--- ticker: VEEV company: Veeva Systems Inc. filing_type: 10-K year_current: 2025 year_prior: 2024 risks_added: 1 risks_removed: 1 risks_modified: 8 risks_unchanged: 35 source: SEC EDGAR url: https://riskdiff.com/veev/2025-vs-2024/ markdown_url: https://riskdiff.com/veev/2025-vs-2024/index.md generated: 2026-05-10 --- # Veeva Systems Inc.: 10-K Risk Factor Changes 2025 vs 2024 > Source: U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EDGAR) > Generated: 2026-05-10 > All data extracted directly from official filings. No hallucinated content. > **[AI-Generated Summary]** The paragraph below was produced by a language > model and may contain errors. All other content on this page is deterministically > extracted from the original SEC filing. > Veeva's 2025 risk disclosures reflect a strategic shift toward AI integration, with the addition of an AI-related reputational and liability risk while removing outdated language about CRM market penetration saturation. The company substantively modified eight risk factors including those addressing competitive positioning, newer solution adoption, and catastrophic business disruption, suggesting a recalibration of growth strategy and operational resilience messaging. These changes indicate Veeva is repositioning its risk narrative around emerging technology adoption rather than legacy product market maturity. --- ## Summary | Status | Count | |--------|-------| | New risks added | 1 | | Risks removed | 1 | | Risks modified | 8 | | Unchanged | 35 | --- ## New in Current Filing: Incorporating AI in our solutions may result in reputational harm and increased liability. We recently began incorporating AI capabilities into certain of our solutions, which presents new risks and challenges that could affect the adoption of our solutions and our business. If our AI offerings draw controversy due to their perceived or actual impact on privacy, security or confidentiality, inefficacy or inaccuracy, or contribution to bias, discrimination, other ethical harms, or other matters, we may experience new or enhanced governmental or regulatory scrutiny, brand or reputational harm, competitive harm or legal liability. If our users lose confidence in the decisions, predictions, analyses, or other content that our AI offerings produce, the adoption of our offerings could be adversely affected, which may harm our operating results and financial condition. The legal, regulatory, and policy environments around AI are evolving rapidly, and we may become subject to new and evolving legal and other obligations. These and other developments may require us to make significant changes to our use of AI, including by limiting or restricting our use of AI, and which may require us to make significant changes to our policies and practices, which may necessitate expenditure of significant time, expense, and other resources. Uncertainty around new and emerging AI applications and regulations may require us to make significant changes to our use of AI, including by limiting or restricting such use, and may cause us to incur increased research and development costs or compliance costs, or divert resources from other development efforts to address issues related to AI governance. If we are unable to mitigate these risks, or if we incur excessive expenses in our efforts to do so, our reputation, business, operating results, and financial condition may be harmed. Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K20 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K20 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K20 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 20 Table of Contents Table of Contents --- ## No Match in Current: Our core Veeva CRM application has achieved substantial market penetration of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. If our efforts to sustain or further increase the use and adoption of our core CRM application do not succeed, the growth of our Commercial Solutions revenues may be negatively impacted. *This section from the 2024 filing does not have a high-confidence textual match in 2025. It may have been removed, merged, or substantially reworded.* In our fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, we derived approximately 52% of our subscription services revenues and approximately 50% of our total revenues from our Commercial Solutions. In our fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2024, we derived approximately 50% of our subscription services revenues and approximately 49% of our total revenues from our Commercial Solutions. A significant percentage of our Commercial Solutions subscription services revenues are derived from subscriptions for our core CRM application, and we have realized substantial sales penetration among pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies for our core Veeva CRM application. If we are not able to sell additional user subscriptions for our core CRM application, if we fail to renew existing subscriptions for our core CRM application, or if subscription levels for our core CRM application are reduced at renewal (as a result of reductions in sales representatives that use our solutions, change in demand for our solutions, or for other reasons), the growth of our Commercial Solutions revenues may be negatively impacted. For example, in recent years, certain life sciences companies have reduced the number of sales representatives they employ due to an increased preference for digitally-enabled sales channels, which negatively impacted sales of Veeva CRM and certain of our other Commercial Solutions. --- ## Modified: Summary of Risk Factors **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "•Defects or disruptions in our solutions could result in diminished demand for our solutions and a reduction in our revenues, and subject us to substantial liability." - Removed sentence: "•Unique and uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical factors, including as a result of worldwide inflationary pressures and changes in interest rates, volatility in the financial sector, concerns about a possible domestic or global recession, currency exchange fluctuations, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the Israel-Hamas conflict may cause instability and volatility in the global financial markets, and disruptions within the life sciences industry that may negatively