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Fourth quarter and Full Year 2014 Financial Results February 11th 2015
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Agenda
Full year 2014 overview
Lance Uggla, CEO
Fourth quarter and full year 2014 financial results
Jeff Gooch, CFO
Appendix
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Full year 2014 overview
Lance Uggla
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2014 results
2014 overview
─ Successful IPO listing on Nasdaq
─ Strong full year 2014 financial performance
─ Revenue increased 12.4% to a record of $1.065 billion
─ Constant currency revenue growth +10.9% (7.8% organic, 3.1% acquired)
─ Driven by revenue growth in all three business segments:
Information +5.9%, organic growth +4.4%
Processing +7.4%, organic growth +5.1%
Solutions +31.7%, organic growth +17.8%, acquired growth +13.1%
─ Adjusted EBITDA grew 15.9%; Adjusted EBITDA margin of 46%
─ Adjusted Earnings up 12.3% and Adjusted EPS diluted up 7.1%
─ Continued innovation through product enhancements and new
product launches to address the needs of our customers
─ Completed two acquisitions – thinkFolio and CTI
─ Well positioned to deliver on our longterm financial objectives
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Q4 and FY 2014 financial results
Jeff Gooch
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Q4 and FY 2014 financial results
Summary financial results
($ million)
Q4 2014 Q4 2013 YoY% FY 2014 FY 2013 YoY%
Revenue 271.4 243.8 11.3% 1,065.1 947.9 12.4%
Constant currency growth - - 12.4% - - 10.9%
Adjusted EBITDA (1) 124.7 108.4 15.0% 488.2 421.3 15.9%
Adjusted EBITDA margin (2) 46.3% 44.5% N/A 46.0% 45.6% N/A
Adjusted Earnings (3) 69.1 65.4 5.7% 279.0 248.4 12.3%
Adjusted EPS diluted (4) $0.37 $0.37 - $1.51 $1.41 7.1%
Weighted average number of shares
used to compute earnings per share,
diluted
187.3 176.7 6.0% 184.5 175.6 5.1%
1. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as profit for the period from continuing operations before income taxes, net finance costs, depreciation and amortisation on fixed assets and
intangible assets (including acquisition related intangible assets), acquisition related items, exceptional items, share based compensation and related items, net other
gains or losses, including Adjusted EBITDA attributable to joint ventures and excluding Adjusted EBITDA attributable to non-controlling interests.
2. Adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue, excluding revenue attributable to non-controlling interests.
3. Adjusted Earnings is defined as profit for the period from continuing operations before amortisation of acquired intangibles, acquisition related items, exceptional items,
share based compensation, net other gains or losses and unwind of discount, less the tax effect of these adjustments and excluding Adjusted Earnings attributable to
non-controlling interests.
4. Adjusted EPS diluted is defined as Adjusted Earnings divided by the weighted average number of shares used to compute earnings per share diluted.
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Q4 and FY 2014 financial results
Revenue growth ($ million)
$243.8
$21.6
$8.6 $(2.6) $271.4
$200
$210
$220
$230
$240
$250
$260
$270
$280
Q4 2013revenue
Organicgrowth
Acquiredgrowth
FX /Currency
impact
Q4 2014revenue
+8.9%
+3.5% (1.1)%
+11.3%
$947.9
$73.4 $29.2
$14.6
$700
$750
$800
$850
$900
$950
$1,000
$1,050
$1,100
FY 2013revenue
Organicgrowth
Acquiredgrowth
FX /Currency
impact
FY 2014revenue
+7.8%
+3.1%
+1.5%
+12.4%
Q4 2014 vs. Q4 2013 FY 2014 vs. FY 2013
$1,065.1
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Q4 and FY 2014 financial results
Revenue mix – Q4 2014
$ million / % Q4 2014 % Q4 2013 % Q4 YoY FY 2014 % FY 2013 % FY YoY
Recurring fixed $146.0 53.8% $124.3 51.0% $21.7 $559.2 52.5% $479.6 50.6% $79.6
Recurring variable $111.0 40.9% $108.3 44.4% $2.7 $450.5 42.3% $429.4 45.3% $21.1
Non-recurring $14.4 5.3% $11.2 4.6% $3.2 $55.4 5.2% $38.9 4.1% $16.5
Total Revenue $271.4 $243.8 $27.6 $1,065.1 $947.9 $117.2
53.8% 40.9%
5.3%
Recurring fixed
Recurring variable
Non-recurring
Q4 2014: $271.4 million
Q4 highlights:
─ Recurring fixed revenue
increased due primarily to
new business wins
─ Recurring variable revenue
decreased as a percentage
of total revenue
─ Non-recurring revenue
increased due to new
business wins in Solutions
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Q4 and FY 2014 financial results
Operating expenses
($ million)
Q4 2014 Q4 2013 YoY% FY 2014 FY 2013 YoY%
Personnel
costs (85.3) (75.8) 12.5% (350.4) (307.3) 14.0%
Non
personnel
costs
(54.0) (59.6) (9.4)% (218.8) (207.8) 5.3%
Total
operating
expenses
(139.3) (135.4) 2.9% (569.2) (515.1) 10.5%
Q4 highlights:
─ Personnel costs increased
due to acquisitions and new
hires
─ Employee growth was
predominantly in low cost
locations
─ Non personnel costs
