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Atlassian Announces First Quarter Fiscal Year 2020 Results

October 17, 2019 4:00 PM

Quarterly revenue of $363.4 million, up 36% year-over-year

Quarterly IFRS operating margin of (1%) and non-IFRS operating margin of 23%

Quarterly cash flow from operations of $76.2 million and free cash flow of $62.4 million

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Atlassian Corporation Plc (NASDAQ: TEAM), a leading provider of team collaboration and productivity software, today announced financial results for its first quarter of fiscal 2020 ended September 30, 2019 and released a shareholder letter on the Investor Relations section of its website at https://investors.atlassian.com.

“We’re out of the blocks in good form in fiscal 2020,” said Mike Cannon-Brookes, Atlassian’s co-founder and co-CEO. “We updated Atlassian’s Cloud platform in a big way with new Free and Premium editions. Our disruptive model continues to win new customers, both large and small, and these new editions offer them more choice and capabilities. Premium also showcases the increased sophistication of our enterprise cloud offerings, giving large companies the flexibility and the tools they need.”

“We are also excited to announce that Atlassian has acquired Code Barrel, the creator of Automation for Jira,” said Scott Farquhar, Atlassian’s co-founder and co-CEO. “Automation for Jira is already used by thousands of organizations to help them reduce repetitive work and unleash the potential of their teams. This acquisition is an important step as we continue to enhance our cloud products.”

First Quarter Fiscal Year 2020 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.”

Recent Business Highlights

Financial Targets:

Atlassian is providing its financial targets for the second quarter and full fiscal year 2020. 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 has 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 159,000 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, Opsgenie, Jira Service Desk, and Jira Align 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, anticipated growth, anticipated benefits of the Code Barrel acquisition, 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
September 30,

2019

2018

Revenues:

Subscription

$

201,095

$

134,065

Maintenance

110,071

92,736

Perpetual license

24,744

21,839

Other

27,480

18,652

Total revenues

363,390

267,292

Cost of revenues (1) (2)

62,279

45,185

Gross profit

301,111

222,107

Operating expenses:

Research and development (1) (2)

175,882

124,380

Marketing and sales (1) (2)

68,043

52,262

General and administrative (1)

61,741

45,657

Total operating expenses

305,666

222,299

Operating loss

(4,555

)

(192

)

Other non-operating income (expense), net

82,235

(237,248

)

Finance income

9,112

7,266

Finance costs

(12,327

)

(9,902

)

Income (loss) before income tax expense

74,465

(240,076

)

Income tax expense

(5,145

)

(2,369

)

Net income (loss)

$

69,320

$

(242,445

)

Net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders:

Basic

$

0.29

$

(1.03

)

Diluted

$

0.28

$

(1.03

)

Weighted-average shares outstanding used to compute net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders:

Basic

242,791

236,219

Diluted

250,883

236,219

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

Three Months Ended
September 30,

2019

2018

Cost of revenues

$

4,712

$

3,519

Research and development

48,939

26,846

Marketing and sales

10,631

7,761

General and administrative

13,014

10,254

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

Three Months Ended
September 30,

2019

2018

Cost of revenues

$

8,488

$

5,351

Research and development

41

Marketing and sales

3,686

8,988

Atlassian Corporation Plc

Consolidated Statements of Financial Position

(U.S. $ in thousands)

September 30, 2019

June 30, 2019

(unaudited)

Assets

Current assets:

Cash and cash equivalents

$

1,187,191

$

1,268,441

Short-term investments

587,496

445,046

Trade receivables

99,351

82,525

Tax receivables

1,496

707

Derivative assets

214,342

215,156

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

47,915

30,236

Total current assets

2,137,791

2,042,111

Non-current assets:

Property and equipment, net

80,735

81,459

Deferred tax assets

14,226

17,084

Goodwill

609,648

608,907

Intangible assets, net

138,760

150,975

Right-of-use assets, net

236,688

Other non-current assets

62,752

76,722

Total non-current assets

1,142,809

935,147

Total assets

$

3,280,600

$

2,977,258

Liabilities

Current liabilities:

Trade and other payables

$

125,435

$

159,487

Current tax liabilities

11,993

11,703

Provisions

9,205

8,983

Deferred revenue

469,439

440,954

Lease obligations

30,914

Derivative liabilities

777,838

855,005

Current portion of exchangeable senior notes, net

862,318

853,576

Total current liabilities

2,287,142

2,329,708

Non-current liabilities:

Deferred tax liabilities

10,325

13,872

Provisions

6,248

6,082

Deferred revenue

30,937

27,866

Lease obligations

251,381

Other non-current liabilities

319

34,263

Total non-current liabilities

299,210

82,083

Total liabilities

2,586,352

2,411,791

Equity

Share capital

24,356

24,199

Share premium

458,796

458,166

Other capital reserves

893,913

816,660

Other components of equity

13,601

32,079

Accumulated deficit

(696,418

)

(765,637

)

Total equity

694,248

565,467

Total liabilities and equity

$

3,280,600

$

2,977,258

Atlassian Corporation Plc

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(U.S. $ in thousands)

(unaudited)

Three Months Ended
September 30,

2019

2018

Operating activities

Income (loss) before income tax expense

$

74,465

$

(240,076

)

Adjustments to reconcile income (loss) before income tax expense to net cash provided by operating activities:

Depreciation and amortization

16,657

17,415

Depreciation of right-of-use assets

8,358

(Gain) loss on sale of investments and other assets

(47

)

10

Net unrealized foreign currency gain

(2,237

)

(422

)

