Exhibit 99.1

 

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Media Relations:

Britt Zarling

Vice President, Corporate Communications

Fiserv, Inc.

262-879-5945

britt.zarling@fiserv.com

  

 

Investor Relations:

Stephanie Gregor

Vice President, Investor Relations

Fiserv, Inc.

262-879-5969

stephanie.gregor@fiserv.com

For Immediate Release

Fiserv Reports Third Quarter 2014 Results

Adjusted internal revenue growth of 5 percent for the quarter;

Adjusted EPS increase of 10 percent for the quarter;

Free cash flow increase of 13 percent year to date;

Full year 2014 outlook affirmed and adjusted EPS guidance increased

Brookfield, Wis., October 28, 2014 – Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of financial services technology solutions, today reported financial results for the third quarter of 2014.

GAAP revenue in the third quarter was $1.26 billion compared with $1.20 billion in the third quarter of 2013. Adjusted revenue was $1.19 billion in the third quarter compared with $1.14 billion in the third quarter of 2013, an increase of 4 percent. For the first nine months of 2014, GAAP revenue was $3.75 billion compared with $3.55 billion for the first nine months of 2013. Adjusted revenue was $3.52 billion in the first nine months of 2014 compared with $3.36 billion in the same period in 2013, an increase of 5 percent.

GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations in the third quarter was $0.95 compared with $0.61 in the third quarter of 2013. The third quarter 2014 GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations included a $0.21 per share gain on the sale of a subsidiary business at StoneRiver Group, L.P. (“StoneRiver”), a joint venture in which the company owns a 49% interest. GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations for the first nine months of 2014 was $2.25 compared with $1.61 for the first nine months of 2013.

Adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations in the quarter increased 10 percent to $0.86 compared with $0.78 in the third quarter of 2013. Adjusted earnings per share from continuing operations in the first nine months of 2014 increased 13 percent to $2.48 compared with $2.19 in the same period of 2013.

“The business performed very well in the quarter, delivering strong results including 8 percent adjusted internal revenue growth in the Payments segment, and record sales performance for the Company,” said Jeffery Yabuki, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fiserv. “The strength of our business model combined with growth in high quality revenue, produced excellent adjusted operating margin expansion and free cash flow results.”


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Third Quarter 2014

 

    Adjusted revenue increased 4 percent in the quarter to $1.19 billion and 5 percent year to date to $3.52 billion over the prior year periods.

 

    Adjusted internal revenue growth in the quarter was 5 percent for the company, driven by 8 percent growth in the Payments segment and 1 percent growth in the Financial segment.

 

    Adjusted internal revenue growth was 4 percent in the first nine months of 2014, led by 7 percent growth in the Payments segment and 2 percent growth in the Financial segment.

 

    Adjusted earnings per share increased 10 percent in the quarter to $0.86 and increased 13 percent in the first nine months of 2014 to $2.48 compared to the prior year periods.

 

    Adjusted operating margin increased 70 basis points in both the quarter and first nine months of 2014 to 31.2 percent and 30.5 percent, respectively, compared with the prior year periods.

 

    Free cash flow increased 17 percent in the quarter and was up 13 percent year to date to $674 million compared with $598 million in the prior year period.

 

    The company received $63 million in cash distributions in the quarter from StoneRiver, totaling $108 million year to date. These distributions have been excluded from the company’s free cash flow.

 

    The company repurchased 4.2 million shares of common stock in the quarter for $270 million and 13.3 million shares for $789 million in the first nine months of 2014. As of September 30, 2014, the company had 5.2 million shares remaining authorized for repurchase.

 

    Sales performance increased 27 percent in the quarter and 14 percent in the first nine months of 2014 compared with the prior year periods.

 

    During the quarter, the company signed its 50th DNA™ account processing client since its acquisition of Open Solutions in January 2013.

 

    The company signed 152 Mobiliti™ clients in the quarter and as of September 30 the company had over 2,000 mobile banking clients.

 

    The company signed 85 Popmoney® clients to join the payment network in the quarter, which now includes over 2,300 financial institutions.

 

    The company signed 77 electronic bill payment clients and 40 debit processing clients in the quarter.

Outlook for 2014

Fiserv continues to expect 2014 adjusted revenue growth in a range of 4 to 5 percent and adjusted internal revenue growth of 4 to 4.5 percent. The company now expects 2014 adjusted earnings per share to be in a range of $3.34 to $3.38, which represents growth of 12 to 13 percent over $2.99 in 2013.

