic downturns,macroeconomic conditions on our business.
Key Factors Affecting Our Performance
Our historical financial performance has been, and we expect our financial performance in the future to be, driven by our ability to:
Extend our technology and market leadership position. We intend to maintain our position as the market-leading software intelligenceunified observability and security platform through increased investment in research and development and continued innovation. We expect to focus on expanding the functionality of our unified Dynatrace® and investing in capabilities that address new market opportunities. We also plan to continue evolving our causal AI capabilities to drive differentiation through precise answers and broad-based automation. We believe this strategy will enable new growth opportunities and allow us to continue to deliver differentiated high-value outcomes to our customers.
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Grow our customer base. We intend to drive new customer growth by expanding our direct sales force focused on the largest 15,000 global enterprise accounts, which generally have annual revenues in excess of $1 billion. In addition, we expectplan to leverage our global partner ecosystem to add new customers in geographies where we have direct coverage and work jointly with our partners. In other geographies, such as Africa, Japan, the Middle East, and South Korea, we utilize a multi-tier “master reseller” model.
Increase penetration within existing customers. We plan to continue to increase the penetration within our existing customers by establishing new and deeper relationships within our customers’ organizations (notably, development teams) and expanding the breadth of our platform capabilities to provide for continued cross-selling opportunities. In addition, we believe the ease of implementation for Dynatrace®Dynatrace® provides us the opportunity to expand adoption within our existing enterprise customers, across new customer applications, and into additional business units or divisions. Once customers are on the Dynatrace® platform, we have seen significant dollar-based net retention rate expansion due to the ease of use and power of our platform.
Enhance our strategic partner ecosystem. Our strategic partners include industry-leading global system integrators, software vendors, and cloud and technology providers. We intend to continue to invest in our strategic partner ecosystem, with a particular emphasis on expanding our strategic alliances and cloud-focused partnerships with global system integrators including Deloitte and DXC,(“GSIs”) and hyperscaler cloud providers, including AWS, Microsoft, Azure, Google Cloud Platform,providers. These strategic partners continually work with their customers to help them digitally transform their businesses and Red Hat.reduce cloud complexity. By working more closely with strategic partners, our objective is to participate in digital transformation projects earlier in the purchasing cycle and enable customers to establish more resilient cloud deployments from the start.
Key Metrics
In addition to our U.S. GAAP financial information, we monitor the following key metrics to help us measure and evaluate the effectiveness of our operations:
December 31,As of June 30,
2022202120232022
Total ARR (in thousands)Total ARR (in thousands)1,162,591 929,906 Total ARR (in thousands)1,293,895 1,031,284 
Dynatrace® Net Expansion Rate
119 %120%+
Dollar-based Net Retention RateDollar-based Net Retention Rate116 %120 %
Annual Recurring Revenue “ARR”(“ARR”): We define ARR as the daily revenue of all subscription agreements that are actively generating revenue as of the last day of the reporting period multiplied by 365. We exclude from our calculation of ARR any revenues derived from month-to-month agreements and/or product usage overage billings, where customers are billed in arrears based on product usage.
Dynatrace®Dollar-based Net ExpansionRetention Rate: We define the Dynatrace® dollar-based net expansionretention rate as the ARR derived from the Dynatrace® platformARR at the end of a reporting period for the cohort of Dynatrace® accounts as of one year prior to the date of calculation, divided by the Dynatrace® ARR one year prior to the date of calculation for that same cohort. Beginning in fiscal 2023, this calculationOur dollar-based net retention rate reflects customer renewals, expansion, contraction and churn, and excludes the headwind associated withbenefit of Dynatrace® ARR resulting from the Dynatrace perpetual license ARR given diminishing impactconversion of perpetual license ARR. We present Dynatrace® Classic products to the Dynatrace® platform. Dollar-based net expansionretention rate is presented on a constant currency basis to provide a framework for assessing how our business performed excluding the effects of foreign currency rate fluctuations.basis.
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Key Components of Results of Operations
Revenue
Revenue includes subscriptions licenses and services.
Subscription. Our subscription revenue consists of (i) SaaS agreements, (ii) Dynatrace® term-based licenses which are recognized ratably over the contract term, (iii) Dynatrace®perpetual licenses that are recognized ratably over the term of the expected optional maintenance renewals, which is generally three years, and (iv) maintenance and support agreements. We typically invoice SaaS subscription fees and term licenses annually in advance and recognize subscription revenue ratably over the term of the applicable agreement, provided that all other revenue recognition criteria have been satisfied. Fees for our Dynatrace®perpetual licenses are generally billed up front. See the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations-Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates-Revenue Recognition” included in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report for more information. Over time, we expect subscription revenue will increase as a percentage of total revenue as we continue to focus on increasing subscription revenue as a key strategic priority.
License. License revenue reflects the revenues recognized from sales of perpetual and term-based licenses of our Classic products that are sold only to existing customers. Our Classic products were sunset as of April 1, 2021.
Service.Service revenue consists of revenue from helping our customers deploy our software in highly complex operational environments and training their personnel. We recognize the revenues associated with these professional services on a time and materials basis as we deliver the services or provide the training. We generally recognize the revenues associated with our services in the period the services are performed, provided that collection of the related receivable is reasonably assured.
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Cost of Revenue
Cost of subscription. Cost of subscription revenue includes all direct costs to deliver and support our subscription products, including salaries, benefits, share-based compensation and related expenses such as employer taxes, third-party hosting fees related to our cloud services, allocated overhead for facilities, IT, and amortization of internally developed capitalized software technology. We recognize these expenses as they are incurred.
Cost of service. Cost of service revenue includes salaries, benefits, share-based compensation and related expenses such as employer taxes for our services organization, allocated overhead for depreciation of equipment, facilities and IT. We recognize these expenses as they are incurred.
Amortization of acquired technology. Amortization of acquired technology includes amortization expense for technology acquired in business combinations and the Thoma Bravo Funds’ acquisition of the Companycompany in 2014.2014 and business combinations. To the extent significant future acquisitions are consummated, we expect that our amortization of acquired technologies may increase due to additional non-cash charges associated with the amortization of intangible assets acquired.
Gross Profit and Gross Margin
Gross profit is revenue less cost of revenue, and gross margin is gross profit as a percentage of revenue. Gross profit has been and will continue to be affected by various factors, including the mix of our subscription, services and other revenue, the costs associated with third-party cloud-based hosting services for our cloud-based subscriptions, and the extent to which we expand our customer support and services organizations. We expect that our gross margin will fluctuate from period to period depending on the interplay of these various factors.
Operating Expenses
Personnel costs, which consist of salaries, benefits, bonuses, share-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.expenses, such as facilities, IT, and other costs.
During the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, we refined our methodology used to allocate depreciation expense for certain property and equipment to better align the expense with the related use of the property and equipment. This has been retrospectively applied to periods beginning on April 1, 2022. See Note 2, Significant Accounting Policies, of our condensed consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report for a description of the reclassification.
Research and development. Research and development expenses primarily consistsconsist of the cost of programming personnel. We focus our research and development efforts on developing new solutions, core technologies, and to further enhance the functionality, reliability, performance, and flexibility of existing solutions. We believe that our software development teams and our core technologies represent a significant competitive advantage for us, and we expect that our research and development expenses will continue to increase in absolute dollars as we invest in research and development headcount to further strengthen and enhance our solutions.
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Sales and marketing. Sales and marketing expenses primarily consistsconsist of personnel and facility-related costs for our sales, marketing, and business development personnel, commissions earned by our sales personnel and the cost of marketing and business development programs. We expect that sales and marketing expenses will continue to increase in absolute dollars as we continue to hire additional sales and marketing personnel and invest in marketing programs.
General and administrative. General and administrative expenses primarily consist of the personnel and facility-related costs for our executive, finance, legal, human resources and administrative personnel;personnel, and other corporate expenses, including those associated with our ongoing public reporting obligations. We anticipate continuing to incur additional expenses as we continue to invest in the growth of our operations, as well as incur ongoing costs ofprimarily associated with other transactional activities and the compliance associated with being a publicly traded company.
Amortization of other intangibles. Amortization of other intangibles primarily consists of amortization of customer relationships and capitalized software and tradenames.
Restructuring and other. Restructuring and other expenses primarily consistsconsist of various restructuring activities we have undertaken to achieve strategic and financial objectives. Restructuring activities include, but are not limited to, product offering cancellation and termination of related employees, office relocation, administrative cost of structure realignment and consolidation of resources.
Other Expense,Income (Expense), Net
Other expense,income (expense), net, consists primarily of interest expense and foreign currency realized and unrealized gains and losses related to the impact of transactions denominated in a foreign currency, including balances between subsidiaries. Interest expense,income, net of interest income,expense, consists primarily of interest on our term loan facility, fees on our revolving credit facility, loss on debt extinguishment and amortization of debt issuance costs.
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Income Tax Expense
Our income tax expense, deferred tax assets and liabilities, and liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits reflect management’s best assessment of estimated current and future taxes to be paid. We are subject to income taxes in both the United States and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgments and estimates are required in determining the consolidated income tax expense.
Our income tax rate varies from the U.S. federal statutory rate mainly due to (1) the foreign derived intangibles deduction, (2) the generation of U.S. foreign tax credits, and (3) share-based compensation windfalls, partially offset by (4) foreign withholding taxes, and (5) foreign earnings taxed at rates higher than the U.S. statutory tax rate, (2) the inability to realize certain tax benefits subject to a valuation allowance in the U.S., (3) foreign withholding taxes, partially offset by (4) the foreign derived intangibles deduction, and (5) the utilization of U.S. foreign tax credits generated in the current year.rate. We expect this fluctuation in income tax rates, as well as its potential impact on our results of operations, to continue.
Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) Section 174
For tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2022, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (“TCJA”) eliminateseliminated the option to currently deduct research and development expenses and requires taxpayers to capitalize and amortize them over five years for research activities performed in the United States and 15fifteen years for research activities performed outside the United States pursuant to IRC Section 174. Although Congress is considering legislation that would repeal or defer this capitalization and amortization requirement, it is not certain that this provision will be repealed or otherwise modified. If the requirement is not repealed or replaced, it will increaseThis law change increases our U.S. federal and state cash taxes and reducereduces cash flows in fiscal year 20232024 and future years.
Share-based compensation
The tax effects of the accounting for share-based compensation may significantly impact our effective tax rate from period to period. In periods in which our share price differs from the grant price of the share-based awards vesting or exercised in that period, we will recognize excess tax benefits or deficiencies that will impact our effective tax rate. The amount and value of share-based compensation issued relative to our earnings in a particular period will also affect the magnitude of the impact of share-based compensation on our effective tax rate. These tax effects are dependent on our share price, which we do not control, and a decline in our share price could significantly increase our effective tax rate and adversely affect our financial results.

