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Share Name | Share Symbol | Market | Type |
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Bragg Gaming Group Inc | NASDAQ:BRAG | NASDAQ | Common Stock |
Price Change | % Change | Share Price | Bid Price | Offer Price | High Price | Low Price | Open Price | Shares Traded | Last Trade | |
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-0.10 | -2.19% | 4.47 | 4.25 | 4.68 | 4.59 | 4.345 | 4.54 | 44,719 | 21:34:56 |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2024
Commission File Number: 001-40759
Bragg Gaming Group Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
130 King Street West, Suite 1955
Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E3
Canada
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☐ Form 40-F þ
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) ☐
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INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 to this Report on Form 6-K are hereby incorporated by reference as exhibits to the Registration Statement on Form F-10 of Bragg Gaming Group Inc. (File No. 333-259004).
DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THIS FORM 6-K
Exhibit |
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99.1 |
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99.2 |
| Management discussion & analysis for the three and Six months period ended June 30, 2024 |
99.3 |
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99.4 |
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99.5 |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC. | |
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Date: August 8, 2024 |
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| By: | /s/ Robbie Bressler |
| Name: | Robbie Bressler |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer |
Exhibit 99.1
BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Three and six-month periods ended June 30, 2024 and June 30, 2023
Presented in Euros (Thousands)
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS) AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
| | | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||
| | Note | | 2024 | | 2023 |
| 2024 | | 2023 |
Revenue | | 3, 23 | | 24,861 | | 24,729 | | 48,672 | | 47,588 |
Cost of revenue | | 3 | | (12,457) | | (10,903) | | (24,391) | | (21,542) |
Gross Profit | | | | 12,404 | | 13,826 | | 24,281 | | 26,046 |
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Selling, general and administrative expenses | | 3 | | (13,702) | | (13,082) | | (26,089) | | (24,988) |
Gain (Loss) on remeasurement of derivative liability | | 3, 6 | | 38 | | (115) | | (140) | | (179) |
Gain on settlement of convertible debt | | 3, 6 | | — | | 204 | | 65 | | 204 |
Gain (Loss) on remeasurement of deferred consideration | | 3, 5, 11 | | 45 | | 438 | | (600) | | 708 |
Operating Income (Loss) | | | | (1,215) | | 1,271 | | (2,483) | | 1,791 |
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Net interest expense and other financing charges | | 3 | | (930) | | (368) | | (1,522) | | (964) |
Gain (Loss) Before Income Taxes | | | | (2,145) | | 903 | | (4,005) | | 827 |
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Income taxes | | 24 | | (255) | | (526) | | (299) | | (926) |
Net Income (Loss) | | | | (2,400) | | 377 | | (4,304) | | (99) |
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Items to be reclassified to net income (loss): | | | | | | | | | | |
Cumulative translation adjustment | | | | 387 | | (585) | | 4 | | (1,143) |
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Net Comprehensive Loss | | | | (2,013) | | (208) | | (4,300) | | (1,242) |
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Basic Income (Loss) Per Share | | | | (0.10) | | 0.02 | | (0.18) | | 0.00 |
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share | | | | (0.10) | | 0.02 | | (0.18) | | 0.00 |
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| | | | Millions | | Millions | | Millions | | Millions |
Weighted average number of shares - basic | | | | 24.0 | | 22.3 | | 23.6 | | 22.0 |
Weighted average number of shares - diluted | | | | 24.0 | | 23.6 | | 23.6 | | 23.3 |
See accompanying notes to the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
| | | | As at | | As at |
| | | | June 30, | | December 31, |
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| Note |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Cash and cash equivalents | | 14 | | 10,850 | | 8,796 |
Trade and other receivables | | 15, 21 | | 18,601 | | 18,641 |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | | 16 | | 2,756 | | 1,655 |
Total Current Assets | | | | 32,207 | | 29,092 |
Property and equipment | | | | 1,027 | | 640 |
Right-of-use assets | | 12 | | 3,124 | | 3,233 |
Intangible assets | | 13 | | 36,821 | | 38,133 |
Goodwill | | 10 | | 32,308 | | 31,921 |
Other assets | | | | 358 | | 348 |
Total Assets | | | | 105,845 | | 103,367 |
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Trade payables and other liabilities | | 17, 21 | | 20,057 | | 21,846 |
Income taxes payable | | 24 | | 718 | | 917 |
Lease obligations on right of use assets | | 18 | | 730 | | 709 |
Deferred consideration | | 5, 11 | | 1,797 | | 1,513 |
Derivative liability | | 6 | | 154 | | 471 |
Convertible debt | | 6 | | 463 | | 2,445 |
Loans payable | | | | 6,702 | | — |
Total Current Liabilities | | | | 30,621 | | 27,901 |
Deferred income tax liabilities | | 24 | | 699 | | 852 |
Lease obligations on right of use assets | | 18 | | 2,464 | | 2,568 |
Deferred consideration | | 5, 11 | | - | | 1,426 |
Other non-current liabilities | | | | 373 | | 373 |
Total Liabilities | | | | 34,157 | | 33,120 |
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Share capital | | 7 | | 131,405 | | 120,015 |
Shares to be issued | | | | - | | 3,491 |
Contributed surplus | | | | 17,729 | | 19,887 |
Accumulated deficit | | | | (80,367) | | (76,063) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | | | | 2,921 | | 2,917 |
Total Equity | | | | 71,688 | | 70,247 |
Total Liabilities and Equity | | | | 105,845 | | 103,367 |
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See accompanying notes to the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
Approved on behalf of the Board
Matevž Mazij | Holly Gagnon |
Chief Executive Officer | Independent Lead Director |
BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Accumulated | | | | |
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| | | | Share | | Shares to | | Broker | | Contributed | | Accumulated | | comprehensive | | Total | |||||||
| | Note | | capital | | be issued | | warrants | | surplus | | Deficit | | income (loss) | | Equity | |||||||
Balance as at January 1, 2023 | | | | | 109,902 | | | 6,982 | | | 38 | | | 20,745 | | | (72,227) | | | 4,094 | | | 69,534 |
Shares issued upon exercise of convertible debt | | 6 | | | 2,127 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 2,127 |
Shares issued as deferred consideration | | 4,5,11 | | | 4,595 | | | (3,491) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 1,104 |
Exercise of restricted share units | | 9 | | | 213 | | | — | | | — | | | (213) | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Exercise of deferred share units | | 9 | | | 218 | | | — | | | — | | | (218) | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Exercise of stock options | | 9 | | | 6 | | | — | | | — | | | (2) | | | — | | | — | | | 4 |
Share-based compensation | | 9 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 1,284 | | | — | | | — | | | 1,284 |
Net loss for the period | | | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (99) | | | — | | | (99) |
Other comprehensive loss | | | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (1,143) | | | (1,143) |
Balance as at June 30, 2023 | | | | | 117,061 | | | 3,491 | | | 38 | | | 21,596 | | | (72,326) | | | 2,951 | | | 72,811 |
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Balance as at January 1, 2024 | | | | | 120,015 | | | 3,491 | | | — | | | 19,887 | | | (76,063) | | | 2,917 | | | 70,247 |
Shares issued upon exercise of convertible debt | | 6 | | | 2,704 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 2,704 |
Shares issued as deferred consideration | | 4,5,11 | | | 5,630 | | | (3,491) | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 2,139 |
Exercise of restricted share units | | 9 | | | 1,799 | | | — | | | — | | | (1,799) | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Exercise of deferred share units | | 9 | | | 764 | | | — | | | — | | | (764) | | | — | | | — | | | — |
Exercise of stock options | | 9 | | | 493 | | | — | | | — | | | (199) | | | — | | | — | | | 294 |
Share-based compensation | | 9 | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 604 | | | — | | | — | | | 604 |
Net loss for the period | | | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | (4,304) | | | — | | | (4,304) |
Other comprehensive Income | | | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | — | | | 4 | | | 4 |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | | | | 131,405 | | | — | | | — | | | 17,729 | | | (80,367) | | | 2,921 | | | 71,688 |
See accompanying notes to the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
| | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||
| | Note | | 2024 | | 2023 |
Operating Activities | | | | | | |
Net loss | | | | (4,304) | | (99) |
Add: | | | | | | |
Net interest expense and other financing charges | | 3 | | 1,522 | | 964 |
Depreciation and amortization | | 3 | | 7,871 | | 5,963 |
Share based compensation | | 3, 9 | | 604 | | 1,284 |
Loss on remeasurement of derivative liability | | 3, 6 | | 140 | | 179 |
Gain on settlement of convertible debt | | 3, 6 | | (65) | | (204) |
Loss (gain) on remeasurement of deferred consideration | | 3, 5, 11 | | 600 | | (708) |
Unrealized foreign exchange loss (gain) | | | | 8 | | (337) |
Income tax expense | | 24 | | 299 | | 926 |
| | | | 6,675 | | 7,968 |
Change in working capital | | 22 | | (3,925) | | (2,001) |
Income tax paid | | | | (653) | | (809) |
Cash Flows generated from Operating Activities | | | | 2,097 | | 5,158 |
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Investing Activities | | | | | | |
Purchases of property and equipment | | | | (521) | | (206) |
Additions of intangible assets | | 13 | | (5,349) | | (3,709) |
Cash Flows Used In Investing Activities | | | | (5,870) | | (3,915) |
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Financing Activities | | | | | | |
Proceeds from exercise of stock options | | 9 | | 294 | | 4 |
Repayment of convertible debt | | 6 | | (455) | | (939) |
Repayment of lease liability | | 18 | | (350) | | (154) |
Proceeds from (repayment of) loans | | | | 6,532 | | (107) |
Interest and financing fees | | 22 | | (412) | | (2) |
Cash Flows Generated from (Used In ) Financing Activities | | | | 5,609 | | (1,198) |
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Effect of foreign currency exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | | | | 218 | | (590) |
Change in Cash and Cash Equivalents | | | | 2,054 | | (545) |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | | | | 8,796 | | 11,287 |
Cash and Cash Equivalents at end of period | | | | 10,850 | | 10,742 |
Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with current period presentation.
See accompanying notes to the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
Nature of operations
Bragg Gaming Group Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Bragg” or the “Company”) are, primarily and collectively, a business-to-business (“B2B”) online gaming technology platform and casino content aggregator. The Company acquired Oryx Gaming International LLC (“Oryx”) in 2018, Wild Streak LLC (“Wild Streak”) in 2021, and Spin Games LLC (“Spin”) in 2022.
The registered and head office of the Company is located at 130 King Street West, Suite 1955, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5X 1E3.
2 MATERIAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements (“interim financial statements”) were prepared using the same basis of presentation, accounting policies and methods of computation, and using the same significant estimates and judgments in applying the accounting policies as those of the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023, which are available at www.sedarplus.ca.
Statement of compliance and basis of presentation
The accompanying interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standards (“IAS”) 34 Interim Financial Reporting and do not include all of the information required for annual consolidated financial statements and should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023.
These interim financial statements are prepared on a historical cost basis except for financial instruments classified at fair value through profit or loss (“FVTPL”) or fair value through other comprehensive income (“FVOCI”) which are measured at fair value. The material accounting policies set out in note 2 of the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2023 have been applied consistently in the preparation of the interim financial statements for all periods presented.
These interim financial statements were, at the recommendation of the audit committee, approved and authorized for filing by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) on August 8, 2024.
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
3 INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE INCOME TAXES CLASSIFIED BY NATURE
The income (loss) before income taxes is classified as follows:
| | | | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||
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| Note |
| 2024 |
| 2023 | | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Revenue | | 23 | | 24,861 | | 24,729 | | 48,672 | | 47,588 |
Cost of revenue | | | | (12,457) | | (10,903) | | (24,391) | | (21,542) |
Gross Profit | | | | 12,404 | | 13,826 | | 24,281 | | 26,046 |
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Salaries and subcontractors | | | | (5,333) | | (6,213) | | (10,240) | | (11,716) |
Share based compensation | | 9 | | (420) | | (526) | | (604) | | (1,284) |
Total employee costs | | | | (5,753) | | (6,739) | | (10,844) | | (13,000) |
Depreciation and amortization | | | | (3,994) | | (3,254) | | (7,871) | | (5,963) |
IT and hosting | | | | (1,192) | | (1,060) | | (2,260) | | (2,037) |
Professional fees | | | | (1,518) | | (657) | | (2,393) | | (1,286) |
Corporate costs | | | | (101) | | (132) | | (276) | | (276) |
Sales and marketing | | | | (533) | | (468) | | (1,092) | | (881) |
Bad debt recovery (expense) | | 15 | | (121) | | 127 | | (103) | | 88 |
Travel and entertainment | | | | (217) | | (203) | | (432) | | (392) |
Transaction and acquisition costs | | | | — | | — | | — | | (32) |
Other operational costs | | | | (273) | | (696) | | (818) | | (1,209) |
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses | | | | (13,702) | | (13,082) | | (26,089) | | (24,988) |
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Gain (Loss) on remeasurement of derivative liability | | 6 | | 38 | | (115) | | (140) | | (179) |
Gain on settlement of convertible debt | | 6 | | — | | 204 | | 65 | | 204 |
Gain (Loss) on remeasurement of deferred consideration | | 5, 11 | | 45 | | 438 | | (600) | | 708 |
Operating Income (Loss) | | | | (1,215) | | 1,271 | | (2,483) | | 1,791 |
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Accretion on liabilities | | 6, 11 | | (579) | | (456) | | (1,110) | | (962) |
Foreign exchange gain (loss) | | | | (88) | | 150 | | (44) | | 131 |
Interest and financing fees | | | | (263) | | (62) | | (368) | | (133) |
Net Interest Expense and Other Financing Charges | | | | (930) | | (368) | | (1,522) | | (964) |
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes | | | | (2,145) | | 903 | | (4,005) | | 827 |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
4 ACQUISITION OF WILD STREAK LLC
On June 2, 2021, the Company announced that it had acquired Wild Streak LLC ("Wild Streak").
The Company signed a purchase agreement to acquire all of the outstanding membership interests of Wild Streak in a cash and stock transaction for an undiscounted purchase price of EUR 24,680 (USD 30,075). Pursuant to the transaction, the sellers of Wild Streak received EUR 8,268 (USD 10,075) in cash at closing and should receive EUR 16,412 (USD20,000) worth of common shares of the Company over the next three years, subject to acceleration in the event of a change of control. The fair value of the share consideration is determined using a put option pricing model with volatility of 57.5%, annual dividend rate of 0%, and time to maturity of 1-3 years.
The fair value allocations which follow are based on the purchase price allocations conducted by management.
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| Balances |
Purchase price: | | |
Cash | | 8,206 |
Shares to be issued | | 13,746 |
Deferred consideration | | 62 |
Total purchase price | | 22,014 |
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Fair value of assets acquired, and liabilities assumed: | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | 124 |
Accounts receivable | | 408 |
Trade payables and other liabilities | | (87) |
Net assets acquired and liabilities assumed | | 445 |
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Fair value of intangible assets: | | |
Brands | | 311 |
Customer relationships | | 10,857 |
Intellectual property | | 5,611 |
Goodwill | | 4,790 |
In the six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company issued 393,111 common shares of the Company as deferred consideration upon the third anniversary of the acquisition of Wild Streak. Subsequently a transfer of EUR 3,491 from shares to be issued to share capital was recorded in the consolidated statements of changes in equity.
In the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company issued 393,111 common shares of the Company as deferred consideration upon the second anniversary of the acquisition of Wild Streak. Subsequently a transfer of EUR 3,491 from shares to be issued to share capital was recorded in the consolidated statements of changes in equity.
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
5 ACQUISITION OF SPIN GAMES LLC
On June 1, 2022, the Company announced that it had acquired Spin Games LLC (“Spin”).
The Company signed a purchase agreement to acquire all of the outstanding membership interests of Spin in a cash and share transaction for an undiscounted purchase price of EUR 17,179 (USD 18,402). Pursuant to the transaction, the sellers of Spin received EUR 10,626 (USD 11,383) in cash, EUR 1,426 (USD 1,528) in common shares of the Company and is expected to receive EUR 4,003 (USD 4,288) worth of common shares of the Company over the next three years. The fair value of the deferred consideration was determined using a put option pricing model with volatility of between 71.4% and 80.9%, annual dividend rate of 0%, and time to maturity of 1-3 years.
Concurrently with the payment of consideration on June 1, 2022, EUR 661 of loans payable to the sellers of Spin were settled in cash.
The fair value allocations which follow are based on the purchase price allocations conducted by management.
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| Balances |
Purchase price: | | |
Prepaid consideration | | 2,138 |
Cash paid upon business combination | | 8,488 |
Shares | | 1,426 |
Deferred consideration | | 4,003 |
Total purchase price | | 16,055 |
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Fair value of assets acquired, and liabilities assumed: | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | 266 |
Trade and other receivables | | 405 |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | | 105 |
Property and equipment | | 107 |
Right-of-use assets | | 177 |
Trade payables and other liabilities | | (923) |
Deferred revenue | | (364) |
Lease obligations on right of use assets - current | | (88) |
Loans payable | | (773) |
Lease obligations on right of use assets - noncurrent | | (89) |
Net assets acquired and liabilities assumed | | (1,177) |
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Fair value of intangible assets: | | |
Intellectual property | | 1,471 |
Customer relationships | | 8,131 |
Gaming licenses | | 164 |
Brand | | 462 |
Trademarks | | 70 |
Goodwill | | 6,934 |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
5 | ACQUISITION OF SPIN GAMES LLC (CONTINUED) |
In the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, an accretion expense of EUR 170 and 305, respectively (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 121 and EUR 258) relating to deferred consideration was recorded in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss.
In the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, a gain on remeasurement of deferred consideration of EUR 45 and loss of 600, respectively (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: gain of EUR 438 and EUR 708) was recorded in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss.
On June 1, 2024, the company settled the second tranche of deferred consideration in stock amounting to EUR 2,139 (six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 1,112).
As at June 30, 2024, the Company measured the present value of deferred consideration to be paid in common shares of EUR 1,797 recorded in current liability and EUR nil in non-current liabilities (December 31, 2023: EUR 1,513 in current liabilities and EUR 1,426 in non-current liabilities, respectively).
The present value of deferred consideration is measured by determining the period-end share price and the discount for lack of marketability (“DLOM”) applying Finnerty’s average-strike put option model (2012) applying a annual dividend rate of 0.0% and volatility of 58.3% resulting in a DLOM of 12.50% for the third anniversary settlement of consideration.
