GrubHub 10-Q2021 Q1 Quarterly report

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2021

OR

Commission File Number 1-36389

GRUBHUB INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(877) 585-7878

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes   ☒      No    ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).     Yes   ☒      No   ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.     ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     Yes  ☐   No  ☒

As of April 30, 2021, 93,347,973 shares of common stock were outstanding.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)

(UNAUDITED)

(See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited))

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(in thousands, except per share data)

(UNAUDITED)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(in thousands)

(UNAUDITED)

(See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited))

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(in thousands)

(UNAUDITED)

(See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

(in thousands, except share data)

(UNAUDITED)

(See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited))

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

1. Organization

Grubhub Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the “Company”) provide an online and mobile takeout marketplace for restaurant pick-up and delivery orders. The Company connects diners and restaurants through restaurant technology and easy-to-use platforms. Diners enter their delivery address or use geo-location within the mobile applications and the Company displays the menus and other relevant information for restaurants in its network. Orders may be placed directly online, via mobile applications or over the phone. The Company primarily charges restaurant partners a per order commission that is percentage-based. In many markets, the Company also provides delivery services to restaurants on its platform that do not have their own delivery operations. The Company’s takeout marketplace, and related platforms where the Company provides marketing services to generate orders, are collectively referred to as the “Platform”.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include the accounts of Grubhub Inc. and have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include all wholly-owned subsidiaries and reflect all normal and recurring adjustments, as well as any other than normal adjustments, that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on March 1, 2021 (the “2020 Form 10-K”). All significant intercompany transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the related disclosures at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the periods presented. These estimates, judgments and assumptions take into account historical and forward-looking factors that the Company believes are reasonable including, but not limited to, the potential impacts arising from the COVID-19 pandemic and measures implemented to prevent its spread. As the extent and duration of the impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic remain unclear, the Company’s estimates and assumptions may evolve as conditions change. Significant items subject to such estimates, judgments and assumptions include revenue recognition, website and internal-use software development costs, goodwill, valuation and recoverability of intangible assets with finite lives and other long-lived assets, stock-based compensation, and income taxes. Actual results could differ significantly from these estimates.  

Changes in Accounting Principle

There have been no material changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies described in the 2020 Form 10-K.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

There were no recently issued accounting pronouncements that had or are expected to have a material impact on our financial statements.

3. Merger Agreement

On June 10, 2020, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as amended on September 4, 2020 and March 12, 2021, the “Merger Agreement”) with Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. (“JET”), Checkers Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of JET (“Merger Sub I”), and Checkers Merger Sub II, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of JET (“Merger Sub II”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub I will be merged with and into the Company (the “Initial Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving company in the Initial Merger (the “Initial Surviving Company”). Immediately thereafter, the Initial Surviving Company will merge with and into Merger Sub II (the “Subsequent Merger” and, together with the Initial Merger, the “Transaction”), with Merger Sub II continuing as the surviving company.

On and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Initial Merger, each issued and outstanding share of our common stock (other than any shares of our common stock owned by the Company, JET, Merger Sub I, Merger Sub II or any other direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of JET), will be converted into one share of common

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Initial Surviving Company (the “Initial Surviving Company Stock”). Each such share of Initial Surviving Company Stock will immediately thereafter be automatically exchanged for newly issued American depositary shares of JET (“JET ADS”) representing 0.6710 shares of the share capital of JET with a nominal value of €0.04 per share (“JET Shares”), with each JET ADS representing one-fifth of one JET Share (the “Merger Consideration”).

The registration statement and preliminary proxy statement in respect of the Transaction were publicly filed with the SEC on April 27, 2021, and the Grubhub special stockholder meeting to approve the Transaction and related matters as described in the preliminary proxy statement is expected to take place in June 2021. Subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, Grubhub anticipates closing the Transaction shortly following the Grubhub special stockholder meeting.

