USA Technologies : Announces Second Quarter Fiscal 2015 Results

USA Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:USAT) ("USAT"), a leader of wireless, cashless payment and M2M telemetry solutions for small-ticket, self-serve retailing industries, today reported results for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 ended December 31, 2014.

Second Quarter Financial Highlights:

• Total revenue of $12.8 million, a year-over-year increase of 21%
• License and transaction fee revenue of $10.5 million, a year-over-year increase of 21%
• Adjusted EBITDA of $1.7 million
• GAAP net loss of $0.3 million, or $0.01 per share, including a charge for a non-cash income tax provision of approximately $0.4 million
• Approximately Non-GAAP net income break even (see Non GAAP Reconciliation)

Total revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 was $12.8 million, a 21% increase from $10.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2014. License and transaction fees were $10.5 million compared with $8.7 million in the year ago quarter, a 21% increase. These fees, which are comprised of recurring monthly service fees as well as transaction processing fees, accounted for approximately 82% of total revenue. Equipment sales were $2.3 million compared to $1.9 million in last year's second quarter, a 23% increase.

USAT announced today that it executed an agreement on February 13, 2015 with an equipment leasing company to finance its QuickStart program - a five year, non-cancellable lease program relating to its ePort hardware. Under the agreement, the leasing company may buy USAT’s cashless ePort hardware and, in turn, lease the equipment directly to USAT's customers. Historically, USAT has utilized its own cash resources in connection with the QuickStart Program.

“We believe that the self-serve retail industry is in the midst of a significant transition toward the cashless and mobile solutions we pioneered and have been investing in for more than a decade," said Stephen P. Herbert, USA Technologies’ chairman and chief executive officer. “If successful, our third party leasing program for the QuickStart Program would result in improved cash flows from operations and benefit the balance sheet. As our products and services increasingly gain traction, we continue to drive recurring revenue and the fundamentals of our business.”

GAAP operating income for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 was approximately $50 thousand compared with GAAP operating income of $0.5 million in the prior corresponding quarter. For the second quarter of fiscal 2015, Adjusted EBITDA was $1.7 million compared with $1.9 million for the second quarter of fiscal 2014.

GAAP net loss for the second quarter of fiscal 2015 was approximately $0.3 million, or $(0.01) per share, compared with GAAP net income of $0.4 million, or $0.01 per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2014.

On a non-GAAP basis, net loss was approximately zero, or $(0.00) per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2015, compared to net income of $0.4 million, or $0.01 per share, for the second quarter of fiscal 2014.

Cash was $6.7 million as of December 31, 2014.

Fiscal 2015 Outlook

For full year fiscal 2015, management continues to expect total revenue in the range of $51.0 million to $53.0 million, for a growth rate of 20% to 26%. License and transaction fee revenue is expected to be in the range of $44.0 million to $47.0 million, for a growth rate of 24% to 31%. Net new connections are expected to be in the range of 66,000 to 76,000, for a growth rate of 27% to 46%.

Webcast and Conference Call

Management will host a conference call today, February 17, 2015 at 10:00 am EST. To participate in the conference call, please dial (866) 393-1608 approximately 10 minutes prior to the call. International callers should dial (224) 357-2194. Please reference conference ID # 81862892.

A live webcast of the conference call will be available at http://investor.usatech.com/events.cfm. Please access the website 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to download and install any necessary audio software. A telephone replay of the conference call will be available from 1:00pm ET on February 17, 2015 until 11:59pm ET February 20, 2015 and may be accessed by calling (855) 859-2056 (domestic dial-in) or (404) 537-3406 (international dial-in) and reference conference ID # 81862892. An archived replay of the conference call will also be available in the investor relations section of the Company's website.

ABOUT USA Technologies

USA Technologies is a leader of wireless, cashless payment and M2M telemetry solutions for small-ticket, self-serve retailing industries. ePort Connect® is the company's flagship service platform, a PCI-compliant, end-to-end suite of cashless payment and telemetry services specially tailored to fit the needs of small ticket, self-service retailing industries. USA Technologies also provides a broad line of cashless acceptance technologies including its NFC-ready ePort® G-series, ePort Mobile™ for customers on the go, and QuickConnect, an API Web service for developers. USA Technologies has been granted 87 patents; and has agreements with Verizon, Visa, Elavon and customers such as Compass, AMI Entertainment and others. Visit the website at www.usatech.com.