decreased following closure
of Credit Centre and other
items
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Q4 and FY 2014 financial results
Information
($ million)
116.9 123.2
56.4 64.3
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
Q4 2013 Q4 2014
Revenue Adjusted EBITDA
+5.4%
Q4 2014 Q4 2013 YoY% FY 2014 FY 2013 YoY%
Revenue 123.2 116.9 5.4% 486.5 459.6 5.9%
Organic growth - - 6.8% - - 4.4%
Adjusted EBITDA 64.3 56.4 14.0% 239.2 217.2 10.1%
Adjusted
EBITDA margin 52.2% 48.2% - 49.2% 47.3% -
Q4 highlights:
─ Growth in Pricing and
Reference Data, primarily in
Fixed Income
─ Strong operating leverage
leading to increased EBITDA
margins
─ Customer retention and
renewals remain strong
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Q4 and FY 2014 financial results
Processing
($ million)
Q4 highlights:
─ Derivatives processing revenue
benefitted from higher volumes
─ Limited revenue impact from
SEF regulations
─ Cost savings are starting be to
delivered
65.0 68.5
29.8 36.5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
Q4 2013 Q4 2014
Revenue Adjusted EBITDA
+5.4%
Q4 2014 Q4 2013 YoY% FY 2014 FY 2013 YoY%
Revenue 68.5 65.0 5.4% 284.9 265.3 7.4%
Organic growth - - 6.2% - - 5.1%
Adjusted EBITDA 36.5 29.8 22.5% 156.6 138.1 13.4%
Adjusted
EBITDA margin 53.3% 45.8% - 55.0% 52.1% -
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Q4 and FY 2014 financial results
Solutions
($ million)
61.9
79.7
22.2 24.3
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Q4 2013 Q4 2014
Revenue Adjusted EBITDA
+28.8%
Q4 2014 Q4 2013 YoY% FY 2014 FY 2013 YoY%
Revenue 79.7 61.9 28.8% 293.7 223.0 31.7%
Organic growth - - 15.7% - - 17.8%
Acquisition related - - 13.9% - - 13.1%
Adjusted EBITDA 24.3 22.2 9.5% 93.1 77.5 20.1%
Adjusted EBITDA
margin 30.5% 35.9% - 31.7% 34.8% -
Q4 highlights:
─ Double digit organic revenue
growth driven by new business
wins across both Managed
Services and Enterprise Software
─ Continued momentum in KYC
across both buy and sell side
─ Margin decrease reflects
continued investment in new
initiatives
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Q4 and FY 2014 financial results
Exceptional items ($ million)
Q4 2014 Q4 2013 FY 2014 FY 2013
Legal advisory costs (1.6) (2.5) (5.6) (6.3)
Impairments (31.5) (40.8) (39.8) (53.5)
Profit on sale of available-for-sale financial asset
- - - 4.2
IPO preparation and execution costs - - (12.1) -
Accelerated share based compensation charges
- - (7.3) -
Recognition of liability for social security costs on option exercise
- - (20.1) -
Indirect taxes - (5.0) - (5.0)
Total exceptional items (33.1) (48.3) (84.9) (60.6)
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Q4 and FY 2014 financial results
Net debt / leverage
($ million)
December
31st 2014
December
31st 2013
Bank borrowings 224.5 268.0
Share buyback 211.1 306.6
Total borrowings 435.6 574.6
Cash and cash equivalents (117.7) (75.3)
Net debt 317.9 499.3
Adjusted EBITDA 488.2 421.3
Leverage
(Net debt/ Adjusted EBITDA) 0.65x 1.19x
Highlights:
─ Operating cash flow was $369.9
million for the full year 2014, up
8.9% year on year
─ Capital expenditure full year 2014
was $124.9 million, down 4.3% or
$5.6 million year on year
─ Net debt down 36.3% or $181.4
million
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Appendix
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Q4 and FY 2014 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 priced at below
$26.70 vested on IPO
─ Options priced 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)
2014
2013
Number of shares outstanding at the reporting date 182.5 176.8
Weighted average number of shares, basic 180.6 175.4
Option dilution 5.7 0.7
Restricted shares dilution 1.0 0.6
Weighted average number of shares, diluted 187.3 176.7
Share price used for Q414 dilution calculation $23.97 -
Illustrative average
share price
Illustrative diluted average
number of shares (million)
$23 186.4
$27 190.3
$30 195.8
Exercise price Outstanding (million) Unvested (million)
< $15.00 4.7 –
$15.00- $19.99 5.8 0.7
$20.00- $26.69 22.0 6.3
> $26.69 33.7 33.0
Total 66.2 40.0
Three months ended December 31st – Reported
Illustrative weighted average diluted number of shares
three months ended December 31st 2014
Total outstanding options at December 31st 2014
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Sub-segment revenue summary
Sub-segment revenue – 3 year summary
($ million)
Segments FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014
CAGR %
FY2012 – 2014
Pricing and Reference Data 159.0 182.8 199.8 12.1%
Indices 80.3 86.6 91.5 6.7%
Valuation and Trading Services 192.0 190.2 195.2 0.8%
Information 431.3 459.6 486.5 6.2%
Processing 238.8 265.3 284.9 9.2%
Managed Services 108.3 131.6 167.6 24.4%
Enterprise Software 82.2 91.4 126.1 23.9%
Solutions 190.5 223.0 293.7 24.2%
Group 860.6 947.9 1,065.1 11.2%
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.
