Eros International Plc Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2015 Results

Eros International Plc (NYSE:EROS) (“Eros” or “the Company”), a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, today reported financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2014.

Jyoti Deshpande, Eros’ Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, said, "I am pleased to report that our first quarter results are in line with our expectations based on the mix of films we released this quarter. We continue to successfully execute our strategy of investing in high quality Hindi and regional language films that we distribute globally and monetize across traditional and emerging distribution channels. In the first quarter, we had strong pre-sales which remains a core part of our de-risking strategy with the much-awaited Tamil film Kochadaiyaan as the main tent-pole film for the quarter supported by couple of medium budget international only releases and valuable contributions from our library of 2,300 films. We are also pleased to have successfully completed our follow-on equity offering, which further strengthens our balance sheet, increases our float, and provides investors with additional investment opportunities.”

“Our ErosNow online service continues to gain momentum as we add more free and premium subscribers. The proposed acquisition of Techzone will be a key component of the growth of ErosNow by providing a strategic advantage especially over the mobile monetization platforms. In addition, our recent acquisition of the worldwide online rights of the popular Zee TV shows in addition to content we acquired from Viacom and UTV in the past, significantly broadens our content offering.”

Added Ms. Deshpande, “We believe that the marketplace for Indian entertainment is robust and that we have a strategy that will enable us to deliver content to consumers not just in India, but around the globe.”

Operational Highlights

  • In July 2014, Eros completed a follow-on offering on the NYSE of 6,787,445 A ordinary shares at a price to the public of $14.50 per share, raising approximately $92 million in net proceeds to the Company.
  • Strong Fiscal 2015 Film Slate: Kochadaaiyaan has already been released with forthcoming releases include Aagadu, Action Jackson, Happy Ending, Uttama Villain, Tewar, NH 10, Untitled (by Balki), Badlapur (by Sriram Raghavan) and Tamil untitled (Ajith). Slate visibility is an important strategy employed by Eros as it allows the Company to manage its portfolio of films by pre-selling, de-risking and bringing some predictability to the Company’s annual results.

Eros International Plc Financial Highlights:

Three Months Ended June 30,
(dollars in millions)20142013% change
Revenue $ 45.4 $ 41.0 10.7%
Gross Profit 12.1 12.6 (4.0%)
Operating profit 2.2 8.2 (73.2%)
Adjusted EBITDA(1) 8.1 8.5 (4.7%)

(1) A reconciliation of the non-GAAP financial measures discussed within this release to our IFRS net income are included at the end of this release. See also "Non-GAAP Financial Measures".

Constant currency comparable revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2014 and the three months ended June 30, 2013 are $45.4 million and $39.4 million, respectively, based on the average rates of exchange for the three months ended June 30, 2014. In the three months ended June 30, 2014 and the three months ended June 30, 2013, the average rate of exchange used to convert Indian Rupee to U.S. dollars were INR 59.9 to $1.00 and INR 55.7 to $1.00, respectively.

Financial Results For The Three Months Ended June 30, 2014

Revenue

Revenue increased by 10.7% to $45.4 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014, compared to $41.0 million in the three months ended June 30, 2013. Eros released nine new films in the three months ended June 30, 2014, including one high budget film, three medium budget films and five low budget films, compared to sixteen films in the three months ended June 30, 2013, of which six were medium budget films and ten were low budget films.

The Company’s primary revenue streams are derived from three channels: theatrical, television syndication and digital and ancillary. For the three months ended June 30, 2014, the aggregate revenue from theatrical, television syndication and digital and ancillary was $19.1 million, $15.5 million and $10.8 million, respectively, compared to $21.6 million, $12.4 million and $7.0 million, respectively, for the three months ended June 30, 2013.

Revenue by customer location from India increased 11.7% to $24.9 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014, compared to $22.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2013, due to overall increases in revenue from comparable new releases offset by a reduction in revenue due to lower translation of Indian Rupee revenues when converted into US Dollars as a result of exchange rate movement.

Revenue from Europe increased 252.4 % to $7.4 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014, compared to $2.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2013, primarily due to overall increases in revenue from catalogue and production services offset by lower theatrical revenues from new releases.

Revenue from North America decreased 54.5% to $ 1.5 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014, compared to $3.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2013 reflecting the theatrical revenue mix of regional and Hindi film releases in the two periods.

