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Rackspace Hosting Reports Third Quarter 2013 Results
SAN ANTONIO - November 11, 2013 - Rackspace® Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX), the open cloud company, announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.
Net revenue for the third quarter of 2013 was $389 million, up 3.4% from the previous quarter and 16% from the third quarter of 2012. Net revenue for the third quarter of 2013 was positively impacted by currency exchange rates when compared to the previous quarter by $0.9 million and negatively impacted when compared to the third quarter of 2012 by $1.8 million.
Total server count increased to 101,967, up from 98,884 servers at the end of the previous quarter.
Adjusted EBITDA(1) for the quarter was $125 million, a 1.9% increase compared to the second quarter of 2013 and a 3% increase compared to the third quarter of 2012. The Adjusted EBITDA margin for the quarter was 32.3% compared to 32.8% in the previous quarter and 36.2% in the third quarter of 2012.
Consistent with prior periods, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margin were negatively impacted by a non-cash charge relating to data center operating leases. During the third quarter of 2013, the non-cash data center lease charge was $3.8 million, compared to $1.5 million in the previous quarter and $2.3 million in the third quarter of 2012.
Net income was $16 million for the quarter, down 27.1% from the previous quarter and 40% from the third quarter of 2012. Net income margin for the quarter was 4.2% compared to 6.0% for the previous quarter and 8.1% in the third quarter of 2012.
Cash flow from operating activities was $115 million for the third quarter of 2013. Capital expenditures were $118 million, including $74 million for purchases of customer gear, $12 million for data center build outs, $7 million for office build outs and $25 million for capitalized software and other projects.
Adjusted Free Cash Flow(1) for the quarter was $8 million. Return on Capital(1) was 8.0% in the third quarter, compared to 11.9% in the prior quarter and 16.0% in the third quarter of 2012. Average monthly revenue per server was $1,290, compared to $1,298 in the prior quarter and $1,287 in the third quarter of 2012.
At the end of the third quarter of 2013, cash and cash equivalents were $270 million, and debt including capital lease obligations totaled $73 million.
On a worldwide basis, Rackspace employed 5,450 Rackers as of September 30, 2013, up from 5,272 in the previous quarter.

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Rackspace Developments and Business Highlights
Rackspace Launches Performance Cloud Servers - The Performance Cloud Servers deliver up to 132X higher disk IO performance than our current standard. These new servers provide greater speed, throughput and reliability that are designed to deliver enhanced levels of application performance. This public cloud offering creates a powerful hosting platform for a variety of workloads, ranging from basic web hosting to large scale NoSQL data stores like MongoDB and Cassandra. Rackspace customers will receive increased efficiency and performance for their applications and, ultimately, greater revenue for their businesses. The Performance Cloud Servers maximize the performance customers get at any price level. This allows Rackspace to offer the new servers for as little as two-thirds of the price of comparatively sized Standard Cloud Servers.

Rackspace Elects Ossa Fisher to the Board of Directors - Fisher is currently serving as senior vice president for strategy and analytics at global dating leader, Match.com, where she has built a reputation for wide-ranging industry insight, marketing analytics, and product development.

Rackspace Launches Comprehensive Big Data Solution and Managed Support for Apache™ Hadoop® - As part of Rackspace Data Services, a collection of SQL and NoSQL data offerings available as a service, Rackspace announced the availability of the Hortonworks Data Platform powered by Apache Hadoop in both the managed hosting environment and the Rackspace public cloud. In addition, Rackspace is offering managed services around the Big Data solution to ease the operational burden for customers.

Rackspace Launches Hong Kong’s First Hybrid Cloud Powered by OpenStack® - The new public cloud joins Rackspace’s existing portfolio of private cloud and dedicated solutions to complete the Open Cloud Company’s Hybrid Cloud offering to businesses throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The Rackspace hybrid cloud provides a massive opportunity, as demand for cloud services continues to increase rapidly throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

Openstack Announces Latest Version - Havana, the latest version of Openstack, was released on October 17th. Havana had over 900 individual contributors and almost 400 new features added to the platform. The total lines of code increased to 1.72 million with 145 organizations contributing to the Havana release.

