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Exhibit 99.1

 

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Ebix Announces Q1 2023 Revenues of $242.8 Million with $30.5 Million GAAP Operating Income

JOHNS CREEK, GA – May 10, 2023 – Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX), a leading international supplier of on-demand software and e-commerce services to the insurance, financial services, travel, healthcare, and e-learning industries today announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023:

 

   

Revenues including pre-paid cards declined 4.9% year-over-year(YOY) while Revenues excluding pre-paid cards grew 17.6% YOY.

 

   

Revenues including pre-paid cards in Q1 2023 were at $242.8 million vs. Q4 2022 Revenues of $255.2 million, on account of lower pre-paid card sales and the traditional Continuing Medical Education business decrease in Q1 after the preceding Q4 upsurge.

 

   

GAAP operating income of $30.5 million, a sequential increase of 2.4% over Q4 2022 operating income of $29.8 million

 

   

Non-GAAP operating income of $34.8 million, a sequential increase of 1.5% over Q4 2022 Non-GAAP operating income of $34.3 million

 

   

GAAP Diluted EPS of $0.23 vs. $0.26 in Q4 2022 on account of higher interest costs of $4.6 million in Q1 2023, associated with our lending facilities.

 

   

Non-GAAP diluted EPS of $0.49 vs. $0.36 in Q4 2022

Ebix will host a conference call to review its results today at 11:30 a.m. EDT (details below).

Robin Raina, President & CEO, Ebix, Inc. said. “Our operating results in Q1 2023 are encouraging and in line with our expectations. Our worldwide revenues excluding pre-paid cards grew 17.6% year-over-year in Q1 2023. Excluding pre-paid cards, the Company showed YOY growth in 9 of the 11 geographies. Our GAAP operating income, excluding the low margin pre-paid cards business was a healthy 28% - quite close to the Company’s operating income goal of 30% or above.”

“We are fully aware that non-operating costs like the costs of debt and the advisory costs associated with it, continue to hamper our overall financial results. We are accordingly committed to the aspirational goal of a debt-free Ebix in the year 2023 itself. Towards that, we are looking forward to the EbixCash IPO besides having advanced forward on a number of strategic carve-out alternatives with the stated goal of not having a debt overhang beyond 2023.”

Ebix delivered the following results for the first quarter of 2023:

Revenue: Q1 2023 revenue decreased 4.9% to $242.8 million compared to $286.3 million in Q1 2022. Excluding the pre-paid cards business, Q1 2023 revenues increased 17.6% as compared to Q1 2022 revenues. Total revenues on a constant currency basis would have been $19 million higher in Q1 2023 at $261.7 million

EbixCash total revenues decreased 20.0% year-over-year in Q1 2023. Excluding the prepaid gift card revenues, EbixCash revenues increased year-over-year by 32%. Insurance revenues worldwide decreased 3% year-over-year in Q1 2023 primarily on account of the US$ strengthening considerably as compared to a year back, and a record Q1 2022 for Ebix Australia. RCS revenues increased 13.9% year-over-year during Q1 2023.

 

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Exchanges, including EbixCash and our worldwide insurance exchanges, continued to be Ebix’s largest channel, accounting for 94% of Q1 2023 revenues.

 

(dollar amounts in thousands)                     

Channel

   Q1 2023      Q1 2022      Change  

EbixCash Exchanges

   $ 179,430      $ 224,152        -20.0

Insurance Exchanges

     42,436        43,764        -3.0

RCS

     20,895        18,337        +13.9
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Revenue

   $ 242,736      $ 286,253        -15.2
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Revenue without Pre-paid cards

   $ 117,348      $ 99,764        +17.6
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Operating Income and Operating Cash: GAAP operating income for Q1 2023 of $30.5 million increased 1.2% year-over-year from $30.1 million in Q1 2022, primarily due to decreased services and other costs year-over-year. Sequentially, operating income increased 2.4% from $29.8 million in Q4 2022, primarily as a result of a reduction in services and other costs, as well as a decreased general and administrative expenses in Q1 2023 versus Q4 2022.

Non-GAAP operating income for Q1 2023 increased by 3% to $34.8 million as compared to $33.8 million in Q1 2022.

Cash generated from operations in Q1 2023 was $7.2 million, an increase of 28.6% as compared to $ 5.6 million in Q1 2022.

Earnings per Share and Net Income: Q1 2023 GAAP diluted earnings per share was at $0.23 as compared to $0.62 in Q1 2022. The decrease was primarily due to increased non-operating costs of $ 14.1 million including a year-over-year increase in interest expense of $12.0 million, and a foreign exchange differential loss of $2.1 million as compared to Q1 2022 – a cumulative effect of $0.46 in diluted earnings per share.