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Results of Operations
The following tables set forth our results of operations for the periods presented. The period-to-period comparison of financial results is not necessarily indicative of financial results to be achieved in future periods.
Comparison of the Three Months Ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022 and 2021
Three Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,
2022202120232022
AmountPercentAmountPercentAmountPercentAmountPercent
(in thousands, except percentages)(in thousands, except percentages)
Revenue:Revenue:Revenue:
SubscriptionSubscription$279,152 94 %$226,290 94 %Subscription$316,454 95 %$249,558 93 %
License— — %— %
ServiceService18,304 %14,474 %Service16,432 %17,715 %
Total revenueTotal revenue297,456 100 %240,766 100 %Total revenue332,886 100 %267,273 100 %
Cost of revenue:Cost of revenue:Cost of revenue:
Cost of subscriptionCost of subscription36,891 13 %28,284 11 %Cost of subscription42,904 13 %32,738 12 %
Cost of serviceCost of service15,044 %12,232 %Cost of service15,542 %15,168 %
Amortization of acquired technologyAmortization of acquired technology3,889 %3,944 %Amortization of acquired technology3,898 %3,892 %
Total cost of revenue (1)
Total cost of revenue (1)
55,824 19 %44,460 18 %
Total cost of revenue (1)
62,344 19 %51,798 19 %
Gross profitGross profit241,632 81 %196,306 82 %Gross profit270,542 81 %215,475 81 %
Operating expenses:Operating expenses:Operating expenses:
Research and development (1)
Research and development (1)
53,411 18 %40,876 17 %
Research and development (1)
66,282 20 %49,411 18 %
Sales and marketing (1)
Sales and marketing (1)
111,524 37 %94,033 39 %
Sales and marketing (1)
125,117 38 %105,673 40 %
General and administrative (1)
General and administrative (1)
36,242 12 %32,643 14 %
General and administrative (1)
39,094 12 %34,734 13 %
Amortization of other intangiblesAmortization of other intangibles6,573 %7,539 %Amortization of other intangibles5,760 %6,573 %
Restructuring and otherRestructuring and other(5)— Restructuring and other(10)
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses207,745 175,091 Total operating expenses236,254 196,381 
Income from operationsIncome from operations33,887 21,215 Income from operations34,288 19,094 
Other expense, net(3,170)(3,807)
Other income (expense), netOther income (expense), net7,398 (4,425)
Income before income taxesIncome before income taxes30,717 17,408 Income before income taxes41,686 14,669 
Income tax expenseIncome tax expense(15,691)(2,821)Income tax expense(3,498)(12,555)
Net incomeNet income$15,026 $14,587 Net income$38,188 $2,114 
(1)  Includes share-based compensation expense as follows:
Three Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,
2022202120232022
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Cost of revenueCost of revenue$4,285 $3,405 Cost of revenue$5,488 $3,890 
Research and developmentResearch and development11,057 5,908 Research and development13,264 7,285 
Sales and marketingSales and marketing13,385 9,267 Sales and marketing13,999 10,076 
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative6,777 8,543 General and administrative7,767 7,444 
Total share-based compensationTotal share-based compensation$35,504 $27,123 Total share-based compensation$40,518 $28,695 
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Revenue
Three Months Ended December 31,ChangeThree Months Ended June 30,Change
20222021AmountPercent20232022AmountPercent
(in thousands, except percentages)(in thousands, except percentages)
SubscriptionSubscription$279,152 $226,290 $52,862 23 %Subscription$316,454 $249,558 $66,896 27 %
License— (2)(100)%
ServiceService18,304 14,474 3,830 26 %Service16,432 17,715 (1,283)(7 %)
Total revenueTotal revenue$297,456 $240,766 $56,690 24 %Total revenue$332,886 $267,273 $65,613 25 %
Subscription
Subscription revenue increased by $52.9$66.9 million, or 23%27%, for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021,June 30, 2022, primarily due to the growing adoptiongrowth of the Dynatrace® platform by adding new customers combined with existing customers expanding their use of our solutions.
License
License revenue is zero for the three months ended December 31, 2022 as we are no longer selling our Classic products.
Service
Service revenue increaseddecreased by $3.8$1.3 million, or 26%7%, for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021.June 30, 2022. We generally recognize the revenues associated with professional services as we deliver the services.
Cost of Revenue
Three Months Ended December 31,ChangeThree Months Ended June 30,Change
20222021AmountPercent20232022AmountPercent
(in thousands, except percentages)(in thousands, except percentages)
Cost of subscriptionCost of subscription$36,891 $28,284 $8,607 30 %Cost of subscription$42,904 $32,738 $10,166 31 %
Cost of serviceCost of service15,044 12,232 2,812 23 %Cost of service15,542 15,168 374 %
Amortization of acquired technologyAmortization of acquired technology3,889 3,944 (55)(1 %)Amortization of acquired technology3,898 3,892 — %
Total cost of revenueTotal cost of revenue$55,824 $44,460 $11,364 26 %Total cost of revenue$62,344 $51,798 $10,546 20 %
Cost of subscription
Cost of subscription increased by $8.6$10.2 million, or 30%31%, for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021.June 30, 2022. The increase iswas primarily due to higher personnel costs to support the growth of our subscription cloud-based offering of $4.5$5.1 million and higher share-based compensation of $1.8$1.7 million. Also contributing to the increase were higher cloud-based hosting costs and subscriptions of $1.4$2.1 million and increased allocated overhead costs of $0.8$1.6 million.
Cost of service
Cost of service increased by $2.8$0.4 million, or 23%2%, for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021.June 30, 2022. The increase iswas primarily the result of higher personnel costsincreased outside services of $3.2 million. Slightly offsetting the increase was lower share-based compensation of $0.9$0.5 million.
Amortization of acquired technologiestechnology
For the three months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, amortization of acquired technologies istechnology was primarily related to amortization expense for technology acquired in connection with Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of usour company in 2014.
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Gross Profit and Gross Margin
Three Months Ended December 31,ChangeThree Months Ended June 30,Change
20222021AmountPercent20232022AmountPercent
(in thousands, except percentages)(in thousands, except percentages)
Gross profit:Gross profit:  Gross profit:  
SubscriptionSubscription$242,261$198,006$44,255 22 %Subscription$273,550$216,820$56,730 26 %
License2(2)(100)%
ServiceService3,2602,2421,018 45 %Service8902,547(1,657)(65 %)
Amortization of acquired technologyAmortization of acquired technology(3,889)(3,944)55 (1 %)Amortization of acquired technology(3,898)(3,892)(6)— %
Total gross profitTotal gross profit$241,632$196,306$45,326 23 %Total gross profit$270,542$215,475$55,067 26 %
Gross margin:Gross margin:Gross margin:
SubscriptionSubscription87 %88 %Subscription86 %87 %
License— %100 %
ServiceService18 %15 %Service%14 %
Amortization of acquired technologyAmortization of acquired technology(100 %)(100 %)Amortization of acquired technology(100 %)(100 %)
Total gross marginTotal gross margin81 %82 %Total gross margin81 %81 %
Subscription
Subscription gross profit increased by $44.3$56.7 million, or 22%26%, during the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021.June 30, 2022. The increase in gross profit iswas primarily due to the growth of the Dynatrace® platform by adding new customers combined with existing customers expanding their use of our solutions. Subscription gross margin decreased from 88%87% to 87%86% for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021June 30, 2022, primarily due to higher personnel and share-based compensation costs to support the growth of our subscription cloud-based offering.
Service
Service gross profit increaseddecreased by $1.0$1.7 million, or 45%65%, during the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021.June 30, 2022. Service gross margin was 18%5% for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 compared to 15%14% for the three months ended December 31, 2021.June 30, 2022. The increasedecrease in gross profit and gross margin iswas primarily due to lower share-based compensationtiming of $0.9 million.deliverable backlog.
Operating Expenses
Three Months Ended December 31,ChangeThree Months Ended June 30,Change
20222021AmountPercent20232022AmountPercent
(in thousands, except percentages)(in thousands, except percentages)
Operating expenses:Operating expenses:Operating expenses:
Research and developmentResearch and development$53,411 $40,876 $12,535 31 %Research and development$66,282 $49,411 $16,871 34 %
Sales and marketingSales and marketing111,524 94,033 17,491 19 %Sales and marketing125,117 105,673 19,444 18 %
General and administrativeGeneral and administrative36,242 32,643 3,599 11 %General and administrative39,094 34,734 4,360 13 %
Amortization of other intangiblesAmortization of other intangibles6,573 7,539 (966)(13 %)Amortization of other intangibles5,760 6,573 (813)(12 %)
Restructuring and otherRestructuring and other(5)— (5)100 %Restructuring and other(10)11 100 %
Total operating expensesTotal operating expenses$207,745 $175,091 $32,654 19 %Total operating expenses$236,254 $196,381 $39,873 20 %
Research and development
Research and development expenses increased by $12.5$16.9 million, or 31%34%, for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021.June 30, 2022. The increase iswas due to increased personnel and other costs of $8.2$11.6 million to expand our product offerings and higher share-based compensation of $5.1$6.0 million.
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Sales and marketing
Sales and marketing expenses increased by $17.5$19.4 million, or 19%18%, for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021,June 30, 2022, primarily driven by an increase in personnel costs of $11.1$12.0 million and higher share-based compensation
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of $4.1$3.9 million. Further contributing to the increase were $1.2higher commissions of $3.6 million, increased advertising expenses of higher IT costs, $1.1$2.0 million, of increased partner fees, $0.8 million of increased partner enablement costs, and $0.8 million inhigher allocated overhead costs to support the growth of the business and related infrastructure. Slightly offsetting this increase was a decrease in advertising expenses of $1.0$1.6 million.
General and administrative
General and administrative expenses increased $3.6$4.4 million, or 11%13%, for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021,June 30, 2022, primarily due to an increase in personnel costs of $4.4$5.1 million and share-based compensation costs of $0.3 million. Further contributing to this increase were higher professional fees of $1.3$2.7 million, software subscriptions of $1.2 million, and higher IT and facility expenses of $0.7$1.1 million primarily related to new offices and expansions. Partially offsetting thethis increase were lower share-based compensationallocated overhead costs of $1.8$6.1 million.
Amortization of other intangibles
Amortization of other intangibles decreased by $1.0$0.8 million, or 13%12%, for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 as compared to the three months ended December 31, 2021.June 30, 2022. The decrease iswas primarily the result of lower amortization for certain intangible assets that are amortized on a systematic basis that reflects the pattern in which the economic benefits of the intangible assets are estimated to be realized and the completion of amortization on certain intangibles.
Other Expense,Income (Expense), Net
Other expincome, net, of ense, net decreased by $0.6$7.4 million or 17%, for the three months ended December 31, 2022 asJune 30, 2023 represented an $11.8 million, or 267% increase compared to an expense of $4.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021.June 30, 2022. The decrease isincrease in income was primarily the result of higher interest income on cash and cash equivalents and higher net foreign currency gains, partially offset by a loss on our debt extinguishment.lower interest expense due to the reduction in debt.
Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense for the three months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 of $15.7$3.5 million represented a $12.9$9.1 million increasedecrease as compared to an expense of $2.8$12.6 million for the three months ended December 31, 2021.June 30, 2022. This increasedecrease was primarily due to a decreaseincrease in share-based compensation windfall benefits.
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Comparison of the Nine Months Ended December 31, 2022 and 2021
Nine Months Ended December 31,
20222021
AmountPercentAmountPercent
(in thousands, except percentages)
Revenue:
Subscription$790,016 94 %$635,411 94 %
License— — %52 — %
Service54,039 %41,397 %
Total revenue844,055 100 %676,860 100 %
Cost of revenue:
Cost of subscription105,393 13 %80,401 11 %
Cost of service46,264 %32,921 %
Amortization of acquired technology11,669 %11,638 %
Total cost of revenue (1)
163,326 19 %124,960 18 %
Gross profit680,729 81 %551,900 82 %
Operating expenses:
Research and development (1)
153,800 18 %113,509 17 %
Sales and marketing (1)
321,208 38 %260,816 39 %
General and administrative (1)
112,637 13 %91,254 13 %
Amortization of other intangibles19,719 %22,618 %
Restructuring and other(15)25 
Total operating expenses607,349 488,222 
Income from operations73,380 63,678 
Other expense, net(9,322)(9,303)
Income before income taxes64,058 54,375 
Income tax expense(36,392)(2,853)
Net income$27,666 $51,522 
(1)  Includes share-based compensation expense as follows:
Nine Months Ended December 31,
20222021
(in thousands)
Cost of revenue$13,410 $9,542 
Research and development29,339 15,331 
Sales and marketing37,399 26,487 
General and administrative24,705 20,590 
Total share-based compensation$104,853 $71,950 
Revenue
Nine Months Ended December 31,Change
20222021AmountPercent
(in thousands, except percentages)
Subscriptions$790,016 $635,411 $154,605 24 %
License— 52 (52)(100 %)
Services54,039 41,397 12,642 31 %
Total revenue$844,055 $676,860 $167,195 25 %
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Subscription
Subscription revenue increased by $154.6 million, or 24%, for the nine months ended December 31, 2022, as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021, primarily due to the growing adoption of the Dynatrace® platform by new customers combined with existing customers expanding their use of our solutions.
License
License revenuedecreased by $0.1 million, or 100%, for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021. We are no longer selling our Classic products.
Service
Service revenue increased by $12.6 million, or 31%, for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021. We generally recognize the revenues associated with professional services as we deliver the services.
Cost of Revenue
Nine Months Ended December 31,Change
20222021AmountPercent
(in thousands, except percentages)
Cost of subscription$105,393 $80,401 $24,992 31 %
Cost of service46,264 32,921 13,343 41 %
Amortization of acquired technology11,669 11,638 31 — %
Total cost of revenue$163,326 $124,960 $38,366 31 %
Cost ofsubscription
Cost of subscription increased $25.0 million, or 31%, for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021. The increase is primarily due to higher personnel costs to support the growth of our subscription cloud-based offering of $12.9 million and increased cloud-based hosting costs and subscriptions of $5.0 million,benefits as well as higher share-based compensation of $3.1 million. Also contributing to the increase were increased allocated overhead costs of $2.5 million to support the growth of the business and related infrastructure and higher travel costs of $0.8 million.
Cost of service
Cost of service increased by $13.3 million, or 41%, for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021. The increase was the result of higher personnel costs of $10.1 million, increased allocated overhead costs of $0.9 million, higher share-based compensation of $0.8 million, and higher professional fees of $0.5 million.
Amortization of acquired technologies
For the nine months ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, amortization of acquired technologies isadditional tax benefits, primarily related to amortization expense for technology acquired in connection with Thoma Bravo’s acquisition of the Company in 2014.
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Gross Profit and Gross Margin
Nine Months Ended December 31,Change
20222021AmountPercent
(in thousands, except percentages)
Gross profit:  
Subscriptions$684,623$555,010$129,613 23 %
License52(52)(100 %)
Services7,7758,476(701)(8 %)
Amortization of acquired technology(11,669)(11,638)(31)— %
Total gross profit$680,729$551,900$128,829 23 %
Gross margin:
Subscriptions87 %87 %
License— %100 %
Services14 %20 %
Amortization of acquired technology(100 %)(100 %)
Total gross margin81 %82 %
Subscriptions
Subscriptions gross profit increased by $129.6 million, or 23%, during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021 and subscription gross margin remained consistent at 87%. The increase in gross profit is primarily due to the growing adoption of the Dynatrace® platform by new customers combined with existing customers expanding their use of our solutions.
License
License gross profit decreased by $0.1 million, or 100%, during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021. The decrease was the result of a decline in sales of our Classic products.
Services
Services gross profit decreased by $0.7 million, or 8%, during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021. Services gross margin decreaseddeferred tax asset resulting from 20% to 14% during the nine months ended December 31, 2022 compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021. The decrease in gross profit and gross margin was primarily due to higher share-based compensation costs.
Operating Expenses
Nine Months Ended December 31,Change
20222021AmountPercent
(in thousands, except percentages)
Operating expenses:
Research and development$153,800 $113,509 $40,291 35 %
Sales and marketing321,208 260,816 60,392 23 %
General and administrative112,637 91,254 21,383 23 %
Amortization of other intangibles19,719 22,618 (2,899)(13 %)
Restructuring and other(15)25 (40)(160 %)
Total operating expenses$607,349 $488,222 $119,127 24 %
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Researchcapitalized research and development
Research and development expenses increased $40.3 million, or 35%, for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021. The increase is primarily attributable to increased personnel and other costs to expand our product offerings of $18.9 million and higher share-based compensation of $14.0 million. The increase is also attributable to higher allocated overhead costs of $4.3 million to support the growth of the business and related infrastructure, increased cloud-based hosting costs and subscriptions of $1.6 million, and higher travel costs of $1.1 million.
Sales and marketing
Sales and marketing expenses increased $60.4 million, or 23%, for the nine months ended December 31, 2022, as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021, primarily driven by an increase of $36.7 million in personnel costs and higher share-based compensation of $10.9 million. Further contributing to the increase were increased travel expenses of $7.6 million primarily related to our annual sales kick-off event held in person in the first quarter of fiscal 2023, higher allocated overhead costs of $3.3 million to support the growth of the business and related infrastructure, increased partner fees of $2.8 million, increased cloud-based hosting costs and subscriptions of $2.6 million, and higher partner enablement costs of $2.2 million. Slightly offsetting the increase was a decrease in advertising costs of $3.3 million and lower professional fees of $1.6 million.
General and administrative
General and administrative expenses increased $21.4 million, or 23%, for the nine months ended December 31, 2022, as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021, primarily due to an increase in personnel costs of $14.9 million and higher share-based compensation of $4.1 million. Also contributing to the increase was a $3.7 million increase in professional fees, increased cloud-based hosting costs and subscriptions of $3.3 million, and higher IT and facilities expenses related to new offices and expansions of $3.2 million.
Amortization of other intangibles
Amortization of other intangibles decreased by $2.9 million, or 13%, for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021. The decline is primarily the result of lower amortization for certain intangible assets that are amortized on a systematic basis that reflects the pattern in which the economic benefits of the intangible assets are estimated to be realized and the completion of amortization on certain intangibles.
Other Expense, Net
Other expense, net remained flat for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 as compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2021 as higher interest income on cash equivalents was offset by a loss on our debt extinguishment and net foreign currency losses.
Income Tax Expense
Income tax expense for the nine months ended December 31, 2022 of $36.4 million represented a $33.5 million increase as compared to an expense of $2.9 million for the nine months ended December 31, 2021. This increase was primarily driven by a decrease in share-based compensation tax windfall benefits and effects of the new requirement under Section 174 of the IRC to capitalize and amortize research and development expensesInternal Revenue Code, recognized in the U.S., generating current tax expense with no offsetting deferred tax benefityear due to ourthe reversal of the U.S. valuation allowance position.as of March 31, 2023.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, we had $422.5$700.7 million of cash and cash equivalents and $384.5387.9 million available under our revolving credit facility. Since inception, we
We have historically financed our operations primarily through payments by our customers for use of our product offerings and related services and, to a lesser extent, the net proceeds we have received from sales of equity securities and borrowings on our former term loan facilities. securities.
Over the past three years, cash flows from customer collections have increased. However, operating expenses have also increased as we have invested in growing our business. Our operating cash requirements may increase in the future as we continue to invest in the strategic growth of our company.
Our historical expansion with customers has typically been achieved by executing additional contracts, each with unique pricingbillings and anniversary dates. We are transitioningrevenue mix may vary over time due to a program that combines these contracts into one single, often multi-yearnumber of factors, including the mix of subscriptions and services and the contract perlength of our customer with one single anniversary date, which may result inagreements. Such variability in the timing and amounts of our billings which could impact the timing of our cash collections from period to period.
Our material cash requirements from known contractual and other obligations consist of our rent payments required under operating lease agreements.agreements and non-cancelable purchase obligations for cloud hosting support. As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, total contractual commitments were $84.0$332.3 million, with $4.4$58.0 million committed within
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the next twelve months. For further information see Note 7 of the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report.
Cash from operations could be affected by various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, the risks detailed in the section titled “Risk Factors” under Part II, Item 1A in this Quarterly Report and our Annual Report. However, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents, funds available under our revolving credit facility, and cash generated from operations, will be sufficient to meet our cash requirements for at least the next twelve months. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our growth rate, the timing and extent of spending to support research and development efforts, the continued expansion of sales and marketing activities, the introduction of new and enhanced products, seasonality of our billing activities, timing and extent of spending to support our growth strategy, and the continued market acceptance of our products. In the event that additional financing is required from outside sources, we may not be able to raise such financing on terms acceptable to us or at all. If we are unable to raise additional capital when desired, our business, operating results, and financial condition would be adversely affected.
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Our Credit Facilities
In December 2022, we entered into a senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate amount of $400.0 million (the “Credit Facility”). As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, we had $384.5387.9 million available under the Credit Facility with $15.512.1 million of letters of credit outstanding. As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, we were in compliance with all applicable covenants pertaining to the Credit Facility. The Credit Facility is discussed further in Note 6, Long-term Debt, of the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements in this Quarterly Report.
Summary of Cash Flows
Nine Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,
2022202120232022
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Cash provided by operating activities (1)
Cash provided by operating activities (1)
$234,458 $162,612 
Cash provided by operating activities (1)
$133,903 $143,098 
Cash used in investing activitiesCash used in investing activities(15,625)(24,963)Cash used in investing activities(10,267)(6,906)
Cash used in financing activities(250,181)(52,488)
Cash provided by (used in) financing activitiesCash provided by (used in) financing activities22,774 (20,109)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalentsEffect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(9,168)(1,400)Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(1,055)(7,705)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents$(40,516)$83,761 
Net increase in cash and cash equivalentsNet increase in cash and cash equivalents$145,355 $108,378 
(1) Net cash provided by operating activities includes cash payments for interest and tax as follows:
Nine Months Ended December 31,Three Months Ended June 30,
2022202120232022
(in thousands)(in thousands)
Cash paid for interestCash paid for interest$6,867 $6,549 Cash paid for interest$212 $2,066 
Cash (received from) paid for tax, net$(20,335)$20,230 
Cash paid for (received from) tax, netCash paid for (received from) tax, net$13,151 $(31,542)
Operating Activities
For the ninethree months ended December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, cash provided by operating activities was $234.5$133.9 million as a result of net income of $27.7$38.2 million, and adjusted by non-cash charges of $156.5$34.6 million and a change of $50.3$61.1 million in our operating assets and liabilities. The non-cash charges arewere primarily comprised of share-based compensation of $104.9$40.5 million and depreciation and amortization of $40.6$13.6 million, and loss on extinguishmentpartially offset by deferred income taxes of debt of $5.9$19.3 million. The change in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily the result of a decrease in accounts receivable of $40.3$204.2 million due to the timing of receipts of payments from customers and a decrease in deferred commissions of $8.5 million due to commissions paid on new bookings. Partially offsetting this was a decrease in deferred revenue of $95.9 million due to seasonality in our sales cycle, which is higher in the third and fourth quarters of our fiscal year, a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $39.6 million driven by timing of payments, and an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets of $16.4 million driven by the timing of payments in advance of future services.
For the three months ended June 30, 2022, cash provided by operating activities was $143.1 million as a result of net income of $2.1 million, and adjusted by non-cash charges of $44.8 million and a change of $96.2 million in our operating assets and liabilities. The non-cash charges were primarily comprised of share-based compensation of $28.7 million and depreciation and amortization of $13.4 million. The change in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily the result of a decrease in accounts receivable of $151.4 million due to the timing of receipts of payments from customers and a decrease in prepaid expenses and other assets of $29.6$33.1 million driven by the receipt of an income tax refund and timing of payments in advance of future services, and an increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $19.4 million driven by timing of payments.services. Partially offsetting this was a decrease in deferred revenue of $21.8$60.5 million due to seasonality in our sales cycle which is higher in the third and fourth quarters of our fiscal year, and an increase in deferred commissions of $17.2 million due to commissions paid on new bookings.
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For the nine months ended December 31, 2021, cash provided by operating activities was $162.6 million as a result of net income of $51.5 million, and adjusted by non-cash charges of $117.3 million and a change of $6.2 million in our operating assets and liabilities. The non-cash charges are primarily comprised of share-based compensation of $72.0 million and depreciation and amortization of $42.5 million. The change in our net operating assets and liabilities was primarily the result of an increase in accounts receivable of $22.4 million due to the timing of receipts of payments from customers, an increase in deferred commissions of $19.6 million due to commissions paid on new bookings, and an increase in prepaid expenses and other assets of $17.5 million driven by timing of payments in advance of future services. Partially offsetting this was an increase in deferred revenue of $41.5 million due to seasonality in our sales cycle which is higher in the third and fourth quarters of our fiscal year, and an increasedecrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $11.0$29.8 million driven by timing of payments.
Investing Activities
Cash used in investing activities during the ninethree months ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 was $15.6$10.3 million as a result of the purchases of property and equipment.
Cash used in investing activities during the ninethree months ended December 31, 2021June 30, 2022 was $25.0$6.9 million as a result of two acquisitions made in the first half of fiscal 2022 of $13.2 million and the purchases of property and equipment of $11.8 million.equipment.
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Financing Activities
Cash provided by financing activities during the three months ended June 30, 2023 was $22.8 million, primarily as a result of proceeds from the exercise of our stock options of $13.2 million and proceeds from our employee stock purchase plan of $9.6 million.
Cash used in financing activities during the ninethree months ended December 31,June 30, 2022 was $250.2$20.1 million, primarily as a result of repayments of our term loan of $281.1$30.0 million, partially offset by proceeds from our employee stock purchase plan of $17.8$8.6 million and proceeds from the exercise of our stock options of $15.1 million.
Cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended December 31, 2021 was $52.5 million, primarily as a result of repayments of our term loans of $90.0 million, partially offset by the proceeds from the exercise of our stock options of $23.7 million and proceeds from our employee stock purchase plan of $13.9$1.3 million.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
We prepare our condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States. The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements also requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, costs and expenses and related disclosures. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ significantly from the estimates made by our management. To the extent that there are differences between our estimates and actual results, our future financial statement presentation, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows will be affected.