As at December 31, 2023, the fair value of deferred consideration as at December 31, 2023 is measured by determining the period-end share price and the discount for lack of marketability (DLOM) applying Finnerty’s average-strike put option model (2012). The assumptions include applying an annual dividend rate of 0.0% and volatility of between 55.3% and 64.5% resulting in a DLOM of 9.4% and 14.5% for the second and third anniversary settlement of consideration, respectively.
On September 5, 2022, the Company entered into a convertible security funding agreement (the “funding agreement”) for an investment of EUR 8,770 (USD 8,700) with Lind in the form of a convertible debt with a face value of EUR 10,081 (USD 10,000), bearing interest at an inherent rate of 7.5% maturing 24 months after issuance. Net proceeds after deducting transaction fees were EUR 8,053. The face value of the convertible debt has a 24-month maturity date and can be paid in cash or be converted into common shares of the Company at a conversion price equal to 87.5% of the five-day volume weighted average price ("VWAP") immediately prior to each conversion. Common shares of the Company issued upon conversion are subject to a 120-day lock-up period following deal close.
The Funding Agreement contains restrictions on how much may be converted in any particular month, which is limited to 1/20th of the outstanding balance or USD 1,000 if exchange volume is above a specified minimum, which conversions may be accelerated in certain circumstances. The Company also has the option at any time to buy back the entire remaining balance of the convertible debt, subject to a partial conversion right in favor of Lind to convert up to one-third of the outstanding amount into common shares of the Company in such circumstances. In connection with the convertible debt,
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
6 CONVERTIBLE DEBT (CONTINUED)
Lind was issued warrants to purchase up to 979,048 common shares of the Company at a price of CAD 9.28 per share for a period of 60 months (Note 8).
The value of the convertible debt is equal to the value of the debt-like host instrument based on market participants’ current required yield for debt-like instruments with similar credit quality and terms (excluding the buy-back or conversion options), plus the value of the embedded derivatives.
The host debt component is fair valued by discounting the value of the expected future cash flows under the terms of the Funding Agreement using a market cost of debt of 7.5% for an equivalent non-convertible bond. The fair value of the convertible debt without the embedded derivatives (the “Host Debt”) has been estimated by reference to the income approach using a discounted cash flow (“DCF”) method. Using this approach, the present value of the Host Debt on September 5, 2022 was determined to be EUR 8,723 (USD 8,653).
On September 5, 2022, to value the embedded derivatives, representing the conversion options (“Conversion Options”), option pricing methodology by reference to a Monte Carlo Simulation model (“MCS”) has been applied as a series of 20 call options with a strike price of 87.5% of the 5-day future VWAP immediately prior to each conversion date. Key valuation inputs and assumptions used in the MCS are stock price of CAD 6.188, expected life of between 0.42 and 2.00 years, annualized volatility of between 65.32% and 75.54%, annual risk-free rate of between 3.6% and 3.7%, and annual dividend yield of 0.0%. Based on the average value from 10,000 simulated trials the aggregate fair value of the Conversion Options on September 5, 2022 was calculated as EUR 1,483 (CAD 1,935).
The aggregate fair value of the Host Debt and Conversion Options exceeds the transaction price of EUR 8,770. Therefore, under the provisions of IFRS 9, the embedded derivatives (being the Conversion Options) were fair valued first and the Host Debt was allocated the residual balance. The warrants component of the Convertible Debt was allocated the residual interest of EUR nil.
The Company incurred transaction costs of EUR 717 related to the issuance of the convertible debt and were allocated proportionally to the Host Debt and Conversion Options in the amount of EUR 596 and EUR 121, respectively. All costs allocated to the Conversion Options were expensed as transaction and acquisition costs under selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss.
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
6 | CONVERTIBLE DEBT (CONTINUED) |
|
| Convertible debt |
| Derivative liability |
| Total |
Balance as at December 31, 2022 | | 6,648 | | 1,320 | | 7,968 |
Accretion expense | | 1,536 | | — | | 1,536 |
Loss on remeasurement of derivative liability | | — | | 47 | | 47 |
Gain on settlement of convertible debt | | — | | (595) | | (595) |
Shares issued upon exercise of convertible debt | | (1,841) | | (286) | | (2,127) |
Repayment of convertible debt | | (3,693) | | — | | (3,693) |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | (205) | | (15) | | (220) |
Balance as at December 31, 2023 | | 2,445 | | 471 | | 2,916 |
| | | | | | |
Accretion expense | | 805 | | — | | 805 |
Loss on remeasurement of derivative liability | | — | | 140 | | 140 |
Gain on settlement of convertible debt | | — | | (65) | | (65) |
Shares issued upon exercise of convertible debt | | (2,314) | | (390) | | (2,704) |
Repayment of convertible debt | | (455) | | — | | (455) |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | (18) | | (2) | | (20) |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | 463 | | 154 | | 617 |
On June 30, 2024, the aggregate fair value of the Conversion Options was calculated as EUR 154 (CAD 227). Key valuation inputs and assumptions used are closing stock price of CAD 8.140, 5-day VWAP of CAD 7.980, expected life of between 0.00 and 0.08 years, and annual risk-free rate of between 5.38% and 5.40%.
On December 31, 2023, the aggregate fair value of the Conversion Options was calculated as EUR 471 (CAD 689). Key valuation inputs and assumptions used are stock closing price of CAD 6.780, 5-day VWAP of CAD 6.845, expected life of between 0.08 and 0.58 years, annual risk-free rate of between 5.1% and 5.59%.
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, an accretion expense of EUR 409 and 805 was recognised in net interest expense and other financing charges (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 335 and 704) in respect of the Host Debt component. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, a gain of EUR 38 and loss of EUR 140 on remeasurement of derivative liability (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: Loss of EUR 64 and 179) was recognised in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss.
Immediately prior to any conversion, the embedded derivative liability is remeasured at fair value through profit and loss. Key valuation inputs and assumptions used are closing stock price on dates of conversion of between CAD 6.910 and 8.750, 5-day VWAP of between CAD 6.910 and 8.827, expected life of between 0.06 to 0.56 years, annual risk-free rate of between 5.17% and 5.54%.
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
6 | CONVERTIBLE DEBT (CONTINUED) |
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, 288,067 and 504,215 shares, respectively, were issued upon exercise of Convertible Debt (Note 6) representing USD 2,500 of the total face value of USD 10,000. The Company also elected to settle USD 500 of the debt in cash upon delivery of a cash in-lieu of shares conversion notice for a total of USD 515.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, 172,780 and 617,357 shares, respectively, were issued upon exercise of Convertible Debt. The company also elected to settle USD 1,000 of the debt in cash upon delivery of a cash in-lieu of shares conversion notice for a total of USD 1,030. Both of these transactions represented USD 3,000 of the total face value of USD 10,000 convertible debt.
Derivative and host debt balances representing the fair value of the converted debt are subsequently transferred to the share capital account in the interim unaudited condensed statements of changes in equity. Upon exercise, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, EUR 1,393 and EUR 2,314 was transferred from the host debt liability and EUR 243 and EUR 390 from derivative liability, respectively, to share capital in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in equity for a total of EUR 1,636 and EUR 2,704 respectively (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 451 and EUR 1,841 from host debt liability and EUR 61 and EUR 286 from derivative liability for a total share capital of EUR 512 and EUR 2,126).
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
Authorized - Unlimited Common Shares, fully paid
The following is a continuity of the Company’s share capital:
|
| |
| Note |
| Number |
| Value |
January 1, 2023 | | Balance | | | | 21,107,968 | | 109,902 |
January 10, 2023 to May 23, 2023 | | Issuance of share capital upon exercise of FSOs | | 9 | | 2,450 | | 6 |
April 6, 2023 |
| Issuance of share capital upon exercise of DSUs | | 9 | | 38,334 | | 218 |
April 6, 2023 |
| Issuance of share capital upon exercise of RSUs | | 9 | | 40,000 | | 213 |
January 13, 2023 to May 4, 2023 |
| Shares issued upon exercise of Convertible Debt | | 6 | | 617,357 | | 2,127 |
June 1, 2023 |
| Shares issued upon settlement of deferred consideration for Spin acquisition | | 5 | | 357,739 | | 1,104 |
June 8, 2023 |
| Shares issued upon settlement of deferred consideration for Wild Streak acquisition | | 4 | | 393,111 | | 3,491 |
June 30, 2023 |
| Balance | | | | 22,556,959 | | 117,061 |
| | | | | | | | |
January 1, 2024 |
| Balance | | | | 23,003,552 | | 120,015 |
February 5, 2024 to June 5, 2024 |
| Shares issued upon exercise of Convertible Debt | | 6 | | 504,215 | | 2,704 |
June 1, 2024 |
| Shares issued upon settlement of deferred consideration for Spin acquisition | | 5 | | 369,516 | | 2,139 |
June 2, 2024 |
| Shares issued upon settlement of deferred consideration for Wild Streak acquisition | | 4 | | 393,111 | | 3,491 |
April 1, 2024 to June 27,2024 |
| Issuance of share capital upon exercise of FSOs | | 9 | | 108,682 | | 493 |
May 1, 2024 to May 29,2024 | | Issuance of share capital upon exercise of DSU | | 9 | | 148,900 | | 764 |
May 1, 2024 to May 14,2024 |
| Issuance of share capital upon exercise of RSU | | 9 | | 418,000 | | 1,799 |
June 30, 2024 |
| Balance | | | | 24,945,976 | | 131,405 |
The Company’s common shares have no par value.
8 |
The following are continuities of the Company’s warrants:
| | | | Warrants | | |
| | | | issued as part of | | Broker |
Number of Warrants |
| |
| convertible debt |
| warrants |
| | | | | | |
January 1, 2023 |
| Balance | | 979,048 | | 16,886 |
June 30, 2023 |
| Balance | | 979,048 | | 16,886 |
| | | | | | |
January 1, 2024 | | Balance | | 979,048 | | — |
June 30, 2024 |
| Balance | | 979,048 | | — |
Each unit consists of the following characteristics:
| | Warrants | | |
| | issued as part of | | Broker |
|
| convertible debt |
| warrants |
Number of shares | | 1 | | 1 |
Number of Warrants | | — | | 0.5 |
Exercise price of unit (CAD) | | 9.28 | | 7.00 |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
9 |
The Company maintains an Omnibus Incentive Equity Plan (“OEIP”) for certain employees and consultants. The plan was approved at an annual and special meeting of shareholders on November 27, 2020. At the annual special meeting of shareholders of the Company held on April 28, 2021 the shareholders approved the increase in the common shares available for issuance as awards under the plan from 3,180,000 to 3,965,000
The following table summarizes information about the OEIP.
|
| DSU |
| RSU |
| FSO | ||
| | | | | | | | Weighted |
| | Outstanding | | Outstanding | | Outstanding | | Average |
| | DSU Units | | RSU Units | | FSO Options | | Exercise |
| | (Number of | | (Number of | | (Number | | Price / Share |
|
| of shares) |
| of shares) |
| of shares) |
| CAD |
Balance as at January 1, 2023 | | 274,900 | | 738,000 | | 2,118,395 | | 8.23 |
Granted | | — | | 187,500 | | 25,000 | | 8.08 |
Exercised | | (38,334) | | (40,000) | | (2,450) | | 2.30 |
Forfeited / Cancelled | | — | | — | | (62,628) | | 9.45 |
Balance as at June 30, 2023 | | 236,566 | | 885,500 | | 2,078,317 | | 8.20 |
| | | | | | | | |
Balance as at January 1, 2024 | | 225,154 | | 498,000 | | 1,777,438 | | 8.43 |
Granted | | — | | — | | 165,000 | | 6.69 |
Exercised | | (148,900) | | (418,000) | | (108,682) | | 3.97 |
Expired | | — | | — | | (50,000) | | 5.00 |
Forfeited / Cancelled | | (49,588) | | — | | (114,209) | | 9.67 |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | 26,666 | | 80,000 | | 1,669,547 | | 8.56 |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
9 | SHARE BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED) |
The following table summarizes information about the outstanding share options as at June 30, 2024:
| | Outstanding | | Exercisable | ||||||
| | | | Weighted | | Weighted | | | | Weighted |
| | | | Average | | Average | | | | Average |
| | Options | | Remaining | | Exercise | | Options | | Exercise |
Range of exercise | | (Number | | Contractual | | Price / Share | | (Number | | Price / Share |
prices (CAD) |
| of shares) |
| Life (Years) |
| CAD |
| of shares) |
| CAD |
2.30 - 5.00 | | 95,825 | | 1 | | 2.30 | | 95,825 | | 2.30 |
5.01 - 8.62 | | 1,139,558 | | 4 | | 7.72 | | 892,277 | | 7.82 |
8.63 - 33.30 | | 434,164 | | 6 | | 12.16 | | 419,873 | | 12.21 |
| | 1,669,547 | | 4 | | 8.56 | | 1,407,975 | | 8.75 |
The following table summarizes information about the outstanding share options as at June 30, 2023:
| | Outstanding | | Exercisable | ||||||
| | | | Weighted | | Weighted | | | | Weighted |
| | | | Average | | Average | | | | Average |
| | Options | | Remaining | | Exercise | | Options | | Exercise |
Range of exercise | | (Number | | Contractual | | Price / Share | | (Number | | Price / Share |
prices (CAD) |
| of shares) |
| Life (Years) |
| CAD |
| of shares) |
| CAD |
2.30 - 5.00 | | 240,400 | | 1 | | 3.07 | | 240,400 | | 3.07 |
5.01 - 5.60 | | 200,000 | | 1 | | 5.60 | | 200,000 | | 5.60 |
5.61 - 8.62 | | 1,112,471 | | 5 | | 7.80 | | 872,267 | | 7.91 |
8.63 - 33.30 | | 525,446 | | 7 | | 12.39 | | 352,524 | | 12.60 |
| | 2,078,317 | | 4 | | 8.20 | | 1,665,191 | | 7.93 |
Fixed Stock Options (“FSOs”)
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, a share-based compensation charge of EUR 51 and EUR 149 (three months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 160 and EUR 419 respectively) has been recognized in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company granted 120,000 share options with an exercise price of CAD 7.65 and a fair value of EUR 364 (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: 25,000 share options with an average exercise price of CAD 8.08 and a fair value of EUR 71).
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
9SHARE BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED)
The assumptions used to measure the grant date fair value of FSO options under the Black-Scholes valuation model for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 were as follows:
| | |
Expected dividend yield (%) |
| 0.0 |
Expected share price volatility (%) | | 64.3 |
Risk-free interest rate (%) | | 4.3 |
Expected life of options (years) | | 5.0 |
Share price (CAD) | | 7.93 |
Forfeiture rate (%) | | 0.0 |
The assumptions used to measure the grant date fair value of FSO options under the Black-Scholes valuation model for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 were as follows:
| | |
Expected dividend yield (%) |
| 0.0 |
Expected share price volatility (%) | | 64.3 |
Risk-free interest rate (%) | | 2.9 |
Expected life of options (years) | | 5.0 |
Share price (CAD) | | 7.56 |
Forfeiture rate (%) | | 0.0 |
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, 108,682 common shares of the Company were issued upon exercise of fixed stock options (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: 2,100 and 2,450 shares). Upon exercise of fixed stock options, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, EUR 199 (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR nil) was transferred from contributed surplus to share capital in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in equity. Cash proceeds upon exercise of fixed stock options during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, totaled EUR 294 (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 4).
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
9 | SHARE BASED COMPENSATION (CONTINUED) |
Deferred Share Units (“DSUs”)
Exercises of grants may only be settled in shares, and only when the employee or consultant has left the Company. Under the OEIP, the Company may grant options of its shares at nil cost that vest immediately.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, a share-based compensation charge of EUR 2 and EUR 5 (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 49 and EUR 114) has been recognized in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, 148,900 common shares were issued upon exercise of DSUs (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: 38,334). For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, upon exercise of DSUs, EUR 764 (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: nil) was transferred from contributed surplus to share capital in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in equity.
Restricted Share Units (“RSUs”)
During the three and six months ended June 31, 2024, nil were granted (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: nil and 187,500 with a fair value of CAD 5.25 per unit determined as the share price at the date of grant).
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, a share-based compensation charge of EUR 367 and EUR 450 (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 317 and EUR 754) has been recognized in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, 418,000 common shares were issued upon exercise of RSUs (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: 40,000 common shares). For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, upon exercise of RSUs, EUR 1799 (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: nil) was transferred from contributed surplus to share capital in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in equity.
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
The following is a continuity of the Company’s goodwill:
As at January 1, 2023 | | 31,662 |
Effect of Movement in exchange rates | | 259 |
As at December 31, 2023 | | 31,921 |
| | |
Effect of movements in exchange rates | | 387 |
As at June 30, 2024 | | 32,308 |
The carrying amount of goodwill is attributed to the acquisitions of Oryx, Wild Streak and Spin. The Company completed its annual impairment tests for goodwill as at December 31, 2023 and concluded that there was no impairment.
The following is a continuity of the Company’s deferred consideration:
Balance as at January 1, 2023 | | 3,297 |
Accretion expense | | 403 |
Shares issued as deferred consideration | | (1,104) |
Loss on remeasurement of deferred consideration | | 440 |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | (97) |
Balance as at December 31, 2023 | | 2,939 |
| | |
Accretion expense | | 305 |
Loss on remeasurement of deferred consideration | | 600 |
Shares issued as deferred consideration | | (2,139) |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | 92 |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | 1,797 |
As at June 30, 2024 EUR 1,797 is recorded as the short-term portion of deferred consideration (December 31, 2023: EUR 1,513) and EUR nil is recorded as the long-term portion (December 31, 2023: EUR 1,426).
Spin Games LLC
The Company completed the acquisition of Spin effective on June 1, 2022. The Company agreed deferred consideration payments in common shares of the Company over three years from the effective date recorded with a present value of EUR 4,003. The DLOM on June 1, 2022, was determined by applying Finnerty’s average-strike put option model (2012) with a volatility of between 71.4% and 80.9%, an annual dividend rate of 0% and time to maturity of 1-3 years.
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
11 DEFERRED CONSIDERATION (CONTINUED)
In the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, an accretion expense of 170 EUR and 305 EUR respectively, (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 121 and EUR 258) was recorded in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss.
