FLEETCOR Announces Departure of Chief Financial Officer

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FLEETCOR Technologies (NYSE: FLT) has announced the departure of its Global CFO, Charles Freund, after nearly 22 years with the company. Alissa Vickery, currently Chief Accounting Officer, has been appointed as interim CFO. The company has commenced a formal search for a permanent CFO. FLEETCOR expects its Q3 2022 results to meet previous earnings guidance provided on August 3, 2022. The actual results are scheduled for release in November 2022. This transition comes as the company continues to navigate a challenging business environment influenced by external factors, including economic uncertainties.

Positive

• Appointment of Alissa Vickery as interim CFO may ensure continuity in financial leadership during the transition period.

Negative

• Departure of long-serving CFO Charles Freund raises concerns about leadership stability.
• Uncertainties in the economic environment may impact future performance.

Company Appoints Alissa Vickery, Chief Accounting Officer, as Interim Chief Financial Officer

Company Reiterates Q322 Guidance

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FLT), a leading global business payments company, today announced the departure of its Global Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), Charles Freund. After almost 22 years, Mr. Freund is leaving the Company to join a private equity backed software company, as CFO.

FLEETCOR’s Board of Directors has approved the appointment of Alissa Vickery, Chief Accounting Officer, as interim CFO effective upon Mr. Freund’s departure. Ms. Vickery, age 44, joined the Company in April 2011 and has served as the Company’s Chief Accounting Officer, since September 2020. Since joining FLEETCOR, Ms. Vickery has held the title of Senior Vice President of Accounting and Controls, with oversight of external reporting, technical accounting and internal audit. The Company has launched a formal search process to identify a new CFO.

“We would like to thank Charles for his many contributions over the past two decades with FLEETCOR,” said Ron Clarke, chairman and chief executive officer, FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. “Over the past two years, while serving as CFO, Charles has been a terrific partner to me and we wish him the very best in his new endeavor.”

“It has been a truly remarkable journey at FLEETCOR. I will be forever grateful for the opportunities I have been afforded, and I am extremely proud of the Company FLEETCOR has become. I am confident that Alissa will assume the role of interim CFO with ease as the Company completes its search for a new CFO,” said Charles Freund.

The Company currently expects third quarter 2022 results to be at least in line with the outlook provided with earnings on August 3, 2022. The Company will release its actual results for the third quarter in November.

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, assumptions, 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” or “expect,” “may,” “will,” “would,” “could” or “should,” the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

These forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance, and you should not place undue reliance on such statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on preliminary information, internal estimates and management assumptions, expectations and plans about future conditions, events and results. Forward-looking statements are subject to many uncertainties and other variable circumstances, such as regulatory measures, voluntary actions, or changes in consumer preferences, that impact our transaction volume, including social distancing, shelter-in-place, shutdowns of nonessential businesses and similar measures imposed or undertaken in an effort to contain and mitigate the spread of the coronavirus (including any variants thereof, “COVID-19”) or new outbreaks thereof, including in China; the impact of vaccine mandates on our workforce in certain jurisdictions; adverse changes or volatility in fuel prices and spreads and the current inflationary environment; adverse changes in program fees or charges we may collect, whether through legal, regulatory or contractual changes; adverse outcomes with respect to current and future legal proceedings or investigations, including without limitation, the FTC lawsuit, or actions of governmental, regulatory or quasi-governmental bodies or standards or industry organizations with respect to our payment cards; delays or failures associated with implication of, or adaption to, new technology, changes in credit risk of customers and associated losses; failure to maintain or renew key business relationships; failure to maintain competitive product offerings; failure to complete, or delays in completing, acquisitions, new partnerships or customer arrangements; and to successfully integrate or otherwise achieve anticipated benefits from such acquisitions, partnerships, and customer arrangements; failure to successfully expand and manage our business internationally; and other risks related to our international operations, including the impact of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine on our business and operations, the potential impact to our business as a result of the United Kingdom’s referendum to leave the European Union; the impact of foreign exchange rates on operations, revenues and income; and the failure or compromise of our data centers and other information technology assets; 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, 2021 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on March 1, 2022 and subsequent filings with the SEC made by us. These factors could cause our actual results and experience to differ materially from any forward-looking statement made herein. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof and we do not undertake, and specifically disclaim, any obligation to update any such statements as a result of new information, future events or developments, except as specifically stated or to the extent required by law. You may access FLEETCOR’s SEC filings for free by visiting the SEC web site at www.sec.gov.

About Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

This press release includes non-GAAP financial measures, which are used by the Company as supplemental measures to evaluate its overall operating performance. The Company’s definitions of the non-GAAP financial measures used herein may differ from similarly titled measures used by others, including within our industry. By providing these non-GAAP financial measures, together with reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, 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. See the appendix for additional information regarding these non-GAAP financial measures and a reconciliation to the most directly comparable GAAP measure.

Adjusted net income is calculated as net income, adjusted to eliminate (a) non-cash share based compensation expense related to share based compensation awards, (b) amortization of deferred financing costs, discounts, intangible assets, and amortization of the premium recognized on the purchase of receivables, (c) integration and deal related costs, and (d) other non-recurring items, including unusual credit losses occurring largely, but not necessarily exclusively, due to COVID-19, the impact of discrete tax items, impairment charges, asset write-offs, restructuring costs, gains due to disposition of assets/businesses, loss on extinguishment of debt, and legal settlements and related legal fees. We adjust net income for the tax effect of non-tax items using our effective income tax rate, exclusive of discrete tax items. We calculate adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted share to eliminate the effect of items that we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance.

Adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted share are supplemental measures of operating performance that do not represent and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, net income per diluted share or cash flow from operations, as determined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. We believe it is useful to exclude non-cash share 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 share 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. Integration and deal related costs represent business acquisition transaction costs, professional services fees, short-term retention bonuses and system migration costs, etc., that are not indicative of the performance of the underlying business. We also believe that certain expenses, discrete tax items, recoveries (e.g. legal settlements, write-off of customer receivable, etc.), gains and losses on investments, and impairment charges do not necessarily reflect how our investments and business are performing. We adjust net income for the tax effect of each of these non-tax items using the effective tax rate during the period, exclusive of discrete tax items.

Organic revenue growth is calculated as revenue growth in the current period adjusted for the impact of changes in the macroeconomic environment (to include fuel price, fuel price spreads and changes in foreign exchange rates) over revenue in the comparable prior period adjusted to include or remove the impact of acquisitions and/or divestitures and non-recurring items that have occurred subsequent to that period. We believe that organic revenue growth on a macro-neutral, one-time item, and consistent acquisition/divestiture/non-recurring item basis is useful to investors for understanding the performance of FLEETCOR.

Management uses adjusted net income, adjusted net income per diluted share and organic revenue growth:

• 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.

About FLEETCOR^®

FLEETCOR Technologies (NYSE: FLT) is a leading global business payments company that helps businesses spend less by providing innovative solutions that enable and control expense-related purchasing and payment processes. The FLEETCOR portfolio of brands automate, secure, digitize and manage payment transactions on behalf of businesses across more than 100 countries in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.FLEETCOR.com.

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FAQ

Who has been appointed as the interim CFO of FLEETCOR (FLT)?

Alissa Vickery has been appointed as the interim CFO of FLEETCOR Technologies (FLT).

What is the reason for Charles Freund's departure from FLEETCOR (FLT)?

Charles Freund is leaving FLEETCOR to join a private equity-backed software company as their CFO.

When will FLEETCOR (FLT) announce its Q3 2022 earnings results?

FLEETCOR is scheduled to announce its Q3 2022 earnings results in November 2022.

How long did Charles Freund serve as CFO of FLEETCOR (FLT)?

Charles Freund served as CFO of FLEETCOR for about two years, and nearly 22 years in total with the company.