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Exhibit 99.1

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Investor Contact:

Kurt Abkemeier

Cbeyond, Inc.

Vice President, Finance and Treasurer

(678) 370-2887

CBEYOND REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2011 RESULTS

 

Customers Increased by 13.2% Over Prior Year

ATLANTA (May 4, 2011) — Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY), (“Cbeyond”), a managed services provider that delivers integrated packages of IT and communications services, including virtual and dedicated servers and cloud PBX, to small businesses, today announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011.

Recent financial and operating highlights include:

 

 

First quarter 2011 revenue of $119.0 million, up 7.7% over the first quarter of 2010;

 

 

Total adjusted EBITDA of $19.4 million in the first quarter of 2011 (which includes $1.1 million in expenses related to the Company’s Ethernet conversion) compared with $18.6 million in the first quarter of 2010, and $18.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2010 (see page 9 for reconciliation to net income);

 

 

Net loss of $0.1 million in the first quarter of 2011, compared with net income of $1.0 million in the first quarter of 2010;

 

 

Total customers of 58,554 in Cbeyond’s 14 Core Managed Services operating markets as of March 31, 2011, reflecting net customer additions of 1,582 in the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 13.2% in total customers year-over-year;

 

 

Average monthly revenue per Core Managed Services customer location (ARPU) of $668 during the first quarter of 2011, compared with $680 in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $723 in the first quarter of 2010;

 

 

Monthly customer churn of 1.3% in the first quarter of 2011 as compared with 1.4% in the first quarter of 2010 and 1.3% in the fourth quarter of 2010 for the Company’s Core Managed Services customers;

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities balance of $17.3 million at March 31, 2011, down from the balance of $26.4 million at December 31, 2010, and

 

 

The Company’s Board of Directors recently authorized up to $15.0 million in repurchases of Cbeyond, Inc. common stock.

Financial Overview and Key Operating Metrics

Financial and operating metrics, which include non-GAAP financial measures, for the three months ended March 31, 2011, include:

 

     For the Three Months Ended March 31,  
     2010     2011     Change     % Change  

Selected Financial Data (dollars in thousands)

        

Revenue

   $ 110,515      $ 118,978      $ 8,463        7.7

Operating expenses

   $ 109,943      $ 120,511      $ 10,568        9.6

Operating income (loss)

   $ 572      $ (1,533   $ (2,105     (368.0 %) 

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,039      $ (141   $ (1,180     (113.6 %) 

Capital expenditures

   $ 13,227      $ 20,962      $ 7,735        58.5

Key Operating Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures

        

Customers (Core Managed Services) at end of period

     51,731        58,554        6,823        13.2

Net customer additions (Core Managed Services)

     1,528        1,582        54        3.5

Average monthly churn rate (Core Managed Services)

     1.4     1.3     (0.1 %)      (7.1 %) 

Average monthly revenue per Core Managed Services customer

   $ 723      $ 668      $ (55     (7.6 %) 

Adjusted EBITDA (in thousands)

   $ 18,555      $ 19,386      $ 831        4.5

 

 

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Management Comments

“We were pleased with our results in the first quarter and believe that they demonstrate that we are on track to achieve our goals for 2011,” said Jim Geiger, chief executive officer of Cbeyond. “Within our Core Managed Services business we showed improvement in both revenue and adjusted EBITDA. Also, we made solid progress ramping up our newly acquired Cloud Services division and expect rapid growth of this division throughout the remainder of the year.”

Geiger added, “We made significant progress with our Ethernet conversion initiative by transitioning over 7% of our customer base onto the new technology platform as of March 31, 2011. We believe this investment project will lead to increased adjusted EBITDA margins and free cash flow in future periods, as well as provide higher bandwidth for our customers. In addition, we view our recent share repurchase authorization as a prudent and opportunistic management tool to assist in highlighting the value of our shares.”

First Quarter Financial and Business Summary

Revenues and ARPU

Cbeyond reported revenues of $119.0 million for the first quarter of 2011, an increase of 7.7% from the first quarter of 2010, including approximately $3.2 million of revenues generated through the Cloud Services acquisitions. ARPU for the Core Managed Services was $668 in the first quarter of 2011, compared with $680 in the fourth quarter of 2010, and $723 in the first quarter of 2010. The sequential decline in ARPU from the fourth quarter of 2010 resulted primarily from the lower prices offered to attract new customers, certain existing customers who converted to the new lower-priced packages, customer reductions in the number of additional lines and services with incremental charges, and decreased adoption of the Company’s mobile services. Cbeyond believes these factors are related to the ongoing sluggish economic environment affecting small businesses and continued competitive pressures.