In the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, a gain of EUR 45 and loss of EUR 600 on remeasurement of deferred consideration (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: gain on remeasurement of deferred consideration of EUR 438 and EUR 708) was recorded in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss.
| | |
| | Right of use |
|
| Properties |
Cost | | |
Balance as at December 31, 2022 | | 1,311 |
Additions | | 3,389 |
Modifications | | (256) |
Disposal | | (74) |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | 65 |
Balance as at December 31, 2023 | | 4,434 |
Additions | | 161 |
Modification | | 79 |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | 38 |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | 4,712 |
| | |
Accumulated Depreciation | | |
Balance as at December 31, 2022 | | 735 |
Depreciation | | 579 |
Disposal | | (74) |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | (39) |
Balance as at December 31, 2023 | | 1,201 |
Depreciation | | 373 |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | 14 |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | 1,588 |
| | |
Carrying Amount | | |
Balance as at December 31, 2023 | | 3,233 |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | 3,124 |
In the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, depreciation expense of EUR 147 and EUR 373 respectively was recognized within selling, general and administrative expenses (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 84 and EUR 166).
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
| | | | Deferred | | | | | | | | |
| | Intellectual | | Development | | Customer | | | | | | |
|
| Property |
| Costs |
| Relationships |
| Brands |
| Other |
| Total |
Cost | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance as at December 31, 2022 | | 17,722 | | 12,881 | | 25,473 | | 2,177 | | 309 | | 58,562 |
Additions | | 649 | | 8,742 | | — | | — | | — | | 9,391 |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | (275) | | (28) | | (715) | | (29) | | (10) | | (1,057) |
Balance as at December 31, 2023 | | 18,096 | | 21,595 | | 24,758 | | 2,148 | | 299 | | 66,896 |
Additions | | 245 | | 5,104 | | — | | — | | — | | 5,349 |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | 278 | | 73 | | 640 | | 26 | | (21) | | 996 |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | 18,619 | | 26,772 | | 25,398 | | 2,174 | | 278 | | 73,241 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Accumulated Amortization | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance as at December 31, 2022 | | 6,111 | | 5,568 | | 4,350 | | 779 | | 49 | | 16,857 |
Amortization | | 2,484 | | 5,667 | | 3,238 | | 663 | | 95 | | 12,147 |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | (150) | | 35 | | (136) | | (12) | | 22 | | (241) |
Balance as at December 31, 2023 | | 8,445 | | 11,270 | | 7,452 | | 1,430 | | 166 | | 28,763 |
Amortization | | 1,344 | | 4,031 | | 1,624 | | 332 | | 24 | | 7,355 |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | 97 | | (6) | | 172 | | 15 | | 24 | | 302 |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | 9,886 | | 15,295 | | 9,248 | | 1,777 | | 214 | | 36,420 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Carrying Amount | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Balance as at December 31, 2023 | | 9,651 | | 10,325 | | 17,306 | | 718 | | 133 | | 38,133 |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | 8,733 | | 11,477 | | 16,150 | | 397 | | 64 | | 36,821 |
In the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, amortization expense of EUR 3,787 and EUR 7,355 respectively was recognized within selling, general and administrative expenses (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 3,077 and EUR 5,628).
As at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, cash and cash equivalents consisted of cash held in banks, marketable investments with an original maturity date of 90 days or less from the date of acquisition, and prepaid credit cards.
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
15 |
Trade and other receivables comprises:
| | As at | | As at |
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Trade receivables | | 17,834 | | 18,641 |
Sales tax | | 767 | | — |
Trade and other receivables | | 18,601 | | 18,641 |
The following is an aging of the Company’s trade receivables:
| | As at | | As at |
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Less than one month | | 16,438 | | 17,711 |
Between two and three months | | 1,630 | | 1,275 |
Greater than three months | | 1,928 | | 1,714 |
| | 19,996 | | 20,700 |
Provision for expected credit losses | | (2,162) | | (2,059) |
Trade receivables | | 17,834 | | 18,641 |
The balance of accrued income is included in receivables aged less than one month as this balance will be converted to accounts receivable upon issuance of sales invoices.
The following is a continuity of the Company’s provision for expected credit losses related to trade receivables:
Balance as at December 31, 2022 |
| |
| 2,435 |
Net additional provision for doubtful debts | | | | (376) |
Balance as at December 31, 2023 | | | | 2,059 |
Net additional provision for doubtful debts | | | | 103 |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | | | 2,162 |
16 PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER ASSETS
Prepaid expenses and other assets comprises:
| | As at | | As at |
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Prepayments | | 2,009 | | 1,200 |
Deposits | | 62 | | 83 |
Other assets | | 685 | | 372 |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | | 2,756 | | 1,655 |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
17 |
Trade payables and other liabilities comprises:
| | As at | | As at |
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Trade payables | | 6,195 | | 7,504 |
Accrued liabilities | | 13,535 | | 13,983 |
Sales tax payable | | — | | 12 |
Other payables | | 327 | | 347 |
Trade payables and other liabilities | | 20,057 | | 21,846 |
The Company leases various properties mainly for office buildings. Rental contracts are made for various periods ranging up to seven (7) years. Lease terms are negotiated on an individual basis and contain a wide range of different terms and conditions. The lease agreements do not impose any covenants, but leased assets may not be used as security for borrowing purposes.
In determining the lease term, management considers all facts and circumstances that create an economic incentive to exercise an extension option. Extension options are only included in the lease term if the lease is reasonably certain to be extended (or not terminated). The assessment is reviewed if a significant event or a significant change in circumstances occurs which affects this assessment and that is within the control of the Company as a lessee.
Set out below are the carrying amounts of the lease liabilities and the movements for the period:
| | | | | June 30, | | December 31, |
| | | |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Balance as at beginning of the period | | | | | 3,277 | | 638 |
Additions | | | | | 161 | | 3,389 |
Modification | | | | | 79 | | (279) |
Accretion of interests | | | | | 60 | | 65 |
Payments | | | | | (350) | | (595) |
Effect of movement in exchange rates | | | | | (33) | | 59 |
Balance as at end of the period | | | | | 3,194 | | 3,277 |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
18 LEASE LIABILITIES (CONTINUED)
The maturity analysis of lease liabilities are disclosed below:
| | | |
| June 30, 2024 | ||
| | | | | Present value | | Total |
| | | | | of the minimum | | minimum |
| | | | | lease payments | | lease payments |
Within 1 year | | | | | 730 | | 767 |
After 1 year but within 2 years | | | | | 699 | | 768 |
Atfter 2 years but within 5 years | | | | | 1,654 | | 1,934 |
After 5 years | | | | | 111 | | 154 |
| | | | | 3,194 | | 3,623 |
Less: Total future interest expenses | | | | | | | (429) |
| | | | | | | 3,194 |
The following are the amounts recognized in the consolidated statement of income (loss) and comprehensive loss:
| Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Amortization expense on right of use assets | 147 | | 84 | | 373 | | 166 |
Interest expense on lease liabilities | 26 | | 11 | | 60 | | 20 |
Total amount recognized in the income statement | 173 | | 95 | | 433 | | 186 |
On April 24, 2024, the Company obtained a secured promissory note in the principal amount of US$7 million from a member of management. The secured promissory note matures on April 24, 2025 and bears interest at an annual rate of 14%, payable quarterly.
| | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Balance as at January 1, 2024 | | — | | — |
Promissory note issued | | 6,532 | | — |
Interest on promissory note | | 170 | | — |
Balance as at June 30, 2024 | | 6,702 | | — |
In the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, interest expense of EUR 170 was recognized within net interest expense and other financing charges (three and six month ended June 30, 2023: nil).
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
20 |
The Company’s policy is to conduct all transactions and settle all balances with related parties on market terms and conditions for those in the normal course of business. Transactions between the Company and its consolidated entities have been eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed in this note.
Key Management Personnel
The Company’s key management personnel are comprised of members of the Board and the executive team. Two key management employees are also shareholders in the Company.
Transactions with Shareholders, Key Management Personnel and Members of the Board
Transactions recorded in the consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss between the Company and its shareholders, key management personnel and members of the Board are set out in aggregate as follows:
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||
| | 2024 |
| 2023 | | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Revenue | | | | 28 | | — | | 52 |
Salaries and subcontractors | | (760) | | (688) | | (1,317) | | (1,698) |
Share based compensation | | (450) | | (439) | | (586) | | (1,069) |
Professional fees | | — | | (11) | | — | | (21) |
| | (1,210) | | (1,110) | | (1,903) | | (2,736) |
Transactions with Wild Streak and Spin Vendors
Certain vendors in the sale of Wild Streak and Spin subsequently became employees of the Company. Transactions recorded in the consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss between the Company and these employees are set out in aggregate as follows:
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||
| | 2024 |
| 2023 | | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Salaries and subcontractors | | (407) | | (899) | | (882) | | (1,625) |
Share based compensation | | — | | (28) | | (10) | | (45) |
Gain (Loss) on remeasurement of deferred consideration | | 45 | | 438 | | (600) | | 708 |
Interest and financing fees | | (340) | | (121) | | (475) | | (258) |
| | (702) | | (610) | | (1,967) | | (1,220) |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
20 | RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (CONTINUED) |
Consolidated statements of changes in equity | | | | | | Six Months Ended | | Six Months Ended |
| | | | | | June 30, | | June 30, |
| | | | | | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Shares issued as deferred consideration to Wild Streak Vendors | | | | | | | | |
Shares to be issued | | | | | | (3,491) | | (3,491) |
Share capital | | | | | | 3,491 | | 3,491 |
Shares issued as consideration to Spin Vendors | | | | | | | | |
Share capital | | | | | | 2,139 | | 1,104 |
Net movement in equity | | | | | | 2,139 | | 1,104 |
Balances due to/from key management personnel, members of the Board and Wild Streak and Spin vendors who subsequently became employees of the Company are set out in aggregate as follows:
| | | | | | As at | | As at |
| | | | | | June 30, | | December 31, |
| | | | | | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Consolidated statements of financial position | | | | | | | | |
Trade and other receivables | | | | | | — | | 40 |
Trade payables and other liabilities | | | | | | (772) | | (1,945) |
Deferred consideration - current | | | | | | (1,797) | | (1,513) |
Deferred consideration - non-current | | | | | | — | | (1,426) |
Loans payable | | | | | | (6,702) | | |
Net related party payable | | | | | | (9,271) | | (4,844) |
21 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
The financial instruments measured at amortized cost are summarized below:
Financial Assets
| | Financial assets as subsequently | ||
| | measured at amortized cost | ||
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Trade receivables | | 17,834 | | 18,641 |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
21 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
Financial Liabilities
| | Financial liabilities as subsequently | ||
| | measured at amortized cost | ||
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Trade payables | | 6,195 | | 7,504 |
Accrued liabilities | | 13,535 | | 13,983 |
Convertible debt | | 463 | | 2,445 |
Lease obligations on right of use assets | | 3,194 | | 3,277 |
Other liabilities | | 327 | | 347 |
Loans payable | | 6,702 | | — |
| | 30,416 | | 27,556 |
The carrying values of the financial instruments approximate their fair values.
Fair Value Hierarchy
The following table presents the fair values and fair value hierarchy of the Company’s financial instruments.
| | June 30, 2024 | | December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||
|
| Level 1 |
| Level 2 |
| Level 3 |
| Total |
| Level 1 |
| Level 2 |
| Level 3 |
| Total |
Financial assets | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fair value through profit and loss: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cash and cash equivalents | | 10,850 | | — | | — | | 10,850 | | 8,796 | | — | | — | | 8,796 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Financial liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fair value through profit and loss: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Derivative liability | | — | | 154 | | — | | 154 | | — | | 471 | | — | | 471 |
Deferred consideration | | — | | 1,797 | | — | | 1,797 | | — | | 2,939 | | — | | 2,939 |
Other liabilities | | — | | — | | 269 | | 269 | | — | | — | | 269 | | 269 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Fair value through other comprehensive income: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other liabilities | | — | | — | | 104 | | 104 | | — | | — | | 104 | | 104 |
There were no transfers between the levels of the fair value hierarchy during the periods.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, a gain of EUR 45 and loss of EUR 600 (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: gain of EUR 438 and EUR 708 respectively), was recognized in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss on remeasurement of deferred consideration (Note 11) for financial instruments designated as FVTPL.
As a result of holding and issuing financial instruments, the Company is exposed to certain risks. The following is a description of those risks and how the exposures are managed.
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
21 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
Liquidity risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company is unable to generate or obtain sufficient cash and cash equivalents in a cost-effective manner to fund its obligations as they come due. The Company will experience liquidity risks if it fails to maintain appropriate levels of cash and cash equivalents, is unable to access sources of funding or fails to appropriately diversify sources of funding. If any of these events were to occur, they could adversely affect the financial performance of the Company.
The Company has a planning and budgeting process in place by which it anticipates and determines the funds required to support its normal operating requirements. The Company coordinates this planning and budgeting process with its financing activities through its capital management process. The Company holds sufficient cash and cash equivalents and working capital, maintained through stringent cash flow management, to ensure sufficient liquidity is maintained. The Company is not subject to any externally imposed capital requirements.
The following are the undiscounted contractual maturities of significant financial liabilities and the total contractual obligations of the Company as at June 30, 2024:
|
| 2024 |
| 2025 |
| 2026 |
| 2027 |
| Thereafter |
| Total |
Trade payables and other liabilities | | 20,057 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 20,057 |
Convertible debt | | 934 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | 934 |
Lease obligations on right of use assets | | 422 | | 777 | | 758 | | 780 | | 886 | | 3,623 |
Loans payable | | 458 | | 6,990 | | — | | — | | — | | 7,448 |
Other non-current liabilities | | 1 | | 3 | | 3 | | 7 | | 778 | | 792 |
| | 21,872 | | 7,770 | | 761 | | 787 | | 1,664 | | 32,854 |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
21 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RISK
The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk, which includes risks related to its revenue and operating expenses denominated in currencies other than EUR, which is both the reporting currency and primary contracting currency of the Company’s customers. Accordingly, changes in exchange rates may in the future reduce the purchasing power of the Company’s customers thereby potentially negatively affecting the Company’s revenue and other operating results.
The Company has experienced and will continue to experience fluctuations in its net income (loss) as a result of translation gains or losses related to revaluing certain current asset and current liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded.
Credit risk
The Company is exposed to credit risk resulting from the possibility that counterparties could default on their financial obligations to the Company including cash and cash equivalents, other assets and accounts receivable. Failure to manage credit risk could adversely affect the financial performance of the Company.
The Company mitigates the risk of credit loss relating to accounts receivable by evaluating the creditworthiness of new customers and establishes a provision for expected credit losses. The Company applies the simplified approach to provide for expected credit losses as prescribed by IFRS 9, Financial Instruments, which permits the use of the lifetime expected loss provision for all accounts receivable. The expected credit loss provision is based on the Company’s historical collections and loss experience and incorporates forward-looking factors, where appropriate.
The provision matrix below shows the expected credit loss rate for each aging category of accounts receivable as at June 30, 2024:
| | | | Aging (months) | | | ||||
|
| Note |
| <1 |
| 1 - 3 |
| >3 |
| Total |
Gross trade receivable | | 15 | | 16,438 | | 1,630 | | 1,928 | | 19,996 |
Expected loss rate | | | | 2.39% | | 4.07% | | 88.28% | | 10.81% |
Expected loss provision | | 15 | | 394 | | 66 | | 1,702 | | 2,162 |
Gross accounts receivable includes the balance of accrued income within the aging category of less than one month.
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
21 FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
Concentration risk
For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, one customer (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: one customer) contributed more than 10% each to the Company’s revenues. Aggregate revenues from this customer totaled EUR 5,461 and EUR 11,870, respectively, for the three and six months period ended June 30, 2024 (three and six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 8,464 and EUR 16,477 respectively).
As at June 30, 2024, one customer (December 31, 2023: one customer) constituted more than 10% of the Company’s accounts receivable. The balance owed by this customer totaled EUR 2,368 (December 31, 2023: EUR 4,550).
22 |
Cash flows arising from changes in non-cash working capital are summarized below:
| | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||
Cash flows arising from movement in: | |
| | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Trade and other receivables | |
| | (638) |
| 113 |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | |
| | (1,096) |
| (1,564) |
Deferred revenue | |
| | — |
| (338) |
Trade payables and other liabilities | |
| | (2,191) |
| (212) |
Changes in working capital | | | | (3,925) | | (2,001) |
Significant non-cash transactions from investing and financing activities are as follows
| | | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||
| | Note | | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Investing Activity | |
| | | | |
Settlement of deferred consideration for Spin through share issuance | | 5,11 | | (2,139) | | (1,104) |
| | | | | | |
Financing Activity | | | | | | |
Settlement of convertible debt through share issuance | | 6 | | (2,704) | | (2,127) |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
22 | SUPPLEMENTARY CASHFLOW INFORMATION (CONTINUED) |
During the period ended June 30, 2024, the Company incurred both cash and non-cash interest expense and other financing charges. The following table shows the split as included in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statement of loss and comprehensive income (loss):
| | Six Months Ended June 30, 2024 | ||||
| | Cash | | Non-cash |
| Total |
Interest and financing fees | | (308) | | — | | (308) |
Foreign exchange gain (loss) | | (44) | | — |
| (44) |
Lease interest expense | | (60) | | — |
| (60) |
Accretion expense on deferred consideration | | — | | (305) | | (305) |
Accretion expense on convertible debt | | — | | (805) | | (805) |
| | (412) | | (1,110) | | (1,522) |
During the period ended June 30, 2023, the Company incurred both cash and non-cash interest expense and other financing charges. The following table shows the split as included in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statement of loss and comprehensive income (loss):
| | Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 | ||||
| | Cash | | Non-cash |
| Total |
Interest and financing fees | | (113) | | — | | (113) |
Foreign exchange gain (loss) | | 131 | | — |
| 131 |
Lease interest expense | | (20) | | — |
| (20) |
Accretion expense on deferred consideration | | — | | (258) | | (258) |
Accretion expense on convertible debt | | — | | (704) | | (704) |
| | (2) | | (962) | | (964) |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
Operating
The Company has one reportable operating segment, B2B online gaming.
