Reaffirms 2016 Guidance


Planet Payment, Inc. (NASDAQ:PLPM), a provider of international payment and transaction processing and multi-currency processing services, today announced its results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016.

Financial Highlights for the Second Quarter Ended June 30, 2016

  • Total revenue for the quarter was $13.1 million, compared to $12.7 million for 2015.
  • Net income for the quarter was $1.3 million, compared to $1.9 million for 2015.   
  • Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter was $2.8 million, compared to $2.9 million for 2015.

Refer to Table 1 for reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP measure).

Operational Highlights

  • Launched Pay in Your Currency® with Moneris in Canada.
  • Executed agreement with Redeban to deliver Pay in Your Currency in Colombia.
  • Launched Multi-Currency Pricing solution with ABSA and XPressa in South Africa.

Outlook for Fiscal Year 2016

Planet Payment reaffirms its revenue, net income, Adjusted EBITDA and fully diluted earnings per share guidance for the full year 2016 as follows:

  • Net revenue for the year is estimated to be in the range of $57.0 million and $59.2 million.
  • Net income for the year is estimated to be in the range of $8.6 million and $9.6 million.
  • Adjusted EBITDA for the year is estimated to be in the range of $14.1 million and $15.1 million (see Table 3 for reconciliation of prospective net income to Adjusted EBITDA).
  • Fully diluted earnings per share is estimated to be in the range of $0.15 and $0.17 based on 51.9 million fully-diluted common shares outstanding.

Stock Repurchase Program

On August 2, 2016, the Board of Directors reinstated the Company’s share repurchase program and expanded the authorization by an incremental $4.0 million, bringing its total current authorization to $6.0 million.

Tender Offer

As a result of the completion of the tender offer, on April 12, 2016, the Company paid $14.2 million, including transaction costs, to repurchase approximately 3.9 million shares at a tender price of $3.60 per share.

“Our strategic plan and hard work have resulted in sustained profitability as we continue to lay the ground work for long-term growth and future success,” said Carl Williams, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Planet Payment. “We have expanded into new markets, launched solutions with new and existing partners, and continue to work diligently to improve the payment experience for merchants and consumers around the globe.”

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call to discuss second quarter 2016 financial results today at 5:00 pm New York time.  Carl J. Williams, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Cox, President and Chief Operating Officer, and Raymond D’Aponte, Chief Financial Officer, will host the call.  The call will be webcast live from the Company’s investor relations website at http://ir.planetpayment.com/.  The conference call can also be accessed live over the phone by dialing (877) 407-3982, or for international callers (201) 493-6780.  A replay will be available approximately two hours after the call concludes and can be accessed on our website or by dialing (877) 870-5176, or for international callers (858) 384-5517, and entering the conference ID 13641381.  The replay will be available until our next earnings call on our website or via telephone until August 10, 2016.

Additional analysis of the Company’s performance can be found in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 to be filed at www.sec.gov and posted on the Company’s investor relations website.

About Planet Payment

Planet Payment is a provider of international payment and transaction processing and multi-currency processing services. We provide our services in 22 countries and territories across the Asia Pacific region, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa and Europe, primarily through our more than 75 acquiring bank and processor customers. Our point-of-sale and e-commerce services help merchants sell more goods and services to consumers, and together with our ATM services, are integrated within the payment card transaction flow, enabling our acquiring customers, their merchants and consumers to shop, pay, transact and reconcile payment transactions in multiple currencies, geographies and channels.

Planet Payment is headquartered in New York and has offices in Atlanta, Beijing, Bermuda, Delaware, Dubai, London, Hong Kong, Mexico City, Shanghai and Singapore. Visit www.planetpayment.com for more information about the Company and its services. For up-to-date information, follow Planet Payment on Twitter at @PlanetPayment or join Planet Payment’s Facebook page.

Notice Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.

