EBIX Announces Second Quarter 2015 Results

• Q2 Revenues of $64.7 million, up 26% year over year
• Q2 Diluted EPS of $0.54, up 54% year-over-year

JOHNS CREEK, Ga., Aug. 7, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIX), a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance, financial and healthcare industries, today reported results for the fiscal second quarter ended June 30, 2015.

Ebix delivered the following results for the second quarter of 2015:

Revenues: Total Q2 2015 revenue was $64.7 million, an increase of 26% on a year-over-year basis, as compared to Q2 2014 revenue of $51.5 million and a slight 1.5% increase over Q1 2015 revenue of $63.8 million.

On a constant currency basis, Ebix Q2 2015 revenue increased 31% year over year to $67.4 million as compared to $51.5 million in Q2 of 2014. Also on a constant currency basis, year to date revenue increased 29% to $133.1 million as compared to $102.9 million during the same period in 2014.

Earnings per Share: Q2 2015 diluted earnings per share of $0.54 were up 54% as compared to $0.35 in the second quarter of 2014. For purposes of the Q2 2015 EPS calculation, there was an average of 35.3 million diluted shares outstanding during the quarter, as compared to 38.6 million diluted shares outstanding in Q2 2014.

Operating Cash: Cash generated from operations in Q2 2015 was $17.5 million, essentially at the same levels as compared to $17.8 million in Q2 2014 and significantly improved from the ($7.3) million of cash used in operation during Q1 of 2015.

Operating Income and Margins: Operating income for Q2 2015 was up 17% at $20.4 million as compared to $17.5 million of operating income in Q2 2014. Operating margins, for Q2 2015 for Consulting were at 24% while for the remaining businesses were at 33%

Net Income: Q2 2015 net income was $19.0 million, up 40% as compared to Q2 2014 net income of $13.6 million. During the six months ended June 30, 2015, net income increased $8.4 million or 29%, to $37.4 million compared to $29 million during the same period in 2014

Q3 2015 Diluted Share Count: As of today, the Company expects the diluted share count for Q3 2015 to be approximately 34.8 million.

Channel Revenues: The Exchange channel continued to be the largest channel for Ebix accounting for 72% of the Company's Q2 2015 revenues.

The continued strengthening of the US dollar, year over year, as compared to the Australian dollar and the Brazilian real decreased revenue by $2.7 million in Q2 2015 and $4.6 million during the six months ended June 30, 2015 across the Exchange and Broker Systems Channels.

Share Repurchases: In August 2014, the company had announced its intent to purchase up to $80 million of Ebix shares over the next 12 months. As of July 31^st the Company reported that it had purchased 4 million shares worth approximately $80 million since August 2014. The Company Board of Directors is likely to authorize a new $100 million share repurchase plan once the previous authorized amount of $100 million is fully utilized.

Ebix Chairman, President and CEO Robin Raina said, "On a constant currency basis, our revenues for Q2 2015 would have been $67.4 million as compared to $51.5 million in Q2 of 2015. We feel that we have momentum on our side now. With many prestigious signed contracts in implementation, a number of key new contracts signed in Q2 2015 and a few material commitments in the contract stages, we are hopeful that we can show a meaningful improvement in our top line in 2015 and beyond. We are pleased that we have been able to keep growing our top line while continuing to de-emphasize any existing revenue streams that have been low margin intensive for the Company."

"We are also pursuing a number of key acquisition opportunities that are expected to be quite accretive for our shareholders," Robin said. "We also believe that we can increase our reach and top line revenue growth substantially by forging strong strategic alliances with reputed advisory and consulting companies who will market and sell our products to their large client base. We expect to announce one such key relationship soon."

Robin added, "We believe that the Company's recurring revenue streams, cash flow characteristics, sticky client base, On-demand business model, rich domain expertise, strong barriers to entry along with a highly diversified client base etc. are not fully reflected in the Company's present valuation. Accordingly we are committed to expanding our share repurchase plan substantially as we see share repurchases as one of the most accretive ways of generating value for our shareholders."

Robert Kerris, Ebix EVP and CFO said, "While we are pleased with the Q2 2015 results, we believe that the Company can improve its operating margins significantly through a number of efficiency initiatives that have been put in place. During the 2^nd quarter we facilitated robust returns for our shareholders by paying $12.2 million to repurchase 414,258 shares of our common stock, and paying $2.7 million through the Company's quarterly dividend of $0.075 per share. However, from a liquidity perspective we still have $28.4 million of cash and short-term investments on hand and access to $89.5 million of potential available capacity from the expanded line of credit with Regions Bank to fuel organic growth, to fund the integration of recent business acquisitions, and to pursue additional accretive acquisitions. The Company had a strong operating cash flow performance for the 2nd quarter which was $17.5 million, an increase of $24.8 million from Q1."

About Ebix, Inc.

A leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance, financial and healthcare industries, Ebix, Inc., (NASDAQ: EBIX) provides end-to-end solutions ranging from infrastructure exchanges, carrier systems, agency systems and risk compliance solutions to custom software development for all entities involved in the insurance industry.

With 40+ offices across Brazil, Singapore, Australia, the US, UK, New Zealand, India and Canada, Ebix powers multiple exchanges across the world in the field of life, annuity, health and property & casualty insurance while conducting in excess of $100 billion in insurance premiums on its platforms. Through its various SaaS-based software platforms, Ebix employs hundreds of insurance and technology professionals to provide products, support and consultancy to thousands of customers on six continents. For more information, visit the Company's website at www.ebix.com

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