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12 Months Ended

Nov. 30, 2023

Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]

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Debt

As of November 30, 2023, future maturities of the Company's long-term debt were as follows:

(In thousands)	2026 Notes		Revolving Line of Credit		Term Loan		Total
2024	$	—	$	—	$	13,750	$	13,750
2025	—		—		20,625		20,625
2026	360,000		—		20,625		380,625
2027	—		110,000		206,250		316,250
Total face value of long-term debt	360,000		110,000		261,250		731,250
Unamortized discount and issuance costs	(5,228)		—		(2,030)		(7,258)
Less current portion of long-term debt, net	—		—		(13,109)		(13,109)
Long-term debt	$	354,772	$	110,000	$	246,111	$	710,883

During February 2023, we partially funded our acquisition of MarkLogic by drawing down $195.0 million under the revolving line of credit. As of November 30, 2023, there was $110.0 million outstanding under the revolving line of credit.

Notes Payable

Convertible Senior Notes

In April 2021, the Company issued, in a private placement, Convertible Senior Notes (the "Notes") with an aggregate principal amount of $360 million, due April 15, 2026, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. There are no required principal payments prior to the maturity of the Notes. The Notes bear interest at an annual rate of 1%, payable semi-annually in arrears on April 15 and October 15 of each year. The Company incurred approximately $10.8 million in issuance costs for the issuance of the Convertible Notes.

Conversion Rights

Before January 15, 2026, Noteholders may convert their Notes in the following circumstances:

•During any fiscal quarter (and only during such fiscal quarter) commencing after the fiscal quarter ending on May 31, 2021, if the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price for each of at least twenty trading days (whether or not consecutive) during the thirty consecutive trading days ending on, and including, the last trading day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter;

•During the five consecutive business days immediately after any ten consecutive trading day period (the “Measurement Period”), if the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for each trading day of the Measurement Period was less than 98% of the product of the last reported sale price per share of Company’s common stock on such trading day and the conversion rate on such trading day; or

•Upon the occurrence of certain corporate events or distributions on the Company’s common stock, or if the Company calls such Notes for redemption, then the Noteholder of any Note may convert such Note at any time before the close of business on the business day immediately before the related redemption date.

From and after January 15, 2026, Noteholders may convert their Notes at any time at their election until the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date. The Company will satisfy its conversion obligations by paying cash up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be converted, by issuing shares of its common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at its election. The initial conversion rate is 17.4525 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes, representing an initial conversion price of approximately $57.30 per share of common stock. The conversion rate will be adjusted upon the occurrence of certain events, including spin-offs, tender offers, exchange offers, make-whole fundamental change and certain stockholder distributions.

Repurchase Rights

On or after April 20, 2024, and on or before the 50th scheduled trading day immediately before the maturity date, the Company may redeem for cash all or part of the Notes, subject to the partial redemption limitation, at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if the last reported sale price per share of the Company’s common stock exceeded 130% of the conversion price on (1) each of at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides a redemption notice and (2) the trading day immediately before the date the Company sends such notice. Pursuant to the partial redemption limitation, the Company may not elect to redeem less than all of the outstanding Notes unless at least $100.0 million aggregate principal amount of Notes are outstanding and not subject to redemption as of the time it sends the related redemption notice.

Capped Call Transactions

On April 8, 2021, in connection with the pricing of the Notes, the Company entered into privately negotiated capped call transactions (“Capped Call Transactions”) with one or more of the initial purchasers and/or their respective affiliates and/or other financial institutions. The Capped Call Transactions cover, subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the Notes, approximately 6.3 million shares (representing the number of shares of common stock initially underlying the Notes) of the Company’s common stock. The Capped Call Transactions are generally expected to reduce potential dilution to our common stock upon any conversion of Notes and/or offset any potential cash payments the Company is required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted Notes, as the case may be, with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap. The cap price of the Capped Call Transactions will initially be $89.88 per share of common stock, which represents a premium of 100% over the last reported sale price of the common stock of $44.94 per share on April 8, 2021, and is subject to certain adjustments under the terms of the Capped Call Transactions. The cost of the purchased capped calls of $43.1 million was recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in-capital.

We elected to integrate the capped call options with the applicable Notes for federal income tax purposes pursuant to applicable U.S. Treasury Regulations. Accordingly, the $43.1 million gross cost of the purchased capped calls will be deductible for income tax purposes as original discount interest over the term of the Notes.

Accounting for the Notes

The Company adopted ASU 2020-06 using the modified retrospective approach on December 1, 2021. Under ASU 2020-06, we no longer separate the Notes into liability and equity components. We recognized the cumulative effect of applying this new standard as of December 1, 2021.

In accounting for the transaction, prior to the adoption of ASU 2020-06, the Notes were separated into liability and equity components.

The initial carrying amount of the liability component was calculated by measuring the fair value of a similar debt instrument that does not have an associated conversion feature. The amount initially recognized for the equity component totaled $64.8 million. The excess of the Notes’ principal amount over the initial carrying amount of the liability component, referred to as the debt discount, was amortized as interest expense over the Notes’ contractual term. The equity component, which represented the difference between the gross proceeds and the initial liability component, was recorded as an increase to additional paid-in capital and was not remeasured.