Geography – Revenue
Revenue from continuing operations was generated from contracted customers in the following jurisdictions:
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 | ||||
Netherlands | | | 6,774 | | | 9,461 | | | 14,570 | | | 18,082 |
Malta | | | 6,054 | | | 4,765 | | | 10,647 | | | 9,076 |
Curacao | | | 5,372 | | | 4,895 | | | 10,615 | | | 9,697 |
Belgium | | | 1,160 | | | 949 | | | 2,310 | | | 1,484 |
United States | | | 1,094 | | | 984 | | | 2,279 | | | 2,201 |
Croatia | | | 1,026 | | | 1,050 | | | 2,130 | | | 1,916 |
Cyprus | | | 612 | | | 284 | | | 1,015 | | | 515 |
Other | | | 2,769 | | | 2,341 | | | 5,106 | | | 4,617 |
Revenue | | | 24,861 | | | 24,729 | | | 48,672 | | | 47,588 |
This segmentation is not correlated to the geographical location of the Company’s worldwide end-user base.
Geography – Non-Current Assets
Non-current assets are held in the following jurisdictions:
| | As at | | As at | ||
| | June 30, | | December 31, | ||
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 | ||
United States | | | 70,205 | | | 71,132 |
Other | | | 3,433 | | | 3,143 |
Non-current assets | | | 73,638 | | | 74,275 |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
The components of income taxes recognized in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of financial position are as follows:
| | As at | | As at |
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
| | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Income taxes payable | | 718 | | 917 |
Deferred income tax liabilities | | 699 | | 852 |
The components of income taxes recognized in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss are as follows:
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Current period | | 120 | | 526 | | 453 | | 926 |
Current income taxes | | 120 | | 526 | | 453 | | 926 |
Deferred income tax recovery | | 135 | | — | | (154) | | — |
Deferred income tax recovery | | 135 | | — | | (154) | | — |
Income taxes | | 255 | | 526 | | 299 | | 926 |
There is no income tax expense recognized in other comprehensive income (loss).
| | As at | | As at |
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
| | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Deferred tax assets | | | | |
Lease liability | | 1 | | — |
Non-capital losses carried forward | | 511 | | 348 |
| | | | |
Deferred tax liabilities | | | | |
Goodwill and intangible assets | | (767) | | (852) |
Convertible debt | | (444) | | (348) |
Deferred income tax liabilities | | (699) | | (852) |
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
NOTES TO THE INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTHS PERIODS ENDED JUNE 30, 2024 AND JUNE 30, 2023
PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
24 INCOME TAXES (CONTINUED)
The effective income tax rates in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss were reported at rates different than the combined Canadian federal and provincial statutory income tax rates for the following reasons:
| | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| | % |
| % |
Canadian statutory tax rate | | 26.5 | | 26.5 |
Effect of tax rate in foreign jurisdictions | | (0.2) | | (5.3) |
Impact of foreign currency translation | | — | | 13.0 |
Non-deductible and non-taxable items | | (10.0) | | 21.5 |
Change in tax benefits not recognized | | (23.8) | | 45.7 |
Adjustment of prior year tax payable | | — | | 2.1 |
Other | | — | | 8.5 |
Effective Income Tax Rate Applicable to Loss Before Income Taxes | | (7.5) | | 112.0 |
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In the ordinary course of business, the Company is involved in and potentially subject to, legal actions and proceedings. In addition, the Company is subject to tax audits from various tax authorities on an ongoing basis. As a result, from time to time, tax authorities may disagree with the positions and conclusions taken by the Company in its tax filings or legislation could be amended or interpretations of current legislation could change, any of which events could lead to reassessments.
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Between the reporting date and the date of these interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, Lind delivered notices to convert debt to common shares with a face value totalling USD 1,000, for which the company elected to settle the debt in cash upon delivery of cash in-lieu of shares conversion notice for a total of USD 1,030 and was settled in full.
MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS FOR THE THREE AND SIX-MONTH PERIOD ENDED JUNE 30, 2024
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1. |
This Management Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) provides a review of the results of operations, financial condition and cash flow for Bragg Gaming Group Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Bragg” or the “Company”), on a consolidated basis, for the three and six months period ended June 30, 2024 (“2Q24”). This document should be read in conjunction with the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and six months period ended June 30, 2024 (the “Interim Financial Statements”).
For reporting purposes, the Company prepared the Interim Financial Statements in European Euros (“EUR”) and, unless otherwise indicated, in conformity with International Accounting Standards (“IAS”) 34, Interim Financial Reporting, as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). The financial information contained in this MD&A was derived from the Interim Financial Statements. Unless otherwise indicated, all references to a specific “note” refer to the notes to the Interim Financial Statements.
This MD&A references non-International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) financial measures, including those under the headings “Selected Financial Information” and “Limitations of Key Metrics and Other Data” below. The Company believes these non-IFRS financial measures will provide investors with useful supplemental information about the financial performance of its business, enable comparison of financial results between periods where certain items may vary independent of business performance, and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in operating its business and making decisions. Although management believes these financial measures are important in evaluating the Company, they are not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, financial information prepared and presented in accordance with IFRS. Non-IFRS measures are not recognized measures under IFRS and do not have standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS. These measures may be different from non-IFRS financial measures used by other companies, limiting their usefulness for comparison purposes. These non-IFRS measures and metrics are used to provide investors with supplemental measures of our operating performance and liquidity and thus highlight trends in our business that may nor otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS measures.
For purposes of this MD&A, the term “gaming license” refers collectively to all the different licenses, consents, permits, authorizations, and other regulatory approvals that are necessary to be obtained in order for the Company to lawfully conduct (or be associated with) gaming in a particular jurisdiction.
Unless otherwise stated, in preparing this MD&A the Company has considered information available to it up to August 8, 2024, the date the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) approved this MD&A.
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2. |
This MD&A contains forward-looking information and statements (collectively, “forward-looking statements”) within the meaning of the Canadian securities legislation and applicable securities laws, including financial and operational expectations and projections. These statements, other than statements of historical fact, are based on management’s current expectations and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including market and economic conditions, business prospects or opportunities, future plans and strategies, projections, technological developments, anticipated events and trends and regulatory changes that affect the Company, its subsidiaries and their respective customers and industries. Although the Company and management believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are appropriate and are based on reasonable assumptions and estimates as of the date hereof, there can be no assurance that these assumptions or estimates are accurate or that any of these expectations will prove accurate. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to significant business, regulatory, economic and competitive risks, uncertainties and contingencies that could cause actual events to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by the use of words such as “seek”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “continue”, “estimate”, “expect”, “may”, “will”, “project”, “predict”, “potential”, “targeting”, “intend”, “could”, “might”, “would”, “should”, “believe”, “objective”, “ongoing”, “imply” or the negative of these words or other variations or synonyms of these words or comparable terminology and similar expressions.
By their nature forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause actual results, events or developments to be materially different from any future results, events or developments expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among other things, the Company’s stage of development, long-term capital requirements and future ability to fund operations, future developments in the Company’s markets and the markets in which it expects to compete, risks associated with its strategic alliances, the impact of entering new markets on the Company’s operations, and risks associated with new or proposed gaming regulations. Each factor should be considered carefully, and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. See the section, “Risk Factors and Uncertainties”, below noting that these factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect the Company.
Shareholders and investors should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements as the plans, assumptions, intentions or expectations upon which they are based might not occur. The forward-looking statements contained in this MD&A are expressly qualified by this cautionary statement. Unless otherwise indicated by the Company, forward-looking statements in this MD&A describe the Company’s expectations as of August 8, 2024, and, accordingly, are subject to change after such date. The Company does not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking statements, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
3. |
The Company’s key metrics are calculated using internal Company data. While these numbers are based on what the Company believes to be reasonable judgments and estimates of customer numbers for the applicable period of measurement, there are certain challenges and limitations in measuring the usage of its product offerings across its customer base. In addition, the Company’s key metrics and related estimates may differ from estimates published by third parties or from similarly titled metrics of its competitors due to differences in methodology and access to information.
For important information on the Company’s non-IFRS measures, see the information presented in “Limitations of Key Metrics and Other Data” and “Selected Financial information” below. The Company continually seeks to improve its estimates of its active customer base and the level of customer activity, and such estimates may change due to improvements or changes in the Company’s methodology.
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Bragg Gaming: Overview and Strategy
Bragg is a business-to-business (“B2B”) iGaming content and technology provider. Its suite of iGaming products and services, commercial relationships and operational licenses allows it to offer a complete gaming solution in regulated online gaming markets globally. Its premium content portfolio currently includes over 9,000 casino game titles, including proprietary games developed by its in-house studios, exclusive titles developed by third-party partners on its remote games server (“RGS”) as well as aggregated, licensed games from top studios around the world.
The Company’s proprietary suite of products includes a player account management (“PAM”) platform, which provides the tools required to operate an online gaming business, including player engagement and data analysis software. The Company’s technology was developed on a greenfield basis and is not dependent on legacy code. The Company’s suite of products and services offers a one-stop solution to its customers that is adaptable to various gaming markets and legislative jurisdictions, including in European and North American iGaming markets.
The Company was incorporated by Articles of Incorporation pursuant to the provisions of the Canada Business Corporations Act on March 17, 2004, and on December 20, 2018, the Company completed a business combination transaction to acquire Oryx Gaming International LLC (“Oryx”), a full turnkey iGaming solutions provider with an established customer base in Europe and Latin America.
In June 2021, the Company acquired Wild Streak LLC, doing business as Wild Streak Gaming (“Wild Streak”), a leading iGaming content studio based in Las Vegas, Nevada with a portfolio of proprietary titles distributed globally, including in the United States and Europe.
In June 2022, the Company acquired Spin Games LLC (“Spin”), a Reno, Nevada-based iGaming technology supplier and content provider licensed and active in key regulated North American jurisdictions.
In September 2022, the Company consolidated its group of companies including Oryx, Wild Streak and Spin under the single brand name, Bragg Group.
The Company is dual-listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange, both under the symbol BRAG.
The Company aims to grow its business as a vertically integrated B2B provider to regulated online casinos, regulated online sports betting, and land-based casino offerings in global markets.
Driven by an experienced management team and offering its differentiated content portfolio, software-as-a-service (“SaaS”) technology and managed services, the Company aims to become a leading vertically integrated content-led technology provider in the iGaming industry.
Financial performance in the second quarter of 2024
The Company is pleased to report on its trading performance during the three and six months ended June 30, 2024. The Company has continued to deliver against its strategic objectives, achieving growth, while remaining committed to revenue diversification and geographic expansion.
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The Company’s revenue1 for the period ended June 30, 2024 increased from the same period in the previous year by 0.53% to EUR 24.9m (2Q23: EUR 24.7M). The Company’s year-over-year revenue growth was mainly organic through its existing customer base, and the onboarding of new customers in various jurisdictions. See “Risks and Uncertainties” below.
The Company’s revenue growth was mainly derived from the games and content segment which amounted to EUR 19.9m (2Q23: EUR 18.9m) and accounted for 80.1% (2Q23: 76.6%) of total revenues, as demand for the Company’s unique games and content and technology proposition continues to grow. The Company’s growth has been underpinned by continued investment and innovation in its technology, games development and product offering.
Gross Profit
Gross profit decreased compared to the same period in the previous year by 10.3% to EUR 12.4m (2Q23: EUR 13.8m) with gross margins decreased by 600 bps to 49.9% (2Q23: 55.9%). The gross profit margin reduction is primarily the result of increased revenue performance in all content products categories while recording lower PAM and managed services revenues.
Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses increased from the same period in the previous year by 4.7% to EUR 13.7m (2Q23: EUR 13.1m) amounting to 55.1% of total revenue (2Q23: 52.9%).
The increase of costs is in line with the Company’s investment in its growth strategy, as the Company continues to build its foundation as a scalable and innovative vertically integrated content and technology provider in the iGaming industry.
Main changes in the quarter were driven by the following:
(a) | Salaries and subcontractors decreased by 14.2% to EUR 5.3m (2Q23: EUR 6.2m) mainly because of the removal of certain key executive positions for the Company (EUR 0.3m) and increased deferred software development cost (EUR 0.6m). During the period the Company continued to invest in expanding its technology and product offering by scaling its software and games development teams, product managers, and data and analytics professionals. This has enabled the Company to source new customers and maintain growth from its existing customer base, expand into new markets, and adapt to regulatory requirements. |
(b) | Share based compensation costs decreased by 20.2% to EUR 0.4m (2Q23: EUR 0.5m) in connection with share-based incentive plan awards to directors and management composed of deferred share units (“DSUs”), restricted share units (“RSUs”) and share options (“FSOs”). |
Total employee costs (including share-based compensation charge) decreased by 14.6% to EUR 5.8m (2Q23: EUR 6.7m).
(c) | Information technology hosting increased by EUR 0.1m to EUR 1.2m (2Q23: EUR 1.1m) as a result of security enhancements. |
(d) | Professional fees increased by EUR 0.9m to EUR 1.5m (2Q23: EUR 0.7m) mainly as a result of the costs associated with the strategic review process (EUR 0.5m). Remaining costs are comprised of audit and tax advisory, legal, recruitment, regulatory and licensing costs which increased in the period as the Company continued its expansion to other markets. |
1 Revenue includes group share in Game and content, platform fees and management and turnkey solutions.
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(e) | Corporate costs amounted to EUR 0.1m (2Q23: EUR 0.1m) which relates to costs of investor and public relations activities as part of the Company’s general corporate strategy. |
(f) | Sales and marketing remained flat EUR 0.5m (2Q23: EUR 0.5m). |
(g) | Other operational costs amounted to EUR 0.3m (2Q23: EUR 0.7m) mainly related to a release of EUR 0.4M in a previously held contingent liability. |
Total operating loss for the period amounted to EUR 1.2m (2Q23: operating income of EUR 1.3m) as a result of reduction in gross profit of EUR 1.4m alongside the increase in selling, general and administrative expenses of EUR 0.6m and loss on remeasurement of deferred consideration amounting to EUR 0.4m.
The Company’s Adjusted EBITDA2 decreased from the same period in the previous year by 23.8% to EUR 3.6m (2Q23: EUR 4.7m) with Adjusted EBITDA margins decreasing by 470bps to 14.5% (2Q23: 19.2%). The change in margin is mainly as a result of change in the revenue product mix resulting in reduced gross profit, additionally an increase in Selling, general and administrative expenses. A reconciliation between the current and prior year’s reported figures to Adjusted EBITDA is shown in Section 5.3.
Cash Flow
Cash flows used in operating activities for the three-month period ended June 30, 2024, amounted to EUR 0.7m (2Q23: EUR 1.2M) with the underlying performance reaching EUR 3.1m (2Q23: EUR 4.2.m) coupled with the negative movement in working capital and income taxes paid of EUR 3.8m (2Q23: negative EUR 5.4m).
Cash flows used in investing activities amounted to EUR 3.1m (2Q23: EUR 1.8m), an increase of EUR 1.3m. During both periods, the Company continued its investment in software development costs.
Cash flows generated from financing activities amounted to an inflow of EUR 6.3m (2Q23: EUR 0.9m outflow) related to proceeds from loans of EUR 6.5m (2Q23: nil).
Financial performance in the first half of 2024
Revenues
The Company’s revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2024, increased from the same period in the previous year by 2.3% to EUR 48.7m (six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 47.6m) continuing a solid quarterly positive momentum since 4Q21. The Company’s positive year-over-year revenue growth was derived mainly from organic growth from its existing content and PAM customer base, the onboarding of new customers in various jurisdictions and a strong revenue performance from its proprietary casino games studio and existing United States customer base.
Gross Profit
Gross profit for the six months ended June 30, 2024 decreased EUR 1.8m from the same period in the previous year by 6.8% to EUR 24.3m (six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 26.0m) with gross margins decreasing by 480 bps to 49.9% (six months ended June 30,
2 Adjusted EBITDA excludes income or expenses that relate to exceptional items and non-cash share-based charges and
includes deductions for lease expenses that are recognized as part of depreciation and finance charges under IFRS 16.
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2023: 54.7%), The gross profit and gross margin decreases are mainly as a result of the shift in the product mix leading to an increased revenue performance in all content products while PAM and managed services were slightly lower proportionally.
Expenses
Selling, general and administrative expenses amounted to EUR 26.1m, an increase of EUR 1.1m from the same period in the previous year (six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 25.0m). Expenses were mainly driven by an increase of EUR 1.9m in depreciation and amortization, and an increase of EUR 1.1m in professional fees. These movements have been offset by a reduction in total employee costs of EUR 2.2m.
Profitability
Adjusted EBITDA amounted to EUR 7.0m (six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 8.6m), a decrease of EUR 1.6m for the period with margins decreasing by 370 bps to 14.4% (six months ended June 30, 2023: 18.1%). Operating loss amounted to EUR 2.5m (six months ended June 30, 2023: income of EUR 1.8m), an increase in loss of EUR 4.3m as a result of the decrease in gross profit of EUR 1.8m due to the shift in the product mix, while incurring increases in depreciation and amortization of EUR 1.9m, an increase in professional fees of EUR 1.1m and offset due to a decrease in total employee costs during the transition period of key executive positions and increased deferred cost.
Cash Flow
Cash flows generated from operating activities for the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, amounted to EUR 2.1m (1H23: EUR 5.2M) with the underlying performance reaching EUR 6.7m (1H23: EUR 8.0m) coupled with the negative movement in working capital and income taxes paid of EUR 4.6m (2Q23: negative EUR 2.8m).
Cash flows used in investing activities amounted to EUR 5.9m (1H23: EUR 3.9m), an increase of EUR 2.0m. During both periods, the Company continued its investment in software development costs.
Cash flows generated from financing activities amounted to EUR 5.6m (1H23: used EUR 1.2m) mainly related to proceeds from loans of EUR 6.5m (2Q23: repayment of EUR 0.1m).
Financial Position
Cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2024, amounted to EUR 10.9m (December 31, 2023: EUR 8.8m), an increase of EUR 2.1m as a result of EUR 5.9m cash used in investing activities offset by EUR 5.6m cash generated from financing activities and a positive cash flow from operations of EUR 2.1m.
Trade and other receivables as of June 30, 2024, totalled EUR 18.6m (December 31, 2023: EUR 18.6m), collection cycle maintained its prior position.
Trade payables and other liabilities as of June 30, 2024, decreased by EUR 1.8m to EUR 20.1m (December 31, 2023: EUR 21.8m).
Total convertible debt valuation amounted to EUR 0.6m (December 31, 2023: EUR 2.9m), of which EUR 0.2m is recorded as a short-term derivative liability (December 31, 2023: EUR 0.5m) and EUR 0.5m as a short-term convertible debt (December 31, 2023: EUR 2.4m). The total outstanding face value amount repayable as of June 30, 2024, was USD 1.0m (December 31, 2023: USD 4.0m).
