Key performance indicators of the Group
| Q1 2016 | Q1 2015 | Q1 2014 | ||
| Revenues | m€ | 45.6 | 39.2 | 34.9 |
| Gaming tax | m€ | 8.4 | 7.5 | 7.0 |
| EBITDA | m€ | 9.0 | 8.8 | 8.0 |
| EBIT | m€ | 6.5 | 7.0 | 6.1 |
| Net profit | m€ | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.9 |
| EBITDA margin | % | 19.6% | 22.5% | 23.0% |
| Operating margin | % | 14.2% | 17.8% | 17.4% |
| Net margin | % | 11.2% | 14.0% | 14.0% |
| Assets | m€ | 169.9 | 135.5 | 122.3 |
| Equity | m€ | 127.2 | 115.6 | 107.1 |
| ROE | % | 4.0% | 5.2% | 5.0% |
| ROA | % | 3.0% | 4.2% | 4.2% |
| Current ratio | times | 1.4 | 2.8 | 3.5 |
| Casinos at end of period | # | 124 | 96 | 82 |
| Casino floor area at end of period | m2 | 38,415 | 31,603 | 27,181 |
| Employees | # | 3,201 | 2,656 | 2,505 |
| Slot machines at the end of period | # | 4,183 | 3,317 | 2,986 |
| Electronic roulette terminals at the end of period | # | 142 | 120 | 158 |
| Gaming tables at the end of period | # | 183 | 171 | 171 |
| Tournament poker gaming tables at the end of period | # | 64 | 55 | 53 |
Key developments of the Group during the first quarter of 2016:
- The Group’s consolidated sales revenues for Q1 2016 amounted to EUR 45.4 million, up 16.0% or EUR 6.2 million y‑o‑y.
- Gaming revenues accounted for 93.7% (42.5 m€) and other revenues for 6.3% (2.8 m€) of the Group’s consolidated sales revenues for Q1 2016. A year before the revenue split was 93.9% (36.7 m€) and 6.1% (2.4 m€), respectively.
- The Group’s consolidated EBITDA for Q1 2016 amounted to EUR 9.0 million, a growth of 1.6% from EUR 8.8 million a year before. The Group’s consolidated operating profit decreased EUR 0.5 million (-7.0%) to EUR 6.5 million.
- The Group’s consolidated net profit attributable to equity holders of the parent company for Q1 2016 totalled EUR 5.1 million compared to EUR 5.5 million a year ago.
- Group company Baina Investments Sp. z o.o. signed the agreement on 14 January 2016 to acquire a 20% holding in the Polish subsidiary Casino Polonia-Wrocław Sp. z o.o., increasing Group holding to 100%.
- After receiving an approval from the Estonian Competition Authority, on 16 February 2016 Group has completed the acquisition of 100% shareholding in Estonian casino operator AS MC Kasiinod, which is also the 100% owner of the subsidiary OÜ Oma & Hea, which is providing casino bar services. As a result of the completion of the transaction Group now owns 24 casinos in Estonia.
- The Estonian subsidiaries of Group, Olympic Casino Eesti AS and the casino operating company AS MC Kasiinod which was acquired in winter of 2016, have concluded a merger agreement on 21 March 2016. The merger will be finalised within the current year and during the course of the merger AS MC Kasiinod will merge with Olympic Casino Eesti AS.
- The Slovak subsidiaries of Group, Olympic Casino Slovakia S.r.o. and Olympic F&B S.r.o., have concluded a merger agreement on 22 March 2016. The merger was finalised in April in current year and during the course of the merger Olympic F&B S.r.o. merged with Olympic Casino Slovakia S.r.o.
- On 31 March 2016 Group has decided to liquidate its Dutch subsidiary Siquia Holding B.V., which does not have any business activity. The area of activity for the subsidiary was holding activities. The liquidation will be finalised within the current year.
The Group’s consolidated sales revenues by segments:
| ‘000€ | Q1 2016 | Q1 2015 | Change |
| Estonia | 9,530 | 8,344 | 14.2% |
| Latvia | 16,024 | 12,093 | 32.5% |
| Lithuania | 6,288 | 5,865 | 7.2% |
| Poland | 4,573 | 6,496 | -29.6% |
| Slovakia | 3,923 | 3,730 | 5.2% |
| Belarus | 122 | 285 | -57.3% |
| Italy | 2,707 | 2,301 | 17.7% |
| Malta | 2,186 | 0 | N/A |
| Total | 45,353 | 39,114 | 16.0% |
Number of casinos by segment:
| 31 March 2016 | 31 march 2015 | |
| Estonia | 24 | 20 |
| Latvia | 57 | 37 |
| Lithuania | 19 | 16 |
| Poland | 1 | 2 |
| Slovakia | 7 | 7 |
| Belarus | 1 | 2 |
| Italy | 14 | 12 |
| Malta | 1 | |
| Total | 124 | 96 |
Overview by markets
Estonia
The sales revenues of Estonian segment for Q1 2016 amounted to EUR 9.5 million (+1.2 m€, +14.2%), EBITDA to EUR 1.4 million (-0.2 m€, -15.3%) and operating profit to EUR 0.8 million (-0.3 m€, -29.2%). Gaming revenue increased 14.0% y-o-y amounting to EUR 9.0 million.
