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Green Dot Reports Third Quarter 2017 Total Operating Revenues Up 30% to $201.6 million

November 7, 2017 4:05 PM

PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Green Dot Corporation (NYSE: GDOT), today reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2017.

For the third quarter of 2017, Green Dot reported total operating revenues of $201.6 million and GAAP net income and GAAP diluted earnings per common share of $13.6 million and $0.26, respectively. Green Dot also reported adjusted EBITDA1 and non-GAAP diluted earnings per common share1 of $33.9 million and $0.34, respectively.

In light of the Company’s strong Q3 results and the pace of the Company’s continuing financial momentum, Green Dot is updating its 2017 outlook by raising guidance for the remainder of the year.

Additionally, Green Dot is today announcing a new multi-year partnership with Intuit Corporation ("Intuit") to create a branded prepaid card for their TurboTax customers. The program will launch in Q1 2018. Under the partnership, Intuit will be utilizing Green Dot’s Banking as a Service, or “BaaS Platform,” for bank issuing through Green Dot Bank, with product design, technology development and ongoing program management through Green Dot Corporation.

Said Green Dot Founder and CEO, Steve Streit, “Q3 2017 was another terrific quarter for Green Dot, marking the 8th consecutive quarter where top and bottom line results exceeded our forecasts, the 5th consecutive quarter of year-over-year margin expansion and the 5th consecutive quarter where we have posted either double or triple digit year-over-year growth in non-GAAP EPS. Our performance is being driven from both double-digit organic and consolidated growth and strong business momentum across our diverse revenue divisions in both our reporting segments. Also of note this quarter is the advancement of Green Dot’s “Product and Platform” business strategy with the improving financial performance of our own branded products that we design, develop and distribute to consumers; and the growing momentum of our unique Banking as a Service or “BaaS” Platform where America’s biggest and best consumer, financial and technology companies come to Green Dot to design and develop their own innovative and bespoke banking products and services to distribute through their own channels to their customers. With today’s announcement of the Intuit partnership along with previously announced partnerships, Green Dot’s BaaS Platform now powers enterprise-level programs for partners including Walmart, Apple, Uber and, now, Intuit.”

GAAP financial results for the third quarter of 2017 compared to the third quarter of 2016:

Non-GAAP financial results for the third quarter of 2017 compared to the third quarter of 2016:1

The following table shows the Company's quarterly key business metrics for each of the last seven calendar quarters. Please refer to the Company's latest Annual Report on Form 10-K for a description of the key business metrics.

2017 2016
Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1
(In millions)
Number of cash transfers 9.80 9.55 9.30 9.37 9.36 9.35 9.71
Number of tax refunds processed 0.10 2.41 8.60 0.06 0.10 2.18 8.18
Number of active cards at quarter end 5.23 5.15 5.05 4.13 4.09 4.28 4.75
Gross dollar volume $ 7,856 $ 7,687 $ 7,707 $ 5,681 $ 5,338 $ 5,372 $ 6,569
Purchase volume $ 5,206 $ 5,226 $ 5,503 $ 4,012 $ 3,759 $ 3,863 $ 4,708

Said Mark Shifke, Green Dot’s Chief Financial Officer, “Green Dot’s strong topline growth was driven by double-digit consolidated growth and double-digit organic growth which included a return to organic active card growth well ahead of our timing expectations. Revenue growth and expense leverage, due to platform efficiencies, enabled us to generate better than expected profits. The overall strong financial performance and continuing momentum in our business provides us the confidence to once again raise our full year guidance for both top and bottom line results.”

Updated Outlook for 2017

Green Dot has provided its updated outlook for 2017. Green Dot’s outlook is based on a number of assumptions that management believes are reasonable at the time of this earnings release. Information regarding potential risks that could cause the actual results to differ from these forward-looking statements is set forth below and in Green Dot's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Green Dot's non-GAAP outlook excludes $9.4 million of incremental processing expenses incurred in the first half of 2017 related to the need to pay expenses for processing services in excess of Green Dot’s normalized rate, offset by $6.5 million received during the third quarter of 2017 as a partial recovery of these costs. Starting in Q3, the Company no longer incurred such incremental processing expenses.

