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Atlassian Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2018 Results

July 26, 2018 4:05 PM

Quarterly revenue of $243.8 million, up 40% year-over-year

Quarterly IFRS operating margin of (2%) and non-IFRS operating margin of 19%

Quarterly free cash flow of $64.4 million and free cash flow margin of 26%

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Atlassian Corporation Plc (NASDAQ: TEAM), a leading provider of team collaboration and productivity software, today announced financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2018 and released a shareholder letter on the Investor Relations section of its website at https://investors.atlassian.com. The financial results for the fourth quarters and fiscal years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 contained in this press release are based on the previous revenue recognition standard (IAS 18). The guidance for the first quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2019 is based on the new revenue recognition standard (IFRS 15), which Atlassian adopted on July 1, 2018. For comparability, Atlassian has provided historical financial results under IFRS 15 on its investor relations website.

“Atlassian finished a tremendous fiscal 2018 with a strong fourth quarter, adding more than 6,600 net new customers,” said Scott Farquhar, Atlassian’s co-CEO and co-founder. “We ended the year with more than 125,000 customers and are passionately committed to serving teams of all types and sizes across the Fortune 500,000. Our success in delivering great products and value to our customers was reflected in our financial results, as we grew annual revenue to $874 million, while generating more than $281 million of free cash flow.”

Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2018 Financial Highlights

On an IFRS basis, Atlassian reported:

On a non-IFRS basis, Atlassian reported:

Fiscal Year 2018 Financial Highlights

On an IFRS basis, Atlassian reported:

On a non-IFRS basis, Atlassian reported:

A reconciliation of IFRS to non-IFRS financial measures has been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release. An explanation of these measures is also included below, under the heading “About Non-IFRS Financial Measures.”

Strategic Partnership with Slack

Atlassian today announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Slack. Atlassian currently has two offerings in the real-time communications market: Stride and Hipchat. With this partnership, Atlassian will exit the communications space. Slack has acquired the intellectual property for Stride and Hipchat Cloud, both of which will be discontinued. Atlassian will also discontinue Hipchat Server and Data Center and will be working with Slack to provide a migration path for customers of all four products.

Atlassian products and Slack already work well together, and the companies will form an even closer relationship moving forward. The companies anticipate deepening their existing product integrations between Jira Cloud, Bitbucket Cloud, Trello, and Slack, and also expect to build new integrations between Confluence Cloud and Slack.

The companies expect to also partner in the areas of marketing, sales, and channel enablement, and will provide more details on these plans in the future.

Atlassian has also made an equity investment in Slack to reinforce the long-term nature and significance of the partnership.

“We are excited to join forces with Slack to target the immense markets for team collaboration and communications,” said Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian’s co-CEO and co-founder. “The partnership enables us to offer our customers the best of both worlds - Atlassian’s leading collaboration products combined with Slack’s business communications platform. This decision also supports Atlassian’s broader product and investment strategy in fiscal 2019 as we continue on our mission of unleashing the potential of every team.”

Recent Business Highlights

Financial Targets

Atlassian is providing its financial targets for the first quarter and full fiscal year 2019 based on the new revenue recognition standard (IFRS 15). The company’s financial targets are as follows:

With respect to Atlassian’s expectations under “Financial Targets” above, a reconciliation of IFRS to non-IFRS gross margin, operating margin, net income (loss) per diluted share, and free cash flow have been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release.

Shareholder Letter and Webcast/Conference Call Details

A detailed shareholder letter is available on the Investor Relations section of Atlassian’s website at: https://investors.atlassian.com. Atlassian will host a webcast and conference call to answer questions today:

Atlassian has used, and will continue to use, its Investor Relations website at https://investors.atlassian.com as a means of making material information public and for complying with its disclosure obligations.

About Atlassian

Atlassian unleashes the potential of every team. Our team collaboration and productivity software helps teams organize, discuss and complete shared work. Teams at more than 125,000 customers, across large and small organizations - including General Motors, Walmart Labs, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Lyft, Verizon, Spotify, and NASA - use Atlassian's project tracking, content creation and sharing, and service management products to work better together and deliver quality results on time. Learn more about our products including Jira Software, Confluence, Trello, Bitbucket, and Jira Service Desk at https://atlassian.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which statements involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical fact could be deemed forward looking, including risks and uncertainties related to statements about our products, customers, strategic partnerships, expansion, technology and other key strategic areas, and our financial targets such as revenue, share count and IFRS and non-IFRS financial measures including gross margin, operating margin, net income (loss) per diluted share, and free cash flow.

We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this press release to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this press release or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.

The achievement or success of the matters covered by such forward-looking statements involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If any such risks or uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions prove incorrect, our results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions only as of the date such statements are made.

