Q4 15 results presentation final
- 1. Fourth quarter and full year 2015 financial results February 10th, 2016
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- 3. 3 Agenda Full year 2015 overview and outlook Lance Uggla, CEO Fourth quarter and full year 2015 financial results Jeff Gooch, CFO Appendix
- 4. 4 Full year 2015 overview and outlook Lance Uggla
- 5. 5 Full year 2015 overview and outlook 2015 overview and outlook • Organic revenue increased +3.6% (+7.4% constant currency) • Proactive cost management resulted in adjusted EBITDA margins of 45% Financial performance • Disciplined capital management: • Secondary offering of $650 million including $350 million buyback • Entered into $200 million accelerated share repurchase agreement • Refinanced debt through $500 million private placement • Board authorized new $500m share repurchase program Capital management • Our leadership team is a key competitive advantage • Strengthened this year through recruitment, acquisition and promotion • Demonstrated ability to attract and promote top talent Management team • Developing products internally positions us to generate organic growth • Expanded product offerings and solutions for customers across divisions Product development • Actively involved in the fixed income index market • New technologies create opportunities (e.g. Blockchain) • Leveraging enhanced account management structure • Helping our customers respond to new regulations Investing for growth • Announced four acquisitions in 2015 with good momentum in 2016 • Acquisitions are integrated and contributing to adjusted earnings • Pipeline remains strong Acquisitions
- 6. 6 Q4 and full year 2015 financial results Jeff Gooch
- 7. 7 Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Summary financial results ($ million) Q4 2015 Q4 2014 YoY% FY 2015 FY 2014 YoY% Revenue 291.5 271.4 7.4% 1,113.4 1,065.1 4.5% Constant currency growth - - 9.4% - - 7.4% Adjusted EBITDA (1) 131.8 124.7 5.7% 496.9 488.2 1.8% Adjusted EBITDA margin (2) 45.6% 46.3% N/A 45.0% 46.0% N/A Adjusted Earnings (3) 68.8 69.1 (0.4)% 273.9 279.0 (1.8)% Adjusted EPS, diluted (4) $0.37 $0.37 - $1.44 $1.51 (4.6)% Weighted average number of shares used to compute earnings per share, diluted (million) 188.1 187.3 0.4% 189.8 184.5 2.9% 1. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as profit for the period from continuing operations before income taxes, net finance costs, depreciation and amortisation on fixed assets and intangible assets (including acquisition related intangible assets), acquisition related items, exceptional items, share based compensation and related items, net other gains or losses, including Adjusted EBITDA attributable to joint ventures and excluding Adjusted EBITDA attributable to non-controlling interests. 2. Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue, excluding revenue attributable to non-controlling interests. 3. Adjusted Earnings is defined as profit for the period from continuing operations before amortisation of acquired intangibles, acquisition related items, exceptional items, share based compensation and related items, net other gains or losses and unwind of discount, less the tax effect of these adjustments and excluding Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interests. 4. Adjusted EPS diluted is defined as Adjusted Earnings divided by the weighted average number of shares used to compute earnings per share diluted.
