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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 _________________________________________
FORM 10-Q
  _________________________________________
(Mark One)
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2014
OR
¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission file number: 001-32426
   _________________________________________
 
WEX INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
   _________________________________________
Delaware
 
01-0526993
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
97 Darling Avenue, South Portland, Maine
 
04106
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(207) 773-8171
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)  
 _________________________________________
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     ý   Yes     ¨   No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).     ý   Yes     ¨   No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
 
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Accelerated filer
 
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Non-accelerated filer
 
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Smaller reporting company
 
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).     ¨   Yes     ý   No
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.
Class
  
Outstanding at April 24, 2014
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
  
38,750,286 shares


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Page
 
 
 
PART I-FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
 
 
Item 1.
  3
 
 
 
Item 2.
  21
 
 
 
Item 3.
  29
 
 
 
Item 4.
  29
 
 
 
PART II-OTHER INFORMATION
 
 
 
Item 1.
  30
 
 
 
Item 1A.
  30
 
 
 
Item 2.
  30
 
 
 
Item 6.
  31
 
 
             SIGNATURE
 
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for statements that are forward-looking and are not statements of historical facts. This Quarterly Report includes forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, statements about management’s plan and goals, statements about the consummation of pending transactions. Any statements in this Quarterly Report that are not statements of historical facts are forward-looking statements. When used in this Quarterly Report, the words “may,” “could,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “continue,” “project,” “intend,” “estimate,” “believe,” “expect” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such words. Forward-looking statements relate to our future plans, objectives, expectations and intentions and are not historical facts and accordingly involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results or performance to be materially different from future results or performance expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report, in press releases and in oral statements made by our authorized officers: the effects of general economic conditions on fueling patterns and the commercial activity of fleets; the effects of the Company’s business expansion and acquisition efforts; the Company’s failure to successfully integrate the businesses it has acquired; the Company's failure to consummate a previously announced acquisition, including the acquisition of ExxonMobil's European commercial fuel card program; the failure of corporate investments to result in anticipated strategic value; the impact and range of credit losses; the impact of changes to the Company's credit standards; breaches of the Company’s technology systems and any resulting negative impact on our reputation, liability, or loss of relationships with customers or merchants; fuel price volatility; the Company’s failure to maintain or renew key agreements; failure to expand the Company’s technological capabilities and service offerings as rapidly as the Company’s competitors; the actions of regulatory bodies, including banking and securities regulators, or possible changes in banking regulations impacting the Company’s industrial bank and the Company as the corporate parent; the impact of foreign currency exchange rates on the Company’s operations, revenue and income; changes in interest rates; the impact of the Company’s outstanding bonds on its operations; financial loss if the Company determines it necessary to unwind its derivative instrument position prior to the expiration of a contract; the incurrence of impairment charges if our assessment of the fair value of certain of our reporting units changes; the uncertainties of litigation; as well as other risks and uncertainties identified in Item 1A of our Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2013, filed on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 27, 2014. Our forward-looking statements and these factors do not reflect the potential future impact of any, alliance, merger, acquisition, disposition or stock repurchases. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the initial filing of this Quarterly Report and undue reliance should not be placed on these statements. We disclaim any obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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PART I
Item 1. Financial Statements.
WEX INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
March 31,
2014
 
December 31,
2013
Assets
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
354,772

 
$
361,486

Accounts receivable (less reserve for credit losses of $13,163 in 2014 and $10,396 in 2013)
1,980,609

 
1,712,061

Available-for-sale securities
16,058

 
15,963

Property, equipment and capitalized software (net of accumulated depreciation of $152,380 in 2014 and $145,400 in 2013)
76,920

 
72,275

Deferred income taxes, net
78,285

 
88,965

Goodwill
828,823

 
819,892

Other intangible assets, net
201,737

 
206,744

Other assets
163,214

 
154,892

Total assets
$
3,700,418

 
$
3,432,278

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
 
Accounts payable
$
646,721

 
$
512,878

Accrued expenses
86,423

 
92,335

Income taxes payable
22,424

 
16,066

Deposits
1,190,223

 
1,088,930

Revolving line-of-credit facilities and term loan
281,250

 
285,000

Deferred income taxes, net
13,444

 
13,528

Notes outstanding
400,000

 
400,000

Amounts due under tax receivable agreement
77,785

 
77,785

Fuel price derivatives, at fair value
4,535

 
7,358

Other liabilities
21,370

 
16,372

Total liabilities
2,744,175

 
2,510,252

Commitments and contingencies (Note 13)

 

Redeemable non-controlling interest
19,338

 
18,729

Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
 
Common stock $0.01 par value; 175,000 shares authorized; 42,971 in 2014 and 42,901 in 2013 shares issued; 38,877 in 2014 and 38,987 in 2013 shares outstanding
430

 
429

Additional paid-in capital
169,122

 
168,891

Non-controlling interest
228

 
519

Retained earnings
916,061

 
879,519

Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(1,422
)
 
(15,495
)
Less treasury stock at cost; 4,188 shares in 2014 and 4,007 shares in 2013
(147,514
)
 
(130,566
)
Total stockholders’ equity
936,905

 
903,297

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
3,700,418

 
$
3,432,278

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WEX INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF
INCOME
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
 
Three months ended 
 March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Revenues
 
 
 
Fleet payment solutions
$
135,435

 
$
126,039

Other payment solutions
46,633

 
39,331

Total revenues
182,068

 
165,370

Expenses
 
 
 
Salary and other personnel
43,902

 
40,077

Service fees
26,305

 
23,805

Provision for credit losses
9,090

 
3,756

Technology leasing and support
7,027

 
5,485

Occupancy and equipment
4,366

 
3,805

Depreciation, amortization and impairment
15,018

 
14,607

Operating interest expense
1,288

 
1,147

Cost of hardware and equipment sold
948

 
1,074

Other
12,587

 
11,084

Total operating expenses
120,531

 
104,840

Operating income
61,537

 
60,530

Financing interest expense
(7,356
)
 
(7,339
)
Net gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions
1,033

 
(232
)
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on fuel price derivatives
1,845

 
(7,755
)
Income before income taxes
57,059

 
45,204

Income taxes
20,979

 
16,627

Net income
36,080

 
28,577

Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interests
(462
)
 
(112
)
Net earnings attributable to WEX Inc.
$
36,542

 
$
28,689

Net earnings attributable to WEX Inc. per share:
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.94

 
$
0.74

Diluted
$
0.93

 
$
0.73

Weighted average common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
Basic
38,966

 
38,888

Diluted
39,145

 
39,187

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WEX INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
 
 
Three months ended 
 March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Net income
$
36,080

 
$
28,577

Changes in available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of $(43) in 2014 and $47 in 2013
74

 
(78
)
Foreign currency translation
14,779

 
458

Comprehensive income
50,933


28,957

Less: comprehensive income attributable to non-controlling interests
318

 
193

Comprehensive income attributable to WEX Inc.
$
50,615

 
$
28,764

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WEX INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
 
 
Common Stock
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Shares
 
Amount at par
 
Additional
Paid-in Capital
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 
Treasury
Stock
 
Retained
Earnings
 
Non-controlling interest in subsidiaries
 
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Balance at December 31, 2012
38,908

 
$
426

 
$
162,470

 
$
37,379

 
$
(112,655
)
 
$
730,311

 
$

 
$
817,931

Stock issued upon exercise of stock options
11

 

 
146

 

 

 

 

 
146

Tax benefit from stock option and restricted stock units

 

 
5,589

 

 

 

 

 
5,589

Stock issued upon vesting of restricted stock units
221

 
2

 
(2
)
 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation, net of share repurchases for tax withholdings

 

 
(7,576
)
 

 

 

 

 
(7,576
)
Purchase of shares of treasury stock
(241
)
 

 

 

 
(17,911
)
 

 

 
(17,911
)
Changes in available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of $(47)

 

 

 
(78
)
 

 

 

 
(78
)
Foreign currency translation

 

 

 
153

 

 

 

 
153

Net income

 

 

 

 

 
28,689

 

 
28,689

Balance at March 31, 2013
38,899


$
428


$
160,627


$
37,454


$
(130,566
)

$
759,000


$


$
826,943

Balance at December 31, 2013
38,987

 
$
429

 
$
168,891

 
$
(15,495
)
 
$
(130,566
)
 
$
879,519

 
$
519

 
$
903,297

Stock issued upon exercise of stock options
8

 

 
105

 

 

 

 

 
105

Tax benefit from stock option and restricted stock units

 

 
1,010

 

 

 

 

 
1,010

Stock issued upon vesting of restricted stock units
63

 
1

 
(1
)
 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation, net of share repurchases for tax withholdings

 

 
(883
)
 

 

 

 

 
(883
)
Purchase of shares of treasury stock
(181
)
 

 

 

 
(16,948
)
 

 

 
(16,948
)
Changes in available-for-sale securities, net of tax effect of $43

 

 

 
74

 

 

 

 
74

Foreign currency translation

 

 

 
13,999

 

 

 
4

 
14,003

Net income

 

 

 

 

 
36,542

 
(295
)
 
36,247

Balance at March 31, 2014
38,877

 
$
430

 
$
169,122

 
$
(1,422
)
 
$
(147,514
)
 
$
916,061

 
$
228

 
$
936,905

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WEX INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
(unaudited)
 
Three months ended 
 March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Cash flows from operating activities
 
 
 
Net income
$
36,080

 
$
28,577

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used for) operating activities:
 
 
 
Fair value change of fuel price derivatives
(2,823
)
 
5,882

Stock-based compensation
2,423

 
2,406

Depreciation, amortization and impairment
15,612

 
15,156

Deferred taxes
10,066

 
9,021

Provision for credit losses
9,090

 
3,756

Loss on disposal of property, equipment and capitalized software
338

 
63

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisition:
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
(271,782
)
 
(228,297
)
Other assets
(8,455
)
 
(2,971
)
Accounts payable
131,448

 
190,068

Accrued expenses
(6,499
)
 
2,984

Income taxes
5,708

 
776

Other liabilities
1,038

 
1,145

Net cash (used for) provided by operating activities
(77,756
)
 
28,566

Cash flows from investing activities
 
 
 
Purchases of property, equipment and capitalized software
(11,382
)
 
(5,560
)
Purchases of available-for-sale securities
(70
)
 
(65
)
Maturities of available-for-sale securities
93

 
502

Net cash used for investing activities
(11,359
)
 
(5,123
)
Cash flows from financing activities
 
 
 
Excess tax benefits from equity instrument share-based payment arrangements
1,010

 
5,589

Repurchase of share-based awards to satisfy tax withholdings
(3,306
)
 
(9,985
)
Proceeds from stock option exercises
104

 
146

Net change in deposits
101,288

 
135,276

Net change in borrowed federal funds

 
(48,400
)
Other financing debt
3,429

 
787

Loan origination fee

 
(12,023
)
Borrowings on notes outstanding

 
400,000

Net activity on 2011 revolving line-of-credit

 
(438,500
)
Net activity on 2011 term loan

 
(182,500
)
Net activity on 2013 term loan
(3,750
)
 
296,250

Purchase of shares of treasury stock
(16,948
)
 
(17,911
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
81,827

 
128,729

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
574

 
(114
)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
(6,714
)
 
152,058

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
361,486

 
197,662

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
354,772

 
$
349,720

Supplemental cash flow information
 
 
 
Interest paid
$
13,262

 
$
4,351

Income taxes paid
$
4,041

 
$
1,226

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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WEX INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)
 
1.
Basis of Presentation
The acronyms and abbreviations identified below are used in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto. The following is provided to aid the reader and provide a reference point when reviewing the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
2011 Credit Agreement
 
Credit agreement entered into on May 23, 2011 among the Company, as borrower, WEX Card Holdings Australia Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, as specified designated borrower, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and letter of credit issuer, and the other lenders party thereto
2013 Credit Agreement
 
Amended and restated credit agreement entered into on January 18, 2013 by and among the Company and certain of our subsidiaries, as borrowers, and WEX Card Holdings Australia Pty Ltd, as specified designated borrower, with a lending syndicate
Adjusted Net Income or ANI
 
A non-GAAP metric that adjusts net earnings attributable to WEX Inc. for fair value changes of derivative instruments, the amortization of purchased intangibles, expense associated with stock-based compensation, the net impact of tax rate changes on the Company’s deferred tax asset and related changes in the tax-receivable agreement, deferred loan costs associated with the extinguishment of debt, certain non-cash asset impairment charges, the gains on the extinguishment of a portion of the tax receivable agreement and adjustments attributable to non-controlling interest, as well as the related tax impacts of the adjustments
ASU 2013-11
 
Accounting Standards Update No. 2013-11 Income Taxes (Topic 740): Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists
ASU 2014-08
 
Accounting Standards Update 2014-08 Update No. 2014-08 Presentation of Financial Statements (Topic 205) and Property, Plant, and Equipment (Topic 360): Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposals of Components of an Entity
Company
 
WEX Inc. and all entities included in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
Esso Card
 
ExxonMobil’s European commercial fuel card portfolio
FASB
 
Financial Accounting Standards Board
GAAP
 
Generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
Indenture
 
The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of January 30, 2013 among the Company, the guarantors listed therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee
NCI
 
Non-controlling interest
NOL
 
Net operating loss
Notes
 
$400 million notes with a 4.75% fixed rate, issued on January 30, 2013
NOW deposits
 
Negotiable order of withdrawal deposits
SEC
 
Securities and Exchange Commission
UNIK
 
UNIK S.A., the Company's Brazilian 51 percent majority-owned subsidiary
WEX
 
WEX Inc.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all information and notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. However, except as disclosed herein, there have been no material changes in the information disclosed in the notes to consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of WEX Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2013 . These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements that are included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 , filed with the SEC on February 27, 2014 . In the opinion of management, all adjustments (including normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2014 , are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for any future quarter(s) or the year ending December 31, 2014 .

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and other liabilities approximate their respective fair values due to the short-term nature of such instruments. The carrying values of certificates of deposit, NOW deposits, interest-bearing money market deposits, borrowed federal funds and credit agreement borrowings, approximate their respective fair values as the interest rates on these financial instruments are variable. All other financial instruments are reflected at fair value on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.
The notes outstanding as of March 31, 2014 , have a carrying value of $400,000 and fair value of $376,000 . As of December 31, 2013 , the carrying value of the $400,000 in notes outstanding had a fair value of $365,000 . The fair value is based on market rates for the issuance of our debt.
 
2.
New Accounting Standards
In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU 2013-11. The amendments in ASU 2013-11 require entities to present an unrecognized tax benefit, or a portion of an unrecognized tax benefit, in the financial statements as a reduction to a deferred tax asset for a NOL carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward except when the following exist: (i) an NOL carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward is not available as of the reporting date under the governing tax law to settle taxes that would result from the disallowance of the tax position, and (ii) the entity does not intend to use the deferred tax asset for this purpose (provided the tax law permits a choice). If either of these conditions exists, entities should present an unrecognized tax benefit in the financial statements as a liability and should not net the unrecognized tax benefit with a deferred tax asset. ASU 2013-11 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2013. The adoption of ASU 2013-11 in the first quarter of 2014 did not have a material impact on the Company's results of operations.

