UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 20, 2014
SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
0-13063
(Commission File Number)
Delaware |
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(State or other jurisdiction |
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of incorporation) |
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Identification No.) |
750 Lexington Avenue, 25th Floor, New York, New York 10022
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
Registrants telephone number, including area code: (212) 754-2233
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
On May 20, 2014, Scientific Games Corporation (the Company or Scientific Games) issued a press release relating to the proposed offering of $375 million in aggregate principal amount of senior subordinated notes (the Notes) in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A and to persons outside the United States under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). A copy of the press release announcing the proposed offering is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The Company is providing the information included in Exhibits 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4 to prospective investors in connection with the proposed offering.
The information contained under this Item 7.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K, including the information included in Exhibits 99.1, 99.2, 99.3 and 99.4 hereto, is being furnished and, as a result, such information shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall such information be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.
The Notes have not been and will not be registered under the Securities Act or applicable state securities laws and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and any such state securities laws. The information set forth herein regarding the proposed offering is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the Notes. The proposed offering will be made only to eligible offerees pursuant to documentation relating specifically thereto and will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable offering documents.
The Company acquired WMS Industries Inc. (WMS) on October 18, 2013. Exhibit 99.2 sets forth certain unaudited historical data for WMS for the three months ended September 30, 2013. The information set forth in Exhibit 99.2 has not been updated to reflect any financial results, events or developments since September 30, 2013, except as specifically set forth therein. The information set forth in Exhibit 99.2 is not necessarily indicative of the operating results of WMS or the Company following September 30, 2013 and the Company undertakes no duty or obligation to publicly update or revise this information. The business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects of WMS may have changed since that date. The information set forth in Exhibit 99.2 should be read in conjunction with the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and the Companys other periodic reports filed subsequent to the Companys acquisition of WMS, including the Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in such reports.
The information contained in Exhibits 99.3 and 99.4 presents pro forma financial information of the combined company as if the WMS acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2012, based upon the historical consolidated financial information of the Company and WMS. This pro forma financial information is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of what the operating results actually would have been had the acquisition been completed on the date indicated. In addition, the pro forma information does not purport to project the Companys future operating results. The pro forma financial information also does not reflect (1) any synergies anticipated to be realized (or costs to achieve anticipated synergies anticipated to be incurred) after March 31, 2014 or (2) the impact of non-recurring items directly related to the WMS acquisition.
Item 9.01. Exhibits.
(99) Exhibits.
Exhibit |
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Description of Exhibit |
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99.1 |
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Press Release of Scientific Games Corporation dated May 20, 2014. |
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99.2 |
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Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income and cash flows of WMS Industries Inc. for the three months ended September 30, 2013, and the accompanying notes. |
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99.3 |
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Unaudited condensed consolidated pro forma statement of operations of Scientific Games Corporation for the twelve months ended March 31, 2014 and the accompanying notes. |
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99.4 |
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Supplemental financial information regarding the Companys interactive gaming business. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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Scientific Games Corporation | ||
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Date: May 20, 2014 |
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By: |
/s/ Jack B. Sarno | |
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Name: |
Jack B. Sarno |
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Vice President Worldwide Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary |
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit |
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Description of Exhibit |
99.1 |
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Press Release of Scientific Games Corporation dated May 20, 2014. |
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99.2 |
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Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income and cash flows of WMS Industries Inc. for the three months ended September 30, 2013, and the accompanying notes. |
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99.3 |
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Unaudited condensed consolidated pro forma statement of operations of Scientific Games Corporation for the twelve months ended March 31, 2014 and the accompanying notes. |
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99.4 |
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Supplemental financial information regarding the Companys interactive gaming business. |
Exhibit 99.1
Scientific Games Announces Proposed Private Offering of $375.0 Million of Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2021
NEW YORK May 20, 2014 Scientific Games Corporation (Nasdaq: SGMS) (Scientific Games) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Scientific Games International, Inc. (SGI), intends, subject to market and other conditions, to offer $375.0 million of senior subordinated notes due 2021 (the 2021 Notes) in a private offering. The 2021 Notes will be offered only to qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A and to non-U.S. Persons under Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and will be guaranteed by Scientific Games and certain of its subsidiaries.
Scientific Games intends to use the net proceeds of the 2021 Notes offering (i) to redeem or repurchase all of SGIs outstanding 9.25% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2019 (the 2019 Notes) and to pay accrued and unpaid interest thereon plus any related premiums, fees and costs and (ii) for general corporate purposes.
The 2021 Notes will not be registered under the Securities Act or any state securities laws and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.
This press release does not and will not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the 2021 Notes, nor will there be any sale of the 2021 Notes in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. This press release is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 135c under the Securities Act.
Company Contacts
Investor Relations:
Bill Pfund (847) 785-3167
Media Relations:
Mollie Cole (773) 961-1194
Forward-Looking Statements
In this press release, Scientific Games makes 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, continue, believe, expect, anticipate, should, could, potential, opportunity, or similar terminology. These statements are based upon managements current expectations, assumptions and estimates and are not guarantees of timing, future results or performance. 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: competition; U.S. and international economic and industry conditions; including declines or slow growth of lottery retail sales or gross gaming revenues and reductions in or constraints on capital spending by gaming or lottery operators; slow growth of new gaming jurisdictions; slow addition of casinos in existing jurisdictions; declines in the replacement cycle of gaming machines; ownership changes and consolidation in the casino industry; opposition to legalized gaming or the expansion thereof; ability to adapt to, and offer products that keep pace with, evolving technology; ability to develop successful gaming concepts and content; laws and government regulation, including those relating to gaming licenses and environmental laws; inability to identify and capitalize on trends and changes in the lottery and gaming industries, including the expansion of interactive gaming; dependence upon key providers in our social gaming business; retention and renewal of existing contracts and entry into new or revised contracts; level of our indebtedness; availability and adequacy of cash flows to satisfy obligations or future needs; restrictions and covenants in our debt agreements; protection of our intellectual property; ability to license third party intellectual property;
intellectual property rights of others; security and integrity of our software and systems; reliance on or failures in our information technology systems; natural events that disrupt our operations or those of our customers, suppliers or regulators; inability to benefit from, and risks associated with, strategic equity investments and relationships; inability of our joint venture to meet the net income targets or otherwise to realize the anticipated benefits under its private management agreement with the Illinois lottery; inability of our joint venture to meet the net income targets or other requirements under its agreement to provide marketing and sales services to the New Jersey lottery or otherwise to realize the anticipated benefits under such agreement (including as a result of a protest); failure to realize the anticipated benefits related to the award to our consortium of an instant lottery game concession in Greece; failure to achieve the intended benefits of the WMS acquisition, including due to the inability to realize synergies in the anticipated amounts or within the contemplated time-frames or cost expectations, or at all; inability to complete and integrate future acquisitions; restructuring costs; revenue recognition standards; impairment charges; fluctuations in our results due to seasonality and other factors; dependence on suppliers and manufacturers; risks relating to foreign operations, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and restrictions on the import of our products; dependence on our employees; litigation and other liabilities relating to our business, including litigation and liabilities relating to our contracts and licenses, our products and systems, our employees, intellectual property and our strategic relationships; influence of certain stockholders; and stock price volatility. 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 Scientific Games filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (including our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 17, 2014 and in our subsequent periodic reports), including under the heading Risk Factors in Scientific Games periodic reports. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made and, except for Scientific Games ongoing obligations under the U.S. federal securities laws, Scientific Games undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Exhibit 99.2
WMS INDUSTRIES INC.