Cost of Service and Gross Margin

Cbeyond’s gross margin was 66.7% in the first quarter of 2011, compared with 66.9% in the fourth quarter of 2010 and 67.1% in the first quarter of 2010. The first quarter included elevated transitional costs related to the Ethernet initiative currently under way as T-1 circuits are converted to Ethernet circuits.

Adjusted EBITDA and Net Loss

Total adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter of 2011 was $19.4 million, as compared with total adjusted EBITDA of $18.6 million in the first quarter of 2010. Cbeyond reported a net loss of ($0.1) million for the first quarter of 2011 compared with net income of $1.0 million for the first quarter of 2010. Adjusted EBITDA and net loss were adversely affected by results from early stage Core Managed Services Emerging Markets (see Selected Quarterly Financial Data and Operating Metrics, pages 7-9).

Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents amounted to $17.3 million at the end of the first quarter of 2011, as compared with $26.4 million at the end of the fourth quarter of 2010. Cash and cash equivalents decreased primarily due to payments under the Company’s 2010 annual bonus plan for employees plus increased capital expenditures, partially offset by cash flow from operations.

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures were $21.0 million during the first quarter of 2011, compared with $18.4 million in the fourth quarter of 2010 and $13.2 million in the first quarter of 2010. Capital expenditures related to the Ethernet initiative in the first quarter of 2011 totaled $8.7 million, as compared with $3.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2010.

Business Outlook for 2011

Cbeyond reiterates the following guidance for 2011:

 

   

Revenue growth of 6% to 8%;

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA growth of 9% to 12%, and;

 

   

Capital expenditures of $75 million to $80 million

 

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Share Repurchase

Cbeyond’s Board of Directors has currently authorized up to $15.0 million in repurchases of shares of Cbeyond, Inc. common stock from time to time in open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. The repurchases, if any, will be made on an opportunistic basis depending on prevailing market conditions, liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other discretionary factors. Cbeyond has amended its credit facility with Bank of America to allow for borrowings of up to $50.0 million to fund these share repurchases if the Company needs to access its line of credit to fund these transactions.

Conference Call

Cbeyond will hold a conference call to discuss this press release Wednesday, May 4, 2011, at 5:00 p.m. EDT. A live broadcast of the conference call will be available on-line at www.cbeyond.net. To listen to the live call, please go to the web site at least 10 minutes early to register, download, and install any necessary audio software. The conference call will also be available by dialing (877) 303-9219 (for domestic U.S. callers) and (760) 666-3559 (for international callers). For those who cannot listen to the live broadcast, an on-line replay will be available shortly after the call and continue to be available for one year.

About Cbeyond

Cbeyond, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBEY) is a leading provider of IT and communications services to more than 58,000 small businesses throughout the United States. Serving growing entrepreneurs, Cbeyond offers more than 30 productivity-enhancing applications including local and long-distance voice, broadband Internet, mobile, BlackBerry®, voicemail, email, Web hosting, fax-to-email, data backup, file-sharing, virtual private networking and cloud services. In addition, Cbeyond’s new Cloud Services division offers virtual and dedicated services and cloud PBX to small businesses worldwide. The Cloud Services division won Microsoft’s Hosting Partner of the Year for 2009 and 2010 in connection with Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtual server product. Winning over 50 awards for product innovation, growth and providing a quality customer experience, Cbeyond continues to focus on helping small businesses succeed and grow through high-performance technology, superior services and world-class support. For more information on Cbeyond, visit www.cbeyond.net and follow Cbeyond on Twitter: www.Twitter.com/Cbeyondinc.

