CATM - Cardtronics Announces Fourth Quarter and Full-Year 2020 Results

HOUSTON, Feb. 23, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cardtronics plc (Nasdaq: CATM) (“Cardtronics” or the “Company”), the world’s largest ATM owner/operator, announced today its financial and operational results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2020.

“During a year filled with unique challenges, our team continued to execute on our strategic priorities and evolve the business to deliver expanded solutions for our customers,” said Ed West, CEO of Cardtronics. “We secured major new partnerships with leading retailers, financial institutions, and Fintechs demonstrating the increasing importance and value of our trusted network and managed services capabilities. Through continued operational execution and technology enhancements, we generated strong free cash flows and positioned the business for long-term growth in revenues and profits.”

“We believe that 2020 is an inflection point from which Cardtronics has emerged well-positioned to gain transaction share and grow revenues and profits. Our end-to-end platform continues to drive new business opportunities with financial institutions and Fintechs, providing customized, scalable, and cost-effective cash solutions. Our proprietary solutions are designed to drive more store traffic to our leading retailers. As the fallout from the pandemic continues to unfold and the trend of bank branch transformation accelerates, many leading retail banks are reducing their physical footprints even further, making Cardtronics ideally positioned to capitalize on the changes occurring in retail consumer finance.”

“The execution of our strategy has positioned the Company well, and we are excited about our recent announcement of a definitive acquisition agreement reached with NCR. Our customers’ needs and expectations are growing and evolving, and we believe by combining our capabilities, we are better positioned to offer our customers an even broader range of financial solutions, enhanced level of services, and greater overall value,” concluded West.

Fourth Quarter 2020 Financial Highlights:

Pandemic-related restrictions continue to be dynamic and impact consumer activity and transaction levels across the Company's footprint. Adverse impacts from government-mandated lockdown restrictions for certain geographies, in particular the operations in the U.K., Canada, Germany, and Spain, accelerated during the second half of the fourth quarter. These restrictions are continuing into the first quarter of 2021, which is also typically the seasonally lowest transacting quarter of the year.

• Total revenues of $274.8 million, down 18.9% from $338.8 million in the prior year, and down 19.7% on a constant-currency basis.
• ATM operating revenues of $259.0 million, down 19.6% from $322.0 million in the prior year, and down 20.4% on a constant-currency basis.
• GAAP Net income of $9.6 million, or $0.21 per diluted share, compared to GAAP Net income of $12.6 million, or $0.28 per diluted share in the prior year.
• Adjusted Net income per diluted share of $0.64 compared to $0.70 in the prior year.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $81.4 million, up 4.2% from $78.1 million in the prior year, and up 3.2% on a constant-currency basis, positively impacted by business rate (property tax) recoveries in the U.K. of approximately $23.3 million during the fourth quarter.
• Adjusted EBITDA margin of 29.6% compared to 23.1% in the prior year.
• An increase in restricted cash and corresponding liabilities caused reported net cash provided by operating activities to be $94.1 million compared to net cash used in operating activities of $27.0 million in the prior year. Adjusted net cash provided by operating activities, which excludes the impact of restricted cash settlement activity, was $55.3 million compared to $66.1 million in the prior year.
• Adjusted free cash flow of $25.2 million compared to $31.5 million in the prior year.
• Net Debt reduction of $27.6 million during the quarter.

Recent Business Highlights:

• Added several Fintechs to the Allpoint ATM network of convenient and surcharge-free ATMs, including Ahead Financials, a LendUp Global company; Clair; and Marqeta.
• Signed new managed services agreement with First Midwest Bank to operate approximately 160 ATMs, including branch and off-premise ATMs.
• Expanded branding relationship with Citizens Bank for nearly 200 ATMs at CVS locations in the Detroit area.
• Deployed over 2,500 new ATMs in Q4, including over 1,500 in the U.S. and over 300 in South Africa.
• Enabled proprietary neoterm ^TM software on over 20,000 ATMs by the end of 2020.

