Financial highlights during second quarter 2023
- Revenue amounted to an all-time high of
EUR 10 281 (7 200) thousand, corresponding to a growth of 43% and an organic growth of -26.5%. -
Adjusted EBITDA (before items affecting comparability) was
EUR 1 614 (1 802) thousand decreasing by 10% year-on-year. EBITDA amounted toEUR 588 (1 802) thousand, decreasing by 67% year-on-year. -
Profit after tax was
EUR -21 258 (1 248) thousand. Adjusted profit after tax (before items affecting comparability and currency effects) wasEUR -931 (588) thousand. Items affecting comparability include an impairment charge ofEUR 20 million . -
Earnings per share after dilution amounted to
EUR -0.104 (0.010). Adjusted earnings per share (before items affecting comparability and currency effects) wasEUR -0.005 (0.005). - New Depositing Customers (NDC) amounted to an all-time high of 117,365 (35 134) increasing by 234% (19%).
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Cash flow from operating activities amounted to
EUR 1 667 (1 490) thousand.
Financial highlights during first six months 2023
- Revenue amounted to an all-time high of
EUR 19 581 (14 203) thousand, corresponding to a growth of 38% and an organic growth of -23.8%. -
Adjusted EBITDA (before items affecting comparability) was
EUR 3 755 (3 583) thousand, increasing by 5% year-on-year. EBITDA amounted toEUR 2 702 (4 050) thousand, decreasing by 33% year-on-year. -
Profit after tax was
EUR -21 324 (2 431) thousand. Adjusted profit after tax (before items affecting comparability and currency effects) wasEUR -1 111 (1 138) thousand. Items affecting comparability include an impairment charge ofEUR 20 million . -
Earnings per share after dilution amounted to
EUR -0.104 (0.019). Adjusted earnings per share (before items affecting comparability and currency effects) wasEUR -0.005 (0.009). - New Depositing Customers (NDC) amounted to an all-time high of 210 024 (68 672) increasing by 206% (12%).
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Cash flow from operating activities amounted to
EUR 2 673 (2 975) thousand.
Important events during the quarter
On
- Settlement of PMG Earn-out - reducing short term cash commitment from
EUR 4.5 million toEUR 2.25 million . -
Sale of 9% of the shares in
Acroud Media Ltd - reducing contingent liabilities byEUR 13.5 million . -
Waiver the mandatory partial payment of the bond - reducing short-term cash outflow by approx.
EUR 2 million . -
Equity injection of
SEK 22 million . -
Conversion of bonds to equity - reducing long term borrowings by
SEK 25 million and reducing quarterly interest costs. -
Conversion of shareholder loan to equity - reducing long term borrowings by
SEK 4.3 million .
For more information on the Written Procedure, please refer to Press Release issued
Financial highlights after the quarter
- On
13 July 2023 ,Acroud AB has agreed to sell and transfer toRIAE Media Ltd , 9 shares corresponding to 9% of all the issued and outstanding shares inAcroud Media Ltd. The purchase price for the shares isEUR 1.1 million which will be paid in cash no later than30 November 2023. The shares were transferred fromAcroud AB toRIAE Media Ltd on1st August 2023 . On the same date,Acroud AB has entered into an amendment of the shareholders agreement so that the Put Option of the original shareholders agreement will be removed with effect from1st August 2023 . -
On
03 August 2023 ,Acroud AB (Acroud ) entered into an agreement with PMG Group A/S,SMD Group Ltd andDouble Down Media Ltd as sellers regardingAcroud's previous purchase ofVoonix ApS ,Matching Visions Ltd andTraffic Grid Ltd in order to settleEUR 4 million of the total earn-out payment ofEUR 9 million by way of cash payment ofEUR 2.25 million and a debt-to-equity swap ofEUR 1.75 million paid by way of a directed set-off issue of shares inAcroud . On the same date,Acroud has issued promissory notes to the sellers in respect to the remaining debt ofEUR 5 million .Acroud is granting the sellers a right to purchase, and the sellers is grantingAcroud a right to sell, 40% of the total number of shares ofVoonix ApS ,Matching Visions Ltd andTraffic Grid Ltd with payment by way of set-off against the promissory notes. The sellers may exercise the right to purchase andAcroud may exercise the right to sell only afterAcroud has redeemed its outstanding bond loan 2022/2025 in full. -
On
03 August 2023 , the board of directors ofAcroud has in accordance with the Written Procedure resolved to carry out a directed new issue of 36,241,424 shares for a total consideration amount of approx.SEK 71.6 million .
The subscription of shares in the directed new share issue is made against payment in cash, in-kind or through set-off as further detailed below:
- 11,139,240 shares issued to
Trottholmen AB and Strategic Investment A/S against payment in cash of in totalSEK 22 million . -
10,284,594 shares issued to PMG Group A/S,
SMD Group Ltd andDouble Down Media LTD against payment by way of set-off against earn-out claims amounting to in totalEUR 1,750,000 under a share purchase agreement entered into withAcroud and the subscribers. -
2,159,363 shares issued to
Trottholmen AB against payment by way of set-off against a shareholder loan of approx.SEK 4.3 million . -
12,658,227 shares issued to
Trottholmen AB and Strategic Investment A/S against payment in-kind consisting of Bonds amounting to in totalSEK 25 million .
CEO comments: Towards strengthening the balance sheet, reducing debt and securing cash flows
Q2 2023 marked a new all-time high for both revenues and New Depositing Customers (NDCs). Revenues amounted to
After the reporting period, the group engaged in a series of transactions involving both changes to earn-out agreements and reduced future commitments for
Through these agreements,
Furthermore, the main shareholders,
We have also implemented further cost savings in our old core business, where we have now moved the operations and development of our casino products, to a team with whom we have previously cooperated successfully. The reason for this is that our own casino products have seen a continuous decline in revenues over the last 5 years and we have not been able to reverse the trend despite the various attempted leadership and strategy changes. So based on this, we decided it was time for a drastic change, a change where no "legacy" and sacred cows burden the way of thinking. As a result of this, we are lowering our operating costs while giving our partners a clear incentive to grow our casino sites since they share in the profitability increases. We expect to see the result of this and the investments in the media business during Q4 2023 and onwards.
The fact that our old core business has been performing so poorly for a long time has also led us to the decision to impair
Following the mentioned decisions that have been taken in this quarter, we have now "cleaned up" and look forward to taking the company forward and upwards from this platform.
All in all, I am grateful to everyone who has contributed to the above changes being implemented. We have been able to achieve this thanks to the flexibility and commitment of all our employees, the founders of PMG and TGC's desire to jointly build a successful company, our two largest shareholders who strengthen our cash position, and our bondholders who have constructively supported this solution.
With this secured, we can be really optimistic about the future.
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