XLMedia PLC Trading Update (2327A)
February 01 2022 - 1:59AM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 2327A
XLMedia PLC
01 February 2022
1(st) February 2022
XLMedia PLC
("XLMedia" or the "Group" or the "Company")
Trading Update
XLMedia (AIM: XLM), a leading global digital performance
publisher, today provides the following trading update for the year
ended 31 December 2021.
The Group expects its full year results for the year ended 31
December 2021 to be in line with expectations, delivering revenue
of approximately US$66.6 million (2020: US$54.8 million) and
adjusted EBITDA[1] of approximately US$17.2 million (2020: US$12.2
million). Cash balances (including short and long-term deposits) at
FY 2021 are expected to be c.US$24.7 million (FY 2020: US$15.4
million).
The Company's Sports vertical performed well during the year,
with revenue of approximately US$25.2 million (2020: US$11.3
million), buoyed by two US sports acquisitions and a number of
publishing partnerships. The Group now has North American coverage
across 15 states, with an increasing market opportunity as more
states legalise online sports betting.
Personal Finance generated revenues of approximately US $8.8
million (2020: US$8.4 million). H2 2021 continued to be in a state
of transition and FY 2022 revenue is expected to be less than FY
2021, with trading continuing to be challenging.
The Group's European Casino assets, which generated revenues of
approximately US$23.2 million (2020: US$31.7 million), will
continue to face trading pressures as tail revenues decline
further. Our Finnish Casino assets are facing negative regulatory
change which will significantly impact revenue performance in the
coming year.
Continued progress has been made rationalising and reorganising
the Company to further capitalise on the North American market
opportunity and to materially reduce risk from legacy areas of the
business. This initiative is well advanced, with additional costs
to be incurred until mid 2022 as expected.
Whilst the Group expects the US Sports vertical to deliver
strong growth in FY22, this will be, in part, offset by the managed
decline of the European Casino vertical and restructuring of the
Personal Finance vertical.
Results for the year ended 31 December 2021 will be published in
March 2022.
The information contained within this announcement (the
"Announcement") is deemed by the Company to constitute inside
information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulation (EU)
No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this Announcement via a
Regulatory Information Service, this inside information is now
considered to be in the public domain.
For further information, please contact:
XLMedia plc ir@xlmedia.com
Stuart Simms, Chief Executive Officer via Vigo Consulting
Rowan Ellis, Interim Chief Financial Officer
www.xlmedia.com
Vigo Consulting Tel: 020 7390 0233
Jeremy Garcia / Kendall Hill
www.vigoconsulting.com
Cenkos Securities plc (Nomad and Joint Broker) Tel: 020 7397 8900
Giles Balleny / Max Gould
www.cenkos.com
Berenberg (Joint Broker) Tel: 020 3207 7800
Mark Whitmore / Richard Andrews / Jack Botros
www.berenberg.com
Notes:
XLMedia is a global digital performance publisher. Operating
across a variety of vertical markets including online gambling,
personal finance and sports, the Group uses proprietary tools and
methodologies to identify and target high value consumers for
platform operators.
XLMedia operates branded, content-rich websites, underpinned by
intelligent market-leading technology and data, to build stronger
and lasting relationships with consumers.
The Group seeks to create a balanced portfolio of premium
websites to cover a range of attractive geographies, both stable
and high-growth verticals, with greater exposure to regulated
markets.
[1] Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA adjusted for Share
Based Payments and Transformation costs.
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