Global Eagle recently completed funding of Searchlight Capital Partners investment
Service revenue growth across Connectivity segment
Media & Content segment gross margins improve versus Third Quarter 2017
LOS ANGELES, April 02, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. (Nasdaq: ENT) (“Global Eagle,” the “Company” or “we”), a leading provider of media, content, connectivity and data analytics to markets across air, sea and land, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2017. For the fourth quarter 2017, Global Eagle recorded revenue of $160 million; incurred a net loss of $134.4 million, primarily due to non-cash impairment charges described below; and generated Adjusted EBITDA* of $19.7 million. For the 2017 fiscal year, Global Eagle recorded revenue of $619 million; incurred a net loss of $357.1 million, primarily due to non-cash impairment charges described below; and generated Adjusted EBITDA of $68.0 million. The Company also announced last week that Searchlight Capital Partners completed the funding of its previously announced investment in Global Eagle.
“Global Eagle had an improved finish to the year,” said Jeff Leddy, Global Eagle’s Executive Chairman. “Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA both grew on a year over year basis in the fourth quarter of 2017. The foundation we have built over the past year is beginning to drive measurable improvements in results. Our new world-class leadership team, improved operational execution and continued innovation, along with Searchlight’s investment in our company, position us well for future success.” Mr. Leddy continued, “I am proud of the steady progress we made in 2017, and am confident in our path ahead.”
During 2017, Global Eagle built positive momentum across the organization. The Company integrated its air, sea and land Connectivity businesses, generating network and technology synergies. Global Eagle also initiated the integration, optimization and enhancement of its operations and technical teams. Key accounts became reference customers across all businesses. In the fourth quarter, the Company benefitted from a sequential improvement (versus the third quarter of 2017) in the Media & Content segment’s gross margins and broad growth across the Connectivity segment’s service revenue.
“We have executed well on our objectives to integrate our Connectivity businesses and enhance operational delivery and improve our internal processes,” commented Paul Rainey, CFO of Global Eagle, “We see compelling opportunities to further integrate prior acquisitions, which we believe will continue to lower our cost structure. In 2018, we expect these improvements to lead to accelerating organic revenue growth and strong Adjusted EBITDA growth, along with an improvement in cash-flow generation.”
Fourth Quarter Summary
Fiscal Year 2017 Summary
Webcast
Global Eagle will host a live webcast later today Monday, April 2, 2018 at 5:00 p.m. ET (2:00 p.m. PT). The Company will make the webcast available on the Investor Relations section of its website at http://investors.geemedia.com/events.cfm. An archive of the webcast replay will be on its website for 30 days following the event.
About Global Eagle
Global Eagle is a leading provider of media, content, connectivity and data analytics to markets across air, sea and land. Global Eagle offers a fully integrated suite of rich media content and seamless connectivity solutions to airlines, cruise lines, commercial ships, high-end yachts, ferries and land locations worldwide. With approximately 1,500 employees and 50 offices on six continents, the Company delivers exceptional service and rapid support to a diverse customer base. Find out more at: www.GlobalEagle.com.
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* About Non-GAAP Financial Measures
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP, we present Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as a measure of our performance. The presentation of Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, or superior to, net income (loss) or any other performance measures derived in accordance with GAAP or as an alternative to net cash provided by operating activities or any other measures of our cash flows or liquidity. Further, we note that Adjusted EBITDA as presented herein is defined and calculated differently than the “Consolidated EBITDA” definition in our senior secured credit agreement, which Consolidated EBITDA definition we use for financial-covenant-compliance purposes thereunder and as a measure of our liquidity. For a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to its most comparable measure under GAAP, please see the table entitled “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measure” at the end of this release.
Adjusted EBITDA is one of the primary measures used by our management and Board of Directors to understand and evaluate our financial performance and operating trends, including period to period comparisons, to prepare and approve our annual budget and to develop short and long term operational plans. Additionally, Adjusted EBITDA is one of the primary measures used by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors to establish the funding targets for (and subsequent funding of) our Annual Incentive Plan bonuses for our employees and executives. We believe our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA is useful to investors both because it allows for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making and because our management frequently uses it in discussions with investors, commercial bankers, securities analysts and other users of our financial statements.
We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income (loss) before (a) interest expense (income), (b) income tax expense (benefit) and (c) depreciation and amortization (including relating to equity-method investments) and loss on disposal and impairment of fixed assets, and we then further adjust that result to exclude (1) change in fair value of financial instruments, (2) other (income) expense, including primarily, when applicable, (gains) losses from investments and foreign-currency-transaction (gains) losses, (3) goodwill impairment expense, (4) stock-based compensation expense, (5) strategic-transaction, integration and realignment expenses (as described below), (6) auditor and related third-party professional fees and expenses related to our internal-control deficiencies (and the remediation thereof) and delays in our 2016 audit process, (7) excess content expenses (as described below), (8) securities class-action expenses (as described below), (9) losses on significant customer bankruptcies (as described below) and (10) restructuring expenses pursuant to our September 2014 integration plan (when applicable in the period). Management does not consider these items to be indicative of our core operating results.
“Excess content expenses” includes the additional purchasing costs that we incurred in 2017 to procure movie content for our customers, notwithstanding that we could have procured equivalent content under our (preferential-pricing) output arrangements with major studios. We incurred these additional costs because we could not timely identify and measure our movie-content expenditures and procurement during the period due to weaknesses in our control environment.
“Losses on significant customer bankruptcies” includes (1) our provision for bad debt associated with the bankruptcies of Air Berlin and Alitalia (two of our Media & Content customers) in 2017, together with (2) the costs (e.g., content acquisition fees) that we incurred to maintain service to those customers during their bankruptcy proceedings in order to preserve the customer relationship.
“Securities class-action expenses” includes third-party professional fees and expenses associated with the securities class-action lawsuits filed against us in 2017.
“Strategic-transaction, integration and realignment expenses” includes (1) transaction-related expenses and costs (including third-party professional fees) attributable to acquisition, financing, investment and other strategic-transaction activities, (2) integration and realignment expenses and allowances, (3) employee-severance, retention and relocation expenses, (4) purchase-accounting adjustments for deferred revenue, costs and credits associated with companies and businesses that we have acquired through our M&A activities, (5) service-level-agreement penalties incurred during our Eagle-1 migration and setup in its new orbital slot in 2017, and (6) claims at companies or businesses that we acquired through our M&A activities for underlying liabilities that pre-dated our acquisition of those companies or businesses. In respect of clause (6) in this definition, we include (i.e., exclude from net income (loss)) any estimated loss contingencies and provisions for legal settlements relating to those liabilities.
Cautionary Note Concerning Forward-Looking Statements
Certain statements in this press release may constitute “forward-looking” statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements with respect to our cash-flow generation, revenue and Adjusted EBITDA growth and margin expansion in future periods, business outlook, industry, business strategy, plans, business integration activities, cost-structure improvements, future operations, margins, profitability, future efficiencies and other financial and operating information. When used in this discussion, the words “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “budget,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “future” and the negative of these or similar terms and phrases are intended to identify forward-looking statements in this press release.
Forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations regarding future events, results or outcomes. These expectations may or may not be realized. Although we believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give you no assurance these expectations will prove to have been correct. Some of these expectations may be based upon assumptions, data or judgments that prove to be incorrect. Actual events, results and outcomes may differ materially from our expectations due to a variety of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors. Although it is not possible to identify all of these risks and factors, they include, among others, the following:
The forward-looking statements herein speak only as of the date the statements are made (which is the date of this press release). You should not put undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information, except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements.
Financial Information
The table below presents financial results for the three months and fiscal years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
Quarters Ended December 31, | Years Ended December 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||
Revenue | $ | 159,598 | $ | 156,764 | $ | 619,469 | $ | 529,755 | |||||||||
Operating expenses: | |||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | 120,539 | 110,268 | 462,120 | 365,470 | |||||||||||||
Sales and marketing | 10,565 | 11,388 | 40,938 | 30,941 | |||||||||||||
Product development | 8,689 | 12,640 | 35,608 | 37,718 | |||||||||||||
General and administrative | 38,842 | 32,800 | 148,221 | 115,195 | |||||||||||||
Legal Settlement | 650 | 1,758 | 1,435 | 43,446 | |||||||||||||
Restructuring charges | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||
Amortization of intangible assets | 11,106 | 11,593 | 43,955 | 35,648 | |||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | 89,000 | 64,000 | 167,000 | 64,000 | |||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 279,391 | 244,447 | 899,277 | 692,418 | |||||||||||||
Loss from operations | (119,793 | ) | (87,683 | ) | (279,808 | ) | (162,663 | ) | |||||||||
Other income (expense), net: | |||||||||||||||||
Interest income (expense), net | (14,519 | ) | (10,369 | ) | (58,454 | ) | (18,198 | ) | |||||||||
Loss on Extinguishment of Debt | - | - | (14,389 | ) | - | ||||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity method investments, including impairment losses | (16,334 | ) | 1,764 | (12,424 | ) | 3,829 | |||||||||||
Change in fair value of financial instruments | 839 | 7,533 | 3,510 | 25,515 | |||||||||||||
Other income (expense), net | (478 | ) | (1,703 | ) | (436 | ) | (6,326 | ) | |||||||||
Loss before income taxes | (150,285 | ) | (90,458 | ) | (362,001 | ) | (157,843 | ) | |||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | (15,880 | ) | 1,256 | (4,887 | ) | (44,911 | ) | ||||||||||
Net loss | (134,405 | ) | (91,714 | ) | (357,114 | ) | (112,932 | ) | |||||||||
Net income (loss) per share | |||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | (1.51 | ) | $ | (1.07 | ) | $ | (4.07 | ) | $ | (1.39 | ) | |||||
Diluted | $ | (1.51 | ) | $ | (1.07 | ) | $ | (4.07 | ) | $ | (1.39 | ) | |||||
Weighted average shares – basic and diluted | |||||||||||||||||
Basic | 89,222 | 85,369 | 87,733 | 81,269 | |||||||||||||
Diluted | 89,222 | 85,369 | 87,733 | 81,269 | |||||||||||||
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
December 31, | |||||||
2017 | 2016 | ||||||
CURRENT ASSETS: | |||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 48,260 | $ | 50,686 | |||
Restricted cash | 3,608 | 17,992 | |||||
Accounts receivable, net | 113,545 | 120,492 | |||||
Loan receivable from related party | — | — | |||||
Inventories | 28,352 | 25,986 | |||||
Prepaid expenses | 13,486 | 17,658 | |||||
Other current assets | 20,923 | 20,786 | |||||
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS: | 228,174 | 253,600 | |||||
Content library | 8,686 | 21,470 | |||||
Property, plant and equipment, net | 195,029 | 166,049 | |||||
Goodwill | 159,696 | 327,836 | |||||
Intangible assets, net | 122,582 | 166,720 | |||||
Equity method investments | 137,299 | 156,527 | |||||
Other non-current assets | 9,118 | 7,233 | |||||
Total Assets | $ | 860,584 | $ | 1,099,435 | |||
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity | |||||||
CURRENT LIABILITIES: | |||||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities | 205,036 | 240,344 | |||||
Deferred revenue | 6,508 | 6,970 | |||||
Current portion of long-term debt | 20,106 | 2,069 | |||||
Other current liabilities | 7,785 | 11,754 | |||||
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES: | 239,435 | 261,137 | |||||
Deferred revenue, non-current | 1,079 | 1,536 | |||||
Long-term debt | 598,958 | 468,231 | |||||
Deferred tax liabilities | 16,247 | 33,205 | |||||
Other non-current liabilities | 30,340 | 36,329 | |||||
Total Liabilities | 886,059 | 800,438 | |||||
Stockholders' Equity | |||||||
Common stock | 10 | 9 | |||||
Treasury stock, 3,053,634 shares at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016 | (30,659 | ) | (30,659 | ) | |||
Additional paid-in capital | 779,565 | 747,005 | |||||
Subscriptions receivable | (578 | ) | (553 | ) | |||
Accumulated deficit | (773,791 | ) | (416,389 | ) | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (22 | ) | (416 | ) | |||
Total Stockholder's Equity | (25,475 | ) | 298,997 | ||||
Total Liabilties and Stockholders' Equity | $ | 860,584 | $ | 1,099,435 | |||
Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAP Measure
(In thousands)
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended December 31, | Twelve Months Ended December 31, | |||||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA reconciliation: | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) | (134,405 | ) | (91,714 | ) | (357,114 | ) | (112,932 | ) | ||||
Interest expense (income) | 14,519 | 10,369 | 72,843 | 18,198 | ||||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) | (15,880 | ) | 1,256 | (4,887 | ) | (44,911 | ) | |||||
Depreciation and amortization and loss on disposal and impairment of fixed assets | 26,607 | 27,046 | 99,950 | 65,215 | ||||||||
Change in fair value of financial instruments | (839 | ) | (7,533 | ) | (3,510 | ) | (25,515 | ) | ||||
Other (income) expense | 17,189 | 783 | 17,147 | 5,406 | ||||||||
Goodwill impairment expense | 89,000 | 64,000 | 167,000 | 64,000 | ||||||||
Stock-based compensation expense | 3,584 | 2,685 | 7,586 | 10,747 | ||||||||
Strategic-transaction, integration and realignment expenses | 7,742 | 12,466 | 27,951 | 77,335 | ||||||||
Internal-control and delayed audit expenses | 11,411 | - | 34,869 | - | ||||||||
Excess content expenses | 661 | - | 2,648 | - | ||||||||
Securities class action expenses | 131 | - | 1,000 | - | ||||||||
Losses on significant customer bankruptcies | - | - | 2,537 | - | ||||||||
Restructuring expenses | - | - | - | - | ||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA | 19,720 | 19,358 | 68,020 | 57,543 | ||||||||
See “About Non-GAAP Financial Measures” in the accompanying press release, including our definition of Adjusted EBITDA described therein.
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