DROPBOX, INC.DBX
DROPBOX, INC. Debt Disclosure
Debt
Term loan facility
During the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company entered into a secured five-year term loan facility under a Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the “initial Credit Agreement”), providing up to $2.0 billion in aggregate principal, consisting of $1.0 billion of initial term loans (the “initial term loans”) and $1.0 billion of initial delayed draw term loan commitments (the “initial delayed draw term loan commitments”). The initial Credit Agreement also includes a secured letter of credit facility of up to $35.0 million.
In the third quarter of 2025, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “First Amendment”) to its initial Credit Agreement (collectively, the “Amended Credit Agreement”) to add $700.0 million in delayed draw term loan commitments (the “2025 delayed draw term loans”). The Amended Credit Agreement now provides a secured term loan facility of $2.7 billion (collectively, the “term loan facility”). The term loan facility is guaranteed by certain material subsidiaries and secured by substantially all assets of the Company and such subsidiary guarantors.
In December 2024, the Company borrowed $1.0 billion of initial term loans under the facility. The term loans are measured at amortized cost on the consolidated balance sheets. Issuance costs of $27.6 million were deducted from the carrying value and are amortized and recognized as a component of interest expense over the five-year term using the effective interest method. Additional deferred issuance costs of $25.1 million and $8.4 million related to the initial delayed draw term loan commitments and 2025 delayed draw term loans, respectively, were recognized initially as deferred assets and are reclassified and presented as a reduction of the carrying value of the debt upon draw, and are amortized over the remaining term on an effective interest method basis from the time of draw. Issuance costs of $0.2 million related to the secured letter of credit facility were recognized as a prepaid asset and are amortized over the five-year access period on a straight-line basis.
The initial term loans and initial delayed draw term loans (if and when funded) shall have the same terms and shall be treated as a single fungible class of term loans for all purposes under the Amended Credit Agreement, except that interest on any initial delayed draw term loan shall commence from the applicable date of the draw. As of December 31, 2025, $500.0 million was drawn on the initial delayed draw term loan commitments and $500.0 million remained available. The remaining initial delayed draw term loan commitments are available through December 11, 2026 and draws must be at least $5.0 million. As of December 31, 2025, $17.5 million of letters of credit were issued and $17.5 million remains to be issued under the letter of credit facility. As of December 31, 2025, no amounts were drawn on the letter of credit facility.
The $700.0 million 2025 delayed draw term loan commitments are available through March 15, 2026, and the proceeds when drawn may be used solely to prepay, repay, repurchase, redeem, exchange, or settle upon conversion the 2026 Notes. As of December 31, 2025, no amounts were drawn on the 2025 delayed draw term loans.
Pursuant to the terms of the Amended Credit Agreement, the Company is required to pay quarterly commitment fees of 1.00% per annum on the unused portions of both delayed draw term loan commitments. These fees will be capitalized each reporting period, as the draws are probable of occurring and will be reclassified against the carrying value of the respective debt upon draw and amortized over the respective debt terms on an effective interest method basis from the time of draw. The 2025 delayed draw term loan commitment fees started accruing on the unused portion three months after the effective date of the First Amendment. As of December 31, 2025, $4.8 million of deferred issuance costs related to commitment fees were reclassified and presented as a reduction of the carrying value of the related debt, with $5.5 million remaining as a deferred issuance cost asset related to the commitment fee.
The initial term loans mature on December 11, 2029, with quarterly principal payments of 0.25% of the original principal amount or such greater percentage as may be required to make the initial delayed draw term loans fungible with any then-outstanding term loans. Quarterly principal payments began on March 31, 2025 and will continue on the last business day of each quarter thereafter. The 2025 delayed draw term loans mature on September 9, 2030, with quarterly repayments of 0.25% of the original principal amount beginning on the last business day of the quarter after the funding of such loans and continuing thereafter. Prepayments are permitted at any time, in whole or in part, subject to premiums of 2.00% of the aggregate principal amount prepaid on or within one year of the closing date for the initial Credit Agreement (or the effective date of the First Amendment in the case of the 2025 delayed draw term loans) and 1.00% of such amount prepaid after one year but on or prior
to two years from the closing date for the initial Credit Agreement (or the effective date of the First Amendment in the case of the 2025 delayed draw term loans). Any amounts repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Mandatory prepayments on the term loan facility may be required upon the occurrence of certain events as defined in the Amended Credit Agreement, which the Company considers remote as of December 31, 2025.
