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Cvent Announces First Quarter 2015 Financial ResultsCvent, Inc. (NYSE:CVT), a leading cloud-based enterprise event management platform, today announced its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. Reggie Aggarwal, Chief Executive Officer of Cvent, said, "We had a strong start to 2015 with first quarter results that exceeded our revenue and adjusted EBITDA expectations. During the quarter, we saw increasing momentum for our Enterprise solutions, and growing interest for our meeting and events platform to support larger and more complex events. In addition, we are making excellent progress with the further enhancement and expansion of our Hospitality Cloud solution that we expect to preview at our Cvent CONNECT conference next month." Aggarwal added, "Our acquisition of SignUp4 enhances our market position, bringing Cvent a strong customer base and additional event management functionality. We believe our increasingly comprehensive product suites for customers on both sides of the meetings and events ecosystem, combined with our expanding leadership position, will enable Cvent to capture a disproportionate share of the opportunity ahead of us." First Quarter 2015 Financial Highlights Revenue
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Acquisition of SignUp4 Enhances Leadership Position Cvent also announced today that it has acquired SignUp4, a provider of event management solutions for corporate meeting planners, travel planners and event management agencies. Total consideration, not including any future retention-based payments, was approximately $22 million. The SignUp4 acquisition broadens Cvent's customer base and enhances the robustness of the Cvent event cloud. Based on an anticipated annualized revenue run-rate of $6 million in 2015, Cvent expects this acquisition to contribute approximately $1.5 million to revenue for the remainder of 2015, after considering the purchase accounting impact on acquired deferred revenue. Due to this impact, Cvent expects the acquisition to be dilutive to adjusted EBITDA in 2015 by approximately $2.5 million. The transaction is expected to be accretive to adjusted EBITDA in 2016. CFO Transition Cvent also announced today that Pete Childs will be transitioning out of his position as the company's Chief Financial Officer. The company has retained an executive search firm to help recruit his successor. Mr. Childs will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer of Cvent through the end of August to help ensure a smooth transition process. Reggie Aggarwal said, "We are grateful to Pete for leading our finance team over the past two and a half years, including his efforts in guiding Cvent through its successful initial public offering in 2013, and transition to a public company. We wish Pete the best of luck in his future endeavors and look forward to his continued contributions to Cvent during this transition period." Aggarwal added, "As we look ahead, we anticipate bringing on board our next finance executive to help Cvent continue to scale and capitalize on our position as the leading provider of technology for the meetings and events industry." "It has been a privilege to work with the leadership team at Cvent through the process of becoming a public company," said Pete Childs, Chief Financial Officer of Cvent. "I have great confidence in Cvent's future. The company has a tremendous long-term track record and strong finance team in place. I look forward to continuing my work with this team and to help ensure a smooth transition process." Business Outlook Based on information available as of today, which includes the impact of the SignUp4 acquisition and related estimates that could increase or decrease once the purchase accounting is completed, Cvent is issuing guidance for the second quarter and full year 2015 as follows: Second Quarter 2015:
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The webcast will be archived on Cvent's website for a period of three months. About Cvent, Inc. Cvent, Inc. (NYSE: CVT) is a leading cloud-based enterprise event management platform, with more than 14,000 customers worldwide. Cvent offers software solutions to event planners for online event registration, venue selection, event management, mobile apps for events, e-mail marketing and web surveys. Cvent provides hoteliers with an integrated platform, enabling properties to increase group business demand through targeted advertising and improve conversion through proprietary demand management and business intelligence solutions. Cvent solutions optimize the entire event management value chain and have enabled clients around the world to manage hundreds of thousands of meetings and events. For more information, please visit www.cvent.com, or connect with us on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. Non-GAAP Financial Measures This press release contains the following non-GAAP financial measures: Non-GAAP Cost of Revenue Expenses, Non-GAAP Sales & Marketing Expenses, Non-GAAP Research & Development Expenses, Non-GAAP General & Administrative Expenses, Non-GAAP operating income (loss), Adjusted EBITDA, Non-GAAP net income and Non-GAAP net income per share. We believe that these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to Cvent's financial condition and results of operations. We use these non-GAAP measures for financial, operational and budgetary decision-making purposes, and to compare our performance to that of prior periods for trend analyses. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information regarding past financial performance and future prospects, and permit us to more thoroughly analyze key financial metrics used to make operational decisions. We believe that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial measures with other software companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. We do not consider these non-GAAP measures in isolation or as an alternative to financial measures determined in accordance with GAAP. The principal limitation of these non-GAAP financial measures is that they exclude significant expenses and income that are required by GAAP to be recorded in the Company's financial statements. In addition, they are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgment by management about which expenses and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. In order to compensate for these limitations, management presents non-GAAP financial measures in connection with GAAP results. We urge investors to review the reconciliation of our non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures, which are included in this press release, and not to rely on any single financial measure to evaluate our business. Cvent excludes one or more of the following items from these non-GAAP financial measures: Interest income. Cvent excludes this income primarily because it is not considered a part of ongoing operating results. Other expense. Cvent excludes