Bottomline Technologies Inc. Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Aug 27, 2012
Bottomline Technologies Inc. (EPAY, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2012-06-30.

Bottomline Technologies has a market cap of $848.1 million; its shares were traded at around $22.82 with a P/E ratio of 38.5 and P/S ratio of 3.8.

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We had net income of $1.7 million in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 compared to $35.9 million in the prior year. Our fiscal 2011 net income included the favorable impact of a $27.4 million release of a tax valuation allowance against certain of our US based deferred tax assets. The 2012 net income reflected the impact of increased operating expenses of $21.8 million offset, in part, by increased gross margins of $19.2 million. The increases in our operating expense categories were due primarily to increased employee related costs as we continued to grow our business, the impact of restructuring charges arising from severance related benefits of $1.2 million as we realigned our workforce in response to our recent acquisitions and the operating impact of our recent acquisitions, including the impact of intangible asset amortization expense. The increase in our gross margin was driven primarily by revenue increases across all operating segments.

Payments and Transactional Documents. The revenue increase for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 compared to the prior fiscal year was primarily attributable to increases in subscriptions and transactions revenue of $1.8 million, increases in software licenses revenue of $1.7 million, increases in professional services revenue of $1.0 million and an increase in maintenance revenue of $0.6 million partially offset by a decrease of $0.9 million in equipment and supplies revenue. The increases were primarily attributable to increased European revenue in our payment and document automation products. The increased revenue includes the unfavorable effect of foreign exchange rates of approximately $0.1 million primarily associated with the British Pound Sterling which depreciated against the US Dollar when compared to the prior fiscal year. The segment profit increase of $0.4 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 compared to the prior fiscal year was primarily attributable to the increased revenue as well as increased subscriptions and transactions and software license gross margins in payment and document automation products in our European and Asia Pacific regions. The increased gross margin was offset in part by increased operating expenses primarily related to increased sales and marketing costs. We expect revenue and profit for the Payments and Transactional Documents segment

Banking Solutions. The revenue increase in our Banking Solutions segment for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 compared to the prior fiscal year was primarily due to an increase of $5.7 million in subscriptions and transactions revenue, a $1.2 million increase in professional services revenue and a $0.8 million increase in maintenance revenue partially offset by a decrease of $0.6 million in software licenses revenue. The increased subscriptions and transactions revenue was primarily attributable to revenue from our commercial banking business, which we acquired in March 2012. The segment profit decrease of $1.6 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 compared to the prior fiscal year was primarily attributable to increased operating expenses of $6.5 million due to increased headcount related expenses largely associated with our commercial banking acquisition and increased product development initiatives, partially offset by improved gross margins driven by the increase in revenue. We expect revenue for the Banking Solutions segment to increase in fiscal year 2013 primarily as a result of the contribution of revenue from our commercial banking acquisition. We expect profit to remain relatively consistent as a result of continued investment in our cloud-based banking solutions.

We recorded income tax expense of $5.6 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012 compared to an income tax benefit of $25.5 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011. Tax expense in fiscal 2012 is predominantly due to expense associated with our UK, US and Australian operations. The excess of our effective tax rate over statutory tax rates was primarily due to our inability to utilize certain foreign tax credits as a reduction to foreign income that is included in our US tax return. This has the effect of taxing certain income twice, resulting in a higher overall tax rate. The income tax benefit for fiscal year 2011 includes the impact of a $28.3 million benefit arising from the release of a portion of our US and UK valuation allowances that had been recorded against our deferred tax assets. The tax benefit arising from the release of our US and UK valuation allowance was $27.4 million and $0.9 million in 2011, respectively. The ability to release a portion of our US and UK valuation allowances was attributable to continued profitability in our US and UK operations, including the attainment of three years of cumulative profitability on a pre-tax basis during fiscal year 2011. The tax benefit for fiscal 2011 was partially offset by income tax expense associated with our UK and Australian operations, US tax expense associated with goodwill that is deductible for tax purposes but not amortized for financial reporting purposes, US state tax expense and an income tax benefit relating to a reduction in our unrecognized tax benefits upon the expiration of certain statutes of limitations.

We recorded an income tax benefit of $25.5 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2011 compared to income tax expense of $2.6 million for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2010. The net income tax benefit for fiscal year 2011 includes the impact of a $28.3 million benefit arising from the release of a portion of our US and UK valuation allowances that had been recorded against our deferred tax assets. The tax benefit arising from the release of our US and UK valuation allowance was $27.4 million and $0.9 million, respectively. The ability to release a portion of our US and UK valuation allowances was attributable to continued profitability in our US and UK operations, which was expected to continue, including the attainment of three years of cumulative profitability on a pre-tax basis during fiscal year 2011. The net tax benefit for fiscal 2011 also included income tax expense associated with our UK and Australian operations, US tax expense associated with goodwill that is deductible for tax purposes but not amortized for financial reporting purposes, US state tax expense and an income tax benefit relating to a reduction in our unrecognized tax benefits upon the expiration of certain statutes

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