Further information on these and other factors that could affect our financial results is included in filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission from time to time, including the section titled “Risk Factors” in our most recent Forms 20-F and 6-K (reporting our quarterly results). These documents are available on the SEC Filings section of the Investor Relations section of our website at: https://investors.atlassian.com/.

About Non-IFRS Financial Measures

Our reported results and financial targets include certain non-IFRS financial measures, including non-IFRS gross profit, non-IFRS operating income, non-IFRS net income, non-IFRS net income per diluted share, and free cash flow. Management believes that the use of these non-IFRS financial measures provides consistency and comparability with our past financial performance, facilitates period-to-period comparisons of our results of operations, and also facilitates comparisons with peer companies, many of which use similar non-IFRS or non-GAAP financial measures to supplement their IFRS or GAAP results. Non-IFRS results are presented for supplemental informational purposes only to aid in understanding our operating results. The non-IFRS results should not be considered a substitute for financial information presented in accordance with IFRS, and may be different from non-IFRS or non-GAAP measures used by other companies.

Our non-IFRS financial measures include:

Our non-IFRS financial measures reflect adjustments based on the items below:

We exclude expenses related to share-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, non-coupon impact related to exchangeable senior notes and capped calls, the related income tax effects on these items, and changes in our assessment regarding the realizability of our deferred tax assets from certain of our non-IFRS financial measures as we believe this helps investors understand our operational performance. In addition, share-based compensation expense can be difficult to predict and varies from period to period and company to company due to differing valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions, and the variety of equity instruments, as well as changes in stock price. Management believes that providing non-IFRS financial measures that exclude share-based compensation expense, amortization of acquired intangible assets, non-coupon impact related to exchangeable senior notes and capped calls, the related income tax effects on these items, and changes in our assessment regarding the realizability of our deferred tax assets allow for more meaningful comparisons between our operating results from period to period.

Management considers free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by our business that can be used for strategic opportunities, including investing in our business, making strategic acquisitions, and strengthening our statement of financial position.

Management uses non-IFRS gross profit, non-IFRS operating income, non-IFRS net income, non-IFRS net income per diluted share, and free cash flow:

The tables in this press release titled “Reconciliation of IFRS to Non-IFRS Results” and “Reconciliation of IFRS to Non-IFRS Financial Targets” provide reconciliations of non-IFRS financial measures to the most recent directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with IFRS.

We understand that although non-IFRS gross profit, non-IFRS operating income, non-IFRS net income, non-IFRS net income per diluted share, and free cash flow are frequently used by investors and securities analysts in their evaluation of companies, these measures have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as substitutes for analysis of our results of operations as reported under IFRS.

Atlassian Corporation Plc

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(U.S. $ and shares in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)*

Three Months Ended June 30, Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2018 2017 2018 2017
Revenues:
Subscription $ 117,439 $ 72,502 $ 403,214 $ 242,128
Maintenance 87,268 71,648 325,898 265,521
Perpetual license 22,514 19,359 85,481 74,565
Other 16,562 10,822 59,357 37,722
Total revenues 243,783 174,331 873,950 619,936
Cost of revenues (1) (2) 44,196 36,805 172,690 119,161
Gross profit 199,587 137,526 701,260 500,775
Operating expenses:
Research and development (1) 111,046 90,691 415,776 310,168
Marketing and sales (1) (2) 49,062 45,887 187,990 134,908
General and administrative (1) 44,766 33,204 151,242 118,785
Total operating expenses 204,874 169,782 755,008 563,861
Operating loss (5,287 ) (32,256 ) (53,748 ) (63,086 )
Other non-operating income (expense), net (14,739 ) (536 ) (15,157 ) (1,342 )
Finance income 5,053 1,048 9,877 4,851
Finance costs (6,782 ) (24 ) (6,806 ) (75 )
Loss before income tax benefit (expense) (21,755 ) (31,768 ) (65,834 ) (59,652 )
Income tax benefit (expense) (4,096 ) 11,060 (53,507 ) 17,148
Net loss $ (25,851 ) $ (20,708 ) $ (119,341 ) $ (42,504 )
Net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders:
Basic $ (0.11 ) $ (0.09 ) $ (0.52 ) $ (0.19 )
Diluted $ (0.11 ) $ (0.09 ) $ (0.52 ) $ (0.19 )
Weighted-average shares outstanding used to compute net loss per share attributable to ordinary shareholders:
Basic 234,206 225,805 231,184 222,224
Diluted 234,206 225,805 231,184 222,224

(1) Amounts include share-based payment expense, as follows:

Three Months Ended June 30, Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2018 2017 2018 2017
Cost of revenues $ 2,762 $ 2,159 $ 11,955 $ 6,856
Research and development 20,271 24,598 98,609 79,384
Marketing and sales 5,444 5,455 23,605 17,395
General and administrative 9,999 9,125 28,704 33,813

(2) Amounts include amortization of acquired intangible assets, as follows:

Three Months Ended June 30, Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2018 2017 2018 2017
Cost of revenues $ 5,299 $ 5,280 $ 21,188 $ 14,587
Marketing and sales 9,023 9,988 36,090 15,269
*Financial results based on the revenue recognition standard (IAS 18), prior to the company’s adoption of the new revenue recognition standard (IFRS 15) on July 1, 2018.

