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CORRECTING AND REPLACING i3 Verticals Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Fiscal Year 2020 Financial Results

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In the last bullet, under Highlights for the fiscal fourth quarter and full fiscal year of 2020 vs. 2019 heading, the last sentence should read: The aggregate purchase price was $19.6 million in cash and an amount of contingent consideration, which is still being valued (instead of: The aggregate purchase price was $59.6 million in cash and an amount of contingent consideration, which is still being valued).

The updated release reads:

I3 VERTICALS REPORTS FOURTH QUARTER AND FULL FISCAL YEAR 2020 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Announces Public Sector Acquisition and Inducement Equity Grants

i3 Verticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: IIIV) (“i3 Verticals” or the “Company”) today reported its financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2020.

Greg Daily, Chairman and CEO of i3 Verticals, commented, “We are pleased with our fourth quarter results and the sequential improvement we saw from the third quarter. We continued to execute on our M&A strategy and have completed seven acquisitions since July 1, 2020, all of which are software companies. Our financial results continued to improve, and our payment volume continued to recover, despite COVID-19 related challenges in specific verticals such as Education. We are confident in our ability to deliver solid financial results in 2021 and to capitalize on the significant opportunities ahead of us.

“We are also excited that on November 17, 2020, we closed our most recent acquisition, ImageSoft, which further enhances our product offering to the Public Sector market. ImageSoft sells products that eliminate paper-based systems by creating integrated electronic workflows for courts and government agencies. ImageSoft is an ideal strategic fit, and we are very optimistic about how they will help us deliver cutting-edge products to our Public Sector customers.”

Highlights for the fiscal fourth quarter and full fiscal year of 2020 vs. 2019

  • Fourth quarter revenue was $38.3 million, a decrease of 65% over the prior year’s fourth quarter; Full year revenue was $150.1 million, a decrease of 60% over the prior year. Results for 2020 reflect the adoption of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers1.
  • Fourth quarter adjusted net revenue2, which excludes acquisition revenue adjustments and interchange and related network fees, was $38.4 million, a decrease of 5% over the prior year’s fourth quarter; Full year adjusted net revenue2 was $151.0 million, an increase of 10% over the prior year.
  • Fourth quarter net loss was $2.0 million; Full year net loss was $1.0 million.
  • Fourth quarter net loss attributable to i3 Verticals, Inc. was $0.7 million; Full year net loss attributable to i3 Verticals, Inc. was $0.4 million.
  • Fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA2 was $9.7 million, a decrease of 17% over the prior year’s fourth quarter; Full year adjusted EBITDA2 was $38.6 million, a decrease of less than 1% over the prior year.
  • Fourth quarter adjusted EBITDA2 as a percentage of adjusted net revenue2 was 25%, compared to 29% in the prior year’s fourth quarter; Full year adjusted EBITDA2 as a percentage of adjusted net revenue2 was 26%, compared to 28% in the prior year.
  • Fourth quarter diluted net loss per share available to Class A common stock was $0.06, compared to $0.07 in the prior year’s fourth quarter; Full year diluted net loss per share available to Class A common stock was $0.03, compared to $0.29 in the prior year.
  • Fourth quarter and full year ended September 30, 2020 pro forma adjusted diluted earnings per share2, which gives pro forma effect to the Company’s going forward effective tax rate, was $0.20 and $0.77, respectively, compared to $0.24 and $0.83 for the fourth quarter and full year ended September 30, 2019, respectively. Integrated payments3 were 57% and 55% of payment volume for the three months and full year ended September 30, 2020, respectively.
  • At September 30, 2020, the ratio of consolidated total debt-to-EBITDA, as defined in the Company’s Senior Secured Credit Facility, was 2.59x.
  • As previously announced in our press release dated October 5, 2020, the Company completed the acquisition of three companies that strengthen its vertical focus. The first acquisition is within the Company’s Public Sector vertical and provides software services to public safety and law enforcement customers. The second acquisition is within the Company’s Healthcare vertical and offers medical billing and other software. The final acquisition offers proprietary technology that will augment the Company’s existing platform across several verticals. The aggregate purchase price was $19.6 million in cash and an amount of contingent consideration, which is still being valued.

1.

Effective October 1, 2019, our revenues are presented net of interchange and network fees in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. This change in presentation affected our reported revenues and operating expenses for the fiscal fourth quarter and year ended September 30, 2020, by the same amount and had no effect on our income from operations.