Information contained in this announcement may include “forward-looking statements.” All statements other than statements of historical facts included herein, including, without limitation, those regarding the financial position, business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations of both Planet Payment and its business partners, net revenue, net income, Adjusted EBITDA, diluted earnings per share, future service launches with customers and new initiatives and customer pipeline are forward-looking statements.  Such forward-looking statements are based on a number of assumptions regarding Planet Payment’s present and future business strategies, and the environment in which Planet Payment expects to operate in the future, which assumptions may or may not be fulfilled in practice. Implementation of some or all of the new services referred to is subject to regulatory or other third party approvals.  Actual results may vary materially from the results anticipated by these forward-looking statements as a result of a variety of risk factors, including the risk that implementation, adoption and offering of the service by processors, acquirers, merchants and others may take longer than anticipated, or may not occur at all; regulatory changes and changes in card association regulations and practices; changes in domestic and international economic conditions; and changes in volume of international travel and commerce and others. Additional risks may arise with respect to commencing operations in new countries and regions, of which Planet Payment is not fully aware at this time. See the Company’s Quarterly Report Form 10-Q for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 to be filed at www.sec.gov for other risk factors which investors should consider.  These forward-looking statements speak only as to the date of this announcement and cannot be relied upon as a guide to future performance. Planet Payment expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained in this announcement to reflect any changes in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based. 

Enquiries:            
             
Planet Payment, Inc.           Tel: + 1 516 670 3200
Raymond D’Aponte (CFO)           www.planetpayment.com

Non-GAAP Financial Information

The Company provides certain non-GAAP financial measures in this statement.  Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA, when viewed with our results under GAAP and the accompanying reconciliations, provides useful information about our period-over-period results. Adjusted EBITDA is presented because management believes it provides additional information with respect to the performance of our fundamental business activities and is also frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of comparable companies. We also rely on Adjusted EBITDA as a primary measure to review and assess the operating performance of our company and our management team in connection with our executive compensation.  These non-GAAP key business indicators, which include Adjusted EBITDA, should not be considered replacements for and should be read in conjunction with the GAAP financial measures.

We define Adjusted EBITDA as GAAP net income adjusted to exclude: (1) interest expense, (2) interest income, (3) provision for income taxes, (4) depreciation and amortization, (5) stock-based compensation expense and (6) certain other items management believes affect the comparability of operating results. Please see “Adjusted EBITDA” below for more information and for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to net income, the most directly comparable financial measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.

 
Table 1. Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA
 
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015
 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,   June 30,
    2016   2015   2016       2015  
ADJUSTED EBITDA:                        
Net income   $    1,282,723     $    1,875,328     $    3,043,028     $    3,586,954  
Interest expense        83,021          13,830          97,697          28,443  
Interest income        (398 )        (365 )        (822 )        (791 )
Provision for income taxes        149,058          105,319          386,408          215,732  
Depreciation and amortization        618,103          714,605          1,227,093          1,439,778  
Stock-based compensation expense          576,931          228,128          1,180,899          461,590  
Restructuring charges        125,268                  125,268          
Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)   $    2,834,706     $    2,936,845     $    6,059,571     $    5,731,706  
                                         

   
Table 2.  Explanation of Key Metrics  
   
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended  
    June 30,   June 30,  
    2016   2015   2016   2015  
KEY METRICS:                          
Consolidated gross billings(1)   $  36,791,417   $  33,884,508   $  76,902,616   $  67,131,157  
Total settled dollar volume processed(2)   $  1,962,972,987   $  1,994,928,717   $  4,026,255,657   $  4,004,670,449  
Total active merchant locations (at period end)(3)      178,198      103,049      178,198      103,049  
Total settled transactions processed(4)      45,680,275      57,195,139      99,071,948      100,896,820  
Multi-currency processing services key metrics:                          
Active merchant locations (at period end)(3)      105,987      35,398      105,987      35,398  
Settled transactions processed(5)      3,888,083      3,587,580      8,162,182      7,075,453  
Gross foreign currency mark-up(6)   $  31,646,647   $  29,262,838   $  66,707,565   $  58,058,482  
Settled dollar volume processed(7)   $  662,524,562   $  639,029,484   $  1,388,799,284   $  1,299,306,228  
Average net mark-up percentage on settled dollar volume processed(8)        1.20    1.23 %    1.19    1.18 %
Payment processing services key metrics:                          
Active merchant locations (at period end)(3)      73,728      68,763      73,728      68,763  
Payment processing services revenue(9)   $  5,144,770   $  4,621,670   $  10,195,051   $  9,072,675  
Settled transactions processed(10)      41,969,598      53,717,345      91,231,000      94,039,972  
Settled dollar volume processed(11)   $  1,333,260,862   $  1,367,839,326   $  2,697,846,395   $  2,727,299,244  

(1) Represents gross foreign currency mark-up (see footnote 6)  plus payment processing services revenue (see footnote 9).

(2) Represents total settled dollar volume processed through both our multi-currency and payment processing services. 