There have been no significant changes in our critical accounting policies and estimates during the three months ended June 30, 2023 as compared to the critical accounting policies and estimates disclosed in our Annual Report. For a full discussion of these estimates and policies, see “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” within “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our Annual Report.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
For a description of recent accounting pronouncements, if any, and the impact of these pronouncements on our consolidated financial statements, if any, see Note 2, “SignificantSignificant Accounting Policies” toPolicies, of our condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.Report.
ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to market risk in the ordinary course of our business. Market risk represents the risk of loss that may impact our financial position due to adverse changes in financial market prices and rates. Our market risk exposure is primarily a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates. We do not hold or issue financial instruments for trading purposes.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk
Our international operations have provided and are expected to continue to provide a significant portion of our consolidated revenuerevenues and expenses that we report in U.S. dollars. We do not believe that an immediate 10% increase or decrease in the relative value of the U.S. dollar to other currencies would have a material effect on our results of operations or cash flows, and to date, we have not engaged in any hedging strategies with respect to foreign currency transactions. As our international operations grow, we will continue to reassess our approach to manage our risk relating to fluctuations in currency rates, and we may choose to engage in the hedging of foreign currency transactions in the future.
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Translation exposure
Our reporting currency is the U.S. dollar, and the functional currency of each of our subsidiaries is either its local currency or the U.S. dollar, depending on the circumstances. As a result, our consolidated revenues and expenses are affected and will continue to be affected by changes in the U.S. dollar against major foreign currencies, particularly the Euro. Fluctuations in foreign currencies impact the amount of total assets, liabilities, earnings and cash flows that we report for our foreign subsidiaries upon the translation of these amounts into U.S. dollars. In particular, the strengthening of the U.S. dollar generally will reduce the reported amount of our foreign-denominated cash and cash equivalents, total revenues and total expenses that we translate into U.S. dollars and report in our condensed consolidated financial statements. These gains or losses are recorded as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss within shareholders’ equity.
Transaction exposure
We transact business in multiple currencies. As a result, our results of operations and cash flows are subject to fluctuations due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates on transactions denominated in currencies other than the functional currencies of our subsidiaries. These gains or losses are recorded within “Other income (expense), net” in our condensed consolidated statements of operations.
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Interest Rate Risk
We had cash and cash equivalents of $422.5 $700.7 million and $463.0$555.3 million as of December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2022,2023, respectively, consisting of bank deposits, commercial paper, and money market funds. These interest-earning instruments carry a degree of interest rate risk which may affectrisk. To date, fluctuations in our interest income.income have not been significant. We do not enter into investments for trading or speculative purposes and have not used any derivative financial instruments to manage our interest rate risk exposure. A hypothetical 10% change in interest rates during any of the periods presented would not have had a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, we also had the Credit Facility in place, with availability of $384.5$387.9 million. The Credit Facility bears interest based on (i) the Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate plus 0.10%, (ii) the Adjusted Euro Interbank Offer Rate, (iii) the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate, (iv) the Base Rate, as defined per the Credit Facility, or (v) the Sterling Overnight Index Average, in each case plus an applicable margin, as defined in the Credit Agreement. A hypothetical 10% change in interest rates during any of the periods presented would not have had a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures, as of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, were effective and provided reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes to our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a‑15(f) and 15d‑15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the quarter ended December 31, 2022June 30, 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Inherent Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitation in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the controls. The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all
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potential future conditions; over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with policies or procedures may deteriorate. Due to inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
FromWe are, from time to time, we may become involved inparty to legal proceedings or beand subject to claims arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently a party to, nor is our property currently subject to, any material legal proceedings, nor are we involved in any legal proceedingsAlthough the outcome of whichlegal proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we currently believe would bethat the resolution of any such matters will not have a material toadverse effect on our business, operating results, financial condition, or resultscash flows. Regardless of operations. We are not awarethe outcome, legal proceedings and claims can have an adverse impact on us because of any governmental inquiries or investigations into our business.defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, and other factors.
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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described below, together with all of the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes, before making a decision to invest in our common stock. The risks and uncertainties described below may not be the only ones we face. If any of the risks actually occur, our business, operating results, financial condition and prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In that event, the market price of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Summary of the Material Risks Associated With Our Business
Our business is subject to numerous risks and uncertainties that you should be aware of in evaluating our business. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
We have experienced rapid subscription revenue growth in recent periods, and our recent growth rates may not be indicative of our future growth.
Market adoption of software intelligence solutions for observability, application performance monitoring, digital experience monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, AIOps, business intelligence and analytics, and application security is relatively new and may not grow as we expect, which may harm our business and prospects.
Our business is dependent on overall demand for software intelligence solutions and therefore reduced spending on software intelligence solutions or overall adverse economic conditions may negatively affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
If we cannot successfully execute on our strategy and continue to develop and effectively market solutions that anticipate and respond to the needs of our customers, our business, operating results and financial condition may suffer.
If our platform and solutions do not effectively interoperate with our customers’ existing or future IT infrastructures, installations of our solutions could be delayed or canceled, which would harm our business.
Our future revenues and operating results will be harmed if we are unable to acquire new customers, if our customers do not renew their contracts with us, or if we are unable to expand sales to our existing customers or develop new solutions that achieve market acceptance.
Failure to effectively expand our sales and marketing capabilities could harm our ability to execute on our business plan, increase our customer base and achieve broader market acceptance of our applications.
We face significant competition, which may adversely affect our ability to add new customers, retain existing customers and grow our business.
If we are unable to maintain successful relationships with our partners, or if our partners fail to perform, our ability to market, sell and distribute our applications and services will be limited, and our business, operating results and financial condition could be harmed.
Security breaches, computer malware, computer hacking attacks and other security incidents could harm our business, reputation, brand and operating results.
Real or perceived errors, failures, defects or vulnerabilities in our solutions could adversely affect our financial results and growth prospects.
Our quarterly and annual operating results may be adversely affected due to a variety of factors, which could make our future results difficult to predict.
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Our future level of indebtedness could materially and adversely affect our financial condition.
Failure to protect and enforce our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights could substantially harm our business, operating results and financial condition.
The effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have materially affected how we and our customers are operating our businesses, and the duration and extent to which this or other future health pandemics and any related economic downturns will impact our future results of operations and overall financial performance remains uncertain.
Thoma Bravo has significant influence over matters requiring stockholder approval, which may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes of control, or limiting the ability of other stockholders to approve transactions they deem to be in their best interest.
Risks Related to Our Business and Industry
We have experienced rapid subscription revenue growth in recent periods, and our recent growth rateswhich may not be indicative of our future growth.
We have experienced rapid subscription revenue growth in recent periods. FromOur annual revenue grew 25% in the year ended March 31, 20212023 compared to the year ended March 31, 2022, our subscriptionprior year. Our revenue grew 33% from $655.2 million to $870.4 million, respectively. Fromfor the ninethree months ended December 31, 2021June 30, 2023 also grew 25% compared to the nine months ended December 31, 2022, our subscription revenue grew 24% from $635.4 million to $790.0 million, respectively.prior-year period. This subscription revenue growth may not be indicative of our future subscription revenue growth, and we may not be able to sustain revenue growth consistent with recent history, or at all. We believe our ability to continue to increase our revenue depends on a number ofseveral factors, including, but not limited to:
our ability to attract new customers and retain and increase sales to existing customers;
our ability to continue to expand customer adoption and usage of our Dynatrace® platform;
our ability to develop our existing platform, and introduce new solutions, and enhance and improve existing solutions on our platform;
continued growth of cloud-based services and solutions;
our ability to continue to develop and offer productsofferings and solutions that are superior toour customers prefer over those of our competitors;
our ability to hire and retain customers;sufficient numbers of sales and marketing, R&D, and general and administrative personnel; and
our ability to expand into new geographies and markets, including the business intelligence, data analytics, and application security markets; and
our ability to hire and retain sufficient numbers of sales and marketing, research and development and general and administrative personnel,markets, and expand our global operations.
If we are unable to achieve any of these, requirements, our subscription revenue growth willcould be adversely affected.
Our quarterly and annual operating results may be adversely affected due to a variety of factors, which could make our future results difficult to predict.
Our annual and quarterly revenue and operating results have fluctuated significantly in the past and may vary significantly in the future due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control. Our financial results in any one quarter may not be meaningful and should not be relied upon as indicative of future performance. If our revenues, earnings, or operating results fall below the expectations of investors or securities analysts in a particular quarter, or below any guidance that we may provide, the price of our common stock could decline. We may not be able to accurately predict our future billings, revenues, earnings, or operating results. Some of the important factors that may cause our operating results to fluctuate from quarter to quarter or year to year include:
fluctuations in the demand for our solutions, and the timing of purchases by our customers, and the length of the sales cycles, particularly for larger purchases;
fluctuations in the rate of utilization by customers of the cloud to manage their business needs, or a slow-downslowdown in the migration of enterprise systems to the cloud;
the impact of recessionary pressures or uncertainties in the global economy, or in the economies of the countries in which we operate, on our customer’scustomers’ purchasing decisions and the length of our sales cycles:cycles;
our ability to attract new customers and retain existing customers;
our ability to expand into new geographies and markets, including the business intelligence, data analytics, and application security markets;
the budgeting cycles and internal purchasing priorities of our customers;
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changes in customer renewal rates, churn and our ability to cross-sell additional solutions to our existing customers and our ability to up-sell additional quantities of previously purchased productsofferings to existing customers;
the seasonal buying patterns of our customers;
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the payment terms and contract term length associated with our product sales and their effect on our billings and free cash flow;
changes in customer requirements or market needs;
the emergence of significant privacy, data protection, systems and application security or other threats, regulations or requirements applicable to the use of enterprise systems or cloud-based systems that we are not prepared to meet or that require additional investment by us;
changes in the demand and growth rate of the market for software intelligence, monitoring,observability, application security, and analytics solutions;
our ability to anticipate or respond to changes in the competitive landscape, or improvements in the functionality of competing solutions that reduce or eliminate one or more of our competitive advantages;
our ability to timely develop, introduce and gain market acceptance for new solutions and product enhancements;
our ability to adapt and update our productsofferings and solutions on an ongoing and timely basis in order to maintain compatibility and efficacy with the frequently changing and expanding variety of software and systems that our productsofferings are designed to monitor;
our ability to maintain and expand our relationships with strategic technology partners who own, operate, and offer the major platforms on which applications operate, with which we must interoperate and remain compatible, and from which we must obtain certifications and endorsements in order to maintain credibility and momentum in the market;
our ability to control costs, including our operating expenses;
our ability to efficiently complete and integrate any acquisitions or business combinations that we may undertake in the future;
general economic, industry, and market conditions, both domestically and in our foreign markets, including regional or geopolitical conflicts or other disruptions to commerce;
the emergence of new technologies or trends in the marketplace, or a change in the trends that are important to our strategy and the value of our platform in the marketplace;
foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations;
the timing of revenue recognition for our customer transactions, and the effect of the mix of time-based licenses, SaaS subscriptions and perpetual licensesservices on the timing of revenue recognition;
extraordinary expenses, such as litigation or other dispute-related settlement payments; and
future accounting pronouncements or changes in our accounting policies.
Any one of the factors referred to above or the cumulative effect of some of the factors referred to above may result in our operating results being below our expectations and the expectations of securities analysts and investors and any guidance that we may provide, or may result in significant fluctuations in our quarterly and annual operating results, including fluctuations in our key performance indicators. This variability and unpredictability could result in our failure to meet our business plan or the expectations of securities analysts or investors for any period. In addition, a significant percentage of our operating expenses are fixed in nature in the short term and based on forecasted revenue trends. Accordingly, in the event of revenue shortfalls, we are generally unable to mitigate the negative impact on margins in the short term.
Market adoption of software intelligencethe solutions for observability, application performance monitoring, digital experience monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, AIOps, business intelligence and analytics, and application securitythat we offer is relatively new and may not grow as we expect, which may harm our business and prospects.

The utilization of software intelligence solutions such asthat we offer on the Dynatrace® platform for observability, application performance monitoring, digital experience monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, AIOps, business intelligence and analytics, and application security is relatively new. We believe our future success will depend in large part on the growth, if any, in the demand for software intelligenceobservability and security solutions that utilize analytics and automation at their core, particularly the demand for enterprise-wide solutions and our ability to provide solutions that meet such ever-evolving needs. We currently target the markets for observability, APM, application performance monitoring (“APM”),security, infrastructure monitoring, AIOps, digital experience monitoring, business intelligencelog management and analytics, DEM, digital business analytics, and application security.automation. It is difficult to predict customer demand, adoption, churn and renewal rates for our new and existing solutions, the rate at which existing customers expand
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their usage of our solutions, and the size and growth rate of the market for our solutions. Expansion in our addressable market depends on a number of factors, including the continued and growing reliance of enterprises on software applications to manage and drive critical business functions and customer interactions, increased use of microservices and containers, as well as the continued proliferation of mobile applications, large data sets, cloud computing and the Internet of Things. If our solutions do not achieve widespread adoption, we are not able to develop new solutions that meet customer needs, or there is a reduction in demand for software intelligenceobservability and security solutions generally, it could result in reduced customer purchases, reduced renewal rates, and decreased revenue, any of which will adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition.
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Our business is dependent on overall demand for software intelligenceobservability and security solutions and therefore reduced spending on software intelligencethose solutions or overall adverse economic conditions may negatively affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Our business depends on the overall demand for software intelligenceobservability and security solutions, particularly demand from mid- to large-sized accounts worldwide, and the purchase of our solutions by such organizations is often discretionary. In recent months, we have observed increasedcontinued economic uncertainty in the United States and abroad and lengthening sales cycles. In an economic downturn or during periods of economic or political instability, we believe that our customers or prospects may reduce their operating or IT budgets, which could cause them to defer or forego purchases of software intelligenceobservability and security solutions, including ours. Customers may delay or cancel IT projects or seek to lower their costs by renegotiating vendor contracts or renewals. To the extent purchases of software intelligenceobservability and security solutions are perceived by existing customers and potential customers to be discretionary, our revenue may be disproportionately affected by delays or reductions in general IT spending. Weak or turbulent global economic conditions or a reduction in software intelligenceobservability and security spending, even if general economic conditions remain unaffected, could adversely impact our business, operating results and financial condition in a number of ways, including longer sales cycles, lower prices for our solutions, reduced subscription renewals and lower revenue. In addition, any negative economic effects or instability resulting from changes in the political environment and international relations in the United States or other key markets as well as resulting regulatory or tax policy changes may adversely affect our business and financial results.

As the market for software intelligenceobservability and security solutions is new and continues to develop, trends in spending remain unpredictable and subject to reductions due to the changing technology environment and customer needs as well as uncertainties about the future.
The effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have materially affected how we and our customers are operating our businesses, and the duration and extent to which this or other future health epidemics and any related economic downturns will impact our future results of operations and overall financial performance remains uncertain.
The global COVID-19 pandemic and virus containment measures taken, or proposed to be taken, by federal and state governments have resulted in, and may continue to result in, business slowdowns or shutdowns, weakened economic conditions, economic uncertainty, volatility in the financial markets, both regionally and worldwide, and disruptions to the normal operations of our business and many of our customers’ businesses.
As a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we limited occupancy or temporarily closed our global offices, have had many employees work from home, suspended or limited company-related travel, and changed many previously in-person employee, customer or industry events to virtual-only. We also changed how we spend on marketing and lead generation activities, putting an increased focus on digital, on-line marketing and lead generation. The long-term effect of these changes are still unknown and could adversely affect our culture and business. More recently, we are returning to in-person events, such as Sales Kickoff 2022, and reopening our offices, although many employees globally continue to work from home for a substantial portion of the time. An increasing number of in-person events, where a large number of our employees are gathered in a single venue and may be exposed to or infected by the coronavirus, could have a negative impact on our productivity.
Impacts to our business from health epidemics depends on multiple factors that cannot be accurately predicted, such as the duration and scope of the epidemic, the extent and effectiveness of containment actions, the disruption caused by such actions, and the efficacy and rates of vaccines. Future health epidemics could have severe impacts on our business and our customers’ and prospective customers’ businesses, for example, by adversely impacting their timing, ability or willingness to spend on software platforms or purchase our offerings. Negative effects of health epidemics on our customers or prospective customers could lead to pricing discounts or extended payment terms, reductions in the amount or duration of customers’ subscription contracts or term licenses, or increase customer attrition rates. Further, any vaccine requirements applicable to our workforce could subject us to additional legal claims for non-compliance, and we may be required to suspend or terminate non-compliant individuals or they may resign. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our productivity, employee morale, future sales, operating results and overall financial performance.
Health epidemics may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section.
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If we cannot successfully execute on our strategyfail to innovate and do not continue to develop and effectively market solutions that anticipate and respond to the needs of our customers, our business, operating results, and financial condition may suffer.

The marketmarkets for software intelligenceobservability and security solutions is at an early stage of development and isare characterized by constant change and innovation, and we expect itthem to continue to rapidly evolve. Moreover, many of our customers operate in industries characterized by changing technologies and business models, which require them to develop and manage increasingly complex software application and IT infrastructure environments. Our future success, if any, will be based on our ability to consistently provide our customers with a unified, real-time view into the performance of their software applications and IT infrastructure, provide notification and prioritization of degradations and failures, perform root cause analysis of performance issues, and analyze the quality of their end users’ experiences and the resulting impact on their businesses and brands. If we do not respond to the rapidly changing needs of our customers by developing and making available new solutions and solution enhancements that can address evolving customer needs on a timely basis, our competitive position and business prospects will be harmed.harmed, and our revenue growth and margins could decline.

In addition, the process of developing new technology is complex and uncertain, and if we fail to accurately predict customers’ changing needs and emerging technological trends, our business could be harmed. We believe that we must continue to dedicate significant resources to our research and development efforts, including significant resources to developing new solutions and solution enhancements before knowing whether the market will accept them. For example, we have made significant investments in our new application security offering and in developing our Grail™GrailTM core technology.technology, AutomationEngine, and AppEngine. In July 2023, we announced that we are expanding our Davis® artificial intelligence (“AI”) engine to create the observability and security industry’s first hypermodal AI, converging fact-based, predictive and causal AI insights with new generative AI capabilities. Our new solutions and solution enhancements including our new application security offering and our current and future offerings based on our Grail™ core technology, could fail to attain sufficient market acceptance for many reasons, including:

delays in developing and releasing new solutions or enhancements to the market;
delays or failures to provide updates to customers to maintain compatibility between Dynatrace® and the various applications and platforms being used in the customers’ applications and multicloud environments;
failures to accurately predict market or customer demands;demands, priorities, and practices, including other technologies utilized by customers in their environments and partners that they prefer to work with;
the introduction or anticipated introduction of competing products by existing and emerging competitors;
the inability of our sales and marketing teams or those of our partners to sell solutions for new markets and product categories;
defects, errors, or failures in the design or performance of our new solutions or solution enhancements;
negative publicity about the performance or effectiveness of our solutions;
the introduction or anticipated introduction of competing products by our competitors; and
the perceived value of our solutions or enhancements relative to their cost.
In addition to developing new solutions or enhancements using internal resources, we may acquire technologies from a third party, or acquire another company. Such acquisition(s)Any acquisition of this type could be unsuccessful for a variety of reasons, require significant management attention, disrupt our business, dilute stockholder value, and adversely affect our results of operations. For a description of some of the risks related to potential acquisitions, please see the risk below under “Risks Related to Legal, Regulatory, Accounting,entitled “We may acquire other businesses, products or technologies in
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the future which could require significant management attention, disrupt our business or result in operating difficulties, dilute stockholder value, and Tax Matters”.adversely affect our results of operations.
To the extent we are not able to continue to execute on our business model to timely and effectively develop or acquire and market applications to address these challenges and attain market acceptance, our business, operating results, and financial condition will be adversely affected.
Further, we may make changes to our solutions that our customers do not value or find useful. We may also discontinue certain features, begin to charge for certain features that are currently free, or increase fees for any of our features or usage of our solutions. If our new solutions, enhancements, or pricing strategies do not achieve adequate acceptance in the market, our competitive position will be impaired, our revenue may decline or grow more slowly than expected and the negative impact on our operating results may be particularly acute, and we may not receive a return on our investment in the upfront research and development, sales and marketing, and other expenses that we incur in connection with new solutions or solution enhancements.
In addition, should customers incur damages as a result of our solutions’ failure to perform as expected, for example by failing to detect security risks, the affected customer(s) may seek to terminate their contracts with or recover their damages from us and we may be exposed to reputational harm.
If our platform and solutions do not effectively interoperate with our customers’ existing or future IT infrastructures, installations of our solutions could be delayed or canceled, which would harm our business.
Our success depends on the interoperability of our platform and solutions with third-party operating systems, applications, cloud platform,platforms, data, and devices that we have not developed and do not control. Any third-party changes in such operating systems, applications, cloud platforms, data or devices that degrade the functionality of our platform or solutions or give preferential treatment to competitive software could adversely affect the adoption and usage of our platform. We may not be successful in adapting our platform or
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solutions to operate effectively with these systems, applications, cloud platforms, data, or devices. If it is difficult for our customers to access and use our platform or solutions, or if our platform or solutions cannot connect a broadening range of systems, applications, cloud platforms, data, and devices, then our customer growth and retention may be harmed, and our business and operating results could be adversely affected.

Multicloud deployments utilize multiple third-party platforms and technologies, and these technologies are updated to new versions at a rapid pace. As a result, we deliver frequent updates to our solutions designed to maintain compatibility and support for our customers’ changing technology environments and ensure our solutions’ ability to continue to monitor the customer’scustomers’ applications. If our solutions fail to work with any one or more of these technologies or applications, or if our customers fail to install the most recent updates and versions of our solutions that we offer, our solutions will be unable to continuously monitor our customer’scustomers’ critical business applications.

Ensuring that our solutions are up-to-date and compatible with the technology and multicloud platforms utilized by our customers is critical to our success. We have formed alliances with many technology and cloud platform providers to provide updates to our solutions to maintain compatibility. We work with technology and cloud platform providers to understand and align updates to their product roadmaps and engage in early access and other programs to ensure compatibility of our solutions with the technology vendor’s generally available release. If our relations with our technology partners degrades or ceases we may be unable to deliver these updates, or if our customers fail to install the most recent updates and versions of our solutions that we offer, then our customers’ ability to benefit from our solution may decrease significantly and, in some instances, may require the customer to de-install our solution due to the incompatibility of our solution with the customer’s applications.
Our
If we are unable to acquire new customers or retain and expand our relationships with existing customers, our future revenues and operating results will be harmed if we are unable to acquire new customers, if our customers do not renew their contracts with us, or if we are unable to expand sales to our existing customers or develop new solutions that achieve market acceptance.harmed.
To continue to grow our business, it is important that we continueneed to attract new customers to purchase and useincrease deployment, usage, and consumption of our solutions.solutions by existing customers. Our success in attracting new customers and expanding our relationships with existing customers depends on numerous factors, including our ability to:
offer a compelling, software intelligenceunified observability and security platform, together with advanced AIOps, that provides answers and solutions;intelligent automation from data at an enormous scale;
execute our sales and marketing strategy;
effectively identify, attract, on-board,onboard, train, develop, motivate and retain new sales, marketing, professional services, and support personnel in the markets we pursue;
develop or expand relationships with technology partners, systems integrators, resellers, online marketplaces, and other partners, including strategic alliances and cloud-focused partnerships with global system integrators,GSIs, including Deloitte and DXC, and hyperscalers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, MicrosoftAWS, GCP, Azure, IBM Red Hat and others, some of which may also compete with us;
expand into new geographies and markets, including the business intelligence and data analytics market;
deploy our platform and solutions for new customers; and
provide quality customer support and professional services.
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Our customers have no obligation to renew their maintenance, SaaS and/or term-license agreements, and our customers may decide not to renew these agreements with a similar contract period, at the same prices and terms or with the same or a greater number of licenses. Although our customer retention rate has historically been strong, some of our customers have elected not to renew their agreements with us, and it is difficult to accurately predict long-term customer retention, churn and expansion rates. Our customer retention and expansion rates may decline or fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, including our customers’ satisfaction with our solutions platform, our customer support and professional services, our prices and pricing plans, the competitiveness of other software products and services, reductions in our customers’ spending levels, customer concerns about macroeconomic trends, user adoption of our solutions, deployment success, utilization rates by our customers, new product releases and changes to our product offerings. If our customers do not renew their maintenance, SaaS and/or term-license agreements, or renew on less favorable terms, our business, financial condition, and operating results may be adversely affected.
Our ability to increase revenue also depends in part on our ability to increase deployment of our solutions by existing customers.
Our ability to increase sales to existing customers depends on several factors, including their experience with implementing and using our platform and the existing solutions they have implemented, their ability to integrate our solutions with existing technologies, and our pricing model. A failure to increase sales to existing customers could adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
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Failure to effectively expand our sales and marketing capabilities could harm our ability to execute on our business plan, increase our customer base, and achieve broader market acceptance of our applications.
Our ability to increase our customer base and achieve broader market acceptance of our solutions will depend to a significant extent on the ability of our sales and marketing organizations to work together to drive our sales pipeline and cultivate customer and partner relationships to drive revenue growth. We have invested in and plan to continue expanding our sales and marketing organizations, both domesticallyin the United States and internationally. We also plan to dedicate significant resources to sales and marketing programs, including lead generation activities and brand awareness campaigns, such as our industry events, webinars, and user events with an increased investment in digital or online activities. If we are unable to effectively identify, hire, on-board,onboard, train, develop, motivate, and retain talented sales personnel or marketing personnel or if our new sales personnel or marketing personnel or online investments are unable to achieve desired productivity levels in a reasonable period of time, our ability to increase our customer base and achieve broader market acceptance of our applicationsofferings could be harmed.

We face significant competition, which may adversely affect our ability to add new customers, retain existing customers, and grow our business.

The markets in which we compete are highly competitive, fragmented, evolving, complex and defined by rapidly changing technology (including, without limitation, the use of AI) and customer demands, and we expect competition to continue to increase in the future. A number of companies, some of which are larger and have more resources than we do, have developed or are developing products and services that currently, or in the future may, compete with some or all of our solutions. This competitionWe have also been expanding the scope of our solutions to include new offerings and we increasingly compete with other companies in new and adjacent markets. Competition could result in increased pricing pressure, reduced profit margins, increased sales and marketing expenses and our failure to increase, or loss of, market share, any of which could adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.

