ATLANTA, May 5, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Internap Corporation (NASDAQ: INAP), a provider of high-performance Internet infrastructure services, today announced financial results for the first quarter of 2016.

"We delivered solid financial results for the first quarter of 2016 with adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin representing the highest levels for a first quarter in company history. We completed the transition into two distinct business units, which better aligns our cost structure and will enable us to respond better to customers and to grow faster as a result," said Michael Ruffolo, President and Chief Executive Officer of Internap. "Consistent with our guidance provided last quarter, churn from a small number of large customers created a headwind to first quarter revenue. With churn expected to decline in the second quarter of 2016, we believe we are positioned to accelerate profitable growth as we progress through 2016 and are excited by the implications for long-term shareholder value."




    First Quarter 2016 Financial Summary
    ------------------------------------

                                                                                                                                          YoY                   QoQ

                                                         1Q 2016                  1Q 2015                    4Q 2015                     Growth                Growth
                                                         -------                  -------                    -------                     ------                ------

    Revenues:

                               Data center and
                               network services  $50,872                  $54,068                    $53,010                     -6%                   -4%

                               Cloud and hosting
                               services          $25,052                  $26,718                    $25,746                     -6%                   -3%
                               -----------------

                              Total Revenues     $75,924                  $80,786                    $78,756                     -6%                   -4%


    Operating Expenses                                            $78,125                    $84,905                     $85,509                   -8%                    -9%


    GAAP Net Loss                                                $(9,644)                 $(10,442)                  $(11,269)                   8%                   -14%


    Normalized Net Loss(2)                                       $(6,108)                  $(8,598)                   $(7,409)                  29%                   -18%


    Segment Profit(1)                                             $44,847                    $47,440                     $47,322                   -5%                    -5%

    Segment Profit Margin                                           59.1%                     58.7%                      60.1%        40 BPS               -100 BPS


    Adjusted EBITDA                                               $20,476                    $17,918                     $22,810                   14%                   -10%

    Adjusted EBITDA Margin                                          27.0%                     22.2%                      29.0%       480 BPS               -200 BPS

Revenue


    --  Revenue totaled $75.9 million in the first quarter, a decrease of 6%
        year-over-year and 4% sequentially. Both decreases were driven by churn
        from a small number of large customers.
    --  Data Center and Network Services revenue totaled $50.9 million in the
        first quarter, a decrease of 6% year-over-year and 4% sequentially. The
        year-over-year decrease was attributable to lower IP connectivity
        revenue related to the continued decline in pricing for new and renewing
        customers and the loss of legacy contracts, a decrease in partner
        colocation revenue, partially offset by an increase in
        company-controlled colocation revenue. The sequential decrease was
        primarily attributable to similar trends for IP connectivity and
        anticipated churn from a significant company-controlled colocation
        customer.
    --  Cloud and Hosting Services revenue totaled $25.1 million in the first
        quarter, a decrease of 6% year-over-year and 3% sequentially. Both
        decreases were driven by churn from a small number of large customers.

Net Loss


    --  GAAP net loss was $(9.6) million, or $(0.19) per share, compared with
        $(10.4) million, or $(0.20) per share, in the first quarter of 2015 and
        $(11.3) million, or $(0.22) per share, in the fourth quarter of 2015.
    --  Normalized net loss was $(6.1) million, or $(0.12) per share, compared
        with normalized net loss of $(8.6) million, or $(0.17) per share, in the
        first quarter of 2015, and normalized net loss of $(7.4) million, or
        $(0.14) per share, in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Segment Profit and Adjusted EBITDA


    --  Segment profit totaled $44.8 million in the first quarter, a 5% decrease
        compared with the first quarter of 2015 and a 5% decrease from the
        fourth quarter of 2015. Segment margin was 59.1%, an increase of 40
        basis points year-over-year and a decrease of 100 basis points
        sequentially.
    --  Data Center and Network Services segment profit totaled $26.5 million in
        the first quarter, a 4% decrease compared with the first quarter of 2015
        and a 6% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2015. Data Center and
        Network Services segment margin was 52.1% in the first quarter, up 110
        basis points year-over-year and down 120 basis points sequentially.
        Year-over-year, lower IP connectivity revenue and partner colocation
        revenue offset higher company-controlled colocation revenue and resulted
        in a decrease in data center and network services segment profit. Lower
        IP connectivity costs and a favorable mix shift of higher
        company-controlled colocation revenue drove data center and network
        services segment margin higher. Sequentially, lower data center and
        network services revenue resulted in declines in segment profit and
        segment margin.
    --  Cloud and Hosting Services segment profit totaled $18.3 million in the
        first quarter, an 8% decrease compared with the first quarter of 2015
        and a 4% decrease from the fourth quarter of 2015. Cloud and Hosting
        Services segment margin was 73.2% in the first quarter, down 110 basis
        points year-over-year and 90 basis points sequentially. Decreased Cloud
        and Hosting Services revenue resulted in declines in segment profit and
        segment margin.
    --  Adjusted EBITDA totaled $20.5 million in the first quarter, a 14%
        increase compared with the first quarter of 2015 and a 10% decrease from
        the fourth quarter of 2015. Adjusted EBITDA margin was 27.0% in the
        first quarter, up 480 basis points year-over-year and down 200 basis
        points sequentially. The year-over-year increase in adjusted EBITDA and
        adjusted EBITDA margin was attributable to lower cash operating
        expense(4 )primarily from optimizing the Company's cost structure,
        reduced discretionary spending and improved marketing program
        efficiencies. Benefits included a decrease in cash-based compensation, a
        decrease in marketing costs and the elimination of non-core functions,
        primarily the result of our business unit realignment. Sequentially,
        lower segment profit and seasonally higher normalized cash operating
        expense weighed on adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin.