The Company incurred certain expenses directly and indirectly related to mergers and acquisitions which were recognized in general and administrative expenses within the condensed consolidated statements of operations of $0.8 million and $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

4. Marketable Securities

The amortized cost, unrealized gains and losses and estimated fair value of the Company’s held-to-maturity marketable securities as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows:

All of the Company’s marketable securities were classified as held-to-maturity investments and have maturities within one year of March 31, 2021. The Company evaluated its marketable securities aggregated by credit rating agency rating, all of which are highly rated, investment grade securities, considering historical investment losses, current market conditions and historical recovery rates of similar securities and determined that no material credit losses were expected as of March 31, 2021.

The gross unrealized losses, estimated fair value and length of time the individual marketable securities were in a continuous loss position for those marketable securities in an unrealized loss position as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows:

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

The Company recognized interest income during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 of $0.1 million and $0.9 million, respectively, within net interest expense on the condensed consolidated statements of operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company did 0t recognize any other-than-temporary impairment losses related to its marketable securities.

The Company’s marketable securities are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy (see Note 13, Fair Value Measurement, for further details).

5. Goodwill and Acquired Intangible Assets

The components of acquired intangible assets as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows:

Amortization expense for acquired intangible assets recognized within depreciation and amortization on the condensed consolidated statements of operations was $9.7 million and $12.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, there were 0 changes in the carrying amount of goodwill of $1,008.0 million.

Estimated future amortization expense of acquired intangible assets as of March 31, 2021 was as follows:

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

6. Property and Equipment

The components of the Company’s property and equipment as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020 were as follows:

The gross carrying amount and accumulated amortization of the Company’s developed software as of March 31, 2021 were each adjusted by $3.5 million for certain fully amortized assets that were no longer in use. The Company recorded depreciation and amortization expense for property and equipment other than developed software of $12.3 million and $8.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

The Company capitalized developed software costs of $19.2 million and $19.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Amortization expense for developed software costs, recognized in depreciation and amortization in the condensed consolidated statements of operations, was $15.7 million and $12.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

7. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal

In August 2011, Ameranth, Inc. (“Ameranth”) filed a patent infringement action against a number of defendants, including Grubhub Holdings Inc., in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Case No. 3:11-cv-1810. Ameranth subsequently initiated additional actions for infringement of a related patent, including separate actions against Grubhub Holdings Inc., Case No. 3:12-cv-739, and Seamless North America, LLC, Case No. 3:12-cv-737, which were consolidated along with approximately 40 other cases Ameranth filed in the same district.

In September 2018, the district court granted summary judgment (on another defendant’s motion) of unpatentability on the sole remaining patent and vacated the December 3, 2018 jury trial date for the claims against Grubhub Holdings Inc. and Seamless North America, LLC. In October 2018, the district court entered final judgment on all claims in the case in which summary judgment was granted, and then stayed the remaining cases (including the cases against Grubhub and Seamless). Ameranth then appealed this decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In November 2019, the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s findings of unpatentability in all material respects, and remanded certain dependent claims to the district court. In June 2020, Ameranth filed a petition for a Writ of Certiorari with the Supreme Court of the United States, which the Court subsequently denied in October 2020. The Company believes this case lacks merit and that it has strong defenses to all of the infringement claims. The Company intends to defend the suit vigorously. The Company has 0t recorded an accrual related to this lawsuit as of March 31, 2021, as it does not believe a material loss is probable.