- 8. 8 Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Revenue growth ($ million) $271.4 $2.9 $22.6 $(5.4) $291.5 Q4 2014 revenue Organic growth Acquired growth FX / Currency impact (1) Q4 2015 revenue +1.1% (2.0)% +8.3% +7.4% Q4 2014 vs. Q4 2015 $1,065.1 $38.3 $41.1 $(31.1) $1,113.4 FY 2014 revenue Organic growth Acquired growth FX / Currency impact (1) FY 2015 revenue +3.6% +3.8% (2.9)% +4.5% FY 2014 vs. FY 2015 1) 10% movement in rates = $8m revenue impact & $7m opex impact in quarter
- 9. 9 53.8% 58.2% 40.9% 34.1% 5.3% 7.7% Q4 2014 Q4 2015 Non-recurring revenue Recurring variable revenue Recurring fixed revenue Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Revenue mix ($ million) Q4 2015 % Q4 2014 % $ YoY FY 2015 % FY 2014 % $ YoY Recurring fixed $169.6 58.2% $146.0 53.8% $23.6 $624.6 56.1% $559.2 52.5% $65.4 Recurring variable $99.3 34.1% $111.0 40.9% ($11.7) $418.8 37.6% $450.5 42.3% ($31.7) Non-recurring $22.6 7.7% $14.4 5.3% $8.2 $70.0 6.3% $55.4 5.2% $14.6 Total Revenue $291.5 $271.4 $20.1 $1,113.4 $1,065.1 $48.3 Q4 overview: ─ Recurring fixed revenue grew 16%, primarily due to acquisitions and new business wins in Information and Solutions ─ Recurring variable revenue decrease driven by Processing ─ Q4 renewal rate ~90%
- 10. 10 Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Operating and exceptional expenses ($ million) Q4 2015 Q4 2014 YoY% FY 2015 FY 2014 YoY% Personnel costs (90.7) (85.2) 6.5% (362.3) (350.4) 3.4% Non personnel costs (64.7) (54.1) 19.6% (238.1) (218.8) 8.8% Total operating expenses (155.4) (139.3) 11.6% (600.4) (569.2) 5.5% Exceptional items - (33.1) n/a (48.7) (84.9) (42.6%) Q4 overview: ─ Operating expenses increased primarily due to acquisitions ─ Continued investment in new product development, such as KYC, KY3P and hosted service Solutions offerings
- 11. 11 Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Information ($ million) 123.2 131.6 64.3 65.3 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 Q4 2014 Q4 2015 Revenue Adjusted EBITDA +6.8% Q4 overview: ─ Growth across fixed income pricing and reference data products ─ Double digit organic growth in Indices ─ CoreOne acquisition completed October 2015; contributing 4.0% to revenue growth for the division Organic revenue growth +4.7% Q4 +5.2% FY Q4 2015 Q4 2014 YoY% FY 2015 FY 2014 YoY % Revenue 131.6 123.2 6.8% 501.6 486.5 3.1% Organic growth - - 4.7% - - 5.2% Acquisition related - - 4.0% - - 1.0% Adjusted EBITDA 65.3 64.3 1.6% 245.1 239.2 2.5% Adjusted EBITDA margin 49.6% 52.2% (2.6)% 48.9% 49.2% (0.3)%
- 12. 12 Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Processing ($ million) Q4 overview: ─ Strong rates volumes offset by price changes implemented in Q2 and adverse FX movements ─ Continued weakness in credit volumes, along with one-off regulatory reporting revenue in prior year ─ Loans secondary volumes maintained, continued weakness in primary loan issuance volumes ─ DealHub acquisition completed September 2015; contributing 3.9% to revenue growth for the division 68.5 59.8 36.5 30.9 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Q4 2014 Q4 2015 Revenue Adjusted EBITDA (12.7)% Q4 2015 Q4 2014 YoY% FY 2015 FY 2014 YoY % Revenue 59.8 68.5 (12.7)% 256.0 284.9 (10.1)% Organic growth - - (14.7%) - - (8.2)% Acquisition related - - 3.9% - - 1.3% Adjusted EBITDA 30.9 36.5 (15.3)% 133.9 156.6 (14.5)% Adjusted EBITDA margin 51.7% 53.3% (1.6)% 52.3% 55.0% (2.7)% Organic revenue growth (14.7)% Q4 (8.2)% FY
- 13. 13 Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Solutions ($ million) 79.7 100.1 24.3 36.0 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 Q4 2014 Q4 2015 Revenue Adjusted EBITDA +25.6% Q4 2015 Q4 2014 YoY% FY 2015 FY 2014 YoY% Revenue 100.1 79.7 25.6% 355.8 293.7 21.1% Organic growth - - 9.0% - - 12.3% Acquisition related - - 18.8% - - 11.1% Adjusted EBITDA 36.0 24.3 48.1% 120.0 93.1 28.9% Adjusted EBITDA margin 36.0% 30.5% 5.5% 33.7% 31.7% 2.0% Q4 overview: ─ Growth across Managed Services and Enterprise Software driven by new business and increased customer assets under management ─ EDM, On Demand, Corporate Actions, WSO Services achieved double digit organic growth ─ Acquisition related revenue growth of 18.8% for the division was driven by Information Mosaic, CoreOne, Tax Solutions and thinkFolio Organic revenue growth +9.0% Q4 +12.3% FY
