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Globant Reports 2016 Second Quarter Financial Results Solid Revenue Growth and Operating Performance

August 10, 2016 4:15 PM

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 10, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally-native technology services company focused on creating digital journeys, today announced results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016.

Second quarter 2016 highlights

  • Revenue increased to a record $79.9 million, representing 31.9% year-over-year growth.
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit was $34.1 million (42.6% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin), an increase of $10.7 million compared to $23.4 million (and an increase of 390 basis points compared to 38.7% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin) in 2015.
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income was $10.2 million (12.7% Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income Margin), an increase of $1.6 million, or 18.6%, compared to a profit of $8.6 million for the second quarter of 2015.
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS was $0.29 per share (based on an average of 35.2 million average diluted shares during the second quarter), an increase of $0.04 compared to Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.25 for the second quarter of 2015.

Six months ended June 30, 2016 highlights

  • Revenue for the period increased to $153.3 million, representing 33.1% year-over-year growth.
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit was $67.1 million (43.8% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin), an increase of $22.6 million compared to $44.5 million (and an increase of 520 basis points compared to 38.6% Non-IFRS Adjusted Gross Profit Margin) in 2015.
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income was $18.6 million (12.1% Non-IFRS Adjusted Net Income Margin), an increase of $2.4 million, or 14.8%, compared to a profit of $ $16.2 million the first six months of 2015.
  • Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS was $0.53 per share (based on an average of 35.2 million diluted shares during the first six months of the 2016), an increase of $0.06 compared to Non-IFRS Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.47 for the first six months of 2015.

Reconciliations between Non-IFRS / adjusted financial measures and IFRS operating results are included at the end of this press release.

"We are very pleased with our second quarter performance. We continue to experience strong momentum in the business. Our revenues increased to a record $79.9 million, a solid 31.9% year-over-year growth," said Martín Migoya, Globant's CEO and co-founder.

"The market continues to rely on the growth of digital services' demand, where we maintain our positioning as leader. This can be seen in the latest IDC MarketScape report, which recognized us as a worldwide leader of digital strategy consulting services," Migoya added. "To reinforce our positioning and focus on strategy and digital transformation, we announced the acquisition of WAE, an innovative service design company with operations in the UK and the US. We are confident that our portfolio of services is well positioned to continue creating innovative digital journeys for our customers".

"I am very pleased with our financial performance for this quarter. We delivered solid revenue growth, strong gross and operating income margins, and a healthy net income. These positive numbers, coupled with increased diversification in terms of customers and delivery centers, are extremely important to enable us to achieve our financial and operational targets," explained Alejandro Scannapieco, Globant's CFO.

Globant completed the quarter with 5,380 Globers, 4,932 of whom were IT professionals. The geographic revenue breakdown for the second quarter was as follows: 81.1% from North America (top country: U.S.), 10.7% from Latin America and others (top country: Chile) and 8.2% from Europe (top country: UK). 90.9% of Globant's revenue for the second quarter was denominated in U.S. dollars, and the remaining 9.1% was denominated in other currencies.

During the 12 months ended June 30, 2016, Globant served 366 customers, 57 of which accounted for more than $1 million of Globant's revenues. Globant's top customer, top 5 customers and top 10 customers represented 10.0%, 34.2% and 46.4% of the second quarter revenues, respectively.

Cash and cash equivalents and investments as of June 30, 2016 decreased to $55.7 million from $62.4 million as of December 31, 2015, while borrowings amounted to $0.3 million. Current assets as of June 30, 2016 amounted to $124.8 million, accounting for 49.1% of total assets. Finally, as of June 30, 2015, 34.4 million common shares were issued and outstanding.

2016 Third Quarter and Full Year Outlook

Based on current market conditions, Globant is providing the following estimates for the third quarter and for the full year 2016:

  • Third quarter revenue is estimated to be in the range of $80-$82 million.
  • Third quarter Non-IFRS diluted EPS is estimated to be in the range of $0.27-$0.31 (assuming an average of 35.4 million diluted shares outstanding during the third quarter).
  • Fiscal year 2016 revenue is estimated to be between $318-$322 million
  • Fiscal year 2016 Non-IFRS diluted EPS is estimated to be in the range of $1.14-$1.20 (assuming an average of 35.6 million average diluted shares outstanding during 2016).

Conference Call and Webcast

Martín Migoya and Alejandro Scannapieco will discuss the three and six-month results in a conference call today beginning at 4:30pm ET.

Conference call access information is:US +1 (888) 346-2877International +1 (412) 902-4257Webcast http://investors.globant.com/

Additionally, a replay will be available via the same dial-in number and on our investor relations website after the call.

About Globant

Globant (NYSE: GLOB) is a digitally native technology services company that creates digital journeys for its customers, which impact millions of consumers. Globant is the place where engineering, design, and innovation meet scale.

Globant has more than 5,350 professionals in 12 countries working for companies like Google, Linkedin, JWT, EA, and Coca Cola, among others.