Atlassian Corporation Plc

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

(U.S. $ in thousands)

(unaudited)*

June 30, 2018 June 30, 2017

Assets

Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 1,410,339 $ 244,420
Short-term investments 323,134 305,499
Trade receivables 46,141 26,807
Current tax receivables 12,622 12,445
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 28,219 23,317
Total current assets 1,820,455 612,488
Non-current assets:
Property and equipment, net 51,656 41,173
Deferred tax assets 64,662 188,239
Goodwill 311,943 311,900
Intangible assets, net 63,577 120,789
Other non-current assets 112,221 9,269
Total non-current assets 604,059 671,370
Total assets $ 2,424,514 $ 1,283,858
Liabilities
Current liabilities:
Trade and other payables $ 113,105 $ 73,192
Current tax liabilities 172 2,207
Provisions 7,215 6,162
Deferred revenue 340,834 245,306
Total current liabilities 461,326 326,867
Non-current liabilities:
Deferred tax liabilities 12,051 43,950
Provisions 4,363 3,333
Deferred revenue 19,386 10,691
Exchangeable senior notes, net 819,637
Other non-current liabilities 214,985 4,969
Total non-current liabilities 1,070,422 62,943
Total liabilities 1,531,748 389,810
Equity
Share capital 23,531 22,726
Share premium 454,766 450,959
Other capital reserves 557,100 437,346
Other components of equity (61 ) 6,246
Accumulated deficit (142,570 ) (23,229 )
Total equity 892,766 894,048
Total liabilities and equity $ 2,424,514 $ 1,283,858
*Financial results based on the revenue recognition standard (IAS 18), prior to the company’s adoption of the new revenue recognition standard (IFRS 15) on July 1, 2018.

Atlassian Corporation Plc

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(U.S. $ in thousands)

(unaudited)*

Three Months Ended June 30, Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2018 2017 2018 2017
Operating activities
Loss before income tax benefit (expense) $ (21,755 ) $ (31,768 ) $ (65,834 ) $ (59,652 )
Adjustments to reconcile loss before income tax benefit (expense) to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 17,754 23,766 79,435 61,546
Net loss (gain) on sale of investments and other assets 62 25 (1,163 ) (397 )
Net unrealized foreign currency loss (gain) (93 ) 92 (188 ) 93
Share-based payment expense 38,476 41,337 162,873 137,448
Net unrealized loss on exchange derivative and capped calls 12,414 12,414
Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs 7,478 7,478
Interest income (5,053 ) (1,048 ) (9,877 ) (4,851 )
Interest expense 1,113 1,113
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Trade receivables (7,748 ) (295 ) (19,635 ) (10,208 )
Prepaid expenses and other assets (8,200 ) (2,788 ) (7,293 ) (5,647 )
Trade and other payables, provisions and other non-current liabilities 9,908 1,639 43,477 10,947
Deferred revenue 34,178 23,252 104,223 72,604
Interest received 4,211 1,393 8,679 6,540
Income tax paid, net of refunds (542 ) (5,008 ) (4,246 ) (9,042 )
Net cash provided by operating activities 82,203 50,597 311,456 199,381
Investing activities
Business combinations, net of cash acquired (381,090 )
Purchases of property and equipment (17,802 ) (5,208 ) (30,209 ) (15,129 )
Purchases of intangible assets (925 ) (925 )
Proceeds from sale of other assets 1,775 2,775 342
Purchases of investments (55,798 ) (85,155 ) (347,822 ) (423,540 )
Proceeds from maturities of investments 81,015 31,215 206,119 111,403
Proceeds from sales of investments 22,897 54,911 123,862 488,672
Decrease (increase) in restricted cash 106 (2 ) (3,131 ) (3,371 )
Payment of deferred consideration (3,290 ) (935 )
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities 32,193 (5,164 ) (51,696 ) (224,573 )
Financing activities
Proceeds from exercise of share options 908 2,035 3,995 9,438
Proceeds from issuance of exchangeable senior notes, net of discount and issuance costs 990,494 990,494
Purchase of capped calls (87,700 ) (87,700 )
Net cash provided by financing activities 903,702 2,035 906,789 9,438
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (1,272 ) 70 (630 ) 465
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 1,016,826 47,538 1,165,919 (15,289 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 393,513 196,882 244,420 259,709
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $ 1,410,339 $ 244,420 $ 1,410,339 $ 244,420
*Financial results based on the revenue recognition standard (IAS 18), prior to the company’s adoption of the new revenue recognition standard (IFRS 15) on July 1, 2018.