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Others
● | Financing: On April 24, 2024, the Company obtained a secured promissory note in the principal amount of US$7 million from a member of management. The secured promissory note matures on April 24, 2025, and bears interest at an annual rate of 14%, payable quarterly. The purpose of issuing the promissory note is to provide the Company with additional capital to be used for operational expenditure and for the achievement of greater financial flexibility in the coming months. |
● | Share Capital: As of June 30, 2024, the number of issued and outstanding shares was 24,945,976 (December 31, 2023: 23,003,552), the number of outstanding awards from equity incentive plans was 1,776,213 (December 31, 2023: 2,500,592), and the number of warrants issued upon convertible debt was 979,048 (December 31, 2023: 979,048). |
● | Employees: As of June 30, 2024, the Company has 466 employees, contractors, and sub-contractors (June 30, 2023: 446) across Europe, North America, and India. |
Strategic Progress
As a business, Bragg’s strategic goal is to be a profitable, successful provider of both iGaming content and technology solutions. This goal will be achieved by the Company acting as a leading developer, provider and licensor of iGaming technology and services, as well as a distributor and producer of casino games content for the iGaming industry.
Bragg’s casino content portfolio encompasses both online and land-based casino games developed and then distributed from its in-house Bragg Studios, exclusive online games from third-party content providers which are ‘Powered by Bragg’, aggregated and non-exclusive online casino content delivered via Bragg technology to its customers.
Bragg technology-based solutions which are provided as part of the Company’s turnkey services to the iGaming and sports betting industry include proprietary player account management (PAM) technology, the Bragg remote games server (RGS) on which it builds and operates its exclusive games portfolio, the Bragg HUB content delivery platform, the Fuze ™ player engagement toolset as well as Bragg’s data analysis and reporting platforms.
The Company also providers fully managed, operation and marketing services to customers utilizing its PAM offering.
To summarize, Bragg content, technology and services encompass a full turnkey solution which aims to capture an increasing proportion of the online casino, sports betting and lottery market at every level of the value chain.
Bragg plans to achieve this goal by continuing to focus on making progress in the following key strategic business areas:
1. | Rollout of Bragg’s content portfolio in the United States Over the second quarter of 2024, Bragg has continued to build on its strategic expansion across the U.S. market, launching new online casino content and RGS technology with BetMGM & Borgata in Pennsylvania. We’re also proud to have launched with the U.S. market leader, FanDuel in the Pennsylvanian market, one of the biggest markets for iGaming in the U.S as well as international operator Bet365. |
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2. | Continued expansion in other markets Bragg continued its goal of expanding into new regulated markets, those which are soon to launch as well as expanding its offering across existing regulated markets. During 2Q24, the Company added its second customer in the Czech Republic, providing full turnkey solutions, iGaming content, PAM and its Fuze ™ marketing toolset with Kingsbet.cz as well as sportsbook technology via Altenar. Bragg has also grown its market footprint in the Netherlands, launching its PAM platform with Hard Rock Casino, as well as launching sportsbook solutions with BetNation.nl, ComeOn.nl and 711.nl respectively. These sportsbook launches form part of the Company’s partnerships with sportsbook technology firms Metric Gaming and Kambi respectively. |
3. | Proprietary Bragg Studios content development The Company has continued to grow and expand its portfolio of proprietary Bragg Studios content over the course of the quarter, in line with the wider business strategy of revenue growth from casino content generated and developed in-house. In general, proprietary content creates a higher gross profit margin for Bragg when compared to third-party content, due to the fact no royalties are payable to studio owners. Proprietary studios released 12 new content titles globally in the second quarter of 2024 compared to seven in the same period in the previous year. Notably, during 2Q24 the Company launched nine proprietary titles new to North American markets, including two from its Wild Streak Gaming studio which is already established in the land-based sector in the region with brand recognition from an existing player base. These North American proprietary releases contributed to robust growth in wagering and GGR in the region during the second quarter. Table: Number of proprietary games titles released the second quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year |
| | | | | | New to | | New to European | ||||
| | New titles globally | | North American markets | | & RoW markets | ||||||
|
| 2Q24 |
| 2Q23 |
| 2Q24 |
| 2Q23 |
| 2Q24 |
| 2Q23 |
All Proprietary Studios | | 12 | | 7 | | 9 | | 1 | | 10 | | 7 |
Indigo Magic | | 5 | | 3 | | 5 | | 0 | | 5 | | 3 |
Atomic Slot Lab | | 4 | | 3 | | 2 | | 1 | | 4 | | 3 |
Wild Streak Gaming | | 3 | | 1 | | 2 | | 0 | | 1 | | 1 |
4. | Exclusive portfolio expansion via Powered by Bragg content partners The Company continues to expand its portfolio of games from partner studios offered exclusively from Bragg to its customers . Online casino titles built on the Bragg RGS and exclusively distributed by the Company grow the number of in-demand games titles offered to customers. In addition, exclusive games from third-parties allow the Company to offer highly localized game portfolios, for example through offering a number of exclusive games online in North America from casino brands with established land-based footprints such as King Show Games, Bluberi and Incredible Technologies. Bragg released fewer new global titles from partners in the second quarter of 2024 (five, compared to ten in the same period the previous year), but this is partly due to the relatively high number of proprietary titles released in 2Q24. In general, the Company aims to keep a balanced portfolio with approximately half of released titles coming from the higher margin, in-house studios, and half coming from carefully selected partner studios which enrich and diversify the Company’s exclusive games portfolio. |
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Table: Number of partner games titles released the second quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year |
| | | | | | New to | | New to European | ||||
| | New titles globally | | North American markets | | & RoW markets | ||||||
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| 2Q24 |
| 2Q23 |
| 2Q24 |
| 2Q23 |
| 2Q24 |
| 2Q23 |
All Partner Studios | | 5 | | 10 | | 1 | | 3 | | 5 | | 8 |
Gamomat | | 3 | | 2 | | 0 | | 0 | | 3 | | 2 |
King Show Games | | 2 | | 2 | | 0 | | 0 | | 2 | | 2 |
Bluberi | | 0 | | 2 | | 1 | | 1 | | 0 | | 2 |
Incredible Technologies | | 0 | | 2 | | 0 | | 2 | | 0 | | 0 |
Animak Gaming | | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | 1 |
Blue Guru | | 0 | | 1 | | 0 | | 0 | | 0 | | 1 |
5. | PAM & full product suite In the Netherlands, the Company continues to be the market leading PAM supplier, adding a sixth PAM customer in Hard Rock Casino during 2Q24. The Company also added a second PAM customer in the Czech market, with the addition of KingsBet as a full service turnkey client. We continue to consider new opportunities to grow the Company’s PAM, content aggregation, player engagement toolset and managed services in multiple jurisdictions internationally. |
Outlook
Bragg continues to launch proprietary and exclusive content across the U.S., as well as other global jurisdictions. The Company is also expanding its in-house Bragg Studios content portfolio, content which generates a higher gross product margin compared to that generated through the distribution of content from third-party studios. Bragg also is growing its Powered By Bragg program, expanding content, adding several popular casino brands to its exclusive games portfolio and creating differentiation in Bragg’s overall content offering.
The Company is continuing to lead the way in the Netherlands iGaming market with its PAM, further developing this platform, as well as aggregation, and complete business solutions in the Netherlands and across other countries.
During 2Q24, Bragg instigated a strategic review to explore potential alternatives for the business with the aim of generating value for shareholders. The Company remains laser-focused on maximizing shareholder value as it continues to advance the strategic alternatives review process. As previously indicated, the Company will not be providing specific comments on the status of the process and only intends to do so as circumstances warrant.
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5. |
5.1 |
The financial information presented below has been prepared to examine the results of operations from continuing activities.
The presentation currency of the Company is the Euro, while the functional currencies of its subsidiaries are Euro, Canadian dollar, United States dollar, Israel shekels and British pound sterling due to primary location of individual entities within our corporate group. The presentation currency of the Euro has been selected as it best represents the majority of the Company’s economic inflows, outflows as well as its assets and liabilities.
5.2 |
The primary non-IFRS financial measure which the Company uses is Adjusted EBITDA. When internally analyzing underlying operating performance, management excludes certain items from EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation, and amortization).
| | Three Months Ended |
| Three Months Ended | | Six Months Ended |
| Six Months Ended | |
| | June 30, | | June 30, | | June 30, | | June 30, | |
EUR 000 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 | |
Revenue |
| 24,861 |
| 24,729 | | 48,672 |
| 47,588 | |
Net Income (Loss) |
| (2,400) |
| 377 | | (4,304) |
| (99) | |
EBITDA |
| 2,779 |
| 4,525 | | 5,388 |
| 7,754 | |
Adjusted EBITDA |
| 3,615 |
| 4,742 | | 7,026 |
| 8,636 | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share |
| (0.10) |
| 0.02 | | (0.18) |
| 0.00 | |
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share |
| (0.10) |
| 0.02 | | (0.18) |
| 0.00 | |
| | | | | |
| | As at | | As at | |
| | June 30, | | December 31, | |
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 | |
Total assets |
| 105,845 |
| 103,367 | |
Total non-current financial liabilities |
| 2,837 |
| 4,367 | |
| | | | | |
Dividends paid |
| nil |
| nil | |
As at June 30, 2024, non-current financial liabilities primarily consists of EUR 2.4m in lease obligations on right of use assets in relation to office leases (December 31, 2023: EUR 2.6m), and EUR 0.4m in other non-current liabilities (December 31, 2023: EUR 0.4m).
With the exception of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, the financial data has been prepared to conform with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. These accounting principles have been applied consistently across for all reporting periods presented.
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5.3OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
To supplement its Interim Financial Statements, the Company considers certain financial measures that are not prepared in accordance with IFRS. The Company uses such non-IFRS financial measures in evaluating its operating results and for financial and operational decision-making purposes. The Company believes that such measures help identify underlying trends in its business that could otherwise be masked by the effect of the expenses that it excludes in such measures.
The Company also believes that such measures provide useful information about its operating results, enhance the overall understanding of its past performance and future prospects and allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making. However, these measures should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with IFRS. There are a number of limitations related to the use of such non-IFRS measures as opposed to their nearest IFRS equivalents.
A reconciliation of operating income (loss) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA is as follows:
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||
EUR 000 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Operating income (loss) |
| (1,215) |
| 1,271 | | (2,483) |
| 1,791 |
Depreciation and amortization |
| 3,994 |
| 3,254 | | 7,871 |
| 5,963 |
EBITDA |
| 2,779 |
| 4,525 | | 5,388 |
| 7,754 |
Depreciation of right-of-use assets |
| (147) |
| (84) | | (373) |
| (166) |
Lease interest expense |
| (26) |
| (11) | | (60) |
| (20) |
Share based compensation |
| 420 |
| 526 | | 604 |
| 1,284 |
Transaction and acquisition costs |
| — |
| (5) | | — |
| 32 |
Exceptional costs |
| 672 |
| 318 | | 792 |
| 485 |
(Gain) Loss on remeasurement of derivative liability |
| (38) |
| 115 | | 140 |
| 179 |
Gain on settlement of convertible debt | | — |
| (204) | | (65) |
| (204) |
(Gain) loss on remeasurement of deferred consideration |
| (45) |
| (438) | | 600 |
| (708) |
Adjusted EBITDA |
| 3,615 |
| 4,742 | | 7,026 |
| 8,636 |
Exceptional costs in the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, include EUR 0.7m and EUR 0.8m relating to legal and professional costs associated with non-recurring strategic process driven cost, corporate and regulatory matters, and expenses related to the Board’s strategic review.
Gain/Loss on remeasurement of derivative liability is due to remeasurement of the present value of the conversion options embedded in the convertible debt instrument, whilst gain on settlement of convertible debt arose from cash-in-lieu settlement of the debt. Gain/loss on remeasurement of deferred consideration is due to remeasurement of the present value of deferred share consideration in relation to the acquisition of Spin.
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5.4 |
Selected financial information is as follows:
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | | ||||
EUR 000 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 | |
Revenue |
| 24,861 |
| 24,729 | | 48,672 |
| 47,588 | |
Operating income (loss) |
| (1,215) |
| 1,271 | | (2,483) |
| 1,791 | |
EBITDA |
| 2,779 |
| 4,525 | | 5,388 |
| 7,754 | |
Adjusted EBITDA |
| 3,615 |
| 4,742 | | 7,026 |
| 8,636 | |
| | As at | | As at |
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Total assets |
| 105,845 |
| 103,367 |
Total liabilities |
| 34,157 |
| 33,120 |
TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES
| | As at | | As at |
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
EUR 000 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Trade receivables |
| 17,834 |
| 18,641 |
Sales tax receivables |
| 767 |
| — |
Trade and other receivables |
| 18,601 |
| 18,641 |
| | As at | | As at |
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
EUR 000 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Less than one month |
| 16,438 |
| 17,711 |
Between two and three months |
| 1,630 |
| 1,275 |
Greater than three months |
| 1,928 |
| 1,714 |
|
| 19,996 | | 20,700 |
Provision for expected credit losses |
| (2,162) |
| (2,059) |
Trade receivables |
| 17,834 |
| 18,641 |
TRADE PAYABLES AND OTHER LIABILITIES
| | As at | | As at |
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
EUR 000 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Trade payables |
| 6,195 |
| 7,504 |
Accrued liabilities |
| 13,535 |
| 13,983 |
Sales tax payable | | — |
| 12 |
Other liabilities |
| 327 |
| 347 |
Trade payables and other liabilities |
| 20,057 |
| 21,846 |
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5.5 |
The following table presents the selected financial data for continuing operations for each of the past eight quarters of the Company.
| | 2022 | | 2023 | | 2024 | | | ||||||||
EUR 000 |
| 3Q22 |
| 4Q22 |
| 1Q23 | | 2Q23 | | 3Q23 | | 4Q23 |
| 1Q24 | | 2Q24 |
Revenue |
| 20,899 |
| 23,681 |
| 22,859 | | 24,729 | | 22,574 | | 23,357 |
| 23,811 | | 24,861 |
Operating income (loss) |
| (1,638) |
| 162 |
| 520 | | 1,271 | | (2,137) | | (431) |
| (1,268) | | (1,215) |
EBITDA |
| 837 |
| 2,682 |
| 3,229 | | 4,525 | | 1,209 | | 3,327 |
| 2,609 | | 2,779 |
Adjusted EBITDA |
| 2,237 |
| 3,650 |
| 3,894 | | 4,742 | | 3,814 | | 2,786 |
| 3,411 | | 3,615 |
Income (Loss) per share - Basic |
| (0.09) |
| (0.04) |
| (0.02) | | 0.02 | | (0.13) | | (0.03) |
| (0.08) | | (0.10) |
Income (Loss) per share - Diluted | | (0.09) | | (0.04) | | (0.02) | | 0.02 | | (0.13) | | (0.03) | | (0.08) | | (0.10) |
5.6LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
The Company’s principal source of liquidity is its cash generated from operations. On April 24, 2024, the Company obtained a secured promissory note in the principal amount of US$7m from a member of management. The secured promissory note matures on April 24, 2025 and bears interest at an annual rate of 14%, payable quarterly. The purpose of issuing the promissory note is to provide the Company with additional capital to be used for operational expenditure and for the achievement of greater financial flexibility in the coming months. Currently available funds consist primarily of cash on deposit with banks. The Company calculates its working capital requirements from continuing operations as follows:
|
| As at |
| As at |
| | June 30, | | December 31, |
EUR 000 | | 2024 | | 2023 |
Cash and cash equivalents |
| 10,850 |
| 8,796 |
Trade and other receivables |
| 18,601 |
| 18,641 |
Prepaid expenses and other assets |
| 2,756 |
| 1,655 |
Current liabilities excluding Loans payable, deferred consideration and convertible debt |
| (21,659) |
| (23,943) |
Net working capital | | 10,548 |
| 5,149 |
Loans payable | | (6,702) | | - |
Convertible debt - current | | (463) | | (2,445) |
Deferred consideration -current |
| (1,797) |
| (1,513) |
Net current assets |
| 1,586 |
| 1,191 |
Current deferred consideration of EUR 1.8m is related to deferred share consideration upon the acquisition of Spin on June 1, 2022 (December 31, 2023: EUR 1.5m).
The undiscounted contractual maturities of significant financial liabilities and the total contractual obligations of the Company as June 30, 2024 are below:
|
| 2024 |
| 2025 |
| 2026 |
| 2027 |
| Thereafter |
| Total |
Trade payables and other liabilities |
| 20,057 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| 20,057 |
Lease obligations on right of use assets |
| 422 |
| 777 |
| 758 | | 780 | | 886 |
| 3,623 |
Convertible debt | | 934 |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | | 934 |
Loans payable | | 458 |
| 6,990 |
| — |
| — |
| — | | 7,448 |
Other non-current liabilities |
| 1 |
| 3 |
| 3 |
| 7 |
| 778 |
| 792 |
|
| 21,872 |
| 7,770 |
| 761 |
| 787 |
| 1,664 |
| 32,854 |
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MARKET RISK
The Company is exposed to market risks, including changes to foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates.
FOREIGN CURRENCY EXCHANGE RISK
The Company is exposed to foreign currency risk, which includes risks related to its revenue and operating expenses denominated in currencies other than EUR, which is both the reporting currency and primary contracting currency of the Company’s customers. Accordingly, changes in exchange rates may in the future reduce the purchasing power of the Company’s customers thereby potentially negatively affecting the Company’s revenue and other operating results.
The Company has experienced and will continue to experience fluctuations in its net income (loss) as a result of translation gains or losses related to revaluing certain current asset and current liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded.
LIQUIDITY RISK
The Company is also exposed to liquidity risk with respect to its contractual obligations and financial liabilities. The Company manages liquidity risk by continuously monitoring its forecasted and actual cash flows, and matching maturity profiles of financial assets and liabilities.
