SolarWinds Announces Fourth Quarter 2021 Results
SolarWinds Corporation (NYSE: SWI) reported fourth-quarter results for 2021, revealing total revenue of $186.7 million, marking a 0.6% year-over-year increase, with recurring revenue constituting 81.9% of total revenue. The net loss for the quarter was $21.9 million, while adjusted EBITDA reached $78.4 million with a margin of 42.0%. The company, recognized as a leader in Network Management Software, emphasized growth strategies for 2022, including enhancing digital transformation solutions.
- Revenue growth of 0.6% year-over-year, totaling $186.7 million.
- Recurring revenue constitutes 81.9% of total revenue.
- Adjusted EBITDA of $78.4 million, with a margin of 42.0%.
- Ranked number one in Network Management Software market share by IDC.
- Appointment of Cathleen Benko to the Board of Directors.
- Net loss of $21.9 million in the fourth quarter.
Fourth Quarter Financial Highlights From Continuing Operations
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Total revenue for the fourth quarter of
$186.7 million 0.6% year-over-year growth and total recurring revenue representing81.9% of total revenue.1
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Net loss for the fourth quarter of
$21.9 million
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Adjusted EBITDA for the fourth quarter of
$78.4 million 42.0% of total revenue.
For a reconciliation of our GAAP to non-GAAP results, please see the tables below.
“We delivered a strong finish and a solid year of performance in 2021 despite a challenging environment, outperforming our previously provided outlook for total revenue and adjusted EBITDA for the quarter. We made significant progress on a number of key priorities, including customer retention, our solutions portfolio, and go-to-market expansions, due to our employees’ dedication, the relevance of our solutions, and our Partners’ and customers’ commitment to SolarWinds,” said
Fourth Quarter Business Highlights
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SolarWinds was ranked number one inNetwork Management Software market share by leading industry analyst firm,International Data Corporation (IDC ®), in its latest Worldwide Semiannual Software Tracker®, 21H1, and was recognized by Gartner® in the Market Share Analysis:ITOM Performance Analysis Software , Worldwide, 2020, across multiple categories.
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SolarWinds appointedCathleen Benko , former Vice Chairman and Managing Principal ofDeloitte LLP , to its Board of Directors and welcomedJeff McCullough as Vice President, Worldwide Partner Sales.
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SolarWinds attained the AWS Microsoft® Workloads Competency status and was accepted into the AWS Independent Software Vendors (ISV) Accelerate Program.
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SolarWinds hosted a virtual “Better Together” North America Partner Summit in November, as well as a virtual 2021 Analyst and Investor Day Meeting onNovember 10, 2021 , whereSudhakar Ramakrishna and other members of the executive leadership team discussed the company’s strategy and business initiatives for 2022.
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SolarWinds sponsored and participated in several key industry events including, GITEX Technology Week 2021 inDubai, UAE ; four Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo events in theAmericas , APAC, EMEA, andIndia ; Microsoft Ignite®; IT service management (ITSM) conferences SupportWorld Live and itSMFUK ; and AWS re:Invent.
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SolarWinds strengthened its comprehensive database management portfolio with the addition ofSolarWinds Database Mapper and SolarWinds Task Factory as offerings for data and technology professionals adopting and implementing DataOps strategies.
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1 For the fourth quarter of 2021, there was no impact of purchase accounting from acquisitions on revenue, so GAAP total revenue is equivalent to the non-GAAP total revenue measure we have historically reported.
Upcoming Investor Conferences
During the first quarter of 2022,
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Berenberg Thematic Software Conference 2022 onMarch 2, 2022 -
JMP Securities ® 2022 Technology Conference onMarch 8, 2022 -
Morgan Stanley® 2022 Technology, Media, and
Telecom Conference onMarch 9, 2022
An audio webcast will be available at the time of the presentation and for a limited time there after at http://investors.solarwinds.com.
Balance Sheet
At
The financial results included in this press release are preliminary and pending final review by the company and its external auditors. Financial results will not be final until
Financial Outlook
As of
Financial Outlook for First Quarter of 2022
SolarWinds’ management currently expects to achieve the following results for the first quarter of 2022:
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Total revenue in the range of
$173.0 $176.0 million 0% to1% .
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Adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately
36% of total revenue.
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Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of
$0.22
- Weighted average outstanding diluted shares of approximately 160.5 million.
Financial Outlook for Full Year of 2022
SolarWinds’ management currently expects to achieve the following results for the full year of 2022:
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Total revenue in the range of
$730.0 $750.0 million 2% to4% .
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Adjusted EBITDA margin of approximately
41% of total revenue.
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Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share of
$1.01 $1.08
- Weighted average outstanding diluted shares of approximately 162.6 million.
Additional details on the company's outlook will be provided on the conference call.
