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Playtech — H1 2015 Earnings Presentation

42 slides from Playtech's earnings presentation, Aug 27, 2015

  1. Slide 1: Interim results 2015

    Interim results 2015 27 August 2015

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    AGENDA Financial review Operational and Highlights Q&A strategic review The Financials division Alan Jackson Ron Hoffman Mor Weizer Chairman Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Interim results 2015 2

  3. Slide 3: Delivering on our strategy

    DELIVERING ON OUR STRATEGY  Continued strong underlying growth in the Gaming division  Creation of the Financials division through strategic M&A  Strong financial performance across all key metrics  Performance and momentum provides confidence in continued strong growth for the remainder of 2015

  4. Slide 4: Strong financial performance

    STRONG FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 33% 16% 19% 8% Total revenue Adjusted EBITDA Adjusted EPS DPS up 33% up 16% up 19% up 8% Interim results 2015 4

  5. Slide 5: Agenda

    AGENDA Financial review Operational and Highlights Q&A strategic review The Financials division Alan Jackson Ron Hoffman Mor Weizer Chairman Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Interim results 2015 5

  6. Slide 6: Results summary

    RESULTS SUMMARY 300 H1 2014 286.0 H1 2015 € Millions 200 214.4 100 112.9 115.0 97.6 96.8 0 Total revenue Adj. EBITDA Adj. Net Profit +33% +16% +19% Interim results 2015 6

  7. Slide 7: Underlying results

    UNDERLYING RESULTS S T R O N G G R O W T H O N A N U N D E R LY I N G B A S I S 300 H1 2014 268.2 H1 2015 200 212.8 € Millions 100 114.3 118.6 97.4 96.9 0 Total revenue Adj. EBITDA Adj. Net Profit Excl. acqs / POC +29% +26% +40% Excl. white-label +25% +32% +46% At CC +10% +10% +9% Interim results 20

  8. Slide 8: Revenue growth by vertical

    REVENUE GROWTH BY VERTICAL A STRONG PERFOMANCE ACROSS KEY VERTICALS IN H1 +€32.7m +€12.6m +€3.8m +€9.2m +€1.7m -€1.4m 40% 159% 28% 30% 20% 21% 20% 0% -19% -20% Casino Services Sport Land-based Bingo Poker Interim results 2015 8

  9. Slide 9: Performance of Markets Limited

    PERFORMANCE OF MARKETS LIMITED A G O O D H A L F B O T H F I N A N C I A L LY A N D F O R K P I s Performance in H1 2015 Performance in May and June 2015 $m H1 ’15 H1 ’14 Chg $m 2015 2014 Chg Net revenue 48.2 30.2 60% Net revenue 11.6 12.3 -5% Actives – CFDs (000s) 36.0 26.7 34% Actives – CFDs (000s

  10. Slide 10: Low market volatility in May and June

    LOW MARKET VOLATILITY IN MAY AND JUNE M A R K E T S ’ R E V E N U E S I M PA C T E D I N F I N A L T W O M O N T H S O F H 1 28 24 20 16 12 8 Jul 14 Sep 14 Nov 14 Jan 15 Mar 15 May 15 Jul 15 Source: Chicago Board Options Exchange SPX Volatility Index Interim results 2015 10

  11. Slide 11: Margin analysis

    MARGIN ANALYSIS M A R G I N S I M PA C T E D B Y A C Q U S I T I O N S , P O C A N D W H I T E - L A B E L 2015 EBITDA margin 50% 48.6% 45% 45.5% 44.6% 45.4% 40% 42.6% 39.5% 35% At CC Excluding Adjusted 2014 adjusted acquisitions white-label EBITDA Excluding margin Excluding POC EBITDA margin + + +

  12. Slide 12: Cost analysis

    COST ANALYSIS €m H1 2015 H1 2014 Adj. operational costs 173.1 116.8 Revenue-driven costs 28.8 10% 17.1 8% Adj. operational costs excluding revenue-driven costs 144.3 99.7 Employee-related costs 84.9 59% 62.7 63% Cost of services 20.7 14% 14.4 14% Admin and office costs 13.7 10% 10.5 11% Other costs

  13. Slide 13: Cashflows

    CASHFLOWS H I G H C A S H G E N E R AT I O N A N D C A S H C O N V E R S I O N  Operating cash inflows of €96.4m in H1  Further inflows from financing activities  net proceeds of €313m through an equity placing to fund future acquisitions  €240m of new debt facilities  Net cash outflows from in