Revenue from the rest of the world decreased 12.8% to $11.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014, compared to $13.3 million in the three months ended June 30, 2013, due to a reduction in television syndication and digital revenues.

Cost of sales

Cost of sales increased by 16.9% to $33.2 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014, compared to $28.4 million in the three months ended June 30, 2013, primarily due to an increase in amortization costs of $4.4 million reflecting additions to the catalogue films and prior released content, and an increase in print and advertising costs of $1.5 million due to the change in the film release pattern in the comparable quarters.

Gross profit

Gross profit was $12.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014, compared to $12.6 million in the three months ended June 30, 2013. The decrease in gross profit margin for the three months ended June 30, 2014 is primarily attributable to increased costs in proportion to revenues generated by the new release slate as well as the timing of contribution on revenue from catalogue sales. As a percentage of revenues our gross profit margin decreased to 26.8% in the three months ended June 30, 2014 compared to 30.7% in the three months ended June 30, 2013.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA was $8.1 million in the three months ended June 30, 2014 compared to $8.5 million in the three months ended June 30, 2013. The decrease in Adjusted EBITDA is primarily attributable to the mix of releases and timing of catalogue revenues together with higher administrative costs (excluding share based payment) offset by foreign currency gains.

High Budget films refer to Hindi films with direct production costs in excess of $8.5 million and Tamil as well as Telugu films with direct production costs in excess of $7.0 million, Low Budget films refer to Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films with less than $1.0 million in direct production costs. Medium Budget films refer to Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films within the remaining range of direct production costs.

Conference Call

Eros will host a conference call today at 8:30 a.m. ET. To access the call please dial (888) 753-4238 from the United States, or (706) 643-3355 from outside the U.S. The conference call I.D. number is 87696913. Participants should dial in 5 to 10 minutes before the scheduled time and must be on a touch-tone telephone to ask questions.

A replay of the call can be accessed through September 4, 2014 by dialing (800) 585-8367 from the U.S., or (404) 537-3406 from outside the U.S. The conference call I.D. number is 87696913.

This call will also be available as a live webcast, which can be accessed at Eros’ Investor Relations Website at http://erosplc.com.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted EBITDA

In addition to the results prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRSs") provided in this release, the Company has presented Adjusted EBITDA. The company uses Adjusted EBITDA ("Adjusted Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortization) along with other IFRSs measures to evaluate operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA is defined by the Company as net income before interest expense, income tax expense and depreciation and amortization (excluding amortization of capitalized film content and debt issuance costs) adjusted for impairments of available-for-sale financial assets, profit/loss on held for trading liabilities (including profit/loss on derivatives) share based payments and transaction costs relating to equity transactions.

Adjusted EBITDA, as used and defined by us, may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures employed by other companies and is not a measure of performance calculated in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for operating income, net income, cash flows from operating investing and financing activities, or other income or cash flow statement data prepared in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA provides no information regarding a company’s capital structure, borrowings, interest costs, capital expenditures and working capital movement or tax position. However, our management team believes that Adjusted EBITDA is useful to an investor in evaluating our results of operations because this measure:

• is widely used by investors to measure a company’s operating performance without regard to items excluded from the calculation of such term, which can vary substantially from company to company depending upon accounting methods and book value of assets, capital structure and the method by which assets were acquired, among other factors;

• helps investors to evaluate and compare the results of our operations from period to period by removing the effect of our capital structure from our operating structure; and

• is used by our management team for various other purposes, including in presentations to our board of directors, as a basis for strategic planning and forecasting.

See the supplemental financial schedules for reconciliations to IFRSs measures.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the information presented in this press release and in related comments by Eros' management contains forward-looking statements. In some cases, these forward-looking statements are identified by terms and phrases such as “aim,” ‘‘anticipate,’’ ‘‘believe,’’ “feel,” “contemplate,” ‘‘intend,’’ ‘‘estimate,’’ ‘‘expect,’’ ‘‘continue,’’ ‘‘should,’’ ‘‘could,’’ ‘‘may,’’ ‘‘plan,’’ ‘‘project,’’ ‘‘predict,’’ ‘‘will,’’ “future,” “goal,” “objective,” and similar expressions and include references to assumptions and relate to Eros' future prospects, developments and business strategies. Similarly, statements that describe Eros' strategies, objectives, plans or goals are forward-looking statements and are based on information available to Eros as of the date of this press release. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the relevant statement. Such risks and uncertainties include a variety of factors, some of which are beyond Eros' control, including but not limited to market conditions and economic conditions. Information concerning these and other factors that could cause results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements is contained under the caption "Risk Factors" in Eros' Prospectus dated July 9, 2014 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Eros undertakes no obligation to revise the forward-looking statements included herein to reflect any future events or circumstances, except as required by law. Eros' actual results, performance or achievements could differ materially from the results expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements.