Conference Call and Webcast
In conjunction with this announcement,
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking” statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding our financial outlook for the first quarter and the full year 2022. These forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and may be identified by terms such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “can,” “could,” “seek,” “should,” “feel,” “expect,” “will,” “would,” “plan,” “project,” “intend,” “estimate,” “continue,” or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the following: (a) risks related to the Cyber Incident, including with respect to (1) the discovery of new or different information regarding the Cyber Incident, including with respect to its scope, the threat actor’s access to SolarWinds’ environments and its related activities during such period, and the related impact on SolarWinds’ systems, products, current or former employees and customers, (2) the possibility that our mitigation and remediation efforts with respect to the Cyber Incident may not be successful, (3) the possibility that additional confidential, proprietary, or personal information, including information of SolarWinds’ current or former employees and customers, was accessed and exfiltrated as a result of the Cyber Incident, (4) numerous financial, legal, reputational and other risks to us related to the Cyber Incident, including risks that the incident or SolarWinds’ response thereto, including with respect to providing notices to any impacted individuals, may result in the loss, compromise or corruption of data and proprietary information, loss of business as a result of termination or non-renewal of agreements or reduced purchases or upgrades of our products, severe reputational damage adversely affecting customer, partner and vendor relationships and investor confidence, increased attrition of personnel and distraction of key and other personnel,
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In addition to financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, we use certain non-GAAP financial measures to clarify and enhance our understanding, and aid in the period-to-period comparison, of our performance. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide supplemental information that is meaningful when assessing our operating performance because they exclude the impact of certain amounts that our management and board of directors do not consider part of core operating results when assessing our operational performance, allocating resources, preparing annual budgets and determining compensation. Accordingly, these non-GAAP financial measures may provide insight to investors into the motivation and decision-making of management in operating the business.
There are limitations associated with the use of these non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not prepared in accordance with GAAP, do not reflect a comprehensive system of accounting and may not be completely comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies due to potential differences in the exact method of calculation between companies. Certain items that are excluded from these non-GAAP financial measures can have a material impact on operating and net income (loss).
As a result, these non-GAAP financial measures have limitations and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, the most comparable GAAP measures.
Non-GAAP Revenue. We define non-GAAP total revenue as total revenue excluding the impact of purchase accounting from acquisitions. The non-GAAP revenue growth rate we provide is calculated using non-GAAP total revenue from the comparable prior period. We monitor this measure to assess our performance because we believe our revenue growth rate would be overstated without this adjustment. We believe presenting non-GAAP total revenue aids in the comparability between periods and in assessing our overall operating performance. For the fourth quarter of 2021, there was no impact of purchase accounting on revenue, so our non-GAAP total revenue is equivalent to our GAAP total revenue. Beginning in the first quarter of 2022,
Non-GAAP Revenue on a Constant Currency Basis. We provide non-GAAP revenue on a constant currency basis to provide a framework for assessing our performance excluding the effect of foreign currency rate fluctuations. To present this information, current period results for entities reporting in currencies other than
Non-GAAP Cost of Revenue and Non-GAAP Operating Income. We provide non-GAAP cost of revenue and non-GAAP operating income and related non-GAAP margins using non-GAAP revenue and excluding such items as the write-down of deferred revenue related to purchase accounting, amortization of acquired intangible assets, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes, acquisition and other costs, restructuring costs and Cyber Incident costs. Management believes these measures are useful for the following reasons:
- Amortization of Acquired Intangible Assets. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes expenses related to purchased intangible assets associated with our acquisitions. We believe that eliminating this expense from our non-GAAP measures is useful to investors, because the amortization of acquired intangible assets can be inconsistent in amount and frequency and is significantly impacted by the timing and magnitude of our acquisition transactions, which also vary in frequency from period to period. Accordingly, we analyze the performance of our operations in each period without regard to such expenses.
- Stock-Based Compensation Expense and Related Employer-paid Payroll Taxes. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes expenses related to stock-based compensation and related employer-paid payroll taxes. We believe that the exclusion of stock-based compensation expense provides for a better comparison of our operating results to prior periods and to our peer companies as the calculations of stock-based compensation vary from period to period and company to company due to different valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions, and the variety of award types. Employer-paid payroll taxes on stock-based compensation is dependent on our stock price and the timing of the taxable events related to the equity awards, over which our management has little control, and does not correlate to the core operation of our business. Because of these unique characteristics of stock-based compensation and related employer-paid payroll taxes, management excludes these expenses when analyzing the organization’s business performance.
- Acquisition and Other Costs. We exclude certain expense items resulting from acquisitions, such as legal, accounting and advisory fees, changes in fair value of contingent consideration, costs related to integrating the acquired businesses, deferred compensation, severance and retention expense. In addition, we exclude certain other costs including expense related to our offerings. We consider these adjustments, to some extent, to be unpredictable and dependent on a significant number of factors that are outside of our control. Furthermore, acquisitions result in operating expenses that would not otherwise have been incurred by us in the normal course of our organic business operations. We believe that providing these non-GAAP measures that exclude acquisition and other costs, allows users of our financial statements to better review and understand the historical and current results of our continuing operations, and also facilitates comparisons to our historical results and results of less acquisitive peer companies, both with and without such adjustments.