2.

Represents a non-GAAP financial measure. For additional information (including reconciliation information), see the attached schedules to this release.

3.

Integrated payments represents payment transactions that are generated in situations where payment technology is embedded within the Company’s own proprietary software, a client’s software or critical business process.

Acquisition of ImageSoft

On November 17, 2020, the Company completed the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of ImageSoft, Inc. for a purchase price of $40.0 million in cash and an amount of contingent consideration, which is still being valued. They sell a combination of proprietary and third-party software, which eliminates paper-based systems by creating integrated electronic workflows for courts and government agencies.

In accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4), the Company has granted equity awards under its 2020 Acquisition Equity Incentive Plan to the new employees who agreed to join the Company in connection with the November 17, 2020 acquisition. The Company granted options to purchase a total of 250,000 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock to 140 employees as a material inducement to enter into employment with the Company. These stock options will vest ratably over three years, subject to the employees’ continued service to the Company through each applicable vesting date. The stock options have an exercise price equal to $25.31, the closing price per share of the Company’s Class A common stock as reported by Nasdaq on the date of closing.

2021 Outlook

The COVID-19 pandemic has created significant uncertainty in the economy and the extent to which the COVID-19 pandemic will impact the Company’s future results is difficult to reasonably estimate at this time. Therefore, the Company is not providing a financial outlook for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call on Friday, November 20, 2020, at 8:30 a.m. ET, to discuss financial results and operations. To listen to the call live via telephone, participants should dial (929) 477-0577 approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. A telephonic replay will be available from 11:30 a.m. ET on November 20, 2020, through November 27, 2020, by dialing (719) 457-0820 and entering Confirmation Code 4271451.

To listen to the call live via webcast, participants should visit the “Investors” section of the Company’s website, www.i3verticals.com, and go to the “Events & Presentations” page approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. The online replay will be available on this page of the Company’s website beginning shortly after the conclusion of the call and will remain available for 30 days.

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 the Company’s 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 net revenue, pro forma adjusted net income, adjusted EBITDA and pro forma adjusted diluted EPS, and a reconciliation of those measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures is included on pages 10 to 12 in the financial schedules of this release.

About i3 Verticals

Helping drive the convergence of software and payments, i3 Verticals delivers integrated payment and software solutions to small- and medium-sized businesses (“SMBs”) and other organizations in strategic vertical markets, such as education, non-profit, the public sector, and healthcare and to the business-to-business payments market. With a broad suite of payment and software solutions that address the specific needs of its clients in each strategic vertical market, i3 Verticals processed approximately $14.4 billion in total payment volume for the 12 months ended September 30, 2020.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact or relating to present facts or current conditions included in this release are forward-looking statements, including any statements of a general economic or industry specific nature. Forward-looking statements give the Company’s current expectations and projections relating to its financial condition, results of operations, guidance, plans, objectives, future performance and business. You generally can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. These statements may include words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “plan,” “intend,” “believe,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “could have,” “exceed,” “significantly,” “likely” and other words and terms of similar meaning in connection with any discussion of the timing or nature of future operating or financial performance or other events.