Total Operating Revenues

Adjusted EBITDA2

Non-GAAP EPS2

The components of Green Dot's non-GAAP EPS2 guidance range are as follows:

Range
Low High
(In millions except per share data)
Adjusted EBITDA $ 200.0 $ 202.0
Depreciation and amortization* (34.6 ) (34.6 )
Net interest income 5.8 5.8
Non-GAAP pre-tax income $ 171.2 $ 173.2
Tax impact** (60.4 ) (61.1 )
Non-GAAP net income $ 110.8 $ 112.1
Diluted weighted-average shares issued and outstanding 52.8 52.8
Non-GAAP earnings per share $ 2.10 $ 2.12
* Excludes the impact of amortization on acquired intangible assets
** Assumes a non-GAAP effective tax rate of 35.3% for full year
1 Reconciliations of net income to non-GAAP net income, diluted earnings per share to non-GAAP diluted earnings per share and net income to adjusted EBITDA, respectively, are provided in the tables immediately following the consolidated financial statements. Additional information about the Company's non-GAAP financial measures can be found under the caption “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.

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Reconciliations of forward-looking guidance for these non-GAAP financial measures to their respective, most directly comparable projected GAAP financial measures are provided in the tables immediately following the reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call to discuss third quarter 2017 financial results today at 5:00 p.m. ET. Hosting the call will be Steve Streit, Chief Executive Officer, and Mark Shifke, Chief Financial Officer. The conference call can be accessed live over the phone by dialing (888) 348-8307, or for international callers (412) 902-4242. A replay will be available approximately two hours after the call concludes and can be accessed by dialing (844) 512-2921, or for international callers (412) 317-6671; and entering the conference ID 10113524. The replay of the webcast will be available until Tuesday, November 14, 2017. The call will be webcast live from the Company's investor relations website at http://ir.greendot.com/.

Forward-Looking Statements

This earnings release contains forward-looking statements, which are subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include, among other things, statements regarding the Company's future performance contained under "Updated Outlook for 2017" and in the quotes of its executive officers and other future events that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements contained in this earnings release, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those projected include, among other things, the timing and impact of revenue growth activities, the Company's dependence on revenues derived from Walmart, impact of competition, the Company's reliance on retail distributors for the promotion of its products and services, demand for the Company's new and existing products and services, continued and improving returns from the Company's investments in new growth initiatives, the extent to which the Company’s processing technology partner covers the Company’s expenses and other losses associated with the processor migration issues that delayed the Company’s processor migration, potential difficulties in integrating operations of acquired entities and acquired technologies, the Company's ability to operate in a highly regulated environment, changes to existing laws or regulations affecting the Company's operating methods or economics, the Company's reliance on third-party vendors, changes in credit card association or other network rules or standards, changes in card association and debit network fees or products or interchange rates, instances of fraud developments in the prepaid financial services industry that impact prepaid debit card usage generally, business interruption or systems failure, and the Company's involvement litigation or investigations. These and other risks are discussed in greater detail in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including its most recent annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly report on Form 10-Q, which are available on the Company's investor relations website at ir.greendot.com and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. All information provided in this release and in the attachments is as of November 7, 2017, and the Company assumes no obligation to update this information as a result of future events or developments.

About Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement the Company's consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), the Company uses measures of operating results that are adjusted to exclude net interest income and expense; income tax benefit and expense; depreciation and amortization, including amortization of acquired intangibles; employee stock-based compensation expense; incremental expenses related to the delay in migration of the Company’s remaining customer accounts from its former processor to its new processor; change in the fair value of contingent consideration; transaction costs; impairment charges; extraordinary severance expenses; legal settlement expenses; and other charges and income. This earnings release includes non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP earnings per share, non-GAAP weighted-average shares issued and outstanding and adjusted EBITDA. It also includes full-year 2017 guidance for adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS. These non-GAAP financial measures are not calculated or presented in accordance with, and are not alternatives or substitutes for, financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, and should be read only in conjunction with the Company's financial measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. The Company's non-GAAP financial measures may be different from similarly-titled non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. The Company believes that the presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to management and investors regarding underlying trends in its consolidated financial condition and results of operations. The Company's management regularly uses these supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage and evaluate the Company's business and make operating decisions. For additional information regarding the Company's use of non-GAAP financial measures and the items excluded by the Company from one or more of its historic and projected non-GAAP financial measures, investors are encouraged to review the reconciliations of the Company's historic and projected non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, which are attached to this earnings release, and which can be found by clicking on “Financial Information” in the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at http://ir.greendot.com/.