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement


    --  Cash and cash equivalents totaled $13.9 million at March 31, 2016. Total
        debt was $378.0 million, net of discount and prepaid costs, at the end
        of the quarter, including $59.3 million in capital lease obligations.
    --  Cash generated from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016
        was $10.8 million. Capital expenditures over the same period were $12.7
        million.

Business Outlook

We are reaffirming the following guidance for full-year 2016:


    --  Revenue                                       $310 million - $320
        million
    --  Adjusted EBITDA                          $80 million - $90 million
    --  Capital Expenditures                     $40 million - $50 million

Recent Operational Highlights

Historical trends of key financial and operational metrics can be found in a supplementary data schedule on Internap's website at http://ir.internap.com/results.cfm.


    --  Internap announced the launch of China Performance IP(TM), a direct
        connection between the company's Hong Kong private network access point
        (PNAP) and mainland Chinese Internet providers. This direct,
        route-optimized connection between Hong Kong and China enables
        enterprises to gain low latency access to the mainland's fast-growing
        markets from Hong Kong, removing the complexity, cost and time required
        to set up operations on the mainland or engage directly with China's
        Internet providers.
    --  Internap announced the expansion of its OpenStack-based bare-metal
        Infrastructure-as-a-Service offering, AgileSERVER 2.0, to its data
        centers in Amsterdam, Dallas and Santa Clara, Calif. Launched in 2015
        out of Internap's New York Metro data center in Secaucus, N.J.,
        AgileSERVER 2.0 is now available in four locations globally, enabling
        enterprises and devops teams running mission-critical applications and
        big data workloads to build scale-out infrastructure environments that
        are higher performing and more cost-effective than commodity public
        cloud platforms.



            1     Segment margin and segment profit
                  are non-GAAP financial measures
                  which we define in an attachment to
                  this press release entitled "Non-
                  GAAP (Adjusted) Financial
                  Measures." Reconciliations between
                  GAAP and non-GAAP information
                  related to segment profit and
                  segment margin are contained in the
                  table entitled "Segment Profit and
                  Segment Margin" in the attachment.


            2     Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA
                  margin and normalized net loss are
                  non-GAAP financial measures which
                  we define in an attachment to this
                  press release entitled "Non-GAAP
                  (Adjusted) Financial Measures."
                  Reconciliations between GAAP
                  information and non-GAAP
                  information related to adjusted
                  EBITDA and normalized net loss are
                  contained in the tables entitled
                  "Reconciliation of Loss from
                  Operations to Adjusted EBITDA," and
                  "Reconciliation of Net Loss and
                  Basic and Diluted Net Loss Per
                  Share to Normalized Net Loss and
                  Basic and Diluted Normalized Net
                  Loss Per Share" in the attachment.


            3     Levered free cash flow is a non-
                  GAAP measure which we define in an
                  attachment to this press release
                  entitled "Non-GAAP (Adjusted)
                  Financial Measures."
                  Reconciliations between GAAP and
                  non-GAAP information related to
                  levered free cash flow is contained
                  in the table entitled "Levered Free
                  Cash Flow" in the attachment.


            4     Cash operating expense is a non-
                  GAAP measure which we define in an
                  attachment to this press release
                  entitled "Non-GAAP (Adjusted)
                  Financial Measures."
                  Reconciliations between GAAP and
                  non-GAAP information related to
                  cash operating expense is contained
                  in the table entitled "Cash
                  Operating Expense" in the
                  attachment.

Conference Call Information:

Internap's first quarter 2016 conference call will be held today at 5:00 p.m. ET. Listeners may connect to a webcast of the call, which will include accompanying presentation slides, on the investor relations section of Internap's web site at http://ir.internap.com/events.cfm. The call can be also accessed by dialing 866-515-9839. International callers should dial 631-813-4875. An online archive of the webcast presentation will be available for one month following the call. An audio-only replay will be accessible from Thursday, May 5, 2016 at 8:00 p.m. ET through Wednesday, May 11, 2016 at 855-859-2056 using replay code 91208532. International callers can listen to the archived event at 404-537-3406 with the same code.