In April 2014, the FASB issued ASC 2014-08. Under the new guidance, only disposals representing a strategic shift in operations that has a major effect on the organization's operations and financial results, or a business activity classified as held for sale should be presented as discontinued operations. Additionally, these amendments expanded the disclosure requirements for discontinued operations that will provide financial statement users with more information regarding the assets, liabilities, income, and expenses of discontinued operations. This update is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2014. The adoption of this standard update affects presentation only and, as such, is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

3.
Business Acquisitions
Acquisition of FastCred
On October 15, 2013, UNIK acquired all of the stock of FastCred, a provider of fleet cards to the heavy truck or over-the-road segment of the Brazilian fleet market, for approximately $12,309 , net of cash acquired. The Company purchased FastCred to expand its Fleet Payment Solutions segment. During the fourth quarter of 2013, the Company preliminarily allocated $4,282 of the cost of the acquisition to goodwill and $12,594 to other intangible assets, primarily customer relationships and acquired software. During the first quarter of 2014 , the Company obtained additional information to assist in determining the fair values of certain tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the FastCred acquisition date. Based on such information, the Company retrospectively adjusted the fiscal year 2013 comparative information resulting in an increase in goodwill of $1,490 , a decrease in intangible assets of $2,253 , a decrease in property plant and equipment of $2 , and a decrease in deferred income tax liabilities of $765 . There were no changes to the previously reported consolidated statements of operations or statements of cash flows. The allocation of the purchase price remains preliminary as the Company is still reviewing the intangible asset valuation. The total weighted average useful life of the intangible assets acquired from FastCred is four years for customer relationships and three years for acquired software. Goodwill recorded as a result of the FastCred acquisition is not currently deductible for income tax purposes. No pro forma information has been included in these financial statements as the operations of FastCred for the period that they were not part of the Company are not material to the Company’s revenues, net income or earnings per share.

4.
Reserves for Credit Losses
In general, the Company’s trade receivables provide for payment terms of 30 days or less. The Company does not extend revolving credit to its customers with respect to these receivables. The portfolio of receivables consists of a large group of smaller balance homogeneous amounts that are collectively evaluated for impairment. No customer makes up more than five percent of the outstanding receivables at March 31, 2014 .

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WEX INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

At March 31, 2014 , approximately 96 percent of the outstanding balance of total trade accounts receivable was current and approximately 99 percent of the outstanding balance of total trade accounts receivable was less than 60 days past due. At March 31, 2013 , approximately 96 percent of the outstanding balance of total trade accounts receivable was current and approximately 99 percent of the outstanding balance was less than 60 days past due.The outstanding balance is made up of receivables from a wide range of industries.
The following table presents changes in reserves for credit losses related to accounts receivable:
 
Three months ended 
 March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Balance, beginning of period
$
10,396

 
$
11,709

Provision for credit losses
9,090

 
3,756

Charge-offs
(8,107
)
 
(6,045
)
Recoveries of amounts previously charged-off
1,697

 
1,377

Currency translation
87

 

Balance, end of period
$
13,163

 
$
10,797

 


5.
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
Goodwill
The changes in goodwill during the first three months of 2014 were as follows:
 
Fleet Payment Solutions Segment
 
Other
Payment
Solutions
Segment
 
Total
Gross goodwill, January 1, 2014
$
754,886

 
$
82,514

 
$
837,400

Impact of foreign currency translation
7,765

 
1,166

 
8,931

Gross goodwill, March 31, 2014
762,651

 
83,680

 
846,331

Accumulated impairment, March 31, 2014
(1,337
)
 
(16,171
)
 
(17,508
)
Net goodwill, March 31, 2014
$
761,314

 
$
67,509

 
$
828,823

As described in Note 3, the Company adjusted the amount of goodwill and intangible assets as of December 31, 2013 in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet to account for the measurement period adjustments to the FastCred purchase price allocation.
The Company had no impairments to goodwill during the three months ended March 31, 2014 .

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WEX INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Other Intangible Assets
The changes in other intangible assets during the first three months of 2014 were as follows:
 
 
Net
Carrying
Amount,
January 1,
2014
 
Amortization
 
Impact of
foreign
currency
translation
 
Net Carrying
Amount,
March 31,
2014
Definite-lived intangible assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquired software
$
61,590

 
$
(1,983
)
 
$
653

 
$
60,260

Customer relationships
127,403

 
(5,970
)
 
2,297

 
123,730

Patent
1,672

 
(72
)
 
60

 
1,660

Trade names
8,835

 
(262
)
 
49

 
8,622

Indefinite-lived intangible assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trademarks and trade names
7,244

 

 
221

 
7,465

Total
$
206,744

 
$
(8,287
)
 
$
3,280

 
$
201,737

The following table presents the estimated amortization expense related to the definite-lived intangible assets listed above for the remainder of 2014 and for each of the five succeeding fiscal years:  
Remaining 2014
$
24,622

2015
$
29,993

2016
$
26,385

2017
$
22,467

2018
$
19,279

2019
$
15,909


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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

  Other intangible assets, net consist of the following:
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Carrying
Amount
 
Gross
Carrying
Amount
 
Accumulated
Amortization
 
Net Carrying
Amount
Definite-lived intangible assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Acquired software
$
84,863

 
$
(24,603
)
 
$
60,260

 
$
83,844

 
$
(22,254
)
 
$
61,590

Non-compete agreement
100

 
(100
)
 

 
100

 
(100
)
 

Customer relationships
201,422

 
(77,692
)
 
123,730

 
197,424

 
(70,021
)
 
127,403

Patent
3,059

 
(1,399
)
 
1,660

 
2,935

 
(1,263
)
 
1,672

Trademarks and trade names
10,171

 
(1,549
)
 
8,622

 
10,112

 
(1,277
)
 
8,835

 
$
299,615

 
$
(105,343
)
 
194,272

 
$
294,415

 
$
(94,915
)
 
199,500

Indefinite-lived intangible assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trademarks and trade names
 
 
 
 
7,465

 
 
 
 
 
7,244

Total
 
 
 
 
$
201,737

 
 
 
 
 
$
206,744


6.
Earnings per Share
The following is a reconciliation of the income and share data used in the basic and diluted earnings per share computations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 :
 
Three months ended 
 March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Net earnings attributable to WEX Inc. available for common stockholders – Basic and Diluted
$
36,542

 
$
28,689

Weighted average common shares outstanding – Basic
38,966

 
38,888

Unvested restricted stock units
153

 
242

Stock options
26

 
57

Weighted average common shares outstanding – Diluted
39,145

 
39,187

No shares were considered anti-dilutive during the periods reported.
7.
Derivative Instruments
The Company is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations. The primary risk managed by using derivative instruments is commodity price risk. The Company enters into put and call option contracts related to the Company’s commodity price risk, which are based on the wholesale price of gasoline and retail price of diesel fuel and settle on a monthly basis. These put and call option contracts, or fuel price derivative instruments, are designed to reduce the volatility of the Company’s cash flows associated with its fuel price-related earnings exposure in North America.
Accounting guidance requires companies to recognize all derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities at fair value in the statement of financial position. The Company’s fuel price derivative instruments do not qualify for hedge accounting treatment under current guidance, and therefore, no such hedging designation has been made.


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WEX INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
For derivative instruments that are not designated as hedging instruments, the gain or loss on the derivative is recognized in current earnings. As of March 31, 2014 , the Company had the following put and call option contracts which settle on a monthly basis:  
 
Aggregate
Notional
Amount
(gallons)  (a)
Fuel price derivative instruments – unleaded fuel
 
Option contracts settling April 2014 – September 2015
39,504

Fuel price derivative instruments – diesel
 
Option contracts settling April 2014 – September 2015
18,967

Total fuel price derivative instruments
58,471

(a)  
The settlement of the put and call option contracts is based upon the New York Mercantile Exchange’s New York Harbor Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for Oxygenate Blending and the U.S. Department of Energy’s weekly retail on-highway diesel fuel price for the month.
The following table presents information on the location and amounts of derivative fair values in the condensed consolidated balance sheets:
 
Derivatives Classified as Assets
 
Derivatives Classified as Liabilities
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
March 31, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
 
Balance
Sheet
Location
 
Fair
Value
 
Balance
Sheet
Location
 
Fair
Value
 
Balance
Sheet
Location
 
Fair
Value
 
Balance
Sheet
Location
 
Fair
Value
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Commodity contracts
Fuel price
derivatives,
at fair value
 
$

 
Fuel price
derivatives,
at fair value
 

 
Fuel price
derivatives,
at fair value
 
$
4,535

 
Fuel price
derivatives,
at fair value
 
$
7,358

The following tables present information on the location and amounts of derivative gains and losses in the condensed consolidated statements of income:
 
 
 
Amount of Gain or (Loss)
Recognized in
Income on Derivative
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments
Location of Gain or (Loss)
Recognized in
 
Three months ended March 31,
Income on Derivative
 
2014
 
2013
Commodity contracts
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on fuel price derivatives
 
$
1,845

 
$
(7,755
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8.
Financing Debt
2013 Credit Agreement
On January 18, 2013 , the Company entered into the 2013 Credit Agreement, among the Company and a syndicate of lenders. The 2013 Credit Agreement provides for a five -year amortizing $300,000 term loan facility, and a five -year $800,000 secured revolving credit facility with a $150,000 sub-limit for letters of credit. The 2013 Credit Agreement replaced the 2011 Credit Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2011 . The 2013 Credit Agreement increased the outstanding amount of the term loan from $185,000 to $300,000 and increased the amount of the revolving loan from $700,000 to $800,000 . On January 30, 2013 , the revolving loan commitment under the 2013 Credit Agreement was reduced to $700,000 . The reduction was required due to the completion of the $400,000 , 4.75 percent senior notes due in 2023 , described below.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

$400 Million Note Offering
On January 30, 2013 , the Company completed a $400,000 offering in aggregate principal amount of 4.75 percent senior notes due in 2023 at an issue price of 100.0 percent of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, from January 30, 2013 , in a private placement for resale to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and in offshore transactions pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of January 30, 2013 among the Company, the guarantors listed therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. The Notes will mature on February 1, 2023 , and interest accrues at the rate of 4.750 percent per annum. Interest is payable semiannually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing on August 1, 2013 .
The Company used the net proceeds of this offering to repay the outstanding amount under the revolving portion of its 2013 Credit Agreement and to pay related fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes.
UNIK financing debt
UNIK has approximately $11,161 of financing debt as of March 31, 2014 , and $7,278 of financing debt as of December 31, 2013 . This debt is classified in other liabilities on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets for the periods presented.  

9.
Fair Value
The Company holds mortgage-backed securities, fixed income and equity securities, derivatives and certain other financial instruments which are carried at fair value. The Company determines fair value based upon quoted prices when available or through the use of alternative approaches, such as model pricing, when market quotes are not readily accessible or available. In determining the fair value of the Company’s obligations, various factors are considered, including: closing exchange or over-the-counter market price quotations; time value and volatility factors underlying options and derivatives; price activity for equivalent instruments; and the Company’s own credit standing.
These valuation techniques may be based upon observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s market assumptions. These two types of inputs create the following fair value hierarchy:
Level 1 – Quoted prices for identical instruments inactive markets.
Level 2 – Quoted prices for similar instruments inactive markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable.
Level 3 – Instruments whose significant value drivers are unobservable.

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WEX INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value and the related hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2014 :  
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements
at Reporting Date Using
 
March 31, 2014
 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities
$
840

 
$

 
$
840

 
$

Asset-backed securities
1,337

 

 
1,337

 

Municipal bonds
522

 

 
522

 

Equity securities
13,359

 
13,359

 

 

Total available-for-sale securities
$
16,058

 
$
13,359

 
$
2,699

 
$

Executive deferred compensation plan trust (a)
$
5,315

 
$
5,315

 
$

 
$

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fuel price derivatives – unleaded fuel  (b)
$
3,912

 
$

 
$
3,912

 
$

Fuel price derivatives – diesel (b)
$
623

 

 

 
623

Total fuel price derivatives
$
4,535




3,912


623

 
(a)  
The fair value of these instruments is recorded in other assets.
(b)  
The balance sheet presentation combines unleaded fuel and diesel fuel positions.
The Notes outstanding at March 31, 2014 , have a carrying value of $400,000 and fair value of $376,000 . As of December 31, 2013 , the Notes outstanding had a carrying value of $400,000 and a fair value of $365,000 .The fair value is based on market rates for the issuance of debt.
The following table presents the Company’s assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value and the related hierarchy levels as of December 31, 2013 :
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements
at Reporting Date Using
 
December 31, 2013
 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mortgage-backed securities
$
839

 
$

 
$
839

 
$

Asset-backed securities
1,391

 

 
1,391

 

Municipal bonds
519

 

 
519

 

Equity securities
13,214

 
13,214

 

 

Total available-for-sale securities
$
15,963

 
$
13,214

 
$
2,749

 
$

Executive deferred compensation plan trust (a)
$
4,339

 
$
4,339

 
$

 
$

Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fuel price derivatives – unleaded fuel (b)
$
5,216

 
$

 
$
5,216

 
$

Fuel price derivatives – diesel (b)
2,142

 

 

 
2,142

Total fuel price derivatives
$
7,358

 
$

 
$
5,216

 
$
2,142

(a)  
The fair value of these instruments is recorded in other assets.
(b)  
The balance sheet presentation combines unleaded fuel and diesel fuel positions.

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

The following table presents a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) during the three months ended :
 
 
March 31, 2014
 
March 31, 2013
 
 
Fuel Price
Derivatives –
Diesel
 
Contingent
Consideration
 
Fuel Price
Derivatives –
Diesel
Beginning balance
 
$
(2,142
)
 
$
(313
)
 
$
(107
)
Total gains and (losses) – realized/unrealized
 
 
 
 
 
 
Included in earnings (a)
 
1,519

 
3

 
(822
)
Included in other comprehensive income
 

 

 

Purchases, issuances and settlements
 

 

 

Transfers (in)/out of Level 3
 

 

 

Ending balance
 
$
(623
)
 
$
(310
)
 
$
(929
)
 
(a) Gains and losses (realized and unrealized) associated with fuel price derivatives, included in earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 , are reported in net realized and unrealized losses on fuel price derivatives on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. Gains associated with contingent consideration, included in earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2013 , are reported in other expenses and loss of foreign currency transactions on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Available-for-sale securities and executive deferred compensation plan trust
When available, the Company uses quoted market prices to determine the fair value of available-for-sale securities; such items are classified in Level 1 of the fair-value hierarchy. These securities primarily consist of exchange-traded equity securities.
For mortgage-backed and asset-backed debt securities and bonds, the Company generally uses quoted prices for recent trading activity of assets with similar characteristics to the debt security or bond being valued. The securities and bonds priced using such methods are generally classified as Level 2.