INDEX
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited) for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (unaudited) for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 |
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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (unaudited) for the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 |
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Notes to select Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Cash Flows (unaudited) |
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WMS INDUSTRIES INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012
(in millions of U.S. dollars and millions of shares, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
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2013 |
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2012 |
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REVENUES: |
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Product sales |
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$ |
79.0 |
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$ |
88.0 |
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Gaming operations |
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87.4 |
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71.1 |
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Total revenues |
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166.4 |
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159.1 |
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COSTS AND EXPENSES: |
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Cost of product sales(1) |
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40.1 |
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41.3 |
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Cost of gaming operations(1) |
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15.2 |
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15.2 |
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Research and development |
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27.2 |
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27.6 |
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Selling and administrative |
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51.9 |
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34.4 |
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Depreciation and amortization(1) |
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34.4 |
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28.0 |
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Total costs and expenses |
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168.8 |
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146.5 |
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OPERATING INCOME (LOSS) |
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(2.4 |
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12.6 |
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Interest expense |
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(1.0 |
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(0.7 |
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Interest income and other income and expense, net |
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3.3 |
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2.4 |
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Income before income taxes |
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(0.1 |
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14.3 |
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Provision (benefit) for income taxes |
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(0.5 |
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5.0 |
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NET INCOME |
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$ |
0.4 |
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$ |
9.3 |
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Earnings per share: |
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Basic |
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$ |
0.01 |
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$ |
0.17 |
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Diluted |
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$ |
0.01 |
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0.17 |
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Weighted-average common shares: |
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Basic common stock outstanding |
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54.9 |
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54.5 |
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Diluted common stock and common stock equivalents |
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56.0 |
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54.7 |
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(1) Cost of product sales and cost of gaming operations exclude the following amounts of depreciation and amortization, which are included in the depreciation and amortization line item: |
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Cost of product sales |
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$ |
2.1 |
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$ |
2.0 |
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Cost of gaming operations |
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$ |
22.0 |
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17.6 |
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The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
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$ |
0.4 |
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$ |
9.3 |
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Foreign currency translation adjustment, net of taxes |
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1.1 |
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2.9 |
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Total comprehensive income |
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$ |
1.5 |
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$ |
12.2 |
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The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
WMS INDUSTRIES INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
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CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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Net income |
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$ |
0.4 |
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$ |
9.3 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
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Depreciation |
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29.3 |
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23.0 |
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Amortization of intangible and other non-current assets |
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9.1 |
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9.0 |
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Share-based compensation |
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2.1 |
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4.4 |
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Other non-cash items |
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6.0 |
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1.5 |
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Deferred income taxes |
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1.5 |
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Change in operating assets and liabilities |
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Net cash provided by operating activities |
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22.7 |
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21.0 |
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
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Additions to gaming operations equipment |
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(25.7 |
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Additions to property, plant and equipment |
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(14.7 |
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Payments to acquire or license intangible and other non-current assets |
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(4.9 |
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Net cash used in investing activities |
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(45.3 |
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CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
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Proceeds from borrowings under revolving credit facility |
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15.0 |
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38.0 |
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Repayments of borrowings under revolving credit facility |
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Purchase of treasury stock |
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(5.0 |
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Cash received from exercise of stock options and employee stock purchase plan |
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0.2 |
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0.6 |
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Additional consideration related to acquisitions |
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(0.1 |
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Net cash provided by financing activities |
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15.1 |
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20.6 |
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Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents |
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(0.3 |
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DECREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
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(7.5 |
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(7.4 |
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, beginning of period |
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59.9 |
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62.3 |
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CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, end of period |
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$ |
52.4 |
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$ |
54.9 |
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The accompanying Notes are an integral part of these Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
WMS INDUSTRIES INC.
NOTES TO SELECT CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(tabular amounts in millions of U.S. dollars and millions of shares, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND BUSINESS OVERVIEW
The accompanying unaudited interim select Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements of WMS Industries Inc. (WMS or the Company) do not include all of the information and note disclosures required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) for complete financial statements or quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. References herein to U.S. GAAP cite topics within the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC). Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP have been condensed or omitted. The accompanying select Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Companys Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013, included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on August 29, 2013. The accompanying unaudited interim select Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and reflect all adjustments of a normal, recurring nature that are, in the opinion of management of the Company, necessary for a fair presentation of results for these interim periods.
Sales of the Companys gaming machines to casinos are generally strongest in the spring and slowest in the summer months, while gaming operations revenues are generally strongest in the spring and summer. Typically, the Companys total revenues are lowest in the September quarter and build in each subsequent quarter with the June quarter generating the Companys highest total quarterly revenues. In addition, quarterly revenues and net income may increase when the Company receives a larger number of approvals for new games and gaming machines from regulators than in other quarters, when a game or platform that achieves significant player appeal is introduced, if a significant number of new casinos open or existing casinos expand or if gaming is permitted in a significant new jurisdiction. Operating results for the three months ended September 30, 2013 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for other periods. For further information, refer to the Companys Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.
The Company is a leading supplier of innovative gaming entertainment products and services worldwide. The Company designs, develops, manufactures, distributes and markets casino games and gaming machines, video lottery terminals (VLTs), video gaming terminals (VGTs) and interactive gaming products and services.