The forward-looking statements contained in this release are based on assumptions that we have made in light of the Company’s industry experience and its perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. As you review and consider information presented herein, you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of future performance or results. They depend upon future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Although we believe that these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, you should be aware that many factors could affect the Company’s actual future performance or results and cause them to differ materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking statements. Certain of these factors and other risks are discussed in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and include, but are not limited to: (i) the anticipated impact to the Company’s business operations, payment volume and volume attrition due to the global pandemic of a novel strain of the coronavirus (COVID-19); (ii) the Company’s indebtedness and the ability to maintain compliance with the financial covenants in the Company’s senior secured credit facility in light of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; (iii) the ability to meet the Company’s liquidity needs in light of the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; (iv) the ability to raise additional funds on terms acceptable to us, if at all, whether debt, equity or a combination thereof; (v) the triggering of impairment testing of the Company’s fair-valued assets, including goodwill and intangible assets, in the event of a decline in the price of the Company’s Class A common stock; (vi) the ability to generate revenues sufficient to maintain profitability and positive cash flow; (vii) competition in the Company’s industry and the ability to compete effectively; (viii) the dependence on non-exclusive distribution partners to market the Company’s products and services; (ix) the ability to keep pace with rapid developments and changes in the Company’s industry and provide new products and services; (x) liability and reputation damage from unauthorized disclosure, destruction or modification of data or disruption of the Company’s services; (xi) technical, operational and regulatory risks related to the Company’s information technology systems and third-party providers’ systems; (xii) reliance on third parties for significant services; (xiii) exposure to economic conditions and political risks affecting consumer and commercial spending, including the use of credit cards; (xiv) the ability to increase the Company’s existing vertical markets, expand into new vertical markets and execute the Company’s growth strategy; (xv) the ability to successfully identify acquisition targets, complete those acquisitions and effectively integrate those acquisitions into the Company’s services; (xvi) potential degradation of the quality of the Company’s products, services and support; (xvii) the ability to retain clients, many of which are small- and medium-sized businesses, which can be difficult and costly to retain; (xviii) the Company’s ability to successfully manage its intellectual property; (xix) the ability to attract, recruit, retain and develop key personnel and qualified employees; (xx) risks related to laws, regulations and industry standards; (xxi) operating and financial restrictions imposed by the Company’s senior secured credit facility; (xxii) risks related to the accounting method for the Company’s 1.0% Exchangeable Senior Notes due February 15, 2025 (the “Exchangeable Notes”); (xxiii) the ability to raise the funds necessary to settle exchanges of the Exchangeable Notes or to repurchase the Exchangeable Notes upon a fundamental change; (xxiv) risks related to the conditional exchange feature of the Exchangeable Notes; and (xxv) the risk factors included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2019 and in our subsequent filings. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of these assumptions prove incorrect, the Company’s actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

Any forward-looking statement made by us in this release speaks only as of the date of this release. Factors or events that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ may emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of them. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by law.

 

i3 Verticals, Inc. Consolidated Statements of Operations

($ in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Year ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

% Change

 

2020

 

2019

 

% Change

 

(unaudited)

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenue

$

38,272

 

 

$

108,562

 

 

(65)%

 

$

150,134

 

 

$

376,307

 

 

(60)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interchange and network fees(1)

 

 

69,090

 

 

(100)%

 

 

 

242,867

 

 

(100)%

Other costs of services

12,356

 

 

12,823

 

 

(4)%

 

47,230

 

 

44,237

 

 

7%

Selling general and administrative

20,117

 

 

18,438

 

 

9%

 

78,323

 

 

62,860

 

 

25%

Depreciation and amortization

4,549

 

 

4,689

 

 

(3)%

 

18,217

 

 

16,564

 

 

10%

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

52

 

 

1,653

 

 

(97)%

 

(1,409)

 

 

3,389

 

 

n/m

Total operating expenses

37,074

 

 

106,693

 

 

(65)%

 

142,361

 

 

369,917

 

 

(62)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations

1,198

 

 

1,869

 

 

(36)%

 

7,773

 

 

6,390

 

 

22%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

2,305

 

 

2,017

 

 

14%

 

8,926

 

 

6,004

 

 

49%

Other expense

1,792

 

 

 

 

n/m

 

2,621

 

 

 

 

n/m

Total other expenses

4,097

 

 

2,017

 

 

103%

 

11,547

 

 

6,004

 

 

92%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Loss) income before income taxes

(2,899)

 

 

(148)

 

 

1,859%

 

(3,774)

 

 

386

 

 

(1,078)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Benefit from income taxes

(877)

 

 

(175)

 

 

401%

 

(2,795)

 

 

(177)

 

 

1,479%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

(2,022)

 

 

27

 

 

(7589)%

 

(979)

 

 

563

 

 

(274)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interest

(1,371)

 

 

957

 

 

n/m

 

(560)

 

 

3,608

 

 

n/m

Net loss attributable to i3 Verticals, Inc.

$

(651)

 

 

$

(930)

 

 

(30)%

 

$

(419)

 

 

$

(3,045)

 

 

(86)%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss per share available to Class A common stock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

(0.04)

 

 

$

(0.07)

 

 

 

 

$

(0.03)

 

 

$

(0.29)

 

 

 

Diluted

$

(0.06)

 

 

$

(0.07)

 

 

 

 

$

(0.03)

 

 

$

(0.29)

 

 

 

Weighted average shares of Class A common stock outstanding(1):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

15,780,082

 

 

14,159,957

 

 

 

 

14,833,378

 

 

10,490,981

 

 

 

Diluted

28,069,996

 

 

14,159,957

 

 

 

 

27,429,801

 

 

10,490,981

 

 

 

n/m = not meaningful

__________________________

1.

