Conduent Reports First Quarter 2020 Results; Provides Business Update Amidst COVID-19

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Key Highlights

FLORHAM PARK, NJ, May 7, 2020 - Conduent (NASDAQ: CNDT), a business process services and solutions company, today announced its first quarter 2020 financial results.

Cliff Skelton, Conduent CEO, stated “Throughout this global crisis, we have continued to provide critical services to our clients, while ensuring the health and safety of our associates and keeping our company strong.  We have been able to move approximately 75% of our associates to a remote work environment amidst the COVID-19 crisis while meeting very important commitments to our clients and their millions of end-users.  In addition, while we are operating in this new hybrid environment, we have been able to implement measures recommended by the CDC and the WHO for those performing essential work in our facilities, while at the same time continuing to deliver at service levels expected by our clients, evidenced by client feedback and our operating performance.”  Skelton continued, “Meanwhile, we understand that these are very trying times for many, including our associates who have been exemplary throughout this crisis.  We want to extend our best wishes and concerns to our many stakeholders and partners who may have been adversely affected.  We remain confident that while likely different, a new and even better horizon is around the corner.”

Q1 2020 Performance Commentary

The Company’s business continuity program enabled teams to respond quickly to COVID-19 impacts and ensure sustained client delivery.  However Q1 2020 performance was impacted by COVID-19 with volume reductions in our Transportation, Transaction Processing, and Customer Experience solutions resulting in an approximately $14 million revenue impact.  Conduent expects this volume pressure and associated profit impacts to continue in Q2 2020.  The Q1 2020 COVID-19 impacts were partially offset by volume increases in the Government Healthcare and Payments businesses and the Company expects these volume tailwinds to continue in Q2 2020 given the scope of the government programs that it supports.

The Company continued to show operational improvement with sustained, meaningful improvement in technology incidents and time to resolution.  Conduent is now in the planning stage for migration to the ‘new normal’ operating model, which will allow for maximum workplace flexibility and Real Estate optimization.

Additional highlights from Q1 include strong sales performance with $324 million in new business signings, a 44% increase over Q1 2019, primarily driven by sales to new clients or new capabilities to existing clients.

From a client and partnership point of view, Conduent launched a new COVID-19 version of its Maven disease surveillance and outbreak management platform.  Along with hosting partnerships with Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, the platform is being used by public health agencies and could potentially be used by commercial organizations to manage and report on cases and potential exposures of COVID-19.  It is also helping these agency professionals save time and resources by streamlining the contact tracing requirements associated with COVID-19.

Conduent is well positioned for improvements in growth, efficiency and quality as the ramp back to normal from the COVID-19 crisis takes place.

Key Financial First Quarter 2020 Results

Brian Webb-Walsh, CFO, stated "We ended the quarter with a solid balance sheet and access to additional capital.  Our plan is to position the company to weather the current storm, preserve cash, retain clients through improved quality and become more efficient.  We are re-focusing our new investment spend this year on projects that drive efficiencies and near-term returns.  Our priority is keeping our team safe, while we continue to serve our clients, manage our costs and position Conduent well for the future."

Conference Call

Management will present the results during a conference call and webcast on May 7, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. ET.

The call will be available by live audio webcast with the news release and online presentation slides at https://investor.conduent.com/.

The conference call will also be available by calling 1-877-883-0383 (international dial-in 1-412-902-6506) at approximately 6:15 p.m. ET. The entry number for this call is 2857061.

A recording of the conference call will be available by calling 1-877-344-7529 or 1-412-317-0088 one hour after the conference call concludes on May 7, 2020. The replay ID is 10142716.

For international calls, please select a dial-in number from: https://services.choruscall.com/ccforms/replay.html.

About Conduent

Conduent delivers mission-critical ​services and solutions on behalf of businesses and governments – creating exceptional outcomes for its clients and the millions of people who count on them. Through people, process and technology, Conduent solutions and services automate processes, improve efficiencies, reduce costs and enable revenue growth. It’s why most Fortune 100 companies and over 500 government entities depend on Conduent every day to manage their essential interactions and move their operations forward.