5.7 |
The cash flow may be summarized as follows:
| | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||
EUR 000 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Operating activities | | 2,097 | | 5,158 |
Investing activities | | (5,870) | | (3,915) |
Financing activities | | 5,609 | | (1,198) |
Effect of foreign exchange | | 218 | | (590) |
Net cash flow | | 2,054 | | (545) |
Cash flows used in investing activities is primarily due to additions to intangible assets of EUR 5.3m (six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 3.7m).
| | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||
EUR 000 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Purchases of property and equipment |
| (521) |
| (206) |
Additions in intangible assets |
| (5,349) |
| (3,709) |
Cash flows used in investing activities |
| (5,870) |
| (3,915) |
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In the six months ended June 30, 2024, cash flows used in financing activities mainly consisted of a secured promissory note of EUR 6.5m (six months ended June 30, 2023: used EUR 0.1m), repayment of convertible debt totaling EUR 0.5m (six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 0.9m), repayment of lease liability EUR 0.4m (six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR 0.2m) and interest and financing charges totaling EUR 0.4m (six months ended June 30, 2023: EUR nil).
| | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||
EUR 000 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Proceeds from exercise of stock options |
| 294 |
| 4 |
Repayment of convertible debt |
| (455) |
| (939) |
Repayment of lease liability |
| (350) |
| (154) |
Repayment of loans | | 6,532 |
| (107) |
Interest and financing fees |
| (412) |
| (2) |
Cash flows (used in) generated from financing activities |
| 5,609 |
| (1,198) |
Significant non-cash transactions from financing activities include settlement of convertible debt through issuance of common shares amounting to EUR 2,704 (six months period ended June 30, 2023: EUR 2,217).
6 |
The Company’s policy is to conduct all transactions and settle all balances with related parties on market terms and conditions for those in the normal course of business. Transactions between the Company and its consolidated entities have been eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed.
Key Management Personnel
The Company’s key management personnel are comprised of members of the Board and the executive team. Two key management employees are also shareholders in the Company.
Transactions with Shareholders, Key Management Personnel and Members of the Board of Directors
Transactions recorded in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss between the Company and its shareholders, key management personnel and members of the Board are set out in aggregate as follows:
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||
| | 2024 |
| 2023 | | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Revenue | | | | 28 | | — | | 52 |
Salaries and subcontractors | | (760) | | (688) | | (1,317) | | (1,698) |
Share based compensation | | (450) | | (439) | | (586) | | (1,069) |
Professional fees | | — | | (11) | | — | | (21) |
| | (1,210) | | (1,110) | | (1,903) | | (2,736) |
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Transactions with Wild Streak and Spin Vendors
Certain vendors in the sale of Wild Streak and Spin subsequently became employees of the Company. Transactions recorded in the interim unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss between the Company and these employees are set out in aggregate as follows:
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||
| | 2024 |
| 2023 | | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Salaries and subcontractors | | (407) | | (899) | | (882) | | (1,625) |
Share based compensation | | - | | (28) | | (10) | | (45) |
Gain (Loss) on remeasurement of deferred consideration | | 45 | | 438 | | (600) | | 708 |
Interest and financing fees | | (340) | | (121) | | (475) | | (258) |
| | (702) | | (610) | | (1,967) | | (1,220) |
Balances due to/from key management personnel, members of the Board and Wild Streak and Spin vendors who subsequently became employees of the Company are set out in aggregate as follows:
Consolidated statements of changes in equity | | | | | | Six Months Ended | | Six Months Ended |
| | | | | | June 30, | | June 30, |
| | | | | | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Shares issued as deferred consideration to Wild Streak Vendors | | | | | | | | |
Shares to be issued | | | | | | (3,491) | | (3,491) |
Share capital | | | | | | 3,491 | | 3,491 |
Shares issued as consideration to Spin Vendors | | | | | | | | |
Share capital | | | | | | 2,139 | | 1,104 |
Net movement in equity | | | | | | 2,139 | | 1,104 |
| | | | | | As at | | As at |
| | | | | | June 30, | | December 31, |
| | | | | | 2024 |
| 2023 |
Consolidated statements of financial position | | | | | | | | |
Trade and other receivables | | | | | | — | | 40 |
Trade payables and other liabilities | | | | | | (772) | | (1,945) |
Deferred consideration - current | | | | | | (1,797) | | (1,513) |
Deferred consideration - non-current | | | | | | — | | (1,426) |
Loans payable | | | | | | (6,702) | | |
Net related party payable | | | | | | (9,271) | | (4,844) |
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7 |
The number of equity-based instruments granted or issued may be summarized as follows:
| | June 30, | | August 8, |
|
| 2024 |
| 2024 |
Common Shares |
| 24,945,976 |
| 24,946,276 |
Warrants |
| 979,048 |
| 979,048 |
Fixed Stock Options |
| 1,669,547 |
| 1,669,247 |
Restricted Share Units | | 80,000 | | 80,000 |
Deferred Share Units |
| 26,666 |
| 26,666 |
|
| 27,701,237 |
| 27,701,237 |
8 |
The preparation of the interim financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments in applying the Company’s accounting policies that affect the reported amounts and disclosures made in the interim financial statements and accompanying notes.
Within the context of the interim financial statements, a judgment is a decision made by management in respect of the application of an accounting policy, a recognized or unrecognized financial statement amount and/or note disclosure, following an analysis of relevant information that may include estimates and assumptions. Estimates and assumptions are used mainly in determining the measurement of balances recognized or disclosed in the interim financial statements and are based on a set of underlying data that may include management’s historical experience, knowledge of current events and conditions and other factors that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.
Management continually evaluates the estimates and judgments it uses.
The following are the accounting policies subject to judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty that the Company believes could have the most significant impact on the amounts recognized in the interim financial statements.
Impairment of non-financial assets (property and equipment, right-of-use assets, intangible assets and goodwill)
- | Judgments made in relation to accounting policies applied |
Management is required to use judgment in determining the grouping of assets to identify their cash generating units (“CGUs”) for the purposes of testing property and equipment, intangible assets and right-of-use assets for impairment. Judgment is further required to determine appropriate groupings of CGUs for the level at which goodwill and intangible assets are tested for impairment.
The Company has determined that Oryx Gaming, Wild Streak and Spin are a single CGU for the purposes of property and equipment, intangible assets and right-of-use asset impairment testing. For the purpose of goodwill impairment testing, CGUs are grouped at the lowest level at which goodwill is monitored for internal management purposes. In addition, judgment is used to determine whether a triggering event has occurred requiring an impairment test to be completed.
- | Key sources of estimation |
In determining the recoverable amount of a CGU or a group of CGUs, various estimates are employed. The Company determines fair value less costs to sell using such estimates as market rental rates for comparable properties, recoverable operating costs for leases with tenants, non-recoverable operating costs, discount rates, capitalization rates and terminal capitalization rates. The Company determines value in use by using estimates including projected future revenues, earnings and capital investment consistent with
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strategic plans presented to the Board. Discount rates are consistent with external industry information reflecting the risk associated with the specific cash flows.
Impairment of accounts receivable
In each stage of the expected credit loss (“ECL”) impairment model, impairment is determined based on the probability of default, loss given default, and expected exposures at default. The application of the ECL model requires management to apply the following significant judgments, assumptions, and estimations:
- | movement of impairment measurement between the three stages of the ECL model, based on the assessment of the increase in credit risks on accounts receivables. The assessment of changes in credit risks includes qualitative and quantitative factors of the accounts, such as historical credit loss experience and external credit scores; |
- | thresholds for significant increase in credit risks based on changes in probability of default over the expected life of the instrument relative to initial recognition; and |
- | forecasts of future economic conditions. |
Leases
- | Judgments made in relation to accounting policies applied |
Management exercises judgment in determining the appropriate lease term on a lease-by-lease basis. Management considers all facts and circumstances that create an economic incentive to exercise a renewal option or to not exercise a termination option including investments in major leaseholds and past business practice and the length of time remaining before the option is exercisable. The periods covered by renewal options are only included in the lease term if management is reasonably certain to renew. Management considers reasonably certain to be a high threshold. Changes in the economic environment or changes in the office rental industry may impact management’s assessment of lease term, and any changes in management’s estimate of lease terms may have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated statements of financial position and consolidated statements of income (loss) and comprehensive loss.
- | Key sources of estimation |
In determining the carrying amount of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities, the Company is required to estimate the incremental borrowing rate specific to each leased asset or portfolio of leased assets if the interest rate implicit in the lease is not readily determined. Management determines the incremental borrowing rate using a base risk-free interest rate estimated by reference to the bond yield with an adjustment that reflects the Company’s credit rating, the security, lease term and value of the underlying leased asset, and the economic environment in which the leased asset operates. The incremental borrowing rates are subject to change due to changes in the business and macroeconomic environment.
Warrants and share options
- | Judgments made in relation to accounting policies applied |
Management exercises judgment in determining the model used and the inputs therein to evaluate the value of share option grants and issued warrants. Management considers all facts and circumstances for each grant issuance on an individual basis.
- | Key sources of estimation |
In determining the fair value of warrants and share options, the Company is required to estimate the future volatility of the market value of the Company’s shares by reference to its historical volatility or comparable companies over the previous years, a risk-free interest rate estimated by reference to the Government of Canada bond yield, and a dividend yield of Nil.
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Long-term employee benefits obligations
- | Judgments made in relation to accounting policies applied |
Management exercises judgment in determining the appropriate fair value of severance pay upon retirement and awards for years of service that certain employees have earned in return for their service. A calculation is made for each employee taking into account the cost of severance pay upon retirement due under the contract of employment and the cost of all expected awards for years of service with the Company until retirement.
- | Key sources of estimation |
In determining the present value of liabilities to certain employees, the Company performs actuarial calculations in accordance with IAS 19 Employee Benefits applying the Projected Unit Credit Method to measure obligations and costs. Various assumptions are applied including retirement age, mortality, average salary of an individual and growth in income in future years.
Convertible debt
- | Judgments made in relation to accounting policies applied |
Management exercises judgment in determining the appropriate fair value of each separately identifiable component in the convertible debt instrument. Embedded derivatives such as conversion and buy-back options are measured at fair value through profit and loss and remeasured at each reporting period. The host debt liability is measured at amortised cost and amortised over the life of the instrument. Residual amounts, if any, from the transaction price after deducting the fair value of derivative liabilities and host debt are allocated to warrants if issued as part of the convertible debt.
- | Key sources of estimation |
In determining the present value of conversion options, the Company has performed Monte-Carlo simulations modelled as a series of call options with inputs including strike price, stock price WVAP, annualized volatility and risk-free rate.
In respect of buy-back options, the Company has employed a Black Scholes valuation, adding an early exercise premium. Inputs and assumptions include share price, risk free rate, volatility and exercise price.
The fair value of the host debt liability is determined using a discounted cash flow method at an appropriate market participant discount rate.
9 |
There have been no changes in the Company’s accounting policies in any of the reporting periods discussed in this MD&A.
10 |
Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the financial statements in accordance with IFRS. Any system of internal control over financial reporting, no matter how well designed, has inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Based on a review of the Company’s internal control procedures, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer believe its internal controls and procedures are appropriately designed as at the date of this MD&A.
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There have been no material changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the three and six months period ended June 30, 2024, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial reporting.
Disclosure controls and procedures
Management is also responsible for the design and effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures to provide reasonable assurance that material information related to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, which is required to be disclosed by the Company in its filings or required to be submitted by the Company under securities legislation is recorded, processed and summarized and reported within specified time periods. The Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have each evaluated the design of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as at the date of this MD&A, and have concluded that these controls and procedures were appropriately designed.
11 |
Certain factors, listed below, may have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operations. Current and prospective investors should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties and other information contained in this MD&A and the corresponding financial statements.
For a detailed description of risk factors associated with the Company, please refer to the “Risk Factors” section of the Company's annual information form. The risks and uncertainties described herein and therein are not the only ones the Company may face. Additional risks and uncertainties that the Company is unaware of, or that the Company currently believes are not material, may also become important factors that could adversely affect the Company’s business. If any of such risks actually occur, the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, and future prospects could be materially and adversely affected.
The Company depends on a small number of significant customers for a large portion of revenue.
The business of the Company was dependent on ten customers for approximately 59.3% and 61.8% of its revenue in the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, and approximately 65.9% and 65.1% in the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 respectively. The Company's largest customer accounted for approximately 22.0% and 24.4% of the Company's revenue for the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, and approximately 34.2% and 34.6% in the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 respectively. The Company’s accounts receivables tend to be concentrated within a small group of customers and this is expected to improve while the Company is growing its customer base in various jurisdictions.
The loss of any significant customer, a significant decrease in business from any such customer or a reduction in customer revenue due to adverse changes in the terms of contractual arrangements or other factors could harm the Company’s results of operations and financial condition. Revenue from individual customers may fluctuate from time to time.
The Company currently relies on third-parties for its gaming content and has no control over the providers of its content. Our business could be adversely affected if our access to games is limited or delayed.
The control of content by our major providers means that even one entity, or a small number of entities working together, may unilaterally affect our access to games and other content. We cannot guarantee that these providers will always choose to license to us. Our business may be adversely affected if our access to games is limited or delayed because of deterioration in our relationships with one or more of these providers or if they choose not to license to us for any other reason.
Even if we are able to secure rights to gaming content from providers or creators, external groups may object and may exert pressure on third parties to discontinue licensing rights to us, hold back content from us, or increase content fees. Content providers also may
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attempt to take advantage of their market power to demand onerous financial terms from us. If any of these content providers were to not renew their contracts at the expiration of their current service terms, fail to meet their contractual obligations or cease operations for any reason, and if no suitable alternative providers were available, we could be unable to operate our gaming platform. Our inability to retain such third-party providers or find suitable alternate providers in a timely manner could lead to significant costs and disruptions that could reduce our revenue, harm our business reputation, and have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.
To the extent that we are unable to license a large amount of content or the content of certain popular games, our business, operating results, and financial condition could be materially harmed.
The industry within which the Company operates are intensely competitive, characterized by low barriers to entry, and are subject to changing technology, shifting user needs, and frequent introductions of new offerings.
The Company's current and potential competitors include large and established companies as well as other start-up companies. Certain competitors have more established relationships and greater financial resources and they can use their resources against the Company in a variety of competitive ways, including by making acquisitions, investing aggressively in research and development and advertising. Emerging start-ups may be able to innovate and provide offerings faster than the Company can. As a result of developments in digital and internet gaming, the cost of entry to the gaming market has decreased significantly. This has resulted in a highly competitive environment. Digital and internet gaming have emerged as substantial methods of competition from existing competitors and, increasingly, new competitors as a result of the lower cost of entry. The increased competition may result in increased pricing pressures on a number of the Company’s products and services. If competitors are more successful than the Company in developing compelling offerings or navigating regulatory hurdles, the Company's revenue and growth rates could be negatively affected. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to maintain or grow its position in the marketplace.
The integrity, reliability and operational performance of the Company's content aggregation, parsing and distribution and other operational information technology systems are critical to the Company's ability to serve its businesses.
The Company's information technology ("IT") systems may be damaged or interrupted by increases in usage, human error, unauthorized access, natural hazards or disasters or similarly disruptive events. Any failure of these IT systems or the telecommunications and/or other third party infrastructure on which such systems rely, could lead to significant costs and disruptions that could reduce the Company's revenue, harm the Company's business reputation and have a material adverse effect on the Company's prospects, business, financial condition or results of operations.
The Company incurs significant costs to maintain, transfer and receive personal data across jurisdictions.
The Company has procedures and measures in place to protect against network or IT system failure or disruption. However, those procedures and measures may not be effective to ensure that the Company is able to carry on its business in the ordinary course if they fail or are disrupted. In addition, the Company's IT systems may not be effective in detecting any intrusion or other security breaches, or safeguarding against sabotage, hackers, denial of service attacks, viruses or cybercrime. Any failure in these protections could harm the Company's business reputation and have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
With regard to transfers to the U.S. of personal data (as such term is defined under the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation 679/2016 (the "GDPR")) from the Company’s European and U.K. employees, customers, users and other persons, the Company has relied until recently upon the EU - U.S. Privacy Shield, and the Company currently attempts to rely upon EU standard contractual clauses in certain circumstances. Both the EU - U.S. Privacy Shield and EU standard contractual clauses have been subject to legal challenge, resulting in the EU - U.S. Privacy Shield being invalidated, in July 2020, by the Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU"). The U.S. Department of Commerce and the European Commission have initiated discussions to evaluate the potential for an enhanced EU - U.S. Privacy Shield framework that would comply with the CJEU decision; however, such an enhancement may
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not be created, or any such enhancement could be subject to further challenge before the European courts. While the validity of the EU standard contractual clauses was confirmed by the CJEU, the use of the standard clauses with respect to data transfers to countries outside of the European Economic Area ("EEA") or the U.K., including the U.S., may be subject to further challenge. On 4 June 2021, the European Commission issued revised EU standard contractual clauses which intend to address the decision of the CJEU and recommendations made by the European Data Protection Board. Parties currently relying, or wishing to rely, upon EU standard contractual clauses therefore face operational and administrative challenges to implement these revised clauses, and/or any equivalent clauses issued by the relevant competent authority in the United Kingdom. Due to the unsettled nature of data export from the EEA and the U.K. to the U.S. (and other third countries), the Company may experience reluctance or refusal by current or prospective European customers to use the Company’s products, and the Company may find it necessary or desirable to make further changes to its handling of personal data of EEA residents, including arrangements to store and process such data outside the U.S. The regulatory environment applicable to the handling of EEA or U.K. residents' personal data, and our actions taken in response, may cause the Company to assume additional liabilities or incur additional costs, and could result in the Company’s business, operating results and financial condition being harmed. Additionally, should the Company continue to transfer the personal data of EEA or U.K. residents to the U.S. or other country outside of the EEA or the U.K., without a solution that complies with the GDPR and other applicable data privacy laws, the Company and its customers may face a risk of enforcement actions by data protection authorities in the EEA or the U.K. relating to personal data transfers to the Company and by the Company from the EEA or the U.K. Any such enforcement actions could result in substantial fines, costs, legal orders to stop transfers and diversion of resources, distract management and technical personnel and negatively affect the Company’s business, operating results and financial condition.
The Company may require the registration of its users or end users prior to accessing its offerings or certain features of its offerings and it may be subject to increased legislation and regulations on the collection, storage, retention, transmission and use of user-data that is collected.
The Company's efforts to protect the personal information of its users may be unsuccessful due to the actions of third parties, software bugs or technical malfunctions, employee error or malfeasance, or other factors. In addition, third parties may attempt to fraudulently induce employees or users to disclose information in order to gain access to the Company's data or its user's data. If any of these events occur, users' information could be accessed or disclosed improperly. Any incidents involving the unauthorized access to or improper use of the information of users or incidents involving violation of the Company's terms of service or policies, could damage the Company's reputation and the Company's brands and diminish its competitive position. In addition, the affected users or governmental authorities could initiate legal or regulatory action against the Company in connection with such incidents, which could cause the Company to incur significant expense and liability or result in orders or consent decrees forcing the Company to modify its business practices and remediate the effects of any such incidents of unauthorized access or use. Any of these events could have a material adverse effect on the Company's prospects, business, financial condition or results of operations.
The Company transmits and stores a large volume of data in the course of supporting its offerings. The interpretation of privacy and data protection laws and their application to the Internet is unclear and subject to rapid change in numerous jurisdictions. There is a risk that these laws may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is not consistent with the Company's data protection practices and results in additional compliance or changes in the Company's business practices, or both, and liability or sanction under these laws. In addition, because its offerings are accessible in many jurisdictions, certain foreign jurisdictions may claim that the Company is required to comply with local laws, even where the Company has no local operating entity, employees, infrastructure or other physical presence in those jurisdictions.
The Company may require additional capital in order to carry out its business objectives.
The Company may require additional equity or debt financing in order to carry out its business objectives and to execute on its strategy. There can be no assurance that debt or equity financing or cash generated by operations would be available or sufficient to meet these requirements or for other corporate purposes or, if debt or equity financing is available, that it would be on terms acceptable to the Company. Failure to obtain sufficient financing may result in the delay or indefinite postponement of development or
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production on any or all of the Company's offerings which could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
The Company’s growth prospects depend on the legal status of real-money gaming in various jurisdictions.
The Company’s growth prospects depend on the legal status of real-money gaming in various jurisdictions, and predominantly within the United States, which is an initial area of focus, and legalization may not occur in as many states as the Company expects, or may occur at a slower pace than the Company anticipates. Additionally, even if jurisdictions legalize real-money gaming, this may be accompanied by legislative or regulatory restrictions and/or taxes that make it impracticable or less attractive to operate in those jurisdictions, or the process of implementing regulations or securing the necessary licenses to operate in a particular jurisdiction may take longer than the Company anticipates, which could materially and adversely affect the Company’s future results of operations and make it more difficult to meet its expectations for financial performance.
Several U.S. states have legalized, or are currently considering legalizing, real-money gaming, and the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations are significantly dependent upon legalization of real-money gaming. The Company’s business plan is partially based upon the legalization of real-money gaming for a specific percent of the population on a yearly basis and the legalization may not occur as the Company has anticipated. Additionally, if a large number of additional U.S. states or the U.S. federal government enact real-money gaming legislation and the Company is unable to obtain or its key customers are unable to obtain, or are otherwise delayed in obtaining, the necessary licenses to operate iGaming, online casino suites, sportsbook and insurance-based lottery betting websites in U.S. jurisdictions where such games are legalized, the Company’s future growth in iGaming, online casino suites, sportsbook and insurance-based lottery betting could be materially impaired.
As the Company enters into new jurisdictions, governments in those jurisdictions may legalize real-money gaming in a manner that is unfavourable to the Company. Further, authorities overseeing businesses and jurisdictions in which the Company already operates might pass legislation or construe existing law in an unfavourable matter. As a result, the Company may encounter legal, regulatory and political challenges that are difficult or impossible to foresee and which could result in an unforeseen adverse impact on planned revenues or costs associated with operations in existing jurisdictions or opportunities in new jurisdictions.
Additionally, certain U.S. states require the Company to have a relationship with a land-based, licensed casino for online sportsbook access, which tends to increase the Company’s costs of revenue. States that have established state-run monopolies may limit opportunities for private sector participants like the Company. States also impose substantial tax rates on iGaming, online casino suites, sportsbook and insurance-based lottery betting wagering revenue, in addition to sales taxes in certain jurisdictions and a federal excise tax of 25 basis points on the amount of each wager. As most state product taxes apply to various measures of modified gross profit, tax rates, whether federal- or state-based, that are higher than the Company expects, will make it more costly and less desirable for the Company to launch in a given jurisdiction. Additionally, tax increases in any of the Company’s existing jurisdictions may adversely impact the Company’s profitability.
Even in cases in which a jurisdiction purports to license and regulate iGaming, online casino suites, sportsbook and insurance-based lottery betting, the licensing and regulatory regimes can vary considerably in terms of their business-friendliness and at times may be intended to provide incumbent operators with advantages over new licensees.
The Company expects to be subject to a variety of United States and foreign laws and regulations, many of which are unsettled and still developing and which could subject the Company to claims or otherwise harm its business.
As the Company seeks to expand in the U.S. and foreign markets, the Company expects to be subject to a variety of U.S. and foreign laws and regulations, many of which are unsettled and still developing and which could subject the Company to claims or otherwise harm its business. Any change in existing regulations or their interpretation, or the regulatory climate applicable to the Company’s products and services, or changes in tax laws and regulations or the interpretation thereof related to the Company’s products and services, could adversely impact the Company’s ability to operate its business as currently conducted or as the Company seeks to
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operate in the future, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition and results of operations.
While the Canadian courts have yet to clarify the scope of certain aspects of the exemption provided by section 207(1)(h) of the Criminal Code for offshore gaming services provided from Canada, and a risk exists that the Canadian authorities may commence enforcement proceedings against the Company for its activities, the Company is not aware of such proceedings against B2B solutions providers operating in Canada who solely export their products to lawful jurisdictions. Although the Company believes it is compliant with all applicable laws and regulations, there is a risk that certain activities of the Company could be found to be in contravention of any such law or regulation in Canada and the penalties for any such contravention are unknown. Additionally, changes in applicable laws or regulations or evolving interpretations of existing law could, in certain circumstances, result in increased compliance costs or capital expenditures, which could affect the Company’s profitability, or impede the Company’s ability to carry on its business which could affect its revenues. Violations of the Criminal Code or any other regulation, whether foreign or domestic, could negatively affect the reputation of the Company and the ability of the Company to obtain required regulatory licenses and registrations in Canada and elsewhere, and cause financial harm to the Company.
The Company is generally subject to laws and regulations relating to online gaming, online casino suites, sportsbook and insurance-based lottery betting in the jurisdictions in which the Company or the Company’s customers conduct their businesses or in some circumstances, of those jurisdictions in which their services are offered or available, as well as the general laws and regulations that apply to all online businesses, such as those related to privacy and personal information, tax and consumer protection. These laws and regulations vary from one jurisdiction to another and future legislative and regulatory action, court decisions or other governmental action, which may be affected by, among other things, political pressures, attitudes and climates, as well as personal biases, may have a material impact on the Company’s operations and financial results. In particular, some jurisdictions have introduced regulations attempting to restrict or prohibit online gaming, while others have taken the position that online gaming should be licensed or otherwise permitted and regulated and have adopted, or are in the process of considering, legislation and regulations to enable that to happen. Additionally, some jurisdictions in which the Company may operate could presently be unregulated or partially regulated, and therefore more susceptible to the enactment or change of laws and regulations.
Certain of the Company's customers may, from time to time, provide gaming services to players in unregulated markets.
Certain of the Company's customers may, from time to time, provide gaming services to players in unregulated markets. This activity by any of the Company's customers does not necessarily amount to an infringement of laws or regulation in a given jurisdiction, but it is not uncommon for customers to cease providing interactive gaming services in an unregulated market in response to changes or intimated changes to laws or regulation. If a customer is found to have infringed laws or regulations in an unregulated jurisdiction this could materially adversely affect the Company's operations, financial performance and prospects.
The Company cannot be certain that its customers will not provide interactive gaming services to end-users in markets which prohibit interactive gambling. The Company may be considered by a regulatory body in such a restricted jurisdiction as infringing the laws or regulations of that jurisdiction on the basis that the Company is aiding the infringement by providing products or services to that customer. If a customer is found to be operating in a prohibited market, this could materially adversely affect the Company's operations, financial performance, reputation and prospects, as well as jeopardize any one or all of the Licenses and Registrations by virtue of the Company's association with, or provision of products or services to, such customer.
The Company operates in regulated jurisdictions and there can be no assurance that regulations will be consistent in different jurisdictions that the Company operates.
Some countries from which the online gambling industry has historically derived revenue have introduced regulations attempting to restrict and/or prohibit online gaming and gambling, while other jurisdictions have taken the position that online gaming and gambling should be regulated and have adopted or are in the process of considering legislation to enable that regulation. The introduction of new gambling regulations or changes to the nature and scope of existing gaming and gambling regulations (and applicable laws and
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regulations more generally) in the territories in which the Company’s customers operates or may operate or from where the Company derives or may derive revenue could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.
While certain European countries such as Malta and Gibraltar have adopted "point-of-supply" regimes which generally permit their licensees to accept wagers from any jurisdiction that does not expressly prohibit the supply of online gambling from outside such jurisdiction, other countries, including the United Kingdom, Spain and Denmark have implemented, or are in the process of implementing, "point-of-consumption" regimes which only permit the targeting of the domestic market, provided the appropriate local license is obtained and local taxes accounted for (regardless of where the operator's assets, infrastructure and employees may be located). Such licensing regimes can apply onerous compliance requirements and/or introduce product restrictions or marketing restrictions that could have an adverse effect on the Company's operations (and correspondingly on its financial performance).
Operators within the online gambling industry, including the Company, traditionally have based their own risk rationales on a remoteness of supply, adopting a "country of origin" / point-of-supply approach that justifies supplying gambling services into a jurisdiction unless there was something within the laws of that jurisdiction that explicitly outlawed such provision, and explicitly applied to such inward supply emanating from outside its borders.
Many jurisdictions have historically been unable to prevent inward remote supply due to a lack of extra-territorial enforceability of their laws. As a result, many jurisdictions have sought to regulate online gambling while a small number of other jurisdictions have sought to expand their existing legislation to explicitly prohibit such inward supply. Some jurisdictions include wording in their legislation which explicitly purports to apply extra territorially, thereby challenging the point-of-supply approach.
Certain European territories continue to maintain licensing regimes that protect monopoly providers and, in certain jurisdictions, have combined this with an attempt to prohibit or otherwise restrict all other supplies into the territory.
Future legislative initiatives and court decisions may have a material impact on the Company's operations and financial results. There is a risk that governmental authorities may view the Company as having violated their local gaming regulations and laws if the Company fails to comply with local rules and requirements, including those relating to the licenses it holds. There is also a risk that civil and criminal proceedings, including class actions brought by or on behalf of prosecutors or public entities, incumbent monopoly providers, or private individuals, could be initiated against the Company and its internet service providers, credit card processors, advertisers and others involved in the online gaming and gambling industry. Such potential proceedings could involve substantial litigation expense, penalties, fines, seizure of assets, injunctions or other restrictions being imposed on the Company or its business partners, and may divert the attention of key executives of the Company. Such proceedings could have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects as well as its reputation.
There can be no assurance that prohibitive legislation will not be proposed and passed in jurisdictions relevant or potentially relevant to the Company's business to regulate various aspects of the internet or the online gaming and gambling industry (or that existing laws in those jurisdictions will not be interpreted negatively). Compliance with any such legislation may have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, financial condition and results of operations, either as a result of determining that a jurisdiction should be blocked, or because a local license may be costly to obtain and/or such licenses may contain other commercially undesirable conditions.
In addition, certain countries in which laws currently prohibit or restrict online gaming or the marketing of those services, or protect monopoly providers of gaming or gambling services, may implement changes to open their markets through the adoption of competitive licensing and regulatory frameworks. While these changes may provide growth opportunities for the Company, a new licensing and regulatory regime adopted in any such country may not grant a license to the Company or may impose onerous conditions such as a requirement to locate significant technical infrastructure within the relevant territory or establish and maintain real-time data interfaces with the regulator, together with enforcement sanctions for breach thereof, taxation liabilities that make the
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market unattractive to the Company, or impose restrictions that limit its ability to offer certain of its key products or to market its products in the way it would wish to do so. There is also an associated cost with creating specific bespoke, localized platforms.
If regulation is liberalized or clarified in some jurisdictions, then the Company may face increased competition from other providers. The opening of new markets, and the clarification of restrictions surrounding online gaming and gambling in other markets where the legal position is currently unclear, may encourage new entrants to the online gaming sector or strengthen the position of competing operators. A significant increase in competition may have a material adverse effect on the Company's business, prospects, revenues, operating results and financial condition.
Legislative interpretation may result in criminality of activities in jurisdictions where the Company supplies operation gaming software.
The Company generates the majority of its income through licensing the Company's technology and games to enable gaming operators to provide gaming services to customers where such services are dependent on that software and the functionality it provides. One of the consequences of the Company's supply of operational gaming software to customers is the potential regulatory risk associated with doing so. While in many jurisdictions laws and regulations may not specifically apply to gaming software licensors (as distinct from its customers' delivery to end customers), this is not universally the case and, indeed, some jurisdictions have sought to regulate or prohibit such supply explicitly.
Furthermore, the Company relies on the continuity of supply by the Company's customers to their end-users using the gaming related software and technology which the Company licenses. Laws and regulations relating to the supply of gaming services are complex, inconsistent and evolving and the Company may be subject to such laws either directly through explicit service provision or indirectly insofar as it has assisted the supply to customers who are themselves subject to such laws.
Operators within the remote gaming industry have sought, in the past, to justify their activities by asserting that if remote gaming is permitted from the country of origin (i.e., from the point of supply) then the laws in the country of receipt would have to specifically outlaw the activity of the customer (remotely accessing interactive gaming services) or an entity in that jurisdiction or have the authority to implement laws that impacted outside the jurisdiction in order to render the activity illegal, or entitle the country of receipt to assert jurisdiction. Operators have sought to reduce any associated risks of jurisdictions forming a contrary view by limiting or omitting to have physical presence in such jurisdictions where any connected activities are not clearly legal. Several jurisdictions consider this rationale to be unjustified. Indeed in some jurisdictions, laws have been passed to expressly criminalize the provision of (and sometimes the participation in) gaming, irrespective of where the operator is located and licensed. There is a corresponding, continuing risk to any participant in the gaming industry (be they an operator, supplier or other service provider) that jurisdictions in which customers are located may seek to argue that such a participant was acting illegally in accepting or assisting in the acceptance of wagers from its citizens or in the manner in which it operates gaming networks. This could lead to actions being brought against customers which, in turn, could have a detrimental effect on the financial performance and the Company's reputation. Similarly, where supply by the Company to the customer is critical to the gaming transaction, one cannot rule out the risk that direct enforcement action will be taken against the Company or any of the Company's employees and directors.
Many jurisdictions have not updated their laws to address the supply of remote gaming, which by its nature is a multi-jurisdictional activity. Moreover, the legality of interactive gaming and the provision of software, services and gaming network management is subject to uncertainties arising from differing approaches by legislatures, regulators and enforcement agents including in relation to determining in which jurisdiction the gaming takes place and therefore which law applies. This uncertainty creates a risk for the Company that even in instances where older laws have not been updated to address new technology, courts may interpret older legislation in an unfavorable way and determine customers' and/or the Company's activities to be illegal. This could lead to actions being brought against customers and/or the Company or any of the Company's employees and directors, all or any of which may, individually or collectively, have a detrimental effect on the Company's financial performance and the Company's reputation.
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The Company seeks to keep abreast of legal and regulatory developments affecting the gaming industry as a whole. However, the Company does not necessarily monitor, on a continuous basis, the laws and regulations in every jurisdiction where the Company's customers derive business and, correspondingly, from where the Company may derive revenue. The Company adapts its regulatory policy and, therefore, the scope of the Company's ongoing monitoring on the basis that an individual market's materiality to both any relevant customer and to the Company may change. As such, the Company may receive revenue from customers' dealing in jurisdictions where the Company may be unaware of the full extent of enforcement risk.
Despite the monitoring undertaken by the Company and the precautions the Company takes as to the location of employees or assets, there remains a prospect that, in the event of legislation being interpreted in an unfavorable or unanticipated way, such measures are not sufficient and result in actions being brought against the Company or the Company's employees and directors, all of which would have a detrimental effect on financial performance and the Company's reputation. Furthermore, similar actions could be brought against customers with the consequence that revenue streams from such customers may be frozen or traced at the behest of authorities even if none of the Company's entities are made a party to any legal proceedings against any such customer. Customers may also face problems in legitimately moving monies in and out of certain jurisdictions which will impact upon payments from customers. Finally, there is also a risk that the Company's directors or employees or individuals engaged by the Company (or directors, employees or individuals connected to any customer) may face extradition, arrest and/or detention in (or from) such territories even if they are only temporarily present.
Additional information relating to the Company, including the Company’s annual information form, quarterly and annual reports and supplementary information is available on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and on the EDGAR section of the SEC website at www.sec.gov under the Company’s name.
Press releases and other information are also available in the Investor section of the Company’s website at www.bragg.group.
