SEEEN PLC - 1H Trading Update and Director Change
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SEEEN PLC
04 August 2021
SEEEN plc
("SEEEN" or the "Group")
Trading Update
and
Director Change
SEEEN plc (AIM: SEEEN), the global media and technology platform that offers
proprietary AI products and solutions to harvest video moments efficiently
for brands, creators and publishers and thus enable discovery, sharing,
ecommerce and improve digital marketing yield, announces a trading update
for the six months ended 30 June 2021, as well as a change to its Board
coincident with the launch of its 2H Go-To-Market strategy.
1H Trading Update
Operational Highlights:
· Successful sales of technology products
o Largest technology customer win to date for revenues of up to
$100,000 from implementation of CreatorSuite:
o Smaller implementations of CreatorSuite successfully completed;
o Key Performance data being collected
·
Launch of Dialog-To-Clip, a plug-in for Adobe® Premiere Pro®, the most
popular video editing program, based on SEEEN's proprietary AI
technology
·
Appointment of senior sales adviser, William Jennings, to accelerate
commercialization
Financial Highlights:
·
MCN statistics for the six months ending 30 June 2021:
o 39% increase in revenues to $5.1m (1H 20: $3.9m)
o 45% increase in RPM (revenue per thousand views) to $1.14 (1H 20:
$0.78), reflecting quality of media offering from MCN
o 7% decrease in views to 7.9 billion (1H 20: 8.4 billion)
·
Improved adjusted loss before tax* of $0.9m (1H 20: $1.1m) with Group
shifting from product development (funded by EIS/VCT money) to sales
and marketing
·
Cash of $3.9 million at end of the period to execute on growth plan
* Adjusted for amortisation of intangible assets and share based payments.
Outlook:
· Continued expansion of sales team to execute on customer opportunities
for both CreatorSuite and Jetstream
·
Complete deployment of remaining EIS/VCT funds to refine product
following strong data from initial market testing with both customers and
MCN affiliated creators
·
Evaluating acquisition opportunities for accelerating Go-To-Market
strategy
·
MCN entering seasonally stronger second half of year; loss of largest
channel partner announced in June not anticipated to significantly impact
profits from MCN but improve administration of MCN
Board Change / Management Change:
·
Scott Schlichter, President of the Group's MCN business to