Conduent’s differentiated services and solutions improve experiences for millions of people every day, including two-thirds of all insured patients in the U.S., 11 million employees who use its HR Services, and nearly eleven million traveler transactions through toll systems daily. Conduent’s solutions deliver exceptional outcomes for its clients including $17 billion in medical bill savings, up to 40% efficiency increase in HR operations, and up to 40% improvement in processing costs, while driving higher end-user satisfaction. Learn more at www.conduent.com.

Non-GAAP Measures

We have reported our financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). In addition, we have discussed our financial results using non-GAAP measures. We believe these non-GAAP measures allow investors to better understand the trends in our business and to better understand and compare our results. Accordingly, we believe it is necessary to adjust several reported amounts, determined in accordance with GAAP, to exclude the effects of certain items as well as their related tax effects. Management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide an additional means of analyzing the results of the current period against the corresponding prior period. These non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the Company's reported results prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable U.S. GAAP measures and should be read only in conjunction with our Consolidated Financial Statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our management regularly uses supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage and evaluate our business and make operating decisions, and providing such non-GAAP financial measures to investors allows for a further level of transparency as to how management reviews and evaluates our business results and trends. These non-GAAP measures are among the primary factors management uses in planning for and forecasting future periods. Compensation of our executives is based in part on the performance of our business based on certain non-GAAP measures. Refer to the "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section attached to this release for a discussion of these non-GAAP measures and their reconciliation to the reported GAAP measures.

Forward-Looking Statements

This release and any attachments to this release may contain "forward-looking statements" as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “will,” "aim," “should,” "continue to," and similar expressions, as they relate to us, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements reflect management's current beliefs, assumptions and expectations and are subject to a number of factors that may cause actual results to differ materially. As with any projection or forecast, forward-looking statements are inherently susceptible to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Our actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied in our forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are also subject to the significant continuing impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on our business, operations, financial results and financial condition, which is dependent on developments which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted.

Important factors and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in our forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; government appropriations and termination rights contained in our government contracts; risk and impact of potential goodwill and other asset impairments; our ability to renew commercial and government contracts, including contracts awarded through competitive bidding processes; our ability to recover capital and other investments in connection with our contracts; our ability to attract and retain necessary technical personnel and qualified subcontractors; our ability to deliver on our contractual obligations properly and on time; competitive pressures; our significant indebtedness; changes in interest in outsourced business process services; our ability to obtain adequate pricing for our services and to improve our cost structure; risk and impact of geographical events, natural disasters and other factors (such as pandemics) in a particular country or region on our workforce, customers and vendors; claims of infringement of third-party intellectual property rights; the failure to comply with laws relating to individually identifiable information and personal health information and laws relating to processing certain financial transactions, including payment card transactions and debit or credit card transactions; breaches of our information systems or security systems or any service interruptions; our ability to estimate the scope of work or the costs of performance in our contracts; our continuing emphasis on and shift toward technology-led digital transactions; customer decision-making cycles and lead time for customer commitments; our ability to collect our receivables, including those for unbilled services; a decline in revenues from, or a loss of, or a reduction in business from, or failure of significant clients; fluctuations in our non-recurring revenue; our failure to maintain a satisfactory credit rating; our ability to attract and retain key employees; increases in the cost of telephone and data services or significant interruptions in such services; our failure to develop new service offerings; our ability to modernize our information technology infrastructure and consolidate data centers; our ability to comply with data security standards; our ability to receive dividends or other payments from our subsidiaries; changes in tax and other laws and regulations; changes in government regulation and economic, strategic, political and social conditions; and other factors that are set forth in the “Risk Factors” section, the “Legal Proceedings” section, the “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section and other sections in our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, as well as in our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statements made by us in this release speak only as of the date on which they are made. We are under no obligation to, and expressly disclaim any obligation to, update or alter our forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, subsequent events or otherwise.

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Media Contacts:
Sean Collins, Conduent, +1-310-497-9205, sean.collins2@conduent.com

Investor Contacts:
Alan Katz, Conduent, +1-973-526-7173, alan.katz@conduent.com
Rebecca Koar, Conduent, +1-862-308-7105, rebecca.koar@conduent.com

 

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Sean Collins
Conduent
+1-310-497-9205
Alan Katz
Conduent Investor Relations
+1-973-526-7173
Rebecca Koar
Conduent Investor Relations
+1-862-308-7105