We compete either directly or indirectly with observabilityAPM vendors, such as Datadog and Splunk, application performance monitoring vendors such as Cisco, Broadcom, and New Relic, infrastructure monitoring vendors, such as Datadoglog management vendors, DEM vendors, security vendors, open source and Nagios, Digital Experience Managementcommercial open source vendors, such as Akamai and Catchpoint, point solutions from public cloud providers, such as Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform,IT operations management, AIOps and other business intelligence and monitoring and analytics providers with offerings that providecover some portion of the servicescapabilities that we provide. Our competitors may have longer-term and more extensive relationships with our existing and potential customers that provide them with an advantage in competing for business with those customers. Further, to the extent that one of our competitors establishes or strengthens a cooperative relationship with, or acquires one or more software application performance monitoring,APM, data analytics, compliance, or network visibility vendors, it could adversely affect our ability to compete.
We may also face competition from companies entering our market, which has a relatively low barrier to entry in some segments, including large technology companies that could expand their platforms or acquire one of our competitors. Many existing and potential competitors enjoy substantial competitive advantages, such as:
larger salesgreater brand recognition and marketing budgets and resources;longer operating histories;
longer-term and more extensive relationships with existing and potential customers, and access to larger customer bases, which often provide incumbency advantages;
broader global distribution and presence;
larger sales and marketing budgets and resources;
the ability to integrate or bundle competitive offerings with other products, offerings and services;
greater brand recognition and longer operating histories;
lower labor and development costs;
greater resources to make acquisitions;
larger and more mature intellectual property portfolios; and
substantially greater financial, technical, management and other resources.
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Additionally, in certain circumstances, and particularly among large technology companies that have complex and large software application and IT infrastructure environments, customers may elect to build in-house solutions to address their software intelligenceobservability and security needs. Any such in-house solutions could leverage open source software, and therefore be made generally available at little or no cost.

These competitive pressures in our markets or our failure to compete effectively may result in fewer customers, price reductions, fewer orders, reduced revenue and gross profit, and loss of market share. Any failure to meet and address these factors could materially and adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
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If
If thepriceswechargeforoursolutionsandservicesareunacceptabletoourcustomers,ouroperatingresults will be harmed.
As the market for our solutions matures, or as new or existing competitors introduce new products, offerings or services that compete with ours, we may experience pricing pressure and be unable to renew our agreements with existing customers or attract new customers at prices that are consistent with our current pricing model and operating budget. If this were to occur, it is possible that we would have to change our pricing model or reduce our prices, which could harm our revenue, gross margin and operating results. Pricing decisions may also impact the mix of adoption among our licensing and subscription models, and negatively impact our overall revenue. Moreover, large global accounts, which we expect will account for a large portion of our business in the future, may demand substantial price concessions. If we are, for any reason, required to reduce our prices, our revenue, gross margin, profitability, financial position, and cash flow may be adversely affected.
We expect our billings and revenue mix to vary over time, which could harm our gross margin, cash flows, and operating results.
Our historical expansion with customers has typically been achieved by executing additional contracts, each with unique pricingbillings and anniversary dates. We are transitioningrevenue mix may vary over time due to a program that combines these contracts into one single, often multi-yearnumber of factors, including the mix of subscriptions and services and the contract per customer with one single anniversary date, which may result in variability in the timing and amountslength of our billings which could impact our operating results, including our deferred revenue and our remaining performance obligations. In addition, our transition away from perpetual licenses will continue to have the effect of reducing our deferred revenue balance.
customer agreements. Our gross margins, cash flows, and operating results could also be harmed by further changes in billings and revenue mix and costs, together with numerous other factors, including:including entry into new lower margin markets or growth in lower margin markets;markets, entry into markets with different pricing and cost structures;structures, pricing discounts; anddiscounts, increased price competition.competition, and in response to macroeconomic conditions. Any one of these factors or the cumulative effects of certain of these factors may result in significant fluctuations in our revenues, billings, gross margin, and operating results. This variability and unpredictability could result in our failure to meet internal expectations or those of securities analysts or investors for a particular period. If we fail to meet or exceed such expectations for these or any other reasons, the market price of our common stock could decline.
If we are unable to maintain successful relationships with our partners, or if our partners fail to perform, our ability to market, sell, and distribute our applications and services will be limited, and our business, operating results, and financial condition could be harmed.
In addition to our sales force, we rely on partners, including our strategic partners, to increase our sales and distribution of our software and services. We also have independent software vendor partners whose integrations may increase the breadth of the ecosystem in which our solutions can operate, and the size of the market that our solutions can address. We also have partnerships with global system integrators,GSIs, including Deloitte and DXC, and hyperscalers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, MicrosoftAWS, GCP, Azure, IBM Red Hat and others, on which many of our customers depend, and through which our customers may be able to procure and deploy our solution.solutions. We are dependent on these partner relationships to contribute to enabling our sales growth. We expect that our future growth will be increasingly dependent on the success of our partners and our partner relationships, and if those partnerships do not provide such benefits, our ability to grow our business will be harmed. If we are unable to scale our partner relationships effectively, or if our partners are unable to serve our customers effectively, we may need to expand our services organization, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
Our agreements with our partners are generally non-exclusive, meaning our partners may offer products from several different companies to their customers or have their products or technologies also interoperate with products and technologies of other companies, including products that compete with our offerings. Moreover, some of our partners also compete with us, and if our partners do not effectively market and sell our offerings, choose to use greater efforts to market and sell their own products or those of our competitors or fail to meet the needs of our customers, our ability to grow our business and sell our offerings will be harmed. Many of our customers are also customers of hyperscalers such as Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud Platform, MicrosoftAWS, GCP, Azure, or IBM Red Hat.If our solutions fail to interoperate effectively with the hyperscalers’ products, or if our partnership(s)partnerships with one or more of these hyperscalers isare not successful or isare terminated, our ability to sell additional products or offerings to these customers and our ability to grow our business will be harmed. Furthermore, our partners may cease marketing our offerings with limited or no notice and with little or no penalty, and new partners could require extensive training and may take several months or more to achieve productivity. The loss of a substantial number of our partners, our possible inability to replace them or our failure to recruit additional partners could harm our results of operations. Our partner structure could also subject us to lawsuits or reputational harm if, for example, a partner misrepresents the functionality of our offerings to customers or violates applicable laws or our corporate policies.
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We believe that ourthe Dynatrace® brand is integral to our future success and if we fail to cost-effectively promote or protectmaintain and enhance our brand, our business and competitive position may be harmed.
We believe that maintaining and enhancing ourthe Dynatrace® brand and increasing market awareness of our company and our solutions are critical to achieving broad market acceptance of our existing and future solutions and are important elements in attracting and retaining
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customers, partners, and employees, particularly as we continue to expand internationally and introduce new products.capabilities and enhancements. In addition, independent industry analysts, such as Gartner and Forrester, often provide reviews of our solutions, as well as those of our competitors, and perception of our solutions in the marketplace may be significantly influenced by these reviews. We have no control over what these or other industry analysts report, and because industry analysts may influence current and potential customers, our brand could be harmed if they do not provide a positive review of our solutions or view us as a market leader.
The successful promotion of ourthe Dynatrace® brand and the market’s awareness of our solutions and platform will depend largely upon our ability to continue to offer enterprise-grade software intelligenceobservability and security solutions, our ability to be thought leaders in application intelligence, our marketing efforts, and our ability to successfully differentiate our solutions from those of our competitors. We have invested, and expect to continue to invest, substantial resources to promote and maintain our brand and generate sales leads, both domesticallyin the United States and internationally, but there is no guarantee that our brand development strategies will enhance the recognition of our brand or lead to increased sales. If our efforts to promote and maintain our brand are not cost-effectivecost effective or successful, our operating results and our ability to attract and retain customers, partners and employees may be adversely affected. In addition, even if our brand recognition and customer loyalty increases,increase, this may not result in increased sales of our solutions or higher revenue.
Our sales cycles can be long, unpredictable and vary seasonally, which can cause significant variation in the number and size of transactions that close in a particular quarter.
Our results of operations may fluctuate, in part, because of the resource-intensive nature of our sales efforts, the length and variability of the sales cycle for our platform and the difficulty in making short-term adjustments to our operating expenses. Many of our customers are large accounts,enterprises, whose purchasing decisions, budget cycles and constraints, and evaluation processes are unpredictable and out of our control. During recessionary times, or when there is volatility or uncertainty in the global economy or in the economies of the countries in which we operate, our sales cycles may be elongated and our customer’scustomers’ purchasing decisions may be delayed or cancelled.The length of our sales cycle, from initial evaluation to payment for our subscriptions, can range from several months to over a year and can vary substantially from customer to customer. Our sales efforts involve significant investment of resources in field sales, partner development, marketing, and educating our customers about the use, technical capabilities, and benefits of our platform and services. Customers often undertake a prolonged evaluation process, which frequently involves not only our platform, but also those of other companies or the consideration of internally developed alternatives, including those using open-sourceopen source software. Some of our customers initially deploy our platform on a limited basis, with no guarantee that they will deploy our platform widely enough across their organization to justify our substantial pre-sales investment. As a result, it is difficult to predict exactly when, or even if, we will make a sale to a potential customer or if we can increase sales to our existing customers. Large individual sales have, in some cases, occurred in quarters subsequent to those we anticipated, or have not occurred at all. If our sales cycle lengthens or our substantial upfront investments do not result in sufficient revenue to justify our investments, our operating results could be adversely affected.

We have experienced seasonal and end-of-quarter concentration of our transactions and variations in the number and size of transactions that close in a particular quarter, which impacts our ability to grow revenue over the long term and plan and manage cash flows and other aspects of our business and cost structure. Our transactions vary by quarter, with the third fiscal quarter typically being our largest. In addition, within each quarter, a significant portion of our transactions occur in the last two weeks of that quarter. Large individual sales may also occur in quarters subsequent to those we anticipate, which may make it difficult to forecast our expected sales cycle. If expectations for our business turn out to be inaccurate, our revenue growth may be adversely affected over time and we may not be able to adjust our cost structure on a timely basis and our cash flows and results of operations may suffer.
Any failure to offer high-quality customer support and professional services may adversely affect our relationships with our customers and our financial results.
We typically bundle customer support with arrangements for our solutions and offer professional services for implementation and training. In deploying and using our platform and solutions, our customers may require the assistance of our services teams to resolve complex technical and operational issues. Increased customer demand for support, without corresponding revenue, could increase costs and adversely affect our operating results. We may also be unable to respond quickly enough to accommodate short-term increases in customer demand for support. If we fail to meet our service level commitments, which relate to uptime or response times, escalation procedures, and time to problem resolution, or if we suffer extended periods of unavailability for our solutions, we may be contractually obligated to provide these customers with service credits or penalties, refunds for prepaid amounts related to unused subscription services, or we could face contract terminations.terminations and be required to provide refunds of prepaid unused fees. Our sales are highly dependent on our reputation and on positive recommendations from our existing customers. Any failure to maintain high-quality customer support and professional services, or a market perception that we do not maintain high-quality product support or services, could adversely affect our reputation, and our ability to sell our solutions to existing and new customers.
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Our ability to succeed depends on the experience and expertise of our senior management team. If we are unable to attract, retain, and motivate our personnel,leadership team, our business, operating results, and prospects may be harmed.
Our ability to succeed depends in significant part on the experience and expertise of our senior management team. From time to time, there may be changes in our senior management team including ourresulting from the hiring or departure of executives. In the last two years, we hired a new Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, Chief People Officer, and Chief Revenue Officer, among other executive officers. leadership changes.

All members of our senior management team are employed on an at-will basis, which means that they are not contractually obligated to remain employed with us and could terminate their employment with us at any time.time (subject to any applicable notice periods). Accordingly, and in spite ofdespite our efforts to retain our senior management team, our Chief Executive Officer or any other member of our senior management teamthey could terminate his or hertheir employment with us at any time, which could disrupt our operations and negatively impact employee morale and our culture. After his or hertheir termination, such person could go to work for one of our competitors after the expiration of any applicable non-compete period, and the restrictions on non-competition may in any case be difficult to enforce depending on the circumstances. The loss of our Chief Executive Officer or other senior executive officers or one or more members of our senior management team, particularly if closely grouped, could disrupt our operations, negatively impact employee morale and our culture, and adversely affect our ability to formulate and execute our business plan and thus, our business, operating results, and prospects could be adversely affected. If we fail to develop effective succession plans for our senior management team, and to identify, recruit, onboard, train and integrate strategic hires, our business, operating results, and financial condition could be adversely affected.
We rely on highly skilled personnel and if we are unable to attract, retain, or motivate substantial numbers of qualified personnel or expand and train our sales force, we may not be able to grow effectively.
Our success largely depends on the talents and efforts of key technical, sales, and marketing employees and our future success depends on our continuing ability to efficiently and effectively identify, hire, on-board,onboard, train, develop, motivate, and retain highly skilled personnel for all areas of our organization. Competition in our industry is intense, and often leads to significant increased compensation and other personnel costs. In addition, competition for employees with experience in our industry can be intense, particularly in Europe, where our research and developmentR&D operations are concentrated and where other technology companies compete for management and engineering talent. Our continued ability to compete and grow effectively depends on our ability to attract substantial numbers of qualified new employees and to retain and motivate our existing employees.
We believe that our corporate culture has contributed to our success, and if we cannot successfully maintain our culture as we grow, we could lose the innovation, creativity, and teamwork fostered by our culture.
We believe that a critical component to our success has been oura focus on maintaining an entrepreneurial and innovative corporate culture. We believe our culture has contributed significantly to our abilities to innovate and develop new technologies, and to attract and retain employees. We have spent substantial time and resources in building our team while maintaining this corporate culture. We have experienced rapid growth inOver our last two fiscal years, our total employee headcount increased approximately 51% and we also expanded our international employee presence. The rapid influx of large numbers of people from different business backgrounds in different geographic locations, and the substantial increase in the proportionsignificant number of employees who work from home versus in our offices along with recent restrictions and requirementseither on our workplaces imposed by various governments and health authorities,a hybrid or remote basis may make it difficult for us to maintain our corporate culture of innovation.culture. If our culture is negatively affected, our ability to support our growth and innovation may diminish.
Our debt obligations containcredit facility contains restrictions that impact our business and expose us to risks that could adversely affect our liquidity and financial condition.
In December 2022, we entered into a senior secured revolving credit facility in the aggregate amount of $400.0 million. As of December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, we had approximately $15.5$387.9 million available under the credit facility with $12.1 million of undrawn letters of credit outstanding under the Credit Facility. Interest payments are due quarterly, or more frequently, based on the terms of the Credit Agreement. Interest accrual periods under the Credit Facility can be one, three or six month in duration.outstanding. The actual amounts of our debt servicing payments vary based on the amounts of indebtedness outstanding, the applicable interest accrual periods and the applicable interest rates and fee margins, which vary based on prescribed formulas. Our cash paid for interest was approximately $0.1 million for the one month ended December 31, 2022.
The Credit Facility,credit facility contains various customary covenants (including a financial covenant requiring compliance with a maximum leverage ratio) that are operative so long as our Credit Facilitycredit facility remains outstanding. The covenants, among other things, limit our and certain of our subsidiaries’ abilities to:
incur additional indebtedness or guarantee indebtedness of others;
create additional liens on our assets;
pay dividends and make other distributions on our capital stock, and redeem and repurchase our capital stock;
make investments, including acquisitions;
make capital expenditures;
enter into mergers or consolidations or sell assets;
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engage in sale and leaseback transactions; or
enter into transactions with affiliates.
Our Credit Facility also contains numerous affirmative covenants, as well as financial covenants requiring compliance with a maximum leverage ratio. Even if our Credit Facility is terminated, any other debt that we incur in the future could subject us to similar or additional covenants. For a more detailed description of our indebtedness, see Note 6 to our condensed consolidated financial statements.
If we experience a decline in cash flow due to any of the factors described in this “Risk Factors” section or otherwise, we may have difficulty paying the interest and principal amount of our then outstanding indebtedness and meeting the financial covenants set forth in our Credit Facility. If we are unable to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise to obtain the funds necessary to make required payments under our Credit Facility,credit facility, or if we fail to comply with the various covenants and other requirements of our set forth in the Credit Facility,credit facility, we could default under our Credit Facility.credit facility. Our Credit Facilitycredit facility also contains provisions that trigger repayment obligations or an event of default upon a change of control, as well as various representations and warranties which, if breached, could lead to an event of default. Any such default that is not cured or waived could result in an acceleration of indebtedness then outstanding under our Credit Facility,credit facility, an increase in the applicable interest rates under our Credit Facility,credit facility, and a requirement that our subsidiaries that have guaranteed our Credit Facilitycredit facility pay the obligations in full, and would permit the lenders to exercise remedies with respect to all of the collateral that is securing our Credit Facility,credit facility, including substantially all of our and the subsidiary guarantors’ assets. We cannot be certain that our future operating results will be sufficient to ensure compliance with the covenants in our Credit Facilitycredit facility or to remedy any defaults under our Credit Facility.
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credit facility. In addition, in the event of any default and related acceleration, we may not have or be able to obtain sufficient funds to make any accelerated payments. Any such default could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity, financial condition, and results of operations.
Our level of indebtedness could materially and adversely affect our financial condition.
We may have significant indebtedness that could result in a material and adverse effect on our business by:
increasing our vulnerability to general adverse economic and industry conditions, such as recent interest rate increases;
requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on our indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of our cash flow to fund working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, research and development efforts and other general corporate purposes;
limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate; and
exposing us to the risk of continued increases to interest rates as certain of our borrowings are, and may in the future be, at variable interest rates.
The occurrence of any one of these events could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and ability to satisfy our obligations under our Credit Facility.
We may need to refinance all or a portion of our future indebtedness, including our Credit Facility, at or before maturity. We may not be able to accomplish any of these alternatives on terms acceptable to us, or at all. In addition, our existing Credit Facility restricts us, and future credit facilities may restrict us, from adopting any of these alternatives. The failure to generate sufficient cash flow or to achieve any of these alternatives could materially adversely affect our ability to pay the amounts due under our Credit Facility.
Failure to maintain our credit ratings could adversely affect our liquidity, capital position, ability to hedge certain financial risks, borrowing costs and access to capital markets.
Our credit risk is evaluated by the major independent rating agencies, and such agencies have in the past and could in the future downgrade our ratings. We cannot assure you that we will be able to maintain our current credit ratings, and any additional actual or anticipated changes or downgrades in our credit ratings, including any announcement that our ratings are under further review for a downgrade, may have a negative impact on our liquidity, capital position, ability to hedge certain financial risks and access to capital markets. In addition, changes by any rating agency to our outlook or credit rating could increase the interest we pay on outstanding or future debt.
Risks Related to Information Technology, Intellectual Property, and Data Security and Privacy
Security breaches, computer malware, computer hacking attacks, and other security incidents could harm our business, reputation, brand, and operating results.
SecurityWe have in the past been, and may in the future be, the target and victim of cybersecurity attacks, including email phishing and other types of attacks. In general, security incidents have increased in sophistication and have become more prevalent across industries and may occur on our systems, or on the systems of third parties we use to host our solutions or SaaS solutions that we use in the operation of our business, or on those third party hosting platforms on
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which our customers’ host their systems. These security incidents may be caused by, or result in, but are not limited to, security breaches, computer malware or malicious software, ransomware, phishing attacks, computer hacking, denial of service attacks, security system control failures in our own systems or from vendors that we or our customers use, email phishing, software vulnerabilities, social engineering, sabotage, drive-bymalicious downloads, and the errors or malfeasance of our own or our customers’ employees. In particular, because we utilize a multi-tenant platform, any security breach could potentially affect a significant amount of our customers. The consequences of a security incident may be more severe if customers have chosen to configure our platform to collect and store confidential, personal, sensitive or proprietary information. Such security incidents, whether intentional or otherwise, may result from actions of employees, hackers, criminals, nation states, vendors, contractors, customers or other threat actors. We have experienced email phishing attacks that resulted in the compromise of a limited number of email accounts.vendors’ employees. Although we have taken significant measures to detect, effectively remediate, and prevent future phishing and other attacks and security threats, we cannot be certain that our efforts will be effective to prevent and remediate all attacks and security threats.
Cyber incidents have been increasing in sophistication and frequency and can include employees or third parties gaining access to employee or customer data using stolen or inferred credentials, computer malware, viruses, spamming, phishing attacks, ransomware, card skimming code, and other deliberate attacks and attempts to gain unauthorized access. As a result, unauthorized access to, security breaches of, or denial-of-service attacks against our platform could result in the unauthorized access to, or use of, and/or loss of, such data, as well as loss of intellectual property, customer data, employee data, trade secrets, or other confidential or proprietary information. In particular, because we utilize a multi-tenant platform, any security breach could potentially affect a significant amount of our customers.

The consequences of a security incident may be more severe if customers have chosen to configure our platform to collect and store confidential, personal, sensitive, or proprietary information. Our customers determine, through their configuration, the nature of the customer data processed by Dynatrace, and accordingly the content of the notices that they provide to data subjects as well as the consents that they obtain, if they do in fact, obtain consent. As such, our risks are also affected by how our customers obtain consent or provide transparency to the individuals whose data is provided by the customer to Dynatrace. If our customers fail to comply with applicable law or fail to provide adequate notice or to obtain consent, we could be exposed to a risk of loss, litigation or regulatory action, and possible liability, some or all of which may not be covered by insurance, and our ability to operate our business may be impaired.