- 14. 14 Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Net debt / leverage & free cash flow ($ million) December 31st, 2015 December 31st, 2014 Bank borrowings 197.4 224.5 Share buyback 128.6 211.1 Private placement 498.0 - Total borrowings 824.0 435.6 Cash and cash equivalents (146.0) (117.7) Net debt 678.0 317.9 LTM Adjusted EBITDA (1) 496.9 488.2 Leverage (2) 1.36x 0.65x Net cash generated by operating activities 405.6 369.9 Purchases of property, plant and equipment (16.6) (23.5) Purchases of intangible assets (100.5) (101.4) Free cash flow 288.5 245.0 Overview: ─ On November 4, 2015, we completed a $500m private placement of debt with $210m at 3.73% (due 2022) and $290m at 4.05% (due 2025) ─ Free cash flow up 17.8% to $288.5m ─ Working capital showed a net inflow of ~$30m during 2015 ─ Capex under control, at $117m for the year at 10.5% of revenues (2014: $125m or 11.7% of revenues) 1) LTM Adjusted EBITDA is defined as Adjusted EBITDA for the previous twelve month period to date reported 2) Leverage is defined as net debt divided by LTM Adjusted EBITDA
- 15. 15 187.3 191.7 190.8 185.4 188.1 184.9 4.4 2.3 5.4 4.0 3.2 10.8 1.3 Q4 2014 Dilution Q1 2015 Dilution Share repurchase Q2 2015 Dilution Share repurchase Q3 2015 Dilution Share repurchase Q4 2015 At 01.01.16 In-period weighted average number of shares, diluted Managing diluted shares outstanding ─ $350 million share repurchase (~14m shares) completed June 2015 ─ ~5.1 million shares repurchased in December 2015 representing $150 million of aggregate $200 million accelerated share repurchase program ─ New share repurchase programme of up to $500 million over two years was authorised in February 2016 by the Board of directors (million) Dilution refers to dilutive impact of employee options and restricted stock. Diluted share count as of January 1, 2016 (184.9m) removes the impact of time-weighting on the 2015 share count and includes expected vesting of restricted stock Q4 and FY 2015 financial results
- 16. 16 Long term financial objectives and commentary LONG TERM FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES Organic revenue growth 5-7% Total revenue growth (constant currency) Double digits through acquisitions Adjusted EBITDA margins Mid 40%’s MANAGEMENT COMMENTARY Adjusted effective tax rate 26-29% Leverage ratio Target range of 1.5 – 2.0x Capital expenditures1 9-11% of revenues Depreciation / Amortisation 8-10% of revenues Share capital management Aim to use cash proceeds from option exercises to offset dilution Aim to use buybacks to offset dilution from annual compensation awards Information – organic revenue growth 4-6% Processing – adjusted EBITDA margin ~50% Solutions – organic revenue growth 10-15% Q4 and FY 2015 financial results 1 Excluding significant office related capex (e.g. 2016 New York City office consolidation).
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- 18. 18 Acquired revenue calculation method comparison Impact of revised treatment of acquired revenue ─ At Q3 2015, we disclosed a change to our organic growth methodology to be in line with peers ─ Commencing Q1 2016, new methodology treats acquisitions as organic growth twelve months post acquisition ─ Only our Solutions division was impacted in 2014 and 2015 FY 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 FY 2015 Reported: Information 4.4% 6.3% 4.9% 5.1% 4.7% 5.2% Processing 5.1% (2.4)% (2.5)% (13.6)% (14.7)% (8.2)% Solutions 17.8% 14.4% 13.2% 13.1% 9.0% 12.3% Group 7.8% 6.1% 5.1% 2.3% 1.1% 3.6% New methodology: Information 4.4% 6.3% 4.9% 5.1% 4.7% 5.2% Processing 5.1% (2.4)% (2.5)% (13.6)% (14.7)% (8.2)% Solutions 18.2% 15.6% 13.8% 15.9% 10.9% 14.0% Group 7.8% 6.4% 5.3% 3.1% 1.7% 4.1% Organic revenue growth comparison
- 19. 19 70 75 99 131 125 117 242 67 381 224 129 317 183 52 6191 551 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ($ million) Annual capital allocation Share repurchase Acquisitions Internal investments Acquisitions 39% Internal investments 19% Share repurchase 42% Balanced and flexible capital allocation framework 1 Includes $495m in share repurchases conducted in August 2012, 55% of which from related-party customers, payable in quarterly installments through to May 2017. Capitalallocation 495 194 1,099 355 254 985 2010 – 2015 cumulative capital allocation Total: $3,380m