The following is a summary of the term loan facility as of December 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:
| Term Loan | |||||
| December 31, 2025 | |||||
| Principal balance | $ | 1,488.3 | |||
| Unamortized issuance costs | (39.6) | ||||
| Carrying value, net | $ | 1,448.7 | |||
| December 31, 2024 | |||||
| Principal balance | $ | 1,000.0 | |||
| Unamortized issuance costs | (27.1) | ||||
| Carrying value, net | $ | 972.9 | |||
Borrowings under the term loan facility bear interest, at the Company’s option, at either (a) an alternate base rate, which is defined as a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the greatest of (i) the prime rate then in effect, (ii) the federal funds rate then in effect, plus 0.50% per annum, and (iii) a term SOFR rate determined on the basis of a one-month interest period plus 1.00% per annum, in each case, plus a 2.75% margin, or (b) an overnight term SOFR rate (based on one, three, or six month interest periods), plus a 3.75% margin. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears with respect to borrowings bearing interest at the alternate base rate on the last business day of an interest period, but at most monthly and at least quarterly, with respect to overnight and term SOFR rate borrowings.
Interest expense associated with the term loan facility for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, was $93.2 million and $5.2 million, respectively, with such interest expense consisting of interest expense on the outstanding principal of the term loan facility and amortization of issuance costs.
The Amended Credit Agreement allows for additional term loan facilities or increased commitments, subject to certain conditions and limits. It includes customary representations and warranties, customary affirmative and negative covenants, and customary events of default. Failure to comply with these covenants may result in a portion of the outstanding term loan debt becoming due immediately. The Company was in compliance with all covenants under the term loan facility as of December 31, 2025.
Maturities on the Company’s term loan facility are as follows:
| Term Loan | |||||
| 2026 | $ | 15.0 | |||
| 2027 | 15.0 | ||||
| 2028 | 15.0 | ||||
| 2029 | 1,443.3 | ||||
| 2030 and thereafter | — | ||||
| Total | $ | 1,488.3 | |||
Convertible senior notes
During the first quarter of 2021, the Company issued $695.8 million aggregate principal amount of the 2026 Notes. Additionally, during the first quarter of 2021, the Company issued $693.3 million aggregate principal amount of the 2028 Notes. The Notes were issued in a private placement to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. The net proceeds from the sale of the Notes were approximately $1.4 billion after deducting offering and issuance costs related to the Notes.
The Notes of each series do not bear regular interest. The Notes of each series may bear special interest as the remedy relating to the Company’s failure to comply with certain of its reporting obligations. The Company has complied with these reporting obligations from the issuance date through December 31, 2025. The 2026 Notes will mature on March 1, 2026, and the 2028 Notes will mature on March 1, 2028, in each case, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased.
The initial conversion rate for the 2026 Notes is 26.1458 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of such Note, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $38.25 per share. The initial conversion rate for the 2028 Notes is 28.2889 shares of Class A common stock per $1,000 principal amount of such Notes, which is equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $35.35 per share. The conversion rate for each series of Notes will be subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain specified events but will not be adjusted for accrued and unpaid special interest. In addition, upon the occurrence of a make-whole fundamental change (as defined in the relevant indentures governing the Notes) or a notice of redemption, the Company will, in certain circumstances, increase the conversion rate of the relevant series of Notes by a number of additional shares for a holder that elects to convert all or a portion of its Notes of such series in connection with such make-whole fundamental change or who elects to convert such Notes that are subject to such notice of redemption. The conversion rate for the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes shall not exceed 43.1406 shares per $1,000 principal amount of such Notes, subject to certain customary anti-dilution adjustments (as defined in the relevant indentures governing the Notes). There have been no changes to the initial conversion price of the Notes since issuance as of December 31, 2025.
