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Exhibit 99.1

 

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Bottomline Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter Results

Record Subscription and Transaction Revenue Highlights Fourth Quarter

PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – August 11, 2015 – Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of cloud-based payment, invoice and digital banking solutions, today reported financial results for the fourth quarter ended June 30, 2015.

Revenues for the fourth quarter were $85.4 million, an increase of $3.7 million, or 8% on a constant currency basis, from the fourth quarter of last year. Subscription and transaction revenues, which are primarily related to the company’s cloud platforms, increased 15% on a constant currency basis from the fourth quarter of last year to $44.7 million.

Gross margin for the fourth quarter was $49.3 million, an increase of $2.8 million from the fourth quarter of last year. Net loss for the fourth quarter was $21.6 million, including the effect of a $16 million non-cash charge related to the establishment of a reserve against certain US-based deferred tax assets. Net loss per share was $0.57 in the fourth quarter compared to $0.04 in the fourth quarter of last year.

Core net income for the fourth quarter was $13.4 million. Core net income excludes acquisition and integration-related expenses (including amortization of intangible assets) of $8.5 million, equity-based compensation of $7.5 million, non-cash interest expense associated with our convertible notes of $3.1 million and non-cash expense associated with a reserve established against a portion of our US deferred tax assets of $16 million. Core earnings per share was $0.35.

“We are pleased to report a strong fourth quarter which completes a record fiscal year”, said Rob Eberle, President and CEO of Bottomline Technologies. “Earlier this year we saw an opportunity to invest in several key product sets in order to extend our leadership position and drive future growth and profitability. The strong demand we saw for our offerings in the quarter confirms the technology investments we have made are well received by the market. As we enter the new fiscal year, our pipeline is strong and we are committed to executing against our plan. We are confident our efforts will drive top line growth, expanding margins and delivering shareholder value in the years to come.”

Revenues for the year ended June 30, 2015 increased 10% to $330.9 million as compared with $300.6 million for the year ended June 30, 2014. Subscription and transaction revenues increased 21% to $171.4 million in the year ended June 30, 2015 from $141.1 million in the year ended June 30, 2014. Net loss for the year ended June 30, 2015 was $34.7 million. Net loss per share was $0.92 for the year ended June 30, 2015 compared to $0.52 for the year ended June 30, 2014. Net loss for the year ended June 30, 2015 included the effect of a $16 million non-cash charge related to a reserve recorded against certain US-based deferred tax assets.

Core net income for the year ended June 30, 2015 was $55.2 million. Core net income excludes acquisition and integration-related expenses (including amortization of intangible assets) of $33.2 million, equity-based compensation of $27 million, restructuring expenses of $1.3 million, non-cash interest expense associated with our convertible notes of $12.1 million and non-cash expense associated with a reserve established against a portion of our US deferred tax assets of $16 million. Core earnings per share was $1.44 for the year ended June 30, 2015 compared to $1.29 for the year ended June 30, 2014.


Fourth Quarter Customer Highlights

 

    Twenty-two leading institutions selected Paymode-X, Bottomline’s leading cloud-based payments automation platform, including one of the country’s leading food processing companies as well as other leading institutions in hospitality, property management and healthcare.

 

    Chosen by twelve leading organizations, including CorVel Enterprise Comp Inc. and J.C. Penney Corporation, to provide Bottomline’s cloud-based legal spend management solutions to automate, manage and control their legal spend.

 

    Signed nine new Digital Banking deals, enabling banks to grow revenues and relationships by deploying innovative digital capabilities.

 

    Entered into a multi-year contract to provide Bottomline’s Patient Privacy and Data Security with Cedars Sinai. This patented solution offers a non-invasive approach to monitor, replay, and analyze user behavior across multiple systems and applications.

 

    Companies such as First National Bank, Dart Group Plc and Banque Cantonale de Geneve selected Bottomline’s Financial Messaging solution to improve operating efficiencies and optimize the effectiveness of their financial transactions by utilizing the SWIFT global network.

Fourth Quarter Strategic Corporate Highlights

 

    Launched Digital Banking 3.0, which allows the bank to better target their sales and marketing revenues while providing the bank’s business customers with increased financial management capabilities.

 

    Deployed Legal-X 11, which provides increased capabilities for insurance companies to manage legal spend.

 

    Launched Bottomline’s Patient Privacy and Data Security for Healthcare to address critical gaps in safeguarding sensitive patient data.

 

    Announced a one-million share stock repurchase program to be completed by December 31, 2015.


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, equity-based compensation, acquisition and integration-related expenses, restructuring related costs, non-cash pension expenses, non-core charges associated with our convertible notes, charges related to reserves established or released against our deferred tax assets 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. Periodically, such as in periods that include significant foreign currency volatility, we present certain metrics on a “constant currency” basis, to show the impact of period to period results normalized for the impact of foreign currency rate changes. We calculate constant currency information by translating prior period financial results using current period foreign exchange rates.

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.


Non-GAAP Financial Measures Continued

 

A reconciliation of our GAAP results to our non-GAAP results for the three and twelve months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 is as follows:

 

    

Three Months Ended

June 30,

    

Twelve Months Ended

June 30,

 
     (in thousands)      (in thousands)  
     2015      2014      2015      2014  

GAAP net loss

   $ (21,620    $ (1,481    $ (34,680    $ (19,104

Amortization of intangible assets

     8,197         7,579         30,383         26,242   

Equity-based compensation

     7,462         6,029         27,025         22,821   

Acquisition and integration-related expenses

     282         732         2,835         5,367   

Restructuring expenses (benefit)

     (49      311         1,297         1,371   

Other non-core (income) expense

     (69      —           76         —     

Non-cash pension expense

     14         93         56         331   

Non-cash interest expense

     3,111         2,918         12,149         11,397   

Non-core income tax benefit

     —           (1,301      —           —     

Record US deferred tax asset valuation allowance

     16,034         —           16,034         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Core net income

   $ 13,362       $ 14,880       $ 55,175       $ 48,425   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

GAAP diluted shares

     38,662         38,073         38,212         37,936   

Impact of note hedges

     —           (142      —           (366
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Core diluted shares

     38,662         37,931         38,212         37,570   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The table below is a comparative summary of our total revenues and our subscription and transaction revenues shown with a constant currency growth rate:

 

     Three Months Ended      % Increase  
     June 30,            Constant
Rates (1)
 
     2015      2014      GAAP    
     (in thousands)               

Total Revenues

   $ 85,370       $ 81,679         5     8

Subscription and Transaction Revenues

     44,699         39,614         13     15

 

1)  Constant currency information compares results between periods assuming exchange rates had remained constant period-over-period. We calculate constant currency information by translating prior- period results using current-year GAAP foreign exchange rates.


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, achieve future growth and profitability, and expand margins. 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 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


Bottomline Technologies

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2015     2014  

Revenues:

    

Subscriptions and transactions

   $ 44,699      $ 39,614   

Software licenses

     5,752        5,025   

Service and maintenance

     32,919        34,967   

Other

     2,000        2,073   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     85,370        81,679   

Cost of revenues:

    

Subscriptions and transactions

     20,698        19,256   

Software licenses

     445        339   

Service and maintenance

     13,447        14,029   

Other

     1,512        1,594   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost of revenues

     36,102        35,218   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     49,268        46,461   

Operating expenses:

    

Sales and marketing

     21,156        19,008   

Product development and engineering

     11,758        11,362   

General and administrative

     8,530        8,393   

Amortization of intangible assets

     8,197        7,579   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     49,641        46,342   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from operations

     (373     119   

Other expense, net

     (3,719     (3,540
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

     (4,092     (3,421

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

     17,528        (1,940
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (21,620   $ (1,481

Basic and diluted net loss per share

   $ (0.57   $ (0.04
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share:

     38,056        37,374   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core net income (1)

   $ 13,362      $ 14,880   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted core net income per share(2)

   $ 0.35      $ 0.39   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1)  Core net income excludes charges for amortization of intangible assets of $8,197 and $7,579, acquisition and integration-related expenses of $282 and $732, restructuring expenses (benefit) of ($49) and $311, equity-based compensation of $7,462 and $6,029, non-cash pension expense of $14 and $93, expense to record a US deferred tax asset valuation allowance of $16,034 and $0, other non-core benefits of $69 and $1,301 and non-core charges associated with our convertible notes of $3,111 and $2,918 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
2)  Shares used in computing diluted core earnings per share were 38,662 and 37,931 for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, 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.


Bottomline Technologies

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     Twelve Months Ended
June 30,
 
     2015     2014  

Revenues:

    

Subscriptions and transactions

   $ 171,361      $ 141,103   

Software licenses

     21,907        20,769   

Service and maintenance

     130,183        131,531   

Other

     7,438        7,182   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

     330,889        300,585   

Cost of revenues:

    

Subscriptions and transactions

     79,397        69,220   

Software licenses

     1,583        1,602   

Service and maintenance

     53,094        54,463   

Other

     5,367        5,383   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost of revenues

     139,441        130,668   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     191,448        169,917   

Operating expenses:

    

Sales and marketing

     80,151        72,707   

Product development and engineering

     47,185        39,725   

General and administrative

     34,492        33,721   

Amortization of intangible assets

     30,383        26,242   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     192,211        172,395   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from operations

     (763     (2,478

Other expense, net

     (15,553     (14,544
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

     (16,316     (17,022

Provision for income taxes

     18,364        2,082   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (34,680     (19,104

Basic and diluted net loss per share

   $ (0.92   $ (0.52
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Shares used in computing basic and diluted net loss per share:

     37,806        36,834   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Core net income (1)

   $ 55,175      $ 48,425   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted core net income per share(2)

   $ 1.44      $ 1.29   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1)  Core net income excludes charges for amortization of intangible assets of $30,383 and $26,242, acquisition and integration-related expenses of $2,835 and $5,367, restructuring expenses of $1,297 and $1,371, equity-based compensation of $27,025 and $22,821, non-cash pension expense of $56 and $331, expense to record a US deferred tax asset valuation allowance of $16,034 and $0, other non-core expense of $76 and $0 and non-core charges associated with our convertible notes of $12,149 and $11,397 for the twelve months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively.
2)  Shares used in computing diluted core earnings per share were 38,212 and 37,570 for the twelve months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, 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.


Bottomline Technologies

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)

 

     June 30,
2015
    June 30,
2014
 

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities

   $ 144,388      $ 191,478   

Accounts receivable

     65,140        61,064   

Other current assets

     19,713        28,238   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     229,241        280,780   

Property and equipment, net

     47,579        35,901   

Goodwill and intangible assets, net

     400,650        372,495   

Other assets

     11,014        11,167   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 688,484      $ 700,343   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 11,623      $ 16,283   

Accrued expenses

     24,436        25,542   

Deferred revenue

     70,383        66,571   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     106,442        108,396   

Convertible senior notes

     159,760        148,795   

Deferred revenue, non-current

     17,624        15,997   

Deferred income taxes

     35,542        23,537   

Other liabilities

     20,578        16,192   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     339,946        312,917   

Stockholders’ equity

    

Common stock

     40        39   

Additional paid-in-capital

     560,083        530,377   

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     (13,511     6,816   

Treasury stock

     (34,167     (20,579

Accumulated deficit

     (163,907     (129,227
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     348,538        387,426   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 688,484      $ 700,343