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WEX INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

Fuel price derivatives
The majority of derivatives entered into by the Company are executed over-the-counter and are valued using internal valuation techniques as no quoted market prices exist for such instruments. The valuation technique and inputs depend on the type of derivative and the nature of the underlying instrument. The principal technique used to value these instruments is a comparison of the spot price of the underlying instrument to its related futures curve adjusted for the Company’s assumptions of volatility and present value, where appropriate. The fair values of derivative contracts reflect the expected cash the Company will pay or receive upon settlement of the respective contracts.
The key inputs depend upon the type of derivative and the nature of the underlying instrument and include interest rate yield curves, the spot price of the underlying instruments, volatility, and correlation. The item is placed in either Level 2 or Level 3 depending on the observability of the significant inputs to the model. Correlation and inputs with longer tenures are generally less observable.
Fuel price derivatives – diesel. The assumptions used in the valuation of the diesel fuel price derivatives use both observable and unobservable inputs. There is a lack of price transparency with respect to forward prices for diesel fuel. Such unobservable inputs are significant to the diesel fuel derivative contract valuation methodology.
Quantitative Information About Level 3 Fair Value Measurements.  The significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company’s diesel fuel price derivative instruments designated as Level 3 as of March 31, 2014 , are as follows:
 
Fair Value at
March 31, 2014
 
Valuation
Technique
 
Unobservable Input
 
Range
$ per gallon
Fuel price derivatives – diesel
$
(623
)
 
Option model
 
Future retail price of diesel fuel after March 31, 2014
 
$3.71 – 3.87
Sensitivity to Changes in Significant Unobservable Inputs.  As presented in the table above, the significant unobservable inputs used in the fair value measurement of the Company’s diesel fuel price derivative instruments are the future retail price of diesel fuel from the second quarter of 2014 through the third quarter of 2015 . Significant changes in these unobservable inputs in isolation would result in a significant change in the fair value measurement.
Contingent consideration
The Company had classified its liability for contingent consideration related to its acquisition of UNIK within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy because the fair value is determined using significant unobservable inputs, which include the projected revenues of UNIK over a four month period. These assumptions included assessing the probability of meeting certain milestones required to earn the contingent consideration.
On June 30, 2013 , the Company finalized the contingent consideration amount based on current performance milestones and determined it to be approximately $511 , which was paid on July 1, 2013 .

10.
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
A reconciliation of comprehensive income for the three month period ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 , is as follows:
 
2014
 
2013
 
Unrealized
Gains and
Losses on
Available-
for-Sale
Securities
 
Foreign
Currency
Items
 
Unrealized
Gains and
Losses on
Available-
for-Sale
Securities
 
Foreign
Currency
Items
Beginning balance
$
(433
)
 
$
(15,062
)
 
$
197

 
$
37,182

Other comprehensive (loss) income
74

 
13,999

 
(78
)
 
153

Ending balance
$
(359
)
 
$
(1,063
)
 
$
119

 
$
37,335

No amounts were reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income in the periods presented.

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WEX INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

The change in foreign currency items is primarily due to the foreign currency translation of non-cash assets such as goodwill and other intangible assets related to the Company's foreign subsidiaries.
The total tax effect on accumulated unrealized loss as of March 31, 2014 was $831 and the total tax effect on accumulated unrealized gain was $126 as of March 31, 2013 .
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11.
Non-controlling interests
On August 30, 2012 , the Company acquired a 51 percent ownership interest in UNIK. Redeemable non-controlling interest was measured at fair value at the date of acquisition. The redeemable non-controlling interest is reported on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets as “Redeemable non-controlling interest."
A reconciliation of redeemable non-controlling interest for the three month periods ended March 31, 2014 and March 31, 2013 , is as follows:
 
Three months ended 
 March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Balance, beginning of period
$
18,729

 
21,662

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
(167
)
 
(112
)
Currency translation adjustment
776

 
305

Ending balance
$
19,338

 
21,855


On November 8, 2013, the Company announced that it plans to acquire the assets of the Esso Card program through a majority owned subsidiary, WEX Europe Services Limited. The Company formed this entity during 2013 and has 75 percent ownership.

A reconciliation of non-controlling interest for three month period ended March 31, 2014 is as follows:
   
2013
Balance, beginning of period
$
519

Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest
(295
)
Currency translation adjustment
4

Ending balance
$
228


12.
Income Taxes
Undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries of the Company amounted to $6,259 at March 31, 2014 , and $4,665 at December 31, 2013 . These earnings are considered to be indefinitely reinvested, and accordingly, no U.S. federal and state income taxes have been provided thereon. Upon distribution of these earnings in the form of dividends or otherwise, the Company would be subject to both U.S. income taxes (subject to an adjustment for foreign tax credits) and withholding taxes payable to the various foreign countries. The Company has determined that the amount of taxes attributable to these undistributed earnings is not practicably determinable.

13.
Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation
The Company is involved in pending litigation in the usual course of business. In the opinion of management, such litigation will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
 

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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

14.
Segment Information
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by the chief operating decision maker in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company’s chief operating decision maker is its Chief Executive Officer. The operating segments are reviewed separately as each operating segment represents a strategic business unit that generally offers different products and serves different markets.
The Company’s chief operating decision maker evaluates the operating results of the Company’s reportable segments based upon revenues and “adjusted net income,” which is defined by the Company as net income adjusted for fair value changes of derivative instruments, the amortization of purchased intangibles, expense associated with stock-based compensation, the net impact of tax rate changes on the Company’s deferred tax asset and related changes in the tax-receivable agreement, deferred loan costs associated with the extinguishment of debt, certain non-cash asset impairment charges, the gains on the extinguishment of a portion of the tax receivable agreement and adjustments attributable to non-controlling interest. These adjustments are reflected net of the tax impact.
The Company operates in two reportable segments, Fleet Payment Solutions and Other Payment Solutions. The Fleet Payment Solutions segment provides customers with payment and transaction processing services specifically designed for the needs of vehicle fleet customers. This segment also provides information management services to those fleet customers. The Other Payment Solutions segment provides customers with a payment processing solution for their corporate purchasing and transaction monitoring needs. Revenue in this segment is derived from the Company’s corporate purchase cards, virtual and prepaid card products. The corporate purchase card products are used by businesses to facilitate purchases of products and to utilize the Company’s information management capabilities.
Financing interest expense through the Company’s corporate debt, including the term loan and bond issuance, and net realized and unrealized losses on derivative instruments are allocated to the Fleet Payment Solutions segment in the computation of segment results for internal evaluation purposes. Total assets are not allocated to the segments.
The following table presents the Company’s reportable segment results on an adjusted pre-tax net income before NCI basis for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 :
 
Total
Revenues
 
Operating
Interest
Expense
 
Depreciation
and
Amortization
 
Adjusted Pre-Tax Net
Income before NCI
Three months ended March 31, 2014
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fleet payment solutions
$
135,435

 
$
524

 
$
6,377

 
$
47,674

Other payment solutions
46,633

 
764

 
354

 
17,272

Total
$
182,068

 
$
1,288

 
$
6,731

 
$
64,946

Three months ended March 31, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fleet payment solutions
$
126,039

 
$
814

 
$
5,736

 
$
52,176

Other payment solutions
39,331

 
333

 
492

 
10,699

Total
$
165,370

 
$
1,147

 
$
6,228

 
$
62,875

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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WEX INC.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (continued)
(in thousands, except per share data)
(unaudited)

  The following table reconciles adjusted net income to net income:
 
Three months ended 
 March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Adjusted net income attributable to WEX Inc.
$
41,612

 
$
39,840

Unrealized gain (loss) on fuel price derivatives
2,823

 
(5,882
)
Amortization of acquired intangible assets
(8,287
)
 
(8,379
)
Stock-based compensation
(2,423
)
 
(2,406
)
Deferred loan costs associated with the extinguishment of debt

 
(1,004
)
ANI adjustments attributable to non-controlling interests
185

 
346

Tax impact
2,632

 
6,174

Net earnings attributable to WEX Inc.
$
36,542

 
$
28,689

Beginning this quarter, adjusted net income attributable to WEX Inc. excludes the expense of stock-based compensation. For comparative purposes, adjusted net income attributable to WEX Inc. for the prior period has been adjusted to reflect the exclusion of stock-based compensation and differs from the figure previously reported due to this adjustment. We believe this adjustment makes this non-GAAP measurement more comparable to our peers.
The tax impact of the adjustments used to calculate adjusted net income is the difference between the Company’s GAAP tax provision and a pro forma tax provision based upon the Company’s adjusted net income before taxes. The methodology utilized for calculating the Company’s adjusted net income tax provision is the same methodology utilized in calculating the Company’s GAAP tax provision.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
We intend for this discussion to provide the reader with information that will assist in understanding our financial statements, the changes in key items in those financial statements from year to year, and the primary factors that accounted for those changes, as well as how certain accounting estimates affect our financial statements. The discussion also provides information about the financial results of the two segments of our business to provide a better understanding of how those segments and their results affect our financial condition and results of operations as a whole. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2013, the notes accompanying those financial statements and management’s discussion and analysis as contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 27, 2014 and in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes in Item 1 of Part I of this report.

Overview
WEX is a leading provider of corporate card payment solutions. WEX has expanded the scope of our business into a multi-channel provider of corporate payment solutions. We currently operate in two business segments: Fleet Payment Solutions and Other Payment Solutions. Our business model enables us to provide exceptional payment security and control across a spectrum of payment sectors. The Fleet Payment Solutions segment provides customers with fleet vehicle payment processing services specifically designed for the needs of commercial and government fleets. Fleet Payment Solutions revenue is earned primarily from payment processing, account servicing and transaction processing, with the majority of revenue generated by payment processing. Management estimates that WEX fleet cards are accepted at over 90 percent of fuel locations in each of the United States and Australia. The Other Payment Solutions segment provides customers with payment processing solutions for their corporate purchasing and transaction monitoring needs through our payment products. Other Payment Solutions revenue is earned primarily from payment processing revenue from our virtual card product. The Other Payment Solutions segment has operations in North America, Europe, Australia and Brazil.
The Company’s U.S. operations include WEX and rapid! Paycard and our wholly-owned subsidiaries Fleet One, WEX Bank, and Pacific Pride. Our international operations include our wholly-owned subsidiaries WEX Fuel Cards Australia, WEX Prepaid Cards Australia, WEX New Zealand, WEX Europe, located in England, and our majority equity positions in UNIK, a Brazil based company, and our majority owned subsidiary WEX Europe Services, located in the United Kingdom.

Summary
Below are selected items from the first quarter of 2014 :
Corporate charge card purchase volume grew by approximately $1.0 billion to $3.7 billion for the first quarter of 2014 , an increase of 39% over the same period in the prior year.
Average number of vehicles serviced increased 4.1 percent from the first quarter of 2013 to approximately 7.8 million for the first quarter of 2014 .
Total fuel transactions processed increased 5.7 percent from the first quarter of 2013 to 92.6 million for the first quarter of 2014 . Total payment processing transactions increased 6.7 percent to 73.3 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same quarter in 2013 . Transaction processing transactions increased 2.0 percent to 19.3 million for the first quarter of 2014 , over the same period in the prior year.
Average expenditure per payment processing transaction decreased 2 percent to $85.94 for the first quarter of 2014 , from $87.45 for the same period in the prior year. The average U.S. fuel price per gallon during the first quarter of 2014 , was $3.64 , a 3 percent decrease over the same period in the prior year. The average Australian fuel price per gallon during the first quarter of 2014 , was US $5.34 , a 7 percent decrease as compared to the same period in the prior year.
Credit loss expense in the Fleet Payment Solutions segment was $8.9 million during the first quarter of 2014 , as compared to $3.9 million during the first quarter of 2013 . Spend volume increased 5 percent in the first quarter of 2014 , as compared to the same quarter last year and our credit losses were 14.1  basis points of fuel expenditures for the first quarter of 2014 , as compared to 6.5  basis points of fuel expenditures for the same period last year.
Realized losses on our fuel price derivatives during the first quarter of 2014 were $1.0 million as compared to $1.9 million for the same period in the prior year.

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We purchased 180.8 thousand shares of our common stock at cost of approximately $16.9 million during the first quarter of 2014 .
Our effective tax rate was 36.8 percent for the first quarter of 2014 and for the first quarter of 2013. Future tax rates may fluctuate due to changes in the mix of earnings among different tax jurisdictions. Our tax rate may also fluctuate due to the impacts that rate and mix changes have on our net deferred tax assets.

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Results of Operations
Fleet Payment Solutions
The following table reflects comparative operating results and key operating statistics within our Fleet Payment Solutions segment:
(in thousands, except per transaction and per gallon data)
Three months ended March 31,
 
Increase (decrease)
2014
 
2013
 
Amount
 
Percent
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payment processing revenue
$
85,702

 
$
83,194

 
$
2,508

 
3
 %
Transaction processing revenue
4,890

 
4,610

 
280

 
6
 %
Account servicing revenue
19,355

 
18,563

 
792

 
4
 %
Finance fees
17,320

 
13,248

 
4,072

 
31
 %
Other
8,168

 
6,424

 
1,744

 
27
 %
Total revenues
135,435

 
126,039

 
9,396

 
7
 %
Total operating expenses
88,732

 
74,874

 
13,858

 
19
 %
Operating income
46,703


51,165

 
(4,462
)
 
(9
)%
Loss on foreign currency transactions
(117
)
 
(83
)
 
(34
)
 
41
 %
Financing interest expense (a)
(7,356
)
 
(7,339
)
 
(17
)
 
 %
Net realized and unrealized (losses) gains on derivative instruments (a)
1,845

 
(7,755
)
 
9,600

 
(124
)%
Income before income taxes
41,075

 
35,988

 
5,087

 
14
 %
(in thousands, except per transaction and per gallon data)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key operating statistics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payment processing revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payment processing transactions
73,327

 
68,742

 
4,585

 
7
 %
Average expenditure per payment processing transaction
$
85.94

 
$
87.45

 
$
(1.51
)
 
(2
)%
Average price per gallon of fuel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 - Domestic – ($/gal)
$
3.64

 
$
3.76

 
$
(0.12
)
 
(3
)%
 - Australia – ($USD/gal)
$
5.34

 
$
5.75

 
$
(0.41
)
 
(7
)%
Transaction processing revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Transaction processing transactions
19,254

 
18,883

 
371

 
2
 %
Account servicing revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average number of vehicles serviced
7,786

 
7,482

 
304

 
4
 %
(a) Financing interest expense through our Corporate debt including the term loan and bond issuance, as well as net realized and unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments are allocated solely to the Fleet Payment Solutions segment.
Revenues
Payment processing revenue increased $2.5 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the first quarter of 2013 . This increase is due to the growth from our domestic fleet business, partially offset by a 3 percent reduction in fuel prices as compared to the same period in the prior year.
Our account servicing revenue increased $0.8 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013 . The increase for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period in the prior year was due to an increase in WEX Telematics unit service revenue.
Our finance fees revenue increased $4.1 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013 . This increase is primarily due to higher minimum late fees charged to customers for overdue balances. Payments for customer receivables are due within thirty days or less. Late fee revenue is earned when a customer’s receivable balance becomes delinquent. The late fee is calculated using a stated late fee rate based on the outstanding balance. The absolute amount of such outstanding balances can be attributed to (i) changes in fuel prices; (ii) customer specific transaction volume; and (iii) customer specific delinquencies. Late fee revenue can also be impacted by changes in (i) late fee rates and (ii) increases or decreases in