Forward-Looking Statements

This document contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements identified by words such as “expectations,” “guidance,” “believes,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “estimates,” “intends,” “plans,” “targets,” “projects” and similar expressions. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of Cbeyond's management and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause future results to differ include, but are not limited to, the following: finalization of operating data, the significant reduction in economic activity, which particularly affects our target market of small businesses; the risk that we may be unable to continue to experience revenue growth at historical or anticipated levels; changes in business climate or other factors affecting our customer base; the risk of unexpected increases in customer churn levels; changes in federal or state regulation or decisions by regulatory bodies that affect Cbeyond; periods of economic downturn or unusual volatility in the capital markets or other negative macroeconomic conditions that could harm our business, including our access to capital markets and the impact on certain of our customers to meet their payment obligations; the timing of the initiation, progress or cancellation of significant contracts or arrangements; the mix and timing of services sold in a particular period; our ability to recruit and maintain experienced management and personnel; rapid technological change and the timing and amount of start-up costs incurred in connection with the introduction of new services or the entrance into new markets; our ability to maintain or attract sufficient customers in existing or new markets; our ability to respond to increasing competition; our ability to manage the growth of our operations; changes in estimates of taxable income or utilization of deferred tax assets which could significantly affect the Company's effective tax rate; pending regulatory action relating to our compliance with customer proprietary network information; the risk that the anticipated benefits, growth prospects and synergies expected from our acquisitions may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; the possibility that economic benefits of future opportunities in an emerging industry may never materialize, including unexpected variations in market growth and demand for the acquired products and technologies; delays, disruptions, costs and challenges associated with integrating acquired companies into our existing business, including changing relationships with customers, employees or suppliers; unfamiliarity with the economic characteristics of new geographic markets; ongoing personnel and

 

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logistical challenges of managing a larger organization; our ability to retain and motivate key employees from the acquired companies; external events outside of our control, including extreme weather, natural disasters, pandemics or terrorist attacks that could adversely affect our target markets; and general economic and business conditions. You are advised to consult any further disclosures we make on related subjects in the reports we file with the SEC, including the “Risk Factors” in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K, together with updates that may occur in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K. Such disclosure covers certain risks, uncertainties and possibly inaccurate assumptions that could cause our actual results to differ materially from expected and historical results. We undertake no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Key Operating Metrics and Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In this press release, the Company uses several key operating metrics and non-GAAP financial measures. The Company defines each of these metrics and provides a reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, or GAAP, financial measure. These financial measures and operating metrics are a supplement to GAAP financial information and should not be considered as an alternative to, or more meaningful than, net income, cash flow or operating income as determined in accordance with GAAP.

Adjusted EBITDA is not a substitute for operating income, net income, or cash flow from operating activities as determined in accordance with GAAP, as a measure of performance or liquidity. The Company defines adjusted EBITDA as net income before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses, excluding, when applicable, non-cash share-based compensation, public offering expenses, or acquisition-related transaction costs, purchase accounting adjustments, loss on disposal of property and equipment and other non-operating income or expense. Information relating to total adjusted EBITDA is provided so that investors have the same data that management employs in assessing the overall operation of the Company’s business.

Total adjusted EBITDA allows the chief operating decision maker to assess the performance of the Company’s business on a consolidated basis that corresponds to the measure used to assess the ability of its operating segments to produce operating cash flow to fund working capital needs, to service debt obligations and to fund capital expenditures. In particular, total adjusted EBITDA permits a comparative assessment of the Company’s operating performance, relative to a performance based on GAAP results, while isolating the effects of depreciation and amortization, which may vary among segments without any correlation to their underlying operating performance, and of non-cash share-based compensation, which is a non-cash expense that varies widely among similar companies.

 

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CBEYOND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2010     2011  

Revenue:

    

Customer revenue

   $ 108,624      $ 117,476   

Terminating access revenue

     1,891        1,502   
                

Total revenue

     110,515        118,978   

Operating expenses:

    

Cost of revenue

     36,389        39,596   

Selling, general and administrative

     59,272        64,346   

Transaction costs

     —          107   

Depreciation and amortization

     14,282        16,462   
                

Total operating expenses

     109,943        120,511   
                

Operating income (loss)

     572        (1,533

Other income (expense):

    

Interest expense

     (45     (100

Other income (expense), net

     1,537        1,210   
                

Total other income (expense)

     1,492        1,110   
                

Income (loss) before income taxes

     2,064        (423

Income tax (expense) benefit

     (1,025     282   
                

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,039      $ (141
                

Earnings per common share

    

Basic

   $ 0.04      $ —     

Diluted

   $ 0.03      $ —     

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding

    

Basic

     29,099        29,797   

Diluted

     30,179        29,797   

 

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CBEYOND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     December 31,
2010
    March 31,
2011
 

ASSETS

    

Current assets

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 26,373      $ 17,260   

Accounts receivable, gross

     27,238        26,078   

Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts

     (2,354     (2,150
                

Accounts receivable, net

     24,884        23,928   

Other assets

     13,552        12,206   
                

Total current assets

     64,809        53,394   

Property and equipment, gross

     421,173        438,960   

Less: Accumulated depreciation and amortization

     (270,482     (283,400
                

Property and equipment, net

     150,691        155,560   

Other assets

     42,467        42,556   
                

Total assets

   $ 257,967      $ 251,510   
                

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Current liabilities

    

