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FNFV Reports First Quarter 2017 Results With $917 Million Book Value of Portfolio Company Investments, or $13.80 Per Share
Jacksonville, Fla. -- (May 3, 2017) -- Fidelity National Financial, Inc. today reported the operating results for FNFV Group (NYSE:FNFV), a tracking stock established to highlight the inherent value of the portfolio companies of Fidelity National Financial, Inc., for the three month period ended March 31, 2017.

Total revenue of $328 million in the first quarter versus $329 million in the first quarter of 2016
First quarter diluted EPS of $0.01 versus diluted EPS of $0.01 in the first quarter of 2016
Pretax earnings of $1 million and EBITDA of $21 million for the first quarter versus pretax earnings of $1 million and EBITDA of $19 million for the first quarter of 2016
$160 million in holding company cash on March 31, 2017
Since the formation of FNFV in July 2014, more than 26 million shares of FNFV common stock have been repurchased for a total of more than $354 million; approximately 29% of the shares of FNFV common stock distributed in July 2014 have been repurchased

Restaurant Group
$273 million in total revenue, pretax loss of $4 million, EBITDA of $9 million, and an EBITDA margin of 3.3% for the first quarter, versus $290 million in total revenue, pretax earnings of $0 million, EBITDA of $11 million, and an EBITDA margin of 3.8% in the first quarter of 2016
Same store sales decreased approximately 4% in the first quarter, as Ninety Nine same stores sales declined 0.8%, O'Charley's declined by 5.0%, Village Inn decreased 5.9% and Bakers Square fell by 6.7%

One Digital
First quarter total revenue of nearly $47 million, a 28% increase over the first quarter of 2016; pretax earnings of $4.8 million; EBITDA of $11.4 million, a 37% increase over the first quarter of 2016; first quarter EBITDA margin of 24.4%

Ceridian HCM
First quarter total revenue of approximately $187 million, a 4.7% increase over the first quarter of 2016, pretax loss of $9.2 million, EBITDA of $26.3 million, a 16% increase over the first quarter of 2016, and an EBITDA margin of 14.1%

Monetization and Investment Initiatives
During the first quarter, we sold 1,882,441 shares of Del Frisco's common stock for total cash proceeds of approximately $31.6 million and a realized gain of $5.1 million

“The first quarter was relatively quiet on the monetization front as we prepare for the exchange of the FNFV tracking stock in the third quarter," said Chairman William P. Foley, II. “However, in two transactions during the first quarter, we sold a total of 1,882,441 shares of Del Frisco's common stock for total cash proceeds of approximately $31.6 million, bringing our holdings in Del Frisco's down to 1,161,888 shares.

"We are continuing to focus on completing the necessary filings, shareholder votes and other closing conditions for the FNFV tracking stock exchange. As part of the exchange that we expect to complete in the third quarter, the newly formed public company is expected to be named Cannae Holdings, Inc. to more formally reflect its independence from FNF, with a new trading symbol of 'CNNE' currently on reserve with the New York Stock Exchange."

Conference Call
We will host a call with investors and analysts to discuss first quarter 2017 results of FNFV on Thursday, May 4, 2017, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time. A live webcast of the conference call will be available on the Events and Multimedia page of the FNF Investor Relations website at www.fnf.com. The conference call replay will be available via webcast through the FNF Investor Relations website at www.fnf.com. The telephone replay will be available from 2:30 p.m. Eastern time on

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May 4, 2017, through May 11, 2017, by dialing 800-475-6701 (USA) or 320-365-3844 (International). The access code will be 421932.

About Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. is organized into two groups, FNF Group (NYSE: FNF) and FNFV Group (NYSE: FNFV). FNF is a leading provider of title insurance, technology and transaction services to the real estate and mortgage industries. FNF is the nation’s largest title insurance company through its title insurance underwriters - Fidelity National Title, Chicago Title, Commonwealth Land Title, Alamo Title and National Title of New York - that collectively issue more title insurance policies than any other title company in the United States. FNF also provides industry-leading mortgage technology solutions and transaction services, including MSP®, the leading residential mortgage servicing technology platform in the U.S., through its majority-owned subsidiaries, Black Knight Financial Services, Inc. and ServiceLink Holdings, LLC. FNFV holds majority and minority equity investment stakes in a number of entities, including American Blue Ribbon Holdings, LLC, Ceridian HCM, Inc., Digital Insurance, Inc. and Del Frisco's Restaurant Group, Inc. More information about FNF and FNFV can be found at www.fnf.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is the term used to refer to the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting. GAAP includes the standards, conventions, and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing transactions and in the preparation of financial statements. In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, the Company has provided non-GAAP financial measures, which it believes are useful to help investors better understand its financial performance, competitive position and prospects for the future. These non-GAAP measures include earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), and earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation as a percent of revenue (EBITDA margin).

Any non-GAAP measures should be considered in context with the GAAP financial presentation and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for GAAP net earnings. Further, FNF's non-GAAP measures may be calculated differently from similarly titled measures of other companies. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to related GAAP measures are provided below.

Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements regarding our expectations, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Because such statements are based on expectations as to future financial and operating results and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ materially from those projected. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The risks and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited to: our ability to successfully achieve the conditions to and consummate the plan to redeem and exchange the FNFV tracking stock with the result being an independent, publicly-traded FNFV common stock; changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; weakness or adverse changes in the level of real estate activity, which may be caused by, among other things, high or increasing interest rates, a limited supply of mortgage funding or a weak U. S. economy; our potential inability to find suitable acquisition candidates, acquisitions in lines of business that will not necessarily be limited to our traditional areas of focus, or difficulties in integrating acquisitions; our dependence on distributions from our title insurance underwriters as a main source of cash flow; significant competition that our operating subsidiaries face; compliance with extensive government regulation of our operating subsidiaries.

This press release should be read in conjunction with the press release filed for the results of FNF Group on this same date as well as the risks detailed in the “Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information,” “Risk Factors” and other sections of the Company’s Form 10-Q,10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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SOURCE: Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
CONTACT: Daniel Kennedy Murphy, Senior Vice President and Treasurer, 904-854-8120, dkmurphy@fnf.com

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 FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL VENTURES
FIRST QUARTER SEGMENT INFORMATION
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Total FNFV
 
Restaurant Group
 
FNFV Corporate and Other
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
March 31, 2017
 
 
 
Operating revenue
 
$
322

 
$
273

 
$
49

Interest and investment income
 
1

 

 
1

Realized gains and losses, net
 
5

 

 
5

Total revenue
 
328

 
273

 
55

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personnel costs
 
46

 
13

 
33

Other operating expenses
 
25

 
15

 
10

Cost of restaurant revenue
 
236

 
236

 

Depreciation and amortization
 
16

 
11

 
5

Interest expense
 
4

 
2

 
2

Total expenses
 
327

 
277

 
50

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-tax earnings (loss) from continuing operations
 
$
1

 
$
(4
)
 
$
5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Income tax benefit
 
$
(2
)
 
$

 
$
(2
)
  Loss from equity investments
 
(4
)
 

 
(4
)
  Non-controlling interests
 
(2
)
 
(2
)
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net earnings (loss) attributable to FNFV common shareholders
 
$
1

 
$
(2
)
 
$
3

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EPS attributable to FNFV common shareholders - basic
 
$
0.02

 
$
(0.03
)
 
$
0.05

EPS attributable to FNFV common shareholders - diluted
 
$
0.01

 
$
(0.03
)
 
$
0.04

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FNFV weighted average shares - basic
 
66

 
 
 
 
FNFV weighted average shares - diluted
 
68

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-tax earnings (loss) from continuing operations
 
$
1

 
$
(4
)
 
$
5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
 
$
4

 
$
2

 
$
2

Depreciation and amortization
 
16

 
11

 
5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EBITDA
 
$
21

 
$
9

 
$
12

EBITDA margin
 
6.4
%
 
3.3
%
 
21.8
%


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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL VENTURES
FIRST QUARTER SEGMENT INFORMATION
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Total FNFV
 
Restaurant Group
 
FNFV Corporate and Other
Three Months Ended
 
 
 
March 31, 2016
 
 
 
Operating revenue
 
$
331

 
$
293

 
$
38

Interest and investment income
 
1

 

 
1

Realized gains and losses, net
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
 

Total revenue
 
329

 
290

 
39

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personnel costs
 
38

 
13

 
25

Other operating expenses
 
27

 
21

 
6

Cost of restaurant revenue
 
245

 
245

 

Depreciation and amortization
 
15

 
10

 
5

Interest expense
 
3

 
1

 
2

Total expenses
 
328

 
290

 
38

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-tax earnings from continuing operations
 
$
1

 
$

 
$
1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Income tax benefit
 
$
(1
)
 
$

 
$
(1
)
Loss from equity investments
 
(1
)
 

 
(1
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net earnings attributable to FNFV common shareholders
 
$
1

 
$

 
$
1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EPS attributable to FNFV common shareholders - basic
 
$
0.01

 
$

 
$
0.01

EPS attributable to FNFV common shareholders - diluted
 
$
0.01

 
$

 
$
0.01

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FNFV weighted average shares - basic
 
70

 
 
 
 
FNFV weighted average shares - diluted
 
72

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pre-tax earnings from continuing operations
 
$
1

 
$

 
$
1

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
 
$
3

 
$
1

 
$
2

Depreciation and amortization
 
15

 
10

 
5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EBITDA
 
$
19

 
$
11

 
$
8

EBITDA margin
 
5.8
%
 
3.8
%
 
20.5
%




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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL VENTURES
SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET AND BOOK VALUE SUMMARY
(In millions)
 
 
FNFV
March 31, 2017
 
FNFV
December 31, 2016
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
Cash and investment portfolio
 
 
$
662

 
 
$
642

Goodwill
 
 
216

 
 
206

Total assets
 
 
1,423

 
 
1,400

Notes payable
 
 
259

 
 
233

Non-controlling interest
 
 
114

 
 
116

Total equity and redeemable non-controlling interests
 
 
1,031

 
 
1,032

Total equity attributable to common shareholders
 
 
917

 
 
916


 
 
FNF Group
March 31, 2017
 
 
FNFV
March 31, 2017
 
 
Consolidated
March 31, 2017
 
Consolidated
December 31, 2016
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Cash and investment portfolio
 
 
$
4,660

 
 
$
662

 
 
 
$
5,322

 
 
$
5,607

Goodwill
 
 
4,869

 
 
216

 
 
 
5,085

 
 
5,065

Title plant
 
 
395

 
 

 
 
 
395

 
 
395

Total assets
 
 
12,755

 
 
1,423

 
 
 
14,178

 
 
14,463

Notes payable
 
 
2,463

 
 
259

 
 
 
2,722

 
 
2,746

Reserve for title claim losses
 
 
1,484

 
 

 
 
 
1,484

 
 
1,487

Secured trust deposits
 
 
748

 
 

 
 
 
748

 
 
860

Redeemable non-controlling interests
 
 
344

 
 

 
 
 
344

 
 
344

Non-redeemable non-controlling interests
 
 
797

 
 
114

 
 
 
911

 
 
902

Total equity and redeemable non-controlling interests
 
 
6,203

 
 
1,031

 
 
 
7,234

 
 
7,242

Total equity attributable to common shareholders
 
 
5,062

 
 
917

 
 
 
5,979

 
 
5,996


Adjusted Book Value Summary
FNFV
March 31,
2017
 
FNFV
December 31, 2016
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Unaudited)
Ceridian/Fleetcor
 
$
385

 
 
$
386

American Blue Ribbon Holdings
 
171

 
 
173

One Digital
 
77

 
 
75

Del Frisco's Restaurant Group
 
20

 
 
49

Holding Company Cash
 
160

 
 
129

Other
 
104

 
 
104

     FNFV Book Value
 
$
917

 
 
$
916

     Outstanding FNFV shares
 
66.4

 
 
66.4

     FNFV Book Value per Share
 
$
13.80

 
 
$
13.78



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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.
CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY OF EARNINGS
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31, 2017
 
Consolidated
 
Core
 
FNFV
Direct title premiums
$
465

 
$
465

 
$

Agency title premiums
583

 
583

 

     Total title premiums
1,048

 
1,048

 

Escrow, title-related and other fees
868

 
819

 
49

     Total title and escrow and other
1,916

 
1,867

 
49

 
 
 
 
 
 
Restaurant revenue
273

 

 
273

Interest and investment income
29

 
28

 
1

Realized gains and losses, net
(1
)
 
(6
)
 
5

     Total revenue
2,217

 
1,889

 
328

 
 
 
 
 
 
Personnel costs
715

 
669

 
46

Other operating expenses
460

 
435

 
25

Cost of restaurant revenue
236

 

 
236

Agent commissions
446

 
446

 

Depreciation and amortization
112

 
96

 
16

Title claim loss expense
52

 
52

 

Interest expense
35

 
31

 
4

     Total expenses
2,056

 
1,729

 
327

 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings from continuing operations before taxes
161

 
160

 
1

Income tax expense (benefit)
78

 
80

 
(2
)
Earnings from continuing operations before equity investments
83

 
80

 
3

(Loss) earnings from equity investments
(2
)
 
2

 
(4
)
Net earnings (loss)
81

 
82

 
(1
)
Non-controlling interests
9

 
11

 
(2
)
Net earnings attributable to common shareholders
$
72

 
$
71

 
$
1

 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows provided by (used in) operations
4

 
(11
)
 
15




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FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL, INC.
CONSOLIDATED SUMMARY OF EARNINGS
(In millions)
(Unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31, 2016
 
Consolidated
 
Core
 
FNFV
Direct title premiums
$
422

 
$
422

 
$

Agency title premiums
530

 
530

 

  Total title premiums
952

 
952

 

Escrow, title-related and other fees
779

 
741

 
38

     Total title and escrow and other
1,731

 
1,693

 
38

 
 
 
 
 
 
Restaurant revenue
293

 

 
293

Interest and investment income
30

 
29

 
1

Realized gains and losses, net
(6
)
 
(3
)
 
(3
)
     Total revenue
2,048

 
1,719

 
329

 
 
 
 
 
 
Personnel costs
652

 
614

 
38

Other operating expenses
432

 
405

 
27

Cost of restaurant revenue
245

 

 
245

Agent commissions
402

 
402

 

Depreciation and amortization
100

 
85

 
15

Title claim loss expense
52

 
52

 

Interest expense
34

 
31

 
3

     Total expenses
1,917

 
1,589

 
328

 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings from continuing operations before taxes
131

 
130

 
1

Income tax expense (benefit)
49

 
50

 
(1
)
Earnings from continuing operations before equity investments
82

 
80

 
2

Earnings (loss) from equity investments
2

 
3

 
(1
)
Net earnings from continuing operations
84

 
83

 
1

Non-controlling interests
10

 
10

 

Net earnings attributable to common shareholders
$
74

 
$
73

 
$
1

 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows provided by operations
92

 
73

 
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