Seasonality

The Company’s financial position and results of operations for any period fluctuate due to film release schedules. Film Release schedules take account of holidays and festivals in India and elsewhere, competitor film releases and sporting events.

About Eros International Plc

Eros International Plc (NYSE: EROS) is a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry that acquires, co-produces and distributes Indian films across all available formats such as cinema, television and digital new media. Eros International Plc became the first Indian media company to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Eros International has experience of over three decades in establishing a global platform for Indian cinema. The Company has an extensive and growing movie library comprising of over 2,300 films, which include Hindi, Tamil, and other regional language films for home entertainment distribution. For further information please visit: www.erosplc.com

Eros Now, the Company's on-demand entertainment portal accessible via internet-enabled devices, was launched in 2012 and now has available a selection of hundreds of movies and thousands of music videos. Eros Now eventually will include the Company's full film library, as well as third party content. For further information please visit: www.erosnow.com.

EROS INTERNATIONAL PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION

(Unaudited; in thousands)

June 30,March 31,
20142014
ASSETS
Non-Current assets:
Property, Plant and Equipment $ 9,912 $ 10,166
Goodwill 1,878 1,878
Intangible Assets-trade name 14,000 14,000
Intangible assets-content 584,010 577,704
Intangible assets-Others 1,448 1,515
Available-for-sale financial assets 30,340 30,340
Deferred Tax assets

99

77

Trade Receivables and Other receivables 6,318 12,056
Total Non-current assets$648,005$647,736
Current Assets
Inventories $ 553 $ 566
Trade Receivables and Other receivables 122,538 111,649
Current tax receivable 272 611
Cash and cash equivalents 135,810 145,449

259,173258,275
Total assets$907,178$906,011
LIABILITIES
Current liabilities:
Trade and other payables $ 23,804 $ 31,611
Short-term borrowings 97,246 92,879
Current Tax Payable 4,513 4,090
Total current liabilities $ 125,563 $ 128,580

Non-current liabilities
Long-term borrowings $ 164,699 $ 165,254
Other long-term liabilities 439 393
Derivative financial instruments 13,888 11,483
Deferred tax 23,068 22,260
$ 202,094$ 199,390
Total liabilities$ 327,657$ 327,970
Equity
Share Capital $ 26,340 $ 26,322
Share Premium 226,971 223,333
Reserves 340,315 342,856
Other components of Equity (40,286) (39,315)
JSOP Reserve (25,505) (25,505)

Equity attributable to equity holders of Eros International Plc $ 527,835 $ 527,691
Non-controlling interest 51,686 50,350

Total equity$579,521$ 578,041
Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity$907,178 $ 906,011

EROS INTERNATIONAL PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited; in thousands, except per share amounts)

Three Months Ended June 30,
20142013
Revenue$ 45,362 $ 40,963
Cost of sales (33,224) (28,368)
Gross Profit12,13812,595
Administrative cost (9,966) (4,425)
Operating profit2,1728,170
Financing costs (2,473) (2,358)
Finance income 853 656
Net Finance costs (1,620) (1,702)
Other (losses)/gains (1,599) 5,500
(Loss)/profit before tax(1,047)11,968
Income Tax expense (1,541) (3,123)
(Loss)/profit for the period$ (2,588)$ 8,845
Attributable to:
Equity holders of Eros International Plc $ (3,859) $ 7,612
Non-controlling interest 1,271 1,233

Earnings per share (cents)
Basic Earnings per share (7.9) 19.3
Diluted earnings per share (7.9) 19.2

EROS INTERNATIONAL PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited; in thousands)

Three Months Ended June 30,
20142013
(Loss)/profit for the period $ (2,588) $ 8,845
Other comprehensive income/(loss):
Items that will be subsequently reclassified to profit and loss
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations (1,187) (13,085)
Cash flow hedges

-

Reclassification to profit and loss 201 307

Total other comprehensive loss for the period

$

(986)