Despite higher operating income in Q1 2023 vs. Q1 2022, Q1 2023 GAAP net income decreased to $7.1 million compared to $19.2 million in Q1 2022, on account of the above increased non-operating costs. Q1 2023 non-GAAP net income was $15.1 million.

Q2 2023 Diluted Share Count: As of today, Ebix expects its diluted share count for Q2 2023 to be approximately 30.9 million.

Amit Kumar Garg, Chief Financial Officer, Ebix, Inc. said, “In Q1 2023, EBITDA plus noncash stock compensation added to $36.1 million, which translates to approximately 30.8% of our worldwide revenues excluding pre-paid cards. During Q1 2023, amongst other payments, we made cumulative payments of $41 million – for principal and interest payments to our lenders, taxes and Cap-ex ($17.5 million of principal payments, $17.5 million of interest payments, $3.4 million of cash taxes, and $2.6 million in Cap-Ex). In spite of that, as of March 31, 2023, the Company had strong liquidity on hand with cash, cash equivalents, short-term investments and restricted cash of $108.9 million.”

Reconciliation of GAAP operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share to non-GAAP operating income, net income and diluted earnings per share. Non-GAAP information is provided to enhance the understanding of the Company’s financial performance and is reconciled to the Company’s GAAP information in the accompanying tables.

 

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Q1 2023

 

     Net Income      Diluted EPS  

Q1 2023 GAAP Net Income

   $ 7,073      $ 0.23  

Q1 2023 GAAP Operating Income

   $ 30,485     

Non-GAAP Adjustments:

     

Amortization of Intangibles (1)

   $ 3,526      $ 0.11  

Stock-Based Compensation (1)

   $ 644      $ 0.02  

One-time Legal and Professional Services Costs (2)

   $ 169      $ 0.01  

Non-operating expense (3)

   $ 4,210      $ 0.14  

Income Tax Effects of Non–GAAP Adjustments (4)

     ($551    ($ 0.02

Total Non-GAAP Adjustments (Operating Income)

   $ 4,339     

Total Non-GAAP Adjustments (Net Income)

   $ 7,998      $ 0.26  

First Quarter 2023 Non-GAAP Net Income

   $ 15,071      $ 0.49  

First Quarter 2023 Non-GAAP Operating Income

   $ 34,824     

 

(1)

Adjustments related to amortization of acquired intangibles and stock-based compensation recognized during the periods for GAAP purposes.

(2)

Non-recurring legal and professional services costs recorded during the period for GAAP purposes.

(3)

Non-recurring non-operating expense that is unrelated to any operating activities.

(4)

Non-GAAP adjustment is based on the Q1 2023 effective tax rate, which reflects currently available information and could be subject to change.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures and Other Metrics

This press release contains the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. Non-GAAP operating income , non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share from operations exclude amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation, as well as certain non-recurring expenses that are not associated with our ongoing operating business activities.

Ebix believes that these non-GAAP financial measures and other metrics provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to Ebix’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company’s management uses these non-GAAP measures and other metrics to compare the Company’s performance to that of prior periods for trend analysis, for purposes of determining executive and senior management incentive compensation, and for budgeting and planning purposes. The Company believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures and other metrics provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing the Company’s financial measures with other software companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures and other metrics to investors.

Management of the Company does not consider these non-GAAP measures in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in the Company’s financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgment by management about which expenses and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. Ebix urges investors to review the reconciliation of its non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, which it includes in press releases announcing quarterly financial results, including the financial tables at the end of this press release, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate the Company’s business.

 

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Conference Call Details:

 

Call Date/Time:

  

Wednesday, May 10, 2023 at 11 a.m. EST

Call Dial-In:

  

+1-800-751-9871 or 1-973-409-9690; Call ID # 9302301

Live Audio Webcast:

  

https://edge.media-server.com/mmc/p/twsgddxs

Audio Replay URL:

  

https://www.ebix.com/investorhome after 2:00 p.m. EDT on May 10th

About Ebix, Inc.

With approximately 200 offices across 6 continents, Ebix, Inc., (NASDAQ: EBIX) endeavors to provide on-demand software and e-commerce services to the insurance, financial services, travel, healthcare and e-learning industries. In the Insurance sector, Ebix’s main focus is to develop and deploy a wide variety of insurance and reinsurance exchanges on an on-demand basis using Software-as-a-Service (“SaaS”) enterprise solutions in the area of customer relationship management (CRM), front-end and back-end systems, and outsourced administration and risk compliance services.