(3) We consider a merchant location to be active as of a date if the merchant completed at least one revenue-generating transaction at the location during the 90-day period ending on such date.  The total number of active merchant locations exceeds the total number of merchants, as merchants may have multiple locations. As of June 30, 2016 and 2015, there were 1,517 and 1,112 active merchant locations, respectively, included in both multi-currency and payment processing active merchant locations but are not included in total active merchant locations, in order to eliminate counting these locations twice.

(4) Represents total settled transactions (excluding other transaction types such as authorizations and rate look‑ups). 

(5) Represents settled transactions processed using our multi-currency processing services (excluding other transaction types such as authorizations and rate look-ups).

(6) Represents the gross foreign currency mark‑up amount on settled dollar volume processed using our multi‑currency processing services. Gross foreign currency mark‑up represents multi‑currency processing services net revenue plus amounts paid to acquiring banks and their merchants associated with such multi‑currency processing transactions. Management believes this metric is relevant because it provides the reader an indication of the gross mark‑up derived from multi‑currency transactions processed through our platform during a given period.

(7) Represents the total settled dollar volume processed using our multi‑currency processing services. 

(8) Represents the average net foreign currency mark-up percentage earned on settled dollar volume processed using our multi-currency processing services. The average net mark-up percentage on settled dollar volume processed is calculated by taking total multi-currency processing services net revenue ($8.0 million and $7.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $16.6 million and $15.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively) and dividing by settled dollar volume processed (see footnote 7 above).  For purposes of calculating “Average net mark-up percentage on settled dollar volume processed,” multi-currency processing services revenue includes revenue related to multi-currency transactions only.

(9) Represents revenue earned and reported on payment processing services.

(10) Represents settled transactions processed using our payment processing services (excluding other transaction types such as authorizations and rate look‑ups). 

(11) Represents the total settled dollar volume processed using our payment processing services. 

 
Table 3. Reconciliation of Prospective Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA
 
For the year ending December 31, 2016
 
    Range
    Millions
ADJUSTED EBITDA:     Low     High
Net income   $  8.6   $  9.6
Interest expense, net      0.2      0.2
Provision for income taxes      0.9      0.9
Depreciation and amortization      2.6      2.6
Stock-based compensation expense      1.8      1.8
Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)   $  14.1   $  15.1
             
 
Planet Payment, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
    As of   As of
    June 30,   December 31,
    2016   2015
    (unaudited)      
Current assets:          
Cash and cash equivalents   $    10,486,645     $    14,675,515  
Restricted cash        4,561,278          5,050,147  
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $0.1 million as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015        5,762,559          6,406,496  
Prepaid expenses and other assets        2,026,928          1,800,566  
Total current assets        22,837,410          27,932,724  
Other assets:            
Restricted cash        551,862          551,917  
Property and equipment, net        1,602,882          1,811,619  
Software development costs, net        4,104,959          3,964,454  
Intangible assets, net        1,117,235          1,378,264  
Goodwill        292,041          286,852  
Deferred tax asset and other long-term assets        8,293,159          8,581,082  
Total other assets        15,962,138          16,574,188  
Total assets   $    38,799,548     $    44,506,912  
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity            
Current liabilities:            
Accounts payable   $    317,308     $    306,520  
Accrued expenses        3,824,694          6,438,600  
Due to merchants        4,812,012          5,240,427  
Current portion of capital leases        244,223          290,911  
Total current liabilities        9,198,237          12,276,458  
Long-term liabilities:            
Long-term debt        9,916,000          
Other long-term liabilities        1,424,243          1,666,938  
Total long-term liabilities        11,340,243          1,666,938  
Total liabilities        20,538,480          13,943,396  
Commitments and contingencies            
Stockholders’ equity:            
Convertible preferred stock—10,000,000 shares authorized as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, $0.01 par value: Series A—2,243,750 issued and 1,535,398 outstanding as of June 30, 2016 and 2,243,750 issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2015; $6,141,592 and $8,975,000 aggregate liquidation preference as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively        15,354          22,438  
Common stock—250,000,000 shares authorized as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, $0.01 par value, and 59,087,147 issued and 50,330,051 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2016, and 56,191,389 issued and 52,585,503 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2015        590,871          561,914  
Treasury stock, at cost, 8,757,096 shares and 3,605,886 shares as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively        (25,726,459 )        (7,883,012 )
Additional paid-in capital        109,224,346          106,741,026  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss        (517,667 )        (510,445 )
Accumulated deficit        (65,325,377 )        (68,368,405 )
Total stockholders’ equity        18,261,068          30,563,516  
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity   $    38,799,548     $    44,506,912  
                     