  14. Slide 14: Balance sheet

    BALANCE SHEET R E TA I N I N G S I G N I F I C A N T F I N A N C I A L F L E X I B I L I T Y  Over €1bn committed on strategic M&A in the first half  Total assets more than doubled to stand at c.€2bn  Maximum earn-outs totalling c.€260m  €240m of new facilities and net proceeds of €313m from equ

  15. Slide 15: Agenda

    AGENDA Financial review Operational and Highlights Q&A strategic review The Financials division Alan Jackson Ron Hoffman Mor Weizer Chairman Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Interim results 2015 15

  16. Slide 16: Global financial trading

    GLOBAL FINANCIAL TRADING Increased acceptance of CFDs Absence of similar investment products as an asset class Increase in global online penetration Technological advances Increased investment appetite Facilitate access to financial markets by retail customers globally / ease of access Interim resul

  17. Slide 17: Strategic rationale

    STRATEGIC RATIONALE  High growth and regulated industry  Leveraging our infrastructure and existing expertise  similar business fundamentals, many financial trading founders are from gambling backgrounds  financial trading has similar attributes, maximise revenue per user, minimise cost per acqu

  18. Slide 18: The Financials division

    THE FINANCIALS DIVISION A MARKET LEADER IN B2C MARKETS The Financials division in numbers in 2014  Total revenues of $375m  Adjusted EBITDA of $198m  170,000 active customers  110,000 FTDs  Significant geographical and product diversity with 7 regulatory licenses Interim results 2015 18

  19. Slide 19: Markets Limited: a single division

    MARKETS LIMITED: A SINGLE DIVISION  Operating a multi-brand B2C business  Significant technological advantages providing a competitive edge  Centralised back-office infrastructure to support the activity across the business  Combined optimised marketing strategy  Benefitting from multi-licensin

  20. Slide 20: Reporting of performance

    REPORTING OF PERFORMANCE KPIs TO BE REPORTED FOR THE FINANCIALS DIVISION AS A WHOLE P&L Other KPIs Revenues Actives EBITDA FTDs Geography (Europe, Asia, ROW) Interim results 2015 20

  21. Slide 21: A diversified business

    A DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS € 8 0 0 M O F P R O - F O R M A G R O U P R E V E N U E S I N 2 0 1 4 W I T H 6 0 % R E G U L AT E D 2014 revenue by customer 2014 revenue by product 2014 revenue by geography 21% 28% 39% 37% 18% 24% 33% 27% Financial trading customers Gaming - customer 1 CFDs Casino Rest of W

  22. Slide 22: Agenda

    AGENDA Financial review Operational and Highlights Q&A strategic review The Financials division Alan Jackson Ron Hoffman Mor Weizer Chairman Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Interim results 2015 22

  23. Slide 23: Key drivers of Gaming performance

    KEY DRIVERS OF GAMING PERFORMANCE C O N T I N U I N G G R O W T H F R O M R E G U L AT E D M A R K E T S  Strong growth across regions and product verticals  Growth split between new business and existing licensees  Regulated revenues growing faster than .com revenues  contributing 80% of increm

  24. Slide 24: Operational highlights

    OPERATIONAL HIGHLIGHTS  Continued progress with Playtech ONE Omni-Channel offering  launched first Omni-Channel HTML5 front-end solution with Ladbrokes  Omni-Channel offering continuously extended and upgraded to including additional retail components  Good progress made with structured agreemen

  25. Slide 25: Strategy in Gaming remains the same

    STRATEGY IN GAMING REMAINS THE SAME F O C U S O N R E G U L AT E D M A R K E T S  Supporting the organic growth of existing licensees  Extending existing relationships to new products, new services and new territories  Signing new licensees  Structured agreements  M&A Interim results 2015 25

  26. Slide 26: A unique offering

    A UNIQUE OFFERING P L AY T E C H ’ S T E C H N O L O G Y A N D E X P E R I E N C E I S U N R I VA L L E D  Playtech’s IMS driven omni-channel offering is a key differentiator and unique proposition  Unmatchable resource and investment dedicated to R&D  Largest content portfolio in the industry 

  27. Slide 27: Continued innovation

    CONTINUED INNOVATION EXTENDING OUR LEAD  Mobile is yesterday’s story  Industry needs to align itself with the information age  Getting a lot more from the same  Omni-channel is more than just integrated products… it’s a holistic approach  Customer centric approach is in the “doing” not just in