About Green Dot

Green Dot Corporation, along with its wholly owned subsidiaries, is a pro-consumer financial technology innovator with a mission to provide a full range of affordable and accessible financial services to the masses. Green Dot is a leading provider of reloadable prepaid debit cards and cash reload processing services in the United States. Green Dot is also a leader in mobile technology and mobile banking with its award-winning GoBank mobile checking account and a top 20 debit card issuer among all banks and credit unions in the country. Through its wholly owned subsidiary, TPG, Green Dot is additionally the largest processor of tax refund disbursements in the U.S. Green Dot's products and services are available to consumers through a large-scale "branchless bank" distribution network of approximately 100,000 U.S. locations, including retailers, neighborhood financial service center locations, and tax preparation offices, as well as online, in the leading app stores and through leading online tax preparation providers. Green Dot Corporation is headquartered in Pasadena, Calif., with additional facilities throughout the United States and in Shanghai, China.

GREEN DOT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
September 30, 2017 December 31, 2016
(unaudited)
Assets (In thousands, except par value)
Current assets:
Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents $ 708,265 $ 732,676
Restricted cash 62,374 12,085
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value 22,333 46,686
Settlement assets 163,866 137,083
Accounts receivable, net 21,456 40,150
Prepaid expenses and other assets 36,111 32,186
Income tax receivable — 12,570
Total current assets 1,014,405 1,013,436
Investment securities available-for-sale, at fair value 156,513 161,740
Loans to bank customers, net of allowance for loan losses of $237 and $277 as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively 19,791 6,059
Prepaid expenses and other assets 7,088 4,142
Property and equipment, net 91,623 82,621
Deferred expenses 10,668 16,647
Net deferred tax assets 4,651 4,648
Goodwill and intangible assets 590,561 451,051
Total assets $ 1,895,300 $ 1,740,344
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 26,688 $ 22,856
Deposits 834,684 737,414
Obligations to customers 60,715 46,043
Settlement obligations 5,153 4,877
Amounts due to card issuing banks for overdrawn accounts 1,301 1,211
Other accrued liabilities 92,856 102,426
Deferred revenue 14,171 25,005
Note payable 20,906 20,966
Income tax payable 2,201 —
Total current liabilities 1,058,675 960,798
Other accrued liabilities 28,995 12,330
Note payable 63,931 79,720
Net deferred tax liabilities 3,683 3,763
Total liabilities 1,155,284 1,056,611
Stockholders’ equity:
Class A common stock, $0.001 par value; 100,000 shares authorized as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016; 50,659 and 50,513 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively 51 51
Additional paid-in capital 342,770 358,155
Retained earnings 397,582 325,708
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (387 ) (181 )
Total stockholders’ equity 740,016 683,733
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $ 1,895,300 $ 1,740,344
GREEN DOT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2017 2016 2017 2016
(In thousands, except per share data)
Operating revenues:
Card revenues and other fees $ 100,781 $ 79,056 $ 309,090 $ 255,484
Processing and settlement service revenues 36,681 29,898 179,031 152,801
Interchange revenues 64,151 45,540 189,041 147,721
Total operating revenues 201,613 154,494 677,162 556,006
Operating expenses:
Sales and marketing expenses 65,586 56,668 207,415 183,609
Compensation and benefits expenses 47,271 37,900 139,355 122,079
Processing expenses 34,027 25,703 119,723 80,760
Other general and administrative expenses 41,677 34,740 116,050 102,720
Total operating expenses 188,561 155,011 582,543 489,168
Operating income (loss) 13,052 (517 ) 94,619 66,838
Interest income 2,635 1,637 7,812 5,471
Interest expense (1,397 ) (1,430 ) (4,595 ) (7,619 )
Income (loss) before income taxes 14,290 (310 ) 97,836 64,690
