GENERAL ELECTRIC ENERGY, HAYNES INT'L, KONICA MINOLTA AND WOLFGANG PUCK AMONG COMPANIES TO EMBRACE CONTINUOUS ACCOUNTING WITH BLACKLINE IN Q1 2017

LOS ANGELES, LONDON, SINGAPORE and SYDNEY – May 4, 2017 – BlackLine, Inc. (Nasdaq: BL), a leading provider of financial automation solutions that enable Continuous Accounting, continues to expand its customer base globally, adding a broad range of both large and midsize companies to its client roster during the first quarter of 2017.

Altogether, 92 customers signed on spanning North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, deploying BlackLine’s cloud platform to enhance the efficiency and visibility of Finance and Accounting (F&A) and reduce compliance risks.

Among the new customers to come on board in North America were Boart Longyear International, Fluke Corp., General Electric Energy Connections, Haynes International, Kemper Corporation and Wolfgang Puck Dining Group. In Europe, new customers included Belvar, Konika Minolta and Lottoland, and in APAC, Gate Gourmet, Ixom, Metricon Homes and Orica Global signed on during the first quarter of the year.

BlackLine tallied customers in all three regions, many now beginning to employ the Continuous Accounting model via the BlackLine cloud platform. More than 170,000 users across 1,800 companies in more than 130 countries presently employ BlackLine’s products and solutions to help increase accountant productivity, elevate controls and compliance functions and modernize their F&A operations.