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the number of customers with overdue balances. The increases in late fees is primarily due to an increase in the minimum late fee charged during the third quarter of 2013 and higher accounts receivable balances, as a result of higher transaction volume.
Other revenue increased $1.7 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013 . The increase is primarily due to international expansion of our fuel related products.
Operating Expenses
The following table compares selected expense line items within our Fleet Payment Solutions segment for the three months ended March 31:
 
 
 
 
 
Increase (decrease)
(in thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
Amount
 
Percent
Expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salary and other personnel
$
36,402

 
$
33,320

 
$
3,082

 
9
%
Service Fees
$
9,478

 
$
7,067

 
$
2,411

 
34
%
Provision for credit losses
$
8,892

 
$
3,908

 
$
4,984

 
128
%
Technology leasing and support
$
4,559

 
$
3,310

 
$
1,249

 
38
%
Depreciation, amortization and impairment
$
13,399

 
$
12,750

 
$
649

 
5
%
Changes in operating expenses for the first quarter of 2014 , as compared to the same period in the prior year, include the following:
Salary and other personnel expenses increased $3.1 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period last year. The increase is primarily due to the increase in headcount to support our growing operations.
Service fees increased by $2.4 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period last year. Service fees increased compared to the prior year due to expenses associated with our European commercial fuel card program, the fees related to our WEX Telematics product as well as management initiatives to execute our global strategic growth plan.
Provision for credit losses increased by $5.0 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period in the prior year. We generally measure our credit loss performance by calculating credit losses as a percentage of total fuel expenditures on the payment processing transactions. This metric for credit losses was 14.1  basis points of fuel expenditures for the first quarter of 2014 , compared to 6.5  basis points of fuel expenditures for the same period last year. We use a roll rate methodology to calculate the amount necessary for our ending receivable reserve balance. This methodology considers total receivable balances, recent charge off experience, recoveries on previously charged off accounts, and the dollars that are delinquent to calculate the total res erve. In addition, management undertakes a detailed evaluation of the receivable balances to help ensure further overall reserve adequacy. Beginning in the third quarter of 2013, we tested less restrictive credit standards for the approval of certain new customer applications and experienced an increase in delinquency rates during the first quarter of 2014. After monitoring the impact to our credit loss reserve, we returned to our prior stricter credit standards beginning in the second quarter of 2014. We also experienced an increase in a number of our low risks accounts that were in early stage delinquency. Because these are low risk accounts in early stage delinquencies, we do not expect there to be a significant impact on the remainder of the year. The expense we recognized in the quarter is the amount necessary to bring the reserve to its required level after net charge offs.
Technology leasing and support expenses increased $1.2 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase is primarily the result of additional expenses related to the consolidation of data centers and additional license fees related to our international operations.
Depreciation, amortization and impairment expenses increased $0.6 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period in the prior year. This increase in depreciation expense is primarily related to computer hardware that was recently placed in service.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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Fuel price derivatives
We own fuel price derivative instruments that we purchase on a periodic basis to manage the impact of the volatility in North American fuel prices on our cash flows. These fuel price derivative instruments do not qualify for hedge accounting. Accordingly, both realized and unrealized gains and losses on our fuel price derivative instruments affect our net income. Activity related to the changes in fair value and settlements of these instruments and the changes in average fuel prices in relation to the underlying strike price of the instruments is shown in the following table:
 
Three months ended 
 March 31,
(in thousands, except per gallon data)
2014
 
2013
Fuel price derivatives, at fair value, beginning of period
$
(7,358
)
 
$
(1,729
)
Net change in fair value
1,845

 
(7,755
)
Cash payments on settlement
978

 
1,873

Fuel price derivatives, at fair value, end of period
$
(4,535
)
 
$
(7,611
)
Collar range:
 
 
 
Floor
$
3.38

 
$
3.42

Ceiling
$
3.44

 
$
3.48

Domestic average fuel price, beginning of period
$
3.53

 
$
3.49

Domestic average fuel price, end of period
$
3.69

 
$
3.76

Changes in fuel price derivatives for the first quarter of 2014, as compared to the corresponding period a year ago are attributable to the movements in fuel prices in the corresponding periods. As of March 31, 2014 , the projected future price of fuel is above the average future floor price of our derivatives, resulting in a net liability on our balance sheet. Losses that are realized on these derivatives are offset by higher payment processing revenue we receive because such revenues are dependent, in part, on the current price of fuel. Conversely, realized gains are offset by lower payment processing revenue.
We expect that our fuel price derivatives program will continue to be important to our business model going forward, and we expect to purchase derivatives in the future. The Company currently does not plan to hedge our fuel price risk exposure for WEX Fuel Cards Australia and WEX PrePaid Cards Australia as the earnings exposure to fuel price movements in Australia is typically more limited than it is domestically.
Financing interest expense
Financing interest expense remained flat for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the first quarter of the prior year. On January 30, 2013, the Company issued the $400 million Notes with a 4.75% fixed rate. The proceeds of these Notes were primarily used to pay down borrowings under our existing credit agreement, which had a variable interest rate that was lower than the rate on the Notes at the time of repayment. As such, financing interest expense related to the Notes outstanding was higher in 2014 compared to the same period in 2013. This increase in financing interest expense was offset by a $1 million write-off of deferred loan fees associated with the extinguishment of debt in the first quarter of 2013.

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Other Payment Solutions
The following table reflects comparative operating results and key operating statistics within our Other Payment Solutions segment:
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
Increase (decrease)
(in thousands, except corporate charge card purchase volume in millions)
2014
 
2013
 
Amount
 
Percent
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payment processing revenue
$
31,902

 
$
27,132

 
$
4,770

 
18
 %
Transaction processing revenue
1,695

 
1,548

 
147

 
9
 %
Account servicing revenue
3,173

 
2,443

 
730

 
30
 %
Finance fees
1,442

 
1,469

 
(27
)
 
(2
)%
Other
8,421

 
6,739

 
1,682

 
25
 %
Total revenues
46,633

 
39,331

 
7,302

 
19
 %
Total operating expenses
31,799

 
29,966

 
1,833

 
6
 %
Operating income
14,834

 
9,365

 
5,469

 
58
 %
Gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions
1,150

 
(149
)
 
1,299

 
(872
)%
Income before income taxes
15,984

 
9,216

 
6,768

 
73
 %
(in thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Key operating statistics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payment processing revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payment solutions purchase card volume
$
3,670,609

 
$
2,635,062

 
$
1,035,547

 
39
 %
Revenues
Payment processing revenue increased $4.8 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period in the prior year. The primary driver of the increase in the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the first quarter of 2013 is higher corporate charge card purchase volume from our virtual product. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in the virtual card net interchange rate of 14 basis points for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same quarter in the prior year, primarily due to customer specific incentives from our network provider. On November 9, 2012, the U.S District Court granted preliminary approval to the MasterCard/VISA merchant interchange settlement. Under the terms of this settlement, the domestic interchange rate for our branded credit card transactions will be reduced by 10 basis points for a period of 8 months, that began on July 29, 2013. This resulted in a revenue reduction of approximately $1.9 million in the first quarter of 2014 .
Account servicing revenue increased $0.7 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period in the prior year. The increase is primarily due to domestic growth in our payroll card product.
Other revenue for the first quarter of 2014 , increased by approximately $1.7 million as compared to the same period in the prior year. This increase is primarily due to increased cross border fees related to additional purchase card volume.
Operating Expenses
The following table compares selected expense line items within our Other Payment Solutions segment for the three months ended March 31:
 
 

 
 

 
Increase (decrease)
(in thousands)
2014
 
2013
 
Amount
 
Percent
Expense
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salary and other personnel
$
7,500

 
$
6,757

 
$
743

 
11
 %
Provision for credit losses
$
198

 
$
(152
)
 
$
350

 
(230
)%
Operating interest expense
$
764

 
$
290

 
$
474

 
163
 %
Salary and other personnel expenses increased $0.7 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period last year. The increase is primarily due to additional headcount to support our growing operations.

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The provision for credit loss expense increased $0.4 million during the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period in the prior year The expense we recognized in each quarter is the amount necessary to bring the reserve to its required level after net charge offs.
Operating interest expense increased $0.5 million for the first quarter of 2014 as compared to the same period in the prior year. This increase is primarily due to increased activity in our foreign subsidiaries.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gain on foreign currency re-measurement
During 2013, in order to reduce expenses resulting from crossborder fees, WEX Bank established cash accounts outside of the United States and settled certain transactions in foreign currencies. Changes in these foreign currencies due to exchange rates result in gains or losses which are reflected in our statements of income. Changes in exchange rates resulted in a $1.2 million gain for the first quarter of 2014 .

Liquidity, Capital Resources and Cash Flows
We believe that our cash generating capability and financial condition, together with our revolving credit agreement, term loan and $400 million Notes outstanding, as well as other available methods of financing (including deposit and borrowed federal funds), are adequate to meet our operating, investing and financing needs. As part of our overall financial structure, our industrial bank subsidiary, WEX Bank, utilizes brokered deposits, NOW deposits and borrowed federal funds to finance our domestic accounts receivable.
The table below summarizes our cash activities:
 
Three months ended 
 March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
Net cash (used for) provided by operating activities
$
(77,756
)
 
$
28,566

Net cash used for investing activities
(11,359
)
 
(5,123
)
Net cash provided by financing activities
81,827

 
128,729

WEX Bank utilizes brokered deposits, NOW deposits and borrowed federal funds to finance our accounts receivable. WEX Bank issued certificates of deposit in various maturities ranging between four weeks and two years and with fixed interest rates ranging from 0.25 percent to 0.8 percent as of March 31, 2014 . As of March 31, 2014 , we had approximately $385.6 million of certificates of deposit deposits outstanding, compared to $370.4 million of certificates of deposits outstanding as of March 31, 2013 . Certificates of deposit are subject to regulatory capital requirements.
As of March 31, 2014 , we had approximately $218.2 million of interest-bearing money market deposits at a weighted average rate of 0.25 percent , compared to $123.5 million of interest-bearing money market deposits at March 31, 2013 , at a weighted average rate of 0.37 percent . WEX Bank also has non-interest bearing NOW account deposits. As of March 31, 2014 , we had $564.5 million of non-interest bearing NOW account deposits and $21.9 million on non-interest bearing customer deposits outstanding. As of March 31, 2013 , we had $514.4 million of non-interest bearing NOW account deposits and $17.3 million on non-interest bearing customer deposits outstanding. Deposits are subject to regulatory capital requirements.
At both March 31, 2014 and 2013 , we had no outstanding balance on our federal funds line of credit. At March 31, 2014 we had $125.0 million of available credit and at March 31, 2013 we had $140.0 million of available credit.
We added $11.4 million in capital additions during the first quarter of 2014, primarily related to the development of internal-use software and for the consolidation of our data centers. We expect total capital expenditures for 2014 to be approximately $45 to $50 million.
We purchased $16.9 million in treasury shares during the first quarter of 2014 .
Liquidity
We continue to have access to short-term borrowing instruments to fund our accounts receivable. Our cash balance for the first three months of 2014 decreased $6.7 million , as deposits increased by $101.3 million and our financing debt decreased by $3.8 million . Our accounts receivable increased $271.8 million and our accounts payable increased $131.4 million , primarily due to volume increases.
In general, our trade receivables provide for payment terms of 30 days or less. We do not extend revolving credit to our customers with respect to these receivables. Receivables not paid within the terms of the customer agreement are generally subject to late fees based upon the outstanding customer receivable balance. At March 31, 2014 , approximately 96 percent of the outstanding balance of $1,994 million , was less than 30 days past due and approximately 99 percent of the outstanding

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balance was less than 60 days past due. At March 31, 2013 , approximately 96 percent of the outstanding balance of $1,792 million, was less than 30 days past due and approximately 99 percent of the outstanding balance was less than 60 days past due.
On January 30, 2013, the Company entered into the 2013 Credit Agreement, among the Company and a syndicate of lenders. The 2013 Credit Agreement provides for a five-year amortizing $300 million term loan facility, and a five-year $800 million secured revolving credit facility with a $150 million sub-limit for letters of credit. The indebtedness covenant under the 2013 Credit Agreement requires that the Company reduce the revolving commitments under the 2013 Credit Agreement on a dollar-for-dollar basis to the extent that the Company issues more than $300 million in principal amount of senior or senior subordinated notes of the Company. Subject to certain conditions, including obtaining relevant commitments, the Company has the option to increase the facility by up to an additional $100 million.
The 2013 Credit Agreement replaced the 2011 Credit Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2011. The 2013 Credit Agreement increases the outstanding amount of the term loan from $185 million to $300 million and increased the availability under the revolving credit facility from $700 million to $800 million. On January 30, 2013, the Company completed a $400 million offering in aggregate principal amount of 4.75 percent senior notes due 2023 at an issue price of 100.0 percent of the principal amount, plus accrued interest, if any, from January 30, 2013, in a private placement for resale to “qualified institutional buyers” as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and in offshore transactions pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture dated as of January 30, 2013 among the Company, the guarantors listed therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee. The Notes will mature on February 1, 2023, and interest will accrue at the rate of 4.75 percent per annum. Interest is payable semiannually in arrears on February 1 and August 1 of each year, commencing on August 1, 2013. As a result of the issuance of the Notes, on January 30, 2013, the revolving loan commitment under the 2013 Credit Agreement was reduced to $700 million.
As of March 31, 2014 , we have approximately 3.75 years left on our $700 million revolving credit facility and have no borrowings against it. The outstanding debt under our amortizing term loan arrangement which expires in January of 2018, totaled $281 million at March 31, 2014 and $285 million at December 31, 2013 . As of March 31, 2014 , amounts outstanding under the amortizing term loan bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 175 basis points. The revolving credit facility currently bears interest at a rate equal to, at our option, (a) LIBOR plus 175 basis points or (b) the prime rate plus 75 basis points.
We decreased our overall financing debt (2013 Credit Agreement and Notes) by $3.8 million during the first three months of 2014 with a balance outstanding of $681.3 million as of March 31, 2014 .
Our credit agreement contains various financial covenants requiring us to maintain certain financial ratios. In addition to the financial covenants, the credit agreement contains various customary restrictive covenants including restrictions in certain situations on the payment of dividends. WEX Bank is not subject to certain of these restrictions. We have been, and expect to continue to be, in compliance with all material covenants and restrictions.
Undistributed earnings of certain foreign subsidiaries of the Company amounted to $6.3 million as of March 31, 2014 . If we were to distribute such earnings in the form of dividends or otherwise, the Company would be subject to both U.S. income taxes (subject to an adjustment for foreign tax credits) and withholding taxes payable to the various foreign countries. The Company’s primary tax jurisdictions are the United States and Australia.
Earnings outside of the U.S. are accompanied by certain financial risks, such as changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates may reduce the reported value of our foreign currency revenues, net of expenses, and cash flows. We cannot predict changes in currency exchange rates, the impact of exchange rate changes, nor the degree to which we will be able to manage the impact of currency exchange rate changes.
Beginning in April 2014, we have initiated a partial foreign exchange hedging program. The terms of the hedges are intended to renew monthly, with no foreign exchange hedge balances outstanding at the end of any quarter. Since this is a partial foreign exchange hedging program, we have additional foreign exchange exposure which is not hedged. We believe that our partial hedging program will help mitigate volatility associated with holding certain foreign currency balances.
On September 23, 2013, our Board of Directors authorized a new share repurchase program under which up to $150 million worth of our common stock may be repurchased from time to time until September 30, 2017, through open market purchases.
As of March 31, 2014 , we have approximately $43.4 million in cash located in our foreign entities, outside of the United States.
Management believes that we can adequately fund our cash needs for at least the next 12 months.
Off-balance Sheet Arrangements
Letters of credit. At March 31, 2014 , we had posted letters of credit totaling $12.1 million as collateral under the terms of our lease agreement for our corporate offices and other corporate matters.