Globant was named a Worldwide Leader of Digital Strategy Consulting Services by IDC MarketScape Report (2016), and its client work has been featured as business case studies at Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Stanford University. For more information visit www.globant.com.

Non-IFRS Financial Information

Globant provides non-IFRS financial measures to complement reported IFRS results, in accordance with IAS 34 "Interim Financial Reporting". Management believes these measures help illustrate underlying trends in the company's business and uses the measures to establish budgets and operational goals, communicated internally and externally, for managing the company's business and evaluating its performance. The company anticipates that it will continue to report both IFRS and certain non-IFRS financial measures in its financial results, including non-IFRS results that exclude share-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, acquisition related expenses and impairments of tax credits. Because the company's non-IFRS financial measures are not calculated according to IFRS, these measures are not comparable to IFRS and may not necessarily be comparable to similarly described non-IFRS measures reported by other companies within the company's industry. Consequently, Globant's non-IFRS financial measures should not be evaluated in isolation or supplant comparable IFRS measures, but, rather, should be considered together with its Unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, which are prepared according to IAS 34.

Forward Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning 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. These forward-looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business and financial condition, as well as the results of operations, liquidity, plans and objectives. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "believe," "may," "estimate," "continue," "anticipate," "intend," "should," "plan," "expect," "predict," "potential," or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding: the persistence and intensification of competition in the IT industry; the future growth of spending in IT services outsourcing generally, application outsourcing and custom application development and offshore development services; the level of growth of demand for our services from our clients; the level of increase in revenues from our new clients; the resource utilization rates and productivity levels, the level of attrition of our IT professionals; the pricing structures we use for our client contracts; general economic and business conditions in the locations in which we operate; the levels of our concentration of revenues by vertical, geography, by client and by type of contract in the future; the continuity of the tax incentives available for software companies with operations in Argentina; Argentina's regulations on proceeds from the export of services; our expectation that we will be able to integrate and manage the companies we acquire and that our acquisitions will yield the benefits we envision; the demands we expect our rapid growth to place on our management and infrastructure; the sufficiency of our current cash, cash flow from operations, and lines of credit to meet our anticipated cash needs; the high proportion of our cost of services comprised of personnel salaries; and other factors discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in our most recent 20-F and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

These forward-looking statements involve various risks and uncertainties. Although the registrant believes that its expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, its expectations may turn out to be incorrect. The registrant's actual results could be materially different from its expectations. In light of the risks and uncertainties described above, the estimates and forward-looking statements discussed might not occur, and the registrant's future results and its performance may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements due to, inclusive, but not limited to, the factors mentioned above. Because of these uncertainties, you should not make any investment decision based on these estimates and forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of this press release whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Globant S.A.Condensed Interim Consolidated Statement of Profit or Loss and Other Comprehensive Income(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts, unaudited)

Six months ended

Three months ended

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2015

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2015

Revenues

153,252

115,116

79,926

60,604

Cost of revenues

(88,521)

(73,007)

(47,163)

(38,393)

Gross profit

64,731

42,109

32,763

22,211

Selling, general and administrative expenses

(38,088)

(33,418)

(20,319)

(17,961)

Impairment of tax credits, net of recoveries

-

1,820

-

-

Profit from operations

26,643

10,511

12,444

4,250

Gain on transactions with bonds

-

8,351

-

4,367

Finance income

11,089

6,500

4,203

3,943

Finance expense

(13,133)

(5,103)

(5,686)

(2,367)

Finance (expense) income, net

(2,044)

1,397

(1,483)

1,576

Other income and (expenses), net

654

(3)

651

-

Profit before income tax

25,253

20,256

11,612

10,193

Income tax

(8,399)

(5,178)

(2,674)

(2,620)

Net income for the period

16,854

15,078

8,938

7,573

Other comprehensive income, net of income tax effects

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit and loss:

- Exchange differences on translating foreign operations

1,151

(429)

742

175

- Net fair value loss on available-for-sale financial assets

(20)

-

(948)

-

Total comprehensive income for the period

17,985

14,649

8,732

7,748

Net income attributable to:

Owners of the Company

16,863

15,078

8,923

7,573

Non-controlling interest

(9)

-

15

-

Net income for the period

16,854

15,078

8,938

7,573

Total comprehensive income for the period attributable to:

Owners of the Company

17,994

14,649

8,717

7,748

Non-controlling interest

(9)

-

15

-

Total comprehensive income for the period

17,985

14,649

8,732

7,748

Earnings per share

Basic

0.49

0.45

0.26

0.22

Diluted

0.48

0.43

0.25

0.22

Weighted average of outstanding shares (in thousands)

Basic

34,270

33,788

34,317

33,952

Diluted

35,182

34,735

35,230

34,899

Globant S.A.Condensed Interim Consolidated Statement of Financial Position(In thousands of U.S. dollars, unaudited)

