Company: YEXT
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001614178-25-000119
Chunk: 326

Company: Yext, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-09-08
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
Chunk 326
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2)    Inclusive of post-closing adjustments of less than $0.1 million.Cash consideration and liabilities incurred of $132.5 million includes the base purchase price of $125.0 million and customary adjustments set forth in the merger agreement. The cash consideration includes $17.2 million of payments held in escrow as partial security for certain indemnification obligations of the former holders of Hearsay equity. Amounts held in escrow were reflected on the Company's condensed consolidated balance sheet at the acquisition date within restricted cash (current and non-current) as the funds are owned by the Company until settlement. In connection with the amounts held in escrow, the Company recognized a corresponding liability on its condensed consolidated balance sheet at the acquisition date at its present value of $16.6 million to reflect the amounts payable to former Hearsay equity holders following the resolution of contingencies surrounding the amounts held in escrow. The liability will be accreted to its contractual value over the estimated escrow period with changes in the liability being recorded within interest expense on the Company's condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss). During the three months ended April 30, 2025 interest expense of $0.5 million was recognized, which encompassed all remaining accretion. As of July 31, 2025, the remaining amounts of $15.5 million held in escrow is estimated to be released during the fiscal year ended January 31, 2026.  

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The purchase price also includes $39.8 million of contingent consideration related to an earnout arrangement, inclusive of a $0.3 million measurement period adjustment recorded during the three months ended April 30, 2025 based on refined estimates. Under the terms of the earnout arrangement, the Company may be required to pay up to $75.0 million to the former holders of Hearsay's outstanding equity interests, subject to the achievement of certain Annual Recurring Revenue ("ARR") milestones over a two-year period, which will end in September 2026. The portion of the earnout arrangement included within contingent consideration excludes amounts attributable to employees of Hearsay that held unvested awards as of the acquisition date, for which earnout payments are subjected to future service. Accordingly, these amounts represent compensation expense in the post-acquisition period. Payment of the earnout can be settled in cash or shares at the Company's election. The Company estimated the fair value of the