Full-Year 2020 Financial Highlights:

• Total revenues of $1.09 billion, down 18.9% from $1.35 billion in the prior year, and down 18.8% on a constant-currency basis.
• ATM operating revenues of $1.04 billion, down 18.8% from $1.28 billion in the prior year, and down 18.6% on a constant-currency basis.
• GAAP Net income of $19.1 million, or $0.42 per diluted share, compared to GAAP Net income of $48.3 million, or $1.05 per diluted share in the prior year.
• Adjusted Net income per diluted share of $1.69 compared to $2.52 in the prior year.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $263.6 million, down 14.4% from $308.0 million in the prior year, and down 14.5% on a constant-currency basis, positively impacted by business rate tax recoveries in the U.K. of approximately $35.1 million.
• Adjusted EBITDA margin of 24.1% compared to 22.8% in the prior year.
• An increase in restricted cash and corresponding liabilities caused reported net cash provided by operating activities to be $282.3 million compared to $204.7 million in the prior year. Adjusted net cash provided by operating activities, which excludes the impact of restricted cash settlement activity, was $232.8 million compared to $275.1 million in the prior year.
• Adjusted free cash flow of $141.7 million compared to $150.2 million in the prior year.
• Net Debt reduction of $101.4 million during the year.

Proposed Transaction with NCR Corporation and Upcoming Investor Communications

As previously announced on January 25, 2021, the Company entered into an acquisition agreement with NCR Corporation ("NCR") pursuant to which NCR will acquire all outstanding shares of Cardtronics for $39.00 per share in cash. The transaction, which was approved by the board of directors of both companies, is expected to close in mid-2021, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and approvals by holders of Cardtronics' outstanding common shares. In light of the pending transaction, Cardtronics does not expect to hold quarterly earnings conference calls but does expect to issue a quarterly earnings release and to provide additional financial and business information in an earnings supplement posted on the Company's website.

See Disclosure of Non-GAAP Financial Information in this earnings release for definitions of Adjusted Gross Profit, Adjusted Gross Margin, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Net Income per diluted share (may also be referred to by the Company as “Adjusted EPS”), Adjusted Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities, Adjusted Free Cash Flow, Net Debt and certain other financial measures recognized under generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP” or “GAAP”) and other non-GAAP measures that are used by management on a constant-currency basis. For additional information, including reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, see the supplemental schedules of selected financial information in this earnings release.

The Company may also refer to revenue or profit growth as being organic. When providing growth measures on an organic basis, the Company aims to exclude the estimated impact from any acquired or divested businesses that may be included or partially included in one period but not another. The Company may further adjust organic performance measures for the impacts of currency movements, in order to have a consistent performance comparison across periods for the business, excluding movements in exchange rates.

About Cardtronics (Nasdaq: CATM)

Cardtronics is the trusted leader in financial self-service, enabling cash transactions at over 285,000 ATMs across 10 countries in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Africa. With our scale, expertise and innovation, top-tier merchants and businesses of all sizes use our ATM solutions to drive growth, in-store traffic, and retail transactions. Financial services providers rely on Cardtronics to deliver superior service at their own ATMs, on Cardtronics ATMs where they place their brand, and through Cardtronics' Allpoint network, the world’s largest retail-based surcharge-free ATM network, with over 55,000 locations. As champions of cash, Cardtronics converts digital currency into physical cash, driving payments choice for businesses and consumers alike. Learn more about Cardtronics by visiting www.cardtronics.com and by following us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This earnings release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions thereof. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “project,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “future,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “contemplate,” “foresee,” “would,” “could,” “plan,” and similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are generally not historical in nature. These forward-looking statements are based on management’s current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on the Company. While management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, there can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be those that are anticipated. All comments concerning the Company’s expectations for future revenues and operating results are based on its estimates for its existing operations and do not include the potential impact of any future acquisitions. The Company’s forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond its control) and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from its historical experience and present expectations or projections. Known material factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include:

• the Company’s ability to respond to business cycles, seasonality, and other outside factors such as extreme weather, natural disasters, health emergencies, including the COVID-19 outbreak, that has adversely affect our business, and may in the future have a material adverse impact on our business;
• the Company’s financial outlook and the financial outlook of the automated teller machines and multi-function financial services kiosks (collectively, “ATMs”) industry and the continued usage of cash by consumers at rates near historical patterns;
• the impact of macroeconomic conditions, including the future impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak on global economic conditions, which is highly uncertain and difficult to predict;
• the Company’s ability to respond to recent and future network and regulatory changes;
• the Company’s ability to manage cybersecurity risks and protect against cyber-attacks and manage and prevent cyber incidents, data breaches or losses, or other business disruptions;
• the Company’s ability to respond to changes implemented by networks and how they determine interchange, scheduled and potential reductions in the amount of net interchange that it receives from global and regional debit networks due to pricing changes implemented by those networks as well as changes in how issuers route their ATM transactions over those networks;
• the Company’s ability to renew its existing merchant relationships on comparable or improved economic terms and add new merchants;
• changes in interest rates and foreign currency rates;
• the Company’s ability to successfully manage its existing international operations and to continue to expand internationally;
• the Company’s ability to manage concentration risks with and changes in the mix of key customers, merchants, vendors, and service providers;
• the Company’s ability to maintain appropriate liquidity;
• the Company’s ability to prevent thefts of cash and maintain adequate insurance;
• the Company’s ability to provide new ATM solutions to retailers and financial institutions including the demand for any such new ATM solutions as well as its ability to place additional banks’ brands on ATMs currently deployed;
• the Company’s ATM vault cash rental needs, including potential liquidity issues with its vault cash providers and its ability to continue to secure vault cash rental agreements in the future and once secured, on reasonable economic terms;
• the Company’s ability to manage the risks associated with its third-party service providers failing to perform their contractual obligations;
• the Company’s ability to renew its existing third-party service provider relationships on comparable or improved economic terms;
• the Company’s ability to successfully implement and evolve its corporate strategy;
• the Company’s ability to compete successfully with new and existing competitors;
• the Company’s ability to meet the service levels required by its service level agreements with its customers;
• the additional risks the Company is exposed to in its United Kingdom (“U.K.”) cash-in-transit business;
• the Company’s ability to pursue, complete, and successfully integrate acquisitions, strategic alliances, or joint ventures;
• the impact of changes in laws, including tax laws that could adversely affect the Company’s business and profitability;
• the impact of, or uncertainty related to, the U.K.’s exit from the European Union, including any material adverse effect on the tax, tax treaty, currency, operational, legal, human, and regulatory regime and macro-economic environment to which it will be subject to as a U.K. company;
• the Company’s ability to adequately maintain and upgrade its ATM fleet to address changes in industry standards, regulations and consumer behavior patterns;
• the Company’s ability to retain its key employees and maintain good relations with its employees; and
• the Company’s ability to manage the fluctuation of its operating results, including as a result of the foregoing and other risk factors included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, as updated by the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, and those set forth from time-to-time in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In addition, actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements based on a number of factors related to the proposed acquisition of the Company by NCR Corporation, including, without limitation:

• statements regarding the Company’s plans to manage its business through the COVID-19 pandemic and the health and safety of its customers and employees;
• the expected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s operating goals and actions to manage these goals;
• expectations regarding cost and revenue synergies; expectations regarding the Company’s cash flow generation, cash reserve, liquidity, financial flexibility and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s employee base;
• expectations regarding the Company’s ability to capitalize on market opportunities;
• the Company’s financial outlook;
• the effect of the announcement of the proposed transaction on the ability of the Company to retain and hire key personnel and maintain relationships with customers, suppliers and others with whom the Company does business, or on the Company's operating results and business generally;
• risks that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations and the potential difficulties in employee retention as a result of the proposed transaction;
• the outcome of any legal proceedings related to the proposed transaction;
• the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the acquisition agreement;
• the ability of the parties to consummate the proposed transaction on a timely basis or at all;
• the satisfaction of the conditions precedent to consummation of the proposed transaction, including the ability to secure regulatory and shareholder approvals on the terms expected, at all or in a timely manner;
• the ability of the Company to implement its plans, forecasts and other expectations with respect to its business after the completion of the proposed transaction and realize expected benefits;
• business disruption following the proposed transaction;
• and the potential benefits of an acquisition of the Company.