June 30, 2016

Dec 31, 2015

ASSETS

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

18,765

36,720

Investments

36,973

25,660

Trade receivables

51,820

45,952

Other receivables

16,335

18,570

Other financial assets

900

900

Total current assets

124,793

127,802

Non-current assets

Other receivables

25,885

20,122

Deferred tax assets

8,440

7,983

Investment in associates

800

300

Other financial assets

1,186

1,221

Property and equipment

33,481

25,720

Intangible assets

10,557

7,209

Goodwill

49,081

32,532

Total non-current assets

129,430

95,087

TOTAL ASSETS

254,223

222,889

LIABILITIES

Current liabilities

Trade payables

7,347

4,436

Payroll and social security taxes payable

25,306

25,551

Borrowings

249

280

Other financial liabilities

6,456

6,240

Tax liabilities

5,656

10,225

Other liabilities

10

9

Total current liabilities

45,024

46,741

Non-current liabilities

Borrowings

90

268

Other financial liabilities

24,780

15,045

Other liabilities

20

-

Provisions for contingencies

788

650

Total non-current liabilities

25,678

15,963

TOTAL LIABILITIES

70,702

62,704

Capital and reserves

Issued and paid-in capital

41,300

41,050

Additional paid-in capital

56,955

51,854

Other reserves

(881)

(2,012)

Retained earnings

86,106

69,243

Total equity attributable to owners of the Company

183,480

160,135

Non-controlling interests

41

50

Total equity

183,521

160,185

TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES

254,223

222,889

Supplemental Non-IFRS Financial Information(In thousands of U.S. dollars, unaudited)

Six months ended

Three months ended

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2015

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2015

Reconciliation of adjusted gross profit

Gross Profit

64,731

42,109

32,763

22,211

Adjustments

Depreciation and amortization expense

1,929

2,274

1,015

1,167

Share-based compensation expense

448

72

304

67

Adjusted gross profit

67,108

44,455

34,082

23,445

Adjusted gross profit margin

43.8%

38.6%

42.6%

38.7%

Reconciliation of selling, general and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses

(38,088)

(33,418)

(20,319)

(17,961)

Adjustments

Depreciation and amortization expense

2,767

2,472

1,433

1,277

Acquisition related costs

-

337

-

337

Share-based compensation expense

1,286

675

935

666

Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses

(34,035)

(29,934)

(17,951)

(15,681)

Adjusted selling, general and administrative expenses as % of revenues

(22.2)%

(26.0)%

(22.5)%

(25.9)%

Reconciliation of Adjusted Profit from Operations

Operating Profit

26,643

10,511

12,444

4,250

Adjustments

Impairment of tax credits, net of recoveries

-

(1,820)

-

-

Acquisition related costs

-

337

-

337

Share-based compensation expense

1,734

747

1,239

733

Adjusted Profit from Operations

28,377

9,775

13,683

5,320

Adjusted Operating Profit margin

18.5%

8.5%

17.1%

8.8%

Reconciliation of Net income (loss) for the period

Net income for the period

16,854

15,078

8,938

7,573

Adjustments

Share-based compensation expense

1,734

747

1,239

733

Acquisition related costs

-

337

-

337

Adjusted Net income

18,588

16,162

10,177

8,643

Adjusted Net income margin

12.1%

14.0%

12.7%

14.3%

Calculation of Adjusted Diluted EPS

Adjusted Net income

18,588

16,162

10,177

8,643

Diluted shares

35,182

34,735

35,230

34,899

Adjusted Diluted EPS

0.53

0.47

0.29

0.25

Globant S.A.Schedule of Supplemental Information

Metric

Q1 2015

Q2 2015

Q3 2015

Q4 2015

Q1 2016

Q2 2016

Total Employees

4,040

4,512

4,724

5,041

5,285

5,380

IT Professionals

3,694

4,121

4,327

4,613

4,847

4,932

North America Revenue %

84.1

85.2

84.1

81.7

82.2

81.1

Latin America and Others Revenue %

10.1

9.7

11.5

12.2

10.8

10.7

Europe Revenue %

5.8

5.1

4.4

6.0

7.0

8.2

USD Revenue %

95.0

94.6

93.3

90.8

91.9

90.9

GBP Revenue %

1.0

0.8

1.4

2.4

0.4

1.2

Other Currencies Revenue %

4.0

4.6

5.3

6.8

7.8

7.9

Top Customer %

10.2

12.3

13.4

12.7

11.6

10.0

Top 5 Customers %

30.8

32.8

33.2

34.4

36.4

34.2

Top 10 Customers %

47.8

47.7

45.9

46.4

48.4

46.4

LTM Customers Served

292

344

343

344

359

366

LTM Customers with >$1M in Revenue

43

43

47

51

49

57

Investor Relations Contact:Juan Urthiague, Globant[email protected] (877) 215-5230

Media Contact:Wanda Weigert, Globant[email protected] (877) 215-5230

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