Upon adoption of ASU 2020-06 on December 1, 2021, using the modified retrospective method, the Company reversed the separation of the debt and equity components and accounted for the Notes wholly as debt. The Company also reversed the amortization of the debt discount that was due to the equity component, with a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings on the adoption date. Further, the Company reversed the allocation of the issuance costs to the equity component and accounted for the entire amount as debt issuance cost that will be amortized as interest expense over the remaining term at an effective interest rate of 1.63% with a cumulative adjustment to retained earnings on the adoption date.

We recognized the cumulative effect of initially applying this new standard as of December 1, 2021 as an adjustment to the December 1, 2021 opening balance of retained earnings. The conversion option that was previously accounted for in equity under the cash conversion model was recombined into the convertible debt outstanding, and as a result, additional paid in capital and the related unamortized debt discount on the convertible senior notes were reduced. The removal of the remaining debt discount recorded for this previous separation has the effect of increasing our net debt balance. We recorded a $47.5 million decrease to additional paid-in capital, a $56.0 million decrease to debt discount, a $4.9 million increase to retained earnings, and a $13.4 million decrease to long-term deferred tax liabilities.

As a result of the adoption of ASU 2020-06, non-cash interest expense decreased by approximately $11.5 million in 2022 and 2023 as well as in future periods due to the de-recognition of the debt discount associated with the previously bifurcated equity components of the Notes. Further, the standard requires the use of the if converted method to calculate diluted earnings per share. Refer to Note 17: Earnings Per Share for further discussion about the impact of the adoption of ASU 2020-06 on diluted earnings per share upon adoption and as of the fiscal year ended November 30, 2023.

	Fiscal Year Ended
(In thousands)	November 30, 2023		November 30, 2022		November 30, 2021
Contractual interest expense (1% coupon)	$	3,600	$	3,600	$	2,280
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs(1)	2,147		2,112		8,195
	$	5,747	$	5,712	$	10,475
(1)After the adoption of ASU 2020-06, the effective interest rate for the Notes was 1.63%. Prior to adoption of ASU 2020-06, the effective interest rate for the Notes was 5.71%.

Credit Facility

On January 25, 2022, the Company entered into the Credit Agreement, which provides for a $275.0 million secured term loan and a $300.0 million secured revolving line of credit. The revolving line of credit has sublimits for swing line loans up to $25.0 million and for the issuance of standby letters of credit in a face amount up to $25.0 million.

Interest rates for the Credit Agreement are determined by reference to a term benchmark rate or a base rate at our option and would range from 1.00% to 2.00% above the term benchmark rate or would range from 0.00% to 1.00% above the defined base rate for base rate borrowings, in each case based upon our leverage ratio. Additionally, we may borrow certain foreign currencies at rates set in the same range above the respective term benchmark rates for those currencies, based on our leverage ratio. We will incur a quarterly commitment fee on the undrawn portion of the revolving credit facility, ranging from 0.125% to 0.275% per annum, based on our leverage ratio. The average interest rate of the credit facility during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2023 was 6.68%, and the interest rate as of November 30, 2023 was 7.20%.

The credit facility matures on the earlier of (i) January 25, 2027, and (ii) the date that is 181 days prior to the maturity date of our Notes subject to certain conditions as set forth in the Credit Agreement, including the repayment of the Notes, the refinancing of the Notes including a maturity date that is at least 181 days after January 25, 2027 and compliance with a liquidity test when all amounts outstanding will be due and payable in full. The revolving line of credit does not require amortization of principal. The term loan requires repayment of principal at the end of each fiscal quarter, beginning with the fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2022. The principal repayment amounts are in accordance with the following schedule: (i) eight payments of $1.7 million each, (ii) four payments of $3.4 million each, (iii) eight payments of $5.2 million each, and (iv) the last payment is of the remaining principal amount. Any amounts outstanding under the term loan thereafter would be due on the maturity date. The term loan may be prepaid before maturity in whole or in part at our option without penalty or premium.

Costs incurred to obtain our long-term debt of $3.2 million, including $1.1 million of unamortized debt issuance costs related to the previous credit agreement, are recorded as debt issuance costs as a direct deduction from the carrying value of the long-term debt liability on our consolidated balance sheets as of November 30, 2023. These costs are being amortized over the term of the Credit Agreement using the effective interest rate method. Amortization expense related to the debt issuance costs was $0.6 million for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2023, 2022 and 2021 and is recorded in interest expense on our consolidated statements of operations.

Revolving loans may be borrowed, repaid, and reborrowed until January 25, 2027, at which time all amounts outstanding must be repaid. As of November 30, 2023, there was $110.0 million outstanding amounts under the revolving line of credit and $2.5 million of letters of credit.

Our obligations under the Credit Agreement are guaranteed by each of our material domestic subsidiaries and are secured by substantially all of our assets and such material domestic subsidiaries, as well as 100% of the capital stock of our domestic subsidiaries and 65% of the capital stock of our first-tier foreign subsidiaries, in each case, subject to certain exceptions as described in the Credit Agreement. Future material domestic subsidiaries will be required to guaranty our obligations under the Credit Agreement, and to grant security interests in substantially all of their assets to secure such obligations. The Credit Agreement generally prohibits, with certain exceptions, any other liens on our assets and the assets of our subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions as described in the Credit Agreement.