On November 20, 2019, a purported stockholder of the Company filed a putative class action complaint against the Company, Chief Executive Officer Matthew Maloney, and President and Chief Financial Officer Adam DeWitt in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Case No. 19 Civ. 7665.  The complaint, which was amended on July 24, 2020, asserts violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder, based on its allegation that the defendants made false and misleading statements about the Company’s growth, competitive landscape, and strategy.  The complaint seeks unspecified compensatory damages and attorneys’ fees, among other relief. Grubhub filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, which is now fully briefed before the court. The defendants believe that the complaint is without merit and that a material loss is not probable. However, given the early stage of the proceedings, a reasonable estimate of the amount of any possible loss or range of loss cannot be made at this time.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

In addition to the matters described above, from time to time, the Company is involved in various other legal proceedings arising from the normal course of business activities, including labor and employment claims, some of which relate to the alleged misclassification of independent contractors. The Company currently has a number of pending putative class actions, Private Attorney General Act lawsuits and arbitrations alleging the misclassification of independent contractors. Legislation in this area continues to evolve, and therefore, the Company expects to continue to receive an increased number of misclassification claims. Nonetheless, the Company believes that its approach to classification is supported by the law and intends to continue to defend itself vigorously in these matters. The Company does not believe any of the foregoing claims will have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements. However, there is no assurance that any claim will not be combined into a collective or class action. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company made payments of $12.5 million related to the settlement of certain of these matters.

8. Debt

The following table summarizes the carrying value of the Company’s debt as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020:

Senior Notes

On June 10, 2019, the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Grubhub Holdings Inc., issued $500.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 5.500% senior notes due July 1, 2027 (“Senior Notes”) in a private placement exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Interest is payable on the Senior Notes semi-annually on January and July of each year, beginning on January 1, 2020. The interest payment due on January 1, 2021 of $13.8 million was paid in December 2020. There have been no changes in the terms of the Senior Notes as described in Part II, Item 8, Note 11, Debt, to the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.

Credit Agreement

On February 6, 2019, the Company entered into an amended and restated credit agreement (as amended on May 8, 2020, the “Credit Agreement”) which provides, among other things, for aggregate revolving loans up to $225 million and provided for term loans in an aggregate principal amount of $325 million. The $325 million term loan portion of the Credit Agreement was extinguished on June 10, 2019. In addition to the revolving loans available under the Credit Agreement, the Company may also incur up to $250 million of incremental revolving or term loans pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement. The credit facility under the Credit Agreement will be available to the Company until February 5, 2024. There have been no material changes in the terms of the Credit Agreement as described in Part II, Item 8, Note 11, Debt, to the Company’s 2020 Form 10-K.

Other Information

As of March 31, 2021, the Company’s outstanding debt consisted of $500.0 million in Senior Notes. 

See Note 13, Fair Value Measurement, for the fair value of the Company’s Senior Notes as of March 31, 2021. The Company was in compliance with the financial covenants of its debt facilities as of March 31, 2021. Additional capacity under the Credit Agreement may be used for general corporate purposes, including funding working capital and future acquisitions.

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, unamortized debt issuance costs of $1.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively, related to the revolving loan facility and $5.7 million and $5.9 million, respectively, related to the Senior Notes were recorded as other assets and as a reduction of long-term debt, respectively, on the condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Interest expense includes interest on outstanding borrowings, amortization of debt issuance costs and commitment fees on the undrawn portion available under the credit facility, net of capitalized borrowing costs. The Company recognized interest expense of $7.3 million during each of the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020. 

9. Stock-Based Compensation

The Company has granted non-qualified and incentive stock options, restricted stock units and restricted stock awards under its incentive plans. The Company recognizes compensation expense based on estimated grant date fair values for all stock-based awards issued to employees and directors, including stock options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

Stock-based Compensation Expense

The total stock-based compensation expense related to all stock-based awards was $21.0 million and $20.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of March 31, 2021, $227.9 million of total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.9 years.

Excess tax deficiencies reflect the total realized value of the Company’s tax deductions from individual stock option exercise transactions and the vesting of restricted stock units deficient of the deferred tax assets that were previously recorded. During the three months ended March 31,2020, the Company recognized excess tax deficiencies from stock-based compensation of $2.5 million within income tax benefit in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and within cash flows from operating activities in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows. Excess tax benefits (deficiencies) had 0 impact on income tax benefit during the three months ended March 31, 2021.