For additional information regarding known material factors that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ from its projected results, see Part I. Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, as updated by the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020, and those set forth from time-to-time in other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained in this document, which speak only as of the date of this earnings release. Except as required by applicable law, the Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.

Disclosure of Non-GAAP Financial Information

In order to assist readers of our consolidated financial statements in understanding the operating results that Management uses to evaluate the business and for financial planning purposes, the Company presents the following non-GAAP measures as a complement to financial results prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP: Adjusted Gross Profit, Adjusted Gross Margin, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA Margin, Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Tax Rate, Adjusted Net Income per diluted share, Adjusted Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities, Adjusted Free Cash Flow, and certain other results presented on a constant-currency basis. Management believes that the presentation of these measures and the identification of notable, non-cash, non-operating costs, and/or (if applicable in a particular period) certain costs not anticipated to occur in future periods enhance an investor’s understanding of the underlying trends in the Company’s business and provide for better comparability between periods in different years. In addition, Management presents Net Debt as a measure of our financial condition. Management believes that these measures are relevant and provide useful information widely used by analysts, investors and other interested parties in the Company’s industry to provide a baseline for evaluating and comparing our operating performance, financial condition and, in the case of free cash flow, our liquidity results. Management uses these non-GAAP financial measures in managing and measuring the performance of the business, including setting and measuring incentive-based compensation for management.

The non-GAAP financial measures presented herein should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for operating income, net income, cash flows from operating, investing, or financing activities, or other income or cash flow measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures used herein to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are presented in tabular form at the end of this earnings release. In addition, the non-GAAP measures that are used by the Company are not defined in the same manner by all companies and therefore may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies.

Adjusted Gross Profit and Adjusted Gross Margin

Adjusted Gross Profit represents total revenues less the total cost of revenues, excluding depreciation, accretion, and amortization of intangible assets. Adjusted Gross Margin is calculated by dividing Adjusted Gross Profit by total revenues.

EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin

EBITDA adds net interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and accretion, amortization of deferred financing costs and note discounts, amortization of intangible assets, and certain costs not anticipated to occur in future periods to net income. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA Margin exclude the items excluded from EBITDA as well as share-based compensation expense, certain other income and expense amounts, acquisition related expenses, gains or losses on disposal and impairment of assets, certain non-operating expenses (if applicable in a particular period), and includes an adjustment for noncontrolling interests. Depreciation and accretion expense and amortization of intangible assets are excluded from Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA margins as these amounts can vary substantially from company to company within our industry depending upon accounting methods and book values of assets, capital structures, and the methods by which the assets were acquired. Adjusted EBITDA margin is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenues.

Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Net Income per Diluted Share and Adjusted Tax Rate

Adjusted Net Income represents net income computed in accordance with U.S. GAAP, before amortization of intangible assets, deferred financing costs and note discount, gains or losses on disposal and impairment of assets, share-based compensation expense, certain other income and expense amounts, acquisition related expenses, certain non-operating expenses, and (if applicable in a particular period) certain costs not anticipated to occur in future periods (together, the “Adjustments”). The non-GAAP tax rate used to calculate Adjusted Net Income was approximately 16.3% and 18.0% for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2020, and 22.4% and 23.1% for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2019 respectively. The non-GAAP tax rates represent the U.S. GAAP tax rate for the period as adjusted by the estimated tax impact of the items adjusted from the measure and excluding non-recurring impacts of tax rate changes and valuation allowances. Adjusted Net Income per diluted share is calculated by dividing Adjusted Net Income by weighted average diluted shares outstanding.