About Internap

Internap is the high-performance Internet infrastructure provider that powers the applications shaping the way we live, work and play. Our hybrid infrastructure delivers performance without compromise - blending virtual and bare-metal cloud, hosting and colocation services across a global network of data centers, optimized from the application to the end user and backed by rock-solid customer support and a 100% uptime guarantee. Since 1996, the most innovative companies have relied on Internap to make their applications faster and more scalable. For more information, visit www.internap.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include statements related to (a) our expectations for the benefits to be achieved from the establishment of two distinct business units, including customer service improvements and our ability to grow faster; (b) our expectations for customer churn; (c) our ability to accelerate profitable growth and drive long-term shareholder value; and (d) our expectations for full-year 2016 revenue, adjusted EBITDA and capital expenditures. Our ability to achieve these forward-looking statements is based on certain assumptions, including our ability to execute on our business strategy, leveraging of multiple routes to market, expanded brand awareness for high-performance Internet infrastructure services and customer churn levels. These assumptions may prove to be inaccurate in the future. Because such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, there are important factors that could cause Internap's actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. These factors include our ability to execute on our business strategy and drive growth; our ability to maintain current customers and obtain new ones, whether in a cost-effective manner or at all; the robustness of the IT infrastructure services market; our ability to achieve or sustain profitability; our ability to expand margins and drive higher returns on investment; our ability to sell into new and existing data center space; the actual performance of our IT infrastructure services; our ability to correctly forecast capital needs, demand planning and space utilization; our ability to respond successfully to technological change and the resulting competition; the availability of services from Internet network service providers or network service providers providing network access loops and local loops on favorable terms, or at all; failure of third party suppliers to deliver their products and services on favorable terms, or at all; failures in our network operations centers, data centers, network access points or computer systems; our ability to provide or improve Internet infrastructure services to our customers; and our ability to protect our intellectual property, as well as other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these risks and uncertainties, investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as a prediction of actual results. We undertake no obligation to update, amend or clarify any forward-looking statement for any reason.





    Press Contact:         Investor Contact:

    Mariah Torpey          Michael Nelson

    (781) 418-2404         (404) 302-9700

    internap@teamlewis.com ir@internap.com
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                                                                                      INTERNAP CORPORATION

                                                                   UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

                                                                            (In thousands, except per share amounts)



                                                                                                                             Three Months Ended March 31,
                                                                                                                             ----------------------------

                                                                                                                                         2016                   2015
                                                                                                                                         ----                   ----

    Revenues:

       Data center and network services                                                                                               $50,872                $54,068

       Cloud and hosting services                                                                                                      25,052                 26,718
                                                                                                                                       ------                 ------

           Total revenues                                                                                                              75,924                 80,786
                                                                                                                                       ------                 ------


    Operating costs and expenses:

       Direct costs of sales and services, exclusive of depreciation
       and amortization, shown below:

         Data center and network services                                                                                              24,373                 26,481

         Cloud and hosting services                                                                                                     6,704                  6,865

       Direct costs of customer support                                                                                                 8,804                  9,118

       Sales, general and administrative                                                                                               18,930                 21,968

       Depreciation and amortization                                                                                                   19,113                 20,208

       Exit activities, restructuring and impairments                                                                                     201                    265


    Total operating costs and expenses                                                                                                 78,125                 84,905
                                                                                                                                       ------                 ------


    Loss from operations                                                                                                              (2,201)               (4,119)
                                                                                                                                       ------                 ------



    Non-operating expenses:

       Interest expense                                                                                                                 6,985                  6,865

       Loss (gain) on foreign currency, net                                                                                               433                  (514)

       Other, net                                                                                                                        (77)                  (16)
                                                                                                                                          ---                    ---

    Total non-operating expenses                                                                                                        7,341                  6,335
                                                                                                                                        -----                  -----


    Loss before income taxes and equity in earnings of equity-method investment                                                       (9,542)              (10,454)

    Provision for income taxes                                                                                                            138                     27

    Equity in earnings of equity-method investment, net of taxes                                                                         (36)                  (39)
                                                                                                                                          ---                    ---


    Net loss                                                                                                                         $(9,644)             $(10,442)
                                                                                                                                      =======               ========


    Basic and diluted net loss per share                                                                                              $(0.19)               $(0.20)
                                                                                                                                       ======                 ======


    Weighted average shares outstanding used in computing net loss per share:

        Basic and diluted                                                                                                              51,774                 51,336
                                                                                                                                       ======                 ======