Upon conversion, the principal portion of the Notes of the applicable series being converted will be settled in cash, and any amount in excess of the principal portion of such Notes will be settled in cash or shares of the Company’s Class A common stock or any combination thereof at the Company’s option. The if-converted value of the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes was below the principal value of the respective series of Notes as of December 31, 2025. For the majority of the year ended December 31, 2025, the conditions allowing holders of the Notes to convert during the following fiscal quarter were not met. However, beginning December 1, 2025, holders of the 2026 Notes may convert their Notes at any time until maturity, regardless of conditions. As of December 31, 2025, no Notes have been converted.
Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding December 1, 2027, the 2028 Notes will be convertible only under the following circumstances: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing after June 30, 2021 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the 30 consecutive trading day period ending on the last trading day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the conversion price for the 2028 Notes on each applicable trading day; (2) during the five business day period after any five consecutive trading day period in which, for each trading day of that period, the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of 2028 Notes for such trading day was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price of the Class A common stock and the conversion rate for the 2028 Notes on each such trading day; (3) if the Company calls any or all of the 2028 Notes for redemption, the Notes may be converted at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the redemption date; or (4) upon the occurrence of specified corporate transactions.
On or after December 1, 2027, until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the relevant maturity date, holders of the 2028 Notes may convert all or a portion of their Notes regardless of the foregoing conditions.
The Company may redeem for cash all or any part of the 2028 Notes, at its option, on or after March 6, 2025, if the last reported sale price of its Class A common stock has been at least 130% of the conversion price for the 2028 Notes then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period (including the last trading day of such period) ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides
notice of redemption at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2028 Notes to be redeemed, plus any accrued and unpaid special interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. No sinking fund is provided for the 2028 Notes.
Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the relevant indentures governing the Notes) prior to the relevant maturity date, holders of the relevant series of Notes may require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of the Notes of such series for cash at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the series of Notes to be repurchased, plus any accrued and unpaid special interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. Additionally, and upon events of default (as defined in the relevant indentures governing the Notes), the maturity of the Notes may be accelerated.
The Notes are the Company’s general unsecured obligations and will rank senior in right of payment to any existing and future indebtedness that is contractually subordinated to the Notes; rank equal in right of payment with the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness that is not so subordinated; effectively rank junior in right of payment to any of the Company’s existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and be structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities (including trade payables) of subsidiaries of the Company.
In accounting for the Notes, issuance costs of $11.0 million and $11.0 million for the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes, respectively, were deducted from the carrying value of the Notes in the consolidated balance sheet. Issuance costs will be recognized as interest expense over the five-year term and seven-year term for the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes, respectively.
The following is a summary of the Notes as of December 31, 2025 and 2024.
| 2026 Notes | 2028 Notes | Total | |||||||||||||||
| December 31, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||
| Principal balance | $ | 695.8 | $ | 693.3 | $ | 1,389.1 | |||||||||||
| Unamortized issuance costs | (0.4) | (3.4) | (3.8) | ||||||||||||||
| Carrying value, net | $ | 695.4 | $ | 689.9 | $ | 1,385.3 | |||||||||||
| December 31, 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
| Principal balance | $ | 695.8 | $ | 693.3 | $ | 1,389.1 | |||||||||||
| Unamortized issuance costs | (2.6) | (4.9) | (7.5) | ||||||||||||||
| Carrying value, net | $ | 693.2 | $ | 688.4 | $ | 1,381.6 | |||||||||||
During the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, the Company recognized $2.2 million in interest expense for the 2026 Notes and $1.6 million in interest expense for the 2028 Notes, respectively, with such interest expense solely consisting of amortization of issuance costs. The effective interest rate for the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes was 0.32% and 0.22%, respectively, as of December 31, 2025.
