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Varonis Systems Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/23 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 2/6/24, at 4:20pm ET   ·   For:  12/31/23   ·   Accession #:  1628280-24-3498   ·   File #:  1-36324

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 2/06/24  Varonis Systems Inc.              10-K       12/31/23   94:10M                                    Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   SEA’34

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   1.94M 
 2: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     41K 
 3: EX-10.10    Material Contract                                   HTML    118K 
 4: EX-10.11    Material Contract                                   HTML    134K 
 5: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     29K 
 6: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     27K 
11: EX-97       Clawback Policy re: Recovery of Erroneously         HTML     46K 
                Awarded Compensation                                             
 7: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 8: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 9: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
10: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
17: R1          Document And Entity Information                     HTML     93K 
18: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     32K 
19: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    137K 
20: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parentheticals)        HTML     39K 
21: R5          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML    104K 
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss       HTML     63K 
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML    118K 
                Stockholders' Equity                                             
24: R8          Consolidated Statements of Changes in               HTML     29K 
                Stockholders' Equity (Parenthetical)                             
25: R9          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    124K 
26: R10         General                                             HTML     33K 
27: R11         Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML    179K 
28: R12         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets           HTML     37K 
29: R13         Property and Equipment, Net                         HTML     39K 
30: R14         Accrued Expenses and Other Short Term Liabilities   HTML     38K 
31: R15         Leases                                              HTML     45K 
32: R16         Convertible Senior Notes and Capped Call            HTML     53K 
                Transactions                                                     
33: R17         Goodwill and Intangible Assets                      HTML     39K 
34: R18         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     91K 
35: R19         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML    119K 
36: R20         Income Taxes                                        HTML    136K 
37: R21         Financial Income (Expenses), Net                    HTML     48K 
38: R22         Geographic Information and Major Customer Data      HTML     53K 
39: R23         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML    141K 
40: R24         Significant Accounting Policies (Tables)            HTML    119K 
41: R25         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets (Tables)  HTML     37K 
42: R26         Property and Equipment, Net (Tables)                HTML     38K 
43: R27         Accrued Expenses and Other Short Term Liabilities   HTML     38K 
                (Tables)                                                         
44: R28         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     46K 
45: R29         Convertible Senior Notes and Capped Call            HTML     45K 
                Transactions (Tables)                                            
46: R30         Goodwill and Intangible Assets (Tables)             HTML     39K 
47: R31         Fair Value Measurements (Tables)                    HTML     89K 
48: R32         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML    126K 
49: R33         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML    123K 
50: R34         Financial Income (Expenses), Net (Tables)           HTML     47K 
51: R35         Geographic Information and Major Customer Data      HTML     50K 
                (Tables)                                                         
52: R36         General - Narrative (Details)                       HTML     28K 
53: R37         Significant Accounting Policies - Cash, Cash        HTML     67K 
                Equivalents and Short-term Deposits (Details)                    
54: R38         Significant Accounting Policies - Narrative         HTML    116K 
                (Details)                                                        
55: R39         Significant Accounting Policies - Property and      HTML     35K 
                Equipment, Schedule of Depreciation Annual Rates                 
                and Estimated Useful Lives of Assets (Details)                   
56: R40         Significant Accounting Policies - Derivative        HTML     54K 
                Instruments Measured at Fair Value (Details)                     
57: R41         Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets -         HTML     40K 
                Schedule of Prepaid Expenses and Other Current                   
                Assets (Details)                                                 
58: R42         Property and Equipment, Net - Schedule of Property  HTML     42K 
                and Equipment, Net (Details)                                     
59: R43         Property and Equipment, Net - Narrative (Details)   HTML     29K 
60: R44         Accrued Expenses and Other Short Term Liabilities   HTML     41K 
                - Schedule of Accrued Expenses and Other Short                   
                Term Liabilities (Details)                                       
61: R45         Leases - Summary of Right-of-Use Assets and Lease   HTML     34K 
                Liabilities (Details)                                            
62: R46         Leases - Minimum Lease Payments for Right-of-Use    HTML     45K 
                Assets (Details)                                                 
63: R47         Leases - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     33K 
64: R48         Leases - Summary of Weighted Average Remaining      HTML     31K 
                Lease Terms and Discount Rates (Details)                         
65: R49         Convertible Senior Notes and Capped Call            HTML     78K 
                Transactions - Narrative (Details)                               
66: R50         Convertible Senior Notes and Capped Call            HTML     42K 
                Transactions - Schedule of Convertible Notes                     
                (Details)                                                        
67: R51         Convertible Senior Notes and Capped Call            HTML     48K 
                Transactions - Schedule of Interest Expense                      
                (Details)                                                        
68: R52         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Cost and           HTML     38K 
                Amortization of Intangible Assets (Details)                      
69: R53         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Narrative          HTML     29K 
                (Details)                                                        
70: R54         Goodwill and Intangible Assets - Estimated Future   HTML     31K 
                Amortization Expense (Details)                                   
71: R55         Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities    HTML    118K 
                Measured at Fair Value (Details)                                 
72: R56         Stockholders' Equity - Composition of Common Stock  HTML     36K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R57         Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML    118K 
74: R58         Stockholders' Equity - Stock Options Activities     HTML     66K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R59         Stockholders' Equity - Options Outstanding          HTML     70K 
                Separated into Range of Exercise Price (Details)                 
76: R60         Stockholders' Equity - Outstanding Options Granted  HTML     63K 
                to Consultants for Sales and Pre-marketing                       
                Services (Details)                                               
77: R61         Stockholders' Equity - Restricted Stock Unit        HTML     51K 
                Activity (Details)                                               
78: R62         Stockholders' Equity - Non-cash Stock-based         HTML     46K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
79: R63         Stockholders' Equity - Share Repurchase Program     HTML     37K 
                (Details)                                                        
80: R64         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     60K 
81: R65         Income Taxes - Schedule of Profit (Loss) Before     HTML     36K 
                Taxes on Income (Details)                                        
82: R66         Income Taxes - Schedule of Income Taxes on Loss     HTML     55K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R67         Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and  HTML     63K 
                Deferred Tax Liabilities (Details)                               
84: R68         Income Taxes - Schedule of Reconciliation of        HTML     59K 
                Theoretical Tax Expense and Actual Tax Expense                   
                (Benefit) (Details)                                              
85: R69         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Beginning and      HTML     36K 
                Ending Amount of Unrecognized Tax Benefits                       
                (Details)                                                        
86: R70         Financial Income (Expenses), Net - Summary of       HTML     48K 
                Financial Income and Expenses (Details)                          
87: R71         Geographic Information and Major Customer Data -    HTML     36K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
88: R72         Geographic Information and Major Customer Data -    HTML     38K 
                Revenues Within Geographical Areas (Details)                     
89: R73         Geographic Information and Major Customer Data -    HTML     37K 
                Long-lived Assets by Geographic Region (Details)                 
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 8/06/14  Varonis Systems Inc.              10-Q        6/30/14   53:3.6M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
 5/08/14  Varonis Systems Inc.              10-Q        3/31/14   55:3.3M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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10/22/13  Varonis Systems Inc.              S-1¶                   9:6.1M                                   Donnelley … Solutions/FA
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