- Restructuring Costs. We provide non-GAAP information that excludes restructuring costs such as severance and the estimated costs of exiting and terminating facility lease commitments, as they relate to our corporate restructuring and exit activities and costs related to the separation of employment with executives of the Company. In addition, we exclude certain costs resulting from the spin-off of N-able reported in continuing operations. These costs are inconsistent in amount and are significantly impacted by the timing and nature of these events. Therefore, although we may incur these types of expenses in the future, we believe that eliminating these costs for purposes of calculating the non-GAAP financial measures facilitates a more meaningful evaluation of our operating performance and comparisons to our past operating performance.
- Cyber Incident Costs. We exclude certain expenses resulting from the Cyber Incident. Expenses include costs to investigate and remediate the Cyber Incident, and legal and other professional services related thereto, and consulting services being provided to customers at no charge. Cyber Incident costs are provided net of expected and received insurance reimbursements, although the timing of recognizing insurance reimbursements may differ from the timing of recognizing the associated expenses. We expect to incur significant legal and other professional services expenses associated with the Cyber Incident in future periods. The Cyber Incident results in operating expenses that would not have otherwise been incurred by us in the normal course of our organic business operations. We believe that providing non-GAAP measures that exclude these costs facilitates a more meaningful evaluation of our operating performance and comparisons to our past operating performance. We continue to invest significantly in cybersecurity and expect to make additional investments. These estimated investments are in addition to the Cyber Incident costs and not included in the net Cyber Incident costs reported.
Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) and Non-GAAP Net Income (Loss) Per Diluted Share. We believe that the use of non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share is helpful to our investors to clarify and enhance their understanding of past performance and future prospects. Non-GAAP net income (loss) is calculated as net income (loss) excluding the adjustments to non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP cost of revenue and non-GAAP operating income, losses on extinguishment of debt, certain other non-operating gains and losses and the income tax effect of the non-GAAP exclusions. In the fourth quarter of 2020, we completed an intra-group transfer of certain intellectual property rights that resulted in a non-recurring tax benefit. The tax benefit associated with the transfer has been excluded from our non-GAAP results for comparability purposes. We define non-GAAP net income (loss) per diluted share as non-GAAP net income (loss) divided by the weighted average outstanding diluted common shares.
Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin. We regularly monitor adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin, as it is a measure we use to assess our operating performance. We define adjusted EBITDA as net income or loss, excluding the impact of purchase accounting on total revenue, amortization of acquired intangible assets and developed technology, depreciation expense, stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes, restructuring costs, acquisition and other costs, Cyber Incident costs, interest expense, net, debt related costs including fees related to our credit agreements, debt extinguishment and refinancing costs, unrealized foreign currency (gains) losses, and income tax expense (benefit). We define adjusted EBITDA margin as adjusted EBITDA divided by non-GAAP revenue. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are: although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized may have to be replaced in the future, and adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash capital expenditure requirements for such replacements or for new capital expenditure requirements; adjusted EBITDA excludes the impact of the write-down of deferred revenue due to purchase accounting in connection with acquisitions, and therefore includes revenue that will never be recognized under GAAP; adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt; adjusted EBITDA does not reflect tax payments that may represent a reduction in cash available to us; and other companies, including companies in our industry, may calculate adjusted EBITDA differently, which reduces its usefulness as a comparative measure.