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Purchase of Treasury Shares
The following table presents stock repurchase program activity for the three months ended March 31, 2014 , and March 31, 2013 :
 
Three months ended March 31,
 
2014
 
2013
(in thousands)
Shares
 
Cost
 
Shares
 
Cost
Treasury stock purchased
181

 
$
16,948

 
240

 
$
17,911


Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
We have no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 .

Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
See Note 2 to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
We have no material changes to the disclosure on this matter made in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 .

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The principal executive officer and principal financial officer of WEX Inc. evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. “Disclosure controls and procedures” are controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, and is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on their evaluation, the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of WEX Inc. concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2014 .
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 , our most recently completed fiscal quarter, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.
As of the date of this filing, we are not involved in any material legal proceedings. We also were not involved in any material legal proceedings that were terminated during the first quarter of 2014. However, we are subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business, none of which we believe are likely to have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.
In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Repor t on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 , which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in this report and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

The following table provides information about the Company's purchases of shares of the Company's common stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2014 :
   
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
 
Average Price
Paid per Share
 
Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced  Plans or

Programs
(a)
 
Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares
that May Yet Be
Purchased Under
the Plans or

Programs
(a)
January 1 – January 31, 2014

 
$

 

 
$
150,000,000

February 1 – February 28, 2014
50,800

 
$
92.86

 
50,800

 
$
145,282,600

March 1 – March 31, 2014
130,000

 
$
94.08

 
130,000

 
$
133,051,873

Total
180,800

 
$
93.74

 
180,800

 
$
133,051,873


(a) On February 7, 2007, we announced a share repurchase program authorizing the purchase of up to $75 million of our common stock over a 24 month period. In July 2008, our Board of Directors approved an increase of $75 million to the share repurchase authorization. In addition, our Board of Directors then extended the share repurchase program through July 25, 2013. We were authorized to purchase, in total, up to $150 million of our common stock. Share repurchases were to be made on the open market and could be commenced or suspended at any time. This extended share repurchase program expired on July 25, 2013. On September 23, 2013, we announced a new share repurchase program authorizing the purchase of up to $150.0 million worth of our common stock from time to time until September 30, 2017.

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Item 6. Exhibits.
 
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
3.1
 
Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2005, File No. 001-32426)
 
3.2
 
Certificate of Ownership and Merger merging WEX Transitory Corporation with and into Wright Express Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 30, 2012, File No. 001-32426)
 
3.3
 
Amended and Restated By-Laws of WEX Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 30, 2012, File No. 001-32426)
 
4.1
 
Rights Agreement dated as of February 16, 2005, by and between Wright Express Corporation and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2005, File No. 001-32426)
 
4.2
 
Indenture, dated as of January 30, 2013, among WEX Inc., the Guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 1, 2013, File No. 001-32426)
*
10.1
 
2014 Amended and Restated WEX Inc. Short-Term Incentive Program**
*
10.2
 
2014 form of performance-based restricted stock unit award agreement for the WEX Inc. Long Term Incentive Program granted pursuant to the 2010 Amended and Restated WEX Inc. Equity and Incentive Plan
*
10.3
 
2014 form of restricted stock unit award agreement for the WEX Inc. Long Term Incentive Program granted pursuant to the 2010 Amended and Restated WEX Inc. Equity and Incentive Plan
*
10.4
 
2014 form of performance-based restricted stock unit growth grant award agreement granted pursuant to the 2010 Amended and Restated WEX Inc. Equity and Incentive Plan
*
31.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of WEX INC. pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
*
31.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of WEX INC. pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
*
32.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of WEX INC. pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code
*
32.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of WEX INC. pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code
 
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
 
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
 
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document
 
101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 
*
These exhibits have been filed with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
**
Portions of exhibit 10.1 have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment.


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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
WEX INC.
 
 
 
April 30, 2014
By:
 
/s/ Steven A. Elder
 
 
 
Steven A. Elder
 
 
Senior Vice President and CFO
 
 
(principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
3.1
 
Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2005, File No. 001-32426)
 
3.2
 
Certificate of Ownership and Merger merging WEX Transitory Corporation with and into Wright Express Corporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 30, 2012, File No. 001-32426)
 
3.3
 
Amended and Restated By-Laws of WEX Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 3.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 30, 2012, File No. 001-32426)
 
4.1
 
Rights Agreement dated as of February 16, 2005, by and between Wright Express Corporation and Wachovia Bank, National Association (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2005, File No. 001-32426)
 
4.2
 
Indenture, dated as of January 30, 2013, among WEX Inc., the Guarantors named therein, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit No. 4.1 to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on February 1, 2013, File No. 001-32426)
*
10.1
 
2014 Amended and Restated WEX Inc. Short-Term Incentive Program**
*
10.2
 
2014 form of performance-based restricted stock unit award agreement for the WEX Inc. Long Term Incentive Program granted pursuant to the 2010 Amended and Restated WEX Inc. Equity and Incentive Plan
*
10.3
 
2014 form of restricted stock unit award agreement for the WEX Inc. Long Term Incentive Program granted pursuant to the 2010 Amended and Restated WEX Inc. Equity and Incentive Plan
*
10.4
 
2014 form of performance-based restricted stock unit growth grant award agreement granted pursuant to the 2010 Amended and Restated WEX Inc. Equity and Incentive Plan
*
31.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of WEX INC. pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
*
31.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of WEX INC. pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
*
32.1
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer of WEX INC. pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code
*
32.2
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer of WEX INC. pursuant to Rule 13a-14(b) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code
 
101.INS
 
XBRL Instance Document
 
101.SCH
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
101.CAL
 
XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
 
101.LAB
 
XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
 
101.PRE
 
XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document
 
101.DEF
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
 
*
These exhibits have been filed with this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

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Exhibit 10.1
Confidential Materials omitted and filed separately with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. Double asterisks denote omissions.

AMENDED AND RESTATED
WEX INC.
SHORT-TERM INCENTIVE PROGRAM
 
ARTICLE 1- PURPOSE OF PROGRAM
WEX Inc. has adopted this Short-Term Incentive Program (“STIP”) to attract and retain high-performing employees; to provide incentives for eligible employees to achieve specified company, department and/or individual performance goals; and to reward such employees for the achievement of specified goals on an annual basis. The Short-Term Incentive Program is intended to qualify as performance-based compensation under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.
ARTICLE 2- DEFINITIONS
Wherever used in this document, the following terms have the meanings set forth below.
2.1 Appendix means an Appendix to this Program document containing targets, payment metrics, and other terms of the Program (or modifications thereof) applicable to a specific Plan Year. The Appendices shall be considered part of the Program document.
2.2 Company means WEX Inc. or any legal entity that is controlled by, under common control with, or that controls WEX Inc.
2.3 Eligible Earnings means total gross pay for the applicable Plan Year (or the portion thereof during which the Participant is actively employed and eligible to participate in the STIP), including, salary or wages classified by the Company as regular; lump sum merit; paid time off (PTO), whether planned or unplanned; holiday; bereavement; jury duty; retroactive pay; overtime pay; shift differential; and excluding, salary or wages classified by the Company as disability pay, commission/incentive pay, and bonuses.
2.4 Effective Date means January 1, 2014.
2.5 MBO means management by objectives – Key Business Drivers.
2.6 Participant means an eligible employee who participates in the Program for a Plan Year in accordance with Article 3.
2.7 Plan Year means the fiscal year of the Company; as of the Effective Date, the Plan Year is the calendar year.
2.8 Program means this WEX Inc. Short-Term Incentive Program, as amended from time to time, including the provisions of any Appendix, which are incorporated herein.




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ARTICLE 3- PARTICIPATION
3.1 Eligible Employees
Each full-time regular or part-time regular employee of the Company who meets the following requirements shall be a Participant for a Plan Year:
(a) The employee is not eligible for payout under a subsidiary bonus program, a commission plan, or a high performance pay plan of the Company; and
(b) The employee is generally considered an individual contributor, team leader, manager, director, vice president, senior vice president, executive vice president, president or chief executive officer within the Company’s human resources information system and except as provided in Section 3.2, the employee must be actively employed on the bonus payment date for the applicable year.

3.2 Special Rules
(a) A Participant who dies or becomes totally disabled during a Plan Year (as determined under the Company’s Long-Term Disability program) may receive a pro-rated bonus at target for the applicable year based on his or her Eligible Earnings during the period of the Participant’s active employment. Any bonus payable to a deceased Participant shall be paid to his or her personal representative. Any bonus paid pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) shall be paid within 15 days of the Participant’s death or the determination of total disability.
(b) A Participant who is not actively employed on the bonus payment date for a Plan Year due to an approved leave of absence may receive a bonus for the applicable year based on his or her Eligible Earnings during the period of the Participant's active employment upon his or her return to active employment by the Company.
(c) A Participant who shall be the subject of a Performance Improvement Plan and continues to be the subject of a Performance Improvement Plan at the time payments are made under Section 5.1 of the Program shall not be eligible to receive a payment until he or she has successfully met the requirements of the Performance Improvement Plan. Any bonus paid pursuant to this Section 3.2(c) shall be paid no later than the end of the calendar year following the Plan Year.

ARTICLE 4- INCENTIVES
The Corporate and Executive Officer MBOs for each Plan Year shall be approved by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, or its delegate.
An Individual Performance Factor (“IPF”) shall be assigned to an employee classified as an “associate” based on criteria established by the Company. The IPF for each associate shall be initially established at 1.00. An associate’s IPF for payout may be adjusted down, but not below 0.75, or up, but not above 1.25, by action of his or her supervisor with the approval of his or her division Senior Vice President, or Executive Vice President as applicable. However, the foregoing adjustments (in the aggregate) must not increase the total amount payable under the Program for

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the given year. In this regard, neither the CEO nor any other executive officer is to be considered as an “associate.”
The performance measures applicable to a Plan Year shall be set out in the Appendix.
ARTICLE 5- PAYMENTS
5.1 Time and Form
Bonuses shall be calculated and paid in a single payment for the applicable year.
5.2 Position Changes
“Position changes” include promotions, demotions, and transfers between positions and/or departments. All calculations shall be made based on each Participant’s applicable Eligible Earnings and the Participant’s position and STIP percentage as prorated throughout the plan year. Your bonus will be calculated based on what your MBOs are on the last day of plan period, which is December 31 st .
5.3 Taxes
All federal, state or local taxes as well as any garnishments that the Program Administrator determines are required to be withheld from any payments made under the Program shall be withheld.
ARTICLE 6- ADMINISTRATION
6.1 Program Administrator
The Program shall be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors, which may delegate administrative responsibility in whole or in part to the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and/or the Senior Vice President, Human Resources (“Administrators”), subject to any requirements for review and approval that may be established by the Compensation Committee. In all areas not specifically reserved for such review and approval, the decisions of the applicable Administrator shall be binding on the Company and each eligible employee under Article 3. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Compensation Committee may not modify MBOs or other performance criteria during a Plan Year so as to increase the payment to a Section 162(m) Participant (as defined below) or exercise its discretion to increase the amount of incentive pay that would otherwise be due a Section 162(m) Participant upon attainment of a performance goal.
6.2 Claims
Claims regarding payments under the Program shall be directed to a Participant’s direct supervisor and/or the Company’s Human Resources Department. Any claim regarding the amount of any bonus payment hereunder shall be made within 30 days of the date of such payment, or shall be forfeited.
ARTICLE 7- AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION
The Company reserves the right to terminate, amend, modify and/or restate this Program, in whole or in part, at will at any time, with or without advance notice.
ARTICLE 8- MISCELLANEOUS
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The Compensation Committe e shall have the authority to adjust payments under the Program (upward or downward) at its discretion. Subject to the approval of the Compensation Committee, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and the Senior Vice President, Human Resources, acting together, shall have the power to adjust payments under the Program (upward or downward) as and to the extent appropriate to achieve the stated goals and purposes of the Program and may approve exceptions to the Program under special circumstances, to avoid undue hardship with respect to a Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Compensation Committee, the CEO, the Senior Vice President, Human Resources, nor any other person may increase or accelerate the payment due to any Section 162(m) Participant with respect to any Plan Year. The term “Section 162(m) Participant” shall mean the CEO and each of the four highest paid officers of the Company (other than the CEO) on the last day of the taxable year, for purposes of the executive compensation disclosure rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
8.2 Information
The Program Administrators shall be responsible for ensuring effective communication of the Program to eligible employees. Copies of the Program shall be available to all Participants. All modifications and changes to the Program shall be appropriately documented and communicated to Participants.
8.3 No Guarantee of Payment
The Company does not guarantee payment of any bonus amounts hereunder, except to the extent that payment is required by applicable law.
8.4 Limitation of Employees’ Rights
Nothing contained in the Program shall confer upon any person a right to be employed or to continue in the employ of the Employer, or interfere in any way with the right of the Employer to terminate the employment of a Participant at any time, with or without cause. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, WEX Inc. has caused this document to be executed by its duly authorized officer this 13 th day of, 2014.
WEX Inc.
By:     /s/ Jenifer Rinehart
Jenifer Rinehart
 
Its:     Senior Vice President, Human Resources
 
Date: 3/13/2014     

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APPENDIX I
2014 STIP FACTORS

STIP Weightings for Plan Year Calculations and Payout

STIP weightings vary by individual but will(*) follow the formula shown:

MBO STIP Weightings
 
 
Corporate Metrics
Strategic Metrics
 
 
 
ANI
PPG Adj Revenue
MBOs 2-4
CEO
 
 
50%
20%
30%
Executive
 
50%
20%
30%
VP
 
 
40%
20%
40%
Director/Mgr
 
40%
20%
40%
Team Lead/Associate
 
 
80%
20%
 
*Unless approved by the CEO

STIP Payout Levels

The Company must achieve at least threshold results for Corporate Full-Year
Adjusted Net Income in order to pay out any portion of the Short Term Incentive Program to any Participant.

 
Performance Results
Payout %
Threshold
25%
Threshold/Target
50%
Target
100%
Target/Max
150%
Max or above
200%


Note: Payouts for all Metrics and MBOs will be according to the above chart and will be interpolated between the performance result levels whenever possible. If an MBO cannot be interpolated due to the metrics used, payout level for that MBO will be at the highest performance result level fully achieved.