Rackspace Extends On-Premise VMware® Environments with New Dedicated VMware vCenter™ Server Offering - Rackspace announced a new offering for its Managed Virtualization service, Dedicated VMware vCenter Server, that will provide managed support for single-tenant VMware vCenter Servers. With Dedicated VMware vCenter Server, enterprise customers can migrate existing VMware workloads out of their on-premise data center into a Rackspace data center, while leveraging existing tools to maintain the control and agility they require. The new service helps accelerate customers’ journey to hybrid cloud computing, leveraging the reliability of Rackspace, all backed by Fanatical Support®.

Conference Call and Webcast

Management will host a conference call to discuss the results starting today at 4:30 p.m. ET.
To access the conference call, please dial 888-401-4685 from the United States and Canada or dial 719-457-2639 from abroad and reference pass code 8355636. A live webcast and a replay of the conference call will be available on Rackspace's website, located at http://ir.rackspace.com.


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About Rackspace Hosting

Rackspace Hosting (NYSE: RAX) is the open cloud company, delivering open technologies and powering more than 200,000 customers worldwide. Rackspace provides its renowned Fanatical Support® across a portfolio of IT products, including Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Hosting and Dedicated Hosting. The company offers choice, flexibility and freedom from vendor lock-in. Rackspace has been recognized by Bloomberg BusinessWeek as a Top 100 Performing Technology Company, is featured on Fortune's list of 100 Best Companies to Work For and is included on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index. Rackspace was positioned in the Leaders quadrant by Gartner Inc. in the 2013 "Magic Quadrant for Managed Hosting in North America” and "Magic Quadrant for European Managed Hosting." Rackspace is headquartered in San Antonio with offices and data centers around the world. For more information, visit www.rackspace.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If such risks or uncertainties materialize or such assumptions prove incorrect, the results of Rackspace Hosting could differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and assumptions. All statements other than statements of historical fact are statements that could be deemed forward-looking statements, including any statements concerning expected operational and financial results, long-term investment strategies, growth plans, expected results from the integration of technologies and acquired businesses, or the performance or market share relating to products and services; any statements of expectation or belief; and any statements or assumptions underlying any of the foregoing. Risks, uncertainties and assumptions include infrastructure failures; the deterioration of economic conditions or fluctuations, disruptions, instability or downturns in the economy; the effectiveness of managing company growth; technological and competitive factors; regulatory factors; and other risks that are described in Rackspace Hosting's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the SEC on March 1, 2013, and in Rackspace Hosting’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, expected to be filed later this week. Except as required by law, Rackspace Hosting assumes no obligation to update these forward-looking statements publicly or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if new information becomes available in the future.

Contact:
Investor Relations
Corporate Communications
Jessica Drought
Brandon Brunson
210-312-4191
210-312-1357
ir@rackspace.com
brandon.brunson@rackspace.com
    



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Consolidated Statements of Income
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(In thousands, except per share data)
 
September 30,
2012
 
June 30,
2013
 
September 30,
2013
 
September 30,
2012
 
September 30,
2013
Net revenue
 
$
335,985

 
$
375,847

 
$
388,636

 
$
956,330

 
$
1,126,683

Costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue (1)
 
107,348

 
117,658

 
127,404

 
310,001

 
358,672

Research and development (1)
 
15,563

 
23,216

 
23,773

 
39,794

 
65,364

Sales and marketing (1)
 
41,109

 
52,269

 
50,869

 
122,705

 
152,952

General and administrative (1)
 
62,663

 
72,840

 
78,075

 
179,781

 
218,392

Depreciation and amortization
 
63,972

 
74,460

 
80,753

 
180,931

 
225,324

Total costs and expenses
 
290,655

 
340,443

 
360,874

 
833,212

 
1,020,704

Income from operations
 
45,330

 
35,404

 
27,762

 
123,118

 
105,979

Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
 
(1,253
)
 
(833
)
 
(689
)
 
(3,758
)
 
(2,462
)
Interest and other income (expense)
 
38

 
(303
)
 
440

 
(230
)
 
336

Total other income (expense)
 
(1,215
)
 
(1,136
)
 
(249
)
 
(3,988
)
 
(2,126
)
Income before income taxes
 
44,115

 
34,268

 
27,513

 
119,130

 
103,853

Income taxes
 
16,918

 
11,901

 
11,202

 
43,619

 
37,914

Net income
 
$
27,197

 
$
22,367

 
$
16,311

 
$
75,511

 
$
65,939

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income per share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
$
0.20

 
$
0.16

 
$
0.12

 
$
0.56

 
$
0.48

Diluted
 
$
0.19

 
$
0.16

 
$
0.11

 
$
0.54

 
$
0.46

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average number of shares outstanding
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
135,946

 
138,011

 
138,714

 
134,683

 
138,140

Diluted
 
141,474

 
142,178

 
143,543

 
140,794

 
142,699


(1)
As previously reported in the 10-Q filings for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and June 30, 2013, certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts in order to conform to the current period's presentation. For more information, refer to our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2013.