“Given our strong results to date and visibility for the full year, we have increased our adjusted earnings per share guidance and are on-track to achieve strong full year results,” said Yabuki.

Earnings Conference Call

The company will discuss its third quarter 2014 results on a conference call and webcast at 4 p.m. CT on Tuesday, October 28, 2014. To register for the event, go to www.fiserv.com and click on the Q3 Earnings webcast link. Supplemental materials will be available in the “Investor Relations” section of the website.

 

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About Fiserv

This year, Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV) celebrates 30 years of leadership in financial services technology. As one of FORTUNE® magazine’s World’s Most Admired Companies, Fiserv is helping clients worldwide achieve best-in-class results by driving innovation in payments, processing services, risk and compliance, customer and channel management, and business insights and optimization. For more information, visit www.fiserv.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Information

In this earnings release, we supplement our reporting of information determined in accordance with GAAP, such as revenue, operating income, operating margin, income from continuing operations, earnings per share and net cash provided by operating activities, with “adjusted revenue,” “adjusted internal revenue growth,” “adjusted operating income,” “adjusted operating margin,” “adjusted income from continuing operations,” “adjusted earnings per share” and “free cash flow.” Management believes that adjustments for certain non-cash or other items and the exclusion of certain pass-through revenue and expenses enhance our shareholders’ ability to evaluate our performance because such items do not reflect how we manage our operations. Therefore, we exclude these items from GAAP revenue, operating income, operating margin, income from continuing operations, earnings per share and net cash provided by operating activities to calculate these non-GAAP measures.

Examples of non-cash or other items may include, but are not limited to, non-cash deferred revenue adjustments arising from acquisitions, non-cash intangible asset amortization expense associated with acquisitions, non-cash impairment charges, gains or losses from unconsolidated affiliates, severance costs, merger costs and certain integration expenses related to acquisitions. We exclude these items to more clearly focus on the factors we believe are pertinent to the management of our operations, and we use this information to allocate resources to our various businesses.

Free cash flow and adjusted internal revenue growth are non-GAAP financial measures and are described on page 10. We believe free cash flow is useful to measure the funds generated in a given period that are available for strategic capital decisions. We believe adjusted internal revenue growth is useful because it presents revenue growth excluding the impact of postage reimbursements in our Output Solutions business, acquisitions and dispositions, and including deferred revenue purchase accounting adjustments. We believe this supplemental information enhances our shareholders’ ability to evaluate and understand our core business performance.

These non-GAAP measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, revenue, operating income, operating margin, income from continuing operations, earnings per share and net cash provided by operating activities or any other amount determined in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures reflect management’s judgment of particular items and may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

In the fourth quarter of 2013, the company completed a two-for-one stock split. Accordingly, all share data and per share amounts are presented on a split-adjusted basis.

 

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding anticipated adjusted revenue growth, adjusted internal revenue growth, adjusted earnings per share, and adjusted earnings per share growth. Statements can generally be identified as forward-looking because they include words such as “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “could,” “should” or words of similar meaning. Statements that describe the company’s future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to assumptions, risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements. The factors that may affect the company’s results include, among others: the impact of market and economic conditions on the financial services industry; the capacity of the company’s technology to keep pace with a rapidly evolving marketplace; pricing and other actions by competitors; the effect of legislative and regulatory actions in the United States and internationally; the company’s ability to comply with government regulations; the impact of a security breach or operational failure on the company’s business; the company’s ability to successfully integrate acquisitions into its operations; the impact of the company’s strategic initiatives; and other factors included in the company’s filings with the SEC, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and in other documents that the company files with the SEC. You should consider these factors carefully in evaluating forward-looking statements and are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements. The company assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release.

 

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Fiserv, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(In millions, except per share amounts, unaudited)

 

  

  

  

     Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,     September 30,  
     2014     2013     2014     2013  

Revenue

        

Processing and services

   $ 1,063      $ 1,016      $ 3,141      $ 2,997   

Product

     200        185        609        554   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     1,263        1,201        3,750        3,551   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

        

Cost of processing and services

     537        520        1,610        1,565   

Cost of product

     168        164        519        511   

Selling, general and administrative

     243        237        728        711   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     948        921        2,857        2,787   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     315        280        893        764   

Interest expense - net

     (41     (41     (122     (123
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations before income taxes and income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate

     274        239        771        641   

Income tax provision

     (120     (79     (287     (218

Income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate

     85        1        89        7   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations

     239        161        573        430   

Loss from discontinued operations

     —          (2     —          (3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

   $ 239      $ 159      $ 573      $ 427   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP earnings (loss) per share - diluted:

        

Continuing operations

   $ 0.95      $ 0.61      $ 2.25      $ 1.61   

Discontinued operations

     —          (0.01     —          (0.01
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 0.95      $ 0.60      $ 2.25      $ 1.60   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Diluted shares used in computing earnings per share

     251.8        263.7        254.6        267.5   

 

Earnings per share is calculated using actual, unrounded amounts.

