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Business Combinations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]  
Business Combinations Business Combinations
2022 Business Combination
On December 15, 2022, the Company acquired 100% ownership of FormSwift, a cloud-based service that gives individuals and businesses a simple solution to create, complete, edit, and save critical business forms and agreements. The Company believes the combination of Dropbox, Dropbox Sign, DocSend, and FormSwift will help customers across industries manage end-to-end document workflows—from content collaboration to sharing and e-signature—giving them more control over their most important agreements. The results of FormSwift's operations have been included in the Company’s consolidated results of operations since the date of acquisition.
The purchase consideration transferred consisted of the following:
Purchase consideration
Cash paid to stockholders$50.0 
Cash paid for extinguishing shadow stock units3.2 
Transaction costs paid by Dropbox on behalf of FormSwift2.0 
Cash purchase consideration$55.2 
Indemnification holdback (1)
14.3 
Purchase price adjustments(0.6)
Total purchase consideration$68.9 
(1) Approximately $14.3 million of the total purchase consideration was withheld as an indemnification holdback to be used for the purpose of satisfying any indemnification claims made by the Company for a period of 18 months following the transaction close date. Any remaining indemnity will be released to the seller's representative following the 18 month period.
In addition to the total purchase consideration above, the Company has compensation agreements with key FormSwift personnel consisting of $25.7 million in cash payments subject to ongoing employee service. The related expenses are recognized within research and development expenses over the required service period of three years. The cash payment was transferred to a paying agent escrow account immediately upon the acquisition close date. The related payments will be paid out by the escrow agent as they vest.

The purchase consideration was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired as of the acquisition date, with the excess recorded to goodwill as shown below.

Assets acquired:
Cash and cash equivalents$0.4 
Acquisition-related intangible assets41.2 
Accounts receivable, prepaid and other assets3.0 
Total assets acquired$44.6 
Liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities$4.6 
Deferred revenue6.6 
Total liabilities assumed11.2 
Net assets acquired, excluding goodwill33.4
Total purchase consideration68.9
Goodwill (2)
$35.5 

(2) The goodwill recognized was primarily attributable to the opportunity to expand the user base of the Company's platform. A portion of the goodwill is deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
The fair value of the separately identifiable finite-lived intangible assets acquired and estimated weighted average useful lives as of the acquisition date are as follows:

Estimated fair valuesEstimated weighted average useful lives
 (In years)
Developed technology$24.2 5.0
Customer relationships16.42.0
Trade name0.61.0
Total acquisition-related intangible assets$41.2 

The fair values of the acquisition-related intangible assets were determined using the following methodologies: the multi-period excess earnings method for developed technology, the with and without method for customer relationships, and the relief from royalty method for the trade name, respectively. The valuation model inputs required the application of significant judgment by management. The acquired intangible assets had a total weighted average amortization period of 3.7 years.

One-time acquisition-related diligence costs of $1.3 million were expensed within general and administrative expenses as incurred during the year ended December 31, 2022.

2021 Business Combination

On March 22, 2021, the Company acquired all outstanding stock of DocSend, a secure document sharing and analytics company. The Company believes the combination of Dropbox, Dropbox Sign, and DocSend will help customers across industries manage end-to-end document workflows—from content collaboration to sharing and e-signature—giving them more control over their business results. The results of DocSend's operations have been included in the Company’s consolidated results of operations since the date of acquisition.

The purchase consideration transferred consisted of the following:
Purchase consideration
Cash paid to common and preferred stockholders and vested option holders$125.5 
Transaction costs paid by Dropbox on behalf of DocSend5.0 
Fair value of assumed DocSend options attributable to pre-combination services(1)
1.2 
Purchase price adjustments0.1 
Total purchase consideration$131.8 

(1) The fair value of options assumed was based upon the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.

In addition to the total purchase consideration above, the Company has compensation agreements with key DocSend personnel consisting of $30.6 million in cash payments subject to ongoing employee service. The related expenses were recognized within sales and marketing and research and development expenses over the required service period of approximately three years. The payments began in the first quarter of 2022, with $10.2 million paid during the year ended December 31, 2022. The remaining balance of $20.4 million was paid during the year ended December 31, 2023.

The purchase consideration was allocated to the tangible and intangible assets and liabilities acquired as of the acquisition date, with the excess recorded to goodwill as shown below.
Assets acquired:
Cash and cash equivalents$5.1 
Acquisition-related intangible assets20.6 
Accounts receivable, prepaid and other assets6.1 
Total assets acquired$31.8 
Liabilities assumed:
Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities$6.4 
Deferred revenue1.9 
Deferred tax liability1.9 
Total liabilities assumed10.2 
Net assets acquired, excluding goodwill21.6 
Total purchase consideration131.8 
Goodwill (2)
$110.2 

(2) The goodwill recognized was primarily attributable to the opportunity to expand the user base of the Company's platform. The goodwill is not deductible for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The fair value of the separately identifiable finite-lived intangible assets acquired and estimated weighted average useful lives are as follows:
Estimated fair valuesEstimated weighted average useful lives
 (In years)
Developed technology$11.5 5.0
Customer relationships8.1 5.0
Trade name1.0 5.0
Total acquisition-related intangible assets$20.6 

The fair values of the acquisition-related intangible assets were determined using the following methodologies: the multi-period excess earnings method for customer relationships, and the relief from royalty method for developed technology, and the trade name, respectively. The valuation model inputs required the application of significant judgment by management. The acquired intangible assets have a total weighted average amortization period of 5.0 years.

One-time acquisition-related diligence costs of $1.2 million were expensed within general and administrative expenses as incurred during the year ended December 31, 2021.