Accounts payable

   $ 15,193      $ 14,282   

Other current liabilities

     53,184        51,687   
                

Total current liabilities

     68,377        65,969   

Non-current liabilities

     16,469        10,437   

Stockholders’ equity

    

Common stock

     296        300   

Additional paid-in capital

     299,501        301,621   

Accumulated deficit

     (126,676     (126,817
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     173,121        175,104   
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 257,967      $ 251,510   
                

 

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CBEYOND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Selected Quarterly Financial Data and Operating Metrics

(Dollars in thousands, except for Other Operating Data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Mar. 31
2010
    Jun. 30
2010
    Sept. 30
2010
    Dec. 31
2010
    Mar. 31
2011
 
Revenues           

Core Managed Services (Established Markets)

   $ 103,918      $ 104,204      $ 104,734      $ 104,558      $ 104,733   

Core Managed Services (Emerging Markets)

          

Miami

     3,555        3,970        4,360        4,672        5,048   

Minneapolis

     1,630        1,702        1,863        1,949        2,043   

Greater Washington, D.C. Area

     1,175        1,424        1,722        1,970        2,147   

Seattle

     237        453        769        1,232        1,645   

Boston

     —          —          8        76        162   
                                        

Core Managed Services (Emerging Markets)

     6,597        7,549        8,722        9,899        11,045   
                                        

Total Core Managed Services

     110,515        111,753        113,456        114,457        115,778   

Cloud Services

     —          —          —          1,791        3,234   

Eliminations

     —          —          —          (7     (34
                                        

Total Revenues

   $ 110,515      $ 111,753      $ 113,456      $ 116,241      $ 118,978   
                                        

Adjusted EBITDA

          

Core Managed Services (Established Markets)

   $ 46,950      $ 47,970      $ 47,651      $ 46,007      $ 47,029   

Core Managed Services (Emerging Markets)

          

Miami

     (239     (184     (151     263        444   

Minneapolis

     (398     (259     (166     (126     119   

Greater Washington, D.C. Area

     (1,157     (1,162     (1,008     (708     (316

Seattle

     (1,101     (1,368     (1,333     (1,394     (1,078

Boston

     (50     (509     (994     (1,186     (977
                                        

Core Managed Services (Emerging Markets)

     (2,945     (3,482     (3,652     (3,151     (1,808
                                        

Total Core Managed Services

     44,005        44,488        43,999        42,856        45,221   

Cloud Services

     —          —          —          569        852   

Corporate

     (25,450     (26,077     (26,039     (25,416     (26,687
                                        

Total Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 18,555      $ 18,411      $ 17,960      $ 18,009      $ 19,386   
                                        

Adjusted EBITDA Margin (As % of Market-Level Core Managed Services Revenue)

  

     

Core Managed Services (Established Markets)

     45.2     46.0     45.5     44.0     44.9

Core Managed Services (Emerging Markets)

          

Miami

     (6.7 %)      (4.6 %)      (3.5 %)      5.6     8.8

Minneapolis

     (24.4 %)      (15.2 %)      (8.9 %)      (6.5 %)      5.8

Greater Washington, D.C. Area

     (98.5 %)      (81.6 %)      (58.5 %)      (35.9 %)      (14.7 %) 

Seattle

     N/M        N/M        (173.3 %)      (113.1 %)      (65.5 %) 

Boston

     N/M        N/M        N/M        N/M        N/M   

Core Managed Services (Emerging Markets)

     (44.6 %)      (46.1 %)      (41.9 %)      (31.8 %)      (16.4 %) 

Total Core Managed Services

     39.8     39.8     38.8     37.4     39.1

Adjusted EBITDA margin (As % of Cloud Services Revenue)

          

Cloud Services

     N/M        N/M        N/M        31.8     26.3

Adjusted EBITDA margin (As % of Total Revenue)

          

Corporate

     (23.0 %)      (23.3 %)      (23.0 %)      (21.9 %)      (22.4 %) 

Total Adjusted EBITDA

     16.8     16.5     15.8     15.5     16.3

 

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     Mar. 31
2010
    Jun. 30
2010
    Sept. 30
2010
    Dec. 31
2010
    Mar. 31
2011
 
Operating Income (Loss)           

Core Managed Services (Established Markets)

