COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIESSales or Other Similar Taxes— Based on the location of the Company’s current operations, sales tax is collected and remitted. To date, the Company has had no actual or threatened sales and use tax claims from any state where it does not already claim nexus or any state where it sold products prior to claiming nexus. However, the Company believes that the likelihood of incurring a liability as a result of sales tax nexus being asserted by certain states where it sold products prior to claiming nexus is reasonably possible. As of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company estimates that the potential liability is approximately $1,399. All periods have been recorded as an accrued liability. Although it is reasonably possible that a change in this estimate will occur in the near term, the Company believes this is the best estimate of an amount due to taxing agencies, given that such a potential loss is an unasserted liability that would be contested and subject to negotiation between the Company and the respective state, or decided by a court.

Legal Proceedings— The Company is not currently subject to any legal proceedings or currently aware of any claims that it believes will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

On February 8, 2022, a putative stockholder of the Company filed a complaint in the Delaware Chancery Court alleging that he is entitled to attorney’s fees and expenses in connection with a demand he made on the Company regarding the ability of Seven Oaks Class A common stockholders to vote on certain charter amendments in connection with the Business Combination, which closed on December 8, 2021. The stockholder has not specified the amount of attorneys’ fees and expenses sought. The Company’s response to the complaint was filed on May 2, 2022. As of March 31, 2022, no estimate of reasonably possible losses was available due to the early stage of this matter and the uncertainty inherent in litigation and investigations.

Service Agreements— The Company is currently engaged in the below service agreements under which it has certain long-term commitments in exchange for the described services:

On June 13, 2021, the Company executed a Master Subscription Agreement with Palantir Technologies Inc. (“Palantir”) under which it will pay $20,000 over five years for access to Palantir's Foundry software platform and related services for advanced data management and analytics to be used for the Company's strategic initiatives. In exchange for this agreement, Palantir agreed to purchase, and the Company agreed to sell to Palantir, an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Seven Oaks Class A common stock, for a purchase price of $10.00 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $20,000, in connection with the PIPE Investment. On December 8, 2021, upon the Closing (as discussed in Notes 1 and 2), $15,000 of the $20,000 was due to Palantir, pursuant to the terms of the Master Subscription Agreement, thirty days after Closing. As of March 31, 2022, the initial $15,000 was fully paid to Palantir. Also upon the Closing, each share of Seven Oaks Class A common stock was reclassified into one share of New Boxed common stock.

The Company received access to Palantir's Foundry software platform on June 25, 2021; however; no software expense was recognized until after the consummation of the Business Combination as the Company could cancel the agreement if the Business Combination was not consummated.

On December 1, 2021, the Company entered into an addendum to a prior service agreement with Google LLC for access to the Google Cloud Platform. The addendum includes three commitment periods, with the first commitment period beginning on the implementation date and lasting 12 months and the next two commitment periods beginning at the end of the preceding period and lasting 12 months each. The minimum commitments for the first, second, and third commitment periods are $2,000, $4,500, and $8,500, respectively. Any fees the Company incurs in a single commitment period (other than the final commitment period) that in total exceed the minimum commitment for such period will apply towards the Company's minimum commitment for the following commitment period. As of March 31, 2022, the total remaining commitment, gross of discounts, was approximately $14,360, with a minimum of approximately $2,800 due within the next 12 months.