  

 

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Fiserv, Inc.   
Reconciliation of GAAP to Adjusted Income and   
Earnings Per Share from Continuing Operations   

(In millions, except per share amounts, unaudited)

 

  

     Three Months Ended     Nine Months Ended  
     September 30,     September 30,  
     2014     2013     2014     2013  

GAAP income from continuing operations

   $ 239      $ 161      $ 573      $ 430   

Adjustments:

        

Merger and integration costs 1

     2        14        11        70   

Severance costs

     3        —          15        12   

Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets

     50        53        153        156   

Tax impact of adjustments 2

     (19     (23     (63     (83

StoneRiver transactions 3

     (85     —          (87     2   

Tax impact of StoneRiver transactions 3

     32        —          36        —     

Tax benefit 4

     (6     —          (6     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted income from continuing operations

   $ 216      $ 205      $ 632      $ 587   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

GAAP earnings per share from continuing operations

   $ 0.95      $ 0.61      $ 2.25      $ 1.61   

Adjustments - net of income taxes:

        

Merger and integration costs 1

     0.01        0.03        0.03        0.17   

Severance costs

     0.01        —          0.04        0.03   

Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets

     0.13        0.13        0.39        0.38   

StoneRiver transactions 3

     (0.21     —          (0.20     0.01   

Tax benefit 4

     (0.03     —          (0.02     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted earnings per share

   $ 0.86      $ 0.78      $  2.48      $ 2.19   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

1  Merger and integration costs are attributable to the Open Solutions acquisition and include integration costs and deferred revenue purchase accounting adjustments.
2  The tax impact is calculated using a tax rate of 35 percent, which approximates the company’s annual effective tax rate for 2014 and 2013 exclusive of the tax benefit adjustment and the tax impacts from StoneRiver capital transactions.
3  Represents the company’s share of (gains) losses associated with capital transactions at StoneRiver, including sales of subsidiary businesses and related expenses during the first nine months of 2014 and a non-cash write-off of deferred financing costs associated with a recapitalization in the second quarter of 2013.
4  The tax benefit represents certain discrete income tax benefits that have been excluded from adjusted earnings per share in the period.

See page 3 for disclosures related to the use of non-GAAP financial measures. Earnings per share is calculated using actual, unrounded amounts.

 

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Fiserv, Inc.   
Financial Results by Segment   

(In millions, unaudited)

 

  

     Three Months Ended
September 30,
    Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2014     2013     2014     2013  

Total Company

        

Revenue

   $ 1,263      $ 1,201      $ 3,750      $ 3,551   

Output Solutions postage reimbursements

     (77     (69     (238     (207

Open Solutions deferred revenue adjustment

     1        5        3        17   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted revenue

   $ 1,187      $ 1,137      $ 3,515      $ 3,361   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

   $ 315      $ 280      $ 893      $ 764   

Merger and integration costs

     2        14        11        70   

Severance costs

     3        —          15        12   

Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets

     50        53        153        156   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted operating income

   $ 370      $ 347      $ 1,072      $ 1,002   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating margin

     24.9     23.3     23.8     21.5

Adjusted operating margin

     31.2     30.5     30.5     29.8

Payments and Industry Products (“Payments”)

        

Revenue

   $ 686      $ 631      $ 2,028      $ 1,874   

Output Solutions postage reimbursements

     (77     (69     (238     (207
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted revenue

   $ 609      $ 562      $ 1,790      $ 1,667   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

   $ 201      $ 173      $ 566      $ 518   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating margin

     29.2     27.4     27.9     27.6

Adjusted operating margin

     32.9     30.8     31.6     31.1

Financial Institution Services (“Financial”)

        

Revenue

   $ 588      $ 580      $ 1,758      $ 1,713   

Open Solutions deferred revenue adjustment

     1        5        3        17   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted revenue

   $ 589      $ 585      $ 1,761      $ 1,730   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

   $ 193      $ 194      $ 581      $ 541   

Merger and integration costs

     —          3        —          12   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted operating income

   $ 193      $ 197      $ 581      $ 553   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating margin

     32.8     33.3     33.0     31.6

Adjusted operating margin

     32.8     33.7     33.0     32.0

Corporate and Other

        

Revenue

   $ (11   $ (10   $ (36   $ (36
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

   $ (79   $ (87   $ (254   $ (295

Merger and integration costs

     2        11        11        58   

Severance costs

     3        —          15        12   

Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets

     50        53        153        156   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted operating loss

   $ (24   $ (23   $ (75   $ (69
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See page 3 for disclosures related to the use of non-GAAP financial measures. Operating margin percentages are calculated using actual, unrounded amounts.