impact our business, our financial results, and our stock price." - Reworded sentence: "•We rely on third-party providers for computing infrastructure, secure network connectivity, and other technology-related services needed to deliver our cloud solutions, and any slowdown, failure, or disruption in the services provided by them could adversely affect our business and subject us to liability." **Prior (2024):** The below is a summary of principal risks to our business and risks associated with ownership of our stock. It is only a summary. You should read the more detailed discussion of risks set forth below and elsewhere in this report for a more complete discussion of the risks listed below and other risks. •If our security measures are breached or unauthorized access to customer data is otherwise obtained, our solutions may be perceived as not being secure, customers may reduce or stop the use of our solutions, and we may incur significant liabilities. •The markets in which we participate are highly competitive, and if we do not compete effectively, our business and operating results could be adversely affected. •If our newer solutions are not successfully adopted by new and existing customers, the growth rate of our revenues and operating results will be adversely affected. •Our revenues are relatively concentrated within a small number of key customers, and the loss of one or more of such key customers could cause our revenues to decline. •Our plans to migrate our customers to our Vault CRM applications built on our own Veeva Vault platform could cause business disruptions for customers, lead to the loss of our customers to competitors, and adversely affect our operating results. •Nearly all of our revenues are generated by sales to customers in the life sciences industry, and factors that adversely affect this industry could also adversely affect us. •Over the longer term our revenue growth rates are likely to fluctuate from year to year and may decline, and, as our costs increase, we may not be able to sustain the same level of profitability we have achieved in the past. •Unique and uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical factors, including as a result of worldwide inflationary pressures and changes in interest rates, volatility in the financial sector, concerns about a possible domestic or global recession, currency exchange fluctuations, the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the Israel-Hamas conflict may cause instability and volatility in the global financial markets, and disruptions within the life sciences industry that may negatively impact our business, our financial results, and our stock price. •Difficulty attracting and retaining highly skilled employees could adversely affect our business and efforts to attract and retain such employees may increase our expenses. •If the third-party providers of healthcare professional and healthcare organization data and prescription drug sales data, such as IQVIA for instance, do not allow our customers to upload and use such data in our solutions, the demand for our solutions may decrease, and our business may be negatively impacted. •We rely on third-party providers for computing infrastructure, secure network connectivity, and other technology-related services needed to deliver our cloud solutions, and any disruption in the services provided by them could adversely affect our business and subject us to liability. •Changing laws and regulations, including increasingly complex data privacy and information security regulations, in the U.S. and internationally, life sciences industry regulations, and trade policies, may impose additional costs for compliance, reduce demand for our solutions, and subject us to significant liabilities. Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 9 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 9 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 9 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 9 Table of Contents Table of Contents •We are currently being sued by third parties for alleged misappropriation of trade secrets. We may suffer damages, which could be significant, or other harm from these lawsuits and we may be sued for infringement or misappropriation of third-party intellectual property in the future. •We may acquire other companies or technologies, which could divert our management's attention, result in additional dilution to our stockholders, and otherwise disrupt our operations and adversely affect our operating results. **Current (2025):** The below is a summary of principal risks to our business and risks associated with ownership of our stock. It is only a summary. You should read the more detailed discussion of risks set forth below and elsewhere in this report for a more complete discussion of the risks listed below and other risks. •If our security measures are breached or unauthorized access to customer data is otherwise obtained, our solutions may be perceived as not being secure, customers may reduce or stop the use of our solutions, and we may incur significant liabilities. •The markets in which we participate are highly competitive, and if we do not compete effectively, our business and operating results could be adversely affected. •If our newer solutions are not successfully adopted by new and existing customers, the growth rate of our revenues and operating results will be adversely affected. •Our revenues are relatively concentrated within a small number of key customers, and the loss of one or more of such key customers could cause our revenues to decline. •Defects or disruptions in our solutions could result in diminished demand for our solutions and a reduction in our revenues, and subject us to substantial liability. •The migration of our customers to our Vault CRM applications built on our own Veeva Vault platform could cause business disruptions for customers, lead to the loss of our customers to competitors, and adversely affect our operating results. •Nearly all of our revenues are generated by sales to customers in the life sciences industry, and factors that adversely affect this industry (including regulatory, funding, or policy changes) could also adversely affect us. •Uncertain macroeconomic and geopolitical factors, including as a result of worldwide inflationary pressures and changes in interest rates, currency