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Exhibit 99.3
FORM 52-109F2
CERTIFICATION OF INTERIM FILINGS
FULL CERTIFICATE
I, Matevž Mazij, Chief Executive Officer of Bragg Gaming Group Inc., certify the following:
1. | Review: I have reviewed the interim financial report and interim MD&A (together, the “interim filings”) of Bragg Gaming Group Inc. (the “issuer”) for the interim period ended June 30, 2024. |
2. | No misrepresentations: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim filings do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings. |
3. | Fair presentation: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report together with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, financial performance and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the interim filings. |
4. | Responsibility: The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as those terms are defined in National Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings, for the issuer. |
5. | Design: Subject to the limitations, if any, described in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3, the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have, as at the end of the period covered by the interim filings |
(a) | designed DC&P, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that |
(i) | material information relating to the issuer is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in which the interim filings are being prepared; and |
(ii) | information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted by it under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and |
(b) | designed ICFR, or caused it 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 the issuer’s GAAP. |
5.1 | Control framework: The control framework the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I used to design the issuer’s ICFR is the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Internal Control-Integrated Framework. |
5.2 | ICFR – material weakness relating to design: N/A |
5.3 | Limitation on scope of design: N/A |
6. | Reporting changes in ICFR: The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A any change in the issuer’s ICFR that occurred during the period beginning on January 1, 2024 and ended on June 30, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s ICFR. |
Date: | August 8, 2024 | |
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/s/ Matevž Mazij | | |
Matevž Mazij | | |
Chief Executive Officer | |
Exhibit 99.4
FORM 52-109F2
CERTIFICATION OF INTERIM FILINGS
FULL CERTIFICATE
I, Robbie Bressler, Chief Financial Officer of Bragg Gaming Group Inc., certify the following:
1. | Review: I have reviewed the interim financial report and interim MD&A (together, the “interim filings”) of Bragg Gaming Group Inc. (the “issuer”) for the interim period ended June 30, 2024. |
2. | No misrepresentations: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim filings do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in light of the circumstances under which it was made, with respect to the period covered by the interim filings. |
3. | Fair presentation: Based on my knowledge, having exercised reasonable diligence, the interim financial report together with the other financial information included in the interim filings fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, financial performance and cash flows of the issuer, as of the date of and for the periods presented in the interim filings. |
4. | Responsibility: The issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (DC&P) and internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), as those terms are defined in National Instrument 52-109 Certification of Disclosure in Issuers’ Annual and Interim Filings, for the issuer. |
5. | Design: Subject to the limitations, if any, described in paragraphs 5.2 and 5.3, the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I have, as at the end of the period covered by the interim filings |
(a) | designed DC&P, or caused it to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance that |
(i) | material information relating to the issuer is made known to us by others, particularly during the period in which the interim filings are being prepared; and |
(ii) | information required to be disclosed by the issuer in its annual filings, interim filings or other reports filed or submitted by it under securities legislation is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in securities legislation; and |
(b) | designed ICFR, or caused it 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 the issuer’s GAAP. |
5.1 | Control framework: The control framework the issuer’s other certifying officer(s) and I used to design the issuer’s ICFR is the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Internal Control-Integrated Framework. |
5.2 | ICFR – material weakness relating to design: N/A |
5.3 | Limitation on scope of design: N/A |
6. | Reporting changes in ICFR: The issuer has disclosed in its interim MD&A any change in the issuer’s ICFR that occurred during the period beginning on January 1, 2024 and ended on June 30, 2024 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the issuer’s ICFR. |
Date: | August 8, 2024. |
/s/ Robbie Bressler |
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Robbie Bressler |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 99.5
BRAGG GAMING GROUP ANNOUNCES RECORD SECOND QUARTER 2024
REVENUE OF EUR 24.9 MILLION (USD 26.6 MILLION)
TORONTO, August 8, 2024 – Bragg Gaming Group (NASDAQ: BRAG, TSX: BRAG) ("Bragg" or the "Company"), a global B2B content-driven iGaming technology provider, today reported record revenue for the second quarter of 2024.
Summary of 2Q24 Financial and Operational Highlights
Euros (millions)(1) |
| 2Q24 |
| 2Q23 |
| Change |
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Revenue | | € | 24.9 | | € | 24.7 | | 0.5 | % |
Gross profit | | € | 12.4 | | € | 13.8 | | (10.3) | % |
Gross profit margin | | | 49.9 | % | | 55.9 | % | (600) | bps |
Adjusted EBITDA(2) |
| € | 3.6 | | € | 4.7 | | (23.8) | % |
Adjusted EBITDA margin | | | 14.5 | % | | 19.2 | % | (470) | bps |
Operating Income (Loss) | | € | (1.2) | | € | 1.3 | | (195.6) | % |
(1) | Bragg’s reporting currency is Euros. The exchange rate provided is EUR 1.00 = USD 1.07. Due to fluctuating currency exchange rates, this reference rate is provided for convenience only. |
(2) | “Adjusted EBITDA” is a non-IFRS measure. For important information on the Company’s non-IFRS measures, see “Non-IFRS Financial Measures” below. |
Chief Executive Officer Commentary
Matevž Mazij, Chief Executive Officer for Bragg, commented: "In the second quarter, we delivered revenues of EUR 24.9 million (USD 26.6 million), a new quarterly record and increase of 0.5% year over year, reflecting a robust business performance diversified over several growing iGaming markets and in-demand product verticals. As expected, gross profit and adjusted EBITDA were down 10.3% and 23.8% year over year respectively, as our product mix has changed. However, I am encouraged by recent momentum for our higher margin products including for our proprietary iGaming content in North America, and from launches of new customers powered by Bragg’s Player Account Management (“PAM”) and turnkey solutions. I am also pleased with sequential growth in revenue (+4.4%), gross profit (+4.4%) and Adjusted EBITDA (+6.0%) compared to the first quarter of the year, a timeframe during which our product mix has remained consistent, and I am confident that we have the products, the strategy and the expertise in place to be able to continue to grow our revenues and profit margins in the second half of the year and into 2025.
“We have taken decisive steps to bolster our leadership team, expand our presence in key markets worldwide, and make significant inroads in the U.S. market. With Bragg’s overall share of the U.S. iGaming content supplier market still estimated at below 1%, our expanding distribution in the United States along with our extensive distribution reach in regulated markets globally, represents a huge upside opportunity for the Company, which is now licensed, certified or otherwise compliant with relevant local regulations in more than 30 jurisdictions. In the U.S. we are pleased to be on track to more than double our wagering volume this year compared to 2023, and we look forward to continuing the trend into future years. Looking ahead, I am confident that the seeds we are planting today - in the U.S., in content, and in our technology platform - will yield a robust harvest in the future. We are building a stronger, more agile Bragg that, along with our U.S. distribution and global reach, is poised to capitalize on the immense opportunities that lie ahead in the worldwide iGaming market."
Recent Business Highlights
● | Appointed Robbie Bressler as interim Chief Financial Officer, Neill Whyte as Chief Commercial Officer and Tommaso Di Chio as Chief Legal & Compliance Officer |
● | Launched 17 new titles globally in the second quarter of 2024, including a record 12 new games launches from our proprietary studio brands |
● | Continued global expansion, striking deal to power Kingsbet.cz launch with an end-to-end iGaming solution that will increase reach in Czech Republic with a second PAM and full turnkey solution client. This achievement aligns with Bragg’s strategic objective of growing higher margin, proprietary solutions which include PAM and turnkey services, as a proportion of product mix |
● | Continued U.S. Expansion with BetMGM Pennsylvania content launch, extending content reach with U.S. online casino heavyweight to third state following similar launches in Michigan and New Jersey |
● | Launched content with Pennsylvania market leader FanDuel, as well as a successful launch with Golden Nugget in New Jersey, a success which keeps the Company on track to cover approximately 90% of the U.S. total addressable market (TAM) with its newest iGaming content and technology by the end of the year |
● | Launched full turnkey solution to power the Hard Rock Casino brand in the Netherlands, securing sixth PAM customer as part of Bragg’s strategic goal of being the leading technology and content supplier to the Dutch market |
● | Launched third-party sportsbooks with Betnation.nl (Metric), ComeOn.nl (Metric) and 711.nl (Kambi) in the Netherlands, leveraging relationships with sports betting technology partners, underscoring Bragg’s continued commitment to be the preferred iGaming technology and content supplier in the Dutch market. |
● | Global content distribution agreement announced with Light & Wonder, unlocking new content distribution opportunities |
● | Continued to gain traction in the key European market of Italy, where Bragg has partnered with Sisal |
● | Remaining outstanding Lind convertible debt of USD 1 million settled in full, in cash, post quarter end |
Additional June 30, 2024 Key Financial Metrics
● | For the six-month period ended June 30, 2024, Cash flow generated from operations was EUR 2.1 million (USD 2.2 million), compared to EUR 5.2 million (USD 5.5million) for the first six months of 2023 |
● | Cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2024 was EUR 10.9 million (USD 11.6 million) and net working capital, excluding deferred consideration, loans payable, and convertible debt, was EUR 10.5 million (USD 11.3 million) |
● | Secured a EUR 6.5 million (USD 7.0 million) investment through a promissory note, enhancing balance sheet flexibility to execute on strategy. |
Reiterates Full Year 2024 Guidance
Bragg reiterates its 2024 full year revenue guidance range of EUR 102.0-109.0 million (USD 109.1-116.6 million) and its full year Adjusted EBITDA range of EUR 15.2-18.5 million (USD 16.3-19.8 million), noting that the Company is currently tracking to the lower end of guidance.
Strategic Review Process
In March 2024, Bragg announced that it was undertaking a review of strategic alternatives for maximizing shareholder value. The Company continues to be pleased with the progress made to date but will not be providing specific comments on the status of the process until circumstances warrant.
Investor Conference Call
The Company will host a conference call today, August 8, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, to discuss its second quarter 2024 results. During the call, management will review a presentation that will be made available to download at https://investors.bragg.group/financials/quarterly-results/default.aspx.
To join the call, please use the below dial-in information:
Participant Toll-Free Dial-In Number (US and Canada): 1 (800) 715-9871
Participant Toll Dial-In Number (International): 1 (646) 307-1963
UK Toll Free: +44 800 358 0970
Conference ID: 3347914
A webcast of the call and presentation may also be viewed at: https://investors.bragg.group/events-and-presentations/events/default.aspx
A replay of the call will be available until August 15, 2024, following the conclusion of the live call. To access the replay, dial + 1 (609) 800-9099 or +1 (800) 770-2030 (toll-free) or +44 20 3433 3849 (UK) and use the passcode 3347914.
Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information
This news release contains forward-looking statements or “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities laws (“forward-looking statements”), including, without limitation, statements with respect to the following: the Company’s strategic growth initiatives and corporate vision and strategy; financial guidance for 2024, expected performance of the Company’s business; expansion into new markets, our strategy for customer retention, growth, product development, and market position; expected future growth and expansion opportunities; expected benefits of transactions; expected future actions and decisions of regulators and the timing and impact thereof. Forward-looking statements are provided for the purpose of presenting information about management’s current expectations and plans relating to the future and allowing readers to get a better understanding of the Company’s anticipated financial position, results of operations, and operating environment. Often, but not always, forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “plans”, “expects” or “does not expect”, “is expected”, “budget”, “scheduled”, “estimates”, “forecasts”, “intends”, “anticipates” or “does not anticipate”, or “believes”, or describes a “goal”, or variation of such words and phrases or state that certain actions, events or results “may”, “could”, “would”, “might” or “will” be taken, occur or be achieved.
All forward-looking statements contained in this news release or the conference call reflect the Company’s beliefs and assumptions based on information available at the time the statements were made. Actual results or events may differ from those predicted in these forward-looking statements. All of the Company’s forward-looking statements are qualified by the assumptions that are stated or inherent in such forward-looking statements, including the assumptions listed below. Although the Company believes that these assumptions are reasonable, this list is not exhaustive of factors that may affect any of the forward-looking statements. The key assumptions that have been made in connection with the forward-looking statements include the regulatory regime governing the business of the Company; the operations of the Company; the products and services of the Company; the Company’s customers; the growth of Company’s business, meeting minimum listing requirements of the stock exchanges on which the Company’s shares trade; the integration of technology; and the anticipated size and/or revenue associated with the gaming market globally.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, future events, conditions, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, prediction, projection, forecast, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others, the following: risks related to the Company’s business and financial position; that the Company may not be able to accurately predict its rate of growth and profitability; risks associated with general economic conditions; adverse industry events; future legislative and regulatory developments; the inability to access sufficient capital from internal and external sources; the inability to access sufficient capital on favourable terms; realization of growth estimates, income tax and regulatory matters; the ability of the Company to implement its business strategies; competition; economic and financial conditions, including volatility in interest and exchange rates, commodity and equity prices; changes in customer demand; disruptions to our technology network including computer systems and software; natural events such as severe weather, fires, floods and earthquakes; any disruptions to operations as a result of the strategic alternatives review process; and risks related to health pandemics and the outbreak of communicable diseases. Although the Company has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual actions, events or results to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements, there may be other factors that cause actions, events or results not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. There can be no assurance that forward-looking statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.
The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except in accordance with applicable securities laws.
Non-IFRS Financial Measures
Statements in this news release make reference to “Adjusted EBITDA”, which is a non-IFRS (as defined herein) financial measure that the Company believes is appropriate to provide meaningful comparison with, and to enhance an overall understanding of, the Company’s past financial performance and prospects for the future. The Company believes that “Adjusted EBITDA” provides useful information to both management and investors by excluding specific expenses and items that management believe are not indicative of the Company’s core operating results. “Adjusted EBITDA” is a financial measure that does not have a standardized meaning under International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). As there is no standardized method of calculating “Adjusted EBITDA”, it may not be directly comparable with similarly titled measures used by other companies. The Company considers “Adjusted EBITDA” to be a relevant indicator for measuring trends in performance and its ability to generate funds to service its debt and to meet its future working capital and capital expenditure requirements. “Adjusted EBITDA” is not a generally accepted earnings measure and should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income (loss), cash flows or other measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. Adjusted EBITDA is more fully defined and discussed, and reconciliation to IFRS financial measures is provided, in Company’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) for the three-month and six-month period ended June 30, 2024.
About Bragg Gaming Group
Bragg Gaming Group (NASDAQ: BRAG, TSX: BRAG) is an iGaming content and turnkey technology solutions provider serving online and land-based gaming operators with its proprietary and exclusive content, and cutting-edge technology. Bragg Studios offer high-performing and passionately crafted casino game titles using the latest in data-driven insights from in-house brands including Wild Streak Gaming, Atomic Slot Lab and Indigo Magic. Its proprietary content portfolio is complemented by a cross section of exclusive titles from carefully selected studio partners under the Powered By Bragg program. Games built on Bragg’s remote games server (Bragg RGS) technology are distributed via the Bragg Hub content delivery platform and are available exclusively to Bragg customers. Bragg’s flexible, modern, omnichannel Player Account Management (PAM) platform powers multiple leading iCasino and sportsbook brands and at all points is supported by expert in-house managed, operational, and marketing services. Content delivered via the Bragg Hub either exclusively or from the Bragg aggregated games portfolio is managed from a single back-office which is supported by powerful data analytics tools, and Bragg’s award-winning Fuze™ player engagement toolset. Bragg is licensed, certified, approved and operational in many regulated iCasino markets globally, including the U.S, Canada, United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Spain, Malta and Colombia.
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BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS) AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 | ||||
Revenue | | | 24,861 | | | 24,729 | | | 48,672 | | | 47,588 |
Cost of revenue | | | (12,457) | | | (10,903) | | | (24,391) | | | (21,542) |
Gross Profit | | | 12,404 | | | 13,826 | | | 24,281 | | | 26,046 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Selling, general and administrative expenses | | | (13,702) | | | (13,082) | | | (26,089) | | | (24,988) |
Gain (Loss) on remeasurement of derivative liability | | | 38 | | | (115) | | | (140) | | | (179) |
Gain on settlement of convertible debt | | | — | | | 204 | | | 65 | | | 204 |
Gain (Loss) on remeasurement of deferred consideration | | | 45 | | | 438 | | | (600) | | | 708 |
Operating Income (Loss) | | | (1,215) | | | 1,271 | | | (2,483) | | | 1,791 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net interest expense and other financing charges | | | (930) | | | (368) | | | (1,522) | | | (964) |
Gain (Loss) Before Income Taxes | | | (2,145) | | | 903 | | | (4,005) | | | 827 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Income taxes | | | (255) | | | (526) | | | (299) | | | (926) |
Net Income (Loss) | | | (2,400) | | | 377 | | | (4,304) | | | (99) |
Items to be reclassified to net income (loss): | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cumulative translation adjustment | | | 387 | | | (585) | | | 4 | | | (1,143) |
Net Comprehensive Loss | | | (2,013) | | | (208) | | | (4,300) | | | (1,242) |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Basic Income (Loss) Per Share | | | (0.10) | | | 0.02 | | | (0.18) | | | 0.00 |
Diluted Income (Loss) Per Share | | | (0.10) | | | 0.02 | | | (0.18) | | | 0.00 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Millions | | | Millions | | | Millions | | | Millions |
Weighted average number of shares - basic | | | 24.0 | | | 22.3 | | | 23.6 | | | 22.0 |
Weighted average number of shares - diluted | | | 24.0 | | | 23.6 | | | 23.6 | | | 23.3 |
BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
INTERIM UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION PRESENTED IN EUROS (THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
| | As at | | As at | ||
| | June 30, | | December 31, | ||
|
| 2024 |
| 2023 | ||
Cash and cash equivalents | | | 10,850 | | | 8,796 |
Trade and other receivables | | | 18,601 | | | 18,641 |
Prepaid expenses and other assets | | | 2,756 | | | 1,655 |
Total Current Assets | | | 32,207 | | | 29,092 |
Property and equipment | | | 1,027 | | | 640 |
Right-of-use assets | | | 3,124 | | | 3,233 |
Intangible assets | | | 36,821 | | | 38,133 |
Goodwill | | | 32,308 | | | 31,921 |
Other assets | | | 358 | | | 348 |
Total Assets | | | 105,845 | | | 103,367 |
| | | | | | |
Trade payables and other liabilities | | | 20,057 | | | 21,846 |
Income taxes payable | | | 718 | | | 917 |
Lease obligations on right of use assets | | | 730 | | | 709 |
Deferred consideration | | | 1,797 | | | 1,513 |
Derivative liability | | | 154 | | | 471 |
Convertible debt | | | 463 | | | 2,445 |
Loans payable | | | 6,702 | | | — |
Total Current Liabilities | | | 30,621 | | | 27,901 |
Deferred income tax liabilities | | | 699 | | | 852 |
Lease obligations on right of use assets | | | 2,464 | | | 2,568 |
Deferred consideration | | | — | | | 1,426 |
Other non-current liabilities | | | 373 | | | 373 |
Total Liabilities | | | 34,157 | | | 33,120 |
| | | | | | |
Share capital | | | 131,405 | | | 120,015 |
Shares to be issued | | | — | | | 3,491 |
Contributed surplus | | | 17,729 | | | 19,887 |
Accumulated deficit | | | (80,367) | | | (76,063) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income | | | 2,921 | | | 2,917 |
Total Equity | | | 71,688 | | | 70,247 |
Total Liabilities and Equity | | | 105,845 | | | 103,367 |
BRAGG GAMING GROUP INC.
UNAUDITED SELECTED FINANCIAL GAAP AND NON-GAAP MEASURES
(in thousands)
| | Three Months Ended June 30, | | Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||
EUR 000 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
| 2024 |
| 2023 |
Revenue | | 24,861 | | 24,729 | | 48,672 | | 47,588 |
Operating income (loss) | | (1,215) | | 1,271 | | (2,483) | | 1,791 |
EBITDA | | 2,779 | | 4,525 | | 5,388 | | 7,754 |
Adjusted EBITDA | | 3,615 | | 4,742 | | 7,026 | | 8,636 |
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