The Company capitalized stock-based compensation expense as website and software development costs of $4.6 million and $4.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Stock Options

The Company granted 16,841 and 224,509 stock options under the 2015 Plan during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The fair value of each stock option award was estimated based on the assumptions below as of the grant date using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model. Expected volatility is based on the historical and implied volatilities of the Company’s own common stock. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercises and employee terminations within the valuation model. Separate groups of employees that have similar historical exercise behavior are considered separately for valuation purposes. The expected term calculation for option awards considers a combination of the Company’s historical and estimated future exercise behavior. The risk-free rate for the period within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.

The assumptions used to determine the fair value of the stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:

Stock option awards as of December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021, and changes during the three months ended March 31, 2021, were as follows:

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pre-tax intrinsic value (the difference between the fair value of the common stock and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders had all option holders exercised their in-the-money options on each date. This amount will change in future periods based on the fair value of the Company’s stock and the number of options outstanding. The aggregate intrinsic value of awards exercised was $1.4 million and $2.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

The Company recorded compensation expense for stock options of $2.1 million and $3.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of March 31, 2021, total unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to non-vested stock options was $11.0 million and is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.8 years.

Restricted Stock Units

Non-vested restricted stock units as of December 31, 2020 and March 31, 2021, and changes during the three months ended March 31, 2021 were as follows:

Compensation expense related to restricted stock units was $18.9 million and $17.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. The aggregate fair value as of the vest date of restricted stock units that vested during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 was $25.6 million and $22.5 million, respectively. As of March 31, 2021, $216.9 million of total unrecognized compensation cost, adjusted for estimated forfeitures, related to 3,580,526 non-vested restricted stock units expected to vest with weighted-average grant date fair values of $65.44, is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 2.9 years. The fair value of these awards was determined based on the Company’s stock price at the grant date and assumes no expected dividend payments through the vesting period.

10. Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate was 0.8% and 36.1% during the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, for an income tax benefit in all periods presented. The effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2021 reflects the impact of the full valuation allowance against U.S. deferred tax assets as of March 31, 2021. On March 27, 2020, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”), which includes provisions, among others, that allow the Company to carryback net operating losses to a year with a higher federal income tax rate and technical corrections to tax depreciation methods for qualified improvement property. The income tax benefit for the three months ended March 31, 2020 included a $6.8 million benefit related to net operating losses that can now be carried back as a result of the CARES Act, partially offset by tax deficiencies on stock-based compensation of $2.5 million (see Note 9, Stock-Based Compensation, for additional details).

The Company is currently under examination by the Internal Revenue Service for its federal income tax return for the tax year ended December 31, 2017. The Company does not believe, but cannot predict with certainty, that there will not be any additional tax liabilities, penalties and/or interest as a result of the audit.

11. Stockholders’ Equity

As of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the Company was authorized to issue two classes of stock: common stock and preferred stock.

Common Stock

Each holder of common stock has one vote per share of common stock held on all matters that are submitted for stockholder vote. At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were 500,000,000 shares of common stock authorized. At March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, there were 93,306,390 and 93,046,676 shares issued and outstanding, respectively. The Company did 0t hold any shares as treasury shares as of March 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020.

On January 22, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a program that authorizes the repurchase of up to $100 million of the Company’s common stock exclusive of any fees, commissions or other expenses relating to such repurchases through open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions at the prevailing market price at the time of purchase. The repurchase program was announced on January 25, 2016 (the “Repurchase Program”). Repurchased stock may be retired or held as treasury shares. The repurchase authorizations do not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock or adopt any

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

particular method of repurchase and may be modified, suspended or terminated at any time at management’s discretion, however, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, and subject to certain limited exceptions, the Company may not repurchase its common stock. The Company did 0t repurchase any shares of its common stock during the three months ended March 31, 2021 pursuant to the Repurchase Program, and does not expect to repurchase any shares of its common stock in connection with the Repurchase Program prior to the consummation of the Transaction or earlier termination of the Merger Agreement.