exchange fluctuations, changes in trade policies and practices (including the imposition of tariffs) or other economic policies, geopolitical conflicts (like the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the regional conflict in the Middle East), and concerns about a possible domestic or global recession, may cause instability in the global economy, and disruptions within the life sciences industry that may negatively impact our business, our financial results, and our stock price. •Over the longer term our revenue growth rates are likely to fluctuate from year to year and may decline, and, as our costs increase, we may not be able to sustain the same level of profitability we have achieved in the past. •Difficulty attracting and retaining highly skilled employees could adversely affect our business and efforts to attract and retain such employees may increase our expenses. •If the third-party providers of healthcare professional and healthcare organization data and prescription drug sales data, such as IQVIA for instance, do not allow our customers to upload and use such data in our solutions, the demand for our solutions may decrease, and our business may be negatively impacted. •We rely on third-party providers for computing infrastructure, secure network connectivity, and other technology-related services needed to deliver our cloud solutions, and any slowdown, failure, or disruption in the services provided by them could adversely affect our business and subject us to liability. •Changing laws, regulations, and enforcement priorities, including increasingly complex U.S. and international data privacy and information security regulations and measures specific to the life sciences Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K9 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K9 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K9 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 9 Table of Contents Table of Contents industry, may impose additional costs for compliance, reduce demand for our solutions, and subject us to significant liabilities. •We are currently being sued by third parties for alleged misappropriation of trade secrets. We may suffer damages, which could be significant, or other harm from these lawsuits and we may be sued for infringement or misappropriation of third-party intellectual property in the future. •We may acquire other companies or technologies, which could divert our management's attention, result in additional dilution to our stockholders, and otherwise disrupt our operations and adversely affect our operating results. --- ## Modified: Catastrophic events could disrupt our business and adversely affect our operating results. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "In the event of a major earthquake, hurricane, or other natural disaster, or catastrophic event such as an actual or threatened public health emergency (e.g., a global pandemic), fire, extreme weather event, power loss, telecommunications failure, cyberattack, armed conflicts (including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the regional conflict in the Middle East), or terrorist attack, we may be unable to continue our operations at full capacity or at all and may experience system interruptions, reputational harm, delays in our solution development, lengthy interruptions in our services, breaches of data security, loss of key employees, and loss of critical data, all of which could have an adverse effect on our future operating results." **Prior (2024):** Our corporate headquarters are located in Pleasanton, California and our primary third-party hosted computing infrastructure is located in the United States, the European Union, Japan, and South Korea. The west coast of the United States, Japan, and South Korea each contain active earthquake zones. Additionally, we rely on our network and third-party infrastructure and enterprise applications, internal technology systems, and our website, for our development, marketing, operational support, hosted services, and sales activities. In the event of a major earthquake, hurricane, or other natural disaster, or catastrophic event such as an actual or threatened public health emergency (e.g., a global pandemic), fire, extreme weather event, power loss, telecommunications failure, cyber-attack, armed conflicts (including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas conflict), or terrorist attack, we may be unable to continue our operations at full capacity or at all and may experience system interruptions, reputational harm, delays in our solution development, lengthy interruptions in our services, breaches of data 14Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 14Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 14Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 14 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K Table of Contents Table of Contents security, loss of key employees, and loss of critical data, all of which could have an adverse effect on our future operating results. **Current (2025):** Our corporate headquarters are located in Pleasanton, California and our primary third-party hosted computing infrastructure is located in the United States, the European Union, Japan, and South Korea. The west coast of the United States, Japan, and South Korea each contain active earthquake zones. Additionally, we rely on our network and third-party infrastructure and enterprise applications, internal technology systems, and our website, for our development, marketing, operational support, hosted services, and sales activities. In the event of a major earthquake, hurricane, or other natural disaster, or catastrophic event such as an actual or threatened public health emergency (e.g., a global pandemic), fire, extreme weather event, power loss, telecommunications failure, cyberattack, armed conflicts (including the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the regional conflict in the Middle East), or terrorist attack, we may be unable to continue our operations at full capacity or at all and may experience system interruptions, reputational harm, delays in our solution development, lengthy interruptions in our services, breaches of data security, loss of key employees, and loss of critical data, all of which could have an adverse effect on our future operating results. --- ## Modified: If our newer solutions are not successfully adopted by new and existing customers, the growth rate of our revenues and operating results will be adversely affected. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "For example, as discussed in more detail below, we have begun to migrate our Veeva CRM customers to Vault CRM." - Added sentence: "| Form 10-K11 Veeva Systems Inc." - Added sentence: "| Form 10-K11 Veeva Systems Inc." - Added sentence: "| Form 10-K11 Veeva Systems Inc." - Added sentence: "| Form 10-K 11 Table of Contents Table of Contents" **Prior (2024):** Our continued growth and profitability will depend on our ability to successfully develop and sell new solutions. It is uncertain whether these newer solutions will continue to grow as a percentage of revenues at a pace significant enough to support our expected overall growth. For example, we have limited experience selling certain of our data and analytics offerings and certain of our solutions that enable remote patient interactions for clinical trials. Also, as discussed in more detail below, we intend to migrate our Veeva CRM customers to Vault CRM. We cannot be certain that we will be successful with respect to newer solutions and markets. It may take us significant time, and we may incur significant expense, to effectively market and sell these solutions, develop other new solutions, or make enhancements to our existing solutions. If our newer solutions do not continue to gain traction in the market, or other solutions that we may develop and introduce in the future do not achieve market acceptance in a timely manner, the growth rate of our revenues and operating results will be adversely affected. **Current (2025):** Our continued growth and profitability will depend on our ability to successfully develop and sell new solutions. It is uncertain whether these newer solutions will continue to grow as a percentage of revenues at a pace significant enough to support our expected overall growth. For example, as discussed in more detail below, we have begun to migrate our Veeva CRM customers to Vault CRM. We cannot be certain that we will be successful with respect to newer solutions and markets. It may take us significant time, and we may incur significant expense, to effectively market and sell these solutions, develop other new solutions, or make enhancements to our existing solutions. If our newer solutions do not continue to gain traction in the market, or other solutions that we may develop and introduce in the future do not achieve market acceptance in a timely manner, the growth rate of our revenues and operating results will be adversely affected. Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K11 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K11 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K11 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 11 Table of Contents Table of Contents --- ## Modified: The markets in which we participate are highly competitive, and if we do not compete effectively, our business and operating results could be adversely affected. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "In new sales cycles within our largest product categories, we generally compete with other cloud-based solutions from providers that make applications geared toward the life sciences industry." - Reworded sentence: "As we transition from our legacy Veeva CRM application to our Vault CRM application, as discussed in more detail below, certain customers have chosen, and other customers may in the future choose, to purchase CRM solutions from a competitor." - Reworded sentence: "In addition, our competitors have offered price concessions, delayed payment terms, or other more favorable terms and conditions in light of the recent macroeconomic environment." **Prior (2024):** The markets for our solutions are highly competitive. In new sales cycles within our largest product categories, we generally compete with other cloud-based solutions from providers that make applications geared toward the life 10Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 10Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 10Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 10 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K Table of Contents Table of Contents sciences industry. The principal such competitor for our Veeva Commercial Cloud applications is IQVIA Holdings Inc., which offers a CRM application built on the Salesforce platform, various data products, and other applications that compete with our products. Salesforce, Inc. has also announced their intention to offer a life science industry-specific CRM solution, which will compete with our offerings. Our Veeva Data Cloud products. as well as Veeva Crossix, compete with IQVIA, Ipsos Group S.A., Definitive Health Corp., and smaller data and data analytics providers. IQVIA, Dassault Systèmes, OpenText Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Honeywell International Inc., and other smaller application providers offer applications that compete with certain of our Veeva Development Cloud applications. Our Veeva Commercial Cloud and Veeva Development Cloud applications also compete to replace client server-based legacy solutions offered by companies such as Oracle, Microsoft Corporation, and other smaller application providers. Our customers may also choose to use cloud-based applications or platforms that are not life sciences specific - such as Salesforce, Inc., Box.com, Amazon Web Services, or Microsoft - for certain of the functions our applications provide. Our business consulting and professional services offerings compete with a range of professional services firms, which include, at times, some of our partners. With the introduction of new technologies, we expect competition to intensify in the future, and we may face competition from new market entrants as well. In December 2022, we announced plans to migrate customers of our multichannel CRM applications built on the Salesforce platform to CRM solutions that are built on our own Veeva Vault platform, as discussed in more detail below, which could lead to customers choosing competitors that continue to use the Salesforce platform, or other CRM application providers, over us. Some of our actual and potential competitors have advantages over us, such as longer operating histories, significantly