WATERTOWN, Mass., Nov. 1, 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 third quarter of 2016 and updated certain financial guidance for the full year 2016.

Third Quarter 2016 Highlights (compared to third quarter 2015):

• Revenue increased 5% to $384 million
• Income from operations increased 7% to $45 million
• Net income increased 9% to $23 million and diluted earnings per common share increased 12% to $0.37 per share

     Non-GAAP measures

• Adjusted income from operations* increased 7% to $45 million
• Adjusted EBITDA* increased 8% to $70 million
• Adjusted net income* increased 10% to $29 million and diluted adjusted earnings per common share* increased 14% to $0.49

"We are pleased to report strong financial results for the third quarter of 2016 which continue to reflect positive momentum across our suite of solutions," said David Lissy, Chief Executive Officer.  "We continue to deliver solid financial results while providing our employer clients and the working families that we serve with the high quality, critical supports they need to maximize their productivity."

"As our third annual Modern Family Index Report released last month showed, today's generation of new moms is committed to growing her career while growing her family," continued Lissy.  "New parents, mothers and fathers alike, won't hesitate to leave a job where they aren't supported in order to find an employer that offers the family supports they need.  We are proud to serve those companies that are committed to leading the way in supporting working parents, including the more than 80 of our clients honored last month among the 100 Best Companies by Working Mother magazine.  I am also very proud that Bright Horizons was named a Best Workplace for Women by FORTUNE magazine this past September."

Third Quarter 2016 Results

Revenue increased $18.0 million, or 5%, in the third quarter of 2016 from the third 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 $44.7 million for the third quarter of 2016 compared to $41.7 million in the same 2015 period, an increase of $3.0 million, or 7%, 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 third 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 $22.5 million for the third quarter of 2016 compared to net income of $20.6 million in the same 2015 period, an increase of $1.9 million, or 9%, on the expanded income from operations.  Diluted earnings per common share was $0.37 compared to $0.33 in the third quarter of 2015. 

In the third quarter of 2016, adjusted EBITDA increased $5.0 million, or 8%, to $69.7 million, from the third quarter of 2015 due primarily to the expanded gross profit.   Adjusted net income increased by $2.8 million, or 10%, to $29.3 million on the expanded income from operations.  Diluted adjusted earnings per common share was $0.49 compared to $0.43 in the third quarter of 2015.

As of September 30, 2016, the Company operated 940 early care and education centers with the capacity to serve 108,000 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 nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company generated approximately $165.0 million of cash flows from operations compared to $142.3 million for the same period in 2015 and invested $72.8 million in fixed assets and acquisitions compared to $128.1 million in the same 2015 period.  Net cash used in financing activities totaled $83.0 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2016 compared to $80.5 million for the same 2015 period.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2016, the Company's cash and cash equivalents increased $7.9 million to $19.5 million.

We are currently in the process of amending our credit agreement to take advantage of favorable credit markets to extend the term of our loan, improve our rates and terms and to create access to additional liquidity for strategic purposes as needed.  We expect to complete this process over the next week.

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 approximately 7%
• Adjusted EBITDA growth in 2016 in the range of 9-10%
• Adjusted net income growth in 2016 in the range of 12-14%
• Diluted adjusted earnings per common share growth in the range of 16-17%
• 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.

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 November 15, 2016 at 1-844-512-2921 or, for international callers, at 1-412-317-6671, conference ID #13645948.  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, amending our credit agreement and its timing and terms, 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 indicators for the purpose of evaluating performance internally, and in connection with determining incentive compensation for Company management, including executive officers.  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 2016 "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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