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5 year historic financial performance
Note: Financials presented under IFRS accounting guidelines. Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Earnings, Adjusted earnings per share, diluted and Adjusted EBITDA margin are non-IFRS financial measures.
Please see Appendix for definitions of these measures and a reconciliation of non-IFRS financial measures to IFRS financial measures.
5 year historic financial performance
($ million)
668.4
762.5
860.6
947.9
1,065.1
261.0 305.0
358.2
421.3
488.2
144.9 184.8
218.4 248.4
279.0
46.2% 45.8% 47.0%
45.6% 46.0%
25%
30%
35%
40%
45%
50%
0
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Revenue Adjusted EBITDA Adjusted Earnings Adjusted EBITDA margin
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Reconciliation
Reconciliation to Adjusted EBITDA
($ million) FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 Q4 2013 Q4 2014
Profit for the period 151.2 156.2 153.1 147.0 164.1 2.9 15.7
Income tax expense 43.8 50.6 42.7 63.7 56.5 11.6 19.7
Finance costs – net 18.2 22.9 28.9 19.4 16.9 4.4 4.1
Depreciation and amortisation - other 48.2 62.7 66.7 86.0 100.1 23.6 28.2
Amortisation – acquisition related 28.5 34.4 46.2 50.1 57.9 13.1 14.6
Acquisition related items (11.3) 4.8 0.9 (1.4) (12.4) (1.6) (1.4)
Exceptional items 30.9 11.6 40.3 60.6 84.9 48.3 33.1
Share based compensation and related items 14.9 11.7 16.2 8.1 16.0 2.2 9.2
Other losses / (gains) – net 0.1 4.6 11.6 (0.7) 6.0 3.9 3.0
Share of results from joint venture not attributable
to Adjusted EBITDA - - - - (1.1) - (1.1)
Adjusted EBITDA attributable to non-controlling
interests (63.5) (54.5) (48.4) (11.5) (0.7) - (0.4)
Adjusted EBITDA 261.0 305.0 358.2 421.3 488.2 108.4 124.7
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Reconciliation
Reconciliation to Adjusted Earnings
($ million)
FY 2010 FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013 FY 2014 Q4 2013 Q4 2014
Profit for the period 151.2 156.2 153.1 147.0 164.1 2.9 15.7
Amortisation – acquisition related 28.5 34.4 46.2 50.1 57.9 13.1 14.6
Acquisition related items (11.3) 4.8 0.9 (1.4) (12.4) (1.6) (1.4)
Exceptional items 30.9 11.6 40.3 60.6 84.9 48.3 33.1
Share based compensation and related items 14.9 11.7 16.2 8.1 16.0 2.2 9.2
Other losses / (gains) – net 0.1 4.6 11.6 (0.7) 6.0 3.9 3.0
Unwind of discount(1)
3.4 8.9 9.3 12.4 10.5 2.6 2.7
Tax effect of above adjustments (14.6) (7.6) (24.1) (18.0) (47.4) (6.0) (6.9)
Adjusted Earnings attributable to non-controlling
interests (58.2) (39.8) (35.1) (9.7) (0.6) - (0.9)
Adjusted Earnings 144.9 184.8 218.4 248.4 279.0 65.4 69.1
Weighted average number of shares for
computation of earnings per share, diluted 175,550,760 184,467,540 176,667,290 187,335,924
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.
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Q4 and FY 2014 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, 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.