FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: FLT), a leading global business payments company, today reported financial results for its third quarter of 2020.

“We’re pleased that our third quarter volumes stepped up sequentially in every line of business, driven primarily from increasing existing client usage. New sales performance also improved dramatically in the quarter, returning to 80% of prior period levels,” said Ron Clarke, chairman and chief executive officer, FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. “Client retention and credit trends were also very encouraging in the quarter and better than last year.”

“We’re progressing towards a first quarter, 2021 closing of our AFEX cross border acquisition that we announced in September, and we have a couple of additional active acquisition opportunities in and around the Corporate Payments space that we’re currently working,” concluded Clarke.

Financial Results for Third Quarter of 2020:

GAAP Results

• Total revenues decreased 14% to $585.3 million in the third quarter of 2020, compared to $681.0 million in the third quarter of 2019.
• Net income decreased 16% to $188.8 million in the third quarter of 2020, compared to $225.8 million in the third quarter of 2019.
• Net income per diluted share decreased 12% to $2.19 in the third quarter of 2020, compared to $2.49 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2019.

Non-GAAP Results1

• Adjusted net income1 decreased 14% to $241.9 million in the third quarter of 2020, compared to $280.6 million in the third quarter of 2019.
• Adjusted net income per diluted share1 decreased 10% to $2.80 in the third quarter of 2020, compared to $3.10 per diluted share in the third quarter of 2019.

Fiscal-Year 2020 Outlook:

“While business conditions have improved globally, the sustainability of recoveries across our markets remains uncertain, therefore we have not reinstated our full-year 2020 outlook,” said Charles Freund, chief financial officer, FLEETCOR Technologies, Inc. We expect to manage expenses 10%-12% below last year in order to balance current profitability with investment for future growth.”

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1 Reconciliations of GAAP results to non-GAAP results are provided in Exhibit 1 attached. Additional supplemental data is provided in Exhibits 2-3 and 5, and segment information is provided in Exhibit 4

Share Repurchase Program

The Company’s board of directors authorized an increase in the size of the previously announced share repurchase program by an additional $1.0 billion of common stock. With the increase, and giving effect to the Company’s previous repurchases, the Company may repurchase up to $1.056 billion of its common stock at any time prior to February 1, 2023.

Conference Call

The Company will host a conference call to discuss third quarter 2020 financial results today at 5:30 pm ET. Hosting the call will be Ron Clarke, chief executive officer, Charles Freund, chief financial officer and Jim Eglseder, SVP investor relations. The conference ID is 21971417, and the conference call can be accessed live over the phone by dialing (800) 920-3359, or for international callers (303) 223-0113. A replay will be available one hour after the call and can be accessed by dialing (844) 512-2921 or (412) 317-6671 for international callers. The replay will be available until Thursday, November 12, 2020. The call will be webcast live from the Company's investor relations website at http://investor.fleetcor.com. Prior to the conference call, the Company will post supplemental financial information that will be discussed during the call and live webcast.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements about FLEETCOR's beliefs, assumptions, expectations and future performance, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate," "intend," "believe," "estimate," "plan," "seek," "project," "expect," "may," "will," "would," "could" or "should," the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology.