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2014 STIP Metrics



Corporate STIP Metrics:
Performance Goal
Threshold Performance
Target Performance
Maximum Performance
Adjusted Net Income 1
$[**]
$[**]
$[**]
PPG Adjusted Revenue 2
$[**]
$[**]
$[**]
 
 
 
 

(1)  
Adjusted Net Income means Adjusted Net Income as reported in the Corporation’s Form 10-K filing reporting the Corporation’s results for the performance period (the “10-K ANI”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in order to determine the level of performance for purposes of this Program, the Compensation Committee may exercise discretion to reduce the 10K ANI by any or all of the following items (if any): losses from discontinued operations, the cumulative effects of changes in Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, any one-time charge or dilution resulting from any acquisition or divestiture, the effect of changes to our effective federal or state tax rates, extraordinary items of loss or expense, and any other unusual or nonrecurring items of loss or expense, including restructuring charges.  
(2)  
PPG Adjusted Revenue is reported 2014 Revenue adjusted for the difference between reported 2014 PPG and Board-approved budgeted 2014 PPG of $[**] US and A$[**] (per liter) Australian.  

MBOs

When establishing the MBO performance levels, Threshold goals are generally set at 90% probability of achievement, Target goals are generally set at 75% probability of achievement, and Maximum goals are generally set at 25% probability of achievement.

Executive Officer MBOs: The CEO, EVPs, and SVPs generally have 2-4 MBOs which may be shared with other executives or represent a targeted strategic or operational MBO.

Management MBOs: Each VP, Director or Manager generally has 2-4 MBOs which may be shared with other Managers or represent a targeted strategic, functional or operational MBO.


 


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Exhibit 10.2

2014 Form of Annual Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


WEX INC.
Memorandum
TO:        <<Name>> (the “Grantee”)
FROM:    Melissa Smith, Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT:    Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
DATE:        [_____]
You have been granted, based on the attainment of performance goals in 2014, an award of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (“PSUs”) under the terms of the 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The PSUs are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Award.” Attached to this Memorandum is an Agreement which, along with the Plan, governs your Award. You will be receiving separately a copy of the Prospectus for the Plan. The Prospectus contains important information regarding the Plan, including information regarding restrictions on your rights with respect to the PSUs granted to you. You should read the Prospectus carefully .
An Award of PSUs does not give you rights as a stockholder of the Company and you may not transfer or assign any rights in your PSUs. Please note that when your Award vests (if at all), the Company will withhold from the number of shares that would otherwise be delivered to you a number of shares of company stock having a value equal to your tax withholding obligations (similar to payroll withholding requirements).
Finally, by accepting this Award you are agreeing to abide by the terms of the Plan and the attached Agreement. To accept this Award and indicate your agreement to abide by the terms of the Plan and the attached Agreement, you must indicate your acceptance of the terms by acknowledging your understanding of the terms through the use of your electronic signature. If you do not want to accept this Award, you must reject the award in writing by signing and returning it to Tabitha Hilton in the Human Resources Office in South Portland, Maine by April 15, 2014.

Date of Grant:             [_____]
Target Number of PSUs*:         [__]
Performance Period:             2014 Performance
Vesting Period:             Three years (1/3 per year)


Please carefully review the 2014 Award Agreement, new language has been added concerning Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation.
 

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Exhibit 10.2

2014 Form of Annual Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


Finally, by electronically accepting this Award you are acknowledging your understanding and agreement to abide by the terms of the Plan and the attached Restricted Stock Award Agreement through use of your electronic signature.  
*The above number of PSUs granted is subject to change based on the attached performance metrics and as otherwise set forth in the Agreement and the Plan.

USE THE SPACE BELOW TO ACCEPT THIS 2014 GRANT:

I accept the Award described in this Memorandum reject the terms of the attached Agreement.

________________________________        _________________
Signature of Grantee             Date


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Exhibit 10.2

2014 Form of Annual Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


WEX INC.
2014 GRANT
PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
THIS AWARD AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between WEX INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Grantee named on the attached Memorandum (the “Memorandum”), effective as of the Date of Grant set forth on such Memorandum, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the WEX Inc. 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
WHEREAS, the Company has the authority under and pursuant to the Plan to grant awards to eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant the Award to the Grantee subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.
In consideration of the provisions contained in this Agreement, the Company and the Grantee agree as follows:
1.     The Plan. The Award granted to the Grantee hereunder is made pursuant to the Plan. A copy of the prospectus for the Plan has been provided to the Grantee and the applicable terms of such Plan are hereby incorporated herein by reference. Terms used in this Agreement which are not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings used or defined in the Plan.
2.     Award.     Concurrently with the acknowledgment of this Agreement and concurrently with and contingent upon your acknowledgment of the Memorandum, and further subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this Agreement, including without limitation your agreement to comply with the obligations set forth in Paragraphs 4 and 5 below, the Company hereby grants the number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units indicated in the Memorandum to the Grantee. Each Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit entitles the Grantee, upon vesting, to such number of shares of Company Stock as is determined pursuant to Exhibit A based on attainment of performance goals and continued employment.

3.     Vesting of Units.
(a)    Upon the vesting of the Award, as described in this Section, the Company shall deliver for each Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit that becomes vested, such number of shares of Company Stock as is determined pursuant to Exhibit A based on attainment of performance goals and continued employment; provided , however , that the Company shall withhold from the Grantee at the time of delivery of the Company Stock the amount that the Company determines necessary to pay applicable withholding taxes as and to the extent provided in Paragraph 10 below. The Company Stock shall be delivered as soon as practicable following the vesting date or event set forth below, but in any case within 30 days after such date or event.
(b)     Subject to Paragraphs 3(c) and (d) and Paragraph 4, (i) the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units shall vest on the vesting date based on achievement of the 2014 Performance Goals set forth in Exhibit A so long as the Grantee remains employed with the Company through such vesting date and (ii) of such Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units eligible for vesting as determined under clause (i), 1/3 of such Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units shall become

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Exhibit 10.2

2014 Form of Annual Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


vested and payable to the Grantee on the first anniversary of the Grant Date, [<<Date>>], 1/3 of such Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units shall become vested and payable to the Grantee on the second anniversary of the Grant Date, [<<Date>>], and 1/3 of such Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units shall become vested and payable to the Grantee on the third anniversary of the Grant Date, [<<Date>>], in each case so long as the Grantee remains employed with the Company through each such vesting date
(c)    Notwithstanding Paragraph 3(b), upon the Grantee’s death, (i) if the final number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units that are eligible for vesting is not determined, then the Award shall become immediately and fully vested as to the Target number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Memorandum, subject to any terms and conditions set forth in the Plan or imposed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”); or (ii) if the final number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units that are eligible for vesting has been determined pursuant to Exhibit A , then the Award shall become immediately and fully vested for such determined level of vesting for the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units, subject to any terms and conditions set forth in the Plan or imposed by the Committee.
(d)    Notwithstanding Paragraph 3(b), upon a “Change in Control” of the Company, if the surviving entity does not agree to assume the obligations set forth in the Agreement, then the Award shall become immediately and fully vested, subject to any terms and conditions set forth in the Plan or imposed by the Committee. “Change in Control” shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan. In the event that the Award becomes immediately and fully vested upon a Change in Control that occurs prior to or during the calendar-year 2014 performance period, the Grantee shall vest in the Target number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Memorandum, and the Target performance goal shall be deemed achieved, unless the Committee determines in its sole discretion to deem a higher level of achievement of the performance goal resulting in a greater number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units vesting upon such Change in Control. In the event the Award becomes immediately and fully vested upon a Change in Control that occurs after such period, the Grantee shall vest in the number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Memorandum, based on the level of achievement of the performance goal determined pursuant to Exhibit A . With respect to any Grantee who is a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 162(m)”), solely to the extent necessary to maintain the status of the Award as “performance-based compensation” as determined under Section 162(m), no acceleration of vesting shall result in an increase in the amount of the Award based on the time-value of money.
4.      Confidential and Proprietary Information. The Grantee acknowledges that in connection with his/her employment with the Company, the Grantee has and will continue to have access to information of a nature not generally disclosed to the public. The Grantee agrees to keep confidential and not disclose to anyone, unless legally compelled to do so, Confidential and Proprietary Information. “Confidential and Proprietary Information” includes but is not limited to all Company business and strategic plans, financial details, computer programs, manuals, contracts, current and prospective client and supplier lists, and all other documentation, business knowledge, data, material, property and supplier lists, and developments owned, possessed or controlled by the Company, regardless of whether possessed or developed by the Grantee in the course of his/her employment. Such Confidential and Proprietary Information may or may not be designated as confidential or proprietary and may be oral, written or electronic media. The Grantee understands

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Exhibit 10.2

2014 Form of Annual Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


that such information is owned and shall continue to be owned solely by the Company, and hereby represents that he/she has not and will not disclose, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any Confidential and Proprietary Information. The Grantee acknowledges that he/she has complied and will continue to comply with this commitment, both as an employee and after the termination of his/her employment.

5.     Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation . The Grantee agrees that during his/her employment with the Company and for a period of twelve months following the termination of his/her employment with the Company, he/she shall not:

(a)    Contact, call on, provide advice to, solicit, take away, or divert, and/or influence or attempt to influence any customers, clients, and/or patrons of the Company;
(b)    Solicit or induce, either directly or indirectly, any employee of the Company to leave the employ of the Company or take any action to assist any subsequent employer or any other entity, either directly or indirectly, in soliciting or inducing any other Company employee to leave the employ of the Company; or hire or employ, or assist in the hire or employment of, either directly or indirectly, any individual employed by the Company within sixty days preceding that individual’s hire by the Grantee or his/her subsequent employer; and/or
(c)    Become employed by, render services to or directly or indirectly (whether for compensation or otherwise) own or hold a proprietary interest in, manage, operate, or control, or join or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or furnish any capital to or be connected in any manner with, any Competing Enterprise.  For purposes of this subsection (c), a “Competing Enterprise” means any entity, organization or person engaged, or planning to become engaged, in substantially the same or similar business to that being conducted or actively and specifically planned to be conducted during the Grantee’s employment with the Company or within six months after the Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company or its subsidiaries, owned or controlled. It includes, without limitation: (i) the business of developing, managing, operating, marketing, processing, financing, or otherwise being involved in providing any products or services relating to transaction or payment processing, including those for the benefit of fleets; travel; healthcare; education; payroll; or, benefits through charge cards, credit cards, procurement cards or any other form of payment services or electronic commerce; (ii) the sale, distribution or publication of petroleum product pricing or management information or other products or services currently sold or to the best of his/her knowledge contemplated to be sold by the Company or any of its owned or controlled subsidiaries, and (iii) the business of developing, managing, operating, marketing, processing, financing, or otherwise being involved in providing commercial travel, entertainment and purchasing credit cards. The restrictions in this paragraph shall not be construed to prevent the Grantee from, following the termination of his/her employment with the Company, working for a business entity that does not compete with the Company or its subsidiaries simply because the entity is affiliated with a Competing Enterprise, so long as the entity is operationally separate and distinct from the Competing Enterprise and the Grantee’s job responsibilities at that entity are unrelated to the Competing Enterprise. The restrictions in this paragraph will not apply to employment by or the rendering of services to businesses that sell fuel or convenience items if those businesses are not directly competing with the Company or its subsidiaries, owned or controlled. The Grantee acknowledges that the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ businesses are conducted internationally and agrees that the provisions in this paragraph shall operate wherever the Company conducts business.

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Exhibit 10.2

2014 Form of Annual Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


The Company has previously entered into agreements with certain executives and employees that contain restrictive covenants (“Restrictions”). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Grantee is party to an employment or other agreement containing Restrictions on (a) solicitation of customers, clients, and/or patrons of the Company, (b) solicitation or hire of Company employees, and/or (c) competition (collectively, “Existing Restrictions”), any such Existing Restrictions will remain in effect and the Grantee shall be bound by such Existing Restrictions, rather than the Restrictions contained in this Paragraph 5.
The Grantee agrees and acknowledges that the period of time of the above-noted restrictive covenants imposed by this Agreement is fair, and reasonable and necessary under the circumstances and is reasonably required for the protection of the Company. The Grantee also acknowledges that in the event he/she breaches any part of this Paragraph 5, the damages to the Company would be irreparable. Therefore, in addition to monetary damages and/or reasonable attorney fees, the Company shall have the right to seek injunctive and/or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement. Further, the Grantee consents to the issuance of a temporary restraining order to maintain the status quo pending the outcome of any proceeding.
6.     Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, upon the termination of the Grantee’s employment with the Company and its subsidiaries for any reason whatsoever (other than death), the Award, to the extent not yet vested, shall immediately and automatically terminate; provided , however , that the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion agree to accelerate the vesting of the Award, upon termination of employment or otherwise, for any reason or no reason, but shall have no obligation to do so.
For purposes of the Plan and the Award, a termination of employment shall be deemed to have occurred on the date upon which the Grantee ceases to perform active employment duties for the Company following the provision of any notification of termination or resignation from employment, and without regard to any period of notice of termination of employment (whether expressed or implied) or any period of severance or salary continuation. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Award, this Agreement or any other agreement (written or oral) to the contrary, the Grantee shall not be entitled (and by accepting an Award, thereby irrevocably waives any such entitlement) to any payment or other benefit to compensate the Grantee for the loss of any rights under the Plan as a result of the termination or expiration of an Award in connection with any termination of employment. No amounts earned pursuant to the Plan or any Award shall be deemed to be eligible compensation in respect of any other plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
7.     No Assignment. Except as expressly permitted under the Plan, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Grantee by operation of law or otherwise.
8.     No Rights to Continued Employment. Neither this Agreement nor the Award shall be construed as giving the Grantee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate such employment.
9.     Governing Law. This Agreement and the legal relations between the parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.

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Exhibit 10.2

2014 Form of Annual Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


10.     Tax Obligations. As a condition to the granting of the Award and the vesting thereof, the Grantee acknowledges and agrees that he/she is responsible for the payment of income and employment taxes (and any other taxes required to be withheld) payable in connection with the vesting of an Award. Accordingly, the Grantee agrees to remit to the Company or any applicable subsidiary an amount sufficient to pay such taxes. Such payment shall be made to the Company or the applicable subsidiary of the Company in a form that is reasonably acceptable to the Company, as the Company may determine in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may retain and withhold from delivery at the time of vesting that number of shares of Company Stock having a fair market value equal to the taxes owed by the Grantee, which retained shares shall fund the payment of such taxes by the Company on behalf of the Grantee.
11.     Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be deemed given when delivered personally, or when deposited in a United States Post Office, postage prepaid, addressed, as appropriate, to the Grantee at the last address specified in the Grantee’s employment records (or such other address as the Grantee may designate in writing to the Company), or to the Company, 97 Darling Avenue, South Portland, ME 04106, Attention: General Counsel, or such other address as the Company may designate in writing to the Grantee.
12.     Failure to Enforce Not a Waiver. The failure of the Company to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof.
13.     Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified at any time by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.
14.     Authority. The Committee has complete authority and discretion to determine Awards, and to interpret and construe the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. The determination of the Committee as to any matter relating to the interpretation or construction of the Plan or this Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties.
15.     Rights as a Stockholder. The Grantee shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of common stock of the Company underlying or relating to any Award until the issuance of a stock certificate to the Grantee in respect of such Award.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is effective as of the date first above written.

