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Lightspeed Announces First Quarter 2021 Financial Results, Provides Outlook for Second QuarterWorldwide Customer Locations Grew to over 77,000 First Quarter Recurring Software & Payments Revenue Grew 57% YoY GTV Improved Throughout the Quarter with 53% Growth in June, Driven by Omnichannel First Quarter GTV Related to eCommerce Grew Nearly 100% YoY Strong Customer Uptake in Payments, with Record Quarterly Results Lightspeed reports in U.S. dollars and in accordance with IFRS. MONTREAL, Aug. 6, 2020 /CNW Telbec/ - Lightspeed POS Inc. ("Lightspeed" or the "Company") (TSX: LSPD), a leading provider of omnichannel commerce platforms, today announced financial results for the three-month period ended June 30, 2020. First Quarter Financial Highlights (All comparisons are relative to the three-month period ended June 30, 2019 unless otherwise stated):
COVID-19 has permanently altered the way retailers and restaurateurs run their businesses. As consumers increasingly move online, small and medium-sized businesses are finding success with Lightspeed's omnichannel solutions - abandoning the inadequate legacy systems that hold the vast majority of the current market in order to gain the capabilities needed to run digital strategies alongside physical ones in a simple and integrated manner. Lightspeed's customer base showed a quick rebound from April lows induced by the pandemic. On the back of increased digital sales and the recovery of physical sales channels, overall GTV2 growth accelerated throughout the quarter, culminating with 53% growth in June as compared to the prior year. Lightspeed saw strong new customer demand as well, growing its customer locations2 to over 77,000 by the end of June. These factors combined to contribute to a record quarter of volumes processed by Lightspeed Payments, which continued its rapid growth trajectory.
"The small- and medium-sized businesses we built Lightspeed to serve have risen to overcome historic challenges prompted by the global pandemic. Their resourcefulness and willingness to innovate has spurred an unprecedented digital transformation, proving why this nimble segment is the backbone of thriving economies all over the world," said Dax Dasilva, CEO of Lightspeed. "As they streamline their operations and reinvent the commerce experience, Lightspeed is their technology partner of choice. We remain committed to providing them the tools and tactics they need to remain leaders in their industries." "We delivered another positive quarter in the face of a challenging macro environment. Most encouraging was the pace of new business as we witnessed accelerated customer adds through the quarter. Our retail customers are growing, and our restaurants are recovering. All told, our customer base has been resilient, especially those businesses leveraging our omni solutions," said Chief Financial Officer, Brandon Nussey. "Our solid first quarter execution positions us well to further capitalize on the global market opportunity in front of us." Operational Highlights
Financial Outlook Our first quarter results coupled with improved visibility into the business versus the initial stages of the outbreak enables us to provide a financial outlook for the quarter ending September 30th. Reflecting our view of the risks and uncertainties related to the COVID-19 pandemic, Lightspeed anticipates revenue and Adjusted EBITDA to be in the following ranges: Second Quarter 2021
Owing to ongoing uncertainty regarding the duration and magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic and the possibility of a resurgence, Lightspeed will not be providing full year guidance at this time. When calculating the Adjusted EBITDA included in our financial outlook for second quarter 2021, we considered IFRS measures including revenues, direct cost of revenues, and operating expenses. Our financial outlook is based on a number of assumptions, including that the jurisdictions in which Lightspeed has significant operations do not reverse course on the progressive loosening of strict measures previously put in place to help slow the transmission of COVID-19 or put in place new strict measures in response to a resurgence of the virus; churn rates owing to business failures remain in line with current trends; our ability to grow our customer locations in line with historical rates; our continued receipt of partner referrals in line with historical referral rates (particularly in light of the continued expansion of Lightspeed Payments which competes with the solutions offered by some of these referral partners); customers adopting Lightspeed Payments having an average GTV at or above that of our average customer; future uptake of Lightspeed Payments remaining in line with past rates and expectations; our ability to price Lightspeed Payments in line with our expectations and to achieve suitable margins; our ability to achieve success in the continued expansion of Lightspeed Payments beyond U.S. and Canadian retail customers and U.S. restaurant customers; continued success in module adoption expansion throughout our customer base; our ability to successfully integrate the companies we have acquired and to derive the benefits we expect from the acquisition thereof; our ability to manage customer churn; and assumptions as to foreign exchange rates. Our financial outlook, including the various underlying assumptions, constitutes forward-looking information and should be read in conjunction with the cautionary statement on forward-looking information below. Many factors may cause our actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking information, including but not limited to the risks and uncertainties related to: COVID-19, the risk of any resurgence in our core geographies and the resulting impact on SMBs, including heightened levels of churn owing to business failures; attracting and retaining customers; increasing customer sales; implementing our growth strategy; continued acceleration of the rollout of Lightspeed Payments; our reliance on a small number of suppliers for parts of the technology in Lightspeed Payments; improving and enhancing the functionality, performance, reliability, design, security and scalability of our platform; our ability to compete against competitors; strategic relations with third parties; our reliance on integration of third-party payment processing solutions; compatibility of our solutions with third-party applications and systems; changes to technologies on which our platform is reliant; obtaining, maintaining and protecting our intellectual property; international sales and use of our platform in various countries; our liquidity and capital resources; litigation and regulatory compliance; changes in tax laws and their application; expanding our sales capability; maintaining our customer service levels and reputation; macroeconomic factors affecting small and medium-sized businesses; and exchange