These forward-looking statements are not a guarantee of performance, and you should not place undue reliance on such statements. We have based these forward-looking statements largely on preliminary information, internal estimates and management assumptions, expectations and plans about future conditions, events and results. Forward-looking statements are subject many uncertainties and other variable circumstances, such as the impact of global, political, market, health, and other conditions, including the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19); regulatory measures or voluntary actions, including social distancing, shelter-in-place, shutdowns of nonessential businesses and similar measures imposed or undertaken in an effort to combat the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19); adverse outcomes with respect to current and future legal proceedings, including without limitation, the FTC lawsuit, or actions of governmental or quasi-governmental bodies or standards or industry organizations with respect to our payment cards; delays or failures associated with implication of, or adaption to, new technology, fuel price and spread volatility; changes in credit risk of customers and associated losses; the actions of regulators relating to payment cards or resulting from investigations; failure to maintain or renew key business relationships; failure to maintain competitive offerings; failure to complete, or delays in completing, anticipated new partnerships and customer arrangements or acquisitions and to successfully integrate or otherwise achieve anticipated benefits from such partnerships, customer arrangements or acquired businesses; failure to successfully expand and manage our business internationally, other risks related to our international operations, including the potential impact to our business as a result of the United Kingdom’s referendum to leave the European Union, the impact of foreign exchange rates on operations, revenue and income; the effects of general economic and political conditions on fueling patterns and the commercial activities of fleets; risks related to litigation; the impact of new tax regulations and the resolution of tax contingencies resulting in additional tax liabilities; as well as the other risks and uncertainties identified under the caption "Risk Factors" in FLEETCOR's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2020 and subsequent filings made by us. These factors could cause our actual results and experience to differ materially from any forward-looking statement. The forward-looking statements included in this presentation are made only as of the date hereof. The forward-looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof. FLEETCOR does not undertake, and specifically disclaims, any obligation to update any such statements as a result of new information, future events or developments, except as specifically stated or to the extent required by law. You may get FLEETCOR’s Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) filings for free by visiting the SEC web site at www.sec.gov.

About Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted net income is calculated as net income, adjusted to eliminate (a) non-cash stock based compensation expense related to share based compensation awards, (b) amortization of deferred financing costs, discounts and intangible assets, amortization of the premium recognized on the purchase of receivables, and our proportionate share of amortization of intangible assets at our equity method investment, (c) integration and deal related costs, and (d) other non-recurring items, including unusual credit losses occurring due largely to COVID-19, the impact of discrete tax items, impairment charges, asset write-offs, restructuring costs, gains due to disposition of assets and a business, loss on extinguishment of debt, and legal settlements. We calculate adjusted net income to eliminate the effect of items that we do not consider indicative of our core operating performance. Adjusted net income is a supplemental measure of operating performance that does not represent and should not be considered as an alternative to net income or cash flow from operations, as determined by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP, and our calculation thereof may not be comparable to that reported by other companies. We believe it is useful to exclude non-cash stock-based compensation expense from adjusted net income because non-cash equity grants made at a certain price and point in time do not necessarily reflect how our business is performing at any particular time and share based compensation expense is not a key measure of our core operating performance. We also believe that amortization expense can vary substantially from company to company and from period to period depending upon their financing and accounting methods, the fair value and average expected life of their acquired intangible assets, their capital structures and the method by which their assets were acquired; therefore, we have excluded amortization expense from our adjusted net income. We also believe that integration and deal related costs and one-time non-recurring expenses, gains, losses, and impairment charges do not necessarily reflect how our investments and business are performing. We adjust net income for the tax effect of each of these non-tax items. Reconciliations of GAAP results to non-GAAP results are provided in the attached exhibit 1. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP product revenue organic growth calculation is provided in the attached exhibit 5.

Management uses adjusted net income:

• as measurement of operating performance because it assists us in comparing our operating performance on a consistent basis;
• for planning purposes, including the preparation of our internal annual operating budget;
• to allocate resources to enhance the financial performance of our business; and
• to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of our operational strategies.

We believe adjusted net income and adjusted net income per diluted share are key measures used by the Company and investors as supplemental measures to evaluate the overall operating performance of companies in our industry. By providing these non-GAAP financial measures, together with reconciliations, we believe we are enhancing investors' understanding of our business and our results of operations, as well as assisting investors in evaluating how well we are executing strategic initiatives.

About FLEETCOR

FLEETCOR Technologies (NYSE: FLT) is a leading global business payments company that simplifies the way businesses manage and pay their expenses. The FLEETCOR portfolio of brands help companies automate, secure, digitize and control payments on behalf of, their employees and suppliers. FLEETCOR serves businesses, partners and merchants in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.FLEETCOR.com.

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