SciPlay Reports Third Quarter 2021 Results

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SciPlay Corporation (NASDAQ: SCPL) ("SciPlay" or the "Company") today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2021.

Josh Wilson, Chief Executive Officer of SciPlay, said, "Our team executed a number of operational achievements in the quarter, continuing the strong momentum across key areas of the business. Gold Fish® Casino delivered another exceptional quarter in Q3 and has huge momentum going into Q4. The launch of our newly redesigned Quick Hit is gaining traction, up 30% since June. The quarter was impacted by an event isolated in Jackpot Party® Casino, which we identified and addressed quickly, with the impact limited to the third quarter. With Jackpot Party rebounding, we expect SciPlay to return to both year over year and sequential growth in the fourth quarter. Solitaire Pets® Adventure has now launched world-wide and Project X is tracking ahead of schedule as we continue to expand in casual and diversify our revenue streams."

Daniel O'Quinn, Interim Chief Financial Officer of SciPlay, added, "We are very pleased as we continued to deliver strong monetization metrics, maintaining an 8.5% payer conversion record following 7 consecutive quarters of growth, in addition to generating ARPDAU of $0.69. Monthly paying users and average monthly revenue per user were well above pre-COVID-19 levels, with average quarterly revenue running approximately 25% higher and AMRPPU approximately $10 higher. There were a number of significant redesigns and game features that drove player engagement and growth in our social casino games and we remain disciplined in managing our cost structure and balance sheet, generating $58 million in operating cash flow in the quarter."

SUMMARY RESULTS

Key Performance Indicators

Third Quarter 2021 Financial Highlights

• Third quarter revenue was $146.6 million, down 3% from the prior year period, due to an event isolated in Jackpot Party® Casino, partially offset by strong monetization metrics and by record growth at Gold Fish® Casino. We expect SciPlay to return to both year over year and sequential growth in the fourth quarter.
• Net income was $37.0 million compared to $35.1 million in the prior year period due to lower general and administrative expenses, partially offset by higher depreciation and amortization and research and development.
• AEBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure defined below, was $44.7 million compared to $49.3 million in the prior year period, primarily driven by lower revenue. AEBITDA margin, a non-GAAP financial measure defined below, was 30.5% for the quarter.
• Net cash provided by operating activities was $58.0 million, a $1.6 million increase over the prior year period primarily related to favorable changes in working capital primarily related to the timing of collections which was partially offset by lower earnings.
• Cash and cash equivalents increased $61.9 million to $330.8 million from the fourth quarter 2020.

Third Quarter Key Performance Highlights

• Payer conversion rate remained at record 8.5% validating our continued payer focus and live-ops strategy to drive increased monetization.
• Average Monthly Revenue Per Paying User (AMRPPU) was $93.67, remaining above pre-COVID-19 levels.
• Average Revenue Per Daily Active User (ARPDAU) up 9.5% to $0.69 compared to $0.63 in the prior year period.
• Mobile penetration increased 200 basis points from the prior year period to 89%.

About SciPlay

We are a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web platforms. We currently offer seven core games, including four social casino games and three primary casual games, and recently added a solitaire social game targeted toward casual game players. Our social casino games typically include slots-style game play and occasionally include table games-style game play, while our casual games blend slots-style or bingo game play with adventure game features. All of our games are offered and played on multiple platforms, which include Apple, Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Microsoft. In addition to our internally created game content, our content library includes recognizable, real-world slot and table games content from Scientific Games Corporation. This content allows players who like playing land-based slot machines to enjoy some of those same titles in our free-to-play games.

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Forward-Looking Statements

Throughout this press release, we make "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements describe future expectations, plans, results or strategies and can often be identified by the use of terminology such as "may," "will," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "continue," "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "target," "should," "could," "potential," "opportunity," "goal," or similar terminology. These statements are based upon management's current expectations, assumptions and estimates and are not guarantees of timing, future results or performance. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated in these statements due to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors, including, among other things:

