Bottomline Technologies Reports Second Quarter Results

Record Subscription and Transaction Revenue Highlights Second Quarter

PORTSMOUTH, N.H., Jan. 29, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Bottomline Technologies (Nasdaq:EPAY), a leading provider of cloud-based payment, invoice and digital banking solutions, today reported financial results for the second quarter ended December 31, 2014.

Revenues for the second quarter were $82.2 million, an increase of $8.8 million, or 12%, from the second quarter of last year. Subscription and transaction revenues, which are primarily related to the company's cloud platforms, increased 23% from the second quarter of last year to $42.9 million.

Gross margin for the second quarter was $48.1 million, an increase of $7.1 million from the second quarter of last year. Net loss for the second quarter was $2.0 million. Net loss per share was $0.05 in the second quarter compared to $0.20 in the second quarter of last year.

Core net income for the second quarter was $15.4 million. Core net income excludes acquisition and integration-related expenses (including amortization of intangible assets) of $8.3 million, equity-based compensation of $6.1 million and non-cash interest expense of $3.0 million associated with our convertible notes. Core earnings per share was $0.41 in the second quarter compared to $0.28 in the second quarter of last year.

"We had a strong second quarter with record setting revenue, subscription and transaction revenue and other key metrics" said Rob Eberle, President and CEO of Bottomline Technologies. "Our results for the quarter confirm our strategic direction and plan. The investments we are making across key product sets will further extend our competitive advantage and expand our market opportunity. Our growing customer base, increased revenue opportunities and focus on delivering innovative, market-leading solutions, including our recently announced cyber fraud and risk management platform, position us well for continued future growth."

Revenues for the six months ended December 31, 2014 increased 16% to $163.6 million as compared with $140.7 million last year. Subscription and transaction revenues increased 26% to $83.7 million in the six months ended December 31, 2014. Net loss for the six months ended December 31, 2014 was $5.2 million. Net loss per share was $0.14 for the six months ended December 31, 2014 compared to $0.37 for the six months ended December 31, 2013.

Core net income for the six months ended December 31, 2014 was $29.4 million. Core net income excludes acquisition and integration-related expenses (including amortization of intangible assets) of $15.9 million, equity-based compensation of $12.4 million, restructuring expenses of $0.3 million and non-cash interest expense of $6.0 million associated with our convertible notes. Core earnings per share was $0.77 for the six months ended December 31, 2014 compared to $0.55 for the six months ended December 31, 2013.

Second Quarter Customer Highlights

• Selected by sixteen institutions to provide Paymode-X, Bottomline's leading cloud-based payments automation platform.
   
• Chosen by eight leading organizations, including RSUI Group, Inc. and Germania Insurance Company, to provide Bottomline's cloud-based legal spend management solutions to automate, manage and control their legal spend.
   
• Signed eleven new Digital Banking deals, enabling the banks to improve their digital presence and increase customer acquisition through digital channels.
   
• Leading institutions, such as Shelter Insurance Company, John Muir Physician Network, and Steria Ltd, chose Bottomline's payment automation solutions to extend their payments capabilities and improve efficiencies.
   
• Companies such as London Stock Exchange and British Telecom selected Bottomline's Financial Messaging solution to improve operating efficiencies and optimize the effectiveness of their financial transactions by utilizing the SWIFT global network.

Second Quarter Strategic Corporate Highlights

• Named a member of the FinTech Forward 100 list of the leading financial technology providers in the world. The company was also recognized as one of the top 10 digital service companies within the FinTech Forward list.
   
• Appointed Ken D'Amato to the company's Board of Directors. Mr. D'Amato is currently the Chief Administrative Officer and Managing Director, Global Equity and Fixed Income, at Manulife Asset Management.

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 and core earnings per share are non-GAAP financial measures. Our non-GAAP financial measures exclude certain items, specifically amortization of intangible assets, impairment losses on equity investments, equity-based compensation, acquisition and integration-related expenses (including acquisition-related earn-outs), restructuring related costs, non-cash pension expenses, non-core charges associated with our convertible notes and other non-core or non-recurring gains or losses that arise from time to time. Non-core charges associated with our convertible notes consist of non-cash interest expense. Acquisition and integration-related expenses include legal and professional fees and other direct transaction costs associated with our business and asset acquisitions, costs associated with integrating acquired businesses, including costs for transitional employees or services, integration related professional services costs and other incremental charges we incur as a direct result of our acquisition and integration efforts. 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. In computing diluted core earnings per share, we exclude the effect of shares issuable under our convertible notes to the extent that any such dilution would be offset by our note hedges; the note hedges would be considered an anti-dilutive security under GAAP. A reconciliation of the GAAP results to the non-GAAP results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 is as follows: 

About Bottomline Technologies

Bottomline Technologies (Nasdaq:EPAY) powers mission-critical business transactions. We help our customers optimize financially-oriented operations and build deeper customer and partner relationships by providing a trusted and easy-to-use set of cloud-based digital banking, fraud prevention, payment, financial document, insurance, and healthcare solutions. Over 10,000 corporations, financial institutions, and banks benefit from Bottomline solutions. Headquartered in the United States, Bottomline also maintains offices in 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.

Cautionary Language

This press release may contain "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 growth plans.  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" 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, 2014 and any 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.

¹⁾  Core net income excludes charges for amortization of intangible assets of $7,000 and $8,174, acquisition and integration-related expenses of $1,280 and $903, restructuring benefit of $14 and $10, equity-based compensation of $6,098 and $5,535, non-cash pension expense of $24 and $151 and non-core charges associated with our convertible notes of $3,012 and $2,827 for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

²⁾  Shares used in computing diluted core earnings per share were 37,996 and 37,456 for the three months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. In computing diluted core earnings per share, we exclude the effect of shares issuable under our convertible notes to the extent that any such dilution would be offset by our note hedges; the note hedges would be considered an anti-dilutive security under GAAP.

¹⁾  Core net income excludes charges for amortization of intangible assets of $14,184 and $13,879, acquisition and integration-related expenses of $1,707 and $3,573, restructuring expenses of $272 and $45, equity-based compensation of $12,429 and $10,567, non-cash pension expense of $21 and $151 and non-core charges associated with our convertible notes of $5,977 and $5,608 for the six months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

²⁾  Shares used in computing diluted core earnings per share were 38,033 and 37,264 for the six months ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. In computing diluted core earnings per share, we exclude the effect of shares issuable under our convertible notes to the extent that any such dilution would be offset by our note hedges; the note hedges would be considered an anti-dilutive security under GAAP. 

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         Bottomline Technologies
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