                                                                                                                                        INTERNAP CORPORATION

                                                                                                                           UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

                                                                                                                         (In thousands, except par value amounts)



                                                                                                                                                                           March 31,             December 31,

                                                                                                                                                                                            2016                      2015
                                                                                                                                                                                            ----                      ----


                                                                                                   ASSETS

    Current assets:

    Cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                                                                            $13,898                   $17,772

    Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,514 and $1,751, respectively                                                                                        19,570                    20,292

    Prepaid expenses and other assets                                                                                                                                                     12,410                    12,405
                                                                                                                                                                                          ------                    ------


    Total current assets                                                                                                                                                                  45,878                    50,469


    Property and equipment, net                                                                                                                                                          328,084                   328,700

    Investment in joint venture                                                                                                                                                            2,934                     2,768

    Intangible assets, net                                                                                                                                                                32,047                    32,887

    Goodwill                                                                                                                                                                             130,313                   130,313

    Deposits and other assets                                                                                                                                                              9,094                     9,474

    Total assets                                                                                                                                                                        $548,350                  $554,611
                                                                                                                                                                                        ========                  ========


                                                                                    LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

    Current liabilities:

    Accounts payable                                                                                                                                                                     $21,672                   $22,607

    Accrued liabilities                                                                                                                                                                   10,525                    10,737

    Deferred revenues                                                                                                                                                                      6,784                     6,603

    Capital lease obligations                                                                                                                                                              9,290                     8,421

    Term loan, less discount of $1,806 and $1,784, respectively                                                                                                                            1,194                     1,215

    Exit activities and restructuring liability                                                                                                                                            1,712                     2,034

    Other current liabilities                                                                                                                                                              1,631                     2,566
                                                                                                                                                                                           -----                     -----

    Total current liabilities                                                                                                                                                             52,808                    54,183


    Deferred revenues                                                                                                                                                                      4,798                     4,759

    Capital lease obligations                                                                                                                                                             50,007                    48,692

    Revolving credit facility                                                                                                                                                             32,500                    31,000

    Term loan, less discount of $5,243 and $5,703 respectively                                                                                                                           285,007                   285,298

    Exit activities and restructuring liability                                                                                                                                            1,709                     1,844

    Deferred rent                                                                                                                                                                          8,395                     8,879

    Deferred tax liability                                                                                                                                                                 1,211                       880

    Other long-term liabilities                                                                                                                                                            4,467                     4,640
                                                                                                                                                                                           -----                     -----

    Total liabilities                                                                                                                                                                    440,902                   440,175
                                                                                                                                                                                         -------                   -------



    Commitments and contingencies

    Stockholders' equity:

    Preferred stock, $0.001 par value; 20,000 shares authorized; no shares issued

    or outstanding                                                                                                                                                                             -                        -

    Common stock, $0.001 par value; 120,000 shares authorized; 56,351 and 55,971 shares

    outstanding, respectively                                                                                                                                                                 56                        56

    Additional paid-in capital                                                                                                                                                         1,279,490                 1,277,511

    Treasury stock, at cost; 908 and 826 shares, respectively                                                                                                                            (6,609)                  (6,393)

    Accumulated deficit                                                                                                                                                              (1,163,601)              (1,153,957)

    Accumulated items of other comprehensive loss                                                                                                                                        (1,888)                  (2,781)
                                                                                                                                                                                          ------                    ------

    Total stockholders' equity                                                                                                                                                           107,448                   114,436
                                                                                                                                                                                         -------                   -------

    Total liabilities and stockholders' equity                                                                                                                                          $548,350                  $554,611
                                                                                                                                                                                        ========                  ========



                                                                                                                 INTERNAP CORPORATION

                                                                                              UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

                                                                                                                    (In thousands)



                                                                                                                                                        Three Months Ended March 31,
                                                                                                                                                        ----------------------------

                                                                                                                                                                                       2016       2015
                                                                                                                                                                                       ----       ----

    Cash Flows from Operating Activities:

    Net loss                                                                                                                                                                       $(9,644) $(10,442)

    Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

       Depreciation and amortization                                                                                                                                                 19,113     20,208

       Amortization of debt discount and issuance costs                                                                                                                                 522        490

       Stock-based compensation expense, net of capitalized amount                                                                                                                    1,922      1,579

       Equity in earnings of equity-method investment                                                                                                                                  (36)      (39)

       Provision for doubtful accounts                                                                                                                                                  341        400

       Non-cash change in capital lease obligations                                                                                                                                     487      (760)

       Non-cash change in exit activities and restructuring liability                                                                                                                   347        371

       Non-cash change in deferred rent                                                                                                                                               (484)     (401)

       Deferred taxes                                                                                                                                                                    77         54

       Other, net                                                                                                                                                                       202      (242)

    Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

       Accounts receivable                                                                                                                                                              537    (1,724)