$ (12,778)
Total comprehensive loss for the period net of tax$(3,574)$(3,933)

Attributable to:
Owners of Eros International Plc $ (4,830) $ (963)
Non-controlling interests 1,256 (2,970)

EROS INTERNATIONAL PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDING JUNE 30, 2014

(Unaudited, in thousands)

Three Months Ended
June 30,

20142013
Cash flows from operating activities:
(Loss)/profit before tax $ (1,047) $ 11,968
Adjustments for:
Depreciation 242 184
Share-based payment 4,782 466
Amortization of intangibles assets - content 26,409 21,903
Amortization of other intangibles assets 66 128
Other non cash- items 2,521 (5,538)
Net finance charge 1,620 1,704
Loss on sale of property, plant and equipment (3) -
Movement in trade and other receivables (4,976) (1,439)
Movement in Inventories 16 -
Movement in trade and other payables (4,691) 4,171
Cash generated from operations 24,939 33,547
Interest paid (3,205) (2,846)
Income taxes paid 15 385
Net cash generated from operating activities $21,749 $31,086
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchases of property, plant and equipment (25) (59)
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment 46 8
Purchase of intangible film rights and related content (34,956) (40,561)
Interest received 701 1,187

Net cash used in investing activities

$

(34,234)

$

(39,425)

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from issue of shares by subsidiary 272 -
Proceeds/repayment of short term debt (term loans) 4,739 29,777
Repayment of long term borrowings (797) (22,425)
Net cash generated from financing activities$ 4,214$ 7,352
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents(8,271)(987)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents (1,368) (2,896)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period 145,449 107,642
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $135,810 $103,759

1. Supplemental Financial Data

Three months ended June 30,
20142013
(in thousands)
Revenue by customer location
India $ 24,854 $ 22,269
Europe 7,415 2,143
North America 1,542 3,254
Rest of the world 11,551 13,297
Total Revenue $ 45,362 $ 40,963

DEBT

Nominal Interest RateMaturity

As at June

30, 2014

As at March

31, 2014

%(in thousands)
Asset backed borrowings
Term Loan BPLR+2.75% 2014-15 165
Term Loan 13.3-15% 2014-15 444 645
Term Loan 10-15% 2014-15 31 38
Term Loan BPLR+1.8% 2016-17 16,645 16,650
Term Loan BPLR+2.75% 2017-18 4,099 4,384
Term Loan BPLR+2.75% 2018-19 2,575 2,679
Export credit & overdraft BPLR+1-3.5% - 16,466 15,695
Export credit & overdraft Libor+3.5% - 25,511 23,997
Short term loan Libor+2.75% - 10,000 5,500

Unsecured borrowings

$ 75,771 $ 69,753
Other borrowings 10.50% 2021-22 $ 8,167 $ 8,516
Revolving facility

LIBOR +1.90%- 2.90% and
Mandatory Cost

2016-17 158,750 158,750
Commercial papers 10-13% - 16,645 13,320
Export credit & overdraft BPLR+3.9% - 6,735
Export credit & overdraft 13% - 2,280
Short term loan BPLR+3.5% - 1,850 2,775
$ 187,692 $ 190,096
Nominal value of borrowings

$ 263,463 $ 259,849
Cumulative effect of unamortized costs (1,518) (1,716 )

Installments due within one year and
short term borrowings

(97,246) (92,879 )

Long-term borrowings — at amortized
cost

$ 164,699 $ 165,254

Base rate (“BR”) is the Indian equivalent to LIBOR. Asset backed borrowings are secured by fixed and floating charges over certain group assets.

Fair value of the long term borrowing as at June 30, 2014 is $180,000,000 (March 2014: $179,106,000). Fair values of long term financial liabilities have been determined by calculating their present values at the reporting date, using fixed effective market rates available to the Group. Carrying amount of short term borrowings approximates fair value.