Unlevered Free Cash Flow. Unlevered free cash flow is a measure of our liquidity used by management to evaluate cash flow from operations, after the deduction of capital expenditures and prior to the impact of our capital structure, acquisition and other costs, restructuring costs, Cyber Incident costs, employer-paid payroll taxes on stock awards and other one-time items, that can be used by us for strategic opportunities and strengthening our balance sheet. However, given our debt obligations, unlevered free cash flow does not represent residual cash flow available for discretionary expenses.
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Consolidated Balance Sheets (In thousands, except share and per share information) (Unaudited) |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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Assets |
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Current assets: |
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|
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Cash and cash equivalents |
$ |
732,116 |
|
|
$ |
270,708 |
|
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of |
|
95,095 |
|
|
|
85,514 |
|
Income tax receivable |
|
1,114 |
|
|
|
1,011 |
|
Prepaid and other current assets |
|
30,515 |
|
|
|
20,080 |
|
Current assets of discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
135,420 |
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Total current assets |
|
858,840 |
|
|
|
512,733 |
|
Property and equipment, net |
|
29,722 |
|
|
|
39,059 |
|
Operating lease assets |
|
74,318 |
|
|
|
97,264 |
|
Deferred taxes |
|
144,162 |
|
|
|
147,265 |
|
|
|
3,308,405 |
|
|
|
3,375,319 |
|
Intangible assets, net |
|
342,563 |
|
|
|
565,611 |
|
Other assets, net |
|
34,117 |
|
|
|
30,011 |
|
Non-current assets of discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
943,221 |
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Total assets |
$ |
4,792,127 |
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|
$ |
5,710,483 |
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Liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
$ |
7,327 |
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|
$ |
12,390 |
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Accrued liabilities and other |
|
41,328 |
|
|
|
53,140 |
|
Current operating lease liabilities |
|
14,382 |
|
|
|
14,951 |
|
Accrued interest payable |
|
153 |
|
|
|
157 |
|
Income taxes payable |
|
3,086 |
|
|
|
11,911 |
|
Current portion of deferred revenue |
|
327,701 |
|
|
|
336,573 |
|
Current debt obligation |
|
19,900 |
|
|
|
19,900 |
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Current liabilities of discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
42,182 |
|
Total current liabilities |
|
413,877 |
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|
|
491,204 |
|
Long-term liabilities: |
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Deferred revenue, net of current portion |
|
34,968 |
|
|
|
36,511 |
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Non-current deferred taxes |
|
16,918 |
|
|
|
54,691 |
|
Non-current operating lease liabilities |
|
74,543 |
|
|
|
100,430 |
|
Other long-term liabilities |
|
93,156 |
|
|
|
114,615 |
|
Long-term debt, net of current portion |
|
1,870,769 |
|
|
|
1,882,672 |
|
Non-current liabilities of discontinued operations |
|
— |
|
|
|
19,673 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
2,504,231 |
|
|
|
2,699,796 |
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Commitments and contingencies |
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Stockholders’ equity: |
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Common stock, |
|
159 |
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|
157 |
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Preferred stock, |
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— |
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|
|
— |
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Additional paid-in capital |
|
2,566,783 |
|
|
|
3,112,262 |
|
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
1,306 |
|
|
|
127,212 |
|
Accumulated deficit |
|
(280,352 |
) |
|
|
(228,944 |
) |
Total stockholders’ equity |
|
2,287,896 |
|
|
|
3,010,687 |
|
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
$ |
4,792,127 |
|
|
$ |
5,710,483 |
|
Consolidated Statements of Operations (In thousands, except per share information) (Unaudited) |
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Three Months Ended |
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Twelve Months Ended |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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2021 |
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2020 |
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Revenue: |
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|
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Subscription |
$ |
34,383 |
|
|
$ |
29,098 |
|
|
$ |
124,601 |
|
|
$ |
104,469 |
|
Maintenance |
|
118,506 |
|
|
|
121,917 |
|
|
|
479,415 |
|
|
|
468,313 |
|
Total recurring revenue |
|
152,889 |
|
|
|
151,015 |
|
|
|
604,016 |
|
|
|
572,782 |
|
License |
|
33,828 |
|
|
|
34,534 |
|