Atlassian Corporation Plc

Reconciliation of IFRS to Non-IFRS Results

(U.S. $ and shares in thousands, except per share data)

(unaudited)*

Three Months Ended June 30, Fiscal Year Ended June 30,
2018 2017 2018 2017

Gross profit:

IFRS gross profit $ 199,587 $ 137,526 $ 701,260 $ 500,775
Plus: Share-based payment expense 2,762 2,159 11,955 6,856
Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets 5,299 5,280 21,188 14,587
Non-IFRS gross profit $ 207,648 $ 144,965 $ 734,403 $ 522,218

Operating income:

IFRS operating loss $ (5,287 ) $ (32,256 ) $ (53,748 ) $ (63,086 )
Plus: Share-based payment expense 38,476 41,337 162,873 137,448
Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets 14,322 15,268 57,278 29,856
Non-IFRS operating income $ 47,511 $ 24,349 $ 166,403 $ 104,218

Net income:

IFRS net loss $ (25,851 ) $ (20,708 ) $ (119,341 ) $ (42,504 )
Plus: Share-based payment expense 38,476 41,337 162,873 137,448
Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets 14,322 15,268 57,278 29,856
Plus: Non-coupon impact related to exchangeable senior notes and capped calls 19,892 19,892
Less: Income tax effects and adjustments (13,823 ) (14,277 ) (2,150 ) (39,864 )

Non-IFRS net income

$ 33,016 $ 21,620 $ 118,552 $ 84,936

Net income per share:

IFRS net loss per share - diluted $ (0.11 ) $ (0.09 ) $ (0.52 ) $ (0.19 )
Plus: Share-based payment expense 0.16 0.18 0.69 0.59
Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets 0.06 0.06 0.25 0.13
Plus: Non-coupon impact related to exchangeable senior notes and capped calls 0.08 0.08
Less: Income tax effects and adjustments (0.06 ) (0.06 ) (0.01 ) (0.17 )
Non-IFRS net income per share - diluted $ 0.13 $ 0.09 $ 0.49 $ 0.36

Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding:

Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted IFRS net loss per share 234,206 225,805 231,184 222,224
Dilution from share options and RSUs (1) 11,204 13,596 12,801 13,833
Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted non-IFRS net income per share 245,410 239,401 243,985 236,057

Free cash flow:

IFRS net cash provided by operating activities $ 82,203 $ 50,597 $ 311,456 $ 199,381
Less: Capital expenditures (17,802 ) (6,133 ) (30,209 ) (16,054 )
Free cash flow $ 64,401 $ 44,464 $ 281,247 $ 183,327
(1) The effects of these dilutive securities were not included in the IFRS calculation of diluted net loss per share for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 and the fiscal years ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.
*Financial results based on the revenue recognition standard (IAS 18), prior to the company’s adoption of the new revenue recognition standard (IFRS 15) on July 1, 2018.

Atlassian Corporation Plc

Reconciliation of IFRS to Non-IFRS Financial Targets

(U.S. $)*

Three Months EndingSeptember 30, 2018 Fiscal Year EndingJune 30, 2019
Revenue $258 million to $260 million $1,146 million to $1,154 million
IFRS gross margin 82 %

82% to 83

%

Share-based payment expense 2 1
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 2 2
Non-IFRS gross margin 86 %

85% to 86

%

IFRS operating margin (5 %) (4 %)
Share-based payment expense 20 20
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 6 4
Non-IFRS operating margin 21 % 20 %
IFRS net loss per share - diluted ($0.13 ) ($0.30 )
Share-based payment expense 0.21 0.94
Amortization of acquired intangible assets 0.06 0.18
Non-coupon impact related to exchangeable senior notes and capped calls 0.03 0.14
Income tax effects and adjustments 0.02 (0.19 )
Non-IFRS net income per share - diluted $0.19 $0.77
Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted IFRS net income per share 235 million to 237 million 240 million to 242 million
Dilution from share options and RSUs (1) 12 million 10 million
Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted non-IFRS net income per share 247 million to 249 million 250 million to 252 million
IFRS net cash provided by operations $390 million to $400 million
Less: Capital expenditures (40 million)
Free cash flow $350 million to $360 million
(1) The effect of these dilutive securities are not included in our IFRS calculation of diluted net loss per share for the three months ending September 30, 2018 and fiscal year ending June 30, 2019 because the effect would be anti-dilutive.
*Financial targets based on the new revenue recognition standard (IFRS 15), which the company adopted on July 1, 2018.

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