WEX INC.

____________________________________
By:     Melissa Smith
Its:    Chief Executive Officer

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Exhibit 10.2

2014 Form of Annual Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement



Exhibit A

[Annual performance metrics listed here.]

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Exhibit 10.3
2014 Form of Annual Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


WEX INC.
Memorandum
TO:        <<Name>> (the “Grantee”)
FROM:    Melissa Smith, Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT:    Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
DATE:        [_____]
You have been granted an award of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) under the terms of the 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The RSUs are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Award.” Attached to this Memorandum is an Agreement which, along with the Plan, governs your Award. You will be receiving separately a copy of the Prospectus for the Plan. The Prospectus contains important information regarding the Plan, including information regarding restrictions on your rights with respect to the RSUs granted to you. You should read the Prospectus carefully .
An Award of RSUs does not give you rights as a stockholder of the Company and you may not transfer or assign any rights in your RSUs. Please note that when your Award vests (if at all), the Company will withhold from the number of shares that would otherwise be delivered to you a number of shares of company stock having a value equal to your tax withholding obligations (similar to payroll withholding requirements).
Finally, by accepting this Award you are agreeing to abide by the terms of the Plan and the attached Agreement. To accept this Award and indicate your agreement to abide by the terms of the Plan and the attached Agreement, you must indicate your acceptance of the terms by acknowledging your understanding of the terms through the use of your electronic signature. If you do not want to accept this Award, you must reject the award in writing by signing and returning it to Tabitha Hilton in the Human Resources Office in South Portland, Maine by April 15, 2014.
Date of Grant:
 
[_____]
Number of RSUs*:
 
[__]
Vesting Period:
 
Three years (1/3 per year for three Years on the anniversary of the grant, each date being a Vesting Date)

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Exhibit 10.3
2014 Form of Annual Restricted Stock Unit Agreement



Please carefully review the 2014 Award Agreement, new language has been added concerning Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation.
 
Finally, by electronically accepting this Award you are acknowledging your understanding and agreement to abide by the terms of the Plan and the attached Restricted Stock Award Agreement through use of your electronic signature.  
USE THE SPACE BELOW TO ACCEPT THIS 2014 GRANT:

I accept the Award described in this Memorandum reject the terms of the attached Agreement.

________________________________        _________________
Signature of Grantee             Date



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Exhibit 10.3
2014 Form of Annual Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


WEX INC.
2014 GRANT
RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
THIS AWARD AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between WEX INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Grantee named on the attached Memorandum (the “Memorandum”), effective as of the Date of Grant set forth on such Memorandum, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the WEX Inc. 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
WHEREAS, the Company has the authority under and pursuant to the Plan to grant awards to eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant the Award to the Grantee subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.
In consideration of the provisions contained in this Agreement, the Company and the Grantee agree as follows:
1.     The Plan. The Award granted to the Grantee hereunder is made pursuant to the Plan. A copy of the prospectus for the Plan has been provided to the Grantee and the applicable terms of such Plan are hereby incorporated herein by reference. Terms used in this Agreement which are not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings used or defined in the Plan.
2.     Award.     Concurrently with the acknowledgement of this Agreement and concurrently with and contingent upon your acknowledgement of the Memorandum, and further subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this Agreement, including without limitation your agreement to comply with the obligations set forth in Paragraphs 4 and 5 below, the Company hereby grants the number of Restricted Stock Units indicated in the Memorandum to the Grantee. Each Restricted Stock Unit entitles the Grantee, upon vesting, to one share of Company Stock based on continued employment.

3.     Vesting of Units.
(a)    Upon the vesting of the Award, as described in this Section, the Company shall deliver for each Restricted Stock Unit that becomes vested, one share of Company Stock based on continued employment; provided , however , that the Company shall withhold from the Grantee at the time of delivery of the Company Stock the amount that the Company determines necessary to pay applicable withholding taxes as and to the extent provided in Paragraph 10 below. The Company Stock shall be delivered as soon as practicable following the vesting date or event set forth below, but in any case within 30 days after such date or event.
(b)     Subject to Paragraphs 3(c) and (d) and Paragraph 4, (i) the Restricted Stock Units shall vest on the Vesting Date set forth on the attached Memorandum so long as the Grantee remains employed with the Company through such Vesting Date and (ii) of such Restricted Stock Units eligible for vesting as determined under clause (i), 1/3 of such Restricted Stock Units shall become vested and payable to the Grantee on the first anniversary of the Grant Date, [<<Date>>], 1/3 of such Restricted Stock Units shall become vested and payable to the Grantee on the second anniversary of the Grant Date, [<<Date>>], and 1/3 of such Restricted Stock Units shall become

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Exhibit 10.3
2014 Form of Annual Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


vested and payable to the Grantee on the third anniversary of the Grant Date, [<<Date>>], in each case so long as the Grantee remains employed with the Company through each such vesting date
(c)    Notwithstanding Paragraph 3(b), upon the Grantee’s death, then the Award shall become immediately and fully vested as to the Target number of Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Memorandum, subject to any terms and conditions set forth in the Plan or imposed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”).
(d)    Notwithstanding Paragraph 3(b), upon a “Change in Control” of the Company, if the surviving entity does not agree to assume the obligations set forth in the Agreement, then the Award shall become immediately and fully vested, subject to any terms and conditions set forth in the Plan or imposed by the Committee. “Change in Control” shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan. With respect to any Grantee who is a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 162(m)”), solely to the extent necessary to maintain the status of the Award as “performance-based compensation” as determined under Section 162(m), no acceleration of vesting shall result in an increase in the amount of the Award based on the time-value of money.
4.      Confidential and Proprietary Information. The Grantee acknowledges that in connection with his/her employment with the Company, the Grantee has and will continue to have access to information of a nature not generally disclosed to the public. The Grantee agrees to keep confidential and not disclose to anyone, unless legally compelled to do so, Confidential and Proprietary Information. “Confidential and Proprietary Information” includes but is not limited to all Company business and strategic plans, financial details, computer programs, manuals, contracts, current and prospective client and supplier lists, and all other documentation, business knowledge, data, material, property and supplier lists, and developments owned, possessed or controlled by the Company, regardless of whether possessed or developed by the Grantee in the course of his/her employment. Such Confidential and Proprietary Information may or may not be designated as confidential or proprietary and may be oral, written or electronic media. The Grantee understands that such information is owned and shall continue to be owned solely by the Company, and hereby represents that he/she has not and will not disclose, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any Confidential and Proprietary Information. The Grantee acknowledges that he/she has complied and will continue to comply with this commitment, both as an employee and after the termination of his/her employment.

5.     Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation . The Grantee agrees that during his/her employment with the Company and for a period of twelve months following the termination of his/her employment with the Company, he/she shall not:

(a)    Contact, call on, provide advice to, solicit, take away, or divert, and/or influence or attempt to influence any customers, clients, and/or patrons of the Company;
(b)    Solicit or induce, either directly or indirectly, any employee of the Company to leave the employ of the Company or take any action to assist any subsequent employer or any other entity, either directly or indirectly, in soliciting or inducing any other Company employee to leave the employ of the Company; or hire or employ, or assist in the hire or employment of, either directly or indirectly, any individual employed by the Company within sixty days preceding that individual’s hire by the Grantee or his/her subsequent employer; and/or

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Exhibit 10.3
2014 Form of Annual Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


(c)    Become employed by, render services to or directly or indirectly (whether for compensation or otherwise) own or hold a proprietary interest in, manage, operate, or control, or join or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or furnish any capital to or be connected in any manner with, any Competing Enterprise.  For purposes of this subsection (c), a “Competing Enterprise” means any entity, organization or person engaged, or planning to become engaged, in substantially the same or similar business to that being conducted or actively and specifically planned to be conducted during the Grantee’s employment with the Company or within six months after the Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company or its subsidiaries, owned or controlled. It includes, without limitation: (i) the business of developing, managing, operating, marketing, processing, financing, or otherwise being involved in providing any products or services relating to transaction or payment processing, including those for the benefit of fleets; travel; healthcare; education; payroll; or, benefits through charge cards, credit cards, procurement cards or any other form of payment services or electronic commerce; (ii) the sale, distribution or publication of petroleum product pricing or management information or other products or services currently sold or to the best of his/her knowledge contemplated to be sold by the Company or any of its owned or controlled subsidiaries, and (iii) the business of developing, managing, operating, marketing, processing, financing, or otherwise being involved in providing commercial travel, entertainment and purchasing credit cards. The restrictions in this paragraph shall not be construed to prevent the Grantee from, following the termination of his/her employment with the Company, working for a business entity that does not compete with the Company or its subsidiaries simply because the entity is affiliated with a Competing Enterprise, so long as the entity is operationally separate and distinct from the Competing Enterprise and the Grantee’s job responsibilities at that entity are unrelated to the Competing Enterprise. The restrictions in this paragraph will not apply to employment by or the rendering of services to businesses that sell fuel or convenience items if those businesses are not directly competing with the Company or its subsidiaries, owned or controlled. The Grantee acknowledges that the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ businesses are conducted internationally and agrees that the provisions in this paragraph shall operate wherever the Company conducts business.
The Company has previously entered into agreements with certain executives and employees that contain restrictive covenants (“Restrictions”). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Grantee is party to an employment or other agreement containing Restrictions on (a) solicitation of customers, clients, and/or patrons of the Company, (b) solicitation or hire of Company employees, and/or (c) competition (collectively, “Existing Restrictions”), any such Existing Restrictions will remain in effect and the Grantee shall be bound by such Existing Restrictions, rather than the Restrictions contained in this Paragraph 5.
The Grantee agrees and acknowledges that the period of time of the above-noted restrictive covenants imposed by this Agreement is fair, and reasonable and necessary under the circumstances and is reasonably required for the protection of the Company. The Grantee also acknowledges that in the event he/she breaches any part of this Paragraph 5, the damages to the Company would be irreparable. Therefore, in addition to monetary damages and/or reasonable attorney fees, the Company shall have the right to seek injunctive and/or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement. Further, the Grantee consents to the issuance of a temporary restraining order to maintain the status quo pending the outcome of any proceeding.

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Exhibit 10.3
2014 Form of Annual Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


6.     Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, upon the termination of the Grantee’s employment with the Company and its subsidiaries for any reason whatsoever (other than death), the Award, to the extent not yet vested, shall immediately and automatically terminate; provided , however , that the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion agree to accelerate the vesting of the Award, upon termination of employment or otherwise, for any reason or no reason, but shall have no obligation to do so.
For purposes of the Plan and the Award, a termination of employment shall be deemed to have occurred on the date upon which the Grantee ceases to perform active employment duties for the Company following the provision of any notification of termination or resignation from employment, and without regard to any period of notice of termination of employment (whether expressed or implied) or any period of severance or salary continuation. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Award, this Agreement or any other agreement (written or oral) to the contrary, the Grantee shall not be entitled (and by accepting an Award, thereby irrevocably waives any such entitlement) to any payment or other benefit to compensate the Grantee for the loss of any rights under the Plan as a result of the termination or expiration of an Award in connection with any termination of employment. No amounts earned pursuant to the Plan or any Award shall be deemed to be eligible compensation in respect of any other plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
7.     No Assignment. Except as expressly permitted under the Plan, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Grantee by operation of law or otherwise.
8.     No Rights to Continued Employment. Neither this Agreement nor the Award shall be construed as giving the Grantee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate such employment.
9.     Governing Law. This Agreement and the legal relations between the parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.
10.     Tax Obligations. As a condition to the granting of the Award and the vesting thereof, the Grantee acknowledges and agrees that he/she is responsible for the payment of income and employment taxes (and any other taxes required to be withheld) payable in connection with the vesting of an Award. Accordingly, the Grantee agrees to remit to the Company or any applicable subsidiary an amount sufficient to pay such taxes. Such payment shall be made to the Company or the applicable subsidiary of the Company in a form that is reasonably acceptable to the Company, as the Company may determine in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may retain and withhold from delivery at the time of vesting that number of shares of Company Stock having a fair market value equal to the taxes owed by the Grantee, which retained shares shall fund the payment of such taxes by the Company on behalf of the Grantee.
11.     Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be deemed given when delivered personally, or when deposited in a United States Post Office, postage prepaid, addressed, as appropriate, to the Grantee at the last address specified in the Grantee’s employment records (or such other address as the Grantee may designate in writing to the Company), or to the Company, 97 Darling Avenue, South Portland, ME 04106, Attention: General Counsel, or such other address as the Company may designate in writing to the Grantee.

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Exhibit 10.3
2014 Form of Annual Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


12.     Failure to Enforce Not a Waiver. The failure of the Company to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof.
13.     Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified at any time by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.
14.     Authority. The Committee has complete authority and discretion to determine Awards, and to interpret and construe the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. The determination of the Committee as to any matter relating to the interpretation or construction of the Plan or this Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties.
15.     Rights as a Stockholder. The Grantee shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of common stock of the Company underlying or relating to any Award until the issuance of a stock certificate to the Grantee in respect of such Award.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is effective as of the date first above written.

WEX INC.

____________________________________
By:     Melissa Smith
Its:    Chief Executive Officer


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Exhibit 10.4

Form of 2014 Growth Grant – Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


WEX INC.
Memorandum
TO:        <<Name>> (the “Grantee”)
FROM:    Melissa Smith, Chief Executive Officer
SUBJECT:    2014 Growth Grant – Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement
DATE:        [_____]
You have been granted, based on the attainment of performance goals in 2016, an award of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units (“PSUs”) under the terms of the 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The PSUs are sometimes collectively referred to as the “Award.” Attached to this Memorandum is an Agreement which, along with the Plan, governs your Award. You will be receiving separately a copy of the Prospectus for the Plan. The Prospectus contains important information regarding the Plan, including information regarding restrictions on your rights with respect to the PSUs granted to you. You should read the Prospectus carefully .
An Award of PSUs does not give you rights as a stockholder of the Company and you may not transfer or assign any rights in your PSUs. Please note that when your Award vests (if at all), the Company will withhold from the number of shares that would otherwise be delivered to you a number of shares of company stock having a value equal to your tax withholding obligations (similar to payroll withholding requirements).
Finally, by accepting this Award you are agreeing to abide by the terms of the Plan and the attached Agreement. To accept this Award and indicate your agreement to abide by the terms of the Plan and the attached Agreement, you must indicate your acceptance of the terms by acknowledging your understanding of the terms through the use of your electronic signature. If you do not want to accept this Award, you must reject the award in writing by signing and returning it to Tabitha Hilton in the Human Resources Office in South Portland, Maine by April 15, 2014.

Date of Grant:             [_____]
Target Number of PSUs*:         [__]
Vesting Period:             2016 Performance
Vesting Date:                 [_____]



Please carefully review the 2014 Award Agreement, new language has been added concerning Non-Compete and Non-Solicitation.
 