We and certain of our service providers have experienced and may in the future experience disruptions, outages, and other performance problems on our internal systems due to service attacks, unauthorized access, or other security related incidents.incidents affecting personal information. Any security breach or loss of system control caused by hacking, which involves efforts to gain unauthorized access to information or systems, or to cause intentional malfunctions or loss, modification, or corruption of data, software, hardware or other computer equipment and the inadvertent transmission of computer malware could harm our business, operating results, and financial condition, and expose us to claims arising from loss or unauthorized disclosure of confidential or personal information or data and the related breach of our contracts with customers or others, or of privacy or data security laws. If an actual or perceived security incident occurs, the market perception of the effectiveness of our security controls could be harmed, our brand and reputation could be damaged, we could lose customers, and we could suffer financial exposure due to such events or in connection with remediation efforts, investigation costs, regulatory fines, including fines assessed under the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) or other privacy laws, private lawsuits and changed security control, system architecture, and system protection measures.
We may in the future experience disruptions, outages and other performance problems on the systems that we host for our customers due to service attacks, unauthorized access or other security related incidents. Any security breach or loss of system control caused by hacking, which involves efforts to gain unauthorized access to information or systems, or to cause intentional malfunctions or loss, modification or corruption of data, software, hardware or other computer equipment and the inadvertent transmission of computer malware could disrupt the services that we provide to our customers, harm our customers’ business, operating results and financial condition, and expose us to claims from our customers for the damages that result, which could include, without limitation, claims arising from loss or unauthorized access, acquisition or disclosure of confidential or personal information or data and the related breach of privacy or data security laws. If an actual or perceived security incident occurs, the market perception of the effectiveness of our security controls could be harmed, our brand and reputation could be damaged, we could lose customers, and we could suffer financial exposure due to such events or in connection with remediation efforts, investigation costs, regulatory fines including fines assessed under GDPR or other privacy laws, private lawsuits and changed security control, system architecture and system protection measures.
We have administrative, technical, and physical security measures in place, as well as policies and procedures in place to contractually require third parties to whom we transfer data to implement and maintain appropriate security measures. We also proactively employ multiple methods at different layers of our systems to defend against intrusion and attack and to protect our data. However, because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access or to compromise or sabotage systems change frequently and generally are not identified until they are launched against or even penetrate a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or to implement adequate preventative measures that will be sufficient to counter all current and emerging technology threats. We may therefore experience security breaches that may remain undetected for extended periods of time. Vendors’ or suppliers’ software or systems may be susceptible or vulnerable to breaches and attacks, which could compromise our systems. For example, in December 2020, it was widely reported that SolarWinds, an information technology company, was the subject of a cyberattack earlier in September 2019 where the SUNBURST malicious code was injected into builds of their Orion software platform that created security vulnerabilities to customers who use Orion. We used SolarWinds Orion software and upon learning of the incident, we took recommended actions to detect any unauthorized access as well as mitigate the compromised system. More recently, SolarWinds provided an update from its investigations regarding the deployment of the malicious tool into its build environment. While we do not believe at this time that the SolarWinds matter had a material impact on our systems or operations, should new or different information come to light establishing that the intrusion is broader than now known, it could have a broader impact on our systems and operations and we could incur
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significant costs in responding to such intrusion. This is likewise true in the event SolarWinds has an impact on our supply chain or vendors in ways that are not yet known.
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A vendor or other supply chain-related breach could spread to our own systems or affect our operations or financial systems in material ways that we cannot yet anticipate.

A majority of our employees have the ability to work either partially or fully remote. Certain security systems in homes or other remote workplaces may be less secure than those used in our offices, which may subject us to increased security risks, including cybersecurity-related events, and expose us to risks of data or financial loss and associated disruptions to our business operations. We may also be exposed to risks associated with the locations of remote workers, including exposure to compromised internetInternet infrastructure. If we are unable to effectively manage the cybersecurity and other risks of remote work, our business could be harmed or otherwise negatively impacted.

Because data security is a critical competitive factor in our industry, we make statements in our privacy policies, our online product documentation and in our marketing materials describing the security of our platform, including descriptions of certain security measures we employ or security features embedded within our products.offerings. In addition, our customer contracts include commitments related to security measures and data protection. Should any of these statements be untrue, become untrue, or be perceived to be untrue, even if through circumstances beyond our reasonable control, or if any of these security measures or features prove to be ineffective or are perceived to be ineffective, we may face claims, including claims of unfair or deceptive trade practices or breach of regulations including GDPR, brought by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, state, local, or foreign regulators (e.g., a European Union-based data protection authority) or private litigants.litigants, and breach of contract.
If any unauthorized access
While we believe that we maintain a sufficient amount of insurance to cover certain data security-related risks and incidents, our systems or data, security breach, or significant denial-of-service attack occurs or is believed to have occurred, our reputation and brand could be damaged, we could be required to expend significant capital and other resources to alleviate problems caused by such actual or perceived breaches or attacks and remediate our systems, and we could be exposed to a risk of loss, litigation or regulatory action and possible liability, some or all of whichinsurance coverage may not always cover all costs or losses. In addition, we cannot be covered bycertain that sufficient insurance and our abilitywill continue to operate our business may be impaired. We haveavailable to us on commercially acceptable terms in the past experienced,future. Any large, successful claim that exceeds our insurance coverage or any changes in insurance availability and may in the future experience, data security incidents affecting personal information, as well as denial-of-service attacks againstrequirements could have a material adverse impact on our platform.financial condition and reputation.

Interruptions or disruptions with the delivery of our SaaS solutions, or third-party cloud-based systems that we usedepend on in our operations, may adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Our business and continued growth depends on the ability of our customers to access our platform and solutions, particularly our cloud-based solutions, at any time and within an acceptable amount of time. In addition, our ability to access certain third-party SaaS solutions is important to our operations and the delivery of our customer support and professional services, as well as our sales operations.

We have experienced, and may in the future experience, service disruptions, outages, and other performance problems both in the delivery of our SaaS solutions, and in third-party SaaS solutions we use due to a variety of factors, including infrastructure changes, malicious actors including disgruntled employees, human or software errors, or capacity constraints. We have experienced disruptions, outages, or performance problems in the past causing some of our services to be unavailable for a limited period of time. While none of these occurrences have been material to our business, future events could be more impactful. We utilize a multi-tenant structure, meaning that generally, our customers are hosted on a shared platform. As such, any interruption in service could affect a significant number of our customers. In some instances, we or our third-party service providers may not be able to identify the cause or causes of these performance problems within an acceptable period of time. It may become increasingly difficult to maintain and improve the performance of our SaaS solutions as they become more complex. If our SaaS solutions are unavailable or degraded or if our customers are unable to access features of our SaaS solutions within a reasonable amount of time or at all, our business would be adversely affected. In addition, if any of the third-party SaaS solutions that we use were to experience a significant or prolonged outage or security breach, our business could be adversely affected.

We currently host our Dynatrace® solutions primarily using AWS, and we are expanding to include otheron cloud infrastructure hyperscaler providers, such as MicrosoftAWS, Azure and Google.GCP. Our Dynatrace® solutions reside on hardware operated by these providers. Our operations depend on protecting the virtual cloud infrastructure hosted in AWSby a hyperscaler by maintaining its configuration, architecture, features, and interconnection specifications, as well as the information stored in these virtual data centers and which third-party internetInternet service providers transmit. Although we have disaster recovery plans, including the use of multiple AWShyperscaler locations, any incident affecting AWS’a hyperscaler’s infrastructure that may be caused by fire, flood, severe storm, earthquake, or other natural disasters, actual or threatened public health emergencies, (e.g. COVID-19), cyber-attacks, terrorist or other attacks, and other similar events beyond our control could negatively affect our platform and our ability to deliver our solutions to our customers. A prolonged AWShyperscaler service disruption affecting our SaaS platform for any of the foregoing reasons would negatively impact our ability to serve our customers and could damage our reputation with current and potential customers, expose us to liability, cause us to lose customers, or otherwise harm our business. We may also incur significant costs for using alternative equipment or taking other actions in preparation for, or in reaction to, events that damage the AWShyperscaler services we use.
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Hyperscalers have the right to terminate our agreementagreements with them upon material uncured breach on 30 days’following prior written notice. In the event thatIf any of our AWShyperscaler service agreements are terminated, or there is a lapse of service, we would experience interruptions in access to our platform as well as significant delays and additional expense in arranging new facilities and services and/or re-architecting our solutions for deployment on a different cloud infrastructure, which would adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
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Because users are able to configure our platform to collect and store confidential, personal or proprietary information, security concerns could result in additional cost and liability to us or inhibit sales of our products.
Our risks are significantly affected by the data that customers elect to monitor and how they configure the tools available to them to mask personal data. Our customers determine the notices that they provide to data subjects as well as the consents that they obtain, if they do in fact, obtain consent. As such, our risks are also affected by how our customers obtain consent or provide transparency to the individuals whose data is collected. If our customers fail to comply with applicable law or fail to provide adequate notice or to obtain consent we could be exposed to a risk of loss, litigation or regulatory action and possible liability, some or all of which may not be covered by insurance, and our ability to operate our business may be impaired.
Real or perceived errors, failures, defects, or vulnerabilities in our solutions could adversely affect our financial results and growth prospects.
Our solutions and underlying platform are complex, and in the past, we or our customers have discovered software errors, failures, defects, and vulnerabilities in our solutions after they have been released, including after new versions or updates are released. Our solutions and our platform are oftenfrequently deployed and used in large-scale computing environments with different operating systems, system management software and equipment and networking configurations, which have in the past, and may in the future, cause errors in, or failures of, our solutions or other aspects of the computing environment into which they are deployed. In addition, deployment of our solutions into complicated, large-scale computing environments have in the past exposed, and may, in the future, expose undetected errors, failures, defects, or vulnerabilities in our solutions. Despite testing by us, errors, failures, defects, or vulnerabilities may not be found in our solutions until they are released to our customers or thereafter. Real or perceived errors, failures, defects, or vulnerabilities in our solutions (in particular, any failure of our application security offering to perform as warranted) could result in, among other things, negative publicity and damage to our reputation, lower renewal rates, loss of or delay in market acceptance of our solutions, loss of competitive position, or claims by customers for losses sustained by them or expose us to breach of contract claims, regulatory fines, and related liabilities. If vulnerabilities in our solutions are exploited by third parties,adversaries, our customers could experience damages or losses for which our customers seek to hold us accountable. In the case of real or perceived errors, failures, defects, or vulnerabilities in our solutions giving rise to claims by customers, we may be required, or may choose, for regulatory, contractual, customer relations, or other reasons, to expend additional resources in order to help correct the problem.
Assertions by third parties of infringement or other violations by us of their intellectual property rights, or other lawsuits brought against us, could result in significant costs and substantially harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Patent and other intellectual property disputes are common in the markets in which we compete. Some companies in the markets in which we compete, including some of our competitors, own large numbers of patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, which they may use to assert claims of infringement, misappropriation, or other violations of intellectual property rights against us, our partners, our technology partners, or our customers. As the number of patents and competitors in our market increase, allegations of infringement, misappropriation, and other violations of intellectual property rights may also increase. Our broad solution portfolio and the competition in our markets further exacerbate the risk of additional third-party intellectual property claims against us in the future. Any allegation of infringement, misappropriation, or other violation of intellectual property rights by a third party, even those without merit, could cause us to incur substantial costs and resources defending against the claim, could distract our management from our business, and could cause uncertainty among our customers or prospective customers, all of which could have an adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial condition. We cannot assure you that we are not infringing or otherwise violating any third-party intellectual property rights.

Furthermore, companies that bring allegations against us may have the capability to dedicate substantially greater resources to enforce their intellectual property rights and to defend against similar allegations that may be brought against them than we do. We have received, and may in the future receive, notices alleging that we have misappropriated, misused, or infringed other parties’ intellectual property rights, including allegations made by our competitors, and, to the extent we gain greater market visibility, we face a higher risk of being the subject of intellectual property infringement assertions. There also is a market for acquiring third-party intellectual property rights and a competitor, or other entity, could acquire third-party intellectual property rights and pursue similar assertions based on the acquired intellectual property. They may also make such assertions against our customers or partners.

An adverse outcome of a dispute may require us to take several adverse steps such as:as pay substantial damages, including potentially treble damages, if we are found to have willfully infringed a third party’s patents or copyrights; cease making, using, selling, licensing, importing, or otherwise commercializing solutions that are alleged to infringe or misappropriate the intellectual property of others; expend additional development resources to attempt to redesign our solutions or otherwise to develop non-infringing technology, which may not be successful; enter into potentially unfavorable royalty or license agreements in order to obtain the right to use necessary technologies or intellectual property rights or have royalty obligations imposed by a court; or indemnify our customers, partners, and other third parties. Any damages or royalty obligations we may become subject to, or any prohibition against our commercializing our solutions as a result of an adverse outcome, could harm our business and operating results.
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Additionally, our agreements with customers and partners include indemnification provisions, under which we agree to indemnify them for losses suffered or incurred as a result of allegations of intellectual property infringement and, in some cases, for damages caused by us to property or persons or other third-party allegations. Furthermore, we have agreed in certain instances to defend our
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partners against third-party claims asserting infringement of certain intellectual property rights, which may include patents, copyrights, trademarks, or trade secrets, and to pay judgments entered on such assertions. Large indemnity payments could harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Failure to protect and enforce our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights could substantially harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
The success of our business depends on our ability to protect and enforce our proprietary rights, including our patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and other intellectual property rights, throughout the world. We attempt to protect our intellectual property under patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret laws, and through a combination of confidentiality procedures, contractual provisions, internal policies and other methods, all of which offer only limited protection. However, the steps we take to protect our intellectual property may be inadequate. We will not be able to protect our intellectual property if we are unable to enforce our rights or if we do not detect unauthorized use of our intellectual property. Despite our precautions, it may be possible for unauthorized third parties to copy our technology and use information that we regard as proprietary to create products, offerings and services that compete with ours. In the past, we have been made aware of public postings of portions of our source code. It is possible that released source code could reveal some of our trade secrets and impact our competitive advantage. Some license provisions protecting against unauthorized use, copying, transfer, reverse engineering, and disclosure of our technology may be unenforceable under the laws of certain jurisdictions and foreign countries. Further, the laws of some countries do not protect proprietary rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States, and in some countries, there may not be sufficient legal processes available to us, in a timely fashion or at all, to enable us to effectively protect our intellectual property. In expanding our international activities, our exposure to unauthorized copying and use of our technology and proprietary information may increase. In addition, the use of other companies’ generative AI tools by our employees or contractors in a manner that violates our internal policies may compromise some of our proprietary or intellectual property rights.
As of December 31, 2022, we had 108 issued patents, 79 of which are in the United States, and 42 pending applications, of which 24 are in the United States. Our issued patents expire at various dates through July 2041. The process of obtaining patent protection is expensive and time-consuming, and we may not be able to prosecute all necessary or desirable patent applications at a reasonable cost or in a timely manner. We may choose not to seek patent protection for certain innovations and may choose not to pursue patent protection in certain jurisdictions. Furthermore, it is possible that our patent applications may not result in issued patents, that the scope of the claims in our issued patents will be insufficient or not have the coverage originally sought, that our issued patents will not provide us with any competitive advantages, and that our issued patents and other intellectual property rights may be challenged by others or invalidated through administrative process or litigation. In addition, issuance of a patent does not guarantee that we have an absolute right to practice our patented technology, or that we have the right to exclude others from practicing our patented technology. As a result, we may not be able to obtain adequate patent protection or to enforce our issued patents effectively.
In addition to patented technology, we rely on our unpatented proprietary technology and trade secrets. Despite our efforts to protect our proprietary technology and trade secrets, unauthorized parties may attempt to misappropriate, reverse engineer, or otherwise obtain and use them. The contractual provisions that we enter into with employees, consultants, partners, vendors, and customers may not prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of our proprietary technology or trade secrets and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure of our proprietary technology or trade secrets.
Moreover, policing unauthorized use of our technologies, solutions and intellectual property is difficult, expensive, and time-consuming, particularly in foreign countries where the laws may not be as protective of intellectual property rights as those in the United States and where mechanisms for enforcement of intellectual property rights may be weak. We may be unable to determine the extent of any unauthorized use or infringement of our solutions, technologies, or intellectual property rights.
From time to time, legal action by us may be necessary to enforce our patents and other intellectual property rights, to protect our trade secrets, to determine the validity and scope of the intellectual property rights of others, or to defend against allegations of infringement or invalidity. Such litigation could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition, and cash flows. If we are unable to protect our intellectual property rights, our business, operating results and financial condition will be harmed.
Our use of open source technology could impose limitations on our ability to commercialize our solutions and platform and application intelligence software platform.
We use open source software in our solutions and platform and expect to continue to use open source software in the future. Although we monitor our use of open source software to avoid subjecting our solutions and platform to conditions we do not intend, we may face allegations from others alleging ownership of, or seeking to enforce the terms of, an open source license, including by demanding release of the open source software, derivative works, or our proprietary source code that was developed using such software. These allegations could also result in litigation. The terms of many open source licenses have not been interpreted by U.S. courts. As a result,
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there is a risk that these licenses could be construed in a way that could impose unanticipated conditions or restrictions on our ability to commercialize our solutions. In such an event, we could be required to seek licenses from third parties to continue offering our solutions, to make our proprietary code generally available in source code form, to re-engineer our solutions, or to discontinue the sale
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of our solutions if re-engineering could not be accomplished on a timely basis, any of which could adversely affect our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Our participation in open source initiatives may limit our ability to enforce our intellectual property rights in certain circumstances.
As part of our strategy to broaden our target markets and accelerate adoption of our products,offerings, we contribute software program code to certain open source projects managed by organizations such as Microsoft, Google, and Cloud Native Computing Foundation. We also undertake our own open source initiatives to promote “open innovation” and “enterprise openness,” meaning that we make technologies available under open source licenses with the goal of exchanging insights and experience with other experts in the community, broadening the adoption of our platform by our customers, and providing our partners with the ability to leverage their own technologies through the Dynatrace® platform. In some cases, we accept contributions of code from the community, our customers, and partners.

When we contribute to a third-party managed open source project, the copyrights, patent rights, and other proprietary rights in and to the technologies, including software program code owned by us that we contribute to these projects, are often licensed to the project managers and to all other contributing parties without material restriction on further use or distribution. If and to the extent that any of the technologies that we contribute, either alone or in combination with the technologies that may be contributed by others, practice any inventions that are claimed under our patents or patent applications, then we may be unable to enforce those claims or prevent others from practicing those inventions, regardless of whether such other persons also contributed to the open source project (even if we were to conclude that their use infringes our patents with competing offerings), unless any such third party asserts its patent rights against us. This limitation on our ability to assert our patent rights against others could harm our business and ability to compete. In addition, if we were to attempt to enforce our patent rights, we could suffer reputational injury among our customers and the open source community.

