UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 3, 2015

 

 

MANHATTAN ASSOCIATES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Georgia		0-23999		58-2373424
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or organization)		(Commission File Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2300 Windy Ridge Parkway, Tenth Floor, Atlanta, Georgia

30339

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

(770) 955-7070

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NONE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

 

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On February 3, 2014, Manhattan Associates, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release providing the results for its financial performance for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2014. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1. Pursuant to General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, this exhibit is “furnished” and not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures in the Press Release

The press release includes, as additional information regarding our operating results, our adjusted operating income, adjusted net income and adjusted diluted earnings per share, which excludes the impact of equity-based compensation and acquisition-related costs and the amortization thereof—all net of income tax effects. We have developed our internal reporting, compensation and planning systems using these measures.

These various measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative for, financial measures calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and may be different from similarly titled non-GAAP financial measures used by other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be used as a substitute for, or considered superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Non-GAAP measures used in the press release exclude the impact of the items described above for the following reasons:

 

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Because equity-based compensation expense is not an expense that typically requires or will require cash settlement by the Company, and because we believe our competitors and peers typically present non-GAAP results excluding all equity-based compensation expense, we have not included equity-based compensation expense and the related tax benefit generated upon the disposition of equity-based compensation in the assessment of our operating performance.

 

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Because we sporadically engage in acquisitions, we incur acquisition-related costs that consist primarily of accounting and legal expenses, whether or not we ultimately proceed with the transaction. Additionally, we might assume and incur certain unusual costs, such as employee retention benefits, that result from arrangements made prior to the acquisition. These acquisition costs are difficult to predict and do not correlate to the expenses of our core operations. We believe our competitors and peers typically present as a non-GAAP measure adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share that exclude the amortization of acquisition-related intangible assets. Consequently, we exclude these amortization costs when calculating adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share to provide supplemental information on our core operations and to facilitate more relevant and meaningful comparisons of our operating results with that of our competitors.

We believe the reporting of adjusted operating income, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share facilitates investors’ understanding of our historical operating trends, because it provides important supplemental measurement information in evaluating the operating results of our business. We also believe that adjusted operating income, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share provide a basis for more relevant comparisons to other companies in the industry and enable investors to evaluate

 

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our operating performance in a manner consistent with our internal basis of measurement. Management refers to adjusted operating income, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share in making operating decisions because we believe they provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our operational performance and our ability to invest in research and development and fund acquisitions and capital expenditures. In addition, adjusted operating income, adjusted net income and adjusted earnings per share facilitate management’s internal comparisons to our historical operating results and comparisons to competitors’ operating results.

Further, we rely on adjusted operating income, adjusted net income and adjusted net income per share information as primary measures to review and assess the operating performance of our company and our management team in connection with our executive compensation and bonus plans. Since most of our employees are not directly involved with decisions surrounding acquisitions and other items that are not central to our core operations, we do not believe it is appropriate or fair to have their incentive compensation affected by these items.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated February 3, 2015

 

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: February 3, 2015

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press Release, dated February 3, 2015