       Prepaid expenses, deposits and other assets                                                                                                                                    1,946    (1,544)

       Accounts payable                                                                                                                                                             (1,815)   (7,652)

       Accrued and other liabilities                                                                                                                                                (1,903)     (903)

       Deferred revenues                                                                                                                                                                191      (256)

       Exit activities and restructuring liability                                                                                                                                    (804)     (663)

       Asset retirement obligation                                                                                                                                                    (174)         -

       Other liabilities                                                                                                                                                               (43)        17

    Net cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities                                                                                                                        10,782    (1,507)
                                                                                                                                                                                     ------     ------


    Cash Flows from Investing Activities:

    Purchases of property and equipment                                                                                                                                            (12,282)  (14,990)

    Additions to acquired and developed technology                                                                                                                                    (399)     (712)

    Net cash flows used in investing activities                                                                                                                                    (12,681)  (15,702)
                                                                                                                                                                                    -------    -------


    Cash Flows from Financing Activities:

    Proceeds from credit agreements                                                                                                                                                   1,500     13,000

    Principal payments on credit agreements                                                                                                                                           (750)     (750)

    Payments on capital lease obligations                                                                                                                                           (2,359)   (1,770)

    Proceeds from exercise of stock options                                                                                                                                               -     2,583

    Acquisition of common stock for income tax withholdings                                                                                                                           (216)     (618)

    Other, net                                                                                                                                                                         (76)       979

    Net cash flows (used in) provided by financing activities                                                                                                                       (1,901)    13,424
                                                                                                                                                                                     ------     ------

    Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                                              (74)      (80)
                                                                                                                                                                                        ---        ---

    Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents                                                                                                                                       (3,874)   (3,865)

    Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period                                                                                                                                 17,772     20,084

    Cash and cash equivalents at end of period                                                                                                                                      $13,898    $16,219
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INTERNAP CORPORATION
NON-GAAP (ADJUSTED) FINANCIAL MEASURES

In addition to providing financial measurements based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP"), Internap has historically provided additional financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with GAAP ("non-GAAP"), including adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA margin, normalized net loss, normalized diluted shares outstanding, segment profit and segment margin, levered free cash flow and cash operating expense. The most directly comparable GAAP equivalent to adjusted EBITDA and normalized net loss is loss from operations and net loss, respectively. The most directly comparable GAAP equivalent to normalized diluted shares outstanding is diluted common shares outstanding.

We define non-GAAP measures as follows:


    --  Adjusted EBITDA is loss from operations plus depreciation and
        amortization, loss (gain) on disposals of property and equipment, exit
        activities, restructuring and impairments, stock-based compensation,
        strategic alternatives and related costs, organizational realignment
        costs and acquisition costs.
    --  Adjusted EBITDA margin is adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenues.
    --  Normalized net loss is net loss plus exit activities, restructuring and
        impairments, stock-based compensation, acquisition costs and strategic
        alternatives and related costs.
    --  Normalized diluted shares outstanding are diluted shares of common stock
        outstanding used in GAAP net loss per share calculations, excluding the
        dilutive effect of stock-based compensation using the treasury stock
        method.
    --  Normalized net loss per share is normalized net loss divided by basic
        and normalized diluted shares outstanding.
    --  Segment profit is segment revenues less direct costs of sales and
        services, exclusive of depreciation and amortization for the segment, as
        presented in the notes to our consolidated financial statements. Segment
        profit does not include direct costs of customer support or any
        depreciation or amortization associated with direct costs.
    --  Segment margin is segment profit as a percentage of segment revenues.
    --  Levered free cash flow is adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures, net
        of equipment sale-leaseback transactions and cash paid for interest.
    --  Cash operating expense is GAAP operating expense less direct cost of
        sales and services, depreciation and amortization, loss (gain) on
        disposals of property and equipment, exit activities, restructuring and
        impairments, stock-based compensation, acquisition costs and strategic
        alternatives and related costs.

We detail reconciliations of our non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measure in the reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP measures below. We believe that presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures provides useful information to investors regarding our results of operations.

We believe that excluding depreciation and amortization and loss on disposals of property and equipment, as well as impairments and restructuring, to calculate adjusted EBITDA provides supplemental information and an alternative presentation that is useful to investors' understanding of our core operating results and trends. Not only are depreciation and amortization expenses based on historical costs of assets that may have little bearing on present or future replacement costs, but also they are based on management estimates of remaining useful lives. Loss on disposals of property and equipment is also based on historical costs of assets that may have little bearing on replacement costs. Impairments and restructuring expenses primarily reflect goodwill impairments and subsequent plan adjustments in sublease income assumptions for certain properties included in our previously disclosed restructuring plans.

We believe that exit activities, restructuring and impairment charges, strategic alternatives and related costs and organizational realignment costs are unique costs that we do not expect to recur on a regular basis, and consequently, we do not consider these charges as a normal component of expenses related to current and ongoing operations.