Income tax expense (benefit) 651 (2,347 ) 24,177 21,745
Net income 13,639 2,037 73,659 42,945
Income attributable to preferred stock — (35 ) — (1,102 )
Net income available to common stockholders $ 13,639 $ 2,002 $ 73,659 $ 41,843
Basic earnings per common share: $ 0.27 $ 0.04 $ 1.46 $ 0.85
Diluted earnings per common share: $ 0.26 $ 0.04 $ 1.40 $ 0.83
Basic weighted-average common shares issued and outstanding: 50,519 49,439 50,330 49,258
Diluted weighted-average common shares issued and outstanding: 52,923 50,709 52,788 50,510
GREEN DOT CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2017 2016
(In thousands)
Operating activities
Net income $ 73,659 $ 42,945
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment 25,282 30,794
Amortization of intangible assets 22,926 17,272
Provision for uncollectible overdrawn accounts 58,505 58,694
Employee stock-based compensation 27,384 20,941
Amortization of premium on available-for-sale investment securities 1,157 1,000
Change in fair value of contingent consideration (7,500 ) (5,500 )
Amortization of deferred financing costs 1,191 1,151
Impairment of capitalized software 1,066 137
Deferred income tax expense (benefit) — (389 )
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net (35,866 ) (43,267 )
Prepaid expenses and other assets (4,775 ) (1,699 )
Deferred expenses 9,025 8,299
Accounts payable and other accrued liabilities (12,541 ) (17,609 )
Deferred revenue (12,764 ) (12,555 )
Income tax receivable/payable 14,711 (569 )
Other, net 1,888 2,389
Net cash provided by operating activities 163,348 102,034
Investing activities
Purchases of available-for-sale investment securities (58,665 ) (123,447 )
Proceeds from maturities of available-for-sale securities 57,784 83,031
Proceeds from sales of available-for-sale securities 29,074 1,322
Increase in restricted cash (50,284 ) (34,344 )
Payments for acquisition of property and equipment (32,373 ) (33,266 )
Net (increase) decrease in loans (13,732 ) 582
Acquisition, net of cash acquired (141,498 ) —
Net cash used in investing activities (209,694 ) (106,122 )
Financing activities
Borrowings from notes payable 20,000 —
Repayments of borrowings from notes payable (36,875 ) (16,875 )
Borrowings on revolving line of credit 335,000 25,000
Repayments on revolving line of credit (335,000 ) (25,000 )
Proceeds from exercise of options 18,183 9,410
Taxes paid related to net share settlement of equity awards (12,737 ) (6,325 )
Net increase (decrease) in deposits 97,270 (59,170 )
Net decrease in obligations to customers (11,835 ) (35,981 )
Contingent consideration payments (1,907 ) (2,555 )
Repurchase of Class A common stock (50,000 ) (59,013 )
Deferred financing costs (164 ) —
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 21,935 (170,509 )
Net decrease in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents (24,411 ) (174,597 )
Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year 732,676 772,129
Unrestricted cash and cash equivalents, end of year $ 708,265 $ 597,532
Cash paid for interest $ 3,404 $ 6,467
Cash paid for income taxes $ 9,408 $ 22,626
GREEN DOT CORPORATION
REPORTABLE SEGMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2017
Account Services

Processing and Settlement Services

Corporate and Other Total
(In thousands)
Operating revenues $ 170,160 $ 39,088 $ (7,635 ) $ 201,613
Operating expenses 135,693 39,606 13,262 188,561
Operating income $ 34,467 $ (518 ) $ (20,897 ) $ 13,052
Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
Account Services

Processing and Settlement Services

Corporate and Other Total
(In thousands)
Operating revenues $ 128,196 $ 32,919 $ (6,621 ) $ 154,494
Operating expenses 105,165 32,151 17,695 155,011
Operating income $ 23,031 $ 768 $ (24,316 ) $ (517 )
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2017
Account Services

Processing and Settlement Services

Corporate and Other Total
(In thousands)
Operating revenues $ 512,967 $ 187,862 $ (23,667 ) $ 677,162
Operating expenses 403,906 123,287 55,350 582,543
Operating income $ 109,061 $ 64,575 $ (79,017 ) $ 94,619
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
Account Services