- 20. 20 Q4 and FY financial results Shares outstanding Summary ─ Average share price is a key driver of the dilution calculation, an indicative estimate of the impact of share price fluctuations on diluted share count is shown in the table ─ Weighted average number of shares, diluted is calculated in accordance with IFRS ─ The majority of options with a strike price below $26.70 vested on IPO ─ Options with a strike price at $26.70 largely vest in tranches over a 5 year period from IPO date or January 2014 ─ Option exercises will generate substantial cash inflows as well as cash tax benefits (million except share price) Q4 2015 Q4 2014 Number of shares outstanding at the reporting date 176.7 182.5 Weighted average number of shares, basic 176.8 180.6 Option dilution 9.6 5.7 Restricted shares dilution 1.7 1.0 Weighted average number of shares, diluted 188.1 187.3 Share price used for quarter end dilution calculation $29.51 $23.97 Illustrative average share price Illustrative diluted average number of shares (million) $24 182.1 $27 184.3 $30 188.8 $33 192.7 Exercise price Outstanding (million) Unvested (million) < $15.00 2.8 – $15.00- $19.99 2.2 – $20.00- $26.69 16.2 6.1 > $26.69 30.7 28.7 Total 51.9 34.8 Three months ended December 31st – Reported Illustrative weighted average diluted number of shares three months ended December 31st 2015 Total outstanding options at December 31st 2015
- 21. 21 Sub-segment revenue summary Sub-segment revenue – 3 year summary ($ million) Segments FY 2013 FY 2014 FY 2015 CAGR % FY2013 – 2015 Pricing and Reference Data 182.8 199.8 210.8 7.4% Indices 86.6 91.5 99.1 7.0% Valuation and Trading Services 190.2 195.2 191.7 0.4% Information 459.6 486.5 501.6 4.5% Processing 265.3 284.9 256.0 (1.8)% Managed Services 131.6 167.6 202.1 23.9% Enterprise Software 91.4 126.1 153.7 29.7% Solutions 223.0 293.7 355.8 26.3% Group 947.9 1,065.1 1,113.4 8.4% Note: We reorganised certain products within our Information segment between the Pricing and Reference Data, Indices and Valuation and Trading Services sub-segments in 2014. For comparability purposes, all prior year figures above have been presented to reflect this change.
- 22. 22 Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Reconciliation to Adjusted EBITDA ($ million) Q4 2015 Q4 2014 FY 2015 FY2014 Profit for the period 46.6 15.7 152.1 164.1 Income tax expense 19.9 19.7 70.0 56.5 Finance costs – net 7.2 4.1 18.9 16.9 Depreciation and amortisation - other 28.8 28.2 107.0 100.1 Amortisation – acquisition related 18.4 14.6 63.7 57.9 Acquisition related items 2.0 (1.4) 4.2 (12.4) Exceptional items - 33.1 48.7 84.9 Share based compensation and related items 14.6 9.2 50.8 16.0 Other (gains) / losses – net (4.6) 3.0 (13.7) 6.0 Share of results from joint venture not attributable to Adjusted EBITDA (0.4) (1.1) (2.4) (1.1) Adjusted EBITDA attributable to non-controlling interests (0.7) -(0.4) (2.4) (0.7) Adjusted EBITDA 131.8 124.7 496.9 488.2
- 23. 23 Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Reconciliation to Adjusted Earnings ($ million) Q4 2015 Q4 2014 FY 2015 FY 2014 Profit for the period 46.6 15.7 152.1 164.1 Amortisation – acquisition related 18.4 14.6 63.7 57.9 Acquisition related items 2.0 (1.4) 4.2 (12.4) Exceptional items - 33.1 48.7 84.9 Share based compensation and related items 14.6 9.2 50.8 16.0 Other (gains) / losses – net (4.6) 3.0 (13.7) 6.0 Unwind of discount (1) 2.2 2.7 9.2 10.5 Tax effect of above adjustments (9.7) (6.9) (38.7) (47.4) Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interests (0.7) (0.9) (2.4) (0.6) Adjusted Earnings 68.8 69.1 273.9 279.0 Weighted average number of shares for computation of earnings per share, diluted 188,093,760 187,335,924 189,796,719 184,467,540 1. Unwind of discount represents the non-cash unwinding of discount, recorded through finance costs – net in the income statement, primarily in relation to our share buyback liability.