greater financial, technical, marketing or other resources, stronger brand and business recognition, larger intellectual property portfolios, and agreements with a broader set of system integrators and other partners. We also continue to be subject to litigation from our competitors. For example, as disclosed elsewhere in this report, we are in active litigation with IQVIA. In addition, our competitors may offer price concessions, delayed payment terms, or other more favorable terms and conditions in light of the recent macroeconomic environment. If our competitors' products, services, or technologies become more accepted than our solutions, if they are successful in bringing their products or services to market earlier than we are, if their products or services are more technologically capable than ours (including as a result of new or better use of evolving artificial intelligence (AI) technologies), or if customers replace our solutions with custom-built software, then our revenues could be adversely affected. Pricing pressures and increased competition could result in reduced sales, reduced margins, losses, or a failure to maintain or improve our competitive market position, any of which could adversely affect our business. For all of these reasons, we may not be able to compete favorably against our current and future competitors. **Current (2025):** The markets for our solutions are highly competitive. In new sales cycles within our largest product categories, we generally compete with other cloud-based solutions from providers that make applications geared toward the life sciences industry. Our CRM solutions primarily compete with Salesforce, Inc., which is developing a life sciences industry-specific CRM application and has entered into a partnership with IQVIA Holdings, which also offers various data products and other applications that compete with our products. Our Veeva Data Cloud products as well as Veeva Crossix, compete with IQVIA, Ipsos Group S.A., Definitive Health Corp., and smaller data and data analytics providers. IQVIA, Dassault Systèmes, OpenText Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Honeywell International Inc., and other smaller application providers offer applications that compete with certain of our Veeva Development Cloud or Veeva Quality Cloud applications. Our Veeva Commercial Cloud, Veeva Development Cloud, and Veeva Quality Cloud applications also compete to replace client server-based legacy solutions offered by companies such as Oracle, Microsoft Corporation, and other smaller application providers. Our customers may also choose to use cloud-based applications or platforms that are not life sciences specific - such as Salesforce, Inc., Box.com, Amazon Web Services, or Microsoft - for certain of the functions our applications provide. Our business consulting and professional services offerings compete with a range of professional services firms, which include, at times, some of our partners. With the introduction of new technologies, we expect competition to intensify in the future, and we may face competition from new market entrants as well. As we transition from our legacy Veeva CRM application to our Vault CRM application, as discussed in more detail below, certain customers have chosen, and other customers may in the future choose, to purchase CRM solutions from a competitor. For example, Salesforce, our primary CRM competitor, recently announced that a large Veeva CRM customer has committed to purchasing its CRM solutions. Some of our actual and potential competitors have advantages over us, such as longer operating histories, significantly greater financial, technical, marketing or other resources, stronger brand and business recognition, larger intellectual property portfolios, and agreements with a broader set of system integrators and other partners. In addition, our competitors have offered price concessions, delayed payment terms, or other more favorable terms and conditions in light of the recent macroeconomic environment. If our competitors' products, services, or technologies become more accepted than our solutions, if they are successful in bringing their products or services to market earlier than we are, if their products or services are more technologically capable than ours (including as a result of new or better use of evolving AI technologies), or if customers replace our solutions with custom-built software, then our revenues could be adversely affected. Moreover, if we enter new markets, we will likely face competition and will need to adapt to competitive factors that may be different from those we face today. Pricing pressures and increased competition could result in reduced sales, reduced margins, losses, or a failure to maintain or improve our competitive market position, any of which could adversely affect our business. For all of these reasons, we may not be able to compete favorably against our current and future competitors. --- ## Modified: The migration of our CRM customers to our Vault CRM applications built on our own Veeva Vault platform could cause business disruptions for customers, lead to the loss of our customers to competitors, and adversely affect our operating results. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "We currently depend on the Salesforce platform to deliver our Veeva CRM application, but we have begun to migrate our CRM customers to our Vault CRM solutions, which are built on our Veeva Vault platform." - Removed sentence: "Vault CRM is currently used by early adopters and we intend to make Vault CRM generally available to all customers in April 2024." - Reworded sentence: "These migration processes are complex and we cannot be certain that we will be successful." - Added sentence: "| Form 10-K12 Veeva Systems Inc." - Added sentence: "| Form 10-K12 Veeva Systems Inc." **Prior (2024):** We currently depend on the Salesforce platform to deliver our multichannel CRM applications, but in December 2022 we announced plans to migrate our CRM customers to our Vault CRM solutions, which are built on our Veeva Vault platform. We also announced that we do not intend to renew our agreement with Salesforce, Inc. for use of the Salesforce platform. Vault CRM is currently used by early adopters and we intend to make Vault CRM generally available to all customers in April 2024. Veeva CRM will be