SuccessFactors Reports 42 Percent Billings Growth and 78 Percent Non-GAAP Revenue Growth

SAN MATEO, Calif., Oct. 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- SuccessFactors, Inc. (NYSE: SFSF), the global leader in Cloud-based business execution software, today announced results for its third quarter which ended Sept. 30, 2011.  

"Our 42 percent billings growth demonstrates a vigorous and balanced global business. We cannot hire quickly enough to meet the demand, in what seems to be a market in its very first chapter that we are leading. This strong growth excludes backlog which would significantly increase our numbers. We took services off paper and had we added that, we would be looking at nearly 50 percent year-over-year growth which supports our growing and strategically important 30-partner eco-system. Despite being incorporated later than most of our pure play Cloud competitors, we believe that we are now the largest. At our most recent satellite customer event in San Diego, with more than 600 customers, partners and analysts in attendance, there was validation that this market is at a tipping point. Our customers are quickly realizing the benefits of bringing these mission critical applications together from one trusted enterprise class vendor. Many customers are increasing their commitments from 1-2 to 5-10 products from what in our view is the universal Business Execution (BizX) Cloud platform by SuccessFactors. No one else provides the breadth and depth of our universal offering, which we built and bought with the close collaboration of our customers. Our customers have been waiting for a credible and trusted leader in the space," said Lars Dalgaard, founder and CEO, SuccessFactors.

"SuccessFactors is seen as No. 1 in its market, and the acquisition of Plateau, the leader in enterprise learning, has made us the clear choice. This position has given us an unexpected boost in credibility, and scalability resulting in decisions on big projects, pipeline growth, increased partnering choices globally, and an increase in renewals and upsell opportunities from what is now close to 50 percent of the Fortune 500. We seem to have the biggest Cloud user contracts everywhere, in Europe (Ex. One customer with 400,000 users), the US (Ex. One customer with 2 million users), Latin America and Asia, and what seems to be the broadest suite in our industry.  The trust from global customers of all sizes, for us to manage some of their most important business data in the cloud, gives us confidence to expand rapidly beyond our current product footprint, and partner like for instance with VMware's Cloud Foundry to extend into the rest of the enterprise application business data layer, first through partnering then building, investing and acquiring in the cloud," Dalgaard continued.

Results for the Third Quarter Fiscal 2011:

• Q3 FY11 Revenue: For the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011, GAAP revenue was $91.2 million, compared to $51.5 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2010, an increase of approximately 77 percent year-over-year and an increase of 25 percent sequentially from Q2 FY11. Non-GAAP revenue for the third quarter was $95.1 million, compared to the company's prior guidance of $83 million to $84 million, and compared to $53.4 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2010, an increase of approximately 78 percent year-over-year and an increase of 30 percent sequentially from Q2 FY11.
• Q3 FY11 Operating Income (Loss): For the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011, the company recognized a GAAP operating loss of $20 million, and non-GAAP operating income of $8.6 million. Non-GAAP operating income includes $3.8 million in net impact of acquisition related deferred revenue before fair value adjustment, and excludes $18.8 million in stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangibles, future cash consideration of acquisitions and deal related costs and a loss of approximately $6 million of revaluation of contingent consideration for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011.
• Q3 FY11 Total Deferred Revenue: Total deferred revenue as of Sept. 30, 2011 was $243.9 million, compared to $234.4 million at Dec. 31, 2010 and up approximately 18 percent year-over-year from $206.1 million at Sept. 30, 2010.
• Q3 FY11 Cash Flow Generated from Operations: For the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011, cash flow generated from operating activities was $4 million, compared to $9.6 million in the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2010.
• Q3 FY11 Net Income (Loss) per Common Share: For the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2011, on a GAAP basis, net loss per common share basic and diluted was $0.30. On a non-GAAP basis, net income per common share, basic and diluted was $0.08 and $0.07, respectively. Non-GAAP net income per common share, both basic and diluted, excludes $18.8 million in stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangibles, future cash consideration of acquisitions and deal-related costs, an approximately $6 million revaluation loss of contingent consideration related to business combinations, and $2.7 million unrealized foreign exchange loss on an intercompany acquisition loan related to Inform. This compares to non-GAAP net income per common share basic and diluted of $0.03 in the second quarter of 2011 which excluded approximately $17.7 million of stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangibles, future cash consideration of acquisitions and deal related costs, a $10.3 million revaluation loss of contingent consideration related to business combinations and $1 million unrealized foreign exchange gain on an intercompany acquisition loan related to Inform, and approximately $16.5 million tax benefit related to Plateau Systems, and non-GAAP net income per common share, basic and diluted, of $0.01 in the third quarter of 2010 which excluded approximately $8.5 million of stock-based compensation, a $3.1 million revaluation gain of contingent consideration related to business combinations and $3.5 million unrealized foreign exchange gain on an intercompany acquisition loan related to Inform. For the third quarter of 2011, GAAP net loss per common share calculation assumed a weighted average share count of approximately 83.1 million, and non-GAAP net income per share calculation assumed a weighted basic average share count of 83.1 million and a weighted average diluted share count of 87 million.  For the third quarter of 2010, GAAP net loss per common share calculation assumed a weighted average share count of approximately 74.6 million, and non-GAAP net income per share assumed a weighted average basic share count of 74.6 million and a weighted average diluted share count of 81.7 million.    

For Additional Third Quarter Fiscal 2011 Highlights please visit: http://www.successfactors.com/press-releases/.

Guidance:

SuccessFactors is initiating guidance for its fourth quarter fiscal 2011 and updating its outlook for the full fiscal year 2011, as of Oct. 26, 2011.  

• Q4 FY11:  Non-GAAP revenue for the company's fourth fiscal quarter is projected to be in the range of approximately $95 million to $97 million, or an increase of approximately 55 percent when compared to the same period in the prior year. Non-GAAP revenue includes the effect of deferred revenue from acquired companies that is required to be written down for GAAP purposes under purchase accounting rules. Non-GAAP net income per common share, basic and diluted, is expected to be above breakeven. Non-GAAP net income per common share estimates exclude the effects of estimated stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets, future cash consideration of acquisitions, deal related costs and revaluation of contingent consideration related to business combinations and any unrealized foreign exchange gains/losses on an intercompany acquisition loan and assumes average weighted basic and diluted share counts of approximately 84 million shares and 95.1 million shares, respectively.  
• Full Year 2011: Non-GAAP revenue for the company's full fiscal 2011 is now expected to be in the approximate range of $331 million to $333 million, which is an increase of approximately 59 percent when compared to fiscal 2010. Non-GAAP net income per common share estimates exclude the effects of estimated stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangible assets, future cash consideration of acquisitions, deal related costs and revaluation of contingent consideration related to business combinations and any unrealized foreign exchange gains/losses on an intercompany acquisition loan and assumes average weighted basic and diluted share counts of approximately 80.9 million shares and 92.1 million shares, respectively.

Q3 FY11 Financial Results Conference Call:

SuccessFactors will host a conference call today at 2 p.m. PDT/ 5 p.m. EDT to discuss the third quarter and fiscal 2011 financial results with the investment community.  A live webcast of the event will be available on SuccessFactors' Investor Relations website at http://www.successfactors.com/investor.  A live domestic dial-in is available at +1 (888) 895-8076 or +1 (973) 200-3188 internationally. A domestic replay will be available at +1 (855) 859-2056 or +1 (404) 537-3406 internationally, using passcode 14774294, and available via webcast replay until Nov. 9, 2011.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information:

SuccessFactors provides quarterly and annual financial statements that are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). To help understand SuccessFactors' past financial performance and future results, SuccessFactors has supplemented its financial results that it provides in accordance with GAAP, with non-GAAP financial measures. The method SuccessFactors uses to produce non-GAAP financial results is not computed according to GAAP and may differ from the methods used by other companies. The non-GAAP measures used by SuccessFactors in this press release exclude the impact of stock-based compensation expense, the amortization of intangible assets, integration costs, future cash consideration of acquisition and deal related costs,  revaluation of contingent consideration or write-downs for fair value accounting related to business combinations, any unrealized foreign exchange gain/loss on an intercompany loan related to the acquisition of Inform, and a tax benefit related to the acquisition of Plateau Systems. The company defines billings as GAAP revenue plus change in total deferred revenue. Non-GAAP revenue includes revenue from acquired companies that is required to be written down for GAAP purposes under purchase accounting rules.

About SuccessFactors

SuccessFactors is the leading provider of cloud-based Business Execution Software, and delivers business alignment, team execution, people performance, and learning management solutions to organizations of all sizes across more than 60 industries. With approximately 15 million subscription seats globally, we strive to delight our customers by delivering innovative solutions, content and analytics, process expertise and best practices insights from serving our broad and diverse customer base. Today, we have more than 3,500 customers in more than 168 countries using our application suite in 34 languages.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements are SuccessFactors' current expectations and beliefs.

These forward-looking statements include statements about future financial results and prospects. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by these forward-looking statements include: our ability to retain customers and to experience high customer renewal rates; whether customers renew their agreements for additional modules or users; pricing pressures; our ability to sell our applications to customers of acquired companies; our ability to sell applications of acquired companies to our customers; the uncertain impact of the overall global economic conditions, including on customers, prospective customers and partners, renewal rates and length of sales cycles; the fact that the business execution market is at an early stage of development, and may not develop as rapidly as we anticipate; risks related to the integration of the acquisitions, including retaining customers and employees and managing geographically-dispersed operations and incurring liabilities of the acquired business; competitive factors; outages or security breaches; our ability to develop, and market acceptance of, new services; the impact of any discovered product defects or outages; our ability to continue to sell our services outside the HR area; our ability to manage our growth; our ability to successfully expand our sales force and its effectiveness; whether our resellers and other partners will be successful in marketing our products; our ability to continue to manage expenses; the impact of unforeseen expenses, including as a result of integrating acquisitions; and general economic conditions worldwide. If any such risks or uncertainties materialize or if any of the assumptions proves incorrect, our results could differ materially from the results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements we make.

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