The Company generates revenues in two principal ways: product sales and gaming operations. In product sales, the Company sells new and used gaming machines, VLTs and VGTs, conversion kits (including game, hardware or operating system conversions) and parts to casinos and other gaming machine operators. In gaming operations, the Company licenses its game content and intellectual property to third parties for distribution; the Company earns revenues from operating an online gaming site, offering non-wagering social games on Facebook and on the Apple® iOs system for iPhone® and iPad® platforms, and the Android® platform, offering the Companys games on third-party online gaming platforms that are interoperable with the Companys game servers and selling select WMS games that have been ported to operate on mobile devices and PCs; the Company earns revenues from placing its networked gaming system and applications, which is a system that links groups of networked-enabled gaming machines to a server in the casino data center; and the Company leases gaming machines, VLTs and VGTs to casinos and other licensed gaming machine operators under operating leases where the lease payments are based upon: (1) a percentage of the casinos net win, which is the casinos earnings generated by casino patrons playing the gaming machine; (2) fixed daily fees or; (3) a percentage of the amount wagered (coin-in) or a combination of a fixed daily fee and a percentage of the coin-in. The Company categorizes its lease arrangements into five groups: wide-area progressive (WAP) participation gaming machines; local-area progressive (LAP) participation gaming machines; standalone participation gaming machines; casino-owned daily fee games; and gaming machine, VLT, VGTs and other leases. The Company refers to WAP, LAP and standalone participation gaming machines as participation games.
The Company is engaged in one business segment. Consolidated operating results are reviewed by the Companys CEO, who is the chief operating decision maker. Data for product sales and gaming operations is only maintained on a consolidated basis as presented in the Companys Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, with no additional separate data maintained for product sales and gaming operations (other than the revenues and costs of revenues information included in the Companys Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income).
On October 18, 2013, pursuant to the terms of the previously announced merger agreement dated as of January 30, 2013, WMS was acquired by Scientific Games Corporation (Scientific Games) through the merger of SG California Merger Sub, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Scientific Games, with and into WMS, with WMS continuing as the surviving corporation (the Merger). As a result of the Merger, the Company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Scientific Games.
Since consummation of the Merger, there has been no public market for the Companys common stock, which ceased to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange, and the Company no longer is required to file periodic reports with the SEC. During the
three months ended September 30, 2013, the Company incurred approximately $1.4 million of pre-tax charges, which are recorded in selling and administrative expenses, related to the Merger and integration planning prior to the Merger.
2. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Principal Accounting Policies
For a complete description of the Companys principal accounting policies, see Note 2. Principal Accounting Policies to the Companys Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. Certain of the Companys principal accounting policies are described below.
Revenue Recognition
For a description of the Companys revenue recognition accounting policy, see Note 2. Principal Accounting Policies Revenue Recognition in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. The Company has not made any changes in this critical accounting policy during the three months ended September 30, 2013.
Cost of Product Sales, Cost of Gaming Operations and Selling and Administrative Expenses
For a description of the Companys cost of product sales and cost of gaming operations accounting policy, see Note 2. Principal Accounting Policies Cost of Product Sales, Cost of Gaming Operations and Selling and Administrative Expenses in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. The Company has not made any changes in this critical accounting policy during the three months ended September 30, 2013.
Selling and administrative expenses consist primarily of expenses for sales, marketing, distribution, installation and corporate support functions such as administration, information technology, legal, regulatory compliance, human resources and finance. The costs of distribution were $5.8 million and $6.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Allowance for Doubtful Accounts and Bad Debt Expense
The Company carries its accounts and notes receivable at face amounts less an allowance for doubtful accounts. On a routine basis, but at least quarterly, the Company evaluates its accounts and notes receivable individually and collectively, and establishes an allowance for doubtful accounts based on a combination of specific customer circumstances, credit conditions and the Companys history of write-offs and collections. The Company considers a variety of factors in this evaluation, including the accounts and notes receivable aging and trends thereof for customer balances, past experience with customers who pay outside of payment terms, the legal environment and regulatory landscape and circumstances related to individual customers, especially those that call into question the customers ability to fully pay balances owed. Accounts and notes receivables are evaluated individually for impairment (specific reserves) when collectability becomes uncertain due to events and circumstances that cause an adverse change in a customers cash flows or financial condition. Accounts and notes receivable placed on specific reserve are evaluated for probability of collection, which is used to determine the amount of the specific reserve.
The gaming industry is a highly regulated industry requiring most customers to obtain and maintain a gaming operators license and demonstrate to the applicable regulatory authority that they have the financial resources to operate a gaming establishment. Many of the Companys customers, including new casinos that have opened in recent years, are owned by existing customers that operate multiple properties that have established a favorable payment history with the Company. Historic collection experience and the aging of customer balances are the primary indicators management utilizes to monitor the credit quality of the Companys receivables. The Company does not segregate accounts and notes receivable by other credit quality indicators and does not use any other statistics or internal rating systems to segregate the Companys customer balances into subgroups with similar risk characteristics. The Companys aging categories are determined based on contractual payment terms, which are typically the original payment terms. Invoices and expected payments are classified as past due if the payment is not received within the contractual terms. Partial payments of account balances are infrequent and are applied based upon the facts and circumstances related to the payment. Generally, payments are applied based upon customer direction provided with the remittance or as a result of a review of the account balance and through dialogue with the Companys customer.
The Companys bad debt expense is most significantly impacted by bankruptcy filings and pre-bankruptcy reported exposures of individual casino customers. Due to the Companys successful collection experience and the Companys continuing operating relationship with casino customers, it is infrequent that the Company repossesses gaming machines from a customer in partial settlement of outstanding accounts or notes receivable balances. In those unusual instances where repossession occurs to mitigate the Companys exposure on the related receivable, the repossessed gaming machines are subsequently resold in the used gaming machine market; however, the Company may not fully recover the receivable from this re-sale. Uncollectible accounts or notes receivables are written off only when all reasonable collection efforts have been exhausted and the Company determines that there is minimal chance of any kind of recovery.
For customers in the United States that purchase the Companys gaming machines, at the time a customer files for bankruptcy, the Company typically has a security interest in the gaming machines for that portion of the total accounts and notes receivable, but the Companys accounts and notes receivable related to all other revenue sources are typically unsecured claims. In gaming operations, because the Company owns the participation gaming machines and leases them to the casino operator, in a bankruptcy the customer has to either accept or reject the lease and, if rejected, the Companys gaming machines are returned to the Company. Due to the significance of the Companys gaming machines to the on-going operations of its casino customers, in a bankruptcy the Company may be designated as a key vendor, which can enhance the Companys position above other creditors in the bankruptcy. For international customers, depending on the country and the Companys historical collection experience with the customer, the Company may have pledge agreements, bills of exchange, post-dated checks or personal guarantees or other forms of security arrangements to enhance the Companys ability to collect the receivables.
