Bright Horizons Family Solutions® Reports Second Quarter of 2016 Financial Results

WATERTOWN, Mass., Aug. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Bright Horizons Family Solutions^® Inc. (NYSE: BFAM), a leading provider of high-quality child care, early education and other services designed to help employers and families better address the challenges of work and family life, today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2016, updated certain financial guidance for the full year 2016 and announced a new share repurchase program.

Second Quarter 2016 Highlights (compared to second quarter 2015):

• Revenue increased 9% to $402 million
• GAAP income from operations increased 9% to $57 million
• Non-GAAP adjusted income from operations* increased 9% to $57 million
• Adjusted EBITDA* increased 8% to $81 million
• GAAP net income increased 13% to $30 million and GAAP diluted earnings per common share increased 16% to $0.50 per share
• Non-GAAP adjusted net income* increased 12% to $37 million and Non-GAAP diluted adjusted earnings per common share* increased 15% to $0.61

"We are pleased to report another strong quarter in line with the plan that we had set out at the beginning of the year," said David Lissy, Chief Executive Officer.  "Our suite of solutions continues to be well received in the marketplace, and we are well positioned to continue our strong track record of growth."

"I am especially proud of the manner in which we continue to execute across each of our services, and to deliver quality care, education, and support for those we have the privilege to serve," continued Lissy.  "Ours is an intensely human service and our team of people across more than forty states and six countries are to be commended for their steadfast commitment to quality in all that we do."

Second Quarter 2016 Results

Revenue increased $31.6 million, or 9%, in the second quarter of 2016 from the second quarter of 2015 on contributions from new and ramping full-service child care centers, average price increases of 3-4%, and expanded sales of back-up dependent care and educational advisory services.

Income from operations was $56.6 million for the second quarter of 2016 compared to $52.1 million in the same 2015 period, an increase of $4.5 million, primarily due to an increase in gross profit, partially offset by increases in selling, general and administrative expenses.  The increase in gross profit and income from operations reflects operating leverage from enrollment gains in mature and ramping centers, contributions from new child care centers, back-up dependent care and educational advisory clients that have been added since the second quarter of 2015, and strong cost management, partially offset by the costs incurred during the ramp-up of certain new lease/consortium centers opened during 2015 and 2016, and ongoing investments in systems and personnel to support the delivery of our services.  Net income was $30.4 million for the second quarter of 2016 compared to net income of $26.9 million in the same 2015 period, an increase of $3.5 million on the expanded income from operations.  Diluted earnings per common share was $0.50 compared to $0.43 in the second quarter of 2015. 

In the second quarter of 2016, adjusted EBITDA increased $6.1 million, to $80.8 million, from the second quarter of 2015 due primarily to the expanded gross profit.   Adjusted net income increased by $3.8 million, or 12%, to $36.9 million on the expanded income from operations.  Diluted adjusted earnings per common share was $0.61 compared to $0.53 in the second quarter of 2015.

As of June 30, 2016, the Company operated 935 early care and education centers with the capacity to serve 107,000 children and families.

*Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted income from operations, adjusted net income and diluted adjusted earnings per common share are non-GAAP measures.  Adjusted EBITDA represents earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, straight line rent expense, stock-based compensation expense, expenses related to secondary offerings and debt financing transactions, and expenses associated with completed acquisitions. Adjusted income from operations represents income from operations before expenses related to the completion of secondary offerings and debt financing transactions, and expenses associated with completed acquisitions. Adjusted net income represents net income determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted for stock-based compensation expense, amortization expense, secondary offering expenses, debt financing transaction expenses, expenses associated with completed acquisitions and the income tax provision (benefit) thereon.  Diluted adjusted earnings per common share is a non-GAAP measure, calculated using adjusted net income. These non-GAAP measures are more fully described, and are reconciled from the respective measures determined under GAAP, in "Presentation of Non-GAAP Measures" and  the attached table "Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. Non-GAAP Reconciliations."

Balance Sheet and Cash Flow

During the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company generated approximately $146.9 million of cash flows from operations compared to $115.0 million for the same period in 2015 and invested $29.7 million in fixed assets and acquisitions compared to $64.2 million in the same 2015 period.  Net cash used in financing activities totaled $82.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2016 compared to $62.4 million for the same 2015 period.  During the six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company's cash and cash equivalents increased $33.5 million to $45.0 million.

2016 Outlook

As described below, the Company is updating certain financial guidance.  For the full year 2016, the Company currently expects:

• Overall revenue growth in 2016 in the range of 7-9%
• Adjusted EBITDA growth in 2016 in the range of 11-12%
• Adjusted net income growth in 2016 in the range of 14-16%
• Diluted adjusted earnings per common share growth in the range of 17-19%
• Diluted weighted average shares of approximately 61 million shares

For a discussion of the non-GAAP financial guidance presented, see "Presentation of Non-GAAP Measures" below.

