GoDaddy Inc. (GDDY) Risk Factors

Recent key developments

Concrete developments — dated events, named agreements and instruments, legal proceedings — that GoDaddy Inc. surfaced in its latest filing.

• AWS may terminate the agreement for cause upon notice and upon our failure to cure a breach within 45 days, and may in some cases suspend the agreement immediately for cause upon notice.
• FTC-approved settlement agreement on May 21, 2025 requires GoDaddy to comply with specific security requirements for at least 20 years.May 21, 2025
• The 2026 Round for new gTLD applications opened for applications on April 30, 2026 and the application window closes in August 2026.April 30, 2026
• VeriSign's .com list price is $10.26 and .net is $11.66, with a planned increase to $10.97 for .com effective November 1, 2026.November 1, 2026
• The OECD issued new administrative guidance on January 5, 2026 modifying key aspects of the Pillar Two framework.January 5, 2026
• In August 2023, the board approved up to an additional $1,000.0 million in common stock repurchases, and in April 2025 approved up to an additional $3.0 billion through the end of 2027. Repurchases for the six months ended June 30, 2026 totaled $833.6 million.April 2025
• The company is involved in putative class actions alleging violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, Fair Labor Standards Act and California Private Attorneys General Act.
• As of June 30, 2026, the company had 371 issued patents and 34 pending patent applications in the U.S. and other countries, and 530 registered and 31 pending trademarks.June 30, 2026
• The company is involved in a large number of claims in India involving registration of domain names alleged to incorporate strings matching third-party trademarks, and Indian courts have passed orders targeting the domain name industry.