 

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Fiserv, Inc.   
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows   

(In millions, unaudited)

 

  

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2014     2013  

Cash flows from operating activities

    

Net income

   $ 573      $ 427   

Adjustment for discontinued operations

     —          3   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation and other amortization

     147        145   

Amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets

     153        156   

Share-based compensation

     37        37   

Deferred income taxes

     (11     (11

Income from investment in unconsolidated affiliate

     (89     (7

Dividends from unconsolidated affiliate

     108        6   

Non-cash impairment charge

     —          30   

Other non-cash items

     (15     (9

Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:

    

Trade accounts receivable

     8        (7

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (37     (51

Accounts payable and other liabilities

     147        (12

Deferred revenue

     (61     (26
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     960        681   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

    

Capital expenditures, including capitalization of software costs

     (225     (171

Payments for acquisitions of businesses, net of cash acquired

     —          (30

Dividends from unconsolidated affiliate

     —          116   

Net proceeds from investments

     7        2   

Other investing activities

     (1     (1
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (219     (84
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Debt proceeds

     544        1,319   

Debt repayments

     (544     (1,574

Issuance of treasury stock

     39        37   

Purchases of treasury stock

     (785     (455

Other financing activities

     15        12   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in financing activities

     (731     (661
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents

     10        (64

Net cash flows (to) from discontinued operations

     (1     27   

Beginning balance

     400        358   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ending balance

   $ 409      $ 321   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Fiserv, Inc.   
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets   

(In millions, unaudited)

 

  

     September 30,      December 31,  
     2014      2013  

Assets

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 409       $ 400   

Trade accounts receivable – net

     748         751   

Deferred income taxes

     41         55   

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     381         366   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

     1,579         1,572   

Property and equipment – net

     304         266   

Intangible assets – net

     2,042         2,142   

Goodwill

     5,212         5,216   

Other long-term assets

     301         317   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 9,438       $ 9,513   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity

     

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

   $ 886       $ 756   

Current maturities of long-term debt

     92         92   

Deferred revenue

     419         484   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     1,397         1,332   

Long-term debt

     3,756         3,756   

Deferred income taxes

     693         713   

Other long-term liabilities

     130         127   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     5,976         5,928   

Shareholders’ equity

     3,462         3,585   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

   $ 9,438       $ 9,513   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Selected Non-GAAP Financial Measures

($ in millions, unaudited)

 

Adjusted Internal Revenue Growth 1

   Three Months Ended
September 30, 2014
  Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2014

Payments Segment

   8%   7%

Financial Segment

   1%   2%
  

 

 

 

Total Company

   5%   4%
  

 

 

 

 

1  Adjusted internal revenue growth is measured as the increase in adjusted revenue (see page 7), excluding the net impact of acquisitions and dispositions (“acquired revenue”), for the current period divided by adjusted revenue from the prior year period. Acquired revenue for the third quarter of 2014 was ($2) million, due to a disposition in the Financial segment. Acquired revenue was $4 million for the first nine months of 2014 ($2 million in each of the Payments and Financial segments).

 

Free Cash Flow 2

  

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
  

2014

   

2013

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

   $ 960      $ 681   

Capital expenditures

     (225     (171

Other adjustments 3

     (61     88   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Free cash flow

   $ 674      $ 598   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

2  Free cash flow is calculated as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures and excludes the net change in settlement assets and obligations; tax-effected severance, merger and integration payments; certain transaction expenses attributed to the Open Solutions acquisition; certain cash distributions from StoneRiver; and other items which management believes may not be indicative of the future free cash flow of the company.
3  “Other adjustments” in 2014 removes $73 million of cash distributions from StoneRiver less related tax payments, and in 2013, adds back $52 million of cash payments for transaction expenses, transaction-related assumed liabilities, and merger and integration costs attributed to the acquisition of Open Solutions.

See page 3 for disclosures related to the use of non-GAAP financial measures.

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