Any actual or perceived failure by us to comply with stringent and evolving privacy laws or regulatory requirements in one or multiple jurisdictions, privacy, and information security policies and/or contractual obligations could result in proceedings, actions, or penalties against us.
We are subject to U.S. federal, state, and international laws, regulations, and standards relating to the collection, use, disclosure, retention, security, transfer, and other processing of personal data. The legal and regulatory frameworkframeworks for privacy, data protection and security issues worldwide isare rapidly evolving and as a result, implementation standards, potential fines, enforcement practices, and litigation risks are likely to remain uncertain for the foreseeable future. In addition, our contracts with customers include specific obligations regarding the protection of confidentiality and the permitted uses of personally identifiable and other proprietary information.
Internationally, virtually every jurisdiction in which we operate has established its own privacy, data protection and/or data security legal framework with which we or our customers must comply, including but not limited to the European Union.
In the EU, data protection laws are stringent andUnited States, state legislatures continue to evolve, resulting in possible significant operational costs for internal compliancepropose and risk to our business. The EU has adopted the GDPR, which became effective and enforceable across all then-current member states of the EU on May 25, 2018 and contains numerous requirements and changes from prior EU law,pass comprehensive privacy legislation, including more robust obligations on data processors and heavier documentation requirements for data protection compliance programs by companies. Specifically, the GDPR introduced numerous privacy-related changes for companies operating in the EU, including heightened notice and consent requirements, greater rights of data subjects (e.g., the “right to be forgotten”), increased data portability for EU consumers, additional data breach notification andlaws, personal data security requirements, requirements for engaging third-party processors, and increased fines for noncompliance. In particular, under the GDPR, fines of up to 20 million euros or up to 4% of the annual global revenue of the noncompliant company, whichever is greater, could be imposed for violations of certain of the GDPR’s requirements, such as failure to accurately maintain required documentation as a data processor or controller under Article 30 and other provisions of the GDPR. The GDPR also confers a private right of action on data subjectsprivacy laws, and consumer associations to lodge complaints with supervisory authorities, seek judicial remedies and obtain compensation for damages. The GDPR applies to any company established in the EU as well as any company outside the EU that processes personal data in connection with the offering of goods or services to individuals in the EU or that engages in the monitoring of their behavior. Moreover, the GDPR requirements apply not only to third-party transactions, but also to transfers of information between us and our subsidiaries, including employee information.
In addition, further to the UK’s exit from the EU on January 31, 2020, the GDPR ceased to apply in the UK at the end of the transition period on December 31, 2020. However, as of January 1, 2021, the UK’s European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 incorporated the GDPR (as it existed on December 31, 2020 but subject to certain UK specific amendments) into UK law, referred to as the UK GDPR. The UK GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act 2018 set out the UK’s data protection regime, which is independent from but aligned
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to the EU’s data protection regime. Non-compliance with the UK GDPR may result in monetary penalties of up to £17.5 million or 4% of worldwide revenue, whichever is higher.
In addition to the GDPR, the EU also is considering the Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (“ePrivacy Regulation”) which would replace the current ePrivacy Directive. Originally planned to be adopted and implemented at the same time as the GDPR, the ePrivacy Regulation has been delayed but could be enacted sometime in the relatively near future. While the proposed regulation contains protections for those using communications services (forlaws. For example, protections against online tracking technologies), the potential timing of its enactment significantly later than the GDPR means that additional time and effort may need to be spent addressing differences between the ePrivacy Regulation and the GDPR. New rules related to the ePrivacy Regulation are likely to include enhanced consent requirements in order to use communications content and communications metadata, as well as obligations and restrictions on the processing of data from an end-user’s terminal equipment, which may negatively impact our product offerings and our relationships with our customers.
Preparing for and complying with the evolving application of the GDPR and the ePrivacy Regulation (if and when it becomes effective) has required and will continue to require us to incur substantial operational costs and may require us to change our business practices. Despite our efforts to bring practices into compliance with the GDPR and before the effective date of the ePrivacy Regulation, we may not be successful either due to internal or external factors such as resource allocation limitations. Non-compliance could result in proceedings, fines or penalties against us by governmental entities, customers, data subjects, consumer associations or others. Even without the new ePrivacy Regulation in force, EU regulators have, in recent months, demonstrated increased scrutiny of companies’ compliance with cookie consent requirements, with the French Commission Nationale de l'informatique et des Libertés, recently fining Google and Facebook up to a combined 210 million euros for cookie violations under the ePrivacy Directive. Regulatory enforcement activity appears likely to increase in the future, especially following enactment of the ePrivacy Regulation.
Additionally, the GDPR and the UK GDPR impose strict rules on the transfer of personal data outside of the EU/UK to countries that do not ensure an adequate level of protection, like the United States (so-called “third countries”). Recent Guidance from the Court of Justice of the European Union has stated that, although cross-border data transfers may be legitimized through use of the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission or binding corporate rules, transfers made pursuant to these and other alternative transfer mechanisms need to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis to ensure EU standards of data protection are met in the jurisdiction where the data importer is based. There continue to be concerns about whether these transfer mechanisms will face additional challenges, and European regulators have issued recent guidance that imposes significant new diligence requirements on transferring data outside the EU, including under an approved transfer mechanism. This guidance requires an “essential equivalency” assessment of the laws of the destination country. If essentially equivalent protections are not available in the destination country, the exporting entity must then assess if supplemental measures can be put in place that, in combination with the chosen transfer mechanism, would address the deficiency in the laws and ensure that essentially equivalent protection can be given to the data. While we have taken steps to mitigate the impact on us with respect to transfers of data, such as implementing standard contractual clauses with our customers, subsidiaries and subprocessors, the validity of these transfer mechanisms remains uncertain. Complying with this guidance as it exists today and evolves will be expensive and time consuming and may ultimately prevent us from transferring personal data outside the EU, which would cause significant business disruption for ourselves and our customers and potentially require the changes in the way our products are configured, hosted and supported.
Additionally, on June 4, 2021, the EC issued new forms of standard contractual clauses for data transfers from controllers or processors in the EU/EEA (or otherwise subject to the GDPR) to controllers or processors established outside the EU/EEA (and not subject to the GDPR). The new standard contractual clauses replace the standard contractual clauses that were adopted previously under the EU Data Protection Directive. The UK is not subject to the EC’s new standard contractual clauses but has adopted a UK-specific transfer mechanism, which enables transfers from the UK. We are required to implement these new safeguards when conducting restricted data transfers under the EU and UK GDPR and doing so may require significant effort and cost.
Most recently on March 25, 2022, EU Commission and the U.S. White House announced that an agreement on Privacy Shield 2.0 has been reached. However, it is too soon to tell how the future of Privacy Shield 2.0 will evolve and what impact it will have on our cross-border activities.
In the United States, California enacted the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”), on June 28, 2018, which was amended by a ballot initiative, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) in November 2020. The newly amended version of the CCPA became effective on January 1, 2020. The2023. Among other things, the CCPA gives California residents rights to access and delete their personal information, opt out of certain personal information sharing, and receive detailed information about how their personal information is used. The CCPA provides for civil penalties for violations, as well as a private right of action for data breaches that is expected to increase data breach litigation. TheIt is not yet fully clear how the amended CCPA may increase our compliance costs and potential liability.
Additionally, a new California ballot initiative, the California Privacy Rights Act (“CPRA”) was passed in November 2020. Effective starting on January 1, 2023, the CPRA imposes additional obligations on companies covered by the legislation and will significantly modify the CCPA, including by expanding consumers’ rights with respect to certain sensitive personal information. The CPRA also creates a new state agency that will be vested with authority to implement and enforce the CCPA and the CPRA.interpreted. The effects of the
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amended CCPA and the CPRA are potentially significant and may require us to modify our data collection or processing practices and policies and to incur substantial costs and expenses in an effort to comply and increase our potential exposure to regulatory enforcement and/or litigation.
Certain other state laws impose similar privacy obligations and we also anticipate that more states will increasingly enact legislation similar to the CCPA. The CCPA has prompted a number of proposals for new federal and state-level privacy legislation, and in some states, efforts to pass comprehensive privacy laws have been successful. For example, on March 2, 2021, Virginia enacted the Consumer Data Protection Act (or “CDPA”). The CDPA will become effective January 1, 2023. The CDPA will regulate how businesses (which the CDPA refers to as “controllers”) collect and share personal information. While the CDPA incorporates many similar concepts of the CCPA and CPRA, there are also several key differences in the scope, application, and enforcement of the law that will change the operational practices of controllers. The new law will impact how controllers collect and process personal sensitive data, conduct data protection assessments, transfer personal data to affiliates, and respond to consumer rights requests.
Also, on July 8, 2021, Colorado’s governor signed the Colorado Privacy Act, or CPA, into law. The CPA is similar to Virginia’s CDPA but also contains additional requirements. The new measure applies to companies conducting businesses in Colorado or who produce or deliver commercial products or services intentionally targeted to residents of the state that either: (1) control or process the personal data of at least 100,000 consumers during a calendar year; or (2) derive revenue or receive a discount on the price of goods and services from the sale of personal data and process or control the personal data of at least 25,000 consumers. Moreover, in March 2022, Utah’s governor signed the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (“UCPA”) into law and in May 2022, Connecticut Governor Lamont signed the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”) into law. The UCPA and CTDPA draw heavily upon their predecessors in Virginia and Colorado.
With the CTDPA, Connecticut became the fifth state to enact a comprehensive privacy law. A number of additional other states have proposed bills for comprehensive consumer privacy laws and it is quite possible that certain of these bills will pass. The existence of comprehensive privacy laws in different states in the country, if enacted, will add additional complexity, variation in requirements, restrictions, and potential legal risk, require additional investment of resources in compliance programs, impact strategies and the availability of previously useful data, and has resulted in and will result in increased compliance costs and/or changes in business practices and policies.
AtOutside of the federal level, there is aUnited States, virtually every jurisdiction in which we operate has established its own privacy, data protection and/or data security legal framework with which we or our customers must comply, including, but not limited to, the European Union (“EU”).
In the EU, data protection laws are stringent and continue to evolve, resulting in possible significant operational costs for internal compliance and potentially transformative bipartisan bill being debated. If passed, this proposed legislation,risk to our business. The EU has adopted the American Data PrivacyGDPR, which imposes robust obligations upon covered companies, including heightened notice and Protection Act, would helpconsent requirements, greater rights of data subjects (e.g., the “right to streamline certain of our privacy obligations, but would also introduce new stringent privacybe forgotten”), increased data portability for EU consumers, additional data breach notification and data security obligations that wouldrequirements, requirements for engaging third-party processors, and increased fines for non-compliance. Serious breaches of the GDPR (and similar data protection regulations in the United Kingdom)
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may result in monetary penalties of up to 4% of worldwide annual revenue and fines up to 2% of annual worldwide revenue can be imposed for other violations. In addition to the GDPR, other European legislative proposals and current laws and regulations apply to personalcookies and similar tracking technologies, electronic communications, and marketing, with an increased focus on online behavioral advertising. The EU also is considering the Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (“ePrivacy Regulation”) which would replace an existing ePrivacy Directive. The ePrivacy Regulation is focused on privacy regarding electronic communications services and data collected from throughoutprocessed by electronic communications services. The ePrivacy Regulation may require us to further modify some of our data practices and compliance could result in additional costs for our company. In addition, the United States.proposed EU Digital Services Act (“DSA”) and Digital Markets Act (“DMA”) will add further complexity and increased consumer protection and technology regulation.
The existence of comprehensive privacy laws in different states in the country would make our compliance obligations more complex and costly and may increase the likelihood that we may be subject to enforcement actions or otherwise incur liability for noncompliance.
Many jurisdictions outside of Europe where we do business directly or through master resellers today and may seek to expand our business in the future, are also considering and/or have enacted comprehensive data protection and/or cybersecurity legislation. These include Australia, Brazil, China, Japan, Mexico, and Singapore.
We are subject to various data transfer rules related to our ability to transfer data from one country to another. This may limit our ability to transfer certain data or require us to guarantee a certain level of protection when transferring data from one country to another.
We are also continuesubject to see jurisdictions imposing data localization laws in certain countries that may, for example, require personal information of citizens to be collected, stored, and modified only within that country. These and similar regulations may interfere with our intended business activities, inhibit our ability to expand into those markets, require modifications to our productsofferings or services, or prohibit us from continuing to offer services in those markets without significant additional costs.
Current or future laws, regulations, and ethical considerations related to the use of AI technology and machine learning may impact our ability to provide insights from data and use certain data to develop our offerings. Increased focus on online tracking of behavioral advertising may also result in increased regulation on our operations. These factors may also impose burdensome and costly requirements on our ability to utilize data in innovative ways.
The regulatory framework both in the United States and internationally governing the collection, processing, storage, use and sharing of certain information, particularly financial and other personal information, is rapidly evolving and is likely to continue to be subject to uncertainty and varying interpretations. It is possible that these laws may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with laws in other jurisdictions or which our existing data management practices or the features of our services and platform capabilities. We therefore cannot yet fully determine the impact these or future laws, rules, regulations, and industry standards may have on our business or operations.

In addition to the laws and regulations to which we are subject regarding the collection, processing, storage, use, and sharing of certain information, our contracts with customers include specific obligations regarding the protection of confidentiality and the permitted uses of personally identifiable and other proprietary information. We also publicly post documentation regarding our practices concerning the collection, processing, use, and disclosure of data. Although we endeavor to comply with our published policies and documentation and the various laws and regulations that we are subject to, we may at times fail to do so or be alleged to have failed to do so. Any failure or perceived failure by us, or any third parties with which we do business, to comply with our posted privacy policies and product documentation or privacy laws or regulations, changing consumer expectations, evolving laws, rules and regulations, industry standards, or contractual obligations to which we or such third parties are or may become subject, may result in actions or other claims against us by governmental entities or private actors, the expenditure of substantial costs, time and other resources or the imposition of significant fines, penalties or other liabilities.liabilities, which could, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, any such action, particularly to the extent we were found to be guilty of violations or otherwise liable for damages, would damage our reputation and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Additionally, our customers may be subject to differing privacy laws, rules, and legislation, which may mean that they require us to be bound by varying contractual requirements applicable to certain other jurisdictions. Adherence to such contractual requirements may impact our collection, use, processing, storage, sharing, and disclosure of various types of information, including financial information
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and other personal information, and may mean we become bound by, or voluntarily comply with, self-regulatory or other industry standards relating to these matters that may further change as laws, rules, and regulations evolve. Complying with these requirements and changing our policies and practices may be onerous and costly, and we may not be able to respond quickly or effectively to regulatory, legislative, and other developments. These changes may in turn impair our ability to offer our existing or planned features, products, and services and/or increase our cost of doing business. As we expand our customer base, these requirements may vary from customer to customer, further increasing the cost of compliance and doing business.
We publicly post documentation regarding our practices concerning the collection, processing, use and disclosure of data. Although we endeavor to comply with our published policies and documentation, we may at times fail to do so or be alleged to have failed to do so. Any failure or perceived failure by us to comply with our privacy policies or any applicable privacy, security or data protection, information security or consumer-protection related laws, regulations, orders or industry standards could expose us to costly litigation, significant awards, fines or judgments, civil and/or criminal penalties or negative publicity, and could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The publication of our privacy policy and other documentation that provide promises and assurances about privacy and security can subject us to potential state and federal action if they are found to be deceptive, unfair, or misrepresentative of our actual practices, which could, individually or in the aggregate, materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.
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Risks Related to Legal, Regulatory, Accounting, and Tax Matters
ChangesTax matters, including changes in U.S. tax lawlaws, rules, regulations, and treaties, could impact our effective tax rate and our results of operations.
We operate in over 30 countries around the world and, as a multinational corporation, we are subject to income and non-income-based taxes, including payroll, sales, use, value-added, net worth, property, and goods and services taxes, in both the United States and various non-U.S. jurisdictions.
Our effective tax rate has fluctuated in the past and is likely to fluctuate in the future. Our effective tax rate is affected by the allocation of revenues and expenses to different jurisdictions and the timing of recognizing revenues and expenses. In addition, in the ordinary course of our global business, there are many intercompany transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain.
The amount of taxes that we pay is subject to our interpretation of applicable tax laws in the jurisdictions in which we file and changes to tax laws. Significant judgment is required in determining our worldwide provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities, and in determining the realizability of tax attributes such as foreign tax credits and other domestic deferred tax assets. From time to time, we are subject to regular tax audits, examinations, and reviews in the ordinary course of business. While we believe that our tax estimates are reasonable and we have complied with all applicable income tax laws, there can be no assurance that a governing tax authority will not have a different interpretation and require us to pay additional taxes. If any amounts that we ultimately pay to a tax authority differ materially from amounts that we previously recorded, it could negatively affect our financial results and operations for the period at issue and on an ongoing basis.

We do not collect sales and use, value added, and similar taxes in all jurisdictions in which we have sales, based on our belief that such taxes are not applicable in certain of those jurisdictions. Sales and use, value added, and similar tax laws and rates vary greatly by jurisdiction. Certain jurisdictions in which we do not collect such taxes may assert that such taxes are applicable, which could result in tax assessments, penalties, and interest, and we may be required to collect such taxes in the future. Such tax assessments, penalties, and interest or future requirements may adversely affect our business and financial condition.results of operations.
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Tax laws, rules, and regulations dealing with U.S. federal, state, and local income taxation are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Treasury Department.tax authorities. Changes to tax laws (which changes may have retroactive application) could adversely affect us or holders of our common stock. For example, changes in tax laws, rules, regulations, treaties, rates, changing interpretation of existing laws or regulations, the impact of accounting for share-based compensation, the impact of accounting for business combinations, changes in our international organization, and changes in overall levels of income before tax, can impact our tax liability. In recent years, many changes have been made to applicable tax laws and changes are likely to continue to occur in the future.
For example, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was enacted in 2017 and made significant changes to corporate taxation, including the reduction of the corporate tax rate from a top marginal rate of 35% to a flat rate of 21%, the limitation of the tax deduction for net interest expense to 30% of adjusted taxable income (except for certain small businesses), the limitation of the deduction for net operating losses from taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 to 80% of current year taxable income and the elimination of net operating loss carrybacks generated in taxable years ending after December 31, 2017 (though any such net operating losses may be carried forward indefinitely), the requirement to capitalize and amortize research and development expenditures for fiscal years beginning after December 31, 2021, and the modification or repeal of many business deductions and credits, in each case, as modified by the CARES Act (as defined below). In addition, on March 27, 2020, former President Trump signed into law the “Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act” (the “CARES Act”), which included certain changes in tax law intended to stimulate the U.S. economy in light of the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, including temporary beneficial changes to the treatment of net operating losses, interest deductibility limitations and payroll tax matters. Under the CARES Act, the limitation of the tax deduction for net operating losses to 80% of taxable income applies only to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020 and net operating losses generated in 2018, 2019 and 2020 may be carried back five taxable years. Further, under the CARES Act, the limitation of the tax deduction for net interest expense to 30% of adjusted taxable income is increased to 50% of adjusted taxable income for 2019 and 2020.
It cannot be predicted whether, when, in what form, or with what effective dates, new tax laws may be enacted, or regulations and rulings may be enacted, promulgated, or issued under existing or new tax laws, which could result in an increase in our or our shareholders’ tax liability or require changes in the manner in which we operate in order to minimize or mitigate any adverse effects of changes in tax law or in the interpretation thereof.
The spin-offspin-offs of Compuware and the spin-off of SIGOS in 2019 were taxable transactions for us, and we are subject to tax liabilities in connection with such transactions.
In 2019, as part of a corporate reorganization, Compuware and SIGOS were spun out of our corporate structure. Neither the spin-off of Compuware (the “Compuware Spin-Off”) nor the spin-off of SIGOS (the “SIGOS Spin-Off”) qualified as a tax-free spin-off under Section 355 or other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (“the Code”).Code. Corporate-level U.S. federal, state, and local taxes were paid by us in connection with the Compuware Spin-Offspin-off and in connection therewith, Compuware distributed to us $265.0 million pursuant to a Master Structuring Agreement.structuring agreement. These taxes were generally based upon the gain computed as the difference between the fair market value of the Compuware assets distributed and the adjusted tax basis in such assets. The actual amount of our tax liability relating to the Compuware Spin-Offspin-off included on the filed tax returns was $231.8 million. We did not have sufficient losses available to fully offset the gain we realized as a result of the Compuware Spin-Off.spin-off. We do not believe we incurred any material tax liabilities in connection with the SIGOS Spin-Offspin-off because the estimated fair market value of the SIGOS assets was materially similar to the adjusted tax basis in such assets.
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If the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authorities were to successfully challenge in an audit or other tax dispute the amount of taxes owed in connection with either the Compuware Spin-Off or the SIGOS Spin-Off,spin-off, we could be liable for additional taxes, including interest and penalties. We would be responsible for any such additional amounts, and for the costs of responding to such challenge, which would not be reimbursed to us by Compuware. While we have obtained an insurance policy that provides coverage if the Internal Revenue Service or other taxing authorities assert that additional taxes are owed in connection with the Compuware Spin-Off,spin-off, such policy is subject to certain limitations and exclusions, and we cannot offer any assurances that such policy will fully cover any additional taxes owed by us. We did not obtain a tax insurance policy relating to the SIGOS Spin-Off.spin-off. Any tax liabilities determined to be owed by us relating to the Compuware Spin-Off or the SIGOS Spin-Offeither spin-off following an audit or other tax dispute may adversely affect our results of operations.
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Federal and state fraudulent transfer laws may permit a court to void Compuware’s distribution to us to partially satisfy the estimated tax liability incurred by us from the Compuware Spin-Off.spin-off.
On July 31, 2019,As mentioned in the risk factor immediately above, Compuware distributed $265.0 million to us in 2019 to partially or wholly satisfy the estimated tax liability incurred by us in connection with the Compuware Spin-Off. Suchspin-off. This distribution might be subject to challenge under federal and state fraudulent conveyance laws even if the distribution was completed. Under applicable laws, the distribution could be voided as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance if, among other things, the transferor received less than reasonably equivalent value or fair consideration in return for, and was insolvent or rendered insolvent by reason of, the transfer.

We cannot be certain as to the standards that a court would use to determine whether or not Compuware was insolvent at the relevant time. In general, however, a court would look at various facts and circumstances related to the entity in question, including evaluation of whether or not (i) the sum of its debts, including contingent and unliquidated liabilities, was greater than the fair market value of all of its assets; (ii) the present fair market value of its assets was less than the amount that would be required to pay its probable liability on its existing debts, including contingent liabilities, as they become absolute and mature; or (iii) it could pay its debts as they become due.