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Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
December 31, 2012
 
September 30, 2013
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
292,061

 
$
269,995

Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts and customer credits of $4,236 as of December 31, 2012 and $4,350 as of September 30, 2013
92,834

 
113,543

Deferred income taxes
10,320

 
10,280

Prepaid expenses
25,195

 
39,654

Other current assets
4,835

 
9,191

Total current assets
425,245

 
442,663

 
 
 
 
Property and equipment, net
724,985

 
850,905

Goodwill
68,742

 
76,831

Intangible assets, net
23,802

 
25,328

Other non-current assets
52,777

 
56,042

Total assets
$
1,295,551

 
$
1,451,769

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
$
105,174

 
$
130,390

Accrued compensation and benefits
48,404

 
67,754

Income and other taxes payable
21,550

 
15,124

Current portion of deferred revenue
17,265

 
17,839

Current portion of obligations under capital leases
61,302

 
44,375

Current portion of debt
1,744

 
1,835

Total current liabilities
255,439

 
277,317

 
 
 
 
Non-current liabilities:
 
 
 
Deferred revenue
3,695

 
4,372

Obligations under capital leases
60,335

 
26,192

Debt
1,991

 
177

Deferred income taxes
71,081

 
79,654

Deferred rent
32,293

 
40,593

Other liabilities
27,070

 
34,756

Total liabilities
451,904

 
463,061

 
 
 
 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES


 


 
 
 
 
Stockholders' equity:
 
 
 
Common stock
138

 
140

Additional paid-in capital
515,188

 
594,344

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(8,089
)
 
(8,125
)
Retained earnings
336,410

 
402,349

Total stockholders’ equity
843,647

 
988,708

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
1,295,551

 
$
1,451,769


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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(in thousands)
September 30,
2012
 
June 30,
2013
 
September 30,
2013
 
September 30,
2012
 
September 30,
2013
Cash Flows From Operating Activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
27,197

 
$
22,367

 
$
16,311

 
$
75,511

 
$
65,939

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
63,972

 
74,460

 
80,753

 
180,931

 
225,324

Loss (gain) on disposal of equipment, net
597

 
(15
)
 
667

 
962

 
892

Provision for bad debts and customer credits
1,426

 
1,301

 
1,482

 
4,559

 
3,843

Deferred income taxes
1,120

 
(8,444
)
 
12,196

 
3,793

 
10,305

Deferred rent
2,279

 
1,519

 
3,801

 
6,329

 
9,285

Share-based compensation expense
12,418

 
13,315

 
16,959

 
30,302

 
42,457

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation arrangements
(5,145
)
 
(11,898
)
 
(1,186
)
 
(34,981
)
 
(17,383
)
Changes in certain assets and liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
(9,789
)
 
(7,220
)
 
(10,641
)
 
(29,103
)
 
(24,129
)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
(18,910
)
 
5,081

 
(18,004
)
 
(11,030
)
 
(18,560
)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
25,027

 
12,473

 
11,413

 
51,206

 
26,948

Deferred revenue
(997
)
 
823

 
(874
)
 
(292
)
 
1,191

All other operating activities
(190
)
 
2,437

 
1,673

 
524

 
8,430

Net cash provided by operating activities
99,005

 
106,199

 
114,550

 
278,711

 
334,542

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash Flows From Investing Activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Purchases of property and equipment
(53,449
)
 
(119,836
)
 
(100,496
)
 
(187,455
)
 
(325,873
)
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
(5,233
)
 

 

 
(5,945
)
 
(6,203
)
All other investing activities
3

 
(380
)
 
(1,436
)
 
42

 
(1,808
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(58,679
)
 
(120,216
)
 
(101,932
)
 
(193,358
)
 
(333,884
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash Flows From Financing Activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Principal payments of capital leases
(17,928
)
 