 
Planet Payment, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (unaudited)
 
    Three Months Ended   Six Months Ended
    June 30,   June 30,
    2016   2015   2016   2015
Revenue:                        
Net revenue   $   13,103,376     $   12,683,359     $   26,787,889     $   24,816,129  
Operating expenses:                        
Cost of revenue:                        
Payment processing service fees       2,734,689         2,590,885         5,425,913         5,179,089  
Processing and service costs       3,524,123         3,385,658         7,024,791         6,623,598  
  Total cost of revenue       6,258,812         5,976,543         12,450,704         11,802,687  
Selling, general and administrative expenses       5,204,892         4,712,704         10,685,606         9,183,104  
Restructuring charges        125,268                  125,268          
  Total operating expenses       11,588,972         10,689,247         23,261,578         20,985,791  
Income from operations       1,514,404         1,994,112         3,526,311         3,830,338  
Other (expense) income:                        
Interest expense       (83,021 )       (13,830 )       (97,697 )       (28,443 )
Interest income       398         365         822         791  
Total other expense, net       (82,623 )       (13,465 )       (96,875 )       (27,652 )
Income from operations before provision for income taxes       1,431,781         1,980,647         3,429,436         3,802,686  
Provision for income taxes       (149,058 )       (105,319 )       (386,408 )       (215,732 )
Net income   $   1,282,723     $   1,875,328     $   3,043,028     $   3,586,954  
Basic net income per share applicable to common stockholders   $   0.02     $   0.03     $   0.06     $   0.06  
Diluted net income per share applicable to common stockholders     $   0.02     $   0.03     $   0.05     $   0.06  
Weighted average common stock outstanding (basic)       49,602,206         53,082,296         50,186,828         53,439,467  
Weighted average common stock outstanding (diluted)       51,987,695         53,830,534         52,401,790         54,090,469  
                                         
 
Planet Payment, Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited)
 
    Six Months Ended
    June 30,
    2016   2015
Cash flows from operating activities:            
Net income   $    3,043,028     $    3,586,954  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:              
Stock-based compensation expense        1,180,899          461,590  
Depreciation and amortization expense        1,330,238          1,439,778  
Provision (recovery) for doubtful accounts        58,595          (193 )
Disposal of property and equipment        500          
Gain on insurance settlement                (517,930 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:            
Decrease (increase) in settlement assets        498,553          (244,451 )
Decrease in accounts receivables, prepaid expenses and other current assets        358,980          1,529,933  
Decrease (increase) in other long-term assets        287,923          (181,213 )
(Decrease) increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses        (3,540,524 )        239,331  
(Decrease) increase in due to merchants        (438,099 )        240,034  
Other        (26,219 )        (53,259 )
  Net cash provided by operating activities        2,753,874          6,500,574  
Cash flows from investing activities:            
(Increase) decrease in restricted cash        (9,629 )        11,506  
Increase (decrease) in merchant reserves        9,684          (131,599 )
Purchase of property and equipment        (109,555 )        (168,282 )
Capitalized software development        (677,822 )        (593,946 )
Purchase of intangible assets        (353 )        (13,454 )
  Net cash used for investing activities        (787,675 )        (895,775 )
Cash flows from financing activities:            
Proceeds from issuance of common stock        1,965,380          22,949  
Principal payments on capital lease obligations        (193,002 )        (287,168 )
Borrowings under credit facility        13,916,000          
Repayments under credit facility        (4,000,000 )        
Purchase of treasury stock        (17,843,447 )        (1,647,211 )
  Net cash used for financing activities        (6,155,069 )        (1,911,430 )
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents(*)                
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents        (4,188,870 )        3,693,369  
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period        14,675,515          9,837,791  
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period   $    10,486,645     $    13,531,160  
Supplemental disclosure:            
Cash paid for:            
Interest   $    14,718     $    30,785  
Income taxes        504,398          395,294  
Non-cash investing and financing activities:            
Common stock issued for preferred stock conversion        21,629          
Common stock issued for stock options exercised        98          
Assets acquired under capital leases        122,630          79,291  
Accrued capitalized hardware, software and fixed assets        63,291          12,071  
Capitalized stock-based compensation        14,018          20,015  

(*) For the six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015, the effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents was immaterial.

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