Share Repurchase Authorization

The Company also announced today that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program of up to $300 million of the Company's outstanding common stock, effective August 5, 2016.  The share repurchase program, which has no expiration date, replaces the prior $250 million authorization announced in February 2015, of which $26.8 million remained available thereunder.  The shares may be repurchased from time to time in open market transactions at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, under Rule 10b5-1 plans, or by other means in accordance with federal securities laws.  The actual timing, number and value of shares repurchased under the program will be determined by management at its discretion and will depend on a number of factors, including the market price of the Company's stock, general market and economic conditions, applicable legal requirements, and compliance with the terms of the Company's senior secured credit facility.  Shares purchased under the program will be retired.  The program may be suspended, modified or discontinued at any time without prior notice.

Conference Call

Bright Horizons Family Solutions will host an investor conference call today at 5:00 pm ET.  Interested parties are invited to listen to the conference call by dialing 1-877-407-9039 or, for international callers, 1-201-689-8470, and asking for the Bright Horizons Family Solutions conference call, moderated by Chief Executive Officer David Lissy.  Replays of the entire call will be available through August 17, 2016 at 1-877-870-5176 or, for international callers, at 1-858-384-5517, conference ID #13641089.  The webcast of the conference call, including replays, and a copy of this press release are also available through the Investor Relations section of the Company's web site, www.brighthorizons.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes statements that express the Company's opinions, expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, assumptions or projections regarding future events or future results and therefore are, or may be deemed to be, "forward-looking statements." The Company's actual results may vary significantly from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements, which can generally be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology, including the terms "believes," "expects," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "projects," "approximately," "intends," "plans," "estimates" or "anticipates," or, in each case, their negatives or other variations or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements include all matters that are not historical facts. They include statements regarding the Company's intentions, beliefs or current expectations concerning, among other things, our results of operations, financial condition, liquidity, prospects, growth, strategies, the industries in which we and our partners operate, our service offerings, our share repurchase program, and our 2016 financial guidance.  By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on circumstances that may or may not occur in the future. The Company believes that these risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, changes in the demand for child care and other dependent care services, including variation in enrollment trends and lower than expected demand from employer sponsor clients; the possibility that acquisitions may disrupt our operations and expose us to additional risk; our ability to pass on our increased costs; our indebtedness and the terms of such indebtedness; our ability to withstand seasonal fluctuations in the demand for our services; our ability to implement our growth strategies successfully; and other risks and uncertainties more fully described in the "Risk Factors" section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed February 29, 2016, and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the time of this release and we do not undertake to publicly update or revise them, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Presentation of Non-GAAP Measures

In addition to the results provided in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") throughout this press release, the Company has provided non-GAAP measurements - adjusted EBITDA, adjusted income from operations, adjusted net income and diluted adjusted earnings per common share - which present operating results on a basis adjusted for certain items.  The Company uses these non-GAAP measures as key performance measures for the purpose of evaluating performance internally.  We also believe these non-GAAP measures provide investors with useful information with respect to our historical operations. These non-GAAP measures are not intended to replace, and should not be considered superior to, the presentation of our financial results in accordance with GAAP. The use of the terms adjusted EBITDA, adjusted income from operations, adjusted net income and diluted adjusted earnings per common share may differ from similar measures reported by other companies and may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures.  Adjusted EBITDA, adjusted income from operations, adjusted net income and diluted adjusted earnings per common share are reconciled from the respective measures under GAAP in the attached table "Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. Non-GAAP Reconciliations."

Guidance for non-GAAP financial measures excludes stock-based compensation, amortization of intangible assets, expenses related to the completion of secondary offerings and debt financing transactions, and expenses associated with completed acquisitions as well as tax effects associated with these items. The adjustments to income from operations, net income and diluted earnings per share in future periods are generally expected to be similar to the kinds of charges and costs excluded from adjusted income from operations, adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share in prior quarters. The exclusion of these charges and costs in future periods will have an impact on the Company's adjusted income from operations, adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share.  The Company is not able to provide a reconciliation of the Company's non-GAAP financial guidance to the corresponding GAAP measures without unreasonable effort because of the inherent difficulty in forecasting and quantifying certain amounts necessary for such a reconciliation such as expenses associated with equity offerings, issuances of debt, amendments of credit arrangements and expenses associated with completed acquisitions, due to the uncertainty and variability of the nature and amount of these future charges and costs.

About Bright Horizons Family Solutions® Inc.

Bright Horizons Family Solutions^® is a leading provider of high-quality child care, early education and other services designed to help employers and families better address the challenges of work and family life. The Company provides center-based full service child care, back-up dependent care and educational advisory services to more than 1,000 clients across the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Canada and India, including more than 150 FORTUNE 500 companies and more than 80 of Working Mother magazine's 2015 "100 Best Companies for Working Mothers."  Bright Horizons has been recognized sixteen times as one of FORTUNE magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" and is one of the UK's Best Workplaces as designated by the Great Place to Work^® Institute. Bright Horizons is headquartered in Watertown, MA. The Company's web site is located at www.brighthorizons.com.

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