   $ 41,028      $ 41,517      $ 41,092      $ 39,421      $ 40,550   

Core Managed Services (Emerging Markets)

          

Miami

     (579     (602     (576     (190     (32

Minneapolis

     (632     (518     (431     (401     (156

Greater Washington, D.C. Area

     (1,489     (1,519     (1,368     (1,104     (698

Seattle

     (1,289     (1,551     (1,549     (1,696     (1,364

Boston

     (51     (516     (1,042     (1,317     (1,105
                                        

Core Managed Services (Emerging Markets)

     (4,040     (4,706     (4,966     (4,708     (3,355
                                        

Total Core Managed Services

     36,988        36,811        36,126        34,713        37,195   

Cloud Services

     —          —          —          (158     (63

Corporate

     (36,416     (36,663     (36,897     (37,432     (38,665
                                        

Total Operating Income (Loss)

   $ 572      $ 148      $ (771   $ (2,877   $ (1,533
                                        
Capital Expenditures           

Core Managed Services (Established Markets)

   $ 4,137      $ 3,719      $ 7,045      $ 7,144      $ 7,825   

Core Managed Services (Emerging Markets)

          

Miami

     383        306        484        533        736   

Minneapolis

     93        204        253        145        136   

Greater Washington, D.C. Area

     220        129        233        341        240   

Seattle

     584        199        213        636        301   

Boston

     786        1,038        39        236        108   
                                        

Core Managed Services (Emerging Markets)

     2,066        1,876        1,222        1,891        1,521   
                                        

Total Core Managed Services

     6,203        5,595        8,267        9,035        9,346   

Cloud Services

     —          —          —          413        557   

Corporate

     7,024        9,573        7,777        8,945        11,059   
                                        

Total Capital Expenditures

   $ 13,227      $ 15,168      $ 16,044      $ 18,393      $ 20,962   
                                        
Other Operating Data           

Customers (Core Managed Services) (At Period End)

     51,731        53,518        55,240        56,972        58,554   

Net Customer Additions (Core Managed Services)

     1,528        1,787        1,722        1,732        1,582   

Average Monthly Churn Rate (Core Managed Services) (1)

     1.4     1.4     1.4     1.3     1.3

Average Monthly Revenue Per Core Managed Services Customer (2)

   $ 723      $ 708      $ 695      $ 680      $ 668   

 

(1) Calculated for each period as the average of monthly churn, which is defined for a given month as the number of customer locations disconnected in that month divided by the number of customer locations on the Company’s network at the beginning of that month.
(2) Calculated as the revenue for a period divided by the average of the number of customer locations at the beginning of the period and the number of customer locations at the end of the period, divided by the number of months in the period.

 


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CBEYOND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measure to GAAP Financial Measure

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Mar. 31
2010
    Jun. 30
2010
    Sept. 30
2010
    Dec. 31
2010
    Mar. 31
2011
 

Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to Net income:

          

Total Adjusted EBITDA for reportable segments

   $ 18,555      $ 18,411      $ 17,960      $ 18,009      $ 19,386   

Depreciation and amortization

     (14,282     (14,331     (14,506     (16,185     (16,462

Non-cash share-based compensation

     (3,701     (3,932     (4,042     (3,916     (4,286

MaximumASP purchase accounting adjustment

     —          —          —          (213     (64

Transaction costs

     —          —          (183     (572     (107

Interest income

     —          1        —          1        —     

Interest expense

     (45     (64     (85     (87     (100

Other income (expense), net

     1,537        117        105        108        1,210   

Income tax (expense) benefit

     (1,025     (300     143        868        282   
                                        

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,039      $ (98   $ (608   $ (1,987   $ (141
                                        

CBEYOND, INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measure to GAAP Financial Measure

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Mar. 31
2010
     Jun. 30
2010
     Sept. 30
2010
     Dec. 31
2010
    Mar. 31
2011
 

Reconciliation of Core Managed Services ARPU:

             

Total revenue

   $ 110,515       $ 111,753       $ 113,456       $ 116,241      $ 118,978   

Cloud Services revenue

     —           —           —           (1,791     (3,234

Intersegment eliminations

     —           —           —           7        34   
                                           

Core Managed Services net revenue (A)

   $ 110,515       $ 111,753       $ 113,456       $ 114,457      $ 115,778   

Average Core Managed Services customers (B)

     50,967         52,625         54,379         56,106        57,763   
                                           

Core Managed Services ARPU (A/B)

   $ 723       $ 708       $ 695       $ 680      $ 668   
                                           

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