Processing and Settlement Services

Corporate and Other Total
(In thousands)
Operating revenues $ 408,445 $ 169,546 $ (21,985 ) $ 556,006
Operating expenses 339,276 104,193 45,699 489,168
Operating income $ 69,169 $ 65,353 $ (67,684 ) $ 66,838

The Company's operations are comprised of two reportable segments: 1) Account Services and 2) Processing and Settlement Services. The Account Services segment consists of revenues and expenses derived from the Company's branded and private label deposit account programs. These programs include Green Dot-branded and affinity-branded GPR card accounts, private label GPR card accounts, checking accounts, open-loop gift cards and secured credit cards. The Processing and Settlement Services segment consists of revenues and expenses derived from reload services through the Green Dot Network, money processing and the Company's tax refund processing services. The Corporate and Other segment primarily consists of eliminations of intersegment revenues and expenses, unallocated corporate expenses, depreciation and amortization, and other costs that are not considered when management evaluates segment performance.

GREEN DOT CORPORATION

Reconciliation of Net Income to Non-GAAP Net Income (1)

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2017 2016 2017 2016
(In thousands, except per share data)
Net income $ 13,639 $ 2,037 $ 73,659 $ 42,945
Employee stock-based compensation expense (3) 10,992 7,889 27,384 20,941
Amortization of acquired intangibles (4) 8,184 5,749 22,926 17,272
Change in fair value of contingent consideration (4) — — (7,500 ) (5,500 )
Transaction costs (4) 45 — 2,231 91
Amortization of deferred financing costs (5) 399 384 1,191 1,151
Impairment charges (5) 52 1 1,066 137
Extraordinary severance expenses (6) 371 957 1,630 957
Incremental processor expenses (repayments) (8) (6,518 ) — 2,870 —
Legal settlement expenses (5) — — 3,500 —
Other (income) expenses (5) (373 ) 548 (373 ) 2,990
Income tax effect (7) (8,951 ) (6,688 ) (29,412 ) (15,032 )
Non-GAAP net income $ 17,840 $ 10,877 $ 99,172 $ 65,952
Diluted earnings per common share
GAAP $ 0.26 $ 0.04 $ 1.40 $ 0.83
Non-GAAP $ 0.34 $ 0.21 $ 1.88 $ 1.27
Diluted weighted-average common shares issued and outstanding*
GAAP 52,923 50,709 52,788 50,510
Non-GAAP 52,923 51,568 52,788 51,807
* Reconciliations between GAAP and non-GAAP diluted weighted-average shares issued and outstanding are provided in the next table.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Diluted Weighted-Average

Shares Issued and Outstanding (1)

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2017 2016 2017 2016
(In thousands)
Diluted weighted-average shares issued and outstanding* 52,923 50,709 52,788 50,510
Assumed conversion of weighted-average shares of preferred stock — 859 — 1,297
Non-GAAP diluted weighted-average shares issued and outstanding 52,923 51,568 52,788 51,807
* Represents the diluted weighted-average shares of Class A common stock for the periods indicated.
GREEN DOT CORPORATION
Supplemental Detail on Non-GAAP Diluted Weighted-Average Shares Issued and Outstanding
(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2017 2016 2017 2016
(In thousands)
Stock outstanding as of September 30:
Class A common stock 50,659 50,380 50,659 50,380
Preferred stock (on an as-converted basis) — — — —
Total stock outstanding as of September 30: 50,659 50,380 50,659 50,380
Weighting adjustment (140 ) (82 ) (329 ) 175
Dilutive potential shares:
Stock options 790 532 764 508
Restricted stock units 1,292 644 1,404 665
Performance based restricted stock units 306 82 282 72
Employee stock purchase plan 16 12 8 7
Non-GAAP diluted weighted-average shares issued and outstanding 52,923 51,568 52,788 51,807

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA (1)

(Unaudited)