At the end of March 2016, there were 24 Olympic casinos with 977 slot machines, 20 electronic roulette terminals, 17 gaming tables and 21 tournament poker gaming tables operating in Estonia. As at 31 March 2016, the Estonian operations employed 551 people.
Latvia
The sales revenues of Latvian segment for Q1 2016 amounted to EUR 16.0 million (+3.9 m€, +32.5%), EBITDA to EUR 6.8 million (+1.6 m€, +30.9%) and operating profit to EUR 5.9 million (+1.5 m€, +32.2%). Gaming revenue increased 32.7% y-o-y amounting to EUR 14.7 million.
At the end of March 2016, there were 57 Olympic casinos with 1,515 slot machines, 8 electronic roulette terminals, 19 gaming tables and 9 tournament poker gaming tables operating in Latvia. As at 31 March 2016, the Latvian operations employed 934 people.
Lithuania
The sales revenues of Lithuanian segment for Q1 2016 amounted to EUR 6.3 million (+0.4 m€, +7.2%), EBITDA to EUR 0.5 million (-0.7 m€, -59.7%) and operating profit to EUR 0.1 million (-0.9 m€, -89.4%). Gaming revenue increased 5.6% y-o-y amounting to EUR 5.9 million.
At the end of March 2016, there were 19 Olympic with 562 slot machines, 8 electronic roulette terminals, 64 gaming tables and 2 tournament poker gaming tables operating in Lithuania. As at 31 March 2016, the Lithuanian operations employed 848 people.
Poland
The sales revenues of Polish segment for Q1 2016 amounted to EUR 4.6 million (-1.9 m€, -29.6%), EBITDA to EUR 0.3 million (-0.6 m€, -69.7%) and operating profit to EUR 0.2 million (-0.6 m€, -77.2%). Gaming revenue decreased 29.3% y-o-y amounting to EUR 4.5 million.
At the end of March 2016, there was 1 Olympic casino with 70 slot machines, 46 electronic roulette terminals, 30 gaming tables and 4 tournament poker gaming tables operating in Poland. As at 31 March 2016, the Polish operations employed 253 people.
Slovakia
The sales revenues of Slovak segment for Q1 2016 amounted to EUR 3.9 million (+0.2 m€, +5.2%), EBITDA to EUR 0.2 million (+0.3 m€) and operating loss to EUR -0.1 million (+0.2 m€). Gaming revenue increased 6.8% y-o-y amounting to EUR 3.4 million.
At the end of March 2016, there were 7 Olympic casinos with 284 slot machines, 42 electronic roulette terminals, 34 gaming tables and 18 tournament poker gaming tables operating in Slovakia. As at 31 March 2016, the Slovak operations employed 316 people.
Belarus
The sales revenues of Belarus segment for Q1 2016 amounted to EUR 0.1 million (-0.2 m€, -57.3%), EBITDA to EUR -0.1 million (+0.04 m€) and operating loss to EUR -0.1 million (+0.04 m€). Gaming revenue decreased 56.6% y‑o‑y amounting to EUR 0.1 million.
At the end of March 2016, there was 1 Olympic casino with 33 slot machines operating in Belarus. As at 31 March 2016, the Belarus operations employed 36 people.
Italy
The sales revenues of Italian segment before deducting the gaming tax of Italy for Q1 2016 amounted to EUR 6.2 million (+1.2 m€, +23.4%), EBITDA to EUR 0.2 million (+0.1 m€, +55.6%) and operating profit to EUR 0.2 million (+0.1 m€, +222.5%).
At the end of March 2016, there were 14 VLT slot casinos with 463 slot machines operating in Italy. As at 31 March 2016, the Italian operations employed 71 people.
Malta
The sales revenues of Maltese segment for Q1 2016 amounted to EUR 2.2 million, EBITDA to EUR -0.3 million and operating loss to EUR -0.5 million.
At the end of March 2016, there was 1 casino with 285 slot machines, 18 electronic roulette terminals, 19 gaming tables and 10 tournament poker gaming tables operating in Malta. As at 31 march 2016, Maltese operations employed 192 people.
Financial position
As at 31 March 2016, the total assets of the Group amounted to EUR 169.9 million, up 25.4% or EUR 34.4 million compared to the same period a year ago.
Current assets totalled EUR 41.1 million or 24.2% of total assets, and non-current assets EUR 128.9 million or 75.8% of total assets. The liabilities amounted to EUR 42.7 million and equity to EUR 127.2 million. The largest liabilities included intreset bearing loans and borrowings (13.0 m€), suppliers payables and advances (8.7 m€), tax liabilities (7.0 m€) and payables to employees (5.4 m€).