ISSUED SHARE CAPITAL

Number of
Shares

GBP
(in thousands)
Authorized
A ordinary shares of 30p each at June 30, 2014 57,778,113 17,333
B ordinary shares of 30p each at June 30, 2014 25,555,220 7,667
A ordinary shares of 30p each at March 31, 2014 57,778,113 17,333
B ordinary shares of 30p each at March 31, 2014 25,555,220 7,667

Number of
Shares

USD

(in thousands)
Allotted, called up and fully paid

A Ordinary
30p Shares

B Ordinary
30p Shares

Ordinary
10p Shares

As at March 31, 2013 124,317,367 22,653
Issue of shares on August 12, 2013 1,431,000 221
Issue of shares on September 18, 2013 5,029,935 800

Three-for-one stock split and conversion
on November 18, 2013

18,037,710 25,555,220 (130,778,302 ) 23,674
Issue of shares on November 18, 2013 5,481,630 2,648
As at March 31, 2014 23,519,340 25,555,220 26,322
Shares to be issued 36,000 18
As at June 30, 2014 23,555,340 25,555,220 26,340

SHARE BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

The compensation cost recognized with respect to all outstanding plans and by grant of shares, which are all equity settled instruments, is as follows:

Three months ending June 30,
20142013
(in thousands)
JSOP $ 503 $ 311
IPO India Plan 49 155
Management Scheme (Staff Share Grant) 4,230 -
$ 4,782 $ 466

The vesting and service conditions of the plans are consistent with the arrangements disclosed in the Company's Prospectus dated 9 July, 2014 subject to changes in respect of share numbers and values based on the three to one share consolidation and the conversion to US dollar based share values based on the exchange rate ruling on the date the share were listed on the NYSE. This charge has been included in administrative costs in the Consolidated Income statement.

EARNINGS PER SHARE

Three months ending June 30,
20142013
(in thousands, except number of shares and earnings per share)
BasicDilutedBasicDiluted
Earnings
Earnings attributable to the equity holders of the parent $ (3,859) $ (3,859) $ 7,612 $ 7,612

Potential dilutive effect related to share based
compensation scheme in subsidiary undertaking (1)

- - - (33)

Adjusted earnings attributable to equity holders of the
parent

$

(3,859) $ (3,859) $ 7,612 $ 7,579

Number of shares

Weighted average number of shares 49,084,450 49,084,450 39,438,958 39,438,958

Potential dilutive effect related to share based
compensation schemes (2)

- - - (13,384)
Adjusted weighted average number of shares 49,084,450 49,084,450 39,438,958 39,425,574

Earnings per share

Earnings attributable to the equity holders of the parent
per share (cents)

(7.9) (7.9) 19.3 19.2

The above table does not split the earnings per share separately for the A ordinary 30p shares and the B ordinary 30p shares as there is no variation in their entitlement to participate in undistributed earnings. All share and per share data provided herein gives effect to the three-for-one stock split conversion that occurred in November 2013, retroactively.

Options under the JSOP can potentially dilute basic earnings per share and have been included as appropriate in the calculation of diluted earnings per share except where they are anti-dilutive. During the three months ended June 30, 2013 and 2,000,164 shares were not included in diluted earnings per share.

Items not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share in the three months ended June 30, 2014 due to their anti-dilutive effect were;

(1) $36,000 in respect of the potential dilutive effect related to share based compensation scheme in subsidiary undertakings.

(2) 147,400 shares related to potential dilutive effect related to share based compensation schemes.

OTHER GAINS AND LOSSES

Three months ended June 30,
20142013
(in thousands)
(Gains)/losses on disposal of property, plant and equipment $ (3) $ -
Net foreign exchange (gains)/losses (803) 489
Net (gains)/losses on held for trading financial liabilities 2,405 (5,989)
$ 1,599 $ (5,500)

The net loss and gain on held for trading financial liabilities in the three months ended June 30, 2014 and 2013 principally relate to derivative instruments not designated in a hedging relationship.

ADJUSTED EBITDA

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the Company's net income to Adjusted EBITDA.

Three months ended June 30,
20142013
(in thousands)
Net Income $ (2,588) $ 8,845
Income tax expense 1,541 3,123
Net finance costs 1,620 1,702
Depreciation 242 184
Amortization (1) 66 128
Share based payments (2) 4,782 466
Losses/(Gains) on Impairments of derivatives 2,405 (5,989)
Adjusted EBITDA $ 8,068 $ 8,459

(1) Includes only amortisation of intangible assets other than intangible content assets.

(2) Consists of compensation costs recognized with respect to all outstanding plans and all other equity settled instruments.

Contacts:

Eros International Plc
Mark Carbeck
Chief Corporate & Strategy Officer
44 (0) 20 7258 9909
Email: mark.carbeck@erosintl.com
or
Media:
Sloane & Company
Whit Clay, 212-446-1864
Email: wclay@sloanepr.com

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