Bottomline Technologies Reports First Quarter Results

Strong Growth in Subscription and Transaction Revenue Highlights First Quarter

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Nov. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ:EPAY), a leading provider of financial technology that helps make complex business payments simple, smart and secure, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2018.

Subscription and transaction revenues, which are primarily related to the company’s cloud platforms, were $69.8 million for the first quarter, up 15% as compared to the first quarter of last year.  Revenues overall for the first quarter were $102.4 million, up 12% as compared to the first quarter of last year. 

GAAP net loss for the first quarter was $0.9 million compared to a GAAP net loss of $4.2 million for the first quarter of last year. GAAP net loss per share was $0.02 in the first quarter compared to GAAP net loss per share of $0.11 in the first quarter of last year.

Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter was $25.1 million compared to $22.1 million for the first quarter of last year, an increase of 13%.  Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter was 24% of overall revenue, consistent with the first quarter of last year. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as discussed in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section that follows.

Core net income for the first quarter was $13.6 million compared to $11.7 million for the first quarter of last year and core earnings per share was $0.33 for the first quarter compared to $0.30 for the first quarter of last year. Core net income and core earnings per share exclude certain items as discussed in the “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” section that follows.

“The first quarter was another successful quarter for Bottomline,” said Rob Eberle, President and CEO. “The capabilities of our product set, strength of our execution, and value of our business model were evident. We drove over 20% subscription and transaction growth from products traditionally sold in the subscription model and a 15% overall increase in subscription and transaction revenue. We are well positioned in an increasingly active business payments marketplace. Our investments and execution are targeted to drive sustained growth for years to come.”

First Quarter Customer Highlights

• 26 institutions selected Paymode-X, Bottomline’s leading payments platform to automate their payments processes, increase productivity and security, reduce costs and earn cash rebates.
   
• TD Bank announced a partnership with Bottomline to offer Paymode-X with Visa Payables Solutions to its U.S. business banking customers. Paymode-X with Visa Payables Solutions delivers many benefits to TD Bank's corporate and commercial clients, including maximizing accounts payable (AP) payment automation, reducing costs and providing financial returns in the form of rebates.
   
• 7 organizations, including James River and Kemper, chose Bottomline's cloud-based legal spend management solutions to automate, manage and control their legal spend.  
   
• Companies such as Mirabaud and Interactive Investor selected Bottomline’s Financial Messaging solution to improve operating efficiencies and optimize the effectiveness of their financial transactions.
   
• Organizations such as Mercedes-Benz and Motability Operations chose Bottomline’s corporate payment automation solutions to expand their payments capabilities and improve efficiencies.         

First Quarter Strategic Corporate Highlights

• Named “Best in Class” by Aite Group in the latest AIM Evaluation: The Leading Providers of U.S. Cash Management, 2018.  Bottomline was noted as “the vendor to beat” based on its understanding of the true needs of the industry, modern user-interface, focus on user experience and incorporation of analytics.
   
• Announced the ability to deliver a growing range of Open Banking payment and cash management solutions to both corporates and banks. Bottomline’s newest solution combines the flexibility offered by Open Banking APIs with its existing secure connectivity to enable corporates and financial institutions to have real time visibility of balances and transactions on their bank accounts.
   
• Announced expansion of Bottomline’s Secure Payments solution to monitor additional payment types. The solution provides customers with a single interface for detecting and investigating potential fraud in their payments ecosystem.  The Secure Payments solution protects payments across a variety of applications, channels, and payment types including: ACH, Wire, Faster Payments, Bacs, FileAct, SEPA, SIC4, SWIFT, ISO 20022, Bill Pay and Check.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We have presented supplemental non-GAAP financial measures as part of this earnings release. The presentation of this non-GAAP financial information should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, our financial results presented in accordance with GAAP. Core net income, core earnings per share, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA as a percent of revenue are all non-GAAP financial measures.