(16,612
)
 
(15,658
)
 
(52,970
)
 
(51,208
)
Principal payments of notes payable
(1,032
)
 
(846
)
 
(966
)
 
(1,911
)
 
(1,863
)
Payments for deferred acquisition obligations

 
(59
)
 
(58
)
 
(4,726
)
 
(1,296
)
Proceeds from notes payable
691

 

 

 
691

 

Receipt of Texas Enterprise Fund Grant

 

 

 
3,500

 

Proceeds from employee stock plans
13,671

 
4,686

 
8,446

 
31,514

 
14,846

Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation arrangements
5,145

 
11,898

 
1,186

 
34,981

 
17,383

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
547

 
(933
)
 
(7,050
)
 
11,079

 
(22,138
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
1,330

 
(625
)
 
1,375

 
1,363

 
(586
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
42,203

 
(15,575
)
 
6,943

 
97,795

 
(22,066
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
215,448

 
278,627

 
263,052

 
159,856

 
292,061

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
257,651

 
$
263,052

 
$
269,995

 
$
257,651

 
$
269,995

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplemental cash flow information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-cash purchases of property and equipment
$
31,934

 
$
(13,311
)
 
$
17,062

 
$
62,212

 
$
23,609



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Key Metrics - Quarter to Date
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except average monthly revenue per server)
September 30,
2012
 
December 31,
2012
 
March 31,
2013
 
June 30,
2013
 
September 30,
2013
Growth
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dedicated cloud, net revenue
$
256,559

 
$
265,585

 
$
271,311

 
$
276,845

 
$
280,215

Public cloud, net revenue
$
79,426

 
$
87,324

 
$
90,889

 
$
99,002

 
$
108,421

Net revenue
$
335,985

 
$
352,909

 
$
362,200

 
$
375,847

 
$
388,636

Revenue growth (year over year)
27.0
 %
 
24.6
 %
 
20.2
 %
 
17.8
 %
 
15.7
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net upgrades (monthly average)
1.6
 %
 
1.2
 %
 
0.9
 %
 
1.5
 %
 
1.5
 %
Churn (monthly average)
-0.8
 %
 
-0.7
 %
 
-0.8
 %
 
-0.8
 %
 
-0.8
 %
Growth in installed base (monthly average) (2)
0.8
 %
 
0.5
 %
 
0.1
 %
 
0.7
 %
 
0.7
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of employees (Rackers) at period end
4,596
 
4,852
 
5,043
 
5,272
 
5,450
Number of servers deployed at period end
89,051
 
90,524
 
94,122
 
98,884
 
101,967
Average monthly revenue per server
$
1,287

 
$
1,310

 
$
1,308

 
$
1,298

 
$
1,290

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Profitability
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from operations
$
45,330

 
$
49,623

 
$
42,813

 
$
35,404

 
$
27,762

Depreciation and amortization
$
63,972

 
$
68,914

 
$
70,111

 
$
74,460

 
$
80,753

Share-based compensation expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue
$
2,499

 
$
2,759

 
$
2,519

 
$
2,735

 
$
3,453

Research and development
$
1,379

 
$
1,237

 
$
1,528

 
$
1,813

 
$
2,306

Sales and marketing
$
2,021

 
$
1,764

 
$
1,658

 
$
1,744

 
$
2,149

General and administrative
$
6,519

 
$
5,484

 
$
6,478

 
$
7,023

 
$
9,051

Total share-based compensation expense
$
12,418

 
$
11,244

 
$
12,183

 
$
13,315

 
$
16,959

Adjusted EBITDA (1)
$
121,720

 
$
129,781

 
$
125,107

 
$
123,179

 
$
125,474

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted EBITDA margin
36.2
 %
 
36.8
 %
 
34.5
 %
 
32.8
 %
 
32.3
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income margin
13.5
 %
 
14.1
 %
 
11.8
 %
 
9.4
 %
 
7.1
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from operations
$
45,330

 
$
49,623

 
$
42,813

 
$
35,404

 
$
27,762

Effective tax rate
38.3
 %
 
38.8
 %
 
35.2
 %
 
34.7
 %
 
40.7
 %
Net operating profit after tax (NOPAT) (1)
$
27,969

 
$
30,369

 
$
27,743

 
$
23,119

 
$
16,463

NOPAT margin
8.3
 %
 
8.6
 %
 
7.7
 %
 
6.2
 %
 
4.2
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capital efficiency and returns
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest bearing debt
$
150,112