|
|
114,616 |
|
|
|
143,988 |
|
Total revenue |
|
186,717 |
|
|
|
185,549 |
|
|
|
718,632 |
|
|
|
716,770 |
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Cost of revenue: |
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|
|
|
|
|
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Cost of recurring revenue |
|
17,712 |
|
|
|
14,898 |
|
|
|
67,043 |
|
|
|
54,339 |
|
Amortization of acquired technologies |
|
39,576 |
|
|
|
40,371 |
|
|
|
159,973 |
|
|
|
157,104 |
|
Total cost of revenue |
|
57,288 |
|
|
|
55,269 |
|
|
|
227,016 |
|
|
|
211,443 |
|
Gross profit |
|
129,429 |
|
|
|
130,280 |
|
|
|
491,616 |
|
|
|
505,327 |
|
Operating expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Sales and marketing |
|
61,999 |
|
|
|
58,787 |
|
|
|
236,383 |
|
|
|
217,887 |
|
Research and development |
|
23,339 |
|
|
|
22,016 |
|
|
|
101,813 |
|
|
|
85,754 |
|
General and administrative |
|
40,842 |
|
|
|
33,878 |
|
|
|
130,977 |
|
|
|
98,308 |
|
Amortization of acquired intangibles |
|
13,610 |
|
|
|
13,672 |
|
|
|
55,314 |
|
|
|
51,125 |
|
Total operating expenses |
|
139,790 |
|
|
|
128,353 |
|
|
|
524,487 |
|
|
|
453,074 |
|
Operating income (loss) |
|
(10,361 |
) |
|
|
1,927 |
|
|
|
(32,871 |
) |
|
|
52,253 |
|
Other income (expense): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Interest expense, net |
|
(16,260 |
) |
|
|
(16,684 |
) |
|
|
(64,522 |
) |
|
|
(75,886 |
) |
Other income (expense), net |
|
(1,411 |
) |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
454 |
|
|
|
(469 |
) |
Total other expense |
|
(17,671 |
) |
|
|
(16,668 |
) |
|
|
(64,068 |
) |
|
|
(76,355 |
) |
Loss before income taxes |
|
(28,032 |
) |
|
|
(14,741 |
) |
|
|
(96,939 |
) |
|
|
(24,102 |
) |
Income tax benefit |
|
(6,147 |
) |
|
|
(141,571 |
) |
|
|
(32,469 |
) |
|
|
(140,166 |
) |
Net income (loss) from continuing operations |
|
(21,885 |
) |
|
|
126,830 |
|
|
|
(64,470 |
) |
|
|
116,064 |
|
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax |
|
(1,760 |
) |
|
|
5,883 |
|
|
|
13,062 |
|
|
|
42,411 |
|
Net income (loss) |
$ |
(23,645 |
) |
|
$ |
132,713 |
|
|
$ |
(51,408 |
) |
|
$ |
158,475 |
|
Net income (loss) from continuing operations available to common stockholders |
$ |
(21,885 |
) |
|
$ |
126,172 |
|
|
$ |
(64,630 |
) |
|
$ |
115,356 |
|
Net income (loss) from discontinued operations available to common stockholders |
$ |
(1,760 |
) |
|
$ |
5,853 |
|
|
$ |
13,062 |
|
|
$ |
42,152 |
|
Net income (loss) available to common stockholders per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Basic earnings (loss) from continuing operations per share |
$ |
(0.14 |
) |
|
$ |
0.81 |
|
|
$ |
(0.41 |
) |
|
$ |
0.74 |
|
Basic earnings (loss) from discontinued operations per share |
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
0.04 |
|
|
|
0.08 |
|
|
|
0.27 |
|
Basic earnings (loss) per share |
$ |
(0.15 |
) |
|
$ |
0.85 |
|
|
$ |
(0.33 |
) |
|
$ |
1.01 |
|
Diluted earnings (loss) from continuing operations per share |
$ |
(0.14 |
) |
|
$ |
0.79 |
|
|
$ |
(0.41 |
) |
|
$ |
0.73 |
|
Diluted earnings (loss) from discontinued operations per share |
|
(0.01 |
) |
|
|
0.04 |
|
|
|
0.08 |
|
|
|
0.27 |
|
Diluted earnings (loss) per share |
$ |
(0.15 |
) |
|
$ |
0.83 |
|
|
$ |
(0.33 |
) |
|
$ |
1.00 |
|
Weighted-average shares used to compute net income (loss) available to common stockholders per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Shares used in computation of basic earnings (loss) per share |
|
158,960 |
|
|
|
156,060 |
|
|
|
158,040 |
|
|
|
155,277 |
|
Shares used in computation of diluted earnings (loss) per share |
|
158,960 |
|
|
|
158,899 |
|
|
|
158,040 |
|
|
|
157,782 |
|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (In thousands) (Unaudited) |
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Twelve Months Ended |
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|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||
Cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
|
||||
Net income (loss) from continuing operations |
$ |
(64,470 |
) |
|
$ |
116,064 |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) from continuing operations to net cash provided by operating activities: |
|
|
|
||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
230,135 |
|
|
|
221,406 |
|
Provision for losses on accounts receivable |
|
23 |
|
|
|
1,187 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense |
|
58,763 |
|
|
|
63,153 |
|
Amortization of debt issuance costs |
|
9,103 |
|
|
|
9,166 |
|
Deferred taxes |
|
(40,567 |
) |
|
|
(172,920 |
) |
(Gain) loss on foreign currency exchange rates |
|
(1,479 |
) |
|
|
938 |
|
Other non-cash expenses |
|
378 |
|
|
|
915 |
|
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in business combinations: |
|
|
|
||||
Accounts receivable |
|
(9,926 |
) |
|
|
12,497 |
|
Income taxes receivable |
|
(281 |
) |
|
|
(755 |
) |
Prepaid and other assets |
|
(13,965 |
) |
|
|
(4,841 |
) |
Accounts payable |
|
(4,915 |
) |
|
|
(214 |
) |
Accrued liabilities and other |
|