rate fluctuations. The purpose of the forward-looking information is to provide the reader with a description of management's expectations regarding our financial performance and may not be appropriate for other purposes. Conference Call and Webcast Information Lightspeed will host a conference call and webcast to discuss the Company's financial results at 8:00 am ET on Thursday, August 6, 2020. To access the conference call, visit http://www.directeventreg.com/registration/event/4790886. After registering, instructions will be shared on how to join the call including dial-in information as well as a unique passcode and registrant ID. At the time of the call, registered participants will dial in using the numbers from the confirmation email, and upon entering their unique passcode and ID, will be entered directly into the conference Alternatively, the webcast will be available live on the Investors section of the Company's website at https://investors.lightspeedhq.com. An audio replay of the call will also be available to investors beginning at approximately 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time on August 6, 2020, until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on August 13, 2020, by dialing 800.585.8367 for the U.S. or Canada, or 416.621.4642 for international callers and provide conference ID 4790886. In addition, an archived webcast will be available on the Investors section of the Company's website at https://investors.lightspeedhq.com. About Lightspeed Lightspeed (TSX: LSPD) powers complex small and medium-sized businesses with its cloud-based, omnichannel commerce platforms in over 100 countries. With smart, scalable, and dependable point of sale systems, Lightspeed provides all-in-one solutions that drive innovation and digital transformation within the retail, hospitality, and golf industries. Its product suite enables SMBs to sell across channels, manage operations, engage with consumers, accept payments, and ultimately grow their business. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Lightspeed is trusted by favorite local businesses worldwide, where their communities go to shop and dine. Lightspeed has staff located in Canada, USA, Europe, and Australia. For more information, please visit: www.lightspeedhq.com On social media: LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter Non-IFRS Measures The information presented herein includes certain financial measures such as "Adjusted EBITDA", "non-IFRS Gross Profit", "non-IFRS general and administrative expenses", "non-IFRS research and development expenses", and "non-IFRS sales and marketing expenses". These measures are not recognized measures under IFRS and do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to complement those IFRS measures by providing further understanding of our results of operations from management's perspective. Accordingly, these measures should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of our financial information reported under IFRS. These non-IFRS measures are used to provide investors with supplemental measures of our operating performance and thus may highlight trends in our core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS measures. We also believe that securities analysts, investors and other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS measures in the evaluation of issuers. Our management also uses non-IFRS measures in order to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period, to prepare operating budgets and forecasts and to determine components of management compensation. Non-IFRS gross profit, non-IFRS general and administrative expenses, non-IFRS research and development expenses, and non-IFRS sales and marketing expenses are non-IFRS financial measures that exclude the effect of stock-based compensation expense and related payroll taxes, and in the case of non-IFRS general and administrative expenses and non-IFRS sales and marketing expenses, transaction-related costs. "Adjusted EBITDA" is calculated as net loss excluding interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, as adjusted for stock-based compensation and related payroll taxes, compensation expenses relating to acquisitions completed, foreign exchange gains and losses, and transaction-related expenses. Key Performance Indicators We monitor the following key performance indicators to help us evaluate our business, measure our performance, identify trends affecting our business, formulate business plans and make strategic decisions. Our key performance indicators may be calculated in a manner different than similar key performance indicators used by other companies. Customer Locations. "Customer Location" means a billing customer location for which the term of services have not ended, or with which we are negotiating a renewal contract. A single unique customer can have multiple Customer Locations including physical and eCommerce sites. Gross Transaction Volume. "Gross Transaction Volume" or "GTV" means the total dollar value of transactions processed through our cloud-based SaaS platform in the period, net of refunds, inclusive of shipping and handling, duty and value-added taxes. Forward-Looking Statements This news release contains "forward-looking information" and "forward-looking statements" (collectively, "forward-looking information") within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward looking information may relate to our financial outlook (including revenues and Adjusted EBITDA), and anticipated events or results and may include information regarding our financial position, business strategy, growth strategies, addressable markets, budgets, operations, financial results, taxes, dividend policy, plans and objectives. Particularly, information regarding our expectations of future results, performance, achievements, prospects or opportunities or the markets in which we operate and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic declared by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020 is forward-looking information. 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If any of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if the opinions, estimates or assumptions underlying the forward-looking information prove incorrect, actual results or future events might vary materially from those anticipated in the forward-looking information. Although we have attempted to identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking information, there may be other risk factors not presently known to us or that we presently believe are not material that could also cause actual results or future events to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking information. There can be no assurance that such information will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such information. No forward-looking statement is a guarantee of future results. 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