HOLON, Israel, Feb. 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sapiens International Corporation, (NASDAQ: SPNS) and (TASE: SPNS), a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, and a member of the Formula Group (NASDAQ: FORTY) and (TASE: FORT), today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2018.

"Sapiens had a strong finish to 2018, closing out the year with another quarter of growth and profitability by executing on our key objectives. In the fourth quarter, on a Non-GAAP basis, revenue totaled $73.4 and operating margin improved by 230 basis points to 14.8%. We continued the expansion of our P&C businesses in key markets. We managed costs and aligned our R&D investments with our growth segments, which increased operating profit and fueled almost 31.7% increase in net income in the quarter," stated Roni Al-Dor. president and CEO, Sapiens.

"In 2018, Sapiens made significant progress on our key objectives, which drove outstanding financial performance for the year. For the full year, on a Non-GAAP basis, revenue increased 6.7% driven by new deals, acquisitions and by expanding our business with existing customers as illustrated by double-digit growth in our EMEA P&C business. Meanwhile, we have fully integrated our Stream and Adaptik operations, which has accelerated the growth of our U.S. P&C business. Also, we made meaningful headway in our L&A business, creating a stronger foundation for growth in 2019. Synergies and cost controls produced significant expansion in operating margin, which increased over 500 basis points to 13.6%, exceeding the high end of our annual guidance.

"The expansion of our solutions and service offerings from both product development initiatives and acquisitions, as well as our collaborations with InsurTech groups to complement our core offerings, helped us win new business and earn increased industry recognition. To support all of these offerings, we are building a new account management executive team to evolve our customer support model into global customer success teams, focused on cross-selling, upselling and increasing awareness of all of our capabilities and products." continued Mr. Al-Dor.

Mr. Al-Dor concluded: "We have recently launched a new brand architecture to reflect our evolution into a unified global provider of innovative digital insurance solutions. With an improved competitive position as a one-stop-shop for insurance software solutions and an enhanced product and service platform, we're forecasting 2019 full year non-GAAP revenues in the range of $318 to $323 million, with non-GAAP operating margins in the range of 15.2% to 15.6%."

Quarterly Results Conference Call

Management will host a conference call and webcast on February 26, 2019 at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time (4:30 p.m. in Israel) to review and discuss Sapiens' results.

Please call the following numbers (at least 10 minutes before the scheduled time) to participate:

North America (toll-free): + 1-888-668-9141; International: +972-3-918-0609; UK: 0-800-917-5108

The live webcast of the call can be viewed on Sapiens' website at: https://www.sapiens.com/investor-relations/ir-events-presentations/

If you are unable to join live, a replay of the call will be accessible until March 5, 2019, as follows: North America: 1-888-295-2634; International: +972-3-925-5918

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

This press release contains the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income attributed to Sapiens shareholders, and non-GAAP basic and diluted earnings per share.

Sapiens believes that these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to Sapiens' financial condition and results of operations. The Company's management uses these non-GAAP measures to compare the Company's performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses, for purposes of determining executive and senior management incentive compensation and for budgeting and planning purposes. These measures are used in financial reports prepared for management and in quarterly financial reports presented to the Company's board of directors. The Company believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures 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 to investors.

Non-GAAP financial measures consist of GAAP financial measures adjusted to exclude: Valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue, amortization of intangible assets, capitalization of software development, stock-based compensation, compensation related to acquisition and acquisition-related costs, restructuring and cost reduction costs, redeemable non-controlling interests, loss on sales of Marketable Securities and tax adjustment regarding non-GAAP adjustments, as well as the impact of one-time adjustment to our deferred taxes as a result of the U.S. Tax Cuts and Job act 2017.

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.

To compensate for these limitations, management presents non-GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. Sapiens 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 this press release, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate the Company's business.

Reconciliation tables of the most comparable GAAP financial measures to the non-GAAP financial measures used in this press release are included with the financial tables of this release.

The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA as net profit, adjusted for valuation adjustment on acquired deferred revenue, stock-based compensation expense, depreciation and amortization, capitalized of software development costs, compensation expenses related to acquisition and acquisition-related costs, restructuring and cost reduction costs, financial expense (income), provision for income taxes and other income (expenses). These amounts are often excluded by other companies to help investors understand the operational performance of their business.

The Company uses Adjusted EBITDA as a measurement of its operating performance, because it assists in comparing the operating performance on a consistent basis by removing the impact of certain non-cash and non-operating items. Adjusted EBITDA reflects an additional way of viewing aspects of the operations that the Company believes, when viewed with the GAAP results and the accompanying reconciliations to corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide a more complete understanding of factors and trends affecting its business.

About Sapiens

Sapiens International Corporation is a leading global provider of software solutions for the insurance industry, with a 35-year track record of delivering to more than 400 organizations. The company offers software platforms, solutions and services, including a full digital suite, to satisfy the needs of property and casualty/general insurers, and life, pension and annuity providers. Sapiens also services the reinsurance, workers' compensation, financial and compliance, and decision management markets.

The company's portfolio includes policy administration, billing and claims, underwriting, illustration and electronic application. The digital suite features customer and agent portals, and a business intelligence platform. For more information: www.sapiens.com.

Forward Looking Statement

Some of the statements in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as "will," "expects," "believes" and similar expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements (although not all forward-looking statements include such words). These forward-looking statements, which may include, without limitation, projections regarding our future performance and financial condition, are made on the basis of management's current views and assumptions with respect to future events. Any forward-looking statement is not a guarantee of future performance and actual results could differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statement.

These statements speak only as of the date they were made, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. We operate in a changing environment. New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risks that may affect us. For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties, as well as certain additional risks that we face, please refer to the Risk Factors detailed in Item 3 of Part III of our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017, and subsequent reports and registration statements filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Debentures Covenants

As of December 31, 2018, Sapiens was in compliance with all of its financial covenants under the indenture for the Series B Debentures that it issued in September 2017, based on having achieved the following in its consolidated financial results:

Covenant 1

• Target shareholders' equity (excluding minority interest): above $120 million.
• Actual shareholders' equity equal to $200 million.

Covenant 2

• Target ratio of net financial indebtedness to net capitalization (in each case, as defined under the indenture for the Company's Series B Debentures) bellow 65%.
• Actual ratio of net financial indebtedness to net capitalization equal to 6.97%.

Covenant 3

• Target ratio of net financial indebtedness to EBITDA (accumulated calculation for the four last quarters) is below 5.5.
• Actual ratio of net financial indebtedness to EBITDA (accumulated calculation for the four last quarters) is equal to 0.35.

Investors and Media Contact

Yaffa Cohen-IfrahChief Marketing Officer and Head of Corporate CommunicationsSapiens InternationalU.S. Mobile: +1 201-250-9414Mobile: +972 54-9099039Email: [email protected]

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