TSYS Reports 2014’s Fourth Quarter Adjusted EPS Grew 20.8% And The Full Year Grew 13.2%

TSYS (NYSE: TSS) today reported results for the fourth quarter and full year of 2014.

"We finished 2014 on a high note. Organic revenue grew 5.8%, year over year, with total revenues growing 18.5% and revenues before reimbursable items up 20.2%,” said M. Troy Woods, president and chief executive officer of TSYS.

Highlights for the fourth quarter of 2014 include:

• Adjusted earnings per share (EPS) from continuing operations were $0.58, an increase of 20.8%. On a GAAP basis, basic EPS from continuing operations were $0.45, an increase of 28.8%.
• Income from continuing operations attributable to TSYS’ shareholders was $83.2 million, an increase of 25.9%.
• Adjusted EBITDA was $193.7 million, an increase of 7.0%.
• Total revenues for the quarter were $635.1 million, an increase of 8.9%. Revenues before reimbursable items were $569.3 million, an increase of 8.4%.
• Adjusted operating margin was 27.2%. GAAP operating margin was 19.3%.
• TSYS repurchased 1.5 million shares during the quarter.

Highlights for the full year 2014 results include:

• Adjusted EPS from continuing operations were $1.96, an increase of 13.2%. On a GAAP basis, basic EPS from continuing operations were $1.48, an increase of 12.8%.
• Income from continuing operations attributable to TSYS’ shareholders was $275.2 million, an increase of 11.5%.

• Adjusted EBITDA was $712.3 million, an increase of 14.1%.
• Total revenues were $2.4 billion, an increase of 18.5%. Revenues before reimbursable items were $2.2 billion, an increase of 20.2%.
• Adjusted operating margin was 25.7%. GAAP operating margin was 17.6%.
• TSYS repurchased 5.2 million shares for the year.

“With the purchase of 5.2 million shares of our stock during the year and our annual dividend of $0.40 per share, we deployed over 94% of available free cash flow to our shareholders in 2014. Including our purchase of 3.1 million shares in December of 2013, we repurchased 8.3 million shares of our stock deploying $262.9 million of capital during that 13 month period,” said Woods.

TSYS also announced that its Board of Directors has approved a new share repurchase plan that authorizes the repurchase of up to 20 million shares of TSYS stock, which replaces its existing share repurchase plan. The shares may be repurchased from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions at prices TSYS deems appropriate, subject to market conditions, business opportunities and other factors. This authorization has no expiration date and may be suspended or terminated at any time.

2015 Financial Outlook

"Our guidance for 2015 is included in the table below and we expect another year of strong growth in revenues and adjusted EPS. The results for 2014 and our guidance for 2015 reflect our focus on diversification, growth and the exceptional performance of our TSYS team,” said Woods.

Conference Call

TSYS will host its quarterly conference call at 5:00 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 27. The conference call can be accessed via simultaneous Internet broadcast at tsys.com by clicking on the link under "Webcasts" on the main homepage. The replay will be archived for 12 months and will be available approximately 30 minutes after the completion of the call. A slide presentation to accompany the call will be available by clicking on the link under "Webcasts" on the main homepage of tsys.com.

Non-GAAP Measures

This press release contains information prepared in conformity with GAAP as well as non-GAAP information. It is management’s intent to provide non-GAAP financial information to enhance understanding of its consolidated financial information as prepared in accordance with GAAP. This non-GAAP information should be considered by the reader in addition to, but not instead of, the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. Each non-GAAP financial measure and the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure are presented so as not to imply that more emphasis should be placed on the non-GAAP measure. The non-GAAP financial information presented may be determined or calculated differently by other companies.

Additional information about non-GAAP financial measures, including, but not limited to, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS, and a reconciliation of those measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included on pages 13 to 16 of this release.

About TSYS

At TSYS® (NYSE: TSS), we believe payments should revolve around people, not the other way around. We call this belief "People-Centered Payments®." By putting people at the center of every decision we make, TSYS supports financial institutions, businesses and governments in more than 80 countries. Through NetSpend®, A TSYS Company, we empower consumers with the convenience, security, and freedom to be self-banked. TSYS offers issuer services and merchant payment acceptance for credit, debit, prepaid, healthcare and business solutions.

TSYS’ headquarters are located in Columbus, Ga., U.S.A., with local offices spread across the Americas, EMEA and Asia-Pacific. TSYS is a member of The Civic 50 and was named one of the 2013 World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere magazine. TSYS routinely posts all important information on its website. For more, please visit us at www.tsys.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” – that is, statements related to future, not past, events. Forward-looking statements often address our expected future business and financial performance and often contain words such as “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “should,” “plan,” “potential,” “will,” “could,” and similar expressions. These forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding TSYS’ expectation that it will have another year of strong growth in revenues and adjusted EPS and its earnings guidance for 2015 total revenues, revenues before reimbursable items and adjusted EPS, and the assumptions underlying such statements. These statements are based on the current beliefs and expectations of TSYS’ management, are based on management’s assumptions and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those contemplated by our forward-looking statements in this press release. Many of these factors are beyond TSYS’ ability to control or predict. These factors include, but are not limited to, the material breach of security of any of TSYS’ systems; TSYS’ ability to integrate acquisitions and achieve the anticipated growth opportunities and other benefits of the acquisitions; the effect of current domestic and worldwide economic conditions; risks associated with foreign operations, including adverse developments with respect to foreign currency exchange rates; expenses are incurred associated with the signing of a significant client; TSYS does not convert clients’ portfolios as scheduled; the deconversion of a significant client; changes occur in laws, rules, regulations, credit card association rules, prepaid industry rules or other industry standards affecting TSYS and our clients that may result in costly new compliance burdens on TSYS and our clients and lead to a decrease in the volume and/or number of transactions processed or limit the types and amounts of fees that can be charged to customers; the costs and effects of litigation, investigations or similar matters or adverse facts and developments relating thereto; adverse developments with respect to the payment card industry in general, including a decline in the use of cards as a payment mechanism; and growth rates of TSYS’ existing clients are lower than anticipated or attrition rates of existing clients are higher than anticipated. Additional risks and other factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from those contemplated in this release can be found in TSYS’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. We believe these forward-looking statements are reasonable; however, undue reliance should not be placed on any forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations. We do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.