Maturities on the Company's convertible debt are as follows:
| Convertible Debt | |||||
| 2026 | $ | 695.8 | |||
| 2027 | — | ||||
| 2028 | 693.3 | ||||
| 2029 | — | ||||
| 2030 and thereafter | — | ||||
| Total | $ | 1,389.1 | |||
Convertible Note Hedges and Warrants
Concurrent with the offering of the Notes, the Company entered into convertible note hedge transactions with certain counterparties whereby the Company had the option to purchase a total of approximately 18.2 million shares for note hedges expiring in March 2026 (the “2026 Note Hedges”) and 19.6 million shares for note hedges expiring in March 2028 (the “2028 Note Hedges”, together with the 2026 Note Hedges, the “Note Hedges”), respectively, of its Class A common stock at a price of approximately $38.25 and $35.35 per share, respectively. The aggregate cost of the convertible note hedge transactions was $265.3 million.
The Note Hedges, or a portion thereof, are exercisable upon conversion of the Notes and the satisfaction of certain conditions set forth in the Note Hedges. Additionally, the Note Hedges may be terminated and early settled upon the occurrence of certain events, including certain merger events, events of default, and upon a fundamental change (as defined in the relevant indentures for the Notes). The Note Hedges are settleable in cash, shares or a combination of cash and shares, at the option of the Company, and the settlement alternative will be the same as the settlement alternative of the conversion spread for the respective series of Notes.
The convertible note hedge transactions are expected generally to offset the potential dilution to the Class A common stock upon conversion of the relevant series of Notes and/or reduce any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of such converted Notes, as the case may be, in the event that the market price per share of the Class A common stock, as measured under the terms of the convertible note hedge transactions, is greater than the applicable strike price of those convertible note hedge transactions. As of December 31, 2025, the Company’s stock price was below the exercise price of the respective Note Hedges.
In addition, the Company sold warrants to certain counterparties whereby the holders of the warrants had the option to purchase a total of approximately 18.1 million shares of Class A common stock underlying such warrants expiring in 2026 (the “2026 Warrants”) and 20.1 million shares of Class A common stock underlying such warrants expiring in 2028 (the “2028 Warrants”, together with the 2026 Warrants, the “Warrants”), respectively, at an initial strike price of $46.36 and $46.36 per share, respectively. The Company received aggregate cash proceeds of $202.9 million from the sale of these Warrants.
If the market price per share of the Company’s Class A common stock, as measured under the terms of the Warrants, exceeds the strike price of the Warrants, the Warrants could have a dilutive effect, unless the Company elects, subject to certain conditions, to settle the Warrants in cash. The Warrants are only exercisable on the applicable expiration dates in accordance with the terms of the Warrants. Subject to the other terms of the Warrants, the first expiration date applicable to the 2026 Warrants and to the 2028 Warrants is June 1, 2026, and June 1, 2028, respectively, and the final expiration date applicable to the 2026 Warrants and 2028 Warrants is August 10, 2026 and August 10, 2028, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, the Company’s Class A common stock price was below the exercise price of the Warrants.
Taken together, the purchase of the Note Hedges and the sale of the Warrants are intended to offset potential dilution from the conversion of the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes and/or reduce any cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of such converted Notes, as the case may be, and to effectively increase the overall conversion price from $38.25 per share to $46.36 per share and from $35.35 per share to $46.36 for the 2026 Notes and the 2028 Notes, respectively.
The Note Hedges and the Warrants are equity-classified instruments as a result of being indexed to the Company’s Class A common stock and meeting certain equity classification criteria, and the instruments will not be remeasured in subsequent periods as long as the instruments continue to meet these accounting criteria. The premium paid for the Note Hedges has been included as a net reduction to additional paid-in capital within stockholders’ deficit and the premium received for the Warrants has been included as a net increase to additional paid-in capital within stockholders' deficit.
Historical Timeline
| Fiscal Year | Filed | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Feb 20, 2026 | Showing above |
| 2024 | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| 2023 | Feb 16, 2024 | |
| 2022 | Feb 23, 2023 | |
| 2021 | Feb 18, 2022 | |
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