Three Months Ended September 30,

Nine Months Ended September 30,

2017 2016 2017 2016
(In thousands)
Net income $ 13,639 $ 2,037 $ 73,659 $ 42,945
Net interest (income) expense (2) (1,238 ) (207 ) (3,217 ) 2,148
Income tax expense (benefit) 651 (2,347 ) 24,177 21,745
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment (2) 8,140 9,171 25,282 30,794
Employee stock-based compensation expense (2)(3) 10,992 7,889 27,384 20,941
Amortization of acquired intangibles (2)(4) 8,184 5,749 22,926 17,272
Change in fair value of contingent consideration (2)(4) — — (7,500 ) (5,500 )
Transaction costs (2)(4) 45 — 2,231 91
Impairment charges (2)(5) 52 1 1,066 137
Extraordinary severance expenses (2)(6) 371 957 1,630 957
Incremental processor expenses (repayments) (2)(8) (6,518 ) — 2,870 —
Legal settlement expenses (2)(5) — — 3,500 —
Other (income) expenses (2)(5) (373 ) 548 (373 ) 2,990
Adjusted EBITDA $ 33,945 $ 23,798 $ 173,635 $ 134,520
Total operating revenues $ 201,613 $ 154,494 $ 677,162 $ 556,006
Adjusted EBITDA/Total operating revenues (adjusted EBITDA margin) 16.8 % 15.4 % 25.6 % 24.2 %
GREEN DOT CORPORATION
Reconciliation of Forward Looking Guidance for Non-GAAP Financial Measures to

Projected Adjusted EBITDA (1)

(Unaudited)
FY 2017
Range
Low High
(In millions)
Net income $ 72.4 $ 73.9
Adjustments (9) 127.6 128.1
Adjusted EBITDA $ 200.0 $ 202.0
Total operating revenues $ 882.0 $ 878.0
Adjusted EBITDA /Total operating revenues (Adjusted EBITDA margin) 23 % 23 %
Reconciliation of Forward Looking Guidance for Non-GAAP Financial Measures to

Projected GAAP Net Income (1)

(Unaudited)
FY 2017
Range
Low High
(In millions, except per share data)
Net income $ 72.4 $ 73.9
Adjustments (9) 38.4 38.2
Non-GAAP net income $ 110.8 $ 112.1
Diluted earnings per share
GAAP $ 1.37 $ 1.40
Non-GAAP $ 2.10 $ 2.12
Diluted weighted-average shares issued and outstanding* 52.8 52.8
* Represents the diluted weighted-average shares of Class A common stock for the periods indicated.
(1) To supplement the Company’s consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with GAAP, the Company uses measures of operating results that are adjusted to exclude various, primarily non-cash, expenses and charges. These financial measures are not calculated or presented in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to or substitutes for operating revenues, operating income, net income or any other measure of financial performance calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. These financial measures may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures of other organizations because other organizations may not calculate their measures in the same manner as we do. These financial measures are adjusted to eliminate the impact of items that the Company does not consider indicative of its core operating performance. You are encouraged to evaluate these adjustments and the reasons we consider them appropriate.

The Company believes that the non-GAAP financial measures it presents are useful to investors in evaluating the Company’s operating performance for the following reasons:

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the Company records employee stock-based compensation from period to period, and recorded employee stock-based compensation expenses of approximately $11.0 million and $7.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. By comparing the Company’s adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share in different historical periods, investors can evaluate the Company’s operating results without the additional variations caused by employee stock-based compensation expense, which may not be comparable from period to period due to changes in the fair market value of the Company’s Class A common stock (which is influenced by external factors like the volatility of public markets and the financial performance of the Company’s peers) and is not a key measure of the Company’s operations;

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adjusted EBITDA is widely used by investors to measure a company’s operating performance without regard to items, such as net interest income and expense, income tax benefit and expense, depreciation and amortization, employee stock-based compensation expense, incremental expenses related to the delay in migration of the Company’s remaining customer accounts from its former processor to its new processor, changes in the fair value of contingent consideration, transaction costs, impairment charges, severance costs related to extraordinary personnel reductions, legal settlement expenses, and other charges and income that can vary substantially from company to company depending upon their respective financing structures and accounting policies, the book values of their assets, their capital structures and the methods by which their assets were acquired; and

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securities analysts use adjusted EBITDA as a supplemental measure to evaluate the overall operating performance of companies.

The Company’s management uses the non-GAAP financial measures:

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as measures of operating performance, because they exclude the impact of items not directly resulting from the Company’s core operations;

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for planning purposes, including the preparation of the Company’s annual operating budget;

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to allocate resources to enhance the financial performance of the Company’s business;

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to evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s business strategies;

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to establish metrics for variable compensation; and

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in communications with the Company’s board of directors concerning the Company’s financial performance.

