You ought to learn the next dialogue and evaluation of our monetary situation and outcomes of operations along with the Company's consolidated monetary statements and the associated notes thereto. Some of the knowledge contained in this dialogue and evaluation or set forth elsewhere, together with info with respect to our plans and technique for our enterprise, consists of forward-looking statements that contain dangers and uncertainties. You ought to evaluate the "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Risk Factors" sections for a dialogue of necessary components that would trigger precise outcomes to vary materially from the outcomes described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained within the following dialogue and evaluation. OverviewGAN Limited is aBermuda exempted holding firm and thru its subsidiaries, operates in two traces of enterprise. We are a business-to-business ("B2B") provider of enterprise Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS") options for on-line on line casino gaming, generally known as iGaming, and on-line sports activities betting purposes. Beginning with ourJanuary 2021 acquisition ofVincent Group p.l.c., aMalta public restricted firm ("Coolbet"), we're additionally a business-to-consumer ("B2C") developer and operator of an internet sports activities betting and on line casino platform, which presents shoppers in choose markets inNorthern Europe ,Latin America andCanada a digital portal for partaking in sports activities betting, on-line on line casino video games and poker. These two traces of enterprise are additionally the Company's reportable segments. The B2B phase develops, markets and sells cases of and GameSTACK know-how and iSight Back Office that includes complete participant registration, account funding and back-office accounting and administration instruments that allow on line casino operators to effectively, confidently and successfully prolong their on-line presence. In 2021, we received three prestigious {industry} awards fromEGR North America - Best Freeplay Gaming Supplier, Best Full-Service Platform Provider and Best White Label Partner of the Year - in recognition of our experience and dedication for delivering industry-leading gaming options to land-based casinos. BeginningJanuary 1, 2021 , the B2C phase consists of the operations of Coolbet. Coolbet develops and operates an internet sports activities betting and on line casino platform that is accessible by its web site in markets throughoutNorthern Europe ,Latin America andCanada . In 2021, Coolbet received two prestigious awards on the International Gaming Awards inLondon - Mobile Sports Product of the Year and Innovator of the Year - in recognition of our important impression within the cell sports activities betting {industry}. To meet this demand and serve our rising variety ofU.S. on line casino operator purchasers, we proceed to put money into our software program engineering capabilities and increase our operational assist. The most major factor of our working prices usually relate to our worker wage prices and advantages. We have elevated our world headcount from 440 workers atJanuary 1, 2021 , to 682 workers atDecember 31, 2021 . Also, working prices embrace know-how and company infrastructure related-costs, in addition to advertising and marketing expenditures with a deal with rising and retaining B2C end-users. Our web loss was$30.6 million and$20.2 million for the years endedDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Our outcomes of operations for the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 consists of the monetary outcomes of Coolbet for all the interval, and accordingly, usually are not instantly corresponding to our consolidated outcomes of operations for the yr endedDecember 31, 2020 . 37 We consider that our present know-how is very scalable and might assist the launch of our product choices for brand spanking new prospects and in new jurisdictions. We count on to enhance our profitability by elevated revenues from:
? natural development of our present on line casino operators,
? enlargement into newly regulated jurisdictions with present and new prospects,
? margin enlargement pushed by the mixing of Coolbet’s sports activities betting
know-how in our B2B product choices,
? income enlargement from the roll-out of our Super RGS content material providing to B2C
operators who usually are not already purchasers, and ? natural development of our B2C enterprise in present and new jurisdictions. We maintain a strategicU.S. patent, which governs the linkage of on-property reward playing cards to their counterpart web playing accounts along with bilateral transmission of reward factors between the web gaming know-how system and the land-based on line casino administration system current in allU.S. on line casino properties. InFebruary 2021 , we reached an settlement to license ourU.S. patent to a second mainU.S. on line casino operator group and we might license our patent to different mainU.S. web gaming operators sooner or later. Recent Developments
OnMay 5, 2020 ,GAN Limited accomplished a share change and reorganization pursuant to a Scheme of Arrangement whereby the shareholders of the earlier mother or father,GAN plc , agreed to change their shares, on a foundation of 4 abnormal shares to at least one abnormal share, for shares inGAN Limited , plus a professional rata portion of an combination £2.0 million or2.32 pence per share in money. After the reorganization,GAN plc was renamedGAN (UK) Limited and have become a wholly-owned subsidiary ofGAN Limited . OnMay 7, 2020 ,GAN Limited accomplished itsU.S. preliminary public providing underneath which it offered an combination of seven,337,000 abnormal shares at a value per share to the general public of$8.50 and raised gross proceeds of$62.4 million (web proceeds of$55.3 million ).
OnDecember 21, 2020 ,GAN Limited accomplished a follow-on public providing underneath which it offered 6,790,956 of abnormal shares at a value per share of$15.50 and raised gross proceeds of$98.5 million (web proceeds of$98.5 million ). The web proceeds from the providing have been used to fund the money portion of the acquisition value for the acquisition of Coolbet that was paid to the previous shareholders pursuant to the Share Exchange Agreement, datedNovember 15, 2020 ("Share Exchange Agreement").
On
accordance with the phrases of the Share Exchange Agreement.
GAN Limited acquired the entire excellent fairness in Coolbet in change for a buy value of$218.1 million , which included a money cost of$111.1 million , the issuance of 5,260,516 abnormal shares (valued at$106.7 million ) and the issuance of alternative fairness awards (valued at$0.3 million ). 38
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our accounting insurance policies are extra totally described in Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of our Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included on this report. As disclosed in Note 3, the preparation of monetary statements in accordance with accounting rules usually accepted inthe United States requires the usage of judgments and estimates. We base our estimates on historic expertise and on numerous different assumptions that we consider to be cheap underneath present circumstances, the outcomes of which kind the premise for making judgments in regards to the carrying values of property and liabilities that aren't available from different sources. Actual outcomes might differ from these estimates. We think about the next to be our most essential accounting estimates that contain important judgment: Revenue Recognition Our income recognition insurance policies described in Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, require us to make important judgments and estimates. Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") 606 requires that we apply judgments or estimates to find out the efficiency obligations, the stand-alone promoting costs of our efficiency obligations to prospects, allocation of the transaction value, and the timing of switch of management of the respective efficiency obligations. The analysis of every of those standards contemplating contract particular info and circumstances is of course judgmental, however sure judgments may considerably have an effect on the quantity or timing of income acknowledged if we have been to succeed in a distinct conclusion. The essential judgments we're required to make in our evaluation of contracts with prospects that would considerably have an effect on the timing or quantity of income acknowledged are: Stand-Alone Selling Price and Allocation of Transaction Price. ASC 606 requires that we decide the stand-alone promoting value for our items and companies as a foundation for allocating the transaction value to the recognized distinct efficiency obligations in our contracts with prospects. Because we regularly bundle the promoting value for {hardware} or companies or we might license methods for which the options we offer are extremely personalized and due to this fact the costs differ, the willpower of a stand-alone promoting value requires important judgment. For efficiency obligations that contain a number of services or products, we allocate the transaction value to be utilized to every efficiency obligation based mostly on an estimation of the stand-alone promoting value. We usually decide the stand-alone promoting value based mostly on the quantities that we cost when offered individually in related circumstances to related prospects. In cases the place the stand-alone promoting value can't be decided utilizing an adjusted market evaluation method, now we have used different allocation strategies in accordance with ASC 606, together with a residual method to allocate a stand-alone promoting value. Business Combinations We account for enterprise mixtures in accordance with ASC 805, Business Combinations. This commonplace requires the buying entity in a enterprise mixture to acknowledge all (and solely) the property acquired and liabilities assumed within the transaction and establishes the acquisition-date truthful worth as the measurement goal for all property acquired and liabilities assumed in a enterprise mixture. 39 Determining the truthful worth of property acquired and liabilities assumed requires administration judgment and sometimes includes the usage of important estimates and assumptions with respect to the timing and quantities of future money inflows and outflows, low cost charges, market costs and asset lives, amongst different gadgets. These estimates are based mostly on info obtained from administration of the acquired firm and historic expertise and are usually made with the help of an impartial valuation agency. These estimates can embrace, however usually are not restricted to, the money flows that an asset is predicted to generate within the future, and the associated fee financial savings anticipated to be derived from buying an asset. Any adjustments within the underlying assumptions can impression the estimates of truthful worth by materials quantities, which may in flip materially impression our outcomes of operations. These estimates are inherently unsure and unpredictable, and, if totally different estimates have been used, the acquisition value for the acquisition may very well be allotted to the acquired property and liabilities in a different way from the allocation that we have made. In addition, unanticipated occasions and circumstances might happen which have an effect on the accuracy or validity of such estimates, and, if such occasions happen, we could also be required to report a cost towards the worth ascribed to an acquired asset or a rise within the quantities recorded for assumed liabilities.
If the next precise outcomes and up to date projections of the underlying
enterprise exercise change in contrast with the assumptions and projections used to
develop these truthful values, we might must report impairment expenses within the
future. In addition, now we have estimated the helpful lives of sure acquired
property, and these lives are used to compute depreciation and amortization
expense. If our estimates of the helpful lives change, depreciation and
amortization expense could also be required to be accelerated or decelerated.
Goodwill Goodwill is reviewed for impairment yearly as ofOctober 1st , or extra regularly if indicators of impairment exist. A major quantity of judgment is concerned in figuring out if an indicator of goodwill impairment has occurred. Such indicators might embrace, amongst others: a major decline in anticipated future money flows; a major antagonistic change in authorized components or within the enterprise local weather; unanticipated competitors; and the testing for recoverability of a major asset group inside a reporting unit. Our goodwill impairment evaluation additionally features a comparability of the combination estimated truthful worth of all reporting models to our whole market capitalization. Therefore, our shares might commerce under our e-book worth and a major and sustained decline in our share value and market capitalization may lead to goodwill impairment expenses. Any antagonistic change in these components may have a major impression on the recoverability of those property and will have a cloth impression on our consolidated monetary statements.Goodwill impairment testing includes a comparability of the estimated truthful worth of a reporting unit to its respective carrying quantity, which can be carried out using both a qualitative or quantitative evaluation. A reporting unit is outlined as an working phase or one degree under an working phase. The qualitative evaluation evaluates numerous occasions and circumstances, resembling macro-economic situations, {industry} and market situations, value components, related occasions and monetary developments that will impression a reporting unit's truthful worth. If it's decided that the estimated truthful worth of the reporting unit is more-likely-than-not lower than the carrying quantity, together with goodwill, a quantitative evaluation is required. Otherwise, no additional evaluation is crucial. In a quantitative evaluation, the truthful worth of a reporting unit is decided after which in comparison with its carrying worth. A reporting unit's truthful worth is decided based mostly upon consideration of assorted valuation methodologies, together with the earnings method, which makes use of projected future money flows discounted at charges commensurate with the dangers concerned, and multiples of present and future earnings. If the truthful worth of a reporting unit is lower than its carrying worth, a goodwill impairment cost is acknowledged for the quantity by which the carrying quantity exceeds the reporting unit's truthful worth; nevertheless, the loss acknowledged can not exceed the full quantity of goodwill allotted to that reporting unit. 40 The earnings method used to check our reporting models consists of the projection of estimated working outcomes and money flows, discounted utilizing a weighted-average value of capital ("WACC") that displays present market situations applicable to every reporting unit. Those projections contain administration's finest estimates of financial and market situations over the projected interval, together with development charges in revenues and prices and finest estimates of future anticipated adjustments in working margins and money expenditures. Other important assumptions and estimates used within the earnings method embrace terminal worth development charges, future estimates of capital expenditures and adjustments in future working capital necessities. In addition, the WACC utilized to low cost estimated future money flows is delicate to adjustments in rates of interest and different market charges in place on the time the evaluation is carried out. Future adjustments in our estimates or assumptions or in rates of interest may have a major impression on the estimated truthful worth of reporting models and lead to a goodwill impairment cost that may very well be materials to our consolidated monetary statements. Share-Based Compensation Management measures equity-classified share-based awards at truthful worth on the date of grant and bills the associated fee on a straight-line foundation over the requisite service interval of all the award, usually outlined because the vesting interval, together with a corresponding improve in fairness. Forfeitures are recorded within the interval wherein they happen with the impression, if any, acknowledged within the consolidated statements of operation with a corresponding adjustment to fairness. The truthful worth of share choices is decided utilizing a Black-Scholes mannequin, considering administration's finest estimate of the anticipated lifetime of the possibility and the estimated variety of shares that can ultimately vest. Application of the option-pricing mannequin includes the usage of estimates, judgment and assumptions which might be extremely complicated and subjective and are outlined under as they pertain to grants subsequent to our preliminary public providing. Expected Term - represents the time frame that awards granted are anticipated to be excellent. In figuring out the anticipated time period of the award, future train and forfeiture patterns are estimated from historic worker train habits. These patterns are additionally affected by the vesting situations of the award. Changes sooner or later train habits of workers or within the vesting interval of the award may lead to a change within the anticipated time period. An improve within the anticipated time period would lead to a rise to our expense. Volatility - a measure of the quantity by which the value of our abnormal shares is predicted to fluctuate every year throughout the anticipated time period of the award. Our anticipated volatility is decided by reference to volatility of sure recognized peer teams, share buying and selling info and share costs on the Nasdaq. The implied volatilities from traded choices are impacted by adjustments in market situations. An improve within the volatility would lead to a rise in our expense.
Expected Dividend Yield - is predicated on our historic dividend yield, which is zero - as now we have not traditionally paid dividends. If we have been to start paying dividends, the dividend yield would improve and lead to a lower in our expense.
Risk-Free Interest Rate – is predicated on the
time of grant. As the risk-free rate of interest will increase, the anticipated time period
will increase, leading to a rise in our expense.
Where the Company has determined to cowl the social taxes and earnings taxes associated to equity-classified share-based awards for the choice holders, we acknowledge a tax expense for the longer term money cost as a liability-classified share-based compensation expense. At every reporting interval, administration measures tax liabilities related to our share-based compensation based mostly on the intrinsic worth of the choices utilizing our share value at every date of measurement. The impression of the revision of the unique estimates, if any, is acknowledged in revenue or loss with a corresponding improve or discount to the corresponding legal responsibility. Where the Company doesn't cowl worker social taxes and earnings taxes, we acknowledge employer tax bills within the interval when the respective holder workout routines their choices. 41
Capitalization and Impairment of Internally Generated Intangible Assets
Management evaluations expenditures, together with wages and advantages for workers, incurred on growth actions and, based mostly on their judgment of the prices incurred, assesses whether or not the expenditure meets the capitalization standards set out in ASC 350 and the intangible property accounting coverage inside the notes to our consolidated monetary statements. Management particularly considers if further expenditure on initiatives pertains to upkeep or new growth initiatives. In addition, the helpful lifetime of capitalized growth prices is decided by administration on the time the software program is introduced into use and is commonly reviewed for appropriateness. For distinctive software program merchandise we management and develop, the life is predicated on historic expertise with related merchandise as effectively as anticipation of future occasions, which can impression their helpful financial life, resembling adjustments in know-how. Management evaluations intangible property at every reporting interval to find out potential impairment each time occasions or adjustments in circumstances point out that the carrying quantity of an intangible asset is probably not totally recoverable. Recoverability is measured by evaluating the carrying quantity of the intangible asset with the longer term undiscounted money flows the asset is predicted to generate. Management should make estimates associated to future money flows and low cost charges that displays present market assessments of the time worth of cash and the dangers particular to the asset for which the estimates of future money flows have not been adjusted. If such property are thought of impaired, an impairment loss can be measured by evaluating the quantity by which the carrying worth exceeds the truthful worth of the intangible asset. Income Taxes
We function in numerous jurisdictions and our efficient tax price is predicated on our earnings, statutory tax charges, tax planning alternatives and switch pricing insurance policies within the numerous jurisdictions wherein we function. Judgment is required in respect of the interpretation of state, federal and worldwide tax regulation and observe as e-commerce and tax continues to evolve. Our earnings tax price is considerably affected by the tax charges that apply to our international earnings. Deferred tax property symbolize quantities out there to scale back earnings taxes payable in future years. Such property come up from non permanent variations between the monetary reporting and tax foundation of property and liabilities, in addition to from web working losses and tax credit score carryforwards. Deferred tax property are acknowledged to the extent that it's possible future taxable earnings will probably be out there towards which the non permanent variations may be utilized. This evaluation of future taxable earnings depends closely on estimates which might be based mostly on numerous components, together with historic outcomes and future enterprise forecasts. To the extent deferred tax property usually are not anticipated to be realized, we report a valuation allowance.
Research and growth tax reduction is acknowledged as an asset as soon as there's adequate proof that any quantity we might declare will probably be acquired. A key judgement arises with respect to the probability of a declare being profitable when a declare has been quantified however has not been acquired. In making this judgement, we think about the character of the declare and particularly the observe report of success of earlier claims. We are topic to earnings taxes in quite a few jurisdictions and there are transactions for which the final word tax willpower can't be assessed with certainty within the abnormal course of enterprise. We acknowledge a provision for conditions which may come up within the foreseeable future based mostly on an evaluation of the chances as as to if further taxes will probably be due. An unsure tax place is acknowledged as a profit solely whether it is "extra doubtless than not" that the tax place can be sustained in a tax examination, with a tax examination being presumed to happen. The quantity acknowledged is the biggest quantity of tax profit that's higher than 50% doubtless of being realized on examination. For tax positions not assembly the "extra doubtless than not" take a look at, no tax profit is recorded. Penalties and curiosity incurred associated to underpayment of earnings tax are labeled as earnings tax expense within the interval incurred. 42
Consolidated Results of Operations
OnJanuary 1, 2021 , we accomplished our acquisition of Coolbet which was accounted for as a enterprise mixture underneath ASC 805, Business Combinations. The following dialogue of our outcomes of operations for the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 consists of the monetary outcomes of Coolbet for all the interval. Our B2B phase outcomes for the yr endedDecember 31, 2020 are comprised of our legacy enterprise operations previous to the acquisition of Coolbet.
Year Ended
The following desk units forth our consolidated outcomes of operations for the intervals indicated: Year Ended December 31, Change 2021 2020 Amount Percent ({dollars} in hundreds) Revenue$ 124,163 $ 35,159 $ 89,004 n.m. Operating prices and bills Cost of income(1) 41,373 10,471 30,902 n.m. Sales and advertising and marketing 22,266 5,046 17,220 n.m. Product and know-how 22,548 11,032 11,516 n.m.
General and administrative(1) 48,881 24,825 24,056 96.9 % Impairment 3,500 - 3,500
n.m.
Depreciation and amortization 16,808 3,257 13,551
n.m.
Total working prices and bills 155,376 54,631 100,745
n.m. Operating loss (31,213 ) (19,472 ) (11,741 ) (60.3 )% Other (earnings) loss, web (408 ) 392 (800 ) n.m. Loss earlier than earnings taxes (30,805 ) (19,864 ) (10,941 ) (55.1 )%
Income tax expense (profit) (211 ) 353 (564
) n.m. Net loss$ (30,594 ) $ (20,217 ) $ (10,377 ) (51.3 )%
(1) Excludes depreciation and amortization expense
n.m. = not significant Geographic Information The following desk units forth our consolidated income by geographic area, for the intervals indicated: Year Ended December 31, Percentage of Revenue Change 2021 2020 2021 2020 Amount Percent ({dollars} in hundreds) United States$ 37,791 $ 29,351 30.4 % 83.5 %$ 8,440 28.8 % Europe 47,309 5,759 38.1 % 16.4 % 41,550 n.m. Latin America 32,434 - 26.1 % - % 32,434 n.m. Rest of the world 6,629 49 5.4 % 0.1 % 6,580 n.m. Total income$ 124,163 $ 35,159 100.0 % 100.0 %$ 89,004 n.m. 43 Revenue Revenue was$124.2 million for the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 , a rise of$89.0 million from the comparable interval in 2020. The improve was primarily attributable to income from our B2C operations of$78.6 million in 2021. The remaining improve in income was primarily pushed by real-money gaming development, of which$9.3 million associated to will increase in platform and content material license charges within theU.S. and$2.2 million associated to related will increase inItaly , mixed with a rise in simulated gaming income of$2.3 million because of new buyer launches. These will increase have been partially offset by a lower in sportsbook income of$2.5 million primarily from FanDuel's migration to its personal participant pockets throughout the third quarter of 2020. Revenue elevated throughout our worldwide markets primarily on account of the Coolbet acquisition, which accounted for$40.1 million of the elevated revenues inEurope , the total$32.4 million inLatin America , and considerably all of our revenues in all different non-U.S. markets. The improve in income inthe United States as in comparison with the prior interval was the results of elevatedRMiG revenues inside the B2B phase primarily pushed by the enlargement into newly regulatedU.S. states and the annualized impression of purchasers launched in 2020. Cost of Revenue
Cost of income was$41.4 million for the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 , an improve of$30.9 million from the comparable interval in 2020. The improve was attributable to our B2C operations' value of gaming of$29.8 million . Cost of income for our B2B phase elevated$1.1 million because of a rise in content material license charges of$1.9 million pushed by largerRMiG revenues inItaly , elevated simulated gaming revenues and a$0.5 million improve in processing charges because of a rise within the variety of cases of our platform and finish customers. These will increase have been partially offset by a$1.4 million lower in value of growth companies and different revenues, primarily on account of decreased {hardware} gross sales and a$0.6 million lower in regulatory charges and gaming duties as in comparison with the prior yr. The extent to which we have interaction in {hardware} gross sales is pushed by particular person operator circumstances and usually are not essentially constant from interval to interval. Sales and Marketing Sales and advertising and marketing expense was$22.3 million for the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 , a rise$17.2 million from the comparable interval in 2020. Of the improve,$14.9 million was attributable to our B2C operations' gross sales and advertising and marketing. We count on gross sales and advertising and marketing expense to proceed to extend in our B2C phase as we search to draw further end-users. Sales and advertising and marketing bills associated to our B2B enterprise elevated$2.3 million primarily because of an improve in personnel prices of$1.4 million , excluding will increase in associated share-based compensation bills of$0.3 million , pushed by elevated headcount inside our gross sales and advertising and marketing capabilities. Product and Technology Product and know-how expense was$22.5 million for the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 , a rise of$11.5 million from the comparable interval in 2020, because of larger web salaries and associated worker prices of$11.7 million (excluding a lower in associated share-based compensation of$2.4 million ) as we ramped up our workforce and invested in our platform to serve our new and present prospects for the B2B phase and$1.9 million from the inclusion of Coolbet in our working outcomes. General and Administrative General and administrative expense elevated$24.1 million of which$16.6 million was attributable to Coolbet. Exclusive of Coolbet, the remaining improve was pushed by a rise of$2.8 million in skilled charges associated to authorized charges, recruiting prices, skilled consulting prices, and public firm compliance prices, a$2.1 million improve in personnel and associated prices (excluding a lower in associated share-based compensation expense of$1.1 million ) in capabilities resembling administration, authorized, human assets and finance to improve our back-office infrastructure, a$1.2 million improve regarding unfavorable forex fluctuations, a$1.3 million improve regarding insurance coverage prices reflecting the 2021 full yr impression of administrators and officers and enterprise insurance coverage, and a$1.0 million improve in software-related prices to assist the Company's development. These will increase have been partially offset by different immaterial adjustments totaling$0.2 million . 44 Within our working bills, share-based compensation and associated bills throughout gross sales and advertising and marketing, product and know-how, and common and administrative bills decreased by$2.0 million to$8.1 million for the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 . The lower was primarily because of bills of$7.3 million acknowledged throughout the yr endedDecember 31, 2020 in relation to (i) the acceleration of vesting of excellent grants on the time of our preliminary public submitting inMay 2020 of$3.9 million and (ii) the popularity of cash-settled share-based compensation expense in relation to taxes related withU.Ok. choices throughout the identical interval of$3.4 million (as in comparison with a advantage of$0.5 million within the present yr interval). The lower was primarily offset by bills of$4.2 million associated to new awards issued in 2021, an expense$0.9 million associated to a change within the incentive compensation construction made efficient in 2021 which allowed for sure executives to obtain their incentive compensation within the type of share-based compensation. In addition, we incurred share-based compensation bills of$0.6 million associated alternative share possibility awards to persevering with workers of Coolbet and restricted shares issued within the acquisition of Silverback. Impairment We recorded an impairment cost of$3.5 million throughout the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 associated to the termination discover we served to a content material supplier inJanuary 2022 as sure situations precedent related to the certification of their distant gaming server had not been glad pursuant to the phrases of the settlement within the interval endedDecember 31, 2021 . In accordance with the settlement, termination for trigger leads to a return of the preliminary cost of$3.5 million , nevertheless in response to our termination discover, the content material supplier responded with a discover to the Company of its materials breach of the settlement, disputing the validity of the termination.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense was
2020. The improve was because of the amortization expense on intangible property
recorded within the acquisition of Coolbet on
Income Tax Expense
We recorded earnings tax advantage of$0.2 million for the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 , reflecting an efficient tax price of 0.7%, in comparison with earnings tax expense of$0.4 million for the yr endedDecember 31, 2020 , reflecting an efficient tax price of (1.8)%. Our nation of domicile isBermuda , which successfully has a 0% statutory tax price because it doesn't impose taxes on earnings, earnings, dividends, or capital positive aspects. The distinction between this 0% tax price and the efficient earnings tax price for the years endedDecember 31, 2021 and 2020 was due primarily to a mixture of earnings in international jurisdictions which might be topic to present tax, making an allowance for international loss carryforwards in sure jurisdictions which might be not anticipated to be acknowledged. Segment Operating Results We report our working outcomes by phase in accordance with the "administration method." The administration method designates the interior reporting utilized by our Chief Operating Decision Maker ("CODM"), who's our Chief Executive Officer, for making selections and assessing efficiency of our reportable segments.
Year Ended
The following desk units forth our phase outcomes for the intervals indicated: Year Ended Percentage of Segment December 31, Revenue Change 2021 2020 2021 2020 Amount Percent ({dollars} in hundreds) B2B Revenue$ 45,569 $ 35,159 100.0 % 100.0 %$ 10,410 29.6 % Cost of income(1) 11,600 10,471 25.5 % 29.8 % 1,129 10.8 % B2B phase gross revenue$ 33,969 $ 24,688 74.5 % 70.2 %$ 9,281 37.6 % B2C Revenue$ 78,594 $ - 100.0 % - %$ 78,594 n.m. Cost of income(1) 29,773 - 37.9 % - % 29,773 n.m. B2C phase gross revenue$ 48,821 $ - 62.1 % - %$ 48,821 n.m.
(1) Excludes depreciation and amortization expense
n.m. = not significant 45 B2B Segment B2B income elevated$10.4 million primarily because of a rise in platform and content material charge income of$10.7 million . Of this improve,RMiG jurisdictions inthe United States contributed a rise of$9.3 million throughout the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 , together with newU.S. states which launched in 2021 resembling inMichigan following the launch ofRMiG inJanuary 2021 , along with contributions starting inMay 2021 inWest Virginia andOctober 2021 inConnecticut . Further contributing to the rise was a rise of$2.2 million inRMiG revenues inItaly and a rise of$2.0 million in simulated gaming income as in comparison with the prior yr interval. The will increase have been partially offset by a$2.5 million lower in sportsbook income primarily as a results of FanDuel's migration to its personal participant pockets throughout the third quarter of 2020. Additionally, B2B growth companies and different income decreased$0.3 million , of which$2.2 million associated to a lower in growth income, primarily associated to prior yr revenues related to FanDuel's migration to its personal participant pockets platform in 2020 and a$1.0 million lower primarily associated to decrease {hardware} gross sales. The lower was partially offset by$3.0 million in revenues attributable to patent licensing charge income acknowledged throughout the
yr endedDecember 31, 2021
B2B value of income elevated$1.1 million primarily because of a$1.9 million improve in content material license charges because of larger gross sales inItaly and simulated gaming income and a$0.5 million improve in processing charges because of a rise within the quantity cases of our platform and finish customers. This improve was partially offset by lower in prices of growth companies and different revenues of$1.4 million , primarily on account of decrease {hardware} gross sales in comparison with
the prior yr interval. Segment gross revenue margin for B2B, which excludes depreciation and amortization expense, elevated by 37.6% primarily pushed by a rise in platform and content material charge income and a rise within the gross margin for growth companies and different income from 70.0% in 2020 to 85.3% in 2021. The improve in gross margin for growth companies and different income was because of patent income of$3.0 million which didn't happen within the prior yr interval and decrease value of {hardware} relative to its gross sales within the present interval in comparison to the prior yr interval. B2C Segment
Segment gross revenue for B2C, which excludes depreciation and amortization expense, was$48.8 million , or 62.1% as a share of phase income, for the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 . Prior yr income and prices of income usually are not included in our monetary outcomes because of the timing of the Coolbet acquisition, which closedJanuary 1, 2021 . Non-GAAP Financial Measures Adjusted EBITDA Management makes use of the non-GAAP measure of Adjusted EBITDA to measure its monetary efficiency. Specifically, it makes use of Adjusted EBITDA (i) as a measure to match our working efficiency from interval to interval, because it removes the impact of gadgets circuitously ensuing from our core operations, and (ii) as a way of assessing our core enterprise efficiency towards others within the {industry}, as a result of it eliminates a number of the results which might be generated by variations in capital construction, depreciation, tax results and weird and rare occasions. We outline Adjusted EBITDA as web earnings (loss) earlier than different (earnings) loss, web, earnings tax expense (profit), depreciation and amortization, impairments, share-based compensation expense and associated expense, preliminary public providing associated prices and different gadgets which our Board of Directors considers to be rare or uncommon in nature. The presentation of Adjusted EBITDA shouldn't be meant for use in isolation or as an alternative choice to any measure ready in accordance withU.S. GAAP and Adjusted EBITDA might exclude monetary info that some buyers might think about necessary in evaluating our efficiency. Because Adjusted EBITDA shouldn't be aU.S. GAAP measure, the way in which we outline Adjusted EBITDA is probably not corresponding to equally titled measures utilized by different firms within the {industry}. 46 Below is a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to web loss, essentially the most comparableU.S. GAAP measure, as offered within the consolidated statements of operations for the years specified: Year Ended December 31, 2021 2020 (in hundreds) Net loss$ (30,594 ) $ (20,217 ) Income tax expense (profit) (211 ) 353 Other (earnings) loss, web (408 ) 392 Depreciation and amortization 16,808 3,257
Share-based compensation and associated expense(1) 8,136 10,181
Impairment
3,500 - Initial public providing transaction associated - 2,831 Tax associated provisions - 939 Adjusted EBITDA$ (2,769 ) $ (2,264 )
(1) Includes$7.9 million and$6.8 million in equity-classified expense for the years endedDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and$0.4 million and$3.4 million in liability-classified (profit) expense, for the years endedDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Such quantities excluded capitalized quantities. Refer to Note 11 - Share-based Compensation for additional particulars. Key Performance Indicators Our administration makes use of the next key efficiency indicators ("KPIs") as indicators of developments and outcomes of the enterprise. These KPIs give our administration a sign of the extent of engagement between the participant and the Company's platforms. No estimation is critical in quantifying these KPIs, nor do they symbolizeU.S. GAAP based mostly measurements. These KPIs are topic to numerous dangers resembling buyer focus, competitors, licensing and regulation, and macroeconomic situations. Refer to "Item 1A. Risk Factors" for additional dangers related to our enterprise which might have an effect on these KPIs. Year Ended December 31, Change 2021 2020 Amount Percent
B2B Gross Operator Revenue (in thousands and thousands)
68.9 % B2B Take Rate 4.9 % 6.4 % N/A (1.5 )% B2C Active Customers (in hundreds)(1) 394 158 236
n.m. B2C Marketing Spend Ratio(1) 15 % 19 % N/A (4 )% B2C Sports Margin(1) 6.8 % 6.7 % N/A 0.1 %
(1) B2C working outcomes of Coolbet have been included within the consolidated
monetary statements starting on
B2B Gross Operator Revenue We outline B2B Gross Operator Revenue because the sum of our B2B company prospects' gross income from SIM, gross gaming income fromRMiG , and gross sports activities win from sportsbook choices. B2B Gross Operator Revenue, which isn't comparable to monetary info offered in conformity withU.S. GAAP, provides administration and customers of our monetary statements a sign of the extent of transactions processed by our B2B company prospects' platforms and permits administration to know the extent of exercise that our platform is processing. The improve in Gross Operator Revenue for the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 , as in comparison with the yr endedDecember 31, 2020 , was pushed primarily by expanded legalization ofRMiG and sports activities betting in furtherU.S. states and our launch ofRMiG options for brand spanking new and present prospects in these jurisdictions, the most important of which wasMichigan inJanuary 2021 . Additional will increase inEurope ofRMiG and SIM have been pushed by natural development from new and present
prospects. 47 B2B Take Rate We outline B2B Take Rate as a quotient of B2B web income retained by the Company over the full gross income generated by our B2B company prospects. B2B web income is calculated by deducting from gross income, the statutory taxes, promotional bonuses, and our B2B buyer's share outlined by industrial agreements. B2B Take Rate provides administration and customers of our monetary statements a sign of the impression of the statutory phrases and the effectivity of the industrial phrases on the enterprise. The lower in B2B Take Rate for the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 , as in contrast to the yr endedDecember 31, 2020 , was pushed by a shift in income from SIM toRMiG that inherently has a decrease take price; a rise inRMiG and sports activities betting income fromU.S. states with larger taxes, particularlyPennsylvania andMichigan ; and elevated promotional bonuses by sure B2B prospects in new jurisdictions, resembling Wynn inMichigan and FanDuel inMichigan ,West Virginia , andConnecticut . B2C Active Customers We outline B2C Active Customers as a person that locations a wager throughout the interval. This metric permits administration to observe the shopper segmentation, development drivers, and in the end creates alternatives to determine and add worth to the person expertise. This metric permits administration and customers of the monetary statements to measure the platform visitors and observe associated developments. B2C Marketing Spend Ratio We outline B2C Marketing Spend Ratio as the full B2C direct advertising and marketing expense for the interval divided by the full B2C revenues. This metric permits administration to measure the success of selling prices throughout a given interval. Additionally, this metric permits administration to match throughout jurisdictions and different subsets, as an extra indication of return on advertising and marketing funding. B2C Sports Margin
We outline B2C Sports Margin because the ratio of wagers minus winnings to whole quantity wagered, adjusted for open wagers at interval finish. Sports betting includes a person putting a guess on the end result of a sporting occasion with the prospect to win a pre-determined quantity, sometimes called mounted odds. Our B2C sportsbook income is generated by setting odds which might be meant to supply a built-in theoretical margin in every sports activities guess supplied to our customers. This metric permits administration to measure sportsbook efficiency towards its anticipated consequence.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Material Cash Commitments
Our major makes use of of money embrace funding our ongoing working capital wants,
content material licensing mentioned under, creating and sustaining our proprietary
software program platforms.
During the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 , we entered intoContent Licensing Agreements (the "Agreement") with a third-party playing content material supplier specializing in creating and licensing interactive video games. The Agreement grants us unique proper to make use of and distribute the web gaming content material inNorth America . The content material supplier is dedicated to creating a minimal variety of video games for our unique use over the five-year time period, topic to extensions. In change, we're required to pay mounted charges, totaling$30.0 million , of which$5.0 million was due upon execution of the Agreement, and the remaining mounted charges are paid systematically over the preliminary five-year time period. Additional funds may very well be required if our whole income generated from the licensed content material exceed sure stipulated thresholds. In the occasion that the Agreement is terminated, precise money outlays may very well be lower than at present contemplated.
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We count on our capital expenditures to proceed to extend within the rapid future, as we search to increase our enterprise by natural development and potential enterprise acquisitions. Specifically, the important thing parts of our development technique embrace, however usually are not restricted to, the enlargement of our gaming content material on our platform, primarily by the Agreements, our anticipated launch of the built-in B2B sportsbook know-how answer inNorth America within the fourth quarter of 2022, the continued integration of Coolbet's sports activities betting know-how and worldwide B2C operations, the launch of regulated gaming in newU.S. states and potential enterprise acquisitions. The execution of our development technique would require continued important capital expenditures. We count on to proceed investing in our merchandise and applied sciences as we search to scale our enterprise. We incurred capital expenditures of$14.0 million and$5.9 million for the years endedDecember 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. Of these expenditures, purchases associated to internally developed capitalized software program represented$11.6 million and$4.4 million , respectively, property and tools (together with licenses for inner use software program) represented$1.9 million and$1.2 million , respectively, and intangible property (together with licenses to function in associated jurisdictions) represented$0.4 million and$0.2 million , respectively, for the years endedDecember 31, 2021 and 2020. Sources of Liquidity We have primarily funded our operations by money generated from operations and money available. InMay 2020 , we accomplished ourU.S. preliminary public providing underneath which we offered an combination of seven,337,000 abnormal shares for web proceeds of$57.4 million and inDecember 2020 , we carried out a follow-on providing underneath which we offered 6,790,956 abnormal shares for web proceeds of$98.5 million . InJanuary 2021 , we accomplished the acquisition of Coolbet for a purchase order value of$218.1 million , together with the issuance of 5,260,516 abnormal shares, alternative equity-based awards valued at$0.3 million and money of$111.1 million , which was funded from the follow-on providing proceeds and out there money available.
Our major supply of liquidity for our working capital is money flows generated
from operations and our money available of
We consider money generated from operations and money available will probably be adequate to meet our working capital and capital expenditure necessities for a minimum of the subsequent twelve months. We can also search to reinforce our aggressive place by further complementary acquisitions in each present and new markets. Therefore, every now and then, we might entry the fairness or debt markets to boost further funds to finance potential acquisitions. In the long term, to the extent that our present assets, together with our means to generate working money flows, are inadequate to fulfill our money necessities, we might search further fairness or debt financing. Our means to do so will depend on prevailing financial situations and different components, lots of which are past our management.
We don't at present have any credit score amenities or related debt preparations in place and can't present any assurance as to the provision or phrases of any future financing that we might require to assist our operations. If the wanted financing shouldn't be out there, or if the phrases of financing are much less fascinating than we count on, we could also be compelled to lower our degree of funding in new merchandise and applied sciences, discontinue additional enlargement of our enterprise, or cut back our present operations, any of which may have an antagonistic impression on our enterprise and monetary prospects. 49 Cash Flow Analysis A abstract of our working, investing and financing actions is proven within the following desk: Year Ended December 31, Change ({dollars} in hundreds) 2021 2020 Amount Percent Net money utilized in working actions$ (5,003 ) $ (6,348 ) 1,345 (21.2 )% Net money utilized in investing actions (106,674 ) (5,919 ) (100,755 ) n.m. Net money offered by financing actions 169 154,708 (154,539 ) (99.9 )% Effect of international change charges on money (1,669 ) (66 ) (1,603
) n.m.
Net (lower) improve in money
n.m. = not significant Operating Activities Net money utilized in working actions decreased$1.3 million primarily ensuing from a lower in web loss after changes to reconcile web loss to money flows from operations of$8.1 million . The lower in money utilized in working actions was offset by an unfavorable change in working property and liabilities, primarily because of funds totaling$8.5 million to third-party playing content material suppliers for the rights to make use of and distribute their on-line gaming content material inNorth America . Investing Activities
Net money utilized in investing actions elevated$100.8 million primarily as a results of$92.7 million money paid for the acquisition of Coolbet, web of money acquired and a$7.2 million improve in spend for capitalized software program growth prices primarily associated to$4.3 million invested in relation to new B2B buyer launches, product enhancements, and new options,$1.6 million for the B2B sportsbook know-how answer inNorth America , and$1.3 million invested in relation to new B2C product enhancements and options. Financing Activities Net money offered by financing actions decreased by$154.5 million primarily because of$57.4 million in proceeds from ourU.S. preliminary public providing inMay 2020 and$99.4 million in proceeds from the issuance of abnormal shares in a follow-on public providing inDecember 2020 that didn't recur throughout the yr endedDecember 31, 2021 , and a lower in money proceeds on the train of worker share choices of$1.6 million . The lower was partially offset by decreased funds of providing prices of$1.4 million and money consideration paid to the earlier shareholders ofGAN plc pursuant to theMay 2020 Scheme of Arrangement of$2.5 million .
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