Similarly, we believe that excluding the effects of stock-based compensation from non-GAAP financial measures provides supplemental information and an alternative presentation useful to investors' understanding of our core operating results and trends. Investors have indicated that they consider financial measures of our results of operations excluding stock-based compensation as important supplemental information useful to their understanding of our historical results and estimating our future results.

INTERNAP CORPORATION
NON-GAAP (ADJUSTED) FINANCIAL MEASURES (Continued)

We also believe that, in excluding the effects of stock-based compensation, our non-GAAP financial measures provide investors with transparency into what management uses to measure and forecast our results of operations, to compare on a consistent basis our results of operations for the current period to that of prior periods and to compare our results of operations on a more consistent basis against that of other companies, in making financial and operating decisions and to establish certain management compensation.

Stock-based compensation is an important part of total compensation, especially from the perspective of employees. We believe, however, that supplementing GAAP net loss and net loss per share information by providing normalized net loss and normalized net loss per share, excluding the effect of exit activities, restructuring and impairments, stock-based compensation and acquisition costs in all periods, is useful to investors because it enables additional and more meaningful period-to-period comparisons. We consider normalized diluted shares to be another important indicator of our overall performance because it eliminates the effect of non-cash items.

Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of liquidity calculated in accordance with GAAP, and should be viewed as a supplement to -- not a substitute for -- our results of operations presented on the basis of GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA does not purport to represent cash flow provided by operating activities as defined by GAAP. Our statements of cash flows present our cash flow activity in accordance with GAAP. Furthermore, adjusted EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to similarly-titled measures reported by other companies.

We believe adjusted EBITDA is used by and is useful to investors and other users of our financial statements in evaluating our operating performance because it provides them with an additional tool to compare business performance across companies and across periods. We believe that:


    --  EBITDA is widely used by investors to measure a company's operating
        performance without regard to items such as interest expense, income
        taxes, depreciation and amortization, which can vary substantially from
        company-to-company depending upon accounting methods and book value of
        assets, capital structure and the method by which assets were acquired;
        and
    --  investors commonly adjust EBITDA information to eliminate the effect of
        disposals of property and equipment, impairments, restructuring and
        stock-based compensation which vary widely from company-to-company and
        impair comparability.

Our management uses adjusted EBITDA:


    --  as a measure of operating performance to assist in comparing performance
        from period-to-period on a consistent basis;
    --  as a measure for planning and forecasting overall expectations and for
        evaluating actual results against such expectations; and
    --  in communications with the board of directors, analysts and investors
        concerning our financial performance.

Our presentation of segment profit and segment margin excludes direct costs of customer support and depreciation and amortization in order to allow investors to see the business through the eyes of management. Management views direct costs of network, sales and services as generally less controllable, external costs and management regularly monitors the margin of revenues in excess of these direct costs. Similarly, we view the costs of customer support to also be an important component of costs of revenues but believe that the costs of customer support to be more within our control and to some degree discretionary as we can adjust those costs by hiring and terminating employees.

Segment margin is an important metric to our investors and analysts, as we have regularly discussed and disclosed the effects of third party vendors' pricing declines and the corresponding effect on our revenues. The presentation of segment margin highlights the impact of the pricing declines and allows investors and analysts to evaluate our revenue generation performance relative to direct costs of network, sales and services. Conversely, we have much greater latitude in controlling the compensation component of costs of revenues, represented by customer support, and we analyze this component separately from the direct external costs.

We also have excluded depreciation and amortization from segment profit and segment margin because, as noted above, they are based on estimated useful lives of tangible and intangible assets. Further, depreciation and amortization are based on historical costs incurred to build out our deployed network and the historical costs of these assets may not be indicative of current or future capital expenditures.

INTERNAP CORPORATION
NON-GAAP (ADJUSTED) FINANCIAL MEASURES (Continued)

Although we believe, for the foregoing reasons, that our presentation of non-GAAP financial measures provides useful supplemental information to investors regarding our results of operations, our non-GAAP financial measures should only be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, or superior to, any measure of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Use of non-GAAP financial measures is subject to inherent limitations because they do not include all the expenses that must be included under GAAP and because they involve the exercise of judgment of which charges should properly be excluded from the non-GAAP financial measure. Management accounts for these limitations by not relying exclusively on non-GAAP financial measures, but only using such information to supplement GAAP financial measures. Our non-GAAP financial measures may not be the same non-GAAP measures, and may not be calculated in the same manner, as those used by other companies.


