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MONTREAL, May 12, 2017 /CNW/ - Amaya Inc. (NASDAQ: AYA; TSX: AYA) today reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2017, announced that it will ask shareholders to approve, among other things, certain matters relating to the proposed corporate name change and related matters, reconfirmed full year 2017 financial guidance ranges and provided certain additional highlights and updates. Unless otherwise noted, all dollar ($) amounts are in U.S. dollars.
"We continued our momentum in the first quarter as we execute on our strategy and reinforce the foundation for sustainable and diversified revenue growth, including through the strengthening of our core management team and operations," said Rafi Ashkenazi, Chief Executive Officer. "Our company also continues to evolve through corporate initiatives to deliver the greatest value for our shareholders."
First Quarter 2017 Financial Summary(1)
Three Months Ended March 31, |
Year-over-Year | |||||
$000's, except percentages and per share amounts |
2017 |
2016 |
||||
Total Revenue |
317,320 |
288,518 |
10.0% | |||
Adjusted EBITDA |
151,001 |
123,434 |
22.3% | |||
Net earnings |
65,753 |
55,491 |
18.5% | |||
Adjusted Net Earnings |
113,367 |
84,967 |
33.4% | |||
Diluted earnings per common share |
$ 0.33 |
$ 0.28 |
16.4% | |||
Adjusted Net Earnings per Diluted Share |
$ 0.56 |
$ 0.43 |
31.0% |
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(1) |
For important information on Amaya's non-IFRS measures, see below under "Non-IFRS and Non-U.S. GAAP Measures" and the tables under "Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Measures to Nearest IFRS Measures". |
First Quarter 2017 and Subsequent Financial Highlights
First Quarter 2017 and Subsequent Operational Highlights
Corporate Name Change and Continuance
Amaya currently intends to include in its management information circular for its upcoming 2017 annual and special meeting of shareholders, among other things, the following special matters:
Additional information regarding the business of the meeting and the matters to be considered and voted on by the shareholders at the meeting will be provided in the management information circular.
Full Year Guidance
These estimates reflect management's view of current and future market and business conditions, including assumptions of (i) the cessation of real-money online poker offering in Australia by the end of June 2017 (previously believed to be April 2017), (ii) the introduction of Amaya's previously disclosed cross-vertical customer loyalty program, (iii) no other material adverse regulatory events and (iv) no material foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, particularly against the Euro which is the primary depositing currency of Amaya's customers, that could negatively impact customer purchasing power as it relates to Amaya's U.S. dollar denominated product offerings. Such guidance is also based on a Euro to U.S. dollar exchange rate of 1.06 to 1.00, unaudited expected results and certain accounting assumptions.
Financial Statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis and Additional Information; Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
As previously disclosed, management identified internal control deficiencies that constitute individually, or in the aggregate, material weaknesses in Amaya's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016. These deficiencies relate to the operating effectiveness of controls over derivative valuations and hedge accounting, and the design of controls over foreign exchange rate information. Amaya continues to take steps to remediate these deficiencies and currently expects such remediation to be complete by the end of the second quarter of 2017. There were no restatements or adjusting entries required in Amaya's unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2017 (the "Q1 2017 Financial Statements") or otherwise as a result of the foregoing. For additional information, see "Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting" in Amaya's management's discussion and analysis for the year ended December 31, 2016 (the "2016 MD&A") and in Amaya's management's discussion and analysis for the three months ended March 31, 2017 (the "Q1 2017 MD&A").
The Q1 2017 Financial Statements, Q1 2017 MD&A and 2016 MD&A, as well as additional information relating to Amaya and its business, can be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, Edgar at www.sec.gov and Amaya's website at www.amaya.com.
In addition to press releases, securities filings and public conference calls and webcasts, Amaya intends to use its investor relations page on its website as a means of disclosing material information to its investors and others and for complying with its disclosure obligations under applicable securities laws. Accordingly, investors and others should monitor the website in addition to following Amaya's press releases, securities filings and public conference calls and webcasts. This list may be updated from time to time.
Conference Call and Webcast
Amaya will host a conference call today, May 12, 2017 at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss its financial results for the first quarter 2017 and related matters. Rafi Ashkenazi, Chief Executive Officer of Amaya, will chair the call. To access via tele-conference, please dial +1 877-407-0789 or +1 201-689-8562 ten minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. The playback will be made available two hours after the event at +1 844-512-2921 or +1 412-317-6671. The Conference ID number is 13661536. To access the webcast please use the following link: http://public.viavid.com/index.php?id=124280
Reconciliation of Non-IFRS Measures to Nearest IFRS Measures
The table below presents reconciliations of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Earnings and Adjusted Net Earnings per Diluted Share to the nearest IFRS measures:
Three Months Ended March 31, |
||||||||
$000's, except per share amounts |
2017 |
2016 |
||||||
Net earnings |
65,753 |
55,491 |
||||||
Financial expenses |
40,589 |
24,913 |
||||||
Income taxes |
2,688 |
1,962 |
||||||
Depreciation of property and equipment |
2,161 |
1,957 |
||||||
Amortization of intangible and deferred development costs |
33,574 |
31,326 |
||||||
EBITDA |
144,765 |
115,649 |
||||||
Stock-based compensation |
2,164 |
3,066 |
||||||
Termination of employment agreements |
2,126 |
1,108 |
||||||
Termination of affiliate agreements |
407 |
1,137 |
||||||
Loss on disposal of assets |
59 |
222 |
||||||
Income from investments and loss from associates |
(435) |
(9,625) |
||||||
Acquisition-related costs |
— |
184 |
||||||
Reversal of impairment on investment in associates |
(6,684) |
— |
||||||
Other costs |
8,599 |
11,693 |
||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
151,001 |
123,434 |
||||||
Current income tax expense |
(3,322) |
(1,872) |
||||||
Depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of purchase price allocation intangibles) |
(4,660) |
(3,913) |
||||||
Interest (excluding interest accretion and non-refundable late payment fees related to the unpaid balance of the deferred purchase price) |
(29,652) |
(32,682) |
||||||
Adjusted Net Earnings |
113,367 |
84,967 |
||||||
Diluted Shares |
200,656,549 |
197,041,822 |
||||||
Adjusted Net Earnings per Diluted Share |
$ |
0.56 |
$ |
0.43 |
The table below presents certain items comprising "Other costs" in the reconciliation table above:
Three Months Ended March 31, |
||||||||
2017 |
2016 |
|||||||
$000's |
$000's |
|||||||
Non-U.S. lobbying and legal expenses |
741 |
808 |
||||||
U.S. lobbying and legal expenses |
3,978 |
3,353 |
||||||
Strategic review professional fees |
125 |
3,721 |
||||||
Retention bonuses |
615 |
1,110 |
||||||
Non recurring professional fees |
662 |
1,442 |
||||||
AMF and other investigation professional fees |
2,390 |
1,001 |
||||||
Office restructuring and legacy business unit shutdown costs |
88 |
258 |
||||||
Other costs |
8,599 |
11,693 |
The table below presents a reconciliation of the numerator of QNY (i.e., real-money online poker revenue and real-money online casino and sportsbook combined revenue) to the nearest IFRS measure (i.e., total revenue) as reported for the applicable period. Unless otherwise noted, any deviation in the reconciliation below to measures presented herein may be the result of immaterial adjustments made in later periods due to certain accounting reallocations.
Three Months Ended March 31, |
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2017 |
2016 |
|||||||
$000's |
$000's |
|||||||
Total revenue |
317,320 |
288,518 |
||||||
Corporate revenue |
(22) |
(59) |
||||||
Other business-to-consumer revenue |
(11,854) |
(11,971) |
||||||
Real-money online poker revenue and real-money online casino and sportsbook combined revenue |
305,444 |
276,488 |
Amaya has not provided a reconciliation of the non-IFRS measures to the nearest IFRS measures included in its full year 2017 financial guidance provided in this release, including Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Earnings and Adjusted Net Earnings per Diluted Share, because certain reconciling items necessary to accurately project such IFRS measures, particularly net earnings (loss), cannot be reasonably projected due to a number of factors, including variability from potential foreign exchange fluctuations impacting financial expenses, and the nature of other non-recurring or one-time costs (which are excluded from non-IFRS measures but included in net earnings (loss)), as well as the typical variability arising from the audit of annual financial statements, including, without limitation, certain income tax provision accounting, and related accounting matters.
For additional information on Amaya's non-IFRS measures, see below and the Q1 2017 MD&A, including under the headings "Management's Discussion and Analysis" and "Selected Financial Information—Other Financial Information".
About Amaya
Amaya is a leading provider of technology-based products and services in the global gaming and interactive entertainment industries. Amaya ultimately owns gaming and related consumer businesses and brands including PokerStars, PokerStars Casino, BetStars, Full Tilt, StarsDraft, and the PokerStars Championship and PokerStars Festival live poker tour brands (incorporating aspects of the European Poker Tour, PokerStars Caribbean Adventure, Latin American Poker Tour and the Asia Pacific Poker Tour). These brands have more than 111 million cumulative registered customers globally and collectively form the largest poker business in the world, comprising online poker games and tournaments, sponsored live poker competitions, marketing arrangements for branded poker rooms in popular casinos in major cities around the world, and poker programming and content created for television and online audiences. Amaya, through certain of these brands, also offers non-poker gaming products, including casino, sportsbook and daily fantasy sports. Amaya, through certain of its subsidiaries, is licensed or approved to offer, or offers under third party licenses or approvals, its products and services in various jurisdictions throughout the world, including in Europe, both within and outside of the European Union, the Americas and elsewhere. In particular, PokerStars is the world's most licensed online gaming brand, holding licenses or related operating approvals in 17 jurisdictions.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements and information within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable securities laws, including, without limitation, certain financial and operational expectations and projections, such as full year 2017 financial guidance, certain future operational and growth plans and strategies, including, without limitation, the payment of the deferred purchase price for the acquisition of the Rational Group, and CFO succession plans, including the timing thereof. Forward-looking statements and information can, but may not always, be identified by the use of words such as "anticipate", "plan", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "may", "will", "project", "predict", "potential", "targeting", "intend", "could", "might", "would", "should", "believe", "objective", "ongoing" and similar references to future periods or the negatives of these words and expressions. These statements and information, 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 us, our customers and our industries. Although Amaya and management believe the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements and information are reasonable and are based on reasonable assumptions and estimates, there can be no assurance that these assumptions or estimates are accurate or that any of these expectations will prove accurate. Forward-looking statements and information 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. Specific risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: the heavily regulated industry in which Amaya carries on business; interactive entertainment and online and mobile gaming generally; current and future laws or regulations and new interpretations of existing laws or regulations with respect to online and mobile gaming; potential changes to the gaming regulatory scheme; legal and regulatory requirements; ability to obtain, maintain and comply with all applicable and required licenses, permits and certifications to distribute and market its products and services, including difficulties or delays in the same; significant barriers to entry; competition and the competitive environment within Amaya's addressable markets and industries; impact of inability to complete future acquisitions or to integrate businesses successfully; ability to develop and enhance existing products and services and new commercially viable products and services; ability to mitigate foreign exchange and currency risks; ability to mitigate tax risks and adverse tax consequences, including, without limitation, the imposition of new or additional taxes, such as value-added and point of consumption taxes, and gaming duties; risks of foreign operations generally; protection of proprietary technology and intellectual property rights; ability to recruit and retain management and other qualified personnel, including key technical, sales and marketing personnel; defects in Amaya's products or services; losses due to fraudulent activities; management of growth; contract awards; potential financial opportunities in addressable markets and with respect to individual contracts; ability of technology infrastructure to meet applicable demand; systems, networks, telecommunications or service disruptions or failures or cyber-attacks; regulations and laws that may be adopted with respect to the Internet and electronic commerce and that may otherwise impact Amaya in the jurisdictions where it is currently doing business or intends to do business; ability to obtain additional financing on reasonable terms or at all; refinancing risks; customer and operator preferences and changes in the economy; dependency on customers' acceptance of its products and services; consolidation within the gaming industry; litigation costs and outcomes; expansion within existing and into new markets; relationships with vendors and distributors; and natural events. Other applicable risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those identified in Amaya's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2016, including under the heading "Risk Factors and Uncertainties", and in the Q1 2017 MD&A, including under the headings "Risk Factors and Uncertainties", "Limitations of Key Metrics and Other Data" and "Key Metrics", each available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, EDGAR at www.sec.gov and Amaya's website at www.amaya.com, and in other filings that Amaya has made and may make with applicable securities authorities in the future. Investors are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements or information. Any forward-looking statement or information speaks only as of the date hereof, and Amaya undertakes no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
Non-IFRS and Non-U.S. GAAP Measures
This news release references non-IFRS and non-U.S. GAAP financial measures, including QNY, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Net Earnings, Adjusted Net Earnings per Diluted Share, and the foreign exchange impact on revenues (i.e., constant currency). Amaya believes these non-IFRS and non-U.S. GAAP 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. Although management believes these financial measures are important in evaluating Amaya, 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 or U.S. GAAP. They are not recognized measures under IFRS or U.S. GAAP and do not have standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS or U.S. GAAP. These measures may be different from non-IFRS and non-U.S. GAAP financial measures used by other companies, limiting its usefulness for comparison purposes. Moreover, presentation of certain of these measures is provided for year-over-year comparison purposes, and investors should be cautioned that the effect of the adjustments thereto provided herein have an actual effect on Amaya's operating results. In addition to QNY, which is defined below under "Key Metrics and Other Data", Amaya uses the following non-IFRS and non-U.S. GAAP measures in this release:
Adjusted EBITDA means net earnings (loss) before interest and financing costs, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, restructuring and certain other items.
Adjusted Net Earnings means net earnings (loss) before interest accretion, amortization of intangible assets resulting from purchase price allocation following acquisitions, deferred income taxes, stock-based compensation, restructuring, foreign exchange, and certain other items. Adjusted Net Earnings per Diluted Share means Adjusted Net Earnings divided by Diluted Shares. Diluted Shares means the weighted average number of common shares on a fully diluted basis, including options, warrants and Amaya's convertible preferred shares. The effects of anti-dilutive potential common shares are ignored in calculating Diluted Shares. See note 7 to the Q1 2017 Financial Statements. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, Diluted Shares equaled 200,656,549. For the purposes of the full year 2017 financial guidance provided in this release, Diluted Shares equals between 202,000,000 and 206,000,000 for the high and low ends of the Adjusted Net Earnings per Diluted Share range, respectively.
To calculate revenue on a constant currency basis, Amaya translated revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2017 using the prior year's monthly exchange rates for its local currencies other than the U.S. dollar, which Amaya believes is a useful metric that facilitates comparison to its historical performance.
For additional information on Amaya's non-IFRS measures, see the Q1 2017 MD&A, including under the headings "Management's Discussion and Analysis" and "Selected Financial Information—Other Financial Information".
Key Metrics and Other Data
Amaya defines QAUs as active unique customers (online, mobile and desktop client) who generated rake, placed a bet or otherwise wagered (excluding free play, bonuses or other promotions) on or through an Amaya poker, casino or sportsbook offering during the applicable quarterly period. Amaya defines unique as a customer who played at least once on one of Amaya's real-money offerings during the period, and excludes duplicate counting, even if that customer is active across multiple verticals (e.g., both poker and casino). For further clarity, the exclusions from QAUs noted as "free play, bonuses or other promotions" include, without limitation, low-stakes and/or non-raked poker games, but do not include non-cash promotions or poker tournament fees covered by Amaya as incentives for customers who ultimately make or place real-money wagers or bets on or through an Amaya poker, casino or sportsbook offering.
Amaya defines QNY as combined real-money online gaming and related revenue (excluding certain other revenues, such as revenues from play-money offerings, live events and branded poker rooms) for its two business lines (i.e., real-money online poker and real-money online casino and sportsbook) as reported during the applicable quarterly period (or as adjusted to the extent any accounting reallocations are made in later periods) divided by the total QAUs during the same period. Amaya provides QNY on a U.S. dollar and constant currency basis. QNY is a non-IFRS measure.
Amaya defines Customer Registrations as the cumulative number of online real-money and play-money customer registrations on PokerStars, Full Tilt and related brands.
For additional information on Amaya's key metrics and other data, see the Q1 2017 MD&A, including under the headings "Limitations on Key Metrics and Other Data" and "Key Metrics".
SOURCE Amaya Inc.
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