 

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With a “Phygital” strategy that combines over 650,000 physical distribution outlets in many Association of Southeast Asian Nations (“ASEAN”) countries, to an Omni-channel online digital platform, the Company’s EbixCash Financial exchange portfolio of software and services encompasses domestic and international money remittance, foreign exchange (Forex), travel, pre-paid gift cards, utility payments, lending and wealth managementin India and other countries primarily in Asia and the Middle East. EbixCash’s Forex operations is a leader in India’s airport Forex business, with operations in 16 international airports, including Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Chennai and Kolkata, combined having conducted over $4.8 billion in gross transaction value per year (pre-COVID-19). EbixCash’s inward remittance business in India processed approximately $5 billion in gross annual remittance volume (pre-COVID-19) and is the clear market leader. EbixCash, through its travel portfolio of Via and Mercury, is also one of Southeast Asia’s leading travel exchanges with over 500,000 agents and approximately 18,000 registered corporate clients, combined having processed an estimated $2.5 billion in gross merchandise value per annum (pre-COVID-19). EbixCash’s financial technologies business offers software solutions at the enterprise level for banks, asset and wealth management companies and trust companies within India, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The EbixCash’s e-learning solutions are provided to schools across the breadth of India via high quality 2-D and 3-D animation and multimedia learning. EbixCash’s business process outsourcing services provide information technology and call center services to a variety of industries.

Through its various SaaS-based software platforms, Ebix employs thousands of domain-specific technology professionals to provide products, support and consultancy to thousands of customers on six continents. For more information, visit the Company’s website at www.ebix.com

SAFE HARBOR REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

As used herein, the terms “Ebix,” “the Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to Ebix, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its consolidated subsidiaries as a combined entity, except where it is clear that the terms mean only Ebix, Inc.

The information contained in this Press Release contains forward-looking statements and information within the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This information includes assumptions made by, and information currently available to management, including statements regarding future economic performance and financial condition, liquidity and capital resources, acceptance of the Company’s products by the market, and management’s plans and objectives. In addition, certain statements included in this and our future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), in press releases, and in oral and written statements made by us or with our approval, which are not statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Words such as “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “seeks,” “plan,” “project,” “continue,” “predict,” “will,” and other words or expressions of similar meaning are intended by the Company to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. These forward-looking statements are found at various places throughout this report and in the documents incorporated herein by reference. These statements are based on our current expectations about future events or results and information that is currently available to us, involve assumptions, risks, and uncertainties, and speak only as of the date on which such statements are made.

Our actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. Factors that may cause such a difference, include, but are not limited to those discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 and subsequent reports filed with the SEC, as well as: the ongoing effects of the Covid-19 global pandemic, the willingness of independent insurance agencies to outsource their computer and other processing needs to third parties; pricing and other competitive pressures and the Company’s ability to gain or maintain share of sales as a result of actions by competitors and others; changes in estimates in critical accounting judgments; changes in or failure to comply with laws and regulations, including accounting standards, taxation requirements (including tax rate changes, new tax laws and revised tax interpretations) in domestic or foreign jurisdictions; exchange rate fluctuations and other risks associated with investments and operations in foreign countries (particularly in India, Australia and Asia, Latin America and Europe wherein we have significant and/or growing operations); fluctuations in the equity markets, including market disruptions and significant interest rate fluctuations, which may impede our access to, or increase the cost of, external financing; ability to secure additional financing to support capital requirements; credit facility provisions that could materially restrict our business; costs and effects of litigation, investigations or similar matters that could affect our business, operating results and financial condition; and international conflict, including terrorist acts and wars.

 

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Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, the Company undertakes no obligation to update any such factors, or to publicly announce the results of, or changes to any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect future events, developments, changed circumstances, or for any other reason.

Readers should carefully review the disclosures and the risk factors described in the documents we file from time to time with the SEC, including future reports on Forms 10-Q and 8-K, and any amendments thereto.

You may obtain our SEC filings at our website, www.ebix.com under the “Investor Information” section, or over the Internet at the SEC’s web site, www.sec.gov

CONTACT:

Darren Joseph

678 -281-2027 or IR@ebix.com

David Collins or Chris Eddy

Catalyst Global - 212-924-9800 or ebix@catalyst-ir.com

 

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Ebix, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2023     2022  

Operating revenue

   $ 242,761     $ 286,253  

Operating expenses:

    

Cost of services provided

     156,479       210,843  

Product development

     9,983       10,258  

Sales and marketing

     3,331       3,765  

General and administrative, net

     37,467       26,913  

Amortization and depreciation

     5,016       4,364  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     212,276       256,143  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     30,485       30,110  

Interest income

     81       62  

Interest expense

     (22,264     (10,251

Non-operating (loss) income

     (330     (734

Foreign currency exchange gain (loss)

     (1,220     894  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

     6,752       20,081  

Income tax (expense) benefit

     (623     (1,704
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income including noncontrolling interest

     6,129       18,377  

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

     (944     (814
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Ebix, Inc.

   $ 7,073     $ 19,191  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Basic earnings per common share attributable to Ebix, Inc.

   $ 0.23     $ 0.62  

Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Ebix, Inc.