                                                                                                                               RECONCILIATION OF LOSS FROM OPERATIONS TO ADJUSTED EBITDA


    A reconciliation of loss from operations, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to adjusted EBITDA for each of the periods indicated is as follows (in thousands):


                                                                                                                                                    Three Months Ended
                                                                                                                                                    ------------------

                                                                                                                                               March 31, 2016                            December 31, 2015           March 31, 2015
                                                                                                                                               --------------                            -----------------           --------------

    Loss from operations (GAAP)                                                                                                                                         $(2,201)                           $(6,753)                 $(4,119)

    Depreciation and amortization                                                                                                                                         19,113                              25,250                    20,208

    Loss (gain) on disposal of property and equipment, net                                                                                                                    28                                 453                      (15)

    Exit activities, restructuring and impairments                                                                                                                           201                               1,033                       265

    Stock-based compensation                                                                                                                                               1,922                               2,582                     1,579

    Strategic alternatives and related costs                                                                                                                                 141                                 245                         -

    Organizational realignment costs                                                                                                                                       1,272                                   -                        -

    Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)                                                                                                                                           $20,476                             $22,810                   $17,918
                                                                                                                                                                         =======                             =======                   =======



                                                                                           RECONCILIATION OF NET LOSS AND BASIC AND DILUTED

                                                                                            NET LOSS PER SHARE TO NORMALIZED NET LOSS AND

                                                                                           BASIC AND DILUTED NORMALIZED NET LOSS PER SHARE


    Reconciliations of (1) net loss, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to normalized net loss, (2) diluted shares outstanding used in per share calculations, the most directly comparable GAAP
     measure, to normalized diluted shares used in normalized per share outstanding calculations and (3) net loss per share, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to normalized net loss per share
     for each of the periods indicated is as follows (in thousands, except per share data):


                                                                 Three Months Ended
                                                                 ------------------

                                                              March 31, 2016                                                    December 31, 2015                                                   March 31, 2015
                                                              --------------                                                    -----------------                                                   --------------

    Net loss (GAAP)                                                                    $(9,644)                                                          $(11,269)                                                 $(10,442)

    Exit activities,
     restructuring and
     impairments                                                                            201                                                               1,033                                                        265

    Stock-based
     compensation                                                                         1,922                                                               2,582                                                      1,579

    Strategic
     alternatives and
     related costs                                                                          141                                                                 245                                                          -

    Organizational
     realignment costs                                                                    1,272                                                                   -                                                         -

    Normalized net loss
     (non-GAAP)                                                                         (6,108)                                                            (7,409)                                                   (8,598)


    Normalized net
     income allocable to
     participating
     securities (non-
     GAAP)                                                                                    -                                                                  -                                                         -

    Normalized net loss
     available to common
     stockholders (non-
     GAAP)                                                                             $(6,108)                                                           $(7,409)                                                  $(8,598)
                                                                                        =======                                                             =======                                                    =======

    Participating
     securities (GAAP)                                                                    1,369                                                               1,260                                                      1,151


    Weighted average shares outstanding used in per share calculation:

    Basic and diluted
     (GAAP)                                                                              51,774                                                              51,727                                                     51,336

    Add potentially
     dilutive securities                                                                      -                                                                  -                                                         -

    Less dilutive effect
     of stock-based
     compensation under
     the treasury stock
     method                                                                                   -                                                                  -                                                         -
                                                                                            ---                                                                ---                                                       ---

    Normalized diluted
     shares (non-GAAP)                                                                   51,774                                                              51,727                                                     51,336
                                                                                         ======                                                              ======                                                     ======


    Loss per share (GAAP):

    Basic and diluted                                                                   $(0.19)                                                            $(0.22)                                                   $(0.20)
                                                                                         ======                                                              ======                                                     ======


    Normalized net loss per share (non-GAAP):

    Basic and diluted                                                                   $(0.12)                                                            $(0.14)                                                   $(0.17)
                                                                                         ======                                                              ======                                                     ======




                                                                                                                                             INTERNAP CORPORATION

                                                                                                                              NON-GAAP (ADJUSTED) FINANCIAL MEASURES (Continued)


                                                                                                                                             INTERNAP CORPORATION

                                                                                                                                       SEGMENT PROFIT AND SEGMENT MARGIN


    Segment profit and segment margin, which does not include direct costs of customer support or any depreciation or amortization, for each of the periods indicated is as follows (dollars in thousands):


                                                                                                                                   Three Months Ended
                                                                                                                                   ------------------

                                                                                                                                March 31, 2016                                                       December 31, 2015         March 31, 2015
                                                                                                                                --------------                                                       -----------------         --------------

    Revenues:

       Data center and network services:

          Company-controlled                                                                                                                               $22,357                                                     $23,310                $21,230

          Partner                                                                                                                                            9,938                                                       9,955                 11,151

          IP connectivity                                                                                                                                   18,577                                                      19,745                 21,687

          Total data center and network services                                                                                                            50,872                                                      53,010                 54,068

       Cloud and hosting services                                                                                                                           25,052                                                      25,746                 26,718