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Exhibit 10.4

Form of 2014 Growth Grant – Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


Finally, by electronically accepting this Award you are acknowledging your understanding and agreement to abide by the terms of the Plan and the attached Restricted Stock Award Agreement through use of your electronic signature.  
*The above number of PSUs granted is subject to change based on the attached performance metrics and as otherwise set forth in the Agreement and the Plan.

USE THE SPACE BELOW TO ACCEPT THIS 2014 GRANT:

I accept the Award described in this Memorandum reject the terms of the attached Agreement.

________________________________        _________________
Signature of Grantee             Date
    
<<Name>> (the “Grantee”)


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Exhibit 10.4

Form of 2014 Growth Grant – Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


WEX INC.
2014 GROWTH GRANT
PERFORMANCE-BASED RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT
THIS AWARD AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into by and between WEX INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Grantee named on the attached Memorandum (the “Memorandum”), effective as of the Date of Grant set forth on such Memorandum, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the WEX Inc. 2010 Equity and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).
WHEREAS, the Company has the authority under and pursuant to the Plan to grant awards to eligible employees of the Company and its subsidiaries; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to grant the Award to the Grantee subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement.
In consideration of the provisions contained in this Agreement, the Company and the Grantee agree as follows:
1.     The Plan. The Award granted to the Grantee hereunder is made pursuant to the Plan. A copy of the prospectus for the Plan has been provided to the Grantee and the applicable terms of such Plan are hereby incorporated herein by reference. Terms used in this Agreement which are not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings used or defined in the Plan.
2.     Award.     Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and concurrently with and contingent upon your execution of the Memorandum, and further subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan and this Agreement, including without limitation your agreement to comply with the obligations set forth in Paragraphs 4 and 5 below, the Company hereby grants the number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units indicated in the Memorandum to the Grantee. Each Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit entitles the Grantee, upon vesting, to such number of shares of Company Stock as is determined pursuant to Exhibit A based on attainment of performance goals and continued employment.

3.     Vesting of Units.
(a)    Upon the vesting of the Award, as described in this Section, the Company shall deliver for each Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit that becomes vested, such number of shares of Company Stock as is determined pursuant to Exhibit A based on attainment of performance goals and continued employment; provided , however , that the Company shall withhold from the Grantee at the time of delivery of the Company Stock the amount that the Company determines necessary to pay applicable withholding taxes as and to the extent provided in Paragraph 10 below. The Company Stock shall be delivered as soon as practicable following the Vesting Date or event set forth below, but in any case within 30 days after such date or event.
(b)     Subject to Paragraphs 3(c), (d) and (e) and Paragraph 4, the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units under the 2014 Growth Grant shall vest on the Vesting Date set forth on the attached Memorandum based on achievement of the 2016 Performance Goals set forth in Exhibit A so long as the Grantee remains employed with the Company through such Vesting Date.

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Exhibit 10.4

Form of 2014 Growth Grant – Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


(c)    Notwithstanding Paragraph 3(b), upon the Grantee’s death, (i) if the final number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units that are eligible for vesting is not determined, then the Award shall become immediately and fully vested as to the Target number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Memorandum, subject to any terms and conditions set forth in the Plan or imposed by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors (the “Committee”); or (ii) if the final number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units that are eligible for vesting has been determined pursuant to Exhibit A , then the Award shall become immediately and fully vested for such determined level of vesting for the Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units, subject to any terms and conditions set forth in the Plan or imposed by the Committee.
(d)    Notwithstanding Paragraph 3(b), upon a “Change in Control” of the Company, if the surviving entity does not agree to assume the obligations set forth in the Agreement, then the Award shall become immediately and fully vested, subject to any terms and conditions set forth in the Plan or imposed by the Committee. “Change in Control” shall have the meaning set forth in the Plan. In the event that the Award becomes immediately and fully vested upon a Change in Control that occurs prior to or during the calendar-year 2016 performance period, the Grantee shall vest in the Target number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Memorandum, and the Target performance goal shall be deemed achieved, unless the Committee determines in its sole discretion to deem a higher level of achievement of the performance goal resulting in a greater number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units vesting upon such Change in Control. In the event the Award becomes immediately and fully vested upon a Change in Control that occurs after such period, the Grantee shall vest in the number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units set forth in the Memorandum, based on the level of achievement of the performance goal determined pursuant to Exhibit A . With respect to any Grantee who is a “covered employee” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (“Section 162(m)”), solely to the extent necessary to maintain the status of the Award as “performance-based compensation” as determined under Section 162(m), no acceleration of vesting shall result in an increase in the amount of the Award based on the time-value of money.
(e)    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, to the extent that the fair market value (based on the applicable closing trading price of the Company Stock) of the Company Stock on December 31, 2016 exceeds 200% of the fair market value of the Company Stock on the Date of Grant of the Award, then the number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units that shall vest pursuant to this Agreement shall be equal to the product of (i) the number of Performance-Based Restricted Stock Units that would have vested without regard to this Section 3(e), and (ii) the quotient of (A) the product of (x) 200% and (y) the fair market value of the Company Stock on the Date of Grant of the Award and (B) the fair market value of the Company Stock on the vesting date.

For example and by means of illustration only, if (i) the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the Date of Grant is $100 per share, (ii) the Grantee’s Target Number of PRSUs is 100, (iii) the number of PRSUs that would have vested without regard to this Section 3(e) based on satisfaction of the performance metrics is 200% of the Target Number of PRSUs, or 200 PRSUs, and (iv), the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the Vesting Date is $300 per share, then the number of shares of Company Stock deliverable to the Grantee on the Vesting Date shall be 133, calculated as follows: 133 = the product of (i) 200 (the number of PRSUs that would have vested without regard to Section 3(e)) and (ii) ( the quotient of (A) the product of (x) 200% and

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Exhibit 10.4

Form of 2014 Growth Grant – Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


(y) $100 (the FMV of the stock on the Date of Grant)) and (B) $300 (the FMV of the stock on the Vesting Date).
4.      Confidential and Proprietary Information. The Grantee acknowledges that in connection with his/her employment with the Company, the Grantee has and will continue to have access to information of a nature not generally disclosed to the public. The Grantee agrees to keep confidential and not disclose to anyone, unless legally compelled to do so, Confidential and Proprietary Information. “Confidential and Proprietary Information” includes but is not limited to all Company business and strategic plans, financial details, computer programs, manuals, contracts, current and prospective client and supplier lists, and all other documentation, business knowledge, data, material, property and supplier lists, and developments owned, possessed or controlled by the Company, regardless of whether possessed or developed by the Grantee in the course of his/her employment. Such Confidential and Proprietary Information may or may not be designated as confidential or proprietary and may be oral, written or electronic media. The Grantee understands that such information is owned and shall continue to be owned solely by the Company, and hereby represents that he/she has not and will not disclose, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, any Confidential and Proprietary Information. The Grantee acknowledges that he/she has complied and will continue to comply with this commitment, both as an employee and after the termination of his/her employment.


5.     Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation . The Grantee agrees that during his/her employment with the Company and for a period of twelve months following the termination of his/her employment with the Company, he/she shall not:

(a)    Contact, call on, provide advice to, solicit, take away, or divert, and/or influence or attempt to influence any customers, clients, and/or patrons of the Company;
(b)    Solicit or induce, either directly or indirectly, any employee of the Company to leave the employ of the Company or take any action to assist any subsequent employer or any other entity, either directly or indirectly, in soliciting or inducing any other Company employee to leave the employ of the Company; or hire or employ, or assist in the hire or employment of, either directly or indirectly, any individual employed by the Company within sixty days preceding that individual’s hire by the Grantee or his/her subsequent employer; and/or
(c)    Become employed by, render services to or directly or indirectly (whether for compensation or otherwise) own or hold a proprietary interest in, manage, operate, or control, or join or participate in the ownership, management, operation or control of, or furnish any capital to or be connected in any manner with, any Competing Enterprise.  For purposes of this subsection (c), a “Competing Enterprise” means any entity, organization or person engaged, or planning to become engaged, in substantially the same or similar business to that being conducted or actively and specifically planned to be conducted during the Grantee’s employment with the Company or within six months after the Grantee’s termination of employment with the Company or its subsidiaries, owned or controlled. It includes, without limitation: (i) the business of developing, managing, operating, marketing, processing, financing, or otherwise being involved in providing any products or services relating to transaction or payment processing, including those for the benefit of fleets; travel; healthcare; education; payroll; or, benefits through charge cards, credit cards, procurement cards or any other form of payment services or electronic commerce; (ii) the sale,

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Exhibit 10.4

Form of 2014 Growth Grant – Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


distribution or publication of petroleum product pricing or management information or other products or services currently sold or to the best of his/her knowledge contemplated to be sold by the Company or any of its owned or controlled subsidiaries, and (iii) the business of developing, managing, operating, marketing, processing, financing, or otherwise being involved in providing commercial travel, entertainment and purchasing credit cards. The restrictions in this Paragraph shall not be construed to prevent the Grantee from, following the termination of his/her employment with the Company, working for a business entity that does not compete with the Company or its subsidiaries simply because the entity is affiliated with a Competing Enterprise, so long as the entity is operationally separate and distinct from the Competing Enterprise and the Grantee’s job responsibilities at that entity are unrelated to the Competing Enterprise. The restrictions in this Paragraph will not apply to employment by or the rendering of services to businesses that sell fuel or convenience items if those businesses are not directly competing with the Company or its subsidiaries, owned or controlled. The Grantee acknowledges that the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ businesses are conducted internationally and agrees that the provisions in this Paragraph shall operate wherever the Company conducts business.
The Company has previously entered into agreements with certain executives and employees that contain restrictive covenants (“Restrictions”). For the avoidance of doubt, if the Grantee is party to an employment or other agreement containing Restrictions on (a) solicitation of customers, clients, and/or patrons of the Company, (b) solicitation or hire of Company employees, and/or (c) competition (collectively, “Existing Restrictions”), any such Existing Restrictions will remain in effect and the Grantee shall be bound by such Existing Restrictions, rather than the Restrictions contained in this Paragraph 5.
The Grantee agrees and acknowledges that the period of time of the above-noted restrictive covenants imposed by this Agreement is fair, and reasonable and necessary under the circumstances and is reasonably required for the protection of the Company. The Grantee also acknowledges that in the event he/she breaches any part of this Paragraph 5, the damages to the Company would be irreparable. Therefore, in addition to monetary damages and/or reasonable attorney fees, the Company shall have the right to seek injunctive and/or other equitable relief in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the restrictive covenants contained in this Agreement. Further, the Grantee consents to the issuance of a temporary restraining order to maintain the status quo pending the outcome of any proceeding.
6.     Termination of Employment. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, upon the termination of the Grantee’s employment with the Company and its subsidiaries for any reason whatsoever (other than death), the Award, to the extent not yet vested, shall immediately and automatically terminate; provided , however , that the Committee may, in its sole and absolute discretion agree to accelerate the vesting of the Award, upon termination of employment or otherwise, for any reason or no reason, but shall have no obligation to do so.
For purposes of the Plan and the Award, a termination of employment shall be deemed to have occurred on the date upon which the Grantee ceases to perform active employment duties for the Company following the provision of any notification of termination or resignation from employment, and without regard to any period of notice of termination of employment (whether expressed or implied) or any period of severance or salary continuation. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Award, this Agreement or any other agreement (written or oral) to the contrary, the Grantee shall not be entitled (and by accepting an Award, thereby irrevocably waives any such entitlement) to any payment or other benefit to compensate the Grantee for the loss of any

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Exhibit 10.4

Form of 2014 Growth Grant – Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


rights under the Plan as a result of the termination or expiration of an Award in connection with any termination of employment. No amounts earned pursuant to the Plan or any Award shall be deemed to be eligible compensation in respect of any other plan of the Company or any of its subsidiaries.
7.     No Assignment. Except as expressly permitted under the Plan, this Agreement may not be assigned by the Grantee by operation of law or otherwise.
8.     No Rights to Continued Employment. Neither this Agreement nor the Award shall be construed as giving the Grantee any right to continue in the employ of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company to terminate such employment.
9.     Governing Law. This Agreement and the legal relations between the parties shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware, without effect to the conflicts of laws principles thereof.
10.     Tax Obligations. As a condition to the granting of the Award and the vesting thereof, the Grantee acknowledges and agrees that he/she is responsible for the payment of income and employment taxes (and any other taxes required to be withheld) payable in connection with the vesting of an Award. Accordingly, the Grantee agrees to remit to the Company or any applicable subsidiary an amount sufficient to pay such taxes. Such payment shall be made to the Company or the applicable subsidiary of the Company in a form that is reasonably acceptable to the Company, as the Company may determine in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may retain and withhold from delivery at the time of vesting that number of shares of Company Stock having a fair market value equal to the taxes owed by the Grantee, which retained shares shall fund the payment of such taxes by the Company on behalf of the Grantee.
11.     Notices. Any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be deemed given when delivered personally, or when deposited in a United States Post Office, postage prepaid, addressed, as appropriate, to the Grantee at the last address specified in the Grantee’s employment records (or such other address as the Grantee may designate in writing to the Company), or to the Company, 97 Darling Avenue, South Portland, ME 04106, Attention: General Counsel, or such other address as the Company may designate in writing to the Grantee.
12.     Failure to Enforce Not a Waiver. The failure of the Company to enforce at any time any provision of this Agreement shall in no way be construed to be a waiver of such provision or of any other provision hereof.
13.     Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified at any time by an instrument in writing signed by the parties hereto.
14.     Authority. The Committee has complete authority and discretion to determine Awards, and to interpret and construe the terms of the Plan and this Agreement. The determination of the Committee as to any matter relating to the interpretation or construction of the Plan or this Agreement shall be final, binding and conclusive on all parties.
15.     Rights as a Stockholder. The Grantee shall have no rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to any shares of common stock of the Company underlying or relating to any Award until the issuance of a stock certificate to the Grantee in respect of such Award.

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Exhibit 10.4

Form of 2014 Growth Grant – Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement is effective as of the date first above written.

WEX INC.

____________________________________
By:     Melissa Smith
Its:    Chief Executive Officer
 

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Exhibit 10.4

Form of 2014 Growth Grant – Performance-Based Restricted Stock Unit Agreement



Exhibit A

[Annual performance metrics listed here.]


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EXHIBIT 31.1
CERTIFICATION
I, Melissa D. Smith, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of WEX Inc.;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 30, 2014
 
/s/ Melissa D. Smith
Melissa D. Smith
Chief Executive Officer and President




EXHIBIT 31.2
CERTIFICATION
I, Steven A. Elder, certify that:
1.
I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of WEX Inc.;
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
(a)
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b)
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c)
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d)
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
(a)
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b)
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: April 30, 2014
/s/ Steven A. Elder
Steven A. Elder
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer




EXHIBIT 32.1
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the quarterly report of WEX Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2014 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Melissa D. Smith, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Melissa D. Smith
Melissa D. Smith
Chief Executive Officer and President
April 30, 2014




EXHIBIT 32.2
CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
In connection with the quarterly report of WEX Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the period ending March 31, 2014 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Steven A. Elder, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to my knowledge:
(1)
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2)
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/ Steven A. Elder
Steven A. Elder
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal accounting and principal financial officer)
April 30, 2014