 
$
125,372

 
$
105,807

 
$
88,434

 
$
72,579

Stockholders' equity
$
781,934

 
$
843,647

 
$
879,035

 
$
933,897

 
$
988,708

Less: Excess cash
$
(217,333
)
 
$
(249,712
)
 
$
(235,163
)
 
$
(217,950
)
 
$
(223,359
)
Capital base
$
714,713

 
$
719,307

 
$
749,679

 
$
804,381

 
$
837,928

Average capital base
$
700,795

 
$
717,010

 
$
734,493

 
$
777,030

 
$
821,155

Capital turnover (annualized)
1.92
 
1.97
 
1.97
 
1.93
 
1.89
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on capital (annualized) (1)
16.0
 %
 
16.9
 %
 
15.1
 %
 
11.9
 %
 
8.0
 %

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Three Months Ended
(Dollar amounts in thousands, except average monthly revenue per server)
September 30,
2012
 
December 31,
2012
 
March 31,
2013
 
June 30,
2013
 
September 30,
2013
Capital expenditures
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash purchases of property and equipment
$
53,449

 
$
82,919

 
$
105,541

 
$
119,836

 
$
100,496

Non-cash purchases of property and equipment (3)
$
31,934

 
$
5,096

 
$
19,858

 
$
(13,311
)
 
$
17,062

Total capital expenditures
$
85,383

 
$
88,015

 
$
125,399

 
$
106,525

 
$
117,558

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Customer gear
$
51,026

 
$
60,099

 
$
85,690

 
$
73,022

 
$
73,784

Data center build outs
$
5,767

 
$
7,768

 
$
13,228

 
$
10,085

 
$
12,441

Office build outs
$
3,413

 
$
2,288

 
$
7,860

 
$
1,683

 
$
6,700

Capitalized software and other projects
$
25,177

 
$
17,860

 
$
18,621

 
$
21,735

 
$
24,633

Total capital expenditures
$
85,383

 
$
88,015

 
$
125,399

 
$
106,525

 
$
117,558

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Infrastructure capacity and utilization
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Megawatts under contract at period end
58.0

 
61.1

 
59.4

 
59.6

 
60.0

Megawatts available for use at period end
33.7

 
36.9

 
38.8

 
44.4

 
46.9

Megawatts utilized at period end
23.5

 
24.0

 
24.7

 
26.0

 
27.0

Annualized net revenue per average Megawatt of power utilized
$
58,179

 
$
59,437

 
$
59,499

 
$
59,305

 
$
58,662


(1)
See discussion and reconciliation of our Non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable GAAP measures below.
(2)
Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of the line items in the table above.
(3)
Non-cash purchases of property and equipment represents changes in amounts accrued for purchases under vendor financing and other deferred payment arrangements.



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Consolidated Quarterly Statements of Income
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended
(In thousands)
September 30,
2012
 
December 31,
2012
 
March 31,
2013
 
June 30,
2013
 
September 30,
2013
Net revenue
$
335,985

 
$
352,909

 
$
362,200

 
$
375,847

 
$
388,636

Costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue
107,348

 
109,012

 
113,610

 
117,658

 
127,404

Research and development
15,563

 
16,942

 
18,375

 
23,216

 
23,773

Sales and marketing
41,109

 
43,467

 
49,814

 
52,269

 
50,869

General and administrative
62,663

 
64,951

 
67,477

 
72,840

 
78,075

Depreciation and amortization
63,972

 
68,914

 
70,111

 
74,460

 
80,753

Total costs and expenses
290,655

 
303,286

 
319,387

 
340,443

 
360,874

Income from operations
45,330

 
49,623

 
42,813

 
35,404

 
27,762

Other income (expense):
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
(1,253
)
 
(991
)
 
(940
)
 
(833
)
 
(689
)
Interest and other income (expense)
38

 
245

 
199

 
(303
)
 
440

Total other income (expense)
(1,215
)
 
(746
)
 
(741
)
 
(1,136
)
 
(249
)
Income before income taxes
44,115

 
48,877

 
42,072

 
34,268

 
27,513

Income taxes
16,918

 
18,970

 
14,811

 
11,901

 
11,202

Net income
$
27,197

 
$
29,907

 
$
27,261

 
$
22,367

 
$
16,311

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended
(Percent of net revenue)
September 30,
2012
 