Beginning in fiscal 2012, the government authorities in Argentina modified the rules related to importing products and limited the exchange of pesos into U.S. dollars and the transfer of funds from Argentina. The Companys accounts and notes receivable, net, from customers in Argentina at September 30, 2013 was $40.7 million, which is denominated in U.S. dollars, although the Companys customers pay in pesos at the spot exchange rate between the peso and the U.S. dollar on the date of payment. In assessing the collectability of customer receivables in Argentina at September 30, 2013, the Company specifically evaluated the amount of recent payments, receivables aging, any additional security that the Company had (bills of exchange, pledge agreements, etc.) and specific circumstances related to individual customers ability to pay, and concluded that only a minimal amount of bad debt reserves was required. The Companys customers in Argentine continued to pay in pesos based on the spot exchange rate to the U.S. dollar on payment date throughout the September 2013 quarter. The Company collected approximately $9.5 million of outstanding receivables from customers in Argentina during the September 2013 quarter. In addition, the net activity for the three months ended September 30, 2013 resulted in total outstanding receivable balances related to Argentina declining from June 30, 2013 by $5.6 million to $40.7 million.
During the trailing twelve months ended September 30, 2013, the Companys bad debt expense totaled $7.0 million, representing 1.0% of revenues in such period, which was higher than the $2.8 million of bad debt expense for the trailing twelve-month period ended September 30, 2012, which represented 0.4% of revenues in such period. The Companys bad debt expense for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was $4.3 million, or 2.6% of revenues, compared to $0.9 million, or 0.6% of revenues, for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The Companys total bad debt reserve was $13.5 million at September 30, 2013, compared to $8.9 million at June 30, 2013.
Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
In July 2012, the FASB issued ASU No. 2012-02, Intangibles Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) Testing Indefinite-Lived Intangible Assets for Impairment (ASU No. 2012-02), to reduce complexity and costs by allowing an entity to make a qualitative evaluation about the likelihood of indefinite-lived intangible asset impairment. The Company adopted ASU No. 2012-02 as of July 1, 2013, and the adoption had no material impact on the Companys select Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
In February 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-02, Comprehensive Income Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (ASU No. 2013-02), to require companies to present reclassifications by component when reporting changes in accumulated other comprehensive income balances. The Company adopted ASU No. 2013-02 as of July 1, 2013, and the adoption had no material impact on the Companys select Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
In March 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-05, Foreign Currency Matters Parents Accounting for the Cumulative Translation Adjustment upon Derecognition of Certain Subsidiaries or Groups of Assets within a Foreign Entity or of an Investment in a Foreign Entity (ASU No. 2013-05), which permits companies to release cumulative translation adjustments into earnings when an entity ceases to have a controlling financial interest in a subsidiary or group of assets that is a business within a foreign entity. Accordingly, the cumulative translation adjustment should be released into earnings only if the sale or transfer results in the complete or substantially complete liquidation of the foreign entity in which the subsidiary or group of assets had resided, or, if a controlling financial interest is no longer held. The Company adopted ASU No. 2013-05 as of July 1, 2013, and the adoption had no material impact on the Companys select Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Recently Issued Accounting Standards Not Yet Adopted
In July 2013, the FASB issued ASU No. 2013-11, Income Taxes Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists (ASU No. 2013-11), requiring the netting of unrecognized tax benefits against a deferred tax asset for a loss or other carryforward that would apply in settlement of the uncertain tax position. ASU No. 2013-11 is effective prospectively for the Company beginning July 1, 2014 and the adoption is not expected to have a material impact on the Companys Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
The Company does not believe there is additional accounting guidance not yet effective that is relevant to the readers of the Companys select Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. Several new exposure drafts and proposals are under development by accounting regulators, which may have a significant impact on the Companys Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements once enacted.
3. EARNINGS PER SHARE
Earnings per share is calculated using the weighted average number of common and common stock equivalents outstanding. Restricted stock and restricted stock units are considered participating securities and included in the Companys calculation of diluted earnings per share. Basic and diluted earnings per share are calculated as follows:
|
|
Three months ended |
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|
|
2013 |
|
2012 |
| ||
Net income |
|
$ |
0.4 |
|
$ |
9.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding |
|
54.9 |
|
54.5 |
| ||
Dilutive effect of stock options |
|
0.8 |
|
0.1 |
| ||
Dilutive effect of restricted common stock and warrants |
|
0.3 |
|
0.1 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Diluted weighted-average common stock and common stock equivalents |
|
56.0 |
|
54.7 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Basic earnings per share of common stock |
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
$ |
0.17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Diluted earnings per share of common stock and common stock equivalents |
|
$ |
0.01 |
|
$ |
0.17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Common stock equivalents excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their impact would render them anti-dilutive |
|
3.3 |
|
6.2 |
|
In fiscal 2004, as part of the inducement to Hasbro Inc. and Hasbro International, Inc. (collectively, Hasbro) to extend their license agreement with the Company, the Company granted Hasbro warrants (the 2003 Warrants) to purchase 375,000 shares of the Companys common stock valued at $3.9 million using the Black-Scholes pricing model and certain assumptions at the date of issuance of the 2003 Warrants. The warrants exercise price is $23.36 per share of the Companys common stock, subject to adjustment, and was dilutive for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and was anti-dilutive for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The warrants are non-cancelable and are now fully vested. See Note 13. Stockholders Equity Warrants to the Companys Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.
Also included in the Companys anti-dilutive common stock equivalents for the three ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are warrants to purchase 450,000 and 475,000 shares, respectively, at $30.03 per share of the Companys common stock, which were issued to Hasbro in 2009 in connection with an amendment and extension of the Companys agreement with Hasbro. Beginning in calendar year 2012, for each year that the three conditions identified in the agreement are not met, the number of shares subject to the 2009 Warrant decrease by 25,000; provided, however, that the number of underlying shares will not be less than 375,000 shares. These warrants were excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation because the vesting criteria are contingent upon future events, which were not met at September 30, 2013. See Note 13. Stockholders Equity Warrants to the Companys Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2013.