The Company understands that, although adjusted EBITDA and other non-GAAP financial measures are frequently used by investors and securities analysts in their evaluations of companies, these measures have limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of the Company’s results of operations as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

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that these measures do not reflect the Company’s capital expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or other contractual commitments;

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that these measures do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, the Company’s working capital needs;

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that these measures do not reflect interest expense or interest income;

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that these measures do not reflect cash requirements for income taxes;

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that, although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated or amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and these measures do not reflect any cash requirements for these replacements; and

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that other companies in the Company’s industry may calculate these measures differently than the Company does, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.

(2) The Company does not include any income tax impact of the associated non-GAAP adjustment to adjusted EBITDA, as the case may be, because each of these non-GAAP financial measures is provided before income tax expense.
(3) This expense consists primarily of expenses for employee stock options and restricted stock units (including performance-based restricted stock units). Employee stock-based compensation expense is not comparable from period to period due to changes in the fair market value of the Company’s Class A common stock (which is influenced by external factors like the volatility of public markets and the financial performance of the Company’s peers) and is not a key measure of the Company’s operations. The Company excludes employee stock-based compensation expense from its non-GAAP financial measures primarily because it consists of non-cash expenses that the Company does not believe are reflective of ongoing operating results. Further, the Company believes that it is not useful to investors to understand the impact of employee stock-based compensation to its results of operations. This expense is included as a component of compensation and benefits expenses on our consolidated statements of operations.
(4) The Company excludes certain income and expenses that are the result of acquisitions. These acquisition related adjustments include the amortization of acquired intangible assets, changes in the fair value of contingent consideration, settlements of contingencies established at time of acquisition and other acquisition related charges, such as integration charges and professional and legal fees, which result in the Company recording expenses or fair value adjustments in its GAAP financial statements. The Company analyzes the performance of its operations without regard to these adjustments. In determining whether any acquisition related adjustment is appropriate, the Company takes into consideration, among other things, how such adjustments would or would not aid in the understanding of the performance of its operations. These items are included as a component of other general and administrative expenses on our consolidated statements of operations.
(5) The Company excludes certain income and expenses that are not reflective of ongoing operating results. It is difficult to estimate the amount or timing of these items in advance. Although these events are reflected in the Company's GAAP financial statements, the Company excludes them in its non-GAAP financial measures because the Company believes these items may limit the comparability of ongoing operations with prior and future periods. These adjustments include amortization attributable to deferred financing costs, impairment charges related to internal-use software, legal settlement expenses and other charges, which consists of expenses incurred with our proxy contest. In determining whether any such adjustment is appropriate, the Company takes into consideration, among other things, how such adjustments would or would not aid in the understanding of the performance of its operations. These items, except for amortization of deferred financing costs, which is included as a component of interest expense, are included within other general and administrative expenses on our consolidated statements of operations.
(6) During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, we recorded charges of $0.4 million and $1.6 million, respectively, for severance costs related to extraordinary personnel reductions. Although severance expenses are an ordinary part of our operations, the magnitude and scale of the reduction in workforce we began to implement in the three months ended September 30, 2016 is not expected to be repeated. This expense is included as a component of compensation and benefits expenses on our consolidated statements of operations.
(7) Represents the tax effect for the related non-GAAP measure adjustments using the Company's year to date non-GAAP effective tax rate.
(8)

Represents the incremental expenses and repayments received associated with the Company's need to continue to support customer accounts on its legacy transaction processor that it had intended to migrate to its new processing platform in 2016. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, we received $6.5 million as a partial recovery of these costs.

(9) These amounts represent estimated adjustments for net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, employee stock-based compensation expense, incremental expenses associated with the Company's need to continue to support customer accounts on its legacy transaction processor that it had intended to migrate to its new processing platform in 2016, contingent consideration, transaction costs, impairment charges, severance costs related to extraordinary personnel reductions, legal settlement expenses, and other income and expenses. Employee stock-based compensation expense includes assumptions about the future fair value of the Company’s Class A common stock (which is influenced by external factors like the volatility of public markets and the financial performance of the Company’s peers).

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