If a court were to find that the distribution was a fraudulent transfer or conveyance, the court could void the distribution. In addition, the distribution could also be voided if a court were to find that it is not a legal distribution or dividend under applicable corporate law. The resulting complications, costs, and expenses of either finding could materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.
We are subject to a number of risks associated with global sales and operations.
Revenue from customers located outside of the United States represented 44% and 49%45% for the ninethree months ended December 31,June 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively. As a result, our global sales and operations are subject to a number of risks and additional costs, including the following:
increased expenses associated with international sales and operations, including establishing and maintaining office space and equipment for our international operations;
fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and other currencies in the markets where we do business, including the recently strengthened dollar;and other controls, regulations, and orders that might restrict our ability to repatriate cash;
volatility, uncertainties, and recessionary pressures in the global economy or in the economies of the countries in which we operate;
difficulties in penetrating new markets due to existing competition or local lack of recognition of the Dynatrace® brand;
risks associated with trade restrictions and additional legal requirements, including the exportation of our technology or source code that is required in many of the countries in which we operate;
greater risk of unexpected changes in regulatory rules, regulations and practices, tariffs and tax laws and treaties;
compliance with United States and foreign import and export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations administered by the United StatesU.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security and the executive orders and laws implemented by the United StatesU.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Asset Controls;
compliance with anti-bribery laws, including the United StatesU.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”) and the U.K. Anti-Bribery Act;
compliance with privacy, data protectionAct, and data security laws of many countries, including the EU’s GDPR, which became effective in May 2018, and the CCPA, which became effective on January 1, 2020;
a heightened risk of unfair or corrupt business practices in certain geographies, and of improper or fraudulent sales arrangements that may impact financial results and result in restatements of, or irregularities in, financial statements;
compliance with privacy, data protection, and data security laws of many countries and jurisdictions, including the EU’s GDPR and the CCPA;
limited or uncertain protection of intellectual property rights in some countries and the risks and costs associated with monitoring and enforcing intellectual property rights abroad;
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greater difficulty in enforcing contracts and managing collections in certain jurisdictions, as well as longer collection periods;
management communication and integration problems resulting from cultural and geographic dispersion;
difficulties hiring local staff, differing employer/employee relationships, and the potential need for country-specific benefits, programs, and systems;
social, economic, and political instability, epidemics and pandemics, terrorist attacks, wars, geopolitical conflicts, disputes and security concerns in general; and
potentially adverse tax consequences.
These and other factors could harm our ability to generate future global revenue and, consequently, materially impact our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
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Continued uncertainty in the U.S. and global economies, particularly Europe, along with uncertain geopolitical conditions, could negatively affect sales of our productsofferings and services and could harm our operating results.
As our business has grown, we have become increasingly subject to the risks arising from adverse changes in the domestic and global economies. Uncertainty in the macroeconomic environment and associated global economic conditions, as well as geopolitical disruption, may result in extreme volatility in credit, equity, and foreign currency markets. These conditions, including changes in inflationary pressures, rising interest rates, lower consumer confidence or uneven or lower spending, volatile capital markets, financial and credit market fluctuations, political turmoil, natural catastrophes, epidemics, warfare, including the ongoing war in Ukraine, and terrorist attacks on the United States or elsewhere, may also adversely affect the buying patterns of our customers and prospective customers, including the size of transactions and length of sales cycles, which would adversely affect our overall pipeline as well as our revenue growth expectations. For example, we have recently seen lengthening sales cycles, which may affect our future revenues and results of operations. In addition, increased economic uncertainty in the United States and abroad could lead to periods of economic slowdown or recession, continued inflation and higher interest rates, and the occurrence of such events, or public perception that any of these events may occur, could result in a general decrease in spending on technology or other business interruptions. We cannot predict the timing, strength, or duration of any economic slowdown, instability, or recovery, generally or within the technology industry. If macroeconomic or geopolitical conditions deteriorate or if the pace of recovery slows or is uneven, our overall results of operations could be adversely affected.

We continue to invest in our international operations. There are significant risks with overseas investments, and our growth prospects in these regions are uncertain. Increased volatility, further declines in the European credit, equity, and foreign currency markets or geopolitical disruptions, including the military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, could cause delays in or cancellations of orders or have other negative impacts on our business operations in Europe (where a significant amount of our R&D operations are concentrated) and other regions throughout the world. If tensions between the United States, members of NATO and Russia continue to escalate and create global security concerns, it may result in an increased adverse impact on regional and global economies and increase the likelihood of cyber-attacks. Deterioration of economic or geopolitical conditions in the countries in which we do business could also cause slower or impaired collections on accounts receivable. In addition, we could experience delays in the payment obligations of our worldwide reseller customers if they experience weakness in the end-user market, which would increase our credit risk exposure and harm our financial condition.
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In March 7, 2022, we haveannounced that we suspended all business in Russia and Belarus. Although we do not have material operations in Ukraine, Russia, or Belarus, geopolitical instability in the region, new sanctions, and enhanced export controls may impact our ability to sell or export our platform in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and surrounding countries. While we do not believe the overall impact to be material to our business results, if the conflict and scope of sanctions expand further or persist for an extended period of time, our business could be harmed.
Because we recognize revenue from our SaaS subscriptions and term licenses over the subscription or license term, downturns or upturns in new sales and renewals may not be immediately reflected in our operating results and may be difficult to discern.
For customers who purchase a subscription to our Dynatrace platform, whether they purchase a SaaS subscription, or a term license, we generally recognize revenue ratably over the term of their subscription. For customers who purchase a perpetual license, we generally recognize the license revenue ratably over three years. Thus, substantially all of the revenue we report in each quarter from the Dynatrace platform, which constituted over 90% of our total revenue reported for the quarter ended December 31, 2022,June 30, 2023, is derived from the recognition of revenue relating to contracts entered into during previous quarters. Consequently, a decline in new or renewed customer contracts in any single quarter may have a small impact on our revenue for that quarter. However, such a decline will negatively affect our revenue in future quarters. Accordingly, the effect of significant downturns in sales and market acceptance of our solutions, and potential changes in our rate of renewals, may not be fully reflected in our results of operations until future periods. In addition, a significant majority of our costs are expensed as incurred, while revenue is recognized over the life of the agreement with our customer. As a result, increased growth in the number of our customers could continue to result in our recognition of more costs than revenue in the earlier periods of the terms of our agreements.
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Our revenue recognition policy and other factors may distort our financial results in any given period and make them difficult to predict.

Under accounting standards update No. 2014-09 (Topic 606), Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), we recognize revenue when our customer obtains control of goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for those goods or services. Our subscription revenue consists of (i) SaaS agreements, (ii) term-based licenses for the Dynatrace® platform which are recognized ratably over the contract term, (iii) Dynatrace® perpetual license revenue that is recognized ratably or over the term of the expected optional maintenance renewals, which is generally three years, and (iv) maintenance and support agreements. A significant increase or decline in our subscription contracts in any one quarter may not be fully reflected in the results for that quarter, but will affect our revenue in future quarters.
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Furthermore, the presentation of our financial results requires us to make estimates and assumptions that may affect revenue recognition. In some instances, we could reasonably use different estimates and assumptions, and changes in estimates are likely to occur from period to period. See the section titledFor a full discussion of these estimates and policies, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Operations - Critical Accounting Policies—Revenue Recognition”Policies and Estimates” included in Part II, Item 7 of thisour Annual Report.

Given the foregoing factors, our actual results could differ significantly from our estimates, comparing our revenue and operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful, and our past results may not be indicative of our future performance.
Changes in existing financial accounting standards or practices or taxation rules or practices, may harm our operating results.
Changes in existing accounting or taxation rules or practices, new accounting pronouncements, or taxation rules, or varying interpretations of current accounting pronouncements or taxation practice could harm our operating results or result in changes to the manner in which we conduct our business. Further, such changes could potentially affect our reporting of transactions completed and reported before such changes are effective.
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U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) are subject to interpretation by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”), the Securities and Exchange Commission, and various bodies formed to promulgate and interpret appropriate accounting principles. A change in these principles or a change in these interpretations could have a significant effect on our reported financial results and could affect the reporting of transactions completed before the announcement of a change. For example, ASC 606 is a newly adopted standard for revenue recognition in which the FASB’s Emerging Issues Task Force has taken up certain topics which may result in further guidance which we would need to consider in our related accounting policies.
Economic conditions and regulatory changes following the United Kingdom’s exit from the EU could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
The United Kingdom, or U.K., formally left the European Union, or the EU, on January 31, 2020, typically referred to as “Brexit.” Pursuant to the formal withdrawal arrangements agreed between the U.K. and EU, the U.K. was subject to a transition period until December 31, 2020 during which EU rules continued to apply. On December 24, 2020 the EU and the U.K. reached a Trade and Cooperation Agreement, provisionally applicable since January 1, 2021, which sets out preferential arrangements in areas such as trade in goods and in services, digital trade, intellectual property, public procurement, aviation and road transport, energy, fisheries, social security coordination, law enforcement and judicial cooperation in criminal matters, thematic cooperation and participation in EU programs. The uncertainty concerning the U.K.’s legal, political and economic relationship with the EU after the transition period may be a source of instability in international markets, create significant currency fluctuations and otherwise adversely affect trading agreements or similar cross-border cooperation arrangements, whether economic, tax, fiscal, legal, regulatory or otherwise. While the full effects of Brexit will not be known for some time, Brexit could cause disruptions to, and create uncertainty surrounding, our business and results of operations. For example, following the transition period, the U.K. could lose the benefits of global trade agreements negotiated by the EU on behalf of its members, which may result in increased trade barriers that could make our doing business in the EU and the European Economic Area more difficult. Ongoing global market volatility and a deterioration in economic conditions due to uncertainty surrounding the future relationship between the U.K. and EU could significantly disrupt the markets in which we operate and lead our customers to closely monitor their costs and delay capital spending decisions.
Additionally, Brexit has resulted in the strengthening of the U.S. dollar against foreign currencies in which we conduct business. Although this strengthening has been somewhat ameliorated by the implementation of the transition period, because we translate revenue denominated in foreign currency into U.S. dollars for our financial statements, during periods of a strengthening U.S. dollar, our reported revenue from foreign operations is reduced. As a result of Brexit and the continued negotiations between the U.K. and EU, there may be further periods of volatility in the currencies in which we conduct business.
The effects of Brexit will depend on any agreements the U.K. makes to retain access to EU markets following the transition period. The measures could potentially disrupt the markets we serve and may cause us to lose customers and employees. In addition, Brexit could lead to legal uncertainty and potentially divergent national laws and regulations as the U.K. determines which EU laws to replace or replicate, which could present new regulatory costs and challenges.
Any of these effects of Brexit could materially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
We may face exposure to foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations.
We have transacted in foreign currencies and expect to transact in foreign currencies in the future. In addition, we maintain assets and liabilities that are denominated in currencies other than the functional operating currencies of our global entities. Accordingly, changes in the value of foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar will affect our revenue and operating results due to transactional and translational remeasurement that is reflected in our earnings. As a result of such foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, which have been prevalent over recent periods, it could be more difficult to detect underlying trends in our business and results of operations. In addition, to the extent that fluctuations in currency exchange rates cause our results of operations to differ from our expectations or
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the expectations of our investors, the trading price of our common stock could be adversely affected. We do not currently maintain a program to hedge transactional exposures in foreign currencies. However, in the future, we may use derivative instruments, such as foreign currency forward and option contracts, to hedge certain exposures to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. The use of such hedging activities may not offset any or more than a portion of the adverse financial effects of unfavorable movements in foreign exchange rates over the limited time the hedges are in place. Moreover, the use of hedging instruments may introduce additional risks if we are unable to structure effective hedges with such instruments.
Our sales to government entities are subject to a number of challenges and risks.
We sell our solutions to U.S. federal and state and foreign governmental agency customers, often through our resellers, and we may increase sales to government entities in the future. Sales to government entities are subject to a number of challenges and risks.risks, including constraints on the budgetary process, including changes in the policies and priorities of the particular government, continuing resolutions, adherence to government audit and certification requirements, debt ceiling disruptions, deficit-reduction legislation, and any shutdown or default of the particular government. Selling to government entities can be highly competitive, expensive and time consuming, often requiring significant upfront time and expense without any assurance that these efforts will generate a sale. Contracts and subcontracts with government agency customers are subject to procurement laws and regulations relating to the award, administration, and performance of those contracts. Recent guidelines and regulations require that substantially all of our employees in the United States be fully vaccinated. As we enforce this policy, some of our employees who fail or refuse to comply may be suspended or terminated, which could have a negative impact on our productivity, employee morale, sales, operating results and overall financial performance. If we experience difficulties or delays in complying with these guidelines, our sales to the U.S. Federal government could be negatively impacted, and if we fail to comply we could be debarred from selling to the U.S. Federal government. Government demand and payment for our solutions are affected by public sector budgetary cycles and funding authorizations, with funding reductions or delays adversely affecting public sector demand for our solutions. We may be subject to audit or investigations relating to our sales to government entities, and any violations could result in various civil and criminal penalties and administrative sanctions, including termination of contracts, refunds of fees received, forfeiture of profits, suspension of payments, fines, and suspension or debarment from future government business
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including business with governmental agencies across the country involved. Government entities may have statutory, contractual, or other legal rights to terminate contracts with our distributors and resellers for convenience, non-appropriation, or due to a default. Any of these risks relating to our sales to governmental entities could adversely impact our future sales and operating results.
We may acquire other businesses, products, or technologies in the future which could require significant management attention, disrupt our business or result in operating difficulties, dilute stockholder value, and adversely affect our results of operations.
AsOur growth depends upon our ability to enhance our existing offerings and our ability to introduce new offerings on a timely basis. We intend to continue to address the need to develop new offerings and enhance existing offerings both through internal R&D, and also through the acquisition of other companies, product lines, technologies, and personnel. For example, on July 31, 2023, we announced that we signed a definitive agreement to acquire Rookout, a provider of enterprise-ready and privacy-aware solutions that enable developers to quickly troubleshoot and debug actively running code in Kubernetes-hosted cloud-native applications. The acquisition is expected to be completed during the second quarter of our fiscal year 2024. We expect to continue to consider and evaluate a wide array of potential acquisitions as part of our overall business growth strategy, including, but not limited to, acquisitions of certain businesses, technologies, services, products, and in order to remain competitive,other assets and revenue streams. At any given time, we may acquire,be engaged in discussions or make investments in, complementary companies, productsnegotiations with respect to one or technologies. For example, in 2021 we acquired SpectX, a providermore acquisitions, any of high-speed parsing and query analytics technology. We may not be able to find suitable acquisition targetswhich could, individually or in the future,aggregate, be material to our financial condition and results of operations. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in identifying, negotiating, and consummating favorable acquisition opportunities, and we may not be able to complete such acquisitions on favorable terms, if at all.terms. If we do complete acquisitions, we may not ultimately strengthen our competitive position or achieve our goals, and any acquisitions we complete could be viewed negatively by our customers, securities analysts, and investors, and could be disruptive to our operations. In addition, if we are unsuccessful at integrating such acquisitions

Acquisitions may involve additional significant challenges, uncertainties, and risks, including, but not limited to:
challenges, difficulties, or the technologiesincreased costs associated with such acquisitions,integrating new employees, systems, technologies, and business cultures;
failure of the acquisition to advance our revenuebusiness strategy and resultsfailure to achieve the acquisition’s anticipated benefits or synergies;
disruption of our ongoing operations, could be adversely affected. In addition, while we will make significant efforts to address anydiversion of our management’s attention, and increased costs and expenses associated with pursuing acquisition opportunities;
inadequate data security, cybersecurity, and operational and information technology securitycompliance and privacy compliance issuesresilience;
failure to identify, or our underestimation of, commitments, liabilities, deficiencies, and other risks associated with respect to any acquisitions, we may still inherit such risks when we integrateacquired businesses or assets;
inconsistency between the business models of our company and the acquired productscompany, and systems as well as any personal informationpotential exposure to new or increased regulatory oversight and uncertain or evolving legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements;
the potential loss of key management, other employees, or customers of the acquired business;
potential reputational risks that we acquire. Anycould arise from transactions with, or investments in, companies involved in new or developing businesses or markets, which may be subject to uncertain or evolving legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements;
potential impairment of goodwill or other acquisition-related intangible assets; and
the potential for acquisitions to result in dilutive issuances of our equity securities or significant additional debt.
The integration process for an acquired business may require significant time and resources, and we may not be able to manage the process successfully. We may not successfully evaluate or utilize the acquired technology or personnel, or accurately forecast the financial impact of an acquired business, including accounting charges. We may have to pay cash, incur debt, or issue equity securities to pay for any such acquisitions, each of which could adversely affect our financial condition or the value of our common stock. The sale of equity or issuance of debt to finance any such acquisitions could result in dilution to our stockholders. The incurrence of indebtedness would result in increased fixed obligations and could also include covenants or other restrictions that would impede our ability to manage our operations.
Acquisitions and other strategic transactions could result in operating difficulties and could harm our business.
Among other factors set forth in this “Risk Factors” section, our growth depends upon our ability to enhance our existing products and our ability to introduce new products on a timely basis. We intend to continue to address the need to develop new products and enhance existing products both through internal research and development, and also through the acquisition of other companies, product lines, technologies, and personnel. We expect to continue to consider and evaluate a wide array of potential acquisitions as part of our overall business strategy, including, but not limited to acquisitions of certain businesses, technologies, services, products and other assets and revenue streams (collectively, “Acquisitions”). At any given time, we may be engaged in discussions or negotiations with respect to one or more Acquisitions, any of which could, individually or in the aggregate, be material to our financial condition and results of operations. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in identifying, negotiating, and consummating favorable Acquisition opportunities. Acquisitions may involve additional significant challenges, uncertainties, and risks, including, but not limited to, challenges of integrating new employees, systems, technologies, and business cultures; failure to develop the acquired business adequately; disruption of our ongoing operations and diversion of our management’s attention; inadequate data security, cybersecurity and operational and information technology resilience; failure to identify, or our underestimation of, commitments, liabilities, deficiencies and other risks associated with acquired businesses or assets; inconsistency
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between the business models of our Company and the acquired company, and potential exposure to new or increased regulatory oversight and uncertain or evolving legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements; potential reputational risks that could arise from transactions with, or investments in, companies involved in new or developing businesses or markets, which may be subject to uncertain or evolving legal, regulatory, and compliance requirements; failure of the Acquisitions to advance our business strategy and of its anticipated benefits to materialize; potential impairment of goodwill or other acquisition-related intangible assets; and the potential for Acquisitions to result in dilutive issuances of our equity securities or significant additional debt. Acquisitions may also heighten many of the risks described in this “Risk Factors” section. Acquisitions are inherently risky, may not be successful, and may harm our business, results of operations, and financial condition.
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Our business is subject to a wide range of laws and regulations and our failure to comply with those laws and regulations could harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Our business is subject to regulation by various U.S. federal, state, local, and foreign governmental agencies, including agencies responsible for monitoring and enforcing employment and labor laws, workplace safety, product safety, environmental laws, consumer protection laws, privacy, cybersecurity and data protection laws, anti-bribery laws, import and export controls, federal acquisition regulations and guidelines, federal securities laws, and tax laws and regulations. In certain foreign jurisdictions, these regulatory requirements may be more stringent than those in the United States. These laws and regulations are subject to change over time and we must continue to monitor and dedicate resources to ensure continued compliance. We also anticipate continued changes in the laws and regulations governing the use of AI. Non-compliance with applicable regulations or requirements could subject us to litigation, investigations, sanctions, mandatory product recalls, enforcement actions, disgorgement of profits, fines, damages, civil and criminal penalties, or injunctions. If any governmental sanctions are imposed, or if we do not prevail in any possible civil or criminal litigation, our business, operating results, and financial condition could be materially adversely affected. In addition, responding to any action will likely result in a significant diversion of management’s attention and resources and an increase in professional fees. Enforcement actions and sanctions could harm our business, operating results, and financial condition.
We are subject to governmental export, import, and sanctions controls that could impair our ability to compete in international markets due to licensing requirements and subject us to liability if we are not in compliance with applicable laws.
Our solutions are subject to export control and economic sanctions laws and regulations, including the U.S. Export Administration Regulations administered by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security and the economic and trade sanctions regulations administered by the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Controls.Control. Exports, re-exports, and transfers of our software and services must be made in compliance with these laws and regulations. Obtaining the necessary authorizations, including any required license for a particular sale, may be time-consuming, is not guaranteed and may result in the delay or loss of sales opportunities.
Various countries regulate the import of encryption technology. Changes in the encryption or other technology incorporated into our solutions or in applicable export or import laws and regulations may delay the introduction and sale of our solutions in international markets, prevent customers from deploying our solutions or, in some cases, prevent the export or import of our solutions to certain countries, regions, governments, or persons altogether.
Changes in sanctions, export, or import laws and regulations, in the enforcement or scope of existing laws and regulations, or in the countries, regions, governments, persons, or technologies targeted by such laws and regulations, could also result in decreased use of our solutions or in our ability to sell our solutions in certain countries.

Even though we take precautions to prevent our solutions from being provided to restricted countries or persons, our solutions could be provided to those targets by our resellers or customers despite such precautions, and our customers may choose to host their systems including the Dynatrace platform using a hosting vendor that is a restricted person. The decreased use of our solutions or limitation on our ability to export or sell our solutions could adversely affect our business, while violations of these export and import control and economic sanctions laws and regulations could have negative consequences for us and our personnel, including government investigations, administrative fines, civil and criminal penalties, denial of export privileges, incarceration, and reputational harm.
Due to the global nature of our business, we could be adversely affected by violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, the U.K. Bribery Act oranti-bribery, anti-money laundering and similar anti-bribery laws in other jurisdictions in which we operate.
The global nature of our business creates various domestic and local regulatory challenges. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”),We are subject to the FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act and similar anti-briberyother anti-corruption and anti-money laundering laws in other jurisdictionsjurisdictions. These laws generally prohibit U.S.-based companies, their employees, and their intermediaries from making or offering improper payments for the purpose of obtaining or retaining businessother benefits to non-U.S. officials, or in the case of the U.K. Bribery Act, to any person. In addition, U.S.-based companies are required to maintain records that accurately and fairly represent their transactions and have an adequate system of internal accounting controls. We operate in areas that experience corruption by government officials and others in certain circumstances, compliance with anti-briberythe private sector.

