GVIC Reports Second Quarter Results
(firmenpresse) - VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwired) -- 08/12/15 -- GVIC Communications Corp. ("GVIC" or the "Company") (TSX: GCT) reported cash flow, earnings and revenue for the period ended June 30, 2015.
Summary Results
The following results are presented on an adjusted basis(1) to include the Company''s share of its joint venture operations on a proportionate basis, because this is the basis on which management bases its operating decisions and performance. For a reconciliation to results in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), refer to the "Reconciliation of IFRS to Adjusted Results" as presented below and in Management''s Discussion & Analysis (MD&A).
Transformation Strategy
To address the challenges facing some of the businesses, the Company has been implementing a strategy to transform its business and focus efforts on a narrower spectrum of operating sectors in order to deploy resources and capital in areas where long-term growth opportunities can best be realized, and GVIC has a strong competitive position.
GVIC''s core focus is to operate as an information & marketing solutions company pursuing growth in sectors where the provision of essential information & related services provides high customer utility & value. The related "go to market" strategy is being implemented through two operational segments:
Sector Focus
As part of this transformational strategy, the decision was made to focus growth efforts on the following sectors:
These spaces are dynamic and their changing and continually evolving needs are expected to increase the demand and value relating to information, intelligence and marketing solutions.
Community Media. The community media business is maturing and print revenue has been declining as a result of the shift to digital media, which continues to impact the Company''s results. However, these operations generate significant cash flow and provide scale for the Company. The products still provide value for advertisers, and opportunities exist to leverage the local brands, marketing reach and customer relationships to generate new revenues. Efforts will be made to restructure community media assets to create greater direct value and simplicity for GVIC, or monetize where appropriate value can be realized.
The Company''s objective is to grow its business information assets and the portion of cash flow generated by these operations, which have higher growth profiles and valuations, and harvest the cash flow from community media assets and reduce the related financial and operating exposure.
Target Leverage. Management is seeking to reduce senior debt levels to less than $50 million, such that ongoing debt can be supported by the business information operations, and the community media operations can provide free cash flow for investment purposes, further debt reduction and financial flexibility.
Business Information Revenue and Profitability. In 2014, GVIC''s business information operations earned $27.8 million of adjusted EBITDA (before corporate costs) on $93.3 million of adjusted revenue (excluding the assets that were sold in January 2015):
Almost half of this EBITDA comes from rich data digital information products and services. These rich data digital information products and services have a high level of profitability and recurring revenue streams.
Business information businesses trade at higher valuations, typically 7x-15x+ EBITDA, depending on their attributes.
For the six months ending June 30, 2015, GVIC''s business information assets generated $13.0 million of adjusted EBITDA (before corporate costs) on $48.0 million of adjusted revenue. See Note 20 to the Interim Consolidated Financial Statements - Segmented Disclosure.
The Company''s business information operations have generated strong organic growth and value historically and continue to perform well. Despite weak commodities markets, the agriculture and natural resources group remain highly profitable. While advertising revenue has fallen in these sectors, electronic subscription and data related sales have been resilient. The environmental risk, mutual fund and digital real estate businesses are all generating strong growth in 2015.
Operational Overview
Business Information
Community Media
Profitability Measures. In addition to a wide range of new revenue initiatives and focus on higher-margin revenues, comprehensive cost management and restructuring efforts are being implemented to improve profitability over the remainder of the year.
Near-Term Initiatives
Financial Position
On an adjusted basis, including the Company''s share of the joint venture interests, GVIC''s consolidated debt net of cash outstanding before deferred financing charges was 2.7x trailing 12-months EBITDA as at June 30, 2015.
GVIC''s consolidated debt (excluding joint ventures), net of cash outstanding before deferred financing charges, was $91.7 million as at June 30, 2015.
Reconciliation of IFRS to Adjusted Results
The following table is a reconciliation of the IFRS results to the adjusted results (which include the Company''s proportionate share of its joint venture operations). Refer to the MD&A for further discussion and analysis of these results:
The qualitative discussion of the second quarter 2015 results in this President''s Message is relevant and applicable for the adjusted results and the IFRS results.
Outlook
Economic conditions have weakened significantly in 2015 in Western Canada, particularly in energy and agriculture, and remain challenging. Structural challenges continue to exist in community media.
However, the balance of better prospects in some of the Company''s key markets and businesses, comprehensive new revenue initiatives as well as cost management are expected to result in improved performance going forward, assuming market conditions do not worsen further.
The Company is taking care to make sure it invests in and focuses on transforming its products and services to ensure that it continues to offer high value to customers in its various markets, and does not reduce resources overly through cost reduction and weaken the businesses in terms of long-term viability.