  28. Slide 28: Making businesses more intelligent

    MAKING BUSINESSES MORE INTELLIGENT A N E N T I R E S U I T E O F T O O L S T O E N H A N C E O P E R AT I O N S  Tools designed to increase LTV, lower churn rates and Game Churn improve the customer journey Advisor Detection  Based on advanced algorithms and benchmarks against big data from custom

  29. Slide 29: Game Advisor

    MAKING BUSINESSES MORE INTELLIGENT GAME ADVISOR “To improve the customer journey and ensure that the player is being advised of the games that best fit them using a fully personalised approach based on the player’s characteristics, increasing life time vale of customers and reducing churn rates” +15

  30. Slide 30: Churn Detection

    MAKING BUSINESSES MORE INTELLIGENT CHURN DETECTION “To reduce the churn rates and increase LTV (by retaining the players). Playtech BI collects the player’s data, analyses this and based on an algorithm assigns a churn probability (between 0 and 1), after factoring multiple variables of players acti

  31. Slide 31: Optimiser

    MAKING BUSINESSES MORE INTELLIGENT OPTIMISER “Provides licensees with a tool to run real-time web personalisation & optimisation. With a short and easy integration licensees can run optimisation campaigns within minutes without the need of developers or IT.” Interim results 2015 31

  32. Slide 32: BI reporting and benchmarking

    MAKING BUSINESSES MORE INTELLIGENT BI REPORTING AND BENCHMARKING “Provides users with the ability to slice and dice data from various products. Playtech BI collects player’s data, analyses & aggregates it, and provide reporting interface to the user Users can run their own data analysis with the too

  33. Slide 33: Smart Installer

    MAKING BUSINESSES MORE INTELLIGENT S M A R T I N S TA L L E R “To provide licensees with a smart installer tool that can increase conversion and prevent churn with each smart installer customised specifically to the requirements of each licensee and brand.” The installer has the capability to run ma

  34. Slide 34: New business pipeline

    NEW BUSINESS PIPELINE P L AY T E C H I S T H E N AT U R A L C H O I C E I N R E G U L AT E D M A R K E T S  Strong pipeline with significant opportunities across CEE, Latin America, Africa and elsewhere – new licensees and structured agreements  Sports remains an untapped market with significant p

  35. Slide 35: Capital allocation

    CAPITAL ALLOCATION M & A R E M A I N S A K E Y PA R T O F O U R S T R AT E G Y  Continued focus on M&A to augment organic growth  strengthening existing positions in key areas such as sports, mobile, content  extending to new product areas such as advanced marketing technologies and capabilities

  36. Slide 36: Current trading and outlook

    CURRENT TRADING AND OUTLOOK MOMENTUM FOR REMAINDER OF 2015 AND BEYOND  Strong current trading in both Gaming and Financials divisions  Strong pipeline in Gaming division  Clear plans for Financials divisions  Financial flexibility retained for further M&A to augment organic growth Interim result

  37. Slide 37: Agenda

    AGENDA Financial review Operational and Highlights Q&A strategic review The Financials division Alan Jackson Ron Hoffman Mor Weizer Chairman Chief Financial Officer Chief Executive Officer Interim results 2015 37

  38. Slide 38: Appendices

    Appendices Interims results 2015

  39. Slide 39: Gaming mobile penetration

    GAMING MOBILE PENETRATION I NCREASE F RO M 15% TO 20% O F SO F T WARE REVENUES I N H1 PRODUCT VERTICAL H1 2014 (€M) H1 2015 (€M) GROWTH % Casino 10.4 19.9 94% Sports 10.2 13.4 29% Bingo 1.1 1.7 51% Poker 0.1 0.2 234% Total 21.8 35.2 64% Interim results 2015 39

  40. Slide 40: Regulatory split of Gaming growth

    REGULATORY SPLIT OF GAMING GROWTH R E G U L AT E D M A R K E T S D R I V I N G 8 0 % O F H 1 G A M I N G G R O W T H AT C C Growth (ex acq) 26% Existing 25% Regulated 42% New business 17% Existing 16% .com 18% New business 2% Interim results 2015 40

  41. Slide 41: Gaming customer concentration

    GAMING CUSTOMER CONCENTRATION 35 30 H1 H1 34 Licensees 2014 2015 25 27 € Millions Top 5 54% 53% 20 15 18 Top 10 75% 72% 16 10 Top 15 83% 81% 5 0 Licensees > €5.0m Licensees > €2.0m annualised revenues annualised revenues Interim results 2015 41

  42. Slide 42: Thank You

    Thank You Interims results 2015

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