Core net income and core earnings per share exclude certain items, specifically amortization of acquisition related intangible assets, stock-based compensation, acquisition and integration-related expenses, restructuring related costs, minimum pension liability adjustments, non-core charges associated with certain debt instruments, global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system implementation and other costs, and other non-core or non-recurring gains or losses that may arise from time to time.

Non-core charges associated with our debt instruments consist of amortization of debt issuance and debt discount costs. Acquisition and integration-related expenses include legal and professional fees and other direct transaction costs associated with business and asset acquisitions, costs associated with integrating acquired businesses, including costs for transitional employees or services and integration related professional services costs and other incremental charges we incur as a direct result of acquisition and integration efforts. Global ERP system implementation and other costs relate to direct and incremental costs incurred in connection with our multi-phase implementation of a new, global ERP solution and the related technology infrastructure and costs related to our implementation of the new revenue recognition standard under US GAAP.

Adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA as a percent of revenue represent our GAAP net income or loss, adjusted for charges related to interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization and other charges, as noted in the reconciliation that follows.

We believe that these supplemental non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors because they allow for an evaluation of the company with a focus on the performance of its core operations, including more meaningful comparisons of financial results to historical periods and to the financial results of less acquisitive peer and competitor companies. Our executive management team uses these same non-GAAP financial measures internally to assess the ongoing performance of the company. Additionally, the same non-GAAP information is used for planning purposes, including the preparation of operating budgets and in communications with our board of directors with respect to our core financial performance. Since this information is not a GAAP measurement of financial performance, there are material limitations to its usefulness on a stand-alone basis, including the lack of comparability of this presentation to the GAAP financial results of other companies.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Continued)

Reconciliation of Core Net Income
A reconciliation of core net income to GAAP net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

Reconciliation of Diluted Core Earnings per Share
A reconciliation of our diluted core earnings per share to our GAAP basic and diluted net loss per share for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Continued)

A reconciliation of our non-GAAP weighted average shares used in computing diluted core earnings per share to our GAAP weighted average shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

Non-GAAP Financial Measures (Continued)

Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA
A reconciliation of our adjusted EBITDA to GAAP net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

Adjusted EBITDA as a percent of Revenue
A reconciliation of GAAP net loss as a percent of revenue to adjusted EBITDA as a percent of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 is as follows:

About Bottomline Technologies
Bottomline Technologies (Nasdaq: EPAY) helps make complex business payments simple, smart, and secure. Corporations and banks rely on us for state of the art domestic and international payments, efficient cash management, payment processing, bill review, and fraud detection, behavioral analytics and regulatory compliance solutions. Thousands of corporations around the world benefit from Bottomline solutions. Headquartered in Portsmouth, NH, Bottomline delights customers through offices across the U.S., Europe, and Asia-Pacific. For more information visit www.bottomline.com. 

Bottomline Technologies, Paymode-X and the BT logo are trademarks of Bottomline Technologies (de), Inc. which are registered in certain jurisdictions. All other brand/product names are trademarks of their respective holders.

In connection with this earning’s release and our associated conference call, we will be posting additional material financial information (such as financial results, non-GAAP financial projections and non-GAAP to GAAP reconciliations) within the “Investors” section of our website at www.bottomline.com/us/about/investors. 

Cautionary Language
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements reflecting our expectations about our ability to execute on our strategic plans, achieve future growth and profitability, achieve financial targets, expand margins and increase shareholder value.  Any statements that are not statements of historical fact (including but not limited to statements containing the words “believes,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “look forward”, “confident”, “estimates,” “targeted” and similar expressions) should be considered to be forward-looking statements.  Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors including, among others, competition, market demand, technological change, strategic relationships, recent acquisitions, international operations and general economic conditions. For additional discussion of factors that could impact Bottomline Technologies' operational and financial results, refer to our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 and the subsequently filed Form 10-Q’s and Form 8-K’s or amendments thereto. Any forward-looking statements represent our views only as of today and should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any subsequent date. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements.

Media Contact:
Rick Booth
Bottomline Technologies
603.501.6270
rbooth@bottomline.com