(11,047 |
) |
|
|
16,693 |
|
Accrued interest payable |
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(91 |
) |
Income taxes payable |
|
(32,587 |
) |
|
|
(7,170 |
) |
Deferred revenue |
|
(852 |
) |
|
|
17,104 |
|
Other long-term liabilities |
|
(217 |
) |
|
|
314 |
|
Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations |
|
118,092 |
|
|
|
273,446 |
|
Cash flows from investing activities |
|
|
|
||||
Purchases of property and equipment |
|
(9,252 |
) |
|
|
(16,882 |
) |
Purchases of intangible assets |
|
(4,664 |
) |
|
|
(5,198 |
) |
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired |
|
447 |
|
|
|
(141,907 |
) |
Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations |
|
(13,469 |
) |
|
|
(163,987 |
) |
Cash flows from financing activities |
|
|
|
||||
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan |
|
5,658 |
|
|
|
5,404 |
|
Repurchase of common stock and incentive restricted stock |
|
(14,228 |
) |
|
|
(12,123 |
) |
Exercise of stock options |
|
616 |
|
|
|
1,063 |
|
Distributions from spin-off of discontinued operations, net |
|
505,580 |
|
|
|
— |
|
Dividends paid |
|
(237,214 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Repayments of borrowings from credit agreement |
|
(20,950 |
) |
|
|
(19,900 |
) |
Payment of debt issuance costs |
|
(324 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities from continuing operations |
|
239,138 |
|
|
|
(25,556 |
) |
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations |
|
(4,355 |
) |
|
|
12,493 |
|
Cash flows of discontinued operations |
|
|
|
||||
Operating activities of discontinued operations |
|
39,040 |
|
|
|
115,648 |
|
Investing activities of discontinued operations |
|
(15,003 |
) |
|
|
(16,140 |
) |
Financing activities of discontinued operations |
|
(903 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents from discontinued operations |
|
(922 |
) |
|
|
1,222 |
|
Net cash provided by discontinued activities |
|
22,212 |
|
|
|
100,730 |
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
361,618 |
|
|
|
197,126 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
||||
Beginning of period |
|
370,498 |
|
|
|
173,372 |
|
End of period |
$ |
732,116 |
|
|
$ |
370,498 |
|
|
|
|
|
||||
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information |
|
|
|
||||
Cash paid for interest |
$ |
56,053 |
|
|
$ |
67,169 |
|
Cash paid for income taxes |
$ |
43,864 |
|
|
$ |
54,583 |
|
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Financial Measures from Continuing Operations (Unaudited) |
|||||||||||||||
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Twelve Months Ended |
||||||||||||
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
(in thousands, except margin and per share data) |
||||||||||||||
Total GAAP revenue |
$ |
186,717 |
|
|
$ |
185,549 |
|
|
$ |
718,632 |
|
|
$ |
716,770 |
|
Impact of purchase accounting(1) |
|
— |
|
|
|
174 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
2,540 |
|
Total non-GAAP revenue |
$ |
186,717 |
|
|
$ |
185,723 |
|
|
$ |
718,766 |
|
|
$ |
719,310 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
GAAP cost of revenue |
$ |
57,288 |
|
|
$ |
55,269 |
|
|
$ |
227,016 |
|
|
$ |
211,443 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes |
|
(575 |
) |
|
|
(618 |
) |
|
|
(2,202 |
) |
|
|
(1,936 |
) |
Amortization of acquired technologies |
|
(39,576 |
) |
|
|
(40,371 |
) |
|
|
(159,973 |
) |
|
|
(157,104 |
) |
Acquisition and other costs |
|
— |
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(27 |
) |
Restructuring costs |
|
514 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
Cyber Incident costs |
|
(317 |
) |
|
|
(60 |
) |
|
|
(2,153 |
) |
|
|
(60 |
) |
Non-GAAP cost of revenue |
$ |
17,334 |
|
|
$ |
14,215 |
|
|
$ |
62,680 |
|
|
$ |
52,296 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
GAAP gross profit |
$ |
129,429 |
|
|
$ |
130,280 |
|
|
$ |
491,616 |
|
|
$ |
505,327 |
|
Impact of purchase accounting(1) |
|
— |
|
|
|
174 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
2,540 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes |
|
575 |
|
|
|
618 |
|
|
|
2,202 |
|
|
|
1,936 |
|
Amortization of acquired technologies |
|
39,576 |
|
|
|
40,371 |
|
|
|
159,973 |
|
|
|
157,104 |
|
Acquisition and other costs |
|
— |
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
27 |
|
Restructuring costs |
|
(514 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Cyber Incident costs |
|
317 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
2,153 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
Non-GAAP gross profit |
$ |
169,383 |
|
|
$ |
171,508 |
|
|
$ |
656,086 |
|
|
$ |
667,014 |
|
GAAP gross margin |
|
69.3 |
% |
|
|
70.2 |
% |
|
|
68.4 |
% |
|
|
70.5 |
% |
Non-GAAP gross margin |
|
90.7 |
% |
|
|
92.3 |
% |
|
|
91.3 |
% |
|
|
92.7 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
GAAP sales and marketing expense |
$ |
61,999 |
|
|
$ |
58,787 |
|
|
$ |
236,383 |
|
|
$ |
217,887 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes |
|
(5,530 |
) |
|
|
(6,850 |
) |
|
|
(21,801 |
) |
|
|
(19,043 |
) |
Acquisition and other costs |
|
— |
|
|
|
(357 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(468 |
) |
Restructuring costs |
|
(78 |
) |
|
|
(7 |
) |
|
|
(1,042 |
) |
|
|
(188 |
) |
Cyber Incident costs |
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
(261 |
) |
|
|
(1,638 |
) |
|
|
(261 |
) |
Non-GAAP sales and marketing expense |
$ |
56,360 |
|
|
$ |
51,312 |
|
|
$ |
211,901 |
|
|
$ |
197,927 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
GAAP research and development expense |
$ |
23,339 |
|
|
$ |
22,016 |
|
|
$ |
101,813 |
|
|
$ |
85,754 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes |
|
(2,773 |
) |
|
|
(3,072 |
) |
|
|
(12,597 |
) |
|
|
(12,979 |
) |
Acquisition and other costs |
|
— |
|
|
|
(109 |
) |
|
|
(355 |
) |
|
|
(118 |
) |
Restructuring costs |
|
42 |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(551 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
Cyber Incident costs |
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(52 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
Non-GAAP research and development expense |
$ |
20,608 |
|
|
$ |
18,834 |
|
|
$ |
88,258 |
|
|
$ |
72,656 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
GAAP general and administrative expense |
$ |
40,842 |
|
|
$ |
33,878 |
|
|
$ |
130,977 |
|
|
$ |
98,308 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes |
|
(6,653 |
) |
|
|
(15,209 |
) |
|
|
(23,343 |
) |
|
|
(30,786 |
) |
Acquisition and other costs |
|
(293 |
) |
|
|
(1,383 |
) |
|
|
(1,335 |
) |
|
|
(5,235 |
) |
Restructuring costs |
|
(6,997 |
) |
|
|
(76 |
) |
|
|
(9,819 |
) |
|
|
(2,042 |
) |
Cyber Incident costs, net |
|
(8,944 |
) |
|
|
(3,164 |
) |
|
|
(29,271 |
) |
|
|
(3,164 |
) |
Non-GAAP general and administrative expense |
$ |
17,955 |
|
|
$ |
14,046 |
|
|
$ |
67,209 |
|
|
$ |
57,081 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
GAAP operating expenses |
$ |
139,790 |
|
|
$ |
128,353 |
|
|
$ |
524,487 |
|
|
$ |
453,074 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes |
|
(14,956 |
) |
|
|
(25,131 |
) |
|
|
(57,741 |
) |
|
|
(62,808 |
) |
Amortization of acquired intangibles |
|
(13,610 |
) |
|
|
(13,672 |
) |
|
|
(55,314 |
) |
|
|
(51,125 |
) |
Acquisition and other costs |
|
(293 |
) |
|
|
(1,849 |
) |
|
|
(1,691 |
) |
|
|
(5,821 |
) |
Restructuring costs |
|
(7,033 |
) |
|
|
(84 |
) |
|
|
(11,412 |
) |
|
|
(2,231 |
) |
Cyber Incident costs, net |
|
(8,975 |
) |
|
|
(3,425 |
) |
|
|
(30,961 |
) |
|
|
(3,425 |
) |
Non-GAAP operating expenses |
$ |
94,923 |
|
|
$ |
84,192 |
|
|
$ |
367,368 |
|
|
$ |
327,664 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
GAAP operating income (loss) |
$ |
(10,361 |
) |
|
$ |
1,927 |
|
|
$ |
(32,871 |
) |
|
$ |
52,253 |
|
Impact of purchase accounting(1) |
|
— |
|
|
|
174 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
2,540 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes |
|
15,531 |
|
|
|
25,749 |
|
|
|
59,943 |
|
|
|
64,744 |
|
Amortization of acquired technologies |
|
39,576 |
|
|
|
40,371 |
|
|
|
159,973 |
|
|
|
157,104 |
|
Amortization of acquired intangibles |
|
13,610 |
|
|
|
13,672 |
|
|
|
55,314 |
|
|
|
51,125 |
|
Acquisition and other costs |
|
293 |
|
|
|
1,855 |
|
|
|
1,696 |
|
|
|
5,848 |
|
Restructuring costs |
|
6,519 |
|
|
|
83 |
|
|
|
11,415 |
|
|
|
2,251 |
|
Cyber Incident costs, net |
|
9,292 |
|
|
|
3,485 |
|
|
|
33,114 |
|
|
|
3,485 |
|
Non-GAAP operating income |
$ |
74,460 |
|
|
$ |
87,316 |
|
|
$ |
288,718 |
|
|
$ |
339,350 |
|
GAAP operating margin |
|
(5.5 |
)% |
|
|
1.0 |
% |
|
|
(4.6 |
) % |
|
|
7.3 |
% |
Non-GAAP operating margin |
|
39.9 |
% |
|
|
47.0 |
% |
|
|
40.2 |
% |
|
|
47.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
GAAP net income (loss) from continuing operations |
$ |
(21,885 |
) |
|
$ |
126,830 |
|
|
$ |
(64,470 |
) |
|
$ |
116,064 |
|
Impact of purchase accounting(1) |
|
— |
|
|
|
174 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
2,540 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes |
|
15,531 |
|
|
|
25,749 |
|
|
|
59,943 |
|
|
|
64,744 |
|
Amortization of acquired technologies |
|
39,576 |
|
|
|
40,371 |
|
|
|
159,973 |
|
|
|
157,104 |
|
Amortization of acquired intangibles |
|
13,610 |
|
|
|
13,672 |
|
|
|
55,314 |
|
|
|
51,125 |
|
Acquisition and other costs |
|
293 |
|
|
|
1,855 |
|
|
|
1,696 |
|
|
|
5,848 |
|
Restructuring costs |
|
8,118 |
|
|
|
83 |
|
|
|
11,794 |
|
|
|
2,251 |
|
Cyber Incident costs, net |
|
9,292 |
|
|
|
3,485 |
|
|
|
33,114 |
|
|
|
3,485 |
|
Tax benefits associated with above adjustments |
|
(17,219 |
) |
|
|
(155,090 |
) |
|
|
(67,464 |
) |
|
|
(188,113 |
) |
Non-GAAP net income |
$ |
47,316 |
|
|
$ |
57,129 |
|
|
$ |
190,034 |
|
|
$ |
215,048 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
GAAP diluted earnings (loss) from continuing operations per share |
$ |
(0.14 |
) |
|
$ |
0.79 |
|
|
$ |
(0.41 |
) |
|
$ |
0.73 |
|
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share |
$ |
0.30 |
