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Lightspeed Announces Results of Strategic Review and Third Quarter 2025 Financial Results

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Lightspeed's board authorized share repurchase to return up to $400 million to shareholders 

Total revenue of $280.1 million, up 17% year-over-year

Subscription revenue grew 9% year-over-year

Net loss improved to ($26.6) million and positive Adjusted EBITDA1 of $16.6 million exceeded outlook of ~$14 million

Monthly ARPU2 in the quarter grew 19% year-over-year to ~$533

Lightspeed reports in US dollars and in accordance with IFRS.

MONTREAL, Feb. 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Lightspeed Commerce Inc. ("Lightspeed" or the "Company") (TSX: LSPD) (NYSE: LSPD), today announced the results of its previously-disclosed strategic review and its financial results for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024. Lightspeed is the unified POS and payments platform for ambitious entrepreneurs to accelerate growth, provide the best customer experiences and become a go-to destination in their space.

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Strategic Review

The Board of Directors, a committee of independent directors, and executive leadership have unanimously determined that executing a full transformation plan as a public company presents the best available path to maximizing value for the Company and its shareholders. As part of its previously-announced strategic review, the Company conducted an in-depth evaluation of its portfolio, including market attractiveness, competitive dynamics, and its right-to-win as well as evaluating the best ownership structure to navigate Lightspeed through a transformation. The Company has already set its transformation plan in motion, focusing on growth in retail in North America and hospitality in Europe, both leading growth engines, with a strategic focus on expanding locations and increasing software and payments ARPU, with the other business areas optimized for efficiency and aimed at driving a maximum profitability for the whole business.

The Company-wide transformation to deliver on the new strategy will focus on:

  • Go-to-market: enhancing Lightspeed's go-to-market strategy with targeted outbound efforts, field sales and local marketing expansion, and verticalized execution to maximize efficiency and improve win rates, including deepening supplier integration in focus verticals and deploying AI-driven customer acquisition across retail in North America;

  • Product & Technology: investments focused on key growth areas—enhancing inventory management, forecasting, and supplier integration for retail in North America, while optimizing operations, guest experience, and analytics for hospitality in Europe;

  • Capital Allocation: transformation initiatives to free up capital for investment in growth areas; and

  • Share Repurchase: a share repurchase program to return up to $400 million in cash to shareholders, including the immediate execution of approximately $100 million3 under our current authorization, plus an additional $300 million, in each case subject to market conditions.