Share-based payment expense

77,296

48,380

Net unrealized (gain) loss on exchange derivative and capped call transactions

(82,103

)

236,353

Amortization of debt discount and issuance cost

8,742

8,333

Interest income

(9,112

)

(7,266

)

Interest expense

3,583

1,570

Changes in assets and liabilities:

Trade receivables

(16,837

)

(5,371

)

Prepaid expenses and other assets

(8,597

)

1,678

Trade and other payables, provisions and other non-current liabilities

(31,829

)

(14,278

)

Deferred revenue

31,556

21,648

Interest received

8,679

6,740

(Income tax paid) tax refunds received, net

(2,383

)

10,215

Net cash provided by operating activities

76,191

84,929

Investing activities

Business combinations, net of cash acquired

(815

)

Purchases of intangible assets

(850

)

Purchases of property and equipment

(6,113

)

(10,716

)

Proceeds from sales of property, equipment and intangible assets

721

Purchases of investments

(323,756

)

(64,441

)

Proceeds from maturities of investments

122,449

92,333

Proceeds from sales of investments

59,019

5,521

Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities

(149,216

)

22,568

Financing activities

Proceeds from exercise of share options

655

997

Payments of exchangeable senior notes issuance costs

(410

)

Payments of lease obligations

(7,670

)

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

(7,015

)

587

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

(1,210

)

(643

)

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

(81,250

)

107,441

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

1,268,441

1,410,339

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

$

1,187,191

$

1,517,780

Atlassian Corporation Plc

Reconciliation of IFRS to Non-IFRS Results

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

(unaudited)

Three Months Ended
September 30,

2019

2018

Gross profit

IFRS gross profit

$

301,111

$

222,107

Plus: Share-based payment expense

4,712

3,519

Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets

8,488

5,351

Non-IFRS gross profit

$

314,311

$

230,977

Operating income

IFRS operating loss

$

(4,555

)

$

(192

)

Plus: Share-based payment expense

77,296

48,380

Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets

12,215

14,339

Non-IFRS operating income

$

84,956

$

62,527

Net income

IFRS net income (loss)

$

69,320

$

(242,445

)

Plus: Share-based payment expense

77,296

48,380

Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets

12,215

14,339

Plus: Non-coupon impact related to exchangeable senior notes and capped calls

(73,361

)

244,686

Less: Income tax effects and adjustments

(15,463

)

(15,734

)

Non-IFRS net income

$

70,007

$

49,226

Net income per share

IFRS net income (loss) per share - diluted

$

0.28

$

(1.03

)

Plus: Share-based payment expense

0.31

0.20

Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets

0.05

0.06

Plus: Non-coupon impact related to exchangeable senior notes and capped calls

(0.29

)

1.03

Less: Income tax effects and adjustments

(0.07

)

(0.06

)

Non-IFRS net income per share - diluted

$

0.28

$

0.20

Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding

Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted IFRS net income (loss) per share

250,883

236,219

Plus: Dilution from share options and RSUs (1)

10,576

Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted non-IFRS net income per share

250,883

246,795

Free cash flow

IFRS net cash provided by operating activities

$

76,191

$

84,929

Less: Capital expenditures

(6,113

)

(10,716

)

Less: Payments of lease obligations

(7,670

)

Free cash flow (2)

$

62,408

$

74,213

(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 September 30, 2018 because the effect would have been anti-dilutive.

(2) As a result of our adoption of IFRS 16 on July 1, 2019, we have updated our definition of free cash flow to subtract payments of lease obligations under IFRS 16. These payments were previously, but no longer, reported in cash provided by operating activities. As a result, free cash flow is not affected by this change.

Atlassian Corporation Plc

Reconciliation of IFRS to Non-IFRS Financial Targets

(U.S. $)

Three Months Ending
December 31, 2019

Fiscal Year Ending
June 30, 2020

Revenue

$386 million to $390 million

$1,560 million to $1,574 million

IFRS gross margin

83%

82% to 83%

Plus: Share-based payment expense

1

1

Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets

2

2

Non-IFRS gross margin

86%

85% to 86%

IFRS operating margin

(1%)

(3%)

Plus: Share-based payment expense

20

20

Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets

3

3

Non-IFRS operating margin

22%

20%

IFRS net (loss) income per share - diluted

($0.03)

$0.01

Plus: Share-based payment expense

0.29

1.25

Plus: Amortization of acquired intangible assets

0.05

0.16

Plus: Non-coupon impact related to exchangeable senior notes and capped calls

0.04

(0.18)

Less: Income tax effects and adjustments

(0.08)

(0.24)

Non-IFRS net income per share - diluted

$0.27

$1.00

Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted IFRS net (loss) income per share

243 million to 244 million

253 million to 255 million

Dilution from share options and RSUs (1)

8 million

Weighted-average shares used in computing diluted non-IFRS net income per share

251 million to 252 million

253 million to 255 million

IFRS net cash provided by operating activities

$525 million to $535 million

Less: Capital expenditures

(30 million)

Less: Payments of lease obligations

(30 million)

Free cash flow (2)

$465 million to $475 million

(1) The effects of these dilutive securities are not included in our IFRS calculation of diluted net loss per share for the three months ending December 31, 2019 because the effect would be anti-dilutive.

(2) As a result of our adoption of IFRS 16 on July 1, 2019, we have updated our definition of free cash flow to subtract payments of lease obligations under IFRS 16. These payments were previously, but no longer, reported in cash provided by operating activities. As a result, free cash flow is not affected by this change.

Investor Relations Contact

Martin Lam

[email protected]

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Source: Atlassian Corporation Plc

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