Forward-looking Statements:

"Safe Harbor" Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this release, including without limitation the business strategy and the plans and objectives of USAT's management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. When used in this release, words such as "anticipate", "believe", "estimate", "expect", "intend", and similar expressions, as they relate to USAT or its management, identify forward looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of USAT's management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to USAT's management. Actual results could differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including but not limited to, the ability of management to accurately predict or forecast future earnings or taxable income of USAT; the incurrence by us of any unanticipated or unusual non-operational expenses which would require us to divert our cash resources from achieving our business plan; the ability of USAT to retain key customers from whom a significant portion of its revenues is derived; the ability of USAT to compete with its competitors to obtain market share; whether USAT's customers continue to utilize USAT's transaction processing and related services, as our customer agreements are generally cancelable by the customer on thirty to sixty days' notice; the ability of USAT to obtain widespread commercial acceptance of it products; the ability of USAT to raise funds in the future through the sales of securities or debt financings in order to sustain its operations if an unexpected or unusual non-operational event would occur; the ability of USAT to use available data to predict future market conditions, consumer behavior and any level of cashless usage; the ability to prevent a security breach of our systems or services or third party services or systems utilized by us; the ability of USAT to efficiently and securely integrate cashless payment with new machine technologies; whether any patents issued to USAT will provide USAT with any competitive advantages or adequate protection for its products, or would be challenged, invalidated or circumvented by others; the ability of USAT to operate without infringing the proprietary rights of others; whether USAT would be able to sell its ePort hardware to third party leasing companies as part of the QuickStart program; and whether USAT's existing or anticipated customers purchase, rent or utilize ePort devices or our other products or services in the future at levels currently anticipated by USAT. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this release speaks only as of the date of this release. Unless required by law, USAT does not undertake to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

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Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

This press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company's performance, financial position or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP. Reconciliations between non-GAAP and GAAP measures are set forth below.

The following non-GAAP financial measures are discussed herein: adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net earnings (loss) per common share – basic and diluted. The presentation of these additional financial measures are not intended to be considered in isolation from, or superior to, or as a substitute for the financial measures prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles), including the net income or net loss of USAT or net cash used in operating activities. Management recognizes that non-GAAP financial measures have limitations in that they do not reflect all of the items associated with USAT's net income or net loss as determined in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP financial measures are not required by or defined under GAAP and may be materially different from the non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. USAT has provided below the reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.

Non-GAAP net income (loss) represents GAAP net income (loss) excluding costs or benefits relating to any adjustment for fair value of warrant liabilities, and a state income tax law change.

Non-GAAP net earnings (loss) per common share - diluted is calculated by dividing non-GAAP net income (loss) applicable to common shares by the number of diluted weighted average shares outstanding.

Adjusted EBITDA represents net income (loss) before interest income, interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, amortization, and change in fair value of warrant liabilities and stock-based compensation expense. We have excluded the non-operating items, benefit from reduction of the deferred tax asset valuation allowances and change in fair value of warrant liabilities, because they represent a non-cash charge that is not related to USAT's operations. We have excluded the non-cash expense stock-based compensation as it does not reflect the cash-based operations of USAT. Adjusted EBITDA is presented because we believe it is useful to investors as a measure of comparative operating performance and liquidity, and because it is less susceptible to variances in actual performance resulting from depreciation and amortization and non-cash charges for changes in fair value of warrant liabilities and stock-based compensation expense.

Management believes that non-GAAP net income (loss) and non-GAAP net earnings (loss) per common share - diluted are important measures of USAT's business. Management uses the aforementioned non-GAAP measures to monitor and evaluate ongoing operating results and trends and to gain an understanding of our comparative operating performance. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures serve as useful metrics for our management and investors because they enable a better understanding of the long-term performance of our core business and facilitate comparisons of our operating results over multiple periods, and when taken together with the corresponding GAAP financial measures and our reconciliations, enhance investors' overall understanding of our current and future financial performance.