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| And in Government Solutions, we experienced highly favorable legislative environment resulting in a long-term total addressable market expansion of up to $150 million |
| Fourth quarter total revenue increased 13% over the prior year quarter, driven by strength in software services revenue |
| In Commercial Services, we expect high single-digit revenue growth driven by increased TSA volume and product adoption |
| We delivered fantastic results for the fourth quarter, highlighted by robust revenue and adjusted EBITDA |
| Fourth quarter revenue of $211 million exceeded our expectations and was primarily driven by strong U.S |
| In summary, we generated strong fourth quarter and full year results, and I'm confident in our ability to deliver on our 2024 outlook |
| Our strong results are aligned with 3 macro trends across our operating segments |
| First, we're seeing strong travel demand by both consumers and businesses, particularly in the U.S |
| Recent commentary from the major airlines and our RAC partners suggest continued strong demand through at least the first half of 2024 |
| The partnership has been excellent and our audit, while compressed from a time line perspective was thorough and well executed |
| We're operating in attractive end markets with strong secular tailwinds, and I believe we're making the right investments to continue to drive growth and margin expansion throughout the company |
| We benefited from the record airline passenger traffic with 2023 TSA volume at 101% of 2019 levels |
| Fourth quarter revenue of $95 million grew 16% over the year -- the prior year quarter and adjusted EBITDA margins of 66% were up about 570 basis points over last year due to the strength in rack tolling and prior year FMC growth investments |
| Adjusted EBITDA of $242 million resulted in margins of about 65%, a 100 basis point improvement over the prior year driven by volume-based operating leverage |
| Adjusted EBITDA margins of about 66%, a 570 basis point increase over the fourth quarter of last year were largely driven by the continued strength in rack tolling and execution of our growth initiatives |
| The FMC business delivered $63 million of [indiscernible] full year growth and outstanding accomplishment |
| I'm incredibly proud of our team's execution efforts |
| Additionally, our FMC business grew 24% or about $3 million year-over-year as our growth initiatives continue to produce the intended results |
| We're excited to support our partner in the rollout of their tolling program and Italy in a market with strong and growing cashless tolling trends |
| Lastly, the secular trends underpinning these business drivers continued conversion to cashless tolling and new toll roads continue to positively impact our business |
| As we look forward, CS is positioned as a high single-digit grower, driven by strong and durable travel trends, continued growth in cash flow tolling and new toll roads |
| Rack tolling revenue increased 23% or about $12 million over the same period last year, driven by robust travel demand and increased rental volume |
| Government Solutions service revenue increased by 10% over the prior year and T2 Systems SaaS and services revenue grew 10% over the fourth quarter of last year |
| Recurring service revenue grew 13% over the prior year quarter, driven by strong travel demand in the GS business and recurring service revenue growth outside of New York City and the GS business |
| To this point, outside of New York City, we drove strong revenue growth due to our existing customers' demand to expand their programs |
| Total revenue increased approximately 13% year-over-year to about $211 million for the quarter, driven by strong recurring service revenue growth across the company |
| And finally, in T2 Systems, where we have significant runway for continued growth and profitability in the university segment as well as our focused efforts to penetrate the municipality segment, our focus is on the following priorities: continue to focus on growing our high-margin core permits and enforcement business, successfully launch new products to drive transactional revenue growth and investments in our software platform to further enhance strategic position |
| In Government Solutions, where we benefit from an expanding addressable market for automated enforcement, our top priorities are to win our share of new contract awards in Florida, Colorado, Washington, California, Canada and New Zealand position ourselves to retain the New York City at contract renewal and leverage 2023 and 2024 investments in our software platform to enhance our strategic advantages |
| Through execution of our 3 strategic pillars, we are poised to deliver superior long-term value creation for all stakeholders |
| Additionally, in the international side of the business, we are experiencing attractive award activity in our expansion efforts in New Zealand as well as expansion in new business awards across several provinces in Canada |
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| From a profitability standpoint, Government Solutions adjusted EBITDA declined 22% compared to the prior year due to a noncash charge I mentioned earlier and the platform investments that we're making in the business |
| Looking ahead, as I've discussed previously, we expect FMC revenue growth to slow to mid- to high single digits, primarily as a result of tougher comps in 2024 |
| Consistent with historical trends, first quarter is forecast to be our lowest revenue-generating quarter followed by a sequential -- followed by sequential revenue increases in the second and third quarters, followed then by a decline in the fourth quarter as the summer driving season comes to a close |
| We delivered $19 million of free cash flow for the quarter, which resulted in meeting our annual guidance of 40% full year conversion rate, but was below our recent quarterly run rate, largely driven by timing |
| In our 10-K, you will note that we have disclosed several deficiencies regarding IT general control gaps, which aggregate to a material weakness for 2023 |
| The reduction in margins versus the prior year is due to the $4 million inventory obsolescence write-down I previously discussed and increased spending on platform investments and business development efforts |
| The first quarter of 2024, I expect to be down mid-single digits |
| And then I expect the fourth quarter to come back low single digits go down |
| But I do expect those products to be flat at best, which is bringing down the overall growth rate |
| The 40% free cash flow conversion rate is below our long-term guidance due to our plan to spend an incremental $30 million to $35 million in 2024 CapEx |
| I guess any -- I know the European tolling is a slow roll |
| Craig Conti And I would just add to that, I'd say that the only thing that's really changed on that is that the environment seems to be opening up |
| Actual results may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors |
| As David mentioned, we took a $4 million noncash charge in the GS business for inventory obsolescence, largely driven by supply chain optimization |
| Transitioning back to the business fundamentals |
| Our offering was materially oversubscribed, and we achieved a 50 basis point reduction in the coupon rate and also eliminated a historical 12 basis point credit spread adjustment to currently |
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