A History of Victory
A Culture of Performance

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2019-- Cannae Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:CNNE) ("Cannae" or the "Company") today reported operating results for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2019.

Highlights

• Beginning in the third quarter of 2019 Cannae will report Dun & Bradstreet's ("D&B") financial results on a current quarter basis as compared to the lag basis previously utilized
• On September 4, 2019 Cannae received net proceeds of $112.0 million and recorded a gain of $82.2 million upon the closing of its sale of 2,000,000 shares of common stock of Ceridian HCM Holding Inc. (“Ceridian”) as part of an underwritten secondary public offering
• Year-to-date, Cannae has sold 4,000,000 shares of Ceridian common stock for aggregate proceeds of $212.5 million resulting in book gains of $153.3 million
• On September 19, 2019, Cannae announced a three-year, 5 million share repurchase program
• As of September 30, 2019, total book value of portfolio company investments was $1.212 billion, or $16.81 per share, compared to total book value of $1.125 billion, or $15.58 per share, at December 31, 2018
• As of September 30, 2019, holding company cash totaled $104.3 million
• Cannae entered into a management services agreement with Trasimene Capital and has transitioned to an externally managed structure beginning November 1, 2019
• Under the management services agreement, Cannae will pay a quarterly management fee to Trasimene equal to 0.375% of Cannae’s Cost of Investment which totaled $971.5 million as of November 1, 2019

Ceridian

• Ceridian's third quarter 2019 total revenue was $202.3 million, up 13.6% year-over-year, and, on a constant currency basis, total revenue was $203.4 million, up 14.0% year-over-year
• Third quarter 2019 Dayforce revenue was $143.7 million, up 30.2% year-over-year, and, on a constant currency basis, Dayforce revenue was $144.1 million, up 30.5% year-over-year
• Third quarter 2019 Cloud revenue was $165.5 million, up 25.7% year-over-year, and, on a constant currency basis, Cloud revenue was $166.4 million, up 26.2% year-over-year
• Third quarter 2019 operating profit was $6.5 million, compared to third quarter 2018 operating profit of $16.2 million, a decrease of 60.0% year-over-year
• Third quarter 2019 Adjusted EBITDA was $46.4 million, up 27.5% compared to the prior year quarter

Dun and Bradstreet

• For the quarter ended September 30, 2019, D&B generated total GAAP revenue of $408.2 million, a decrease of 1.5% compared to total GAAP revenue of $414.5 million in the third quarter of 2018. 2019 GAAP revenue includes a reduction of revenue recognized due to deferred revenue purchase accounting adjustments associated with D&B's privatization in February 2019
• D&B's 2019 third quarter Adjusted Revenue, a non-GAAP measure, was $450.4 million, an increase of 8.5% compared Adjusted Revenue of $415.1 million for the 2018 third quarter
• For the quarter ended September 30, 2019, D&B generated total GAAP net loss of $54.9 million a decrease of 195.6% compared to net earnings of $57.4 million in the 2018 third quarter
• D&B's 2019 third quarter Adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, was $194.0 million an increase of 52.8% compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $127.0 million for the third quarter of 2018
• Adjusted EBITDA margin in third quarter was 43.4% compared to 30.6% in the prior year third quarter
• D&B management has successfully achieved approximately $192.0 million of annualized cost savings year to date through September 30, 2019, as part of D&B's $200.0 million cost reduction plan

Restaurant Group

• The restaurant group generated $247.7 million in total revenue and a net loss of $13.2 million for the third quarter of 2019, versus $269.3 million in total revenue and a net loss of $21.7 million in the third quarter of 2018
• EBITDA was $(2.7) million for the third quarter of 2019, versus EBITDA of $(5.8) million in the third quarter of 2018
• In the quarter ended September 30, 2019, the management team closed 11 under-performing company-owned stores. ABRH has now closed 55 under-performing stores
• Received aggregate proceeds of $27.9 million year-to-date from the sale of company-owned stores and corporate office facilities
• Successfully achieved $3.7 million of G&A expense savings year-to-date through September 30, 2019

T-System

• T-System generated $13.4 million in total revenue and net earnings of $3.8 million for the third quarter of 2019, versus $14.1 million in total revenue and net loss of $1.8 million in the third quarter of 2018
• EBITDA was $9.2 million for the third quarter of 2019, versus EBITDA of $3.0 million for the third quarter of 2018