Effective October 1, 2019, our revenues are presented net of interchange and network fees in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

i3 Verticals, Inc. Financial Highlights

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Year ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

% Change

 

2020

 

2019

 

% Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted net revenue (non-GAAP)

$

38,426

 

 

$

40,565

 

 

(5)%

 

$

150,958

 

 

$

137,597

 

 

10%

Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)

9,682

 

 

11,726

 

 

(17)%

 

38,557

 

 

38,745

 

 

—%

Pro forma adjusted diluted earnings per share (non-GAAP)

$

0.20

 

 

$

0.24

 

 

(17)%

 

$

0.77

 

 

$

0.83

 

 

(7)%

i3 Verticals, Inc. Supplemental Volume Information

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands)

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Year ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

 

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment volume(1)

$

3,979,593

 

 

$

3,848,579

 

 

$

14,377,148

 

 

$

13,144,458

 

 

__________________________

1.

Payment volume is the net dollar value of both 1) Visa, Mastercard and other payment network transactions processed by the Company’s clients and settled to clients by us and 2) ACH transactions processed by the Company’s clients and settled to clients by the Company.

i3 Verticals, Inc. Segment Summary

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands)

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020

 

Merchant

Services

 

Proprietary

Software and

Payments

 

Other

 

Total

Revenue

$

24,759

 

 

$

13,924

 

 

$

(411)

 

 

$

38,272

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other costs of services

10,962

 

 

1,805

 

 

(411)

 

 

12,356

 

Selling general and administrative

6,276

 

 

7,335

 

 

6,506

 

 

20,117

 

Depreciation and amortization

2,774

 

 

1,603

 

 

172

 

 

4,549

 

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

(400)

 

 

452

 

 

 

 

52

 

Income (loss) from operations

$

5,147

 

 

$

2,729

 

 

$

(6,678)

 

 

$

1,198

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment volume

$

3,614,766

 

 

$

364,827

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,979,593

 

 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2020(1)

 

Merchant

Services

 

Proprietary

Software and

Payments

 

Other

 

Total

Revenue

$

100,949

 

 

$

50,953

 

 

$

(1,768)

 

 

$

150,134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other costs of services

43,940

 

 

5,057

 

 

(1,767)

 

 

47,230

 

Selling general and administrative

26,376

 

 

28,187

 

 

23,760

 

 

78,323

 

Depreciation and amortization

11,796

 

 

5,723

 

 

698

 

 

18,217

 

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

(4,691)

 

 

3,282

 

 

 

 

(1,409)

 

Income (loss) from operations

$

23,528

 

 

$

8,704

 

 

$

(24,459)

 

 

$

7,773

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment volume

$

13,553,263

 

 

$

823,885

 

 

$

 

 

$

14,377,148

 

________

1.

Effective July 1, 2020, the Company reassigned a component from the Proprietary Software and Payments segment to the Merchant Services segment to better align the Company’s business within its segments. The prior period comparatives have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the Company’s current segment presentation.

i3 Verticals, Inc. Segment Summary (continued)

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands)

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2019(1)

 

Merchant

Services

 

Proprietary

Software and

Payments

 

Other

 

Total

Revenue

$

95,584

 

 

$

12,978

 

 

$

 

 

$

108,562

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interchange and network fees

66,940

 

 

2,150

 

 

 

 

69,090

 

Other costs of services

11,713

 

 

1,110

 

 

 

 

12,823

 

Selling general and administrative

7,129

 

 

5,916

 

 

5,393

 

 

18,438

 

Depreciation and amortization

3,223

 

 

1,306

 

 

160

 

 

4,689

 

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

895

 

 

758

 

 

 

 

1,653

 

Income (loss) from operations

$

5,684

 

 

$

1,738

 

 

$

(5,553)

 

 

$

1,869

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment volume

$

3,666,707

 

 

$

181,872

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,848,579

 

 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2019(1)

 

Merchant

Services

 

Proprietary

Software and

Payments

 