As we increase our sales and operations outside of the United States and increase our use of third parties, such as partners, resellers, agents and other intermediaries, our risks under these laws may conflict with local customs and practices. Changes in applicable laws could result in increased regulatory requirements and compliance costs that could adversely affect our business, financial condition and operating results.increases. Although we take steps to ensure compliance by adopting policies and conducting training, we cannot guarantee that our employees, partners, resellers, agents, or other intermediaries will not engage in prohibited conduct that could render us responsible under the FCPA, the U.K. Bribery Act, orthese laws. Non-compliance with these laws could subject us to investigations, sanctions, settlements, prosecution, other similar laws or regulations in the jurisdictions in which we operate. If we are found to be in violationenforcement actions, disgorgement of these anti-bribery laws (either due to acts or inadvertence of our employees, or due to the acts or inadvertence of others), we could sufferprofits, significant fines, damages, other civil and criminal or civil penalties or injunctions, suspension and/or debarment from contracting with specified persons, the loss of export privileges, reputational harm, adverse media coverage, and other collateral consequences. Any investigations, actions and/or sanctions which could have a material adverse effectnegative impact on our business.business, financial condition, and results of operations.
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Our international operations subject us to potentially adverse tax consequences.
As a multinational corporation, we are subject to income taxes as well as non-income-based taxes, such as payroll, sales, use, value-added, net worth, property and goods and services taxes, in both the United States and various foreign jurisdictions. Our domestic and international tax liabilities are subject to the allocation of revenues and expenses in different jurisdictions and the timing of recognizing revenues and expenses. Additionally, the amount of income taxes paid is subject to our interpretation of applicable tax laws in the jurisdictions in which we file and changes to tax laws. Significant judgment is required in determining our worldwide provision for income taxes and other tax liabilities, and in determining the realizability of tax attributes such as foreign tax credits and other domestic deferred tax assets. From time to time, we are subject to income and non-income tax audits. While we believe we have complied with all applicable income tax laws, there can be no assurance that a governing tax authority will not have a different interpretation of the law and assess us with additional taxes. Should we be assessed with additional taxes, there could be a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, and financial condition.
Our future effective tax rate may be affected by such factors as changes in tax laws, regulations, or rates, changing interpretation of existing laws or regulations, the impact of accounting for share-based compensation, the impact of accounting for business combinations, changes in our international organization, and changes in overall levels of income before tax. In addition, in the ordinary course of our global business, there are many intercompany transactions and calculations where the ultimate tax determination is uncertain. Although we believe that our tax estimates are reasonable, we cannot ensure that the final determination of tax audits or tax disputes will not be different from what is reflected in our historical income tax provisions and accruals.
Taxing authorities may successfully assert that we should have collected or in the future should collect sales and use, value added or similar taxes, and we could be subject to liability with respect to past or future sales, which could adversely affect our results of operations.
We do not collect sales and use, value added and similar taxes in all jurisdictions in which we have sales, based on our belief that such taxes are not applicable. Sales and use, value added, and similar tax laws and rates vary greatly by jurisdiction. Certain jurisdictions in which we do not collect such taxes may assert that such taxes are applicable, which could result in tax assessments, penalties and interest, and we may be required to collect such taxes in the future. Such tax assessments, penalties, and interest or future requirements may adversely affect our results of operations.
Risks Related to Our Common Stock
The trading price of our common stock has been, and may continue to be, volatile and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Our initial public offering occurred in August 2019, and we effected follow-on public offerings by selling stockholders in December 2019, February 2020, June 2020 and August 2020. There has only been a public market for our common stock for a short period of time. Our share price has been and in the future may be subject to substantial volatility.
Technology stocks have historically experienced high levels of volatility. The trading price of our common stock has fluctuated substantially. Since shares of our common stock were sold in our initial public offering in August 2019 at a price of $16.00 per share, our stock price has fluctuated significantly,substantially and will likely continue to be volatile, ranging from an intraday low of $17.05 to an intraday high of $80.13 between our initial public offering in 2019 through DecemberJuly 31, 2022.2023. Factors that could cause fluctuations in the trading price of our common stock include the following:
announcements of new products, offerings or technologies, commercial relationships, acquisitions, or other events by us or our competitors;
changes in how customers perceive the benefits of our platform;
shifts in the mix of billings and revenue attributable to perpetual licenses, termSaaS subscriptions, licenses and SaaS subscriptionsservices from quarter to quarter;
departures of our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, one or moreother executive officers, senior management or other key personnel;
price and volume fluctuations in the overall stock market from time to time;
fluctuations in the trading volume of our shares or the size of our public float;
sales of large blocks of our common stock, including by the Thoma Bravo Funds;
actual or anticipated changes or fluctuations in our operating results;
whether our operating results meet the expectations of securities analysts or investors;
changes in actual or future expectations of investors or securities analysts;
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litigation, data breaches, or security incidents involving us, our industry or both;
regulatory developments in the United States, foreign countries or both;
general economic conditions and trends; and
major catastrophic events in our domestic and foreign markets.
In addition, if the market for technology stocks or the stock market in general experiences a loss of investor confidence, the trading price of our common stock could decline for reasons unrelated to our business, operating results, or financial condition. The trading price of our common stock might also decline in reaction to events that affect other companies in our industry even if these events do not directly affect us. In the past, following periods of volatility in the trading price of a company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been brought against that company.
If securities analysts wereour internal controls over financial reportingor our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective, we may not be able to downgradeaccurately report our financial results, prevent fraud or file our periodic reports in a timely manner, which may cause investors to lose confidence in our reported financial information and may lead to a decline in our stock publish negative research or reports or fail to publish reports about our business, our competitive position could suffer, and our stock price and trading volume could decline.
The trading market for our common stock, to some extent, depends on the research and reports that securities analysts may publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. We do not have any control over these analysts. If one or more of the analysts who cover us should downgrade our stock or publish negative research or reports, cease coverage of our company or fail to regularly publish reports about our business, our competitive position could suffer, and our stock price and trading volume could decline.
We previously identified a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting and may identify additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, which may result in material misstatements of our financial statements or cause us to fail to meet our periodic reporting obligations.price.
As a public company, we are required to maintain internal control over financial reporting and to report any material weaknesses in such internal control.disclosure controls and procedures. Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”) requires that we evaluate and determine the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and provide a management report on our internal control over financial reporting. Our testing, or the subsequent testing by our independent registered public accounting firm, is required to audit such internal control.
In connection with the audit of our financial statements as of and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020, we and our independent registered public accounting firm identified a material weaknessmay reveal deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting. Thisreporting that are deemed to be material weakness was relatedweaknesses. If we are not able to accounting for income taxes in connectioncomply with the preparation and reviewrequirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in a timely manner, or if we or our global tax provision, and particularlyaccounting firm identify deficiencies in the area of realizability of tax attributes such as foreign tax credits and other domestic deferred tax assets. During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, we completed the remediation measures related to the material weakness and have concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was effective asthat are deemed to be material weaknesses, the market price of March 31, 2021. Completionour stock would likely decline and we could be subject to lawsuits, sanctions, or investigations by regulatory authorities, including SEC enforcement actions, and we could be required to restate our financial results, any of remediation does not provide assurance thatwhich would require additional financial and management resources.

If material weaknesses in our remediation or other controls will continue to operate properly. If we are unable to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting are discovered or disclosure controlsoccur in the future, our consolidated financial statements may contain material misstatements and procedures,we could be required to restate our financial results, which could materially and adversely affect our business, results of operations, and financial condition, restrict our ability to record, process and report financial information accurately, andaccess the capital markets, require us to prepare financial statements within required time periods could be adversely affected, which couldexpend significant resources to correct the material weakness, subject us to litigationfines, penalties or investigations requiring management resources and payment of legal and other expenses, negatively affectjudgments, harm our reputation, or otherwise cause a decline in investor confidence in our financial statements and adversely impact our stock price.confidence.

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Sales of substantial amounts of our common stock in the public markets, or the perception that such sales could occur, could reduce the market price of our common stock.
Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and may make it more difficult for you to sell your common stock at a time and price that you deem appropriate. For example,Our largest shareholder, the Thoma Bravo Funds, sold approximately 14.8 million shares of our common stock and approximately 17.9 million shares of our common stock in February 2023 and June 2023, respectively. As of July 31, 2023, the Thoma Bravo Funds beneficially own 29.2%owned approximately 17.6% of our common stock and understock. Under applicable federal securities laws, the Thoma Bravo Funds may sell suchadditional shares in the public market without our advance knowledge or participation. If Thoma Bravo were to dispose of a substantial portion of our shares in the public market, whether in a single transaction or a series of transactions, it could reduce the trading price of our common stockstock. In addition, any such sales, or the possibility that these sales may occur, could make it more difficult for us to sell shares of our common stock in the public market in the future.

Our issuance of additional capital stock in connection with financings, acquisitions, investments, our stock incentive plans, or otherwise will dilute all other stockholders.
We may issue additional capital stock in the future that will result in dilution to all other stockholders. We may also raise capital through equity financings in the future. As part of our business strategy, we may acquire or make investments in complementary companies, products, offerings or technologies and issue equity securities to pay for any such acquisition or investment. Any such issuances of additional capital stock may cause stockholders to experience significant dilution of their ownership interests and the per share value of our common stock to decline.
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Thoma Bravo has significant influence over matters requiring stockholder approval, which may have the effect of delaying or preventing changes of control, or limiting the ability of other stockholders to approve transactions they deem to be in their best interest.
Thoma Bravo, as the ultimate general partner of the Thoma Bravo Funds, beneficially ownsowned in the aggregate 29.2%17.6% of our issued and outstanding shares of common stock as of DecemberJuly 31, 2022.2023. As a result, Thoma Bravo will continue to be able to exert significant influence over our operations and business strategy as well as matters requiring stockholder approval. These matters may include:
the composition of our board of directors, which has the authority to direct our business and to appoint and remove our officers;
approving or rejecting a merger, consolidation, or other business combination;
raising future capital; and
amending our charter and bylaws, which govern the rights attached to our common stock.
Additionally,Based on Thoma Bravo’s current beneficial ownership of our company, our charter provides that for so long as Thoma Bravo beneficially owns (i) at least (i) 20% (but less than 30%) of our outstanding shares of common stock, Thoma Bravo will have the right to nominate a number of directors to our board of directors equal to the lowest whole number that is greater than 30% of the total number of directors (but in no event fewer than two directors); (ii) 10% (but less than 20%) of our outstanding shares of common stock, Thoma Bravo will have the right to nominate a number of directors to our board of directors equal to the lowest whole number that is greater than 20% of the total number of directors (but in no event fewer than one director); and (iii)(ii) at least 5% (but less than 10%) of our outstanding shares of common stock, Thoma Bravo will have the right to nominate one director to our board of directors. If Thoma Bravo’s beneficial ownership were to increase to at least 20% of our outstanding shares of common stock, it would have additional director nomination rights, as set forth in our charter.
This concentration of ownership of our common stock could delay or prevent proxy contests, mergers, tender offers, open-market purchase programs, or other purchases of our common stock that might otherwise result in the opportunity for stockholders to realize a premium over the then-prevailing market price of our common stock. This concentration of ownership may also adversely affect our share price.
Thoma Bravo may pursue corporate opportunities independent of us that could present conflicts with our and our stockholders’ interests.
Thoma Bravo is in the business of making or advising on investments in companies and holds (and may from time to time in the future acquire) interests in or provides advice to businesses that may directly or indirectly compete with our business or be suppliers or customers of ours. Thoma Bravo may also pursue acquisitions that may be complementary to our business and, as a result, those acquisition opportunities may not be available to us.

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Our charter provides that none of our officers or directors who are also an officer, director, employee, partner, managing director, principal, independent contractor, or other affiliate of Thoma Bravo will be liable to us or our stockholders for breach of any fiduciary duty by reason of the fact that any such individual pursues or acquires a corporate opportunity for its own account or the account of an affiliate, as applicable, instead of us, directs a corporate opportunity to any other person, instead of us or does not communicate information regarding a corporate opportunity to us.

We do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock and, consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend on appreciation in the price of our common stock.
We have never declared or paid any dividends on our common stock. We intend to retain any earnings to finance the operation and expansion of our business, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future. As a result, you may only receive a return on your investment in our common stock if the market price of our common stock increases. 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 common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investments.
Our charter and bylaws contain anti-takeover provisions that could delay or discourage takeover attempts that stockholders may consider favorable.
Our charter and bylaws contain provisions that could delay or prevent a change in control of our company. These provisions could also make it difficult for stockholders to elect directors who are not nominated by the current members of our board of directors or take other corporate actions, including effecting changes in our management. These provisions include:
a classified board of directors with three-year staggered terms, which could delay the ability of stockholders to change the membership of a majority of our board of directors;
directors may only be removed for cause, and subject to the affirmative vote of the holders of 66 2/3% or more of our outstanding shares of capital stock then entitled to vote at a meeting of our stockholders called for that purpose;
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the ability of our board of directors to issue shares of preferred stock and to determine the price and other terms of those shares, including preferences and voting rights, without stockholder approval, which could be used to significantly dilute the ownership of a hostile acquirer;
allowing only our board of directors to fill vacancies on our board of directors, which prevents stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our board of directors;
a prohibition on stockholder action by written consent, which forces stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting of our stockholders;
the requirement that a special meeting of stockholders may be called only by our board of directors, the chairpersonchair of our board of directors, our chief executive officerChief Executive Officer or our president (in the absence of a chief executive officer)Chief Executive Officer), which could delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or to take action, including the removal of directors;
the requirement for the affirmative vote of holders of at least 66 2/3% of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of the voting stock, voting together as a single class, to amend the provisions of our charter relating to the management of our business (including our classified board structure) or certain provisions of our bylaws, which may inhibit the ability of an acquirer to effect such amendments to facilitate an unsolicited takeover attempt;
the ability of our board of directors to amend the bylaws, which may allow our board of directors to take additional actions to prevent an unsolicited takeover and inhibit the ability of an acquirer to amend the bylaws to facilitate an unsolicited takeover attempt;
advance notice procedures with which stockholders must comply to nominate candidates to our board of directors or to propose matters to be acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting, which may discourage or deter a potential acquirer from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect the acquirer’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us; and
a prohibition of cumulative voting in the election of our board of directors, which would otherwise allow less than a majority of stockholders to elect director candidates.
Our charter also contains a provision that provides us with protections similar to Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, and prevents us from engaging in a business combination, such as a merger, with an interested stockholder (i.e., a person or group who acquires at least 15% of our voting stock) for a period of three years from the date such person became an interested stockholder, unless (with certain exceptions) the business combination or the transaction in which the person became an interested stockholder is approved in a prescribed manner. However, our charter also provides that transactions with Thoma Bravo, including the Thoma Bravo Funds, and any persons to whom any Thoma Bravo Fund sells its common stock, will be deemed to have been approved by our board of directors.
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We may issue preferred stock, the terms of which could adversely affect the voting power or value of our common stock.
Our charter authorizes us to issue, without the approval of our stockholders, one or more classes or series of preferred stock having such designations, preferences, limitations and relative rights, including preferences over our common stock respecting dividends and distributions, as our board of directors may determine. The terms of one or more classes or series of preferred stock could adversely impact the voting power or value of our common stock. For example, we might grant holders of preferred stock the right to elect some number of our directors in all events or on the happening of specified events or the right to veto specified transactions. Similarly, the repurchase or redemption rights or liquidation preferences we might assign to holders of preferred stock could affect the residual value of our common stock.
Our bylaws designate the Court of Chancery of the State of Delawarecertain specified courts as the sole and exclusive forum for certain litigation that may be initiated bydisputes between us and our stockholders, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us.us or our directors, officers, or employees.
Pursuant to our bylaws, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware iswill be the sole and exclusive forum for state law claims for (1) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf,behalf; (2) any action asserting a claim of, or a claim based on, a breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our current or former directors, officers, or other employees to us or our stockholders,stockholders; (3) any action asserting a claim against us or any of our current or former directors, officers, employees, or stockholders arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws,bylaws; (4) any action to interpret, apply, enforce, or (4)determine the validity of our certificate of incorporation or bylaws; or (5) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine (collectively, the “Delaware Forum Provision”). The Delaware Forum Provision does not apply to any causes of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act. Our bylaws further provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the U.S. federal district courts will be the sole and exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act (the “Federal Forum Provision”). In addition, our bylaws provide that any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in shares of our common stock is deemed to have notice of and consented to the foregoing provisions; provided, however, that stockholders cannot and will not be deemed to have waived our compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder. Our bylaws further provide that the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts will be the sole and exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act” and such provision of our bylaws the “Federal Forum Provision”), as our principal executive offices are located in Waltham, Massachusetts.

The Delaware Forum Provision and the Federal
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Forum Provision may impose additional litigation costs on stockholders who assert the provision is not enforceable and may impose more general additional litigation costs in pursuing any suchthe claims particularly if the stockholders do not reside in or near the State of Delaware or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.identified above. Additionally, the Delaware Forum Provision and the Federal Forum Provision in our bylaws may limit our stockholders’ ability to obtainbring a favorableclaim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us.us or our directors, officers, or other employees, which may discourage the filing of lawsuits against us and our directors, officers, and employees, even though an action, if successful, might benefit our stockholders. In addition, while the Delaware Supreme Court ruled in March 2020 thatand other state courts have upheld the validity of federal forum selection provisions purporting to require claims under the Securities Act be brought in federal court, are “facially valid” under Delaware law, there is uncertainty as to whether courts in other states will enforce our Federal Forum Provision, and we may incur additional costs of litigation should such enforceability be challenged.Provision. If the Federal Forum Provision is found to be unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such an action. The Federal Forum Provision may also impose additional litigation costs on stockholders who assert that the provision is not enforceable or invalid. The Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware or the U.S. federal district courts may also reach different judgments or results than would other courts, including courts where a stockholder considering an action may be located or would otherwise choose to bring the action, and such judgments may be more or less favorable to us than our stockholders.

General Risk Factors

A pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of an infectious disease, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may materially affect how we and our customers are operating our businesses and our financial results.

We are subject to risks related to public health crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic and policies and regulations implemented by governments in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, most of which have been lifted, have had a significant impact, both directly and indirectly, on global businesses and commerce and indirect effects such as worker shortages and supply chain constraints continue to impact segments of the economy. Future global health concerns could also result in social, economic, and labor instability in the countries in which we or the third parties with whom we engage operate.

The impact to our business from any future pandemics or health epidemics depends on multiple factors that cannot be accurately predicted, such as its duration and scope, the extent and effectiveness of containment actions, the disruption caused by such actions, and the efficacy and rates of vaccines. Future pandemics or health epidemics could have severe impacts on our business and our customers’ and prospective customers’ businesses, for example, by adversely impacting their timing, ability, or willingness to spend on software platforms or purchase our offerings. Negative effects of pandemics, health epidemics, or infectious disease outbreaks on our customers or prospective customers could lead to pricing discounts or extended payment terms, reductions in the amount or duration of customers’ subscription contracts or term licenses, or increase customer attrition rates. Any of the foregoing could adversely affect our productivity, employee morale, future sales, operating results, and overall financial performance. Pandemics,
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health epidemics, or outbreaks of infectious diseases may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in this “Risk Factors” section.

Climate change may have a long-term negative impact on our business.
The long-term effects of climate change on the global economy and the technology industry in particular are unclear. However, there are inherent climate-related risks such as natural disasters, floods, fire, infrastructure disruptions, and geopolitical instability that have the potential to disrupt and impact our business and the third parties with which we conduct business.

In addition, changes in federal and state legislation and regulation on climate change could result in increased capital expenditures to comply with these new laws. Numerous treaties, laws, and regulations have been enacted or proposed in an effort to regulate climate change, including regulations aimed at limiting greenhouse gas emissions and the implementation of “green” building codes. These laws and regulations may result in increased operating costs across various levels of our supply chain, which could cause us to increase costs to satisfy service obligations to our customers. We may also incur costs associated with increased regulations or investor requirements for increased environmental, social and governance disclosures and reporting, including reporting requirements and standards or expectations regarding the environmental impacts of our business. The cost of compliance with, or failure to comply with, such laws and regulations could result in increased compliance costs, and any untimely or inaccurate disclosure could adversely affect our reputation, business, or financial performance.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.
ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
None.During the three months ended June 30, 2023, none of the Company’s directors or officers (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) adopted, modified or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or a non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as such terms are defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).
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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The exhibits listed below are filed or incorporated by reference into this Report.
Exhibit
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4.1(4)10.1*
10.1(5)10.2*
10.2(6)10.3*
10.3(7)10.4#*
10.5#*
31.1*
31.2+31.2*
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(1) Filed as Exhibit 3.3 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference.
(2) Filed as Exhibit 3.5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference.
(3) Filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 27, 2020, and incorporated herein by reference.
(4) Filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 22, 2019, and incorporated herein by reference.
(5) Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2022, and incorporated herein by reference.
(6) Filed as Exhibit 10.2 to Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 21, 2022, and incorporated herein by reference.
(7) Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 5, 2022, and incorporated herein by reference.# Indicates a management contract or any compensatory plan, contract or arrangement.

+* Filed herewith.



** The certifications furnished in Exhibit 32.1 hereto are deemed to accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates it by reference. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filings under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that the Registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.

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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.
DYNATRACE, INC.
Date:February 1,August 2, 2023By:/s/ Rick McConnell
Rick McConnell
Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date:February 1,August 2, 2023By:/s/ James Benson
James Benson
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)


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