• the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and any resulting social, political, economic and financial complications;
• risks and uncertainties related to the proposed acquisition of our public shares, including regarding the terms and consummation of such a transaction, whether it will yield additional value for our stockholders and whether it will adversely impact our business, financial results, results of operations, cash flows or stock price;
• our ability to attract and retain players;
• expectations of growth in total consumer spending on social gaming, including social casino gaming;
• our reliance on third-party platforms;
• our ability to continue to launch and enhance games that attract and retain a significant number of paying players;
• our reliance on a small percentage of our players for nearly all of our revenue;
• our ability to adapt to, and offer games that keep pace with, changing technology and evolving industry standards;
• competition;
• our dependence on the optional purchases of coins, chips and cards to supplement the availability of periodically offered free coins, chips and cards;
• restrictions and covenants in debt agreements, including those that could result in acceleration of the maturity of our indebtedness;
• the discontinuation or replacement of LIBOR, which may adversely affect interest rates;
• fluctuations in our results due to seasonality and other factors;
• dependence on skilled employees with creative and technical backgrounds;
• our ability to use the intellectual property rights of our parent, Scientific Games Corporation, and other third parties, including the third-party intellectual property rights licensed to Scientific Games Corporation, under our intellectual property license agreement with our parent;
• protection of our proprietary information and intellectual property, inability to license third-party intellectual property and the intellectual property rights of others;
• security and integrity of our games and systems;
• security breaches, cyber-attacks or other privacy or data security incidents, challenges or disruptions;
• reliance on or failures in information technology and other systems;
• the impact of legal and regulatory restrictions on our business, including significant opposition in some jurisdictions to interactive social gaming, including social casino gaming, and how such opposition could lead these jurisdictions to adopt legislation or impose a regulatory framework to govern interactive social gaming or social casino gaming specifically, and how this could result in a prohibition on interactive social gaming or social casino gaming altogether, restrict our ability to advertise our games, or substantially increase our costs to comply with these regulations;
• laws and government regulations, both foreign and domestic, including those relating to our parent, Scientific Games Corporation, and to data privacy and security, including with respect to the collection, storage, use, transmission, sharing and protection of personal information and other consumer data, and those laws and regulations that affect companies conducting business on the internet, including ours;
• the continuing evolution of the scope of data privacy and security regulations, and our belief that the adoption of increasingly restrictive regulations in this area is likely within the U.S. and other jurisdictions;
• risks related to foreign operations, including the complexity of foreign laws, regulations and markets; the uncertainty of enforcement of remedies in foreign jurisdictions; the effect of currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of foreign labor laws and disputes; the ability to attract and retain key personnel in foreign jurisdictions; the economic, tax and regulatory policies of local governments; and compliance with applicable anti-money laundering, anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws;
• influence of certain stockholders, including decisions that may conflict with the interests of other stockholders;
• our ability to achieve some or all of the anticipated benefits of being a standalone public company;
• our dependence on distributions from SciPlay Parent Company, LLC to pay our taxes and expenses, including substantial payments we will be required to make under the Tax Receivable Agreement (the "TRA");
• failure to establish and maintain adequate internal control over financial reporting;
• stock price volatility;
• litigation and other liabilities relating to our business, including litigation and liabilities relating to consumer protection, gambling-related matters, employee matters, alleged service and system malfunctions, alleged intellectual property infringement and claims relating to our contracts, licenses and strategic investments;
• our ability to complete acquisitions and integrate businesses successfully;
• our ability to pursue and execute new business initiatives;
• natural events and health crises that disrupt our operations or those of our providers or suppliers;
• changes in tax laws or tax rulings, or the examination of our tax positions;
• our dependence on certain key providers; and
• U.S. and international economic and industry conditions.

Additional information regarding risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in forward-looking statements is included from time to time in our filings with the SEC, including under "Risk Factors" in Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1A "Risk Factors" in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2021. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and, except for our ongoing obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws, we undertake no and expressly disclaim any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

This press release may contain references to industry market data and certain industry forecasts. Industry market data and industry forecasts are obtained from publicly available information and industry publications. Industry publications generally state that the information contained therein has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, but that the accuracy and completeness of that information is not guaranteed. Although we believe industry information to be accurate, it is not independently verified by us and we do not make any representation as to the accuracy of that information. In general, we believe there is less publicly available information concerning international social gaming industries than the same industries in the U.S. Some data is also based on our good faith estimates, which are derived from our review of internal surveys or data, as well as the independent sources referenced above. Assumptions and estimates of our and our industry's future performance are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described under "Risk Factors" in Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1A "Risk Factors" in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K. These and other factors could cause future performance to differ materially from our assumptions and estimates.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA, or AEBITDA, as used herein, is a non-GAAP financial measure that is presented as supplemental disclosure and is reconciled to net income attributable to SciPlay as the most directly comparable GAAP measure as set forth in the below table. We define AEBITDA to include net income attributable to SciPlay before: (1) net income attributable to noncontrolling interest; (2) interest expense; (3) income tax expense; (4) depreciation and amortization; (5) restructuring and other, which includes charges or expenses attributable to: (a) employee severance; (b) management changes; (c) restructuring and integration; (d) M&A and other, which includes: (i) M&A transaction costs; (ii) purchase accounting adjustments; (iii) unusual items (including certain legal settlements) and (iv) other non-cash items; (e) contingent acquisition consideration and (f) cost-savings initiatives; (6) stock-based compensation; (7) loss (gain) on debt financing transactions; and (8) other expense (income) including foreign currency (gains) and losses. We also use AEBITDA margin, a non-GAAP measure, which we calculate as AEBITDA as a percentage of revenue.

Our management uses AEBITDA and AEBITDA margin to, among other things: (i) monitor and evaluate the performance of our business operations; (ii) facilitate our management's internal comparisons of our historical operating performance and (iii) analyze and evaluate financial and strategic planning decisions regarding future operating investments and operating budgets. In addition, our management uses AEBITDA and AEBITDA margin to facilitate management's external comparisons of our results to the historical operating performance of other companies that may have different capital structures and debt levels. Our management believes that AEBITDA and AEBITDA margin are useful as they provide investors with information regarding our financial condition and operating performance that is an integral part of our management's reporting and planning processes. In particular, our management believes that AEBITDA is helpful because this non-GAAP financial measure eliminates the effects of restructuring, transaction, integration or other items that management believes have less bearing on our ongoing underlying operating performance. Management believes AEBITDA margin is useful as it provides investors with information regarding the underlying operating performance and margin generated by our business operations.

SOURCE SciPlay Corporation