Other

 

Total

Revenue

$

338,968

 

 

$

37,339

 

 

$

 

 

$

376,307

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interchange and network fees

236,170

 

 

6,697

 

 

 

 

242,867

 

Other costs of services

41,487

 

 

2,750

 

 

 

 

44,237

 

Selling general and administrative

27,275

 

 

17,059

 

 

18,526

 

 

62,860

 

Depreciation and amortization

12,221

 

 

3,790

 

 

553

 

 

16,564

 

Change in fair value of contingent consideration

(477)

 

 

3,866

 

 

 

 

3,389

 

Income (loss) from operations

$

22,292

 

 

$

3,177

 

 

$

(19,079)

 

 

$

6,390

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment volume

$

12,533,107

 

 

$

611,351

 

 

$

 

 

$

13,144,458

 

________

1.

Effective July 1, 2020, the Company reassigned a component from the Proprietary Software and Payments segment to the Merchant Services segment to better align the Company’s business within its segments. The prior period comparatives have been retroactively adjusted to reflect the Company’s current segment presentation.

i3 Verticals, Inc. Consolidated Balance Sheets

($ in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

September 30,

 

September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

(unaudited)

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

15,568

 

 

$

1,119

 

Accounts receivable, net

17,538

 

 

15,335

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

4,869

 

 

4,117

 

Total current assets

37,975

 

 

20,571

 

 

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

5,339

 

 

5,026

 

Restricted cash

5,033

 

 

2,081

 

Capitalized software, net

16,989

 

 

15,454

 

Goodwill

187,005

 

 

168,284

 

Intangible assets, net

109,233

 

 

107,419

 

Deferred tax asset

36,755

 

 

28,138

 

Other assets

5,197

 

 

2,329

 

Total assets

$

403,526

 

 

$

349,302

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and equity

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

Accounts payable

3,845

 

 

3,438

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

24,064

 

 

21,560

 

Deferred revenue

10,986

 

 

10,237

 

Total current liabilities

38,895

 

 

35,235

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, less current portion and debt issuance costs, net

90,758

 

 

139,298

 

Long-term tax receivable agreement obligations

27,565

 

 

23,204

 

Other long-term liabilities

6,140

 

 

9,124

 

Total liabilities

163,358

 

 

206,861

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

 

 

 

Preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 10,000,000 shares authorized; 0 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and 2019

 

 

 

Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 150,000,000 shares authorized; 18,864,143 and 14,444,115 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively

2

 

 

1

 

Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, 40,000,000 shares authorized; 11,900,621 and 12,921,637 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively

1

 

 

1

 

Additional paid-in-capital

157,598

 

 

82,380

 

Accumulated deficit

(2,023)

 

 

(2,309)

 

Total stockholders’ equity

155,578

 

 

80,073

 

Non-controlling interest

84,590

 

 

62,368

 

Total equity

240,168

 

 

142,441

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

$

403,526

 

 

$

349,302

 

i3 Verticals, Inc. Consolidated Cash Flow Data

($ in thousands)

 

Year ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

23,720

 

 

$

26,597

 

Net cash used in investing activities

$

(35,431)

 

 

$

(143,728)

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

$

29,112

 

 

$

119,094

 

Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures

The Company believes that non-GAAP financial measures are important to enable investors to understand and evaluate its ongoing operating results. Accordingly, i3 Verticals includes non-GAAP financial measures when reporting its financial results to shareholders and potential investors in order to provide them with an additional tool to evaluate the Company’s ongoing business operations. i3 Verticals believes that the non-GAAP financial measures are representative of comparative financial performance that reflects the economic substance of i3 Verticals’ current and ongoing business operations.

Although non-GAAP financial measures are often used to measure the Company’s operating results and assess its financial performance, they are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to potential inconsistencies in the method of calculation. i3 Verticals believes that its provision of non-GAAP financial measures provides investors with important key financial performance indicators that are utilized by management to assess the Company’s operating results, evaluate the business and make operational decisions on a prospective, going-forward basis. Hence, management provides disclosure of non-GAAP financial measures to give shareholders and potential investors an opportunity to see i3 Verticals as viewed by management, to assess i3 Verticals with some of the same tools that management utilizes internally and to be able to compare such information with prior periods. i3 Verticals believes that inclusion of non-GAAP financial measures provides investors with additional information to help them better understand its financial statements just as management utilizes these non-GAAP financial measures to better understand the business, manage budgets and allocate resources.