supported until September 1, 2030. The migration of our Veeva CRM customers will require time and expense, which may be significant. These migration processes are complex and we cannot be certain that we will be successful or that the Veeva Vault platform will be ready for migration on our intended timeline or the timeline necessary to support our customers. Further, some existing customers may decide not to migrate to Vault CRM and may decide to use a different CRM solution. Additionally, Vault CRM may encounter difficulties supporting the increased volume of users migrating from Veeva CRM, leading to outages or other performance problems. Any disruptions in our services or other migration-related problems, whether or not such incidents are our fault, that could subject us to liability or harm our reputation. If we are unsuccessful migrating our Veeva CRM customers to Vault CRM, encounter disruptions or other problems in the migration process, or our customers do not migrate to the Vault CRM in a timely manner, or at all, our business, operating results, and brand could be materially and adversely affected. **Current (2025):** We currently depend on the Salesforce platform to deliver our Veeva CRM application, but we have begun to migrate our CRM customers to our Vault CRM solutions, which are built on our Veeva Vault platform. We do not intend to renew our agreement with Salesforce, Inc. for use of the Salesforce platform. Veeva CRM will be supported until September 1, 2030. The migration of our Veeva CRM customers will require time and expense, which may be significant. These migration processes are complex and we cannot be certain that we will be successful. Further, certain customers have decided, and other customers may in the future decide, not to migrate to Vault CRM and use a different CRM solution, including a CRM solution provided by Salesforce. Additionally, the migration may lead to outages or performance problems with Vault CRM or other Vault applications if we encounter difficulties supporting the increased volume of users migrating from Veeva CRM. Any disruptions in our services or other migration-related problems, whether or not such incidents are our fault, that could subject us to liability or harm our reputation. If we are unsuccessful migrating our Veeva CRM customers to Vault CRM, encounter disruptions or other problems in the migration process, or our customers do not migrate to the Vault CRM in a timely manner, or at all, our business, operating results, and brand could be materially and adversely affected. Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K12 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K12 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K12 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 12 Table of Contents Table of Contents --- ## Modified: Our historic growth rates of total revenues and subscription services revenues should not be viewed as indicative of our future performance. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "In our fiscal years ended January 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, our total revenues grew by 16%, 10%, and 16% respectively, as compared to total revenues from the prior fiscal years." **Prior (2024):** While we have experienced significant revenue growth in prior periods, it is not indicative of our future revenue growth. Our total revenues and subscription services revenue growth rates have declined in the past and may decline in the future. In our fiscal years ended January 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, our total revenues grew by 10%, 16%, and 26% respectively, as compared to total revenues from the prior fiscal years. In our fiscal years ended January 31, 2024, 2023, and 2022, our subscription services revenues grew by 10%, 17%, and 26% respectively, as compared to subscription services revenues from the prior fiscal years. In the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, our revenue growth rate was negatively impacted by macroeconomic conditions, including lower funding levels within segments of our customer base and increased scrutiny for certain potential projects, a contracting change in the master subscription agreements that govern our multi-year orders, which affected the timing of revenue recognition for such orders, and foreign currency exchange fluctuations. While we expect our revenue growth rates to accelerate in our fiscal year ending January 31, 2025, as compared to the prior fiscal year, the year-over-year acceleration is in part due to the reduction in our revenues in the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024 from the contracting change discussed above. Over the longer term, our revenue growth rates are likely to fluctuate from year to year and may decline. If we are unable to maintain consistent revenue growth, it may adversely impact our profitability and the value of our common stock. **Current (2025):** While we have experienced significant revenue growth in prior periods, it is not indicative of our future revenue growth. Our total revenues and subscription services revenue growth rates have declined in the past and may decline in the future. In our fiscal years ended January 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, our total revenues grew by 16%, 10%, and 16% respectively, as compared to total revenues from the prior fiscal years. In our fiscal years ended January 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, our subscription services revenues grew by 20%, 10%, and 17% respectively, as compared to subscription services revenues from the prior fiscal years. Over the longer term, our revenue growth rates are likely to fluctuate from year to year and may decline. If we are unable to maintain consistent revenue growth, it may adversely impact our profitability and the value of our common stock. --- ## Modified: We are currently dependent upon Salesforce, Inc's. platform for our Veeva CRM application. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "We are currently dependent upon the Salesforce platform to deliver Veeva CRM." - Reworded sentence: "Per the terms of the agreement, termination of those non-competition obligations by Salesforce, Inc." - Reworded sentence: "is no longer prohibited from promoting third-party products that are competitive to Veeva CRM, treating another third party as a "preferred" vendor of a CRM solution in the pharma and biotech market, or developing or promoting a product that competes with Veeva CRM." - Removed sentence: "Also, in 2019, Salesforce, Inc." - Removed sentence: "announced a strategic partnership with Alibaba, a Chinese company, through which Alibaba will become the exclusive provider of Salesforce in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan." **Prior (2024):** Our Veeva CRM application, and certain portions of the multichannel CRM applications that complement our Veeva CRM application, utilize the Salesforce platform of Salesforce, Inc., and we are currently dependent upon the Salesforce platform to deliver our CRM application. However, on December 1, 2022, we announced our intent to migrate our Veeva CRM customers to Vault CRM, which is built on our Veeva Vault platform, and we do not intend to renew our agreement with Salesforce, Inc. when the current term expires on September 1, 2025. Pursuant to the terms of our agreement, during the wind-down period from September 1, 2025 to September 1, 2030, we may not sell applications that utilize the Salesforce platform to new customers and our sales of applications that utilize the Salesforce platform to a customer existing at September 1, 2025 may not exceed 150% of the seats in use by each such customer as of September 1, 2025. After September 1, 2030, we will not be able to sell applications that utilize the Salesforce platform to any customers. Salesforce, Inc. also has the right to terminate the agreement early in certain circumstances, including in the event of a material breach of the agreement by us, or if Salesforce, Inc. is subjected to third-party intellectual property infringement claims based on our solutions (except to the extent based on the Salesforce platform) or our trademarks and we do not remedy such infringement in accordance with the agreement. Also, if we are acquired by specified companies, Salesforce, Inc. may terminate the agreement upon notice of not less than 12 months. On May 1, 2023, as allowed by the terms of our agreement, Salesforce Inc. terminated certain competition restrictions imposed by the agreement. Per the terms of the agreement, termination of those non-competition Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 21 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 21 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 21 Veeva Systems Inc. | Form 10-K 21 Table of Contents Table of Contents obligations by Salesforce, Inc. released us from our minimum order commitments in the future. Under the terms of our current agreement, Salesforce, Inc. is no longer prohibited from promoting third parties' products that are competitive to Veeva CRM, treating another third party as a "preferred" vendor of a CRM solution in the pharma and biotech market, or developing or promoting a product that competes with Veeva CRM. In addition, current or potential customers of ours may choose a competitor, such as IQVIA, that uses the Salesforce platform or build their own custom solutions on the Salesforce platform rather than buy from us. Any of these events may have a material adverse impact on our business, operating results, and financial condition. Also, in 2019, Salesforce, Inc. announced a strategic partnership with Alibaba, a Chinese company, through which Alibaba will become the exclusive provider of Salesforce in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. The timeframe and exact parameters of changes to Salesforce, Inc. offerings in the listed regions has not been announced. Our existing agreement with Salesforce, Inc. allows us to sell our CRM solutions to drug makers in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, and our right to do so is not impacted by the Alibaba partnership. However, our ability to offer our CRM solutions from data centers located in the listed regions may be limited if Salesforce, Inc. does not operate data centers in the listed regions in the future and we do not contract for such data center services from Alibaba. If our inability to offer our CRM solutions from data centers located in the listed regions negatively impacts the performance of our solutions in those regions or causes legal compliance concerns, or if customers in the listed regions prefer their CRM solutions to be hosted from local data centers, our business may be negatively affected. **Current (2025):** We are currently dependent upon the Salesforce platform to deliver Veeva CRM. However, we have begun to migrate our Veeva CRM customers to Vault CRM, which is built on our Veeva Vault platform, and we do not intend to renew our agreement with Salesforce, Inc. when the current term expires on September 1, 2025. Pursuant to the terms of our agreement, during the wind-down period from September 1, 2025 to September 1, 2030, we may not sell applications that utilize the Salesforce platform to new customers and our sales of applications that utilize the Salesforce platform to a customer existing at September 1, 2025 may not exceed 150% of the seats in use by each such customer as of September 1, 2025. After September 1, 2030, we will not be able to sell applications that utilize the Salesforce platform to any customers. Salesforce, Inc. also has the right to terminate the agreement early in certain circumstances, including in the event of a material breach of the agreement by us, or if Salesforce, Inc. is subjected to third-party intellectual property infringement claims based on our solutions (except to the extent based on the Salesforce platform) or our trademarks and we do not remedy such infringement in accordance with the agreement. Also, if we are acquired by specified companies, Salesforce, Inc. may terminate the agreement upon notice of not less than 12 months. On May 1, 2023, as allowed by the terms of our agreement, Salesforce Inc. terminated certain competition restrictions imposed by the agreement. Per the terms of the agreement, termination of those non-competition obligations by Salesforce, Inc. released us from our minimum order commitments in the future. Under the terms of our current agreement, Salesforce, Inc. is no longer prohibited from promoting third-party products that are competitive to Veeva CRM, treating another third party as a "preferred" vendor of a CRM solution in the pharma and biotech market, or developing or promoting a