December 31,
2012
 
March 31,
2013
 
June 30,
2013
 
September 30,
2013
Net revenue
100.0
 %
 
100.0
 %
 
100.0
 %
 
100.0
 %
 
100.0
 %
Costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of revenue
32.0
 %
 
30.9
 %
 
31.4
 %
 
31.3
 %
 
32.8
 %
Research and development
4.6
 %
 
4.8
 %
 
5.1
 %
 
6.2
 %
 
6.1
 %
Sales and marketing
12.2
 %
 
12.3
 %
 
13.8
 %
 
13.9
 %
 
13.1
 %
General and administrative
18.7
 %
 
18.4
 %
 
18.6
 %
 
19.4
 %
 
20.1
 %
Depreciation and amortization
19.0
 %
 
19.5
 %
 
19.4
 %
 
19.8
 %
 
20.8
 %
Total costs and expenses
86.5
 %
 
85.9
 %
 
88.2
 %
 
90.6
 %
 
92.9
 %
Income from operations
13.5
 %
 
14.1
 %
 
11.8
 %
 
9.4
 %
 
7.1
 %
Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
(0.4
)%
 
(0.3
)%
 
(0.3
)%
 
(0.2
)%
 
(0.2
)%
Interest and other income (expense)
0.0
 %
 
0.1
 %
 
0.1
 %
 
(0.1
)%
 
0.1
 %
Total other income (expense)
(0.4
)%
 
(0.2
)%
 
(0.2
)%
 
(0.3
)%
 
(0.1
)%
Income before income taxes
13.1
 %
 
13.8
 %
 
11.6
 %
 
9.1
 %
 
7.1
 %
Income taxes
5.0
 %
 
5.4
 %
 
4.1
 %
 
3.2
 %
 
2.9
 %
Net income
8.1
 %
 
8.5
 %
 
7.5
 %
 
6.0
 %
 
4.2
 %
Due to rounding, totals may not equal the sum of the line items in the table above.

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(1) Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA (Non-GAAP financial measure)

We use Adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental measure to review and assess our performance. We define Adjusted EBITDA as Net income, plus Income taxes, Total other (income) expense, Depreciation and amortization, and non-cash charges for Share-based compensation.

Adjusted EBITDA is a metric that is used in our industry by the investment community for comparative and valuation purposes. We disclose this metric in order to support and facilitate the dialogue with research analysts and investors.

Note that Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) and should not be considered a substitute for operating income, which we consider to be the most directly comparable GAAP measure. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and when assessing our operating performance, you should not consider Adjusted EBITDA in isolation or as a substitute for net income or other consolidated income statement data prepared in accordance with GAAP.  Other companies may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.

See our reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income in the table below:

 
Three Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)
September 30,
2012
 
December 31,
2012
 
March 31,
2013
 
June 30,
2013
 
September 30,
2013
Net revenue
$
335,985

 
$
352,909

 
$
362,200

 
$
375,847

 
$
388,636

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from operations
$
45,330

 
$
49,623

 
$
42,813

 
$
35,404

 
$
27,762

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
27,197

 
$
29,907

 
$
27,261

 
$
22,367

 
$
16,311

   Plus: Income taxes
16,918

 
18,970

 
14,811

 
11,901

 
11,202

   Plus: Total other (income) expense
1,215

 
746

 
741

 
1,136

 
249

   Plus: Depreciation and amortization
63,972

 
68,914

 
70,111

 
74,460

 
80,753

   Plus: Share-based compensation expense
12,418

 
11,244

 
12,183

 
13,315

 
16,959

Adjusted EBITDA
$
121,720

 
$
129,781

 
$
125,107

 
$
123,179

 
$
125,474

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operating income margin
13.5
%
 
14.1
%
 
11.8
%
 
9.4
%
 
7.1
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted EBITDA margin
36.2
%
 
36.8
%
 
34.5
%
 
32.8
%
 
32.3
%

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Return on Capital (ROC) (Non-GAAP financial measure)

We define Return on Capital (ROC) as follows:

ROC = Net operating profit after tax (NOPAT)
Average capital base

NOPAT = Income from operations x (1 – Effective tax rate)

Average capital base = Average of (Interest bearing debt + Stockholders’ equity – Excess cash) = Average of (Total assets – Excess cash – Accounts payable and accrued expenses, accrued compensation and benefits, and income and other taxes payable – Deferred revenue – Other non-current liabilities, deferred income taxes, and deferred rent); calculated on a quarterly basis.

We define excess cash as the amount of cash and cash equivalents that exceeds our operating cash requirements, which is calculated as three percent of our annualized net revenue for the three months prior to the period end. We will periodically review the calculation and adjust it to reflect our projected cash requirements for the upcoming year.

We believe that ROC is an important metric for investors in evaluating our company’s performance. ROC relates after-tax operating profits with the capital that is placed into service. It is therefore a performance metric that incorporates both the Statement of Comprehensive Income and the Balance Sheet. ROC measures how successfully capital is deployed within a company.

Note that ROC is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered a substitute for return on assets, which we calculate directly from amounts on the Statement of Comprehensive Income and the Balance Sheet. ROC has limitations as an analytical tool, and when assessing our operating performance, you should not consider ROC in isolation or as a substitute for other financial data prepared in accordance with GAAP. Other companies may calculate ROC differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.


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See our reconciliation of the calculation of ROC to the calculation of return on assets in the table below:
 
Three Months Ended
(Dollars in thousands)
September 30,
2012
 
December 31,
2012
 
March 31,
2013
 
June 30,
2013
 
September 30,
2013
Income from operations
$
45,330

 
$
49,623

 
$
42,813

 
$
35,404

 
$
27,762

Effective tax rate
38.3
%
 
38.8
%
 
35.2
%
 
34.7
%
 
40.7
%
Net operating profit after tax (NOPAT)
$
27,969

 
$
30,369

 
$
27,743

 
$
23,119

 
$
16,463

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
$
27,197

 
$
29,907

 
$
27,261

 
$
22,367

 
$
16,311

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets at period end
$
1,241,765

 
$
1,295,551

 
$
1,348,350

 
$
1,377,928

 
$
1,451,769

Less: Excess cash
(217,333
)
 
(249,712
)
 
(235,163
)
 
(217,950
)
 
(223,359
)
Less: Accounts payable and accrued expenses, accrued compensation and benefits, and income and other taxes payable
(177,328
)
 
(175,128
)
 
(197,686
)
 
(178,552
)
 
(213,268
)
Less: Deferred revenue (current and non-current)
(18,483
)
 
(20,960
)
 
(21,811
)
 
(22,636
)
 
(22,211
)
Less: Other non-current liabilities, deferred income taxes, and deferred rent
(113,908
)
 
(130,444
)
 
(144,011
)
 
(154,409
)
 
(155,003
)
Capital base
$
714,713

 
$
719,307

 
$
749,679

 
$
804,381

 
$
837,928

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average total assets
$
1,190,247

 
$
1,268,658

 
$
1,321,951

 
$
1,363,139

 
$
1,414,849

Average capital base
$
700,795

 
$
717,010

 
$
734,493

 
$
777,030

 
$
821,155

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Return on assets (annualized)
9.1
%
 
9.4
%
 
8.2
%
 
6.6
%
 
4.6
%
Return on capital (annualized)
16.0
%
 
16.9
%
 
15.1
%
 
11.9
%
 
8.0
%

Adjusted Free Cash Flow (Non-GAAP financial measure)

We define Adjusted Free Cash Flow as Adjusted EBITDA plus Non-cash deferred rent, less Total capital expenditures (including non-cash purchases of property and equipment), Cash payments for interest, net, and Cash payments for income taxes, net.

We believe that Adjusted Free Cash Flow is a performance metric used by investors to evaluate the strength and performance of a company's ongoing business. Note that Adjusted Free Cash Flow is not a measure of financial performance under GAAP and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

See our reconciliation of Adjusted Free Cash Flow to Adjusted EBITDA below, as well as our reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income provided above. 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
(In thousands)
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2013
Adjusted EBITDA
$
125,474

 
$
373,760

Non-cash deferred rent
3,801

 
9,285

Total capital expenditures
(117,558
)
 
(349,482
)
Cash payments for interest, net
(661
)
 
(2,487
)
Cash payments for income taxes, net
(2,605
)
 
(12,355
)
Adjusted free cash flow
$
8,451

 
$
18,721



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