“Ceridian delivered another strong quarter from its Cloud services business as evidenced by the 30.2% increase in Dayforce revenue compared to the prior year quarter,” commented Chairman William P. Foley, II. “We continue to be pleased with our investment in Ceridian and believe there is significant opportunities for growth ahead. During the quarter, we prudently rebalanced our portfolio through the sale of an additional 2 million shares of CDAY stock, with proceeds used to pay down a portion of the leverage used to finance our purchase of D&B. Cannae currently owns approximately 28.7 million shares of Ceridian, representing an approximate 20% ownership stake, now worth $1.6 billion based on Ceridian’s closing price of $55.14 on November 8, 2019.”

Mr. Foley continued, “D&B’s management team continues to make significant progress transforming D&B’s operations and culture, having nearly achieved their full year, $200 million expense reduction target in the 2019 third quarter. Importantly, the sales force re-organization is driving an acceleration to growth as adjusted revenues increased 8.5% compared to the prior year quarter driven in part by improved sales productivity and cross selling. Looking forward, we continue to see opportunities to utilize D&B’s extensive and proprietary data to create new products and revenue streams to further accelerate organic sales growth.”

Turning to our restaurant group, the ABRH management team delivered an improvement to the group’s financial performance during the third quarter as the initiatives designed to reduce expenses and improve our store’s operations are taking hold. While we have more to accomplish, the group’s results this quarter are an important step in positioning the brands for monetization.”

Mr. Foley concluded, “T-System has progressed on their strategic initiatives designed to improve their operations and accelerate sales growth. Expanding T-System’s capabilities through M&A is a priority of our management team and we are pleased with the potential acquisition candidates in our pipeline.”

Conference Call

As previously announced, Cannae will host a conference call on November 12, 2019, to discuss its third quarter 2019 results at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). The conference call can be accessed by dialing 1-877-407-0789 (domestic) or 1-201-689-8562 (international) and asking for the Cannae Holdings Third Quarter 2019 Earnings Call. A telephonic replay will be available approximately three hours after the call and can be accessed by dialing 1-844-512-2921, or for international callers 1-412-317-6671 and providing the access code 13695101. The telephonic replay will be available until 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on November 19, 2019.

Interested investors and other parties may also listen to a simultaneous webcast of the conference call by logging onto the investor relations section of the Company’s website at http://investor.cannaeholdings.com/. The online replay will remain available for a limited time beginning immediately following the call.

About Cannae Holdings, Inc.

Cannae (NYSE:CNNE) is a diversified holding company with over $1 billion in book value in assets and boasts a strong track record of investing in a diverse range of assets. Cannae holds majority and minority equity investment stakes in a number of entities, including Ceridian HCM Holding Inc., The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation, American Blue Ribbon Holdings, LLC, 99 Restaurants Holdings, LLC and T-System Holding, LLC. Principals at Cannae have successfully acquired over 100 companies with aggregate consideration in excess of $30 billion for Fidelity National Financial. Inc., Cannae and related companies over the last 20 years. More information about Cannae can be found at www.cannaeholdings.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is the term used to refer to the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting. GAAP includes the standards, conventions, and rules accountants follow in recording and summarizing transactions and in the preparation of financial statements. In addition to reporting financial results in accordance with GAAP, the Company has provided non-GAAP financial measures, which it believes are useful to help investors better understand its financial performance, competitive position and prospects for the future. These non-GAAP measures include earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization (EBITDA), and earnings before interest, taxes and depreciation and amortization as a percent of revenue (EBITDA margin). The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation of or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. By disclosing these non-GAAP financial measures, Cannae believes it offers investors a greater understanding of, and an enhanced level of transparency into, the means by which Cannae’s management operates the company.

D&B's non-GAAP adjusted revenue is defined as GAAP revenue adjusted to reflect the elimination of the effect on revenue due to a purchase accounting fair value adjustment to deferred revenue and to include an additional month of revenue in the first quarter of 2019 related to the lag reporting for D&B's international operations, both associated with its Privatization. GAAP revenue is also adjusted to remove the impact of period-specific fluctuations in foreign currency. We believe all adjustments to GAAP revenue are useful to management and investors as they facilitate an accurate basis for which to compare revenue period over period.

D&B's adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income or loss before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, as adjusted to exclude net income or loss from restructuring charges, include earnings that were not recorded by D&B during the periods presented due to the deferred revenue purchase accounting adjustment recorded in accordance with GAAP, to include earnings of D&B's international operations which were previously reported on a one-month lag, to exclude non-cash equity-based compensation expense, professional and administrative expenses associated with mergers and acquisitions, and other non-core gains and losses that are not recurring or in the normal course of business.

D&B's adjusted EBITDA margin is defined as its Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of Adjusted revenue before adjusting for the impact of foreign currency fluctuations.

Ceridian presents revenue in constant currency to assess how its underlying business performed excluding the effect of foreign currency rate fluctuations. Ceridian calculates revenue on a constant currency basis by applying a fixed planning rate of $1.30 Canadian dollar to $1.00 U.S. dollar foreign exchange rate to revenue originally booked in Canadian dollars for all applicable periods.

Ceridian's adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income or loss before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, as adjusted to exclude net income or loss from discontinued operations, sponsor management fees paid in prior year periods to its equity sponsors, non-cash charges for asset impairments, gains or losses on assets and liabilities held in a foreign currency other than the functional currency of a company subsidiary, non-cash share-based compensation expense, severance charges, restructuring consulting fees incurred in connection with mergers and acquisitions or capital transactions, and charges to reserve for unrecoverable duplicate payments associated with a service issue.

Any non-GAAP measures should be considered in context with the GAAP financial presentation and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for GAAP net earnings. Further, Cannae's non-GAAP measures may be calculated differently from similarly titled measures of other companies. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to related GAAP measures are provided below.

Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors

This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Statements that are not historical facts, including statements regarding our expectations, hopes, intentions or strategies regarding the future are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Because such statements are based on expectations as to future financial and operating results and are not statements of fact, actual results may differ materially from those projected. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. The risks and uncertainties which forward-looking statements are subject to include, but are not limited to: changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including changes in the financial markets; our potential inability to find suitable acquisition candidates, acquisitions in lines of business that will not necessarily be limited to our traditional areas of focus, or difficulties in integrating acquisitions; significant competition that our operating subsidiaries face; compliance with extensive government regulation of our operating subsidiaries; risks associated with our split-off from Fidelity National Financial, Inc., including limitations on our strategic and operating flexibility related to the tax-free nature of the split-off and the Investment Company Act of 1940; and risks and uncertainties related to the success of our externalization.

This press release should be read in conjunction with the risks detailed in the “Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information,” “Risk Factors” and other sections of the Company’s Form 10-Q,10-K and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

On August 27, 2019, we announced the execution of definitive documents pursuant to which the Company transitioned to an externally managed structure governed by a management services agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the management services agreement, Cannae will pay Trasimene Capital Management, LLC a quarterly management fee equal to 0.375% (1.5% annualized) of the Company’s cost of invested capital (as defined in the Management Services Agreement) as of the last day of each fiscal quarter, payable in arrears in cash, as may be adjusted pursuant to the terms of the Management Services Agreement. We transitioned to the new management structure and commenced the management fee on November 1, 2019.

The following is the cost of invested capital for the Company's current portfolio (in millions).

Cannae accounts for its investments in D&B and Ceridian using the equity method of accounting; therefore, their results do not consolidate into the Company’s. As prescribed by relevant accounting standards, the Company recognizes its proportionate share of D&B and Ceridian’s net earnings or loss in earnings (loss) from equity investees in our consolidated results of operations.

For the first and second quarter of 2019, we accounted for our proportionate share of equity in Dun & Bradstreet's losses on a one quarter lag. In the third quarter of 2019, we began receiving timely financial information from Dun & Bradstreet and, in accordance with relevant accounting literature, began recording our ratable share of its losses on a real-time basis. Therefore, our results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 include the results of Dun & Bradstreet for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and the period from February 8, 2019 to September 30, 2019, respectively. We have retrospectively reflected our proportionate share of equity in losses of Dun & Bradstreet for the first and second quarter of 2019 in our third quarter Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

See the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for further information on the Company’s accounting for its investments in D&B and Ceridian.

Ceridian Revenue Measures (Unaudited)

Ceridian Revenue Measures (Unaudited)