Investments
In the 3 months of 2016, the Group’s expenditures on property, plant and equipment totalled EUR 8.8 million (+3.2 m€, +57.6%), of which EUR 0.6 million was invested into new gaming equipment (-0.4m€, -39.9%) and EUR 8.0 million (+4.4 m€, +82.8%) into construction of hotel and construction and reconstruction of casinos.
Cash flows
In the 3 months of 2016, the Group’s cash flows generated from operating activities amounted to EUR 9.6 million (+0.7 m€, +8.2%) and cash flows used in investing activities to EUR -18.5 million (-15.6 m€). Financing cash flows amounted to EUR +4.9 million (+4.8 m€). Net cash flows totalled EUR -4.0 million (-9.8 m€).
Staff
As at 31 March 2016, the Group employed 3,201 people, up by 545 y-o-y mostly due to expansion in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Malta.
In the 3 months of 2016, total personnel expenses amounted to EUR 12.8 million (+2.0 m€, +19.0%). In the 3 months of 2016, the members of the Management Board and Supervisory Board of all Group entities were paid remuneration and benefits including social security taxes in the amount of EUR 314 thousand (EUR 230 thousand in the 3 months of 2015) and EUR 37 thousand (EUR 37 thousand in the 3 months of 2015), respectively.
Consolidated statement of financial position
| (EUR thousands) | 31.03.2016 | 31.12.2015 |
| ASSETS | ||
| Current assets | ||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 30,697 | 34,710 |
| Financial investments | 1,664 | 1,835 |
| Receivables and prepayments | 6,480 | 5,537 |
| Prepaid income tax | 587 | 551 |
| Inventories | 1,627 | 1,366 |
| Total current assets | 41,055 | 43,999 |
| Non-current assets | ||
| Deferred tax assets | 813 | 801 |
| Financial investments | 3,762 | 3,512 |
| Other long-term receivables and prepayments | 980 | 914 |
| Investment property | 288 | 288 |
| Property, plant and equipment | 65,341 | 58,877 |
| Intangible assets | 57,678 | 53,942 |
| Total non-current assets | 128,862 | 118,334 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 169,917 | 162,333 |
| LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | ||
| Current liabilities | ||
| Borrowings | 227 | 292 |
| Trade and other payables | 26,615 | 27,680 |
| Income tax payable | 1,356 | 1,058 |
| Provisions | 1,491 | 1,842 |
| Total current liabilities | 28,689 | 30,872 |
| Non-current liabilities | ||
| Borrowings | 13,562 | 8,079 |
| Deferred tax liability | 455 | 513 |
| Total non-current liabilities | 14,017 | 8,592 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES | 42,706 | 39,464 |
| EQUITY | ||
| Share capital | 60,716 | 60,716 |
| Share premium | 258 | 258 |
| Statutory reserve capital | 3,574 | 3,574 |
| Other reserves | 399 | 329 |
| Translation reserves | -976 | -1,156 |
| Retained earnings | 57,053 | 51,822 |
| Total equity attributable to equity holders of the parent | 121,024 | 115,543 |
| Non-controlling interest | 6,187 | 7,326 |
| TOTAL EQUITY | 127,211 | 122,869 |
| TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | 169,917 | 162,333 |
Consolidated statement of comprehensive income
| (EUR thousands) | Q1 2016 | Q1 2015 |
| Income from gaming transactions | 42,514 | 36,724 |
| Revenue | 2,839 | 2,390 |
| Other income | 294 | 85 |
| Total revenue and income | 45,647 | 39,199 |
| Cost of materials, goods and services | -1,111 | -893 |
| Other operating expenses | -22,574 | -18,571 |
| Staff costs | -12,826 | -10,780 |
| Depreciation, amortisation and impairment | -2,463 | -1,836 |
| Other expenses | -173 | -129 |
| Total operating expenses | -39,147 | -32,209 |
| Operating profit | 6,500 | 6,990 |
| Interest income | 39 | 17 |
| Interest expense | -1 | -7 |
| Foreign exchange losses | -10 | -1 |
| Other finance income and costs | -2 | -2 |
| Total finance income and costs | 26 | 7 |
| Profit from operating activities | 6,526 | 6,997 |
| Income tax expense | -1,062 | -1,179 |
| Net profit for the period | 5,464 | 5,818 |
| Attributable to equity holders of the parent company | 5,099 | 5,470 |
| Attributable to non-controlling interest | 365 | 348 |
| Other comprehensive income | ||
| Currency translation differences | 180 | 521 |
| Total comprehensive profit for the period | 5,644 | 6,339 |
| Attributable to equity holders of the parent company | 5,279 | 5,991 |
| Attributable to non-controlling interest | 365 | 348 |
| Basic earnings per share* | 3.4 | 3.6 |
| Diluted earnings per share* | 3.4 | 3.6 |
* euro cents
Madis Jääger
CEO
Olympic Entertainment Group AS
Tel + 372 667 1250
E-mail madis.jaager@oc.eu
http://www.olympic-casino.com