- 24. 24 Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Reconciliation to Adjusted earnings effective tax rate ($ million) Q4 2015 Q4 2014 FY 2015 FY 2014 Income tax expense 19.9 19.7 70.0 56.5 Tax effect of adjusted earnings adjustments (1) 9.7 6.9 38.7 47.4 Tax on adjusted earnings (A) 29.6 26.6 108.7 103.9 Adjusted earnings (1) 68.8 69.1 273.9 279.0 Share of results from joint venture 3.2 5.9 11.3 5.9 Tax on adjusted earnings 29.6 26.6 108.7 103.9 Adjusted profit before tax (B) 101.6 101.6 393.9 388.8 Adjusted earnings effective tax rate (A divided by B) 29.1% 26.2% 27.6% 26.7% 1. See “Reconciliation to adjusted earnings”
- 25. 25 Q4 and FY 2015 financial results Definitions Revenue growth We measure revenue growth in terms of organic revenue growth, acquisition related revenue growth, foreign currency impact on revenue growth and constant currency revenue growth. We define these components as follows: Organic – Revenue growth from continuing operations from factors other than acquisitions and foreign currency fluctuations. We derive organic revenue growth from the development of new products and services, increased penetration of existing products and services to new and existing customers, price changes for our products and services and market driven factors such as increased trading volumes or changes in customer assets under management. Acquisition related – Revenue growth from acquired businesses through the end of the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the acquisition was completed. This growth results from our strategy of making targeted acquisitions that facilitate growth by complementing our existing products and services and addressing market opportunities. Foreign currency – The impact on revenue growth resulting from the difference between current revenue at current exchange rates and current revenue at the corresponding prior period exchange rates. Constant currency – Total revenue growth, excluding the impact of exchange rate movements from the prior period to the current period. This is equal to the combination of organic and acquisition related revenue growth, as described above. Revenue by type Revenue by type is how we classify the income recognised from the sale of our products and services into three groups as defined below: Recurring fixed revenue – Revenue generated from contracts specifying a fixed fee for services delivered over the life of the contract. The fixed fee is typically paid annually, semiannually or quarterly in advance. These contracts are typically subscription contracts where the revenue is recognised across the life of the contract. The initial term of these contracts can range from one to five years and usually includes auto-renewal clauses. Recurring variable revenue – Revenue derived from contracts that specify a fee for services which is typically not fixed. The variable fee is typically paid monthly in arrears. Recurring variable revenue is based on, among other factors, the number of trades processed, assets under management or the number of positions we value. Many of these contracts do not have a maturity date while the remainder have an initial term ranging from one to five years. Non-recurring revenue – Revenue that relates to certain software license sales and the associated consulting revenue. Other Non-IFRS Measures Adjusted EBITDA is defined as profit for the period from continuing operations before income taxes, net finance costs, depreciation and amortisation on fixed assets and intangible assets (including acquisition related intangible assets), acquisition related items, exceptional items, share based compensation and related items, net other gains or losses, including Adjusted EBITDA attributable to joint ventures and excluding Adjusted EBITDA attributable to non-controlling interests. Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue, excluding revenue attributable to non-controlling interests. LTM Adjusted EBITDA is defined as Adjusted EBITDA for the previous twelve month period from date reported. Adjusted Earnings is defined as profit for the period from continuing operations before amortisation of acquired intangibles, acquisition related items, exceptional items, share based compensation and related items, net other gains or losses and unwind of discount, less the tax effect of these adjustments and excluding Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling interests. Adjusted EPS diluted is defined as Adjusted Earnings divided by the weighted average number of shares used to compute earnings per share, diluted. Adjusted earnings effective tax rate is a rate calculated using income tax for the period adjusted for the tax effect of Adjusted earnings adjustments, divided by Adjusted earnings excluding tax and excluding share of results from joint venture. Leverage is defined as net debt divided by Adjusted EBITDA for the previous twelve month period from date reported. Free cash flow is defined as net cash generated by or used in operating activities, less capital expenditure, purchases of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets.