XLMedia PLC Trading update (8684Q)
11 June 2018 - 4:00PM
UK Regulatory
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RNS Number : 8684Q
XLMedia PLC
11 June 2018
For immediate release 11 June 2018
XLMedia PLC
("XLMedia" or the "Group" or the "Company")
Trading update
XLMedia (AIM: XLM), a leading provider of digital performance
marketing, announces the following trading update for the year
ending 31 December 2018.
Underlying trading in the year to date has been stable with the
Group actively deciding to focus on higher margin business and
ceasing certain lower margin media buying activities. The Group has
also seen some impact from regulatory changes, namely the closure
of the Australian market at the end of 2017 in addition to
uncertainty regarding the regulatory status of certain European
markets during 2018. These regulatory changes have triggered a
re-alignment in how operators and marketers can work which should
lead to a clearer and more functional environment. There has also
been some reduction in SEO performance in few specific
territories.
As a result of these factors, the Board now expects to report
lower revenues than expected of circa US $130 million with
marginally lower adjusted EBITDA(1) compared to the prior year, for
the current financial year, with a corresponding impact on profit
before tax.
The Board however is pleased to report that the recently
acquired personal finance assets continue to perform well and
expects total publishing revenues in this sector to continue to
grow as a proportion of overall Group publishing revenues during
2018.
Elsewhere across the business an accelerated effort to increase
our reach whilst adding new channels, markets and products is
currently being undertaken in an effort to optimise performance and
Group diversification. Furthermore, with the US Supreme Court
repealing the ban on sports betting last month, we have accelerated
our efforts to ensure we are well positioned to service those
operators who will be active in the market, although we believe its
positive effects will only be felt in the medium to long term
In January 2018, XLMedia raised $43.6 million in order to
support further investment in the business and fund additional
acquisition led growth. Since then the Group has acquired
Whichbingo, in April 2018, as well as additional US personal
finance websites. All of these assets are currently being
integrated into the Group as we seek to leverage synergy benefits
and improve the performance of these assets as they are integrated
and migrated onto our Palcon proprietary platform.
The Group currently has a solid pipeline of acquisitions targets
under various stages of evaluation and the Board remains optimistic
of completing further transactions within 2018.
As in previous years, the Board expects to issue a pre-close
trading statement in July and re-affirms its stated dividend policy
of returning at least 50 per cent. of net profits to shareholders
by way of dividend payments.
1 - Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and
amortization adjusted to exclude share based payments
The information contained within this announcement is deemed to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse
Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014. Upon the publication of this
announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in
the public domain.
The person responsible for the release of this announcement is
Mr. Yehuda Dahan, Group CFO.
For further information, contact:
XLMedia plc Via Vigo Communications
Ory Weihs
www.xlmedia.com
Vigo Communications Tel: 020 7390 0230
Jeremy Garcia / Fiona Henson /
Kate Rogucheva
www.vigocomms.com
Cenkos Securities plc (Nomad and Tel: 020 7397 8900
Joint Broker)
Camilla Hume / Mark Connelly
www.cenkos.com
Berenberg (Joint Broker) Tel: 020 3207 7800
Chris Bowman / Mark Whitmore
www.berenberg.com
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