Preferred Stock

The Company was authorized to issue 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock. There were 0 issued or outstanding shares of preferred stock as of March 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020.

12. Earnings Per Share Attributable to Common Stockholders

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period without consideration for common stock equivalents. Diluted net income per share attributable to common stockholders is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period and potentially dilutive common stock equivalents, including stock options and restricted stock units, except in cases where the effect of the common stock equivalent would be antidilutive. Potential common stock equivalents consist of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units using the treasury stock method. For periods of net loss, basic and diluted earnings per share are the same as the effect of the assumed exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock units is anti-dilutive.

The following table presents the calculation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020:

The number of shares of common stock underlying stock-based awards excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders because their effect would have been antidilutive for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:  

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

13. Fair Value Measurement

Certain assets and liabilities are required to be recorded at fair value on a recurring basis. Accounting standards define fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. The standards also establish a fair value hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

The accounting guidance for fair value measurements prioritizes valuation methodologies based on the reliability of the inputs in the following three-tier value hierarchy:

The Company applied the following methods and assumptions in estimating its fair value measurements. The Company’s commercial paper, investments in corporate bonds, certain money market funds and Senior Notes are classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are observable directly or indirectly. Accounts receivable, restaurant food liability and accounts payable approximate fair value due to their generally short-term maturities.

The following table presents the fair value, for disclosure purposes only, and carrying value of the Company’s assets and liabilities that are recorded at other than fair value as of March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020: 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and with the audited consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 (“2020 Form 10-K”) filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 1, 2021. In addition to historical condensed consolidated financial information, the following discussion contains forward-looking statements that reflect the Company’s plans, estimates, and beliefs. Actual results could differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to these differences, such as the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (“COVID-19”), include those discussed below and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including those set forth in “Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” below.

Company Overview

Grubhub Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively referred to as the “Company,” “Grubhub,” “we,” “us,” and “our”) is a leading online and mobile platform for restaurant pick-up and delivery orders, which the Company refers to as takeout. The Company currently connects more than 300,000 restaurants, of which more than 280,000 are partnered restaurants, with hungry diners in thousands of cities across the United States and is focused on transforming the takeout experience. For restaurant partners, Grubhub generates higher margin takeout orders at full menu prices. The Grubhub platform empowers diners with a “direct line” into the kitchen, avoiding the inefficiencies, inaccuracies and frustrations associated with paper menus and phone orders. The Company has a powerful takeout marketplace that creates additional value for both restaurants and diners as it grows. The Company’s takeout marketplace, and related platforms where the Company provides marketing services to generate orders, are collectively referred to as the “Platform”. The Company charges restaurant partners on the Platform a per-order commission that is primarily percentage-based. Most of the restaurant partners on the Company’s Platform can choose their level of commission rate, at or above the base rate. A restaurant can choose to pay a higher rate, which affects its prominence and exposure to diners on the Platform. In many markets, the Company also provides delivery services to restaurants on its Platform that do not have their own delivery operations. Additionally, restaurant partners that use the Company’s delivery services pay an additional commission on the transaction for the use of those services. The Company also recognizes as revenue any fees charged directly to the diner including fees for GH+, our subscription product. GH+ subscribers receive unlimited deliveries with $0 delivery fee on qualifying orders from GH+ restaurants. As of March 31, 2021, the Company was providing delivery services in approximately 460 of the largest core-based statistical areas across the country.