Adjusted Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities and Adjusted Free Cash Flow

Adjusted Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities is defined as cash provided by operating activities less the impact of changes in restricted cash due to the timing of payments of restricted cash liabilities.

Adjusted Free Cash Flow is defined as Adjusted Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities less payments for capital expenditures, including those financed through direct debt, but excluding acquisitions. The Adjusted Free Cash Flow measure does not take into consideration certain financing activities and other non-discretionary cash requirements such as mandatory principal payments on portions of the Company’s long-term debt.

Net Debt

Net Debt represents the principal amount of current and long-term debt outstanding less cash and cash equivalents. The carrying value of current and long-term debt is reconciled to the principal amount by adding the unamortized debt issuance costs and discounts.

Constant-Currency

Management calculates certain GAAP as well as non-GAAP measures on a constant-currency basis using the average foreign currency exchange rates applicable in the corresponding period of the previous year and applying these rates to the measures in the current reporting period to assess performance and eliminate the effect foreign currency exchange rates have on comparability between periods.

Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the Three and Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
(In thousands, excluding share, per share amounts, and percentages)
(Unaudited)

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019
(In thousands)

Selected Balance Sheet Detail:

Reconciliation of Net Income Attributable to Controlling Interests and Available to Common
Shareholders to EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, and Adjusted Net Income
For the Three and Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
(In thousands, excluding share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)

(1) For the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2019, includes a goodwill impairment of $7.3 million on the Canada reporting unit.
(2) Includes foreign currency translation gains/losses, the revaluation of the estimated acquisition related contingent consideration, and other non-operating costs.
(3) Noncontrolling interest adjustment made such that Adjusted EBITDA includes only the Company’s ownership interest in the Adjusted EBITDA of one of the Company's Mexican subsidiaries.
(4) For the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2020, costs include investment banking, legal and professional fees and certain other administrative costs incurred in connection with the proposed acquisition of the Company.
(5) For the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2020, our restructuring expenses included costs incurred in conjunction with facility closures, workforce reductions and other related charges. For the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2019, our restructuring expenses included workforce reductions, costs incurred in conjunction with facility closures, professional fees and other related charges.
(6) The results for the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2020, include business rate tax recoveries of $23.3 million and $35.1 million, respectively, classified as a cost reduction within Cost of ATM operating revenues.
(7) Amounts exclude a portion of the expenses incurred by one of the Company's Mexican subsidiaries to account for the amounts allocable to the noncontrolling interest shareholders.
(8) For the three and twelve month periods ended December 31, 2020, the non-GAAP tax rates used to calculate Adjusted Net Income were 16.3% and 18.0%, respectively. For the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2019, the non-GAAP tax rates used to calculate Adjusted Net Income were 22.4% and 23.1%, respectively. These figures represent the Company’s GAAP tax rate as adjusted for the net tax effects related to the items excluded from Adjusted Net Income and excluding non-recurring impacts of tax rate changes and valuation allowances.

Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Revenue to Constant-Currency Revenue
For the Three and Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
(In thousands, excluding percentages)
(Unaudited)

Reconciliation of Gross Profit Inclusive of Depreciation, Accretion, and Amortization
of Intangible Assets to Adjusted Gross Profit
For the Three and Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
(In thousands, excluding percentages)
(Unaudited)

⁽¹⁾ The Company presents the Total cost of revenues in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations exclusive of depreciation, accretion, and amortization of intangible assets.

Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income, and Adjusted Net Income
per diluted share on a Non-GAAP basis to Constant-Currency
For the Three and Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
(In thousands, excluding per share amounts and percentages)
(Unaudited)

Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities and Adjusted Free Cash Flow
For the Three and Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2020 and 2019
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)

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