this expense primarily because it is not considered a part of ongoing operating results. Provision for (benefit from) income taxes. Cvent excludes this expense (benefit) from certain non-GAAP financial measures primarily because of the volatility in the amount of expense (benefit) that Cvent does not consider a meaningful component of our operating results when assessing the performance of our business. The exclusion of this expense (benefit) facilitates the comparison of our business outlooks for future periods with the results from prior periods. Amortization of Intangible Assets. In accordance with GAAP, operating expenses include amortization of intangible assets such as software development and acquisition of technology. Cvent excludes these items from its non-GAAP financial measures because they are expenses that Cvent does not consider part of ongoing operating results when assessing the performance of our business, and Cvent believes that doing so facilitates comparisons to its historical operating results and to the results of other companies in our industry, which may have their own unique acquisition histories and varied approaches to capitalization of software development. Stock-based compensation expense. Cvent's non-GAAP financial measures exclude stock-based compensation, which consists of expenses for stock options and restricted stock units. Cvent excludes these expenses from its non-GAAP financial measures primarily because they are non-cash expenses that are not considered part of ongoing operating results when assessing the performance of our business. Excluding these amounts improves comparability of the performance of the business across periods, and to the results of other companies in our industry, which have their own unique histories associated with stock-based compensation. Foreign currency remeasurement and transaction losses (gains). Cvent's non-GAAP financial measures exclude these losses (gains) primarily because they are non-cash, and are driven primarily by our India operations, which for accounting purposes is not considered a stand-alone entity and are remeasured instead of translated. In accordance with GAAP, the losses (gains) associated with remeasuring our India financial statements, are recognized through our Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss instead of through our Consolidated Balance Sheets, where translation losses (gains) from most foreign subsidiaries would be included. Excluding these amounts improves comparability of the performance of the business across periods and to the results of other companies in our industry, which generally recognize similar losses (gains) through their Consolidated Balance Sheets. Costs related to acquisitions. Cvent's non-GAAP financial measures exclude contingent payments included in compensation expense which relates to the potential cash payment to certain employees of acquired companies whose right to receive such payment is forfeited if they terminate their employment prior to the required service period. As the contingent payments are subject to continued employment, GAAP requires that these payments be accounted for as compensation expense and such expense is subject to revaluation. Cvent excludes this item from its non-GAAP financial measures primarily because it is a component of the contractual deal consideration and it is not considered part of ongoing operating results when assessing the performance of our business. Additionally, Cvent's non-GAAP financial measures exclude costs related to performing due diligence, valuation, retention payments and severance or other acquisition-related activities. The exclusion of these expenses facilitates the comparison of post-acquisition operating results to the results of other companies in our industry, which have their own unique acquisition histories. Office relocation costs. These costs relate to Cvent's office headquarters move during the third quarter of 2014. Cvent excludes this item from its non-GAAP financial measures primarily because it is not considered part of ongoing operating results when assessing the performance of our business. The exclusion of these expenses facilitates the comparison of operating results to the results of other companies in our industry. Cautionary Language Concerning Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to, statements regarding our momentum, progress and market share; statements regarding our preliminary unaudited revenue, net income (loss) and profitability margins for Cvent's first quarter ended March 31, 2015; statements regarding our guidance for the second quarter and full year 2015 revenue, net income (loss), net income (loss) per share, non-GAAP net income (loss), non-GAAP net income (loss) per share and adjusted EBITDA; statements regarding the effects of our acquisition of SignUp4 on our business operations and financial results; statements regarding Mr. Childs's transition out of his position as our Chief Financial Officer, our search for a new Chief Financial Officer and the duration of Mr. Childs's transition; and statements regarding our expectations regarding the growth of the meetings and events industry and our market position therein. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this press release and were based on current expectations, estimates, forecasts and projections as well as the beliefs and assumptions of management. Words such as "expect," "anticipate," "should," "believe," "hope," "target," "project," "goals," "estimate," "potential," "predict," "may," "will," "might," "could," "intend," variations of these terms or the negative of these terms and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which involve factors or circumstances that are beyond our control. Our actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including but not limited to, the effect of any material weakness in the design and operating effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and ineffective disclosure controls and procedures; the uncertainty associated with the time and cost of the process to hire and transition to a new Chief Financial Officer and the impact of the transition; our ability to renew existing customers (including customers of SignUp4) and attract new customers; our ability to manage our growth effectively; our ability to integrate our acquisitions; our ability to attract, retain and motivate key personnel; and the volatility of quarterly results and expectations. For a detailed discussion of these and other risk factors, please refer to the risks detailed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including, without limitation, our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent periodic and current reports. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results. We anticipate that subsequent events and developments will cause our views to change. We undertake no intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.
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