   $ 0.23     $ 0.62  

Basic weighted average shares outstanding

     30,841       30,712  

Diluted weighted average shares outstanding

     30,842       30,762  

 

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Ebix, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share amounts)

 

     March 31,
2023
    December 31,
2022
 
ASSETS    (Unaudited)        

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 77,559     $ 110,637  

Receivables from service providers

     307       4,223  

Short-term investments

     17,111       17,438  

Restricted cash

     8,453       8,210  

Fiduciary funds - restricted

     2,157       2,092  

Trade accounts receivable, less allowances of $18,078 and $18,167, respectively

     160,707       154,533  

Other current assets

     107,578       87,387  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     373,872       384,520  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

     53,540       52,448  

Right-of-use assets

     9,509       9,636  

Goodwill

     885,470       881,676  

Intangibles, net

     49,241       50,900  

Indefinite-lived intangibles

     16,647       16,647  

Capitalized software development costs, net

     16,324       15,342  

Deferred tax asset, net

     105,822       96,290  

Other assets

     31,125       30,096  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 1,541,550     $ 1,537,555  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   $ 106,924     $ 99,194  

Payables to service agents

     11,020       11,299  

Accrued payroll and related benefits

     10,053       10,652  

Working capital facility

     277       3,367  

Fiduciary funds - restricted

     2,157       2,092  

Revolving line of credit

     444,902       449,902  

Short-term debt

     1,039       3,000  

Current portion of long term debt and financing lease obligations, net of deferred financing costs of $1,189 and $1,635, respectively

     170,514       190,866  

Contract liabilities

     47,440       32,028  

Lease liability

     3,307       3,354  

Other current liabilities

     26,023       25,783  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     823,656       831,537  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Revolving line of credit

     307       4,223  

Long term debt and financing lease obligations, less current portion, net of deferred financing costs of $0 and $261, respectively

     122       160  

Contingent liability for accrued earn-out acquisition consideration

     2,313       2,298  

Contract liabilities

     7,805       14,098  

Lease liability

     6,545       6,612  

Deferred tax liability, net

     1,150       1,150  

Other liabilities

     26,053       22,259  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     867,644       878,114  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity:

    

Preferred stock, $0.10 par value, 500,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022

     —         —    

Series Y Convertible preferred stock, $0.10 par value, 350,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022

     —         —    

Common stock, $0.10 par value, 220,000,000 shares authorized, 30,851,314 issued and outstanding, at March 31, 2023, and 30,683,393 issued and outstanding at December 31, 2022

     3,085       3,082  

Additional paid-in capital

     19,417       18,801  

Retained earnings

     821,854       814,781  

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (211,719     (219,439
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Ebix, Inc. stockholders’ equity

     632,637       617,225  

Noncontrolling interest

     41,269       42,215  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

     673,906       659,440  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 1,541,550     $ 1,537,554  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Ebix, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
     2023     2022  

Cash flows from operating activities:

    

Net income attributable to Ebix, Inc.

   $ 7,073     $ 19,191  

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

     (944     (814

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

    

Amortization and depreciation

     5,016       4,364  

Provision (benefit) for deferred taxes

     (9,195     (17,583

Share-based compensation

     644       964  

(Benefit) provision for doubtful accounts

     435       (360

Amortization of right-of-use assets

     1,120       892  

Amortization of capitalized software development costs

     —         755  

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

    

Accounts receivable

     (5,923     901  

Receivables from service providers

     3,916       (629

Payables to service agents

     (279     (1,307

Other assets

     (12,544     3,114  

Accounts payable and accrued expenses

     6,746       (9,357

Accrued payroll and related benefits

     (633     (1,159

Contract liabilities

     9,033       8,370  

Lease liabilities

     (1,129     (813

Reserve for potential uncertain income tax return positions

     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other liabilities

     3,834       (962
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     7,170       5,567  

Cash flows from investing activities:

    

Capitalized software development costs

     (900     (2,666

Maturities (purchases) of unrestricted marketable securities, net

     (100     457  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

     (2,445     (9,303
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

     (3,445     (11,512

Cash flows from financing activities:

    

Prepayments for Debt Refinancing

     (8,471     —    

Proceeds from term loan

     —         —    

Principal payments of term loan obligation

     (25,059     (8,402

Forfeiture of certain shares to satisfy exercise costs and the recipients’ income tax obligations related to stock options exercised and restricted stock vested

     (24     (34

Dividend payments

     —         (2,318
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Payments of debt obligations, net

     (1,548     (832
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

(Payments) of/Borrowings under working capital facility, net

     (3,105     (3,707
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Payments of financing lease obligations, net

     (47     (53

Net cash used in financing activities

     (38,254     (15,346
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash

     1,333       (1,088
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash

     (33,196     (22,379

Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the beginning of the period

     124,959       114,764  

Cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the end of the period

   $ 91,763     $ 92,385  

 

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