|
|
$ |
0.36 |
|
|
$ |
1.20 |
|
|
$ |
1.36 |
|
_______________
(1) |
Adjustment represents the impact of purchase accounting to the subscription revenue line item. |
Reconciliation of GAAP Net Income (Loss) to Adjusted EBITDA from Continuing Operations (Unaudited) |
|||||||||||||||
|
Three Months Ended |
|
Twelve Months Ended |
||||||||||||
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
|
(in thousands, except margin data) |
||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ |
(23,645 |
) |
|
$ |
132,713 |
|
|
$ |
(51,408 |
) |
|
$ |
158,475 |
|
Less: Net income (loss) from discontinued operations |
|
(1,760 |
) |
|
|
5,883 |
|
|
|
13,062 |
|
|
|
42,411 |
|
Net income (loss) from continuing operations |
|
(21,885 |
) |
|
|
126,830 |
|
|
|
(64,470 |
) |
|
|
116,064 |
|
Amortization and depreciation |
|
56,773 |
|
|
|
57,641 |
|
|
|
230,135 |
|
|
|
221,406 |
|
Income tax benefit |
|
(6,147 |
) |
|
|
(141,571 |
) |
|
|
(32,469 |
) |
|
|
(140,166 |
) |
Interest expense, net |
|
16,260 |
|
|
|
16,684 |
|
|
|
64,522 |
|
|
|
75,886 |
|
Impact of purchase accounting on total revenue |
|
— |
|
|
|
174 |
|
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
2,540 |
|
Unrealized foreign currency (gains) losses |
|
25 |
|
|
|
296 |
|
|
|
(1,479 |
) |
|
|
987 |
|
Acquisition and other costs |
|
293 |
|
|
|
1,855 |
|
|
|
1,696 |
|
|
|
5,848 |
|
Debt related costs |
|
94 |
|
|
|
91 |
|
|
|
378 |
|
|
|
365 |
|
Stock-based compensation expense and related employer-paid payroll taxes |
|
15,531 |
|
|
|
25,749 |
|
|
|
59,943 |
|
|
|
64,744 |
|
Restructuring costs(1) |
|
8,118 |
|
|
|
83 |
|
|
|
11,794 |
|
|
|
2,251 |
|
Cyber Incident costs, net |
|
9,292 |
|
|
|
3,485 |
|
|
|
33,114 |
|
|
|
3,485 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ |
78,354 |
|
|
$ |
91,317 |
|
|
$ |
303,298 |
|
|
$ |
353,410 |
|
Adjusted EBITDA margin |
|
42.0 |
% |
|
|
49.2 |
% |
|
|
42.2 |
% |
|
|
49.1 |
% |
________
(1) |
Restructuring costs for the three and twelve months ended |
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Revenue to Non-GAAP Revenue on a Constant Currency Basis from Continuing Operations (Unaudited) |
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|
Three Months Ended |
|
Twelve Months Ended |
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|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
Growth Rate |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
Growth Rate |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
(in thousands, except percentages) |
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Total GAAP revenue |
$ |
186,717 |
|
$ |
185,549 |
|
0.6 |
% |
|
$ |
718,632 |
|
|
$ |
716,770 |
|
0.3 |
% |
Impact of purchase accounting(1) |
|
— |
|
|
174 |
|
(0.1 |
) |
|
|
134 |
|
|
|
2,540 |
|
(0.4 |
) |
Non-GAAP total revenue |
|
186,717 |
|
|
185,723 |
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
718,766 |
|
|
|
719,310 |
|
(0.1 |
) |
Estimated foreign currency impact(2) |
|
795 |
|
|
— |
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
(4,731 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
(0.7 |
) |
Non-GAAP total revenue on a constant currency basis |
$ |
187,512 |
|
$ |
185,723 |
|
1.0 |
% |
|
$ |
714,035 |
|
|
$ |
719,310 |
|
(0.7 |
) % |
________
(1) |
Adjustment represents the impact of purchase accounting to the subscription revenue line item. |
|
(2) |
The estimated foreign currency impact is calculated using the average foreign currency exchange rates in the comparable prior year monthly periods and applying those rates to foreign-denominated revenue in the corresponding monthly periods in the three and twelve months ended |
Reconciliation of Unlevered Free Cash Flow from Continuing Operations |
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|
Twelve Months Ended |
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|
2021 |
|
2020 |
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|
|
|
|
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|
(in thousands) |
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Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations |
$ |
118,092 |
|
|
$ |
273,446 |
|
Capital expenditures(1) |
|
(13,916 |
) |
|
|
(22,080 |
) |
Free cash flow |
|
104,176 |
|
|
|
251,366 |
|
Cash paid for interest and other debt related items |
|
55,895 |
|
|
|
67,191 |
|
Cash paid for acquisition and other costs, restructuring costs, Cyber Incident costs, net, employer-paid payroll taxes on stock awards and other one-time items |
|
54,230 |
|
|
|
12,633 |
|
Unlevered free cash flow (excluding forfeited tax shield) |
|
214,301 |
|
331,190 |
|||
Forfeited tax shield related to interest payments(2) |
|
(13,172 |
) |
|
|
(15,785 |
) |
Unlevered free cash flow . |
$ |
201,129 |
|
|
$ |
315,405 |
|
_______________
(1) |
Includes purchases of property and equipment and purchases of intangible assets. |
|
(2) |
Forfeited tax shield related to interest payments assumes a statutory rate of |
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