Just Eat Takeaway.com Transaction

On June 10, 2020, the Company entered into a definitive agreement with Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. (“JET”) whereby JET is to acquire 100% of the Company’s shares in an all-stock transaction (the “Transaction”). JET, headquartered in Amsterdam, is a leading global online food delivery marketplace. The Transaction represents JET’s entry into online food delivery in the United States. Under the terms of the Transaction, Grubhub shareholders will be entitled to receive newly issued American depositary shares representing 0.6710 Just Eat Takeaway.com ordinary shares in exchange for each share of Grubhub common stock, with each American depositary share representing one-fifth of one Just Eat Takeaway.com ordinary share. This represents implied value of $75.15 for each Grubhub share based on JET’s then-current stock price at the time the Transaction was announced and implies total equity consideration (on a fully diluted basis) of approximately $7.3 billion. The Transaction has received all required regulatory clearances and JET shareholders have approved the Transaction. The registration statement and preliminary proxy statement in respect of the Transaction were publicly filed with the SEC on April 27, 2021, and the Grubhub special stockholder meeting to approve the Transaction and related matters as described in the preliminary proxy statement is expected to take place in June 2021. Subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, Grubhub anticipates closing the Transaction shortly following the Grubhub special stockholder meeting. For additional information, see Note 3, Merger Agreement.

Impact of COVID-19

Since March of 2020, the Company has been monitoring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, our industry and the broader economy. The pandemic has had a significant, adverse impact on our restaurant partners, largely due to restrictions on in-restaurant dining, which have contributed to changes in diner behavior.

While the Company initially experienced somewhat reduced order volume at the onset of the pandemic during the first quarter of 2020, the Company saw significantly improved trends in subsequent quarters as new diners and new restaurants joined the Platform and existing diners increased ordering as a substitute for in-restaurant dining. These factors contributed to significant increases in Active Diners, Daily Average Grubs and Gross Food Sales on a year-over-year basis.

However, the sustainability of our restaurant, driver and diner network remains paramount. Therefore, since the onset of the pandemic, the Company has sought out ways to support its restaurants and drivers, including through investments in programs designed to drive more business to our restaurant partners such as promotions, reduced diner fees and product improvements. We also

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supported our drivers by investing in personal protection kits and higher pay and bonuses. The Company may continue to invest in such programs while the COVID-19 pandemic persists. In addition, governments in certain of the markets where the Company operates introduced temporary emergency orders or legislation limiting the commission that the Company can charge its restaurant partners during the pandemic in order to aid the restaurant sector. We believe that the Company will emerge from these events well positioned for long-term growth and profitability, however, the Company cannot reasonably estimate the duration or severity of the economic impact to diners and restaurants of the restrictions on daily life to curb the spread of COVID-19, or the ultimate impact on the Company’s operations and liquidity. The Company will continue to actively monitor the situation and may take further actions as may be required by federal, state or local or authorities, or that we determine are in the best interests of our network of restaurants, drivers, diners and employees. For further discussion, see management’s discussion under “Key Business Metrics,” “Results of Operations,” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” below.

Key Business Metrics

Within this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Results of Operations, the Company discusses key business metrics, including Active Diners, Daily Average Grubs and Gross Food Sales. Key business metrics include transactions placed on the Platform where the Company provides marketing services to generate orders. The Platform excludes transactions where the Company exclusively provides technology or fulfillment services. Key business metrics reflect results of acquired businesses from the relevant acquisition dates. The Company’s key business metrics are defined as follows:

The Company’s key business metrics were as follows for the periods presented:

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Company experienced growth across all of its key business metrics as compared to the same period in the prior year. This growth was primarily as a result of increased product and brand awareness by diners largely driven by accelerated adoption of online food ordering due to COVID-19, marketing efforts and word-of-mouth referrals, better restaurant choices for diners in our markets and technology and product improvements. COVID-19 impacted all of our key business metrics as a result of changing diner behavior. Gross Food Sales increased disproportionately to Daily Average Grubs due to higher average order size, which was primarily a result of changing diner behavior as a result of COVID-19. The year-over-year growth in Daily Average Grubs also reflects a slight impact to the three months ended March 31, 2020 from a decrease in diner demand in the second half of March 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Results of Operations

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020

The following table sets forth the Company’s results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to the same period in the prior year presented in dollars and as a percentage of revenues: