FleetCor Reports Second Quarter 2014 Financial Results

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. (NYSE:FLT), a leading global provider of fuel cards and workforce payment products to businesses, today reported financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2014.

“We are pleased with our results for the quarter which included adjusted net income per diluted share growth of 28% and adjusted revenue growth of 26%,” said Ron Clarke, chairman and chief executive officer, FleetCor Technologies, Inc. “These results were driven by strong organic growth in the U.S. and the impact of acquisitions closed over the last year. Integration of our recent acquisitions remains on track.”

Financial Results for Second Quarter 2014:

GAAP Results

• Total revenues increased 24% to $273.5 million compared to $220.9 million in the second quarter of 2013;
• Net income increased 21% to $88.5 million compared to $73.1 million in the second quarter of 2013;
• Net income per diluted share increased 19% to $1.03 compared to $0.87 in the second quarter of 2013.

Non-GAAP Results

• Adjusted revenues1 (revenues, net less merchant commissions) increased 26% to $253.2 million compared to $201.3 million in the second quarter of 2013;
• Adjusted net income1 increased 30% to $108.9 million compared to $84.0 million in the second quarter of 2013;
• Adjusted net income per diluted share1 increased 28% to $1.27 compared to $1.00 in the second quarter of 2013.

Fiscal Year 2014 Outlook:

For fiscal year 2014 FleetCor Technologies, Inc. is raising its financial guidance for 2014 as follows:

• Total revenues between $1,082 million and $1,097 million, up from our previous guidance range of $1,075 million and $1,095 million;
• Adjusted net income between $432 million and $438 million, up from our previous guidance range of $422 million and $432 million;
• Adjusted net income per diluted share between $5.04 and $5.10, up from our previous guidance range of $4.97 and $5.07.

The Company's fiscal-year guidance assumptions for 2014 are as follows:

• Continued weakness in our Russian business
• A start up investment related to the implementation of the Shell contract in Germany of approximately $2 million
• Fuel prices and market spreads at the year to date average
• FX rates equal to current levels
• Full year tax rate of 30.7%
• Fully diluted shares outstanding of 86 million shares
• No impact related to acquisitions or material new partnership agreements not already disclosed

“We have reported another strong quarter and are again raising our financial guidance for 2014. We are now expecting a 22% growth in revenue and 25% adjusted net income per share growth rate, at the midpoint of our guidance range, versus 2013,” said Eric Dey, chief financial officer FleetCor Technologies, Inc.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call to discuss second quarter 2014 financial results today at 5:00pm ET. Hosting the call will be Ron Clarke, chief executive officer, and Eric Dey, chief financial officer. The conference call can be accessed live over the phone by dialing (877) 407-0784, or for international callers (201) 689-8560. A replay will be available one hour after the call and can be accessed by dialing (877) 870-5176 or (858) 384-5517 for international callers; the conference ID is 13586369. The replay will be available until August 7, 2014. The call will be webcast live from the Company's investor relations website at investor.fleetcor.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about FleetCor's beliefs, expectations and future performance, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "plan," "seek," "project," "expect," "may," "will," "would," "could" or "should," the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Examples of forward-looking statements in this press release include statements relating to revenue and earnings guidance, assumptions underlying financial guidance, and expectations regarding integration of recent deals. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement, such as delays or failures associated with implementation; fuel price and spread volatility; changes in credit risk of customers and associated losses; the actions of regulators relating to payment cards or resulting from investigations; failure to maintain or renew key business relationships; failure to maintain competitive offerings; failure to maintain or renew sources of financing; failure to complete, or delays in completing, anticipated new partnership arrangements or acquisitions and the failure to successfully integrate or otherwise achieve anticipated benefits from such partnerships or acquired businesses; failure to successfully expand business internationally; the impact of foreign exchange rates on operations, revenue and income; the effects of general economic conditions on fueling patterns and the commercial activity of fleets, as well as the other risks and uncertainties identified under the caption "Risk Factors" in FleetCor's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 3, 2014. FleetCor believes these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof, and FleetCor does not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation to update any such statements or to publicly announce the results of any revisions to any of such statements to reflect future events or developments.

About Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted revenue is calculated as revenues, net less merchant commissions. Adjusted net income is calculated as net income, adjusted to eliminate (a) non-cash stock-based compensation expense related to share-based compensation awards, (b) amortization of deferred financing costs and intangible assets, (c) amortization of the premium recognized on the purchase of receivables, and (d) loss on the early extinguishment of debt and (e) our proportionate share of amortization of intangible assets at our equity method investment. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as net income as reflected in our income statement, adjusted to eliminate (a) interest expense, (b) tax expense, (c) depreciation of long-lived assets (d) amortization of intangible assets, (e) other (income) expense, net and (f) gains and losses at equity method investment. The Company uses adjusted revenues as a basis to evaluate the company’s revenues, net of the commissions that are paid to merchants to participate in our card programs. The commissions paid to merchants can vary when market spreads fluctuate in much the same way as revenues are impacted when market spreads fluctuate. The Company believes this is a more effective way to evaluate the company’s revenue performance. The Company uses adjusted EBITDA as a basis to evaluate our operating performance net of the impact of certain items during the period. We believe that adjusted EBITDA may be useful to investors for understanding our operating performance on a consistent basis. We prepare adjusted net income to eliminate the effect of items that we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance. Adjusted revenues and adjusted net income are supplemental measures of operating performance that do not represent and should not be considered as an alternative to revenues, net, net income or cash flow from operations, as determined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP, and our calculation thereof may not be comparable to that reported by other companies. We believe it is useful to exclude non-cash stock-based compensation expense from adjusted net income because non-cash equity grants made at a certain price and point in time do not necessarily reflect how our business is performing at any particular time and stock-based compensation expense is not a key measure of our core operating performance. We also believe that amortization expense can vary substantially from company to company and from period to period depending upon their financing and accounting methods, the fair value and average expected life of their acquired intangible assets, their capital structures and the method by which their assets were acquired; therefore, we have excluded amortization expense from our adjusted net income. We also exclude loss on the early extinguishment of debt from adjusted net income, as this expense is non-cash and is one-time in nature and does not reflect the ongoing operations of the business.

Management uses adjusted revenues, adjusted net income, and adjusted EBITDA:

• as measurements of operating performance because they assist us in comparing our operating performance on a consistent basis;
• for planning purposes, including the preparation of our internal annual operating budget;
• to allocate resources to enhance the financial performance of our business; and
• to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of our operational strategies.

We believe adjusted revenues, adjusted net income and adjusted EBITDA are key measures used by the Company and investors as supplemental measures to evaluate the overall operating performance of companies in our industry. By providing these non-GAAP financial measures, together with reconciliations, we believe we are enhancing investors' understanding of our business and our results of operations, as well as assisting investors in evaluating how well we are executing strategic initiatives.

About FleetCor

FleetCor is a leading global provider of fuel cards and workforce payment products to businesses. FleetCor’s payment programs enable businesses to better control employee spending and provide card-accepting merchants with a commercial customer base that can increase their sales and customer loyalty. FleetCor serves commercial accounts in North America, Latin America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. For more information, please visit www.fleetcor.com.

1 Reconciliations of GAAP results to non GAAP results are provided in Exhibit 1 attached. Additional supplemental data is provided in Exhibit 2 and segment information is provided in Exhibit 3.