4. INVENTORY WRITE-DOWNS
The Company recorded raw material and finished goods inventory write-downs totaling approximately $1.7 million and $0.6 million for three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. These charges are classified in cost of product sales in the Companys Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
5. INTANGIBLE ASSETS AMORTIZATION
Amortization expense for the Companys finite-lived intangible assets was $8.9 million and $8.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
The actual amortization expense for the Companys finite-lived intangible assets for the past three years, including $14.4 million recorded as impairment charges in fiscal 2011, and estimated aggregate amortization expense for finite-lived intangible assets for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows:
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
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Actual |
|
Estimated |
| |||||||||||||||||||||||
2011 |
|
2012 |
|
2013 |
|
2014 |
|
2015 |
|
2016 |
|
2017 |
|
2018 |
|
Thereafter |
| |||||||||
$ |
38.3 |
|
$ |
25.3 |
|
$ |
35.0 |
|
$ |
17.9 |
|
$ |
20.4 |
|
$ |
21.1 |
|
$ |
19.8 |
|
$ |
13.9 |
|
$ |
41.5 |
|
The estimated aggregate future intangible amortization at September 30, 2013 does not reflect the significant minimum commitments the Company has for future payments for royalty advances and licensed or acquired technologies of approximately $53.0 million, which is expected to be amortized over approximately the next five years. If the Company determines that it may not realize the value of any of the finite-lived intangible net assets or commitments, the Company would record an immediate charge in the Companys Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income up to the full amount of these net assets or commitments in the period in which such determination is made. See Note 9. Commitments, Contingencies and Indemnifications to the Companys select Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto included herein.
6. INCOME TAXES
The Company or one of its subsidiaries (as applicable) files income tax returns in the U.S. Federal, various state, local and foreign jurisdictions. The Companys provision for income taxes for interim periods is based on an estimate of the effective annual income tax rate adjusted for specific items in any particular interim period. The provision differs from income taxes currently payable because certain items of income and expense are recognized in different periods for financial statement purposes than for tax return purposes. The estimated effective income tax rate was approximately a benefit of 500.0% and a provision of 35.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
The September 2013 quarter estimated effective tax rate in comparison to the September 2012 quarter effective tax rate reflected:
· The retroactive reinstatement of the U.S. Federal Research and Development tax credit of $2.0 million of which approximately $1.6 million related to the period January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012 recorded in the September 2013 quarter;
· A U.S. tax benefit from certain foreign losses;
· A reduction in the Companys liability for uncertain taxes related to the expiration of the statute of limitations on the Companys fiscal 2009 U.S. Federal income tax return, completion of the 2010 Federal income tax audit and other discrete tax items; and
· A decrease in estimated annual pre-tax income compared to the September 2012 quarter.
At September 30, 2013, the total unrecognized tax benefits, including accrued interest and penalties of $0.1 million (net of the U.S. Federal benefit), were $1.8 million, which represent the portion that, if recognized, would reduce the effective income tax rate.
In the September 2013 quarter, the Internal Revenue Service began an audit of the Companys amended U.S. Federal income tax return for fiscal year 2011 and 2012. In addition, the Company is currently under audit in a major state for fiscal year 2010 and 2011. As a result of these audits, it is reasonably possible that the total amount of the unrecognized income tax benefits will significantly change in fiscal year 2014. At this time, the Company is unable to estimate the amount of the potential change. Approximately $1.8 million of unrecognized income tax benefits are currently subject to the audits referred to above. At this time, the Company believes appropriate provisions for all outstanding issues have been made for all jurisdictions and all open years. The Company is no longer subject to U.S. Federal tax examinations by tax authorities for years before fiscal year 2011, or any significant state, local or foreign income tax examinations by tax authorities for years before fiscal year 2009.
7. EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN
A summary of information with respect to share-based compensation expense included in the Companys Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, is presented below:
|
|
Three Months Ended |
| ||||
|
|
2013 |
|
2012 |
| ||
Selling and administrative |
|
$ |
1.4 |
|
$ |
3.2 |
|
Research and development |
|
0.7 |
|
1.2 |
| ||
Cost of product sales |
|
0.0 |
|
0.0 |
| ||
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Share-based compensation expense included in pre-tax income |
|
2.1 |
|
4.4 |
| ||
Income tax benefit related to share-based compensation |
|
(0.8 |
) |
(1.7 |
) | ||
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Share-based compensation expense included in net income |
|
$ |
1.3 |
|
$ |
2.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||
Diluted earnings per share impact of share-based compensation expense |
|
$ |
0.02 |
|
$ |
0.05 |
|
8. SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION
In the three months ended September 30, 2013, there was no activity to transfer from gaming operations and engineering machines to inventory, a non-cash investing activity. The net amount of gaming operations and engineering machines transferred to inventory was $0.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012.
In the three months ended September 30, 2013, an income tax refund of $0.1 million was received. The amount of income taxes paid was $18.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012.
The depreciation and amortization reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows are comprised of amounts presented separately on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, plus depreciation and amortization included in cost of product sales and cost of gaming operations.
9. COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES AND INDEMNIFICATIONS
The Company routinely enters into license agreements with others for the use of brands, intellectual properties and technologies in the Companys products. These agreements generally provide for royalty advances and license fee payments when the agreements are signed and minimum commitments, which are cancellable in certain circumstances.
At September 30, 2013, the Company had total royalty and license fee commitments, advances and payments made and potential future royalty and license fee payments as follows:
|
|
Minimum |
| |
Total royalty and license fee commitments |
|
$ |
206.7 |
|
Advances and payments made |
|
(153.7 |
) | |
|
|
|
| |
Potential future payments |
|
$ |
53.0 |
|
At September 30, 2013, the Company estimates that potential future royalty payments in each fiscal year will be as follows:
|
|
Minimum |
| |
2014 (remaining nine months of fiscal year) |
|
$ |
12.0 |
|
2015 |
|
16.8 |
| |
2016 |
|
15.7 |
| |
2017 |
|
7.8 |
| |
2018 |
|
0.7 |
| |
Thereafter |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Total |
|
$ |
53.0 |
|
Non-Cancelable Raw Material Purchase Orders
Commitments under non-cancelable raw materials purchase orders decreased to $6.9 million as of September 30, 2013 from $13.8 million as of June 30, 2013. At June 30, 2013, the Company had an increase in materials commitments to support the launch of the new Blade and Gamefield xD gaming machines but by September 30, 2013 such materials commitments were reduced to more normal operating levels.
Performance Bonds
The Company has performance bonds and other loan guarantees outstanding of $6.5 million at September 30, 2013 related to product sales. Under these arrangements, the Company is liable to the issuer in the event of exercise due to the Companys non-performance under the relevant contract. Events of non-performance do not include the financial performance of the Companys products.
Indemnifications
The Company has agreements in which the Company may be obligated to indemnify other parties with respect to certain matters. Generally, these indemnification provisions are included in sales orders and agreements arising in the normal course of business under which the Company customarily agrees to hold the indemnified party harmless against claims arising from a breach of representations related to matters such as title to assets sold and licensed, defective equipment or certain intellectual property rights. Payments by the Company under such indemnification provisions are generally conditioned on the other party making a claim. Such claims are typically subject to challenge by the Company and to dispute resolution procedures specified in the particular sales order or contract. Further, the Companys obligations under these agreements may be limited in terms of time and/or amount and, in some instances, the Company may have recourse against third parties. It is not possible to predict the maximum potential amount of future payments under these indemnification agreements due to the conditional nature of the obligations and the unique facts of each particular agreement. Historically, the Company has not made any payments under these agreements that have been material individually or in the aggregate. As of September 30, 2013, the Company was not aware of any obligations arising under indemnification agreements that would require material payments.
The Company has agreements with its directors and certain officers that require the Company, among other things, to indemnify them against certain liabilities that may arise by reason of their status or service as directors or officers. The Company has also agreed to indemnify certain former officers and directors of acquired companies. The Company maintains director and officer insurance, which may cover the Companys liabilities arising from these indemnification obligations in certain circumstances. As of September 30, 2013, the Company was not aware of any obligations arising under these agreements that would require material payments. Although the Company is providing indemnification of officers and directors named in securities cases described in Note 10. Litigation, it is too early in these claims to ascertain the extent of any such indemnification. Under the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger, Scientific Games purchased a directors and officers insurance policy to cover six future years.
Special Purpose Entities and Derivative Instruments
The Company does not have any special purpose entities for investment or the conduct of the Companys operations. The Company has not entered into any derivative financial instruments, although the Company has granted stock options, restricted stock, equity-based performance units and deferred stock units to the Companys employees, officers, directors and consultants and warrants to a licensor.
Letters of Credit
Outstanding letters of credit issued under the Companys revolving credit facility to ensure payment to certain vendors and government agencies totaled $1.0 million at September 30, 2013. As of September 30, 2013, after consideration of $1.0 million outstanding letters of credit, there was approximately $299.0 million of available borrowings under the revolving credit facility. Availability under the revolving credit facility is reduced by the outstanding letters of credit.
WMS Licensor Arrangements
The Companys sales agreements that include software and intellectual property licensing arrangements include a clause whereby the Company agrees to indemnify the third-party licensee against liability and damages (including legal defense costs) arising from any claims of patent, copyright, trademark or trade secret infringement. Should such a claim occur, the Company could be required to make payments to the licensee for any liabilities or damages incurred. Historically, the Company has not incurred any significant cost due to infringement claims. As the Company considers the likelihood of incurring future costs to be remote, no liability has been accrued.
Insurance Deductibles and Retentions
Under the Companys various insurance policies, the Company is liable for contractual deductibles or retentions of up to $1.0 million per insurance policy, including directors and officers, fiduciary, property, crime, workers compensation, electronic errors and omissions, employment practices and automobile insurance. In addition, the Company is self-insured up to $0.25 million per covered family, after the employees pay annual deductibles, for medical, dental, prescription drug and disability coverage. The Company purchases annual stop-loss coverage to limit the Companys loss to $0.25 million for employee medical, dental, prescription drug and disability claims. Accrued workers compensation claims and employee related medical, dental, prescription drug and disability reserves include estimated settlements for known claims and estimates of claims incurred but not reported.
Product Warranty
The Company generally warrants the its new gaming machines sold in the U.S. for a period of 365 days, while the Company warrants its gaming machines sold internationally for a period of 180 days to one year. The Companys warranty costs have not been significant.
10. LITIGATION
The Company is involved in various legal proceedings, including those discussed below. The Company records an accrual for legal contingencies when it is both probable that a liability will be incurred and the amount or range of the loss can be reasonably estimated. The Company evaluates its accruals for legal contingencies at least quarterly and, as appropriate, establish new accruals or adjust existing accruals to reflect (1) the facts and circumstances known to us at the time, including information regarding negotiations, settlements, rulings and other relevant events and developments, (2) the advice and analyses of counsel and (3) the assumptions and judgment of management. Legal costs associated with the Companys legal proceedings are expensed as incurred.
Substantially all of the Companys legal contingencies are subject to significant uncertainties and, therefore, determining the likelihood of a loss and/or the measurement of any loss involves a series of complex judgments about future events. Consequently, the ultimate outcomes of the Companys legal contingencies could result in losses in excess of amounts the Company has accrued. Any such losses could have a material adverse impact on the Companys results of operations, financial position and cash flows.
Merger Litigation
Complaints challenging the Merger were filed in early 2013 in the Delaware Court of Chancery, the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois and the Circuit Court of the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, Lake County, Illinois. The actions are putative class actions filed on behalf of WMS stockholders. The complaints generally allege that the Companys directors breached their fiduciary duties in connection with their consideration and approval of the merger and in connection with their public disclosures concerning the merger. The complaints allege that WMS, Scientific Games and certain affiliates of Scientific Games aided and abetted those alleged breaches. The plaintiffs sought equitable relief, including to enjoin the acquisition, to rescind the acquisition if not enjoined, damages, attorneys fees and other costs.
The Delaware actions have been consolidated under the caption In re WMS Stockholders Litigation (C.A. No. 8279-VCP). The plaintiffs in the consolidated Delaware actions submitted to the Delaware Court of Chancery a letter advising that they had conferred with the plaintiffs in the Illinois actions and agreed to stay the consolidated Delaware action.
The Lake County, Illinois actions have been transferred to Cook County. All of the Illinois actions have been consolidated in Cook County with Gardner v. WMS Industries Inc., et al. (No. 2013 CH 3540).
In April 2013, the plaintiffs in the Gardner action filed a motion for preliminary injunction to enjoin the WMS stockholder vote on the merger. Following that, in April 2013, lead counsel in the Gardner action, on behalf of counsel for plaintiffs in all actions in Delaware and Illinois, agreed to withdraw the motion for preliminary injunction and not to seek to enjoin the WMS stockholder vote in return for the Companys agreement to make certain supplemental disclosures related to the merger. The Company made those supplemental disclosures in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 29, 2013.
The plaintiffs in the Illinois action filed a claim for interim attorney fees of $0.85 million. In November 2013, the court granted the Companys motion to stay the plaintiffs claim for an interim award of attorney fees.
In January 2014, the plaintiffs in the Illinois action filed an amended complaint seeking damages for the alleged breach of fiduciary duties by the individual defendants and the alleged aiding and abetting of those breaches by the Company and Scientific Games. In February 2014, the Company and Scientific Games filed motions to dismiss the amended complaint.
The Company believes the claims in the Illinois and Delaware actions are without merit.
Conlee Litigation
In May 2011, a putative class action was filed against the Company and certain of its executive officers in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois by Wayne C. Conlee. In October 2011, the lead plaintiff filed an amended complaint in the lawsuit seeking unspecified damages. As amended, the lawsuit alleged that, during the period from September 21, 2010 to August 4, 2011 (the date the Company announced its 2011 fiscal year financial results), the Company made material misstatements and omitted material information related to its 2011 fiscal year guidance in violation of federal securities laws. The Company filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint in December 2011 and, in July 2012, the Court granted the motion without prejudice.
In September 2012, the plaintiffs filed a further amended complaint, which the Company moved to dismiss in October 2012. In April 2013, the District Court granted the Companys motion to dismiss with prejudice. In May 2013, the plaintiffs filed a notice of appeal with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. In October 2013, the parties advised the court that they had reached a proposed settlement on a class basis and sought the District Courts approval of the proposed settlement. The District Court approved the settlement on May 8, 2014. The settlement will not have a material impact on the Companys results of operations.
IGT License Claims
In early 2012, International Game Technology (IGT) initiated an audit to determine whether the Company was in compliance with the terms of a license agreement between the two parties. IGT claimed that the Company underpaid license fees by approximately $25.0 million plus $11.0 million in interest. IGT subsequently filed a demand for arbitration with the American Arbitration Association (the AAA) seeking $50.0 million from the Company. The Company initiated an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada seeking a preliminary injunction to enjoin or limit the scope of the arbitration and to restrain IGT from seeking to enforce certain provisions of the arbitration clause in the license agreement, as well as a refund of overpaid royalty payments. The motion for preliminary injunction was denied by the District Court in March 2014 and the Companys action seeking recovery of overpaid royalty payments has been stayed pending resolution of certain matters in the arbitration. The arbitration has been scheduled for October 2014. The Company has denied IGTs claims in the arbitration. While the Company believes it has meritorious defenses with respect to these license claims, the proceedings are in their early stages and the Company cannot currently predict the outcome of this matter.
Exhibit 99.3
Summary Pro Forma Financial Data
The following unaudited pro forma combined financial information presents the pro forma results of operations of the combined company for the 12-month period (LTM) ended March 31, 2014 as if the WMS acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2012, based upon the historical consolidated financial information of Scientific Games and WMS. This pro forma financial information is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of what the operating results actually would have been had the acquisition been completed on the date indicated. In addition, the pro forma information does not purport to project our future operating results. The pro forma financial information also does not reflect (1) any synergies anticipated to be realized (or costs to achieve anticipated synergies anticipated to be incurred) after March 31, 2014 or (2) the impact of non-recurring items directly related to the WMS acquisition. We estimate that we realized approximately $10 million of net cost synergies during the three months ended March 31, 2014, which are reflected in the following pro forma financial information. We expect to incur costs in 2014 of approximately $15 million to $20 million and capital expenditures of approximately $15 million to $20 million related to our integration efforts. In 2015, we expect to incur additional costs of approximately $10 million to $15 million for integration-related activities.
For additional information regarding the pro forma results, please see note 3 to our consolidated financial statements contained in our 2013 Annual Report on Form 10-K. This pro forma financial information should be read in conjunction with those financial statements and the audited consolidated balance sheets of WMS as of June 30, 2013 and 2012, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, stockholders equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2013, including the notes thereto, and Schedule II (incorporated by reference to pages F-1 through F-51 of WMS Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2013 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on August 29, 2013) and the unaudited consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income and cash flows of WMS for the three months ended September 30, 2013, including the notes thereto, included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
|
|
(unaudited) |
|
(unaudited) |
|
Pro forma |
|
(unaudited) |
| ||||
($ in millions) |
|
2014 |
|
2013 |
|
adjustments |
|
2014(1) |
| ||||
Statement of operations data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Revenue: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Instant games |
|
$ |
519.4 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
519.4 |
|
Services |
|
510.0 |
|
189.0 |
|
|
|
699.0 |
| ||||
Product sales |
|
230.0 |
|
200.4 |
|
|
|
430.4 |
| ||||
Total revenue |
|
$ |
1,259.4 |
|
$ |
389.4 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
1,648.8 |
|
Cost of instant games (2) |
|
286.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
286.8 |
| ||||
Cost of services (2) |
|
223.4 |
|
32.0 |
|
(9.9 |
)(3) |
245.5 |
| ||||
Cost of product sales (2) |
|
139.6 |
|
97.0 |
|
(13.0 |
)(4) |
223.6 |
| ||||
Selling, general and administrative |
|
309.4 |
|
169.8 |
|
(63.0 |
)(5) |
416.2 |
| ||||
Research and development |
|
50.0 |
|
63.2 |
|
(3.9 |
)(6) |
109.3 |
| ||||
Employee termination and restructuring |
|
28.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
28.0 |
| ||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
263.7 |
|
73.6 |
|
28.9 |
(7) |
366.2 |
| ||||
Operating (loss) income |
|
$ |
(41.5 |
) |
$ |
(46.2 |
) |
$ |
60.9 |
|
$ |
(26.8 |
) |
Interest expense |
|
(142.4 |
) |
(1.9 |
) |
(40.7 |
)(8) |
(185.0 |
) | ||||
Earnings from equity investments |
|
0.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
0.9 |
| ||||
Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
(5.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
(5.9 |
) | ||||
Gain on sale of equity investment |
|
14.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
14.5 |
| ||||
Other (expense) income, net |
|
2.8 |
|
2.0 |
|
|
|
4.8 |
| ||||
Income tax benefit (expense) |
|
113.3 |
|
12.4 |
|
(12.4 |
)(9) |
113.3 |
| ||||
Net loss from continuing operations |
|
$ |
(58.3 |
) |
$ |
(33.7 |
) |
$ |
7.8 |
|
$ |
(84.2 |
) |
Other financial data: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ||||
Attributable EBITDA (10) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
543.7 |
| |||
Capital expenditures (11) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
189.1 |
|
(1) The pro forma statement of operations data for LTM ended March 31, 2014 were derived by adding our financial data for LTM ended March 31, 2014 to WMS financial data for the six months plus 18 days period ended on October 18, 2013 (the acquisition date), and applying the pro forma and other adjustments described in footnotes (3) through (9) below.
(2) Exclusive of depreciation and amortization.
(3) Adjustment to re-classify cost of services related to WMS long-term license agreements with minimum guarantees to amortization expense within the depreciation and amortization line item, in line with the Companys presentation.
(4) Adjustment to reverse the impact of purchase accounting adjustments on the carrying value of WMS finished goods inventory.
(5) Adjustment to reverse acquisition-related fees and expenses.
(6) Adjustment to re-classify amortization of gaming laboratory testing fees within the research and development line item to amortization expense within the depreciation and amortization line item, in line with the Companys presentation.
(7) Adjustment to reflect additional depreciation and amortization expense required under purchase accounting and reclassifications referred to in footnotes (3) and (6) above.
(8) Adjustment to reflect the additional interest expense assuming the new credit facilities that were entered into in connection with the WMS acquisition were in place on April 1, 2013.
(9) Adjustment to reverse the U.S. tax expense of WMS under the assumption that the U.S. taxable income of WMS for the period presented would have been offset by U.S. tax attributes of the Company.
(10) The following table reconciles pro forma net loss from continuing operations to pro forma attributable EBITDA:
($ in millions) |
|
PF LTM |
| |
Net loss from continuing operations |
|
$ |
(84.2 |
) |
Add: Depreciation and amortization |
|
366.2 |
| |
Add: Interest expense |
|
185.0 |
| |
Add: Income tax (benefit) expense |
|
(113.3 |
) | |
EBITDA from continuing operations |
|
$ |
353.7 |
|
Other Credit Agreement Adjustments: |
|
|
| |
Add: Employee termination and restructuring |
|
$ |
28.0 |
|
Add: Other employee severance |
|
0.5 |
| |
Add: M&A/financing costs and charges |
|
20.8 |
| |
Add: Legal contingencies and settlements |
|
24.5 |
| |
Add: Loss on early extinguishment of debt |
|
5.9 |
| |
Add: Non-cash stock-based compensation expense |
|
28.2 |
| |
Less: Gain on sale of equity interest |
|
(14.5 |
) | |
Add: Other expense (income), net |
|
7.7 |
| |
Add: EBITDA from equity investments |
|
89.8 |
| |
Less: Earnings (loss) from equity investments |
|
(0.9 |
) | |
Attributable EBITDA |
|
$ |
543.7 |
|
EBITDA from Equity Investments:
Earnings from equity investments |
|
$ |
0.9 |
|
Add: Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
67.3 |
|
Add: Interest expense, net of other |
|
|
10.3 |
|
Add: Income tax expense |
|
|
11.3 |
|
EBITDA from equity investments |
|
$ |
89.8 |
|
Attributable EBITDA as used herein is derived from the definition of consolidated EBITDA in our credit agreement (summarized in our press releases dated May 8, 2014 and March 12, 2014). In connection with the WMS acquisition, the Company terminated its prior credit agreement and entered into a new credit agreement. The definition of consolidated EBITDA in the new credit agreement is different from the definition in the prior credit agreement. As a result, the definition of attributable EBITDA as used herein and in our earnings releases for the quarters ended December 31, 2013 and March 31, 2014 is different from the definition of attributable EBITDA used in prior earnings releases.
Like the definition of attributable EBITDA in our prior earnings releases, attributable EBITDA as used herein includes the Companys consolidated EBITDA plus (without duplication) its pro rata share of the EBITDA of its joint ventures and minority equity investments (EBITDA from equity investments), subject to adjustments only to the extent contemplated by the definition of consolidated EBITDA in the Companys new credit agreement (credit agreement adjustments). However, the credit agreement adjustments that the Company uses for attributable EBITDA have changed to some extent in light of the replacement of the prior credit agreement with the new credit agreement, as discussed more fully in our press releases dated May 8, 2014 and March 12, 2014. In order to enhance comparability, attributable EBITDA for prior periods presented herein is based on the new definition of attributable EBITDA.
For a complete description of the definition of consolidated EBITDA in the Companys new credit agreement, see Exhibit 10.1 to Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 18, 2013. For a complete description of the definition of consolidated EBITDA in the prior credit agreement, see Exhibit 10.1 to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 31, 2011.
Attributable EBITDA and EBITDA from equity investments are non-GAAP financial measures that are presented herein as supplemental disclosures and are reconciled to net income (loss) and earnings from equity investments, respectively, in the table above. The Companys management uses these non-GAAP financial measures to, among other things: (a) monitor and evaluate the performance of the Companys business operations, as well as the performance of Companys equity investments; (b) facilitate managements internal comparisons of Companys historical operating performance; (c) facilitate managements external comparisons of Companys results to the historical operating performance of other companies that may have different capital structures and debt levels; and (d) analyze and evaluate financial and strategic planning decisions regarding future operating investments and operating budgets. Accordingly, Companys management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures are useful as they provide investors with information regarding our financial condition and operating performance that is an integral part of our managements reporting and planning processes.
Moreover, Companys management believes that attributable EBITDA is helpful because this non-GAAP financial measure eliminates the effects of unusual, infrequent or other items that management believes have less bearing on our underlying operating performance. The Companys management believes that attributable EBITDA and EBITDA from equity investments are useful to investors because a significant and increasing amount of the Companys business is conducted through our equity investments, and those measures eliminate financial items from the equity investees earnings that management believes have less bearing on the equity investees performance. Management also believes that attributable EBITDA provides useful information regarding Companys liquidity and its ability to service debt and fund investments. In addition, attributable EBITDA is used in determining performance-based bonuses (subject to certain additional adjustments in the discretion of the Companys compensation committee).
Attributable EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, including the following: (i) attributable EBITDA does not reflect the significant interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt; (ii) attributable EBITDA includes income from joint ventures that has not been distributed to the Company and is not available for use by the Company; (iii) although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and attributable EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements; and (iv) other companies in Companys industry may calculate attributable EBITDA differently than Company does, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure. Because of these limitations, attributable EBITDA should not be considered in isolation of, as a substitute for, or superior to, net income or other consolidated income data prepared in accordance with GAAP as measures of the Companys profitability or liquidity.
(11) Includes additions to property and equipment, lottery and gaming operations expenditures, and intangible assets expenditures.
Exhibit 99.4
Supplemental Financial Information Regarding the Companys Interactive Gaming Business
|
|
PF Year ended |
|
PF LTM |
| ||
|
|
2013 |
|
3/31/2014 |
| ||
|
|
(in millions) |
| ||||
Pro forma interactive gaming revenue |
|
$ |
89.6 |
|
$ |
103.1 |
|
Adjustment (1) |
|
20.0 |
|
13.9 |
| ||
Pro forma interactive revenue, as adjusted |
|
$ |
109.6 |
|
$ |
117.0 |
|
(1) Adjustment to reflect the change to the presentation of social gaming revenue which, since the fourth quarter of 2013, is reported by the Company on a gross basis before platform fees as a result of a change in Facebook® payment settlement process (rather than on a net revenue basis as historically reported by WMS).