 

i3 Verticals, Inc. Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income to Non-GAAP Pro Forma Adjusted Net Income and Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands)

 

Three months ended

September 30,

 

Year ended

September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

 

2019

Net (loss) income attributable to i3 Verticals, Inc.

$

(651)

 

 

$

(930)

 

 

$

(419)

 

 

$

(3,045)

 

Net (loss) income attributable to non-controlling interest

(1,371)

 

 

957

 

 

(560)

 

 

3,608

 

Non-GAAP Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Benefit from) provision for income taxes

(877)

 

 

(175)

 

 

(2,795)

 

 

(177)

 

Financing-related expenses(1)

43

 

 

 

 

286

 

 

 

Non-cash change in fair value of contingent consideration(2)

52

 

 

1,653

 

 

(1,409)

 

 

3,389

 

Equity-based compensation(3)

3,002

 

 

2,002

 

 

10,452

 

 

6,124

 

Acquisition revenue adjustments(4)

154

 

 

1,093

 

 

824

 

 

4,157

 

Acquisition-related expenses(5)

508

 

 

412

 

 

1,811

 

 

1,859

 

Acquisition intangible amortization(6)

3,624

 

 

3,819

 

 

14,497

 

 

13,570

 

Non-cash interest expense(7)

1,429

 

 

102

 

 

3,844

 

 

873

 

Other taxes(8)

176

 

 

8

 

 

365

 

 

262

 

Other expenses related to adjustments of liabilities under Tax Receivable Agreement(9)

323

 

 

 

 

323

 

 

 

Non-cash loss on Exchangeable Note repurchases(10)

1,469

 

 

 

 

2,297

 

 

 

COVID-19 related expenses(11)

 

 

 

 

239

 

 

 

Non-GAAP pro forma adjusted income before taxes

7,881

 

 

8,941

 

 

29,755

 

 

30,620

 

Pro forma taxes at effective tax rate(12)

(1,970)

 

 

(2,235)

 

 

(7,439)

 

 

(7,655)

 

Pro forma adjusted net income(13)

$

5,911

 

 

$

6,706

 

 

$

22,316

 

 

$

22,965

 

Cash interest expense, net(14)

876

 

 

1,915

 

 

5,082

 

 

5,131

 

Pro forma taxes at effective tax rate(12)

1,970

 

 

2,235

 

 

7,439

 

 

7,655

 

Depreciation, non-acquired intangible asset amortization and internally developed software amortization(15)

925

 

 

870

 

 

3,720

 

 

2,994

 

Adjusted EBITDA

$

9,682

 

 

$

11,726

 

 

$

38,557

 

 

$

38,745

 

________

1.

Financing-related expenses includes expenses directly related to certain transactions as part of financing transactions.

2.

Non-cash change in fair value of contingent consideration reflects the changes in management’s estimates of future cash consideration to be paid in connection with prior acquisitions from the amount estimated as of the later of the most recent balance sheet date forming the beginning of the income statement period or the original estimates made at the closing of the applicable acquisition.

3.

Equity-based compensation expense consisted of $3,002 and $10,452 related to stock options issued under the Company’s 2018 Equity Incentive Plan during the three months and year ended September 30, 2020, respectively, and $2,002 and $6,124 during the three months and year ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

4.

Under GAAP, companies must adjust, as necessary, beginning balances of acquired deferred revenue to fair value as part of acquisition accounting as defined by GAAP. Acquisition revenue adjustments remove the effect of these adjustments to acquisition date fair value from acquisitions that have closed as of the date of this earnings release.

5.

Acquisition-related expenses are the professional service and related costs directly related to the Company’s acquisitions and are not part of its core performance.

6.

Acquisition intangible amortization reflects amortization of intangible assets and software acquired through business combinations, acquired customer portfolios, acquired referral agreements and related asset acquisitions.

7.

Non-cash interest expense reflects amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs and any write-offs of debt issuance costs.

8.

Other taxes consist of franchise taxes, commercial activity taxes, employer payroll taxes related to stock exercises and other non-income based taxes. Taxes related to salaries are not included.

9.

Under our Tax Receivable Agreement we have a liability equal to 85% of certain deferred tax assets resulting from an increase in the tax basis of our investment in i3 Verticals, LLC. Other expenses related to adjustments of liabilities under our Tax Receivable Agreement relate to the remeasurement of the underlying deferred tax asset for changes in estimated income tax rates.

10.

Non-cash loss on Exchangeable Note repurchases reflects the loss on retirement of debt the Company recorded during the relevant periods due to the carrying value exceeding the fair value of the repurchased portion of the 1.0% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Exchangeable Notes”) at the dates of repurchases.

11.

COVID-19 related expenses reflects incremental expenses incurred as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including employee severance expenses and legal expenses.

12.

Pro forma corporate income tax expense is based on Non-GAAP adjusted income before taxes and is calculated using tax rates of 25.0% for 2020 and 2019, based on blended federal and state tax rates, considering the Tax Reform Act for 2018.

13.

Pro forma adjusted net income assumes that all net income during the period is available to the holders of the Company’s Class A common stock.

14.

Cash interest expense, net represents all interest expense net of interest income recorded on the Company’s statement of operations other than non-cash interest expense, which represents amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs and any write-offs of debt issuance costs.

15.

Depreciation, non-acquired intangible asset amortization and internally developed software amortization reflects depreciation on the Company’s property, plant and equipment, net, and amortization expense on its internally developed capitalized software.

i3 Verticals, Inc. GAAP Diluted EPS and Non-GAAP Pro Forma Adjusted Diluted EPS

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Year ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

 

2019

Diluted net loss available to Class A common stock per share

$

(0.06)

 

 

$

(0.07)

 

 

$

(0.03)

 

 

$

(0.29)

 

Pro forma adjusted diluted earnings per share (non-GAAP)(1)

$

0.20

 

 

$

0.24

 

 

$

0.77

 

 

$

0.83

 

Pro forma adjusted net income(2)

$

5,911

 

 

$

6,706

 

 

$

22,316

 

 

$

22,965

 

Pro forma weighted average shares of adjusted diluted Class A common stock outstanding(3)

29,390,270

 

 

28,485,235

 

 

28,814,308

 

 

27,640,495

 

__________

1.

Pro forma adjusted diluted earnings per share is calculated using pro forma adjusted net income and the pro forma weighted average shares of adjusted diluted Class A common stock outstanding.

2.

Pro forma adjusted net income assumes that all net income during the period is available to the holders of the Company’s Class A common stock. Further, pro forma adjusted diluted earnings per share assumes that all Common Units in i3 Verticals, LLC and the associated non-voting Class B common stock were exchanged for Class A common stock at the beginning of the period on a one-for-one basis.

3.

Pro forma weighted average shares of adjusted diluted Class A common stock outstanding include 12,289,914 and 12,596,423 weighted average outstanding shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exchange of Common Units in i3 Verticals, LLC and 1,320,274 and 1,384,507 shares of unvested Class A common stock and options for the three months and year ended September 30, 2020, respectively. Pro forma weighted average shares of adjusted diluted Class A common stock outstanding include 12,921,637 outstanding shares of Class A common stock issuable upon the exchange of Common Units in i3 Verticals, LLC and 1,403,641 and 1,292,659 shares of unvested Class A common stock and options for the for the three months and year ended September 30, 2019, respectively.

i3 Verticals, Inc. Reconciliation of GAAP Revenue to Non-GAAP Adjusted Net Revenue

(Unaudited)

($ in thousands)

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Year ended September 30,

 

2020

 

2019

 

2020

 

2019

Revenue

$

38,272

 

 

$

108,562

 

 

$

150,134

 

 

$

376,307

 

Acquisition revenue adjustments(1)

154

 

 

1,093

 

 

824

 

 

4,157

 

Interchange and network fees(2)

 

 

(69,090)

 

 

 

 

(242,867)

 

Adjusted Net Revenue

$

38,426

 

 

$

40,565

 

 

$

150,958

 

 

$

137,597

 

__________

1.

Under GAAP, companies must adjust, as necessary, beginning balances of acquired deferred revenue to fair value as part of acquisition accounting as defined by GAAP. Acquisition revenue adjustments remove the effect of these adjustments to acquisition date fair value from acquisitions that have closed as of the date of this earnings release.

2.

Effective October 1, 2019, our revenues are presented net of interchange and network fees in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.