          Total                                                                                                                                             75,924                                                      78,756                 80,786
                                                                                                                                                            ------                                                      ------                 ------


    Direct cost of sales and services, exclusive of

          depreciation and amortization:

       Data center and network services:

          Company-controlled                                                                                                                                 9,712                                                       9,728                  9,628

          Partner                                                                                                                                            7,172                                                       7,280                  7,772

          IP connectivity                                                                                                                                    7,489                                                       7,760                  9,081

          Total data center and network services                                                                                                            24,373                                                      24,768                 26,481

       Cloud and hosting services                                                                                                                            6,704                                                       6,666                  6,865

          Total                                                                                                                                             31,077                                                      31,434                 33,346
                                                                                                                                                            ------                                                      ------                 ------


    Segment Profit:

       Data center and network services

          Company-controlled                                                                                                                                12,645                                                      13,582                 11,602

          Partner                                                                                                                                            2,766                                                       2,675                  3,379

          IP connectivity                                                                                                                                   11,088                                                      11,985                 12,606

          Total data center and network services                                                                                                            26,499                                                      28,242                 27,587

       Cloud and hosting services                                                                                                                           18,348                                                      19,080                 19,853

          Total                                                                                                                                            $44,847                                                     $47,322                $47,440
                                                                                                                                                           =======                                                     =======                =======


    Segment Margin:

       Data center and network services

          Company-controlled                                                                                                                                 56.6%                                                      58.3%                 54.6%

          Partner                                                                                                                                            27.8%                                                      26.9%                 30.3%

          IP connectivity                                                                                                                                    59.7%                                                      60.7%                 58.1%

          Total data center and network services                                                                                                             52.1%                                                      53.3%                 51.0%

       Cloud and hosting services                                                                                                                            73.2%                                                      74.1%                 74.3%
                                                                                                                                                              ----                                                        ----                   ----

          Total                                                                                                                                              59.1%                                                      60.1%                 58.7%
                                                                                                                                                              ====                                                        ====                   ====



                                                                                                                            INTERNAP CORPORATION

                                                                                                             NON-GAAP (ADJUSTED) FINANCIAL MEASURES (Continued)


                                                                                                                           LEVERED FREE CASH FLOW


    Levered free cash flow is a non-GAAP measure and is adjusted EBITDA less capital expenditures, net of equipment sale-leaseback transactions and cash paid for interest (in thousands):

                                                                                                  Three Months Ended
                                                                                                  ------------------

                                                                                               March 31, 2016                                                      December 31, 2015                 March 31, 2015
                                                                                               --------------                                                      -----------------                 --------------

    Adjusted EBITDA (non-GAAP)                                                                                            $20,476                                                            $22,810                   $17,918

    Capital expenditures, net of equipment sale-
     leaseback transactions                                                                                              (12,681)                                                          (14,738)                 (15,702)
                                                                                                                          -------                                                            -------                   -------

    Unlevered free cash flow (non-GAAP)                                                                                     7,795                                                              8,072                     2,216


    Cash interest expense                                                                                                 (6,540)                                                           (6,715)                  (6,450)

    Levered free cash flow (non-GAAP)                                                                                      $1,255                                                             $1,357                  $(4,234)
                                                                                                                           ======                                                             ======                   =======



                                                                                                                                  CASH OPERATING EXPENSE


    Cash operating expense is a non-GAAP measure and is operating expense defined by GAAP, less direct costs of sales and services, depreciation and amortization, (loss) gain on disposal of property and equipment, exit activities, restructuring and
     impairments, stock-based compensation, acquisition costs and strategic alternatives and related costs (in thousands):


                                                                                                                   Three Months Ended
                                                                                                                   ------------------

                                                                                                              March 31, 2016                                                      December 31, 2015                                                     March 31, 2015
                                                                                                              --------------                                                      -----------------                                                     --------------

    Total operating costs and expenses                                                                                                   $78,125                                                               $85,509                                                    $84,905

    Direct costs of sales and services, exclusive of depreciation and
     amortization                                                                                                                       (31,077)                                                             (31,434)                                                  (33,346)

    Depreciation and amortization                                                                                                       (19,113)                                                             (25,250)                                                  (20,208)

    (Loss) gain on disposal of property and equipment, net                                                                                  (28)                                                                (453)                                                        15

    Exit activities, restructuring and impairments                                                                                         (201)                                                              (1,033)                                                     (265)

    Stock-based compensation                                                                                                             (1,922)                                                              (2,582)                                                   (1,579)

    Strategic alternatives and related costs                                                                                               (141)                                                                (245)                                                         -

    Organizational realignment costs                                                                                                     (1,272)                                                                    -                                                         -

    Cash operating expense (non-GAAP)                                                                                                    $24,371                                                               $24,512                                                    $29,522
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