product that competes with Veeva CRM. For example, Salesforce, Inc. is developing a life sciences industry-specific CRM application that will compete with our offerings and has entered into a partnership with IQVIA. In addition, current or potential customers may choose a competitor, such as Salesforce or IQVIA, or build their own custom solutions on the Salesforce platform rather than buy from us. Any of these events may have a material adverse impact on our business, operating results, and financial condition. --- ## Modified: Because we recognize subscription services revenues ratably over the term of an order for our subscription services, our short-term results of operations may not reflect a decline in sales and may not be indicative of future results. **Key changes:** - Reworded sentence: "Additionally, the timing of renewals or non-renewals or termination for convenience of a subscription agreement during any quarter may only affect our financial performance in future quarters." - Removed sentence: "With respect to certain of our software products, we regularly enter into orders with multi-year terms, some of which may have fee structures that ramp over the term of the order." - Removed sentence: "The difference between the fees invoiced in the first year of a multi-year ramping order and the last year of such an order can sometimes be significant." - Removed sentence: "When such multi-year orders are non-cancellable (other than for cause), we recognize the total contracted revenue ratably over the multi-year term of the order." - Removed sentence: "As a result, in the initial year of such orders, we recognize more revenue than the fees we invoice for the same period, and in the last year of such orders, we recognize less revenue than the fees we invoice for the same period." **Prior (2024):** We generally recognize subscription services revenues ratably over the term of an order under our subscription agreements. As a result, a substantial majority of our quarterly subscription services revenues are generated from subscription agreements entered into during prior periods. Consequently, a decline in new subscriptions in any quarter may not affect our results of operations in that quarter but could reduce our revenues in future quarters. Additionally, the timing of renewals or non-renewals of a subscription agreement during any quarter may only affect our financial performance in future quarters. For example, the non-renewal of a subscription agreement late in a quarter will have minimal impact on revenues for that quarter but will reduce our revenues in future quarters. Accordingly, the effect of significant declines in sales and customer acceptance of our solutions may not be reflected in our short-term results of operations, which would make these reported results less indicative of our future financial results. By contrast, a non-renewal occurring early in a quarter may have a significant negative impact on revenues for that quarter and we may not be able to offset a decline in revenues due to the non-renewal with revenues from new subscription agreements entered into in the same quarter. With respect to certain of our software products, we regularly enter into orders with multi-year terms, some of which may have fee structures that ramp over the term of the order. The difference between the fees invoiced in the first year of a multi-year ramping order and the last year of such an order can sometimes be significant. When such multi-year orders are non-cancellable (other than for cause), we recognize the total contracted revenue ratably over the multi-year term of the order. As a result, in the initial year of such orders, we recognize more revenue than the fees we invoice for the same period, and in the last year of such orders, we recognize less revenue than the fees we invoice for the same period. In this scenario, we may also be exposed to impaired contract assets if, for example, a customer terminates an otherwise non-cancellable multi-year order with ramping fees for cause. Historically, our multi-year orders have generally been non-cancellable. Therefore, our reported revenue in any quarter or year may not have corresponded to the amounts we were entitled to bill in the same period. Now, our master subscription agreements that govern multi-year orders generally include a termination for convenience right for our customers. In the fiscal year ended January 31, 2024, the addition of termination for convenience rights in such master subscription agreements changed the timing of revenue recognition for such orders governed by these master subscription agreements and reduced our unbilled revenue balance from such orders, as well as reduced our revenue for the fiscal year. Starting in our fiscal year ending January 31, 2025, the amount of revenue recognized from such orders will generally be consistent with the amount invoiced for the relevant term of the order. **Current (2025):** We generally recognize subscription services revenues ratably over the term of an order under our subscription agreements. As a result, a substantial majority of our quarterly subscription services revenues are generated from subscription agreements entered into during prior periods. Consequently, a decline in new subscriptions in any quarter may not affect our results of operations in that quarter but could reduce our revenues in future quarters. Additionally, the timing of renewals or non-renewals or termination for convenience of a subscription agreement during any quarter may only affect our financial performance in future quarters. For example, the non-renewal of a subscription agreement late in a quarter will have minimal impact on revenues for that quarter but will reduce our revenues in future quarters. Accordingly, the effect of significant declines in sales and customer acceptance of our solutions may not be reflected in our short-term results of operations, which would make these reported results less indicative of our future financial results. By contrast, a non-renewal occurring early in a quarter may have a significant negative impact on revenues for that quarter and we may not be able to offset a decline in revenues due to the non-renewal with revenues from new subscription agreements entered into in the same quarter. --- *Data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Last updated 2026-05-10.*