小杨嫂黑料

3RD QUARTER 2016 RESULTS

3RD QUARTER 2016 RESULTS

鈥溞⊙钌┖诹 announces aggressive revenue growth 7% and resilient EBITDA growth 2.4% in 9M16鈥

December 1ST, 2016
小杨嫂黑料 SA (RIC: INLr.AT, Bloomberg: INLOT GA), an international gaming solutions and operations leader, announces its financial results for the nine-month period ending September 30th, 2016, prepared in accordance with IFRS.

 OVERVIEW

Text Box: o	Group Revenues increased by 7.0% in 9M16 (+19.5% in constant currency) attributed to the combined outcome of increased competition in the sports betting market in Bulgaria and Eurobet鈥檚 first time consolidation, which resulted in boosting revenue growth by 16.2% in 3Q16 (+28.9% in constant currency). On a LTM basis revenue grew by 3.6%.  o	EBITDA in the 9M16 period grew moderately by 2.4% (+16.6% in constant currency), with a margin contraction of just 58bps, absorbing a 374bps increase in the payout ratio. In 3Q16 EBITDA decreased by 14.3% (-1.8% in constant currency), as a result of approx. 鈧7m shortfall in the Parent company, driven by increased efforts related to new projects and product development, M&A transaction costs and timing effects of 3Q15 compared to 3Q16.    o	小杨嫂黑料 issued in September a 5-year, 鈧250m, 6.75% coupon bond to refinance its 2018, 325m, 9.750% coupon bond, reducing significantly debt servicing costs.   o	In November, 80% of our operations in Peru were transferred to NG Entertainment Peru S.A.C. and the Group received a cash consideration of 68.7m USD.  o	Net debt in the 3rd quarter increased by 鈧23.0m to 鈧533.8m, due to third party dividends distribution of 鈧9.5m to joint venture partners, M&A activities of 鈧10.0m and negative FX of 鈧1.8m.











Text Box: o	New products and services that have been recently developed and installed to various clients include:   脴	Self Service Terminals (SST) for autonomous play with advanced payments methods  脴	Canvas CMS solution with additional verticals (Casino and e-Instants) supporting social marketing integration  脴	Native Mobile Betting applications (iOS, Android) with real money gaming  脴	Remote Gaming Server new release with significant architectural enhancements for better performance and support of Slot Games





 Commenting on the 3Q 2016 Results 小杨嫂黑料 Group CEO Antonios Kerastaris noted:
鈥溞⊙钌┖诹 Q3 was marked by aggressive organic revenue growth, as a result of the company strategy for launching new products and services and
reaping fruits of new projects.  Recent milestone developments of a successful early refinancing of a 鈧250m bond in September with significantly better terms that lead to cumulative savings of up to 鈧65m savings in debt-servicing costs and extension of maturities to 2021 combined with the collection of USD 68.7m in cash from the disposal of 80% of our operation in Peru have drastically improved our financial position and capacity to meet our targets of significantly reduced net debt and improved cash position by the end of 2016 

OVERVIEW OF RESULTS

 REVENUES

  • Reported consolidated revenues increased by 16.2% to 鈧320.6m in 3Q16 compared to the same period a year ago, shaping revenues in 9M16 to 957.5m or 7.0% higher y-o-y. Revenues in 3Q16 were boosted from increased sports betting revenues in Bulgaria and the consolidation of the recently acquired Bulgarian lottery company Eurobet in 3Q16.

 

  • The increase in 9M16 derives from: +115.1m in East Europe due to increased sales in Bulgaria and Turkey, +20.9m in North America, +3.2m in West Europe due to higher revenues in Malta and Cyprus and +1.9m in Africa due to increased sales in Morocco, partially counterbalanced by decreased sales of 47.8m in Australasia due to lower sales in Azerbaijan where the local currency suffered severe devaluations and -30.8m in South America due to softer sales in Argentina, Jamaica and Brazil.    
  • Constant currency basis: In 3Q16 revenues net of a negative FX impact of 鈧35.1m reached 鈧355.7m (+28.9% y-o-y), while in 9M16 revenues net of a negative FX impact of 鈧112.1m shaped at 鈧1,069.6m (+19.5% y-o-y).

 

  • Numerical Games are the largest contributors to our top line, comprising 48.8% of our revenues (+11.1% vs. 9M15), followed by Sports Betting contributing 34.3% to Group turnover (+2.4% vs. 9M15). VLTs/AWPs represented 3.0% of Group turnover (+70.0% vs. 9M15), followed by Technology contracts with 11.4% (+5.8% vs. 9M15) and Racing with 2.6% (-27.7% vs. 9M15).
  • Wagers handled

During the 9M16 period 小杨嫂黑料 systems handled 鈧17.3 bn. of wagers worldwide (from continuing operations), increased by 1.0% y-o-y. Africa increased by 22.6%, North America increased by 11.7%, East Europe increased by 3.2%, West Europe increased by 1.4%, South America decreased by 13.5% and Asia decreased by 6.5%.

 

GROSS MARGIN / OPERATING INCOME / OPEX

  • The Gross profit margin was shaped at 17.6% in 9M16 from 18.8% in 9M15, negatively affected mainly by a margin contraction in Bulgaria & Azerbaijan (due to a higher payout) and Turkey, partially counterbalanced by margin expansion in the US. The payout ratio in 9M16 increased by 3.7ppt vs. 9M15, while GGR increased by 4.3% in the same period. In 3Q16, the payout ratio increased by 4.9ppt. vs. 3Q15 (due to Bulgaria and Azerbaijan), while GGR increased by 7.6%.

 

  • Other operating income in 9M16 totaled 鈧14.3m compared to 鈧17.0m in 9M15, posting a decrease of 15.8%. The major drivers of this decrease were the non-recurring income in Australia due to the operations sale in 2Q15 (鈧3.6m) and negative FX impact (鈧1.0m), partially offset by improved operations in Turkey (鈧1.7m) and the growth in instant ticket services of our US operations (鈧1.4m).
  • Total operating expenses decreased by 2.8% to 鈧109.9m in line with our strategy to contain costs.

 

EBITDA

  • EBITDA developed to 鈧35.0m in 3Q16, posting a decrease of 14.3% compared to 3Q15. EBITDA in 9M16 shaped at 鈧123.9m, increased by 2.4% y-o-y.
  • Constant currency basis: In 3Q16 EBITDA net of a negative FX impact of 鈧5.1m reached 鈧40.1m (-1.8% y-o-y), while in 9M16 EBITDA net of a negative FX impact of 鈧17.2m shaped at 鈧141.1m (+16.6% y-o-y).

 

 

EBT / NIATMI

  • EBT in 3Q16 was shaped at 鈧-1.8m compared to 鈧5.1m in 3Q15. In 9M16 EBT was 鈧17.8m from 鈧30.8m in 9M15 (鈧-13.0m), negatively affected by higher net financial costs (鈧6.9m), increased Exchange differences (鈧2.9m) and higher investing activities (鈧2.0m) and asset losses (鈧2.0m) in 9M16.

 

  • Constant currency basis: In 3Q16 EB韦 net of a negative FX impact reached 鈧1.0m from 鈧9.5m in 3Q15, while in 9M16 EBT net of a negative FX impact shaped at 鈧34.7m (+17.6% y-o-y).
  • NIATMI from continuing operations in 3Q16 was shaped at 鈧-18.6m compared to 鈧-14.0m in 3Q15, while in 9M16 it was 鈧-34.5m from 鈧-36.7m in 9M15.

 

  • Constant currency basis: NIATMI from continuing operations in 3Q16 net of a negative FX impact reached 鈧-18.5m from 鈧-9.5m in 3Q15, while in 9M16 it was shaped at 鈧-28.7m from 鈧-37.4m in 9M15.

 
CASH-FLOW

  • Operating Cash-flow almost doubled in 9M16, at 鈧121.1m vs. 鈧64.8m in 9M15. The growth is mainly attributed to the WC improvement (+2.9m in 9M16 from -46.8m in 9M15).

 

  • Net Capex in 9M16 was 鈧44.6m, compared to 鈧53.7m in 9M15. Major Capex items in 9M16 include investments in our business in US of 鈧10.5m, in Chile 鈧4.9m and R&D of 鈧5.2m.
  • Net debt in the 3rd quarter increased by 鈧23.0m to 鈧533.8m, due to third party dividends distribution of 鈧9.5m to joint venture partners, M&A activities of 鈧10.0m and negative FX of 鈧1.8m.

 

  • LTM 9M16 Net Debt to EBITDA ratio adjusted for the proceeds from the Peruvian transaction that were received in November 2016 (鈧62.3m) and the redemption premium regarding the issuance of the 5-year 鈧250m bond (鈧10.8m), is shaped at 2.88x.  

 

  • In September 2016, the company completed the refinancing of the 2018 鈧325m bond through the issuance of a 2021 鈧250m bond. Recently the company obtained committed lines of 鈧240m compared to 鈧200m previously. As a result, the company will benefit from recurring annual interest cost savings in the area of 鈧12-13m.   
  • As of 30.09.2016 the Company didn鈥檛 hold any of our bonds.

 

APPENDIX

  • Revenues from Operation contracts (licenses) increased by 5.0% mainly due to higher revenues in Bulgaria, Malta and Cyprus, partially counterbalanced by the performance of Azerbaijan, Jamaica, Argentina and Brazil.
  • Sales from Management contracts posted an increase of 19.3% mainly driven by the performance of Turkey and Morocco.
  • Revenues from HW sales and facilities management increased by 10.5% mainly due to increased revenues in US and Australia, partially counterbalanced by the revenues in Argentina, an IT contract in Malaysia and the revenues from the Hellenic Lotteries.

 
小杨嫂黑料 Parent company results
Revenues for the period decreased by 10.4% to 鈧47.3m. 
EBITDA decreased to 鈧1.7m from 鈧37.2m in 9M15.
Earnings After Taxes (EAT) shaped at 鈧-6.9m from 鈧-8.2m in 9M15.