INTERFACE SECURITY SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC - FORM 8-K - EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1

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Exhibit 99.1

INTERFACE SECURITY SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.

ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER 2015 FINANCIAL RESULTS

Significant Recurring Monthly Revenue Growth Drives Higher Revenues and

Increased Future Cash Flows

St. Louis, MO - May 14, 2015 – Interface Security Systems Holdings, Inc. (along with its subsidiaries, the "Company") today reported financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

Key Highlights:


•	Total revenue of $38.3 million for the first quarter of 2015, an increase of 33.4%, compared to $28.7 million for the same period in 2014.


•	Total Recurring Monthly Revenue (“RMR”) at March 31, 2015 of $9.3 million, a 25.1% increase compared to total RMR of $7.4 million at March 31, 2014.


•	Average revenue per user (“ARPU”) of $117.47 in the first quarter of 2015, up from $97.45 for the same quarter last year.


•	Net loss of $16.8 million for the first quarter ended March 31, 2015, compared to a net income of $27.7 million for the same quarter last year.


•	Adjusted EBITDA¹ of $11.4 million, an increase of 58.2%, compared to $7.2 million in the same quarter last year.

“Our substantial gains in net new RMR in the first quarter of 2015 and in the second half of 2014 have made a positive impact on our financial performance with improving margins on services as well as lower attrition and subscriber creation multiples. We are off to a strong start for the year with the largest quarterly growth in Company history. The solid execution of multiple large national deployments by our operations team and steady organic growth primarily in the national account verticals is driving better operational performance overall and is positioning the Company to deliver continued growth and an enhanced free cash flow profile for the future,” said Michael Shaw, CEO of Interface Security Systems. “We continue to maintain our competitive advantage in the marketplace with our differentiated business model of providing bundled managed security services that enable our multi-location customers to SIMPLIFY TO THE POWER OF ONE^TM with our IP based physical and network security applications. We have an expanding sales pipeline that is expected to generate new profitable long-term RMR contracts that will contribute to our continued growth and future cash flow stability.”

¹Adjusted EBITDA is defined in the "Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section and is reconciled to net loss in the addendum of this news release.

First Quarter 2015 Results



	Three Months Ended March 31,						Percent Change
	2015			2014			Percent Change

Revenue
Services	$	32,869		$	25,705		27.9%
Products	5,433			3,015			80.2%
Total revenue	38,302			28,720			33.4%

Cost and Expenses
Cost of services	32,915			19,754			66.6%
Cost of products	5,059			3,772			34.1%
General and administrative expenses	5,934			8,100			(26.7)%
Amortization	1,560			2,372			(34.2)%
Depreciation	3,018			2,450			23.2%
Loss on sale of long-lived assets	226			479			(52.8)%
Gain on sale of Transferred Assets	—			(39,715		)	(100.0)%
Total costs and expenses	48,712			(2,788		)	*
(Loss) income from operations	(10,410		)	31,508			(133.0)%
Interest expense	(6,164		)	(6,133		)	0.5%
Interest income	—			4			(100.0)%
(Loss) income before provision for income taxes	(16,574		)	25,379			(165.3)%
Provision for income taxes	(218		)	2,311			*
Net (loss) income	(16,792		)	27,690			(160.6)%
Redeemable Class A Preferred stock dividends	—			(2,730		)	*
Redeemable Class C Preferred stock dividends	—			(975		)	*
Convertible and redeemable Class E Preferred stock dividends	—			(312		)	*
Convertible and redeemable Class F Preferred stock dividends	—			(14		)	*
Redeemable Class G Preferred stock dividends	—			(19		)	*
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders	$	(16,792	)	$	23,640		(171.0)%

Revenue

The Company reported total revenue of $38.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015, an increase of 33.4%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2014. ARPU increased by $20.02, or 20.5%, as of March 31, 2015 compared to March 31, 2014.

Services revenue increased $7.2 million, or 27.9%, to $32.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the three months ended March 31, 2014. The increase was due primarily to an increase of $5.0 million in services revenue from RMR growth and higher ARPU and $0.2 million increase from non-RMR services revenue.

Products revenue increased $2.4 million, or 80.2%, to $5.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the three months ended March 31, 2014 due primarily to an increase of $2.4 million in product installations related to the installation revenue Contracted Backlog.

Costs and Expenses

Excluding the gain on sale of Transferred Assets, total cost and expenses increased $11.8 million, or 31.9%, to $48.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the three months ended March 31, 2014, primarily related to the changes discussed below.

Cost of services increased $13.2 million, or 66.6%, to $32.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the three months ended March 31, 2014. The increase in cost of services is due to a $0.6 million increase in service materials related to maintenance agreements, a $5.4 million increase in RMR promotions, provisioning and customer transfer costs, a $3.9 million increase in wages and subcontractor labor, a $2.8 million increase in monitoring and managed service expense and a $0.3 million increase in other operating expenses. Cost of services may be higher than services revenue during high growth periods due to non-product sales and installation costs related to new RMR. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, the cost of servicing RMR was $9.3 million compared to $7.4 million of RMR for the same period in 2014 and installation service costs were higher related to the installation of $1.1 million more RMR during the three months ended March 31, 2015.

Cost of products increased $1.3 million, or 34.1%, to $5.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the three months ended March 31, 2014. The increase in cost of products is related to an increase in installation materials, net of capitalized installation materials, of $1.9 million associated with higher installation revenue and new RMR added during the three months ended March 31, 2015 offset by a decrease in maintenance material costs of $0.6 million.

General and administrative expenses decreased $2.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the three months ended March 31, 2014. The decrease is related to $2.1 million in lower transaction fees and other costs related to the Transferred Assets and a decrease in administrative wages by $0.2 million.

Amortization expense decreased $0.8 million, or 34.2%, to $1.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the three months ended March 31, 2014. The decrease was primarily due to acquired alarm monitoring accounts reaching the end of their amortizable life as of March 31, 2015.

Depreciation expense increased $0.6 million, or 23.2%, to $3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the three months ended March 31, 2014. The increase was primarily due to the net addition of new subscriber system assets of $15.2 million.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA increased 58.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to the corresponding period in 2014. The increase was primarily a result of an increase in organic RMR installations contributing to a higher Contracted Backlog as compared to 2014.

Net (Loss) Income

Net loss increased $44.5 million to $16.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2015 compared to net income of $27.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 primarily as a result of the factors described above.

Liquidity

Our primary sources of liquidity are our cash on hand and the Revolving Credit Facility. As of March 31, 2015, we had cash on hand of $1.6 million and $14.0 million of available borrowing capacity under our

Revolving Credit Facility. We had negative working capital of $3.4 million as of March 31, 2015 and positive working capital of $20.0 million as of December 31, 2014. We used $12.6 million and $15.1 million of cash to fund our operations for the three months ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Earnings Presentation

The Company will provide additional information in its First Quarter 2015 Earnings Presentation which can be viewed at the Company’s website at http://www.interfacesystems.com under "Investor Relations" under "Financial Information."

About Interface

Interface Security Systems is a recognized industry leader and pioneer in the Bundled Managed Service Provider space helping primarily large, commercial multi-site customers SIMPLIFY TO THE POWER OF ONE™ by combining managed services into one highly-efficient, integrated bundle. By providing network access as part of a managed services bundle, the Company saves its clients the trouble of dealing with multiple vendors while saving them money as well. Interface manages a broad range of secure, IP-based security solutions for retail, commercial and small business customers as well as remote interactive video surveillance. The Company operates two UL Approved 5-Diamond CSAA Certified Secure Operations Centers and a nationwide service delivery infrastructure. Interface is a portfolio company of SunTx Capital Partners. For more information on Interface, visit www.interfacesystems.com.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We use certain financial measures, including EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, as supplemental measures of our operating performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. They are not measurements of our financial performance under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net income, operating income or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity. These measures are used in the internal management of our business, along with the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures, in evaluating our operating performance. In addition, our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA is consistent with the equivalent measurements that are contained in our Revolving Credit Facility and the indenture governing the Senior Secured Notes.

EBITDA represents net income (loss) attributable to Interface Security Systems Holdings, Inc. before interest expense, interest income, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA represents EBITDA as further adjusted for gain or loss of sale of long-lived assets, gain on sale of Transferred Assets, loss on extinguishment of debt, sales and installation costs, net of sales and installation revenue, related to organic RMR growth, plus 50% of non-capitalized corporate and service center administrative costs related to organic RMR growth, less capitalized subscriber system assets. Our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA does not include any adjustments for expenses related to the sale of the Transferred Assets, financing of the Revolving Credit Facility or costs of preparing for the initial registration of the Senior Secured Notes. These expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2014 were $1.9 million.

Our measurement of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies and are not measures of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP. We have included information concerning EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA because we believe that such information is used by certain investors as supplemental measures of a company’s historical ability to service debt. We believe these measures are frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of high yield issuers, many of which present EBITDA and Adjusted

EBITDA when reporting their results. Our presentation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or nonrecurring items.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of, our operating results or cash flows as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:


•	they do not reflect our cash expenditures, or future requirements, for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;


•	they do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;


•	they do not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments, on our debt;


•	although depreciation is a non-cash charge, the assets being depreciated will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements;


•	they are not adjusted for all non-cash income or expense items that are reflected in our statements of cash flows; and


•	other companies in our industry may calculate these measures differently than we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures.

Because of these limitations, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as measures of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business. We compensate for these limitations by relying primarily on our GAAP results and using EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA only for supplemental purposes. Please see our consolidated financial statements contained elsewhere in this report.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This communication includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), regarding, among other things, our plans, strategies and prospects, both business and financial. Although we believe that our plans, intentions and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or realize these plans, intentions or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions including, without limitation, the factors described under "Risk Factors" from time to time in our filings with the SEC. Many of the forward-looking statements contained in this presentation may be identified by the use of forward-looking words such as “estimates,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” and "potential", among others. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this presentation are set forth in other reports or documents that we file from time to time with the SEC, and include, but are not limited to:


•	our inability to maintain compliance with various covenants under the Revolving Credit Facility to borrow funds;


•	restrictions in the indenture governing the 12.50% / 14.50% Senior Contingent Cash Pay Notes issued by Interface Master Holdings, Inc. on our ability to incur additional funded debt, other than amounts available under the Revolving Credit Facility;


•	our ability to obtain capital, grow RMR and maintain our business strategy, which raises substantial doubts about our ability to continue as a going concern;


•	our ability to compete effectively in a highly‑competitive industry;


•	catastrophic events that may disrupt our business;


•	our ability to retain customers;


•	concentration of RMR in a few top customers and concentration of our business in certain markets;


•	our ability to manage relationships with third‑party providers, including telecommunication providers and broadband service providers;


•	our reliance on third party component providers and the risk associated with any failure or interruption in products or services provided by these third parties;


•	our reliance on third party software and service providers;


•	our ability to obtain or maintain necessary governmental licenses and comply with applicable laws and regulations;


•	changes in governmental regulation of communication monitoring;


•	our reliance on network and information systems and other technologies and our ability to manage disruptions caused by cyber-attacks, failure or destruction of our networks, systems, technologies or properties;


•	macroeconomic factors;


•	economic, credit, financial or other risks affecting our customers and their ability to pay us;


•	the uncertainty of our future operating results;


•	our ability to attract, train and retain an effective sales force; and


•	the loss of our senior management.

There may be other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from the results referred to in the forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf apply only as of the date of this quarterly report and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included in this quarterly report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Contact Investor Relations:

Heather Helm

314-595-0177

Heather.Helm@interfacesystems.com

INTERFACE SECURITY SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

IN THOUSANDS



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014

Revenue
Services	$	32,869		$	25,705
Products	5,433			3,015
Total revenue	38,302			28,720
Costs and Expenses
Cost of services	32,915			19,754
Cost of products	5,059			3,772
General and administrative expenses	5,934			8,100
Amortization	1,560			2,372
Depreciation	3,018			2,450
Loss on sale of long-lived assets	226			479
Gain on sale of Transferred Assets	—			(39,715		)
Total costs and expenses	48,712			(2,788		)
(Loss) income from operations	(10,410		)	31,508
Interest expense	(6,164		)	(6,133		)
Interest income	—			4
(Loss) income before provision for income taxes	(16,574		)	25,379
Provision for income taxes	(218		)	2,311
Net (loss) income	(16,792		)	27,690
Redeemable Class A Preferred stock dividends	—			(2,730		)
Redeemable Class C Preferred stock dividends	—			(975		)
Convertible and redeemable Class E Preferred stock dividends	—			(312		)
Convertible and redeemable Class F Preferred stock dividends	—			(14		)
Redeemable Class G Preferred stock dividends	—			(19		)
Net (loss) income attributable to common stockholders	$	(16,792	)	$	23,640

INTERFACE SECURITY SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARES AND PER SHARE AMOUNTS



	March 31, 2015			December 31, 2014

Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	1,586		$	25,833
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,205 and $1,105	14,308			11,964
Inventories	14,612			21,655
Prepaid expenses, notes receivable and other assets	3,905			3,460
Total current assets	34,411			62,912
Property and equipment, net	35,893			27,718
Intangible assets, net	22,772			24,332
Goodwill	40,463			40,463
Deferred charges	6,158			6,654
Other assets	7,301			7,216
Total assets	$	146,998		$	169,295

Liabilities and Stockholders' Deficit
Current liabilities
Current portion of capital leases and other obligations	$	2,517		$	2,126
Accounts payable	17,098			18,070
Accrued expenses	12,784			16,901
Customer deposits	1,823			2,375
Deferred revenue	3,629			3,419
Total current liabilities	37,851			42,891
Long-term deferred revenue	2,825			2,826
Deferred tax liability	8,255			8,088
Capital leases and other obligations	1,649			2,280
Long-term debt	262,000			262,000
Total liabilities	312,580			318,085
Mezzanine equity
Redeemable Class A Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value, 70,000 shares authorized, 39,398 shares outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014	110,284			110,284
Redeemable Class C Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value, 60,000 shares authorized, 16,094 shares outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014	41,154			41,154
Convertible and redeemable Class E Preferred Stock, $1.00 par value, 50,000 shares authorized, 10,467 shares outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014	11,961			11,961
Total mezzanine equity	163,399			163,399
Stockholders' deficit
Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 3,000,000 shares authorized, 2,632,840 shares outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014	26			26
Class B Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 1,500,000 shares authorized, 976,880 shares outstanding at March 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014	10			10
Additional paid-in-capital	71,564			71,564
Accumulated deficit	(400,581		)	(383,789		)
Total stockholders' deficit	(328,981		)	(312,189		)
Total liabilities and stockholders' deficit	$	146,998		$	169,295

INTERFACE SECURITY SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

IN THOUSANDS



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014

Cash flows from operating activities
Net (loss) income	$	(16,792	)	$	27,690
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities
Amortization	1,560			2,372
Depreciation	3,018			2,450
Amortization of deferred charges	546			546
Deferred income tax	167			(1,099		)
Loss on sale of long-lived assets	226			479
Gain on sale of Transferred Assets	—			(39,715		)
Change in operating assets and liabilities
Accounts receivable	(2,344		)	342
Inventories	7,043			320
Prepaid expenses, notes receivable and other assets	(530		)	(1,640		)
Accounts payable	(1,005		)	(1,569		)
Accrued expenses	(4,117		)	(6,355		)
Customer deposits	(552		)	122
Deferred revenue	209			946
Net cash used in operating activities	(12,571		)	(15,111		)
Cash flows from investing activities
Capital expenditures, subscriber system assets	(11,214		)	(2,181		)
Capital expenditures, other	(179		)	(352		)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment	7			92
Proceeds from sale of Transferred Assets	—			40,799
Change in restricted cash	—			(140		)
Net cash (used) provided by investing activities	(11,386		)	38,218
Cash flows from financing activities
Proceeds from revolving credit facility	—			4,500
Payments on capital leases and other obligations	(240		)	(109		)
Dividends paid on preferred stock	—			(17,912		)
Redemptions of preferred stock	—			(9,374		)
Deferred financing fees	(50		)	—
Net cash used by financing activities	(290		)	(22,895		)
Net (decrease) increase in cash	(24,247		)	212
Cash and cash equivalents
Beginning of period	25,833			361
End of period	$	1,586		$	573
Supplemental Disclosures
Cash paid for interest	$	10,965		$	10,390

Noncash items
Capital expenditures in accounts payable	$	242		$	112
Dividends accrued on Class A preferred stock	$	—		$	(2,730	)
Dividends accrued on Class C preferred stock	$	—		$	(975	)
Dividends accrued on Class E preferred stock	$	—		$	(312	)
Dividends accrued on Class F preferred stock	$	—		$	(14	)
Dividends accrued on Class G preferred stock	$	—		$	(19	)

INTERFACE SECURITY SYSTEMS HOLDINGS, INC.

UNAUDITED RECONCILIATION OF NET LOSS TO EBITDA AND ADJUSTED EBITDA

IN THOUSANDS



	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2015			2014

Net (loss) income	$	(16,792	)	$	27,690
Provision for income taxes	218			(2,311		)
Interest expense	6,164			6,133
Interest income	—			(4		)
Depreciation	3,018			2,450
Amortization	1,560			2,372
EBITDA	(5,832		)	36,330
Loss on sale of long-lived assets	226			479
Gain on sale of Transferred Assets	—			(39,715		)
Sales and installation expense (a)	33,990			12,207
50% of overhead expenses (b)	2,967			3,988
Capitalized expenditures, subscriber system assets (c)	(11,247		)	(1,682		)
Sales and installation revenue (d)	(8,707		)	(4,402		)
Adjusted EBITDA	$	11,397		$	7,205


(a)	Reflects sales and installation costs related to organic RMR growth.

(b) Reflects 50% of the corporate and service center administrative costs related to organic RMR growth and is not capitalized. Corporate and service center administrative costs include expenses and the related overhead to support the RMR and installation growth. Other industry participants customarily allocate 50% of their overhead cost to RMR and sales growth.

(c) Reflects sales and installation costs related to organic RMR growth, including those costs that are capitalized as subscriber systems assets. Since the full amount of sales and installation expense is added as an adjustment in (a) above, the capitalized portion of the sales and installation cost is deducted from the Adjusted EBITDA calculation.


(d)	Reflects revenue received for the installation of subscriber systems related to organic RMR growth to match certain costs incurred in connection with the installations as described in (a) above.

INTERFACE SECURITY SYSTEMS HOLDINGS INC - FORM 8-K - EX-99.1 - EXHIBIT 99.1 - May 14, 2015

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