Importantly, the Company has made substantial progress towards its objectives of both strengthening its financial position and narrowing its spectrum of operating sectors in order to redeploy capital and resources to higher-growth and higher-value products and services.
Focused efforts are being made to complete the desired restructuring objectives outlined in terms of reduced long-term debt levels and better corporate and operating simplicity.
As indicated, GVIC is pursuing its transformational growth efforts through a comprehensive Evolve, Enrich and Extend strategy. The strategy focuses on providing richer content, data and information, related analytics and business and market intelligence, as well as more comprehensive and sophisticated marketing solutions. The strategy is intended to provide growing levels of sales from high-margin products with high levels of recurring revenue, while requiring low levels of sustaining capital investment in order to generate strong free cash flow and return on capital.
Once leverage is reduced to lower operating levels, management will seek an ongoing balance of maintaining debt at those levels and delivering increased value to shareholders through operations and acquisitions.
Shares in GVIC are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol GCT.
About the Company: GVIC Communications Corp. is an information communications company focused on the provision of primary and essential information and related services through print, electronic and online media. GVIC is pursuing this strategy through its core businesses: the community media, trade information and business and professional information markets.
Financial Measures
To supplement the consolidated financial statements presented in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), GVIC uses certain non-IFRS measures that may be different from the performance measures used by other companies. These non-IFRS measures include cash flow from operations (before changes in non-cash operating accounts and non-recurring items), net income attributable to common shareholders before non-recurring items, net income from continuing operation attributable to common shareholders before non-recurring items, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) and all ''adjusted'' measures which are not alternatives to IFRS financial measures. Management focuses on operating cash flow per share as the primary measure of operating profitability, free cash flow and value. EBITDA per share is also an important measure as the Company has low ongoing capital expenditures and depreciation and amortization largely relates to acquisition goodwill and copyrights and does not represent a corresponding sustaining capital expense. These non-IFRS measures do not have any standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS and accordingly they are unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers.
The adjusted consolidated financial results reported have been adjusted to include the Company''s share of revenue, expenses, assets and liabilities from its joint venture operations on a proportionate accounting basis as this is the basis on which management bases its operation decisions and performance evaluation. IFRS does not allow for the inclusion of the joint ventures on a proportionate basis. These results include additional non-IFRS measures such as EBITDA, cash flow from operations and net income attributable to common shareholders before non-recurring items.
The adjusted results are not generally accepted measures of financial performance under IFRS. The Company''s method of calculating these financial performance measures may differ from other companies and accordingly, they may not be comparable to measures used by other companies. Refer to the MD&A for a reconciliation of these non-IFRS measures and adjusted results.
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements that relate to, among other things, the Company''s objectives, goals, strategies, intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations and estimates. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements relating to the Company''s expectations regarding revenues, expenses, cash flows and future profitability and the effect of GVIC''s strategic initiatives, including its expectations to grow its business information operations, to generate incremental revenues, to implement cost reduction measures, to sell non-core assets, to produce products and services that provide growth opportunities, to organic development and new business acquisitions, to improve profitability, to grow cash flow per share, to pay dividends and to reduce debt levels and as to its expectations as to the level of investment in capital expenditures. These forward looking statements are based on certain assumptions, including continued economic growth and recovery and the realization of cost savings in a timely manner and in the expected amounts, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements.
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from these expectations include failure to implement or achieve the intended results from GVIC''s strategic initiatives, the failure to implement or realize cost savings in a timely manner or in the expected amounts, the failure to negotiate or complete the sale of assets, the failure to identify, negotiate and complete the acquisition of new businesses, the failure to develop new products, and the other risk factors listed in the Company''s Annual Information Form under the heading "Risk Factors" and in the Company''s MD&A under the heading "Business Environment and Risks", many of which are out of the Company''s control. These other risk factors include, but are not limited to, the ability of the Company to sell advertising and subscriptions related to its publications, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the agricultural industry, discontinuation of the Department of Canadian Heritage''s Canada Periodical Fund''s Aid to Publishers, general market conditions in both Canada and the United States, changes in the prices of purchased supplies including newsprint, the effects of competition in the Company''s markets, dependence on key personnel, integration of newly acquired businesses, technological changes, tax risk and financing and debt service risk.
The forward-looking statements made in this news release relate only to events or information as of the date on which the statements are made. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, after the date on which the statements are made or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Contacts:
GVIC Communications Corp.
Mr. Orest Smysnuik
Chief Financial Officer
604-708-3264
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