For the year, CheckFree reported net income of $72.2 million, pro forma, compared with $17.1 million, pro forma, for fiscal 2002 a 322% increase in earnings. On a GAAP basis for fiscal 2003, CheckFrees net income fell $52.2 million, compared a net loss of $441 million for fiscal 2002. Pro forma results for the year exclude $183.3 million of acquisition amortization charges, a $10.2 million intangible asset impairment charge, a $1.4 million true-up of a previous reorganization charge and a $3.2 million investment impairment charge.
For fiscal 2004, CheckFree expects to post a 12% to 19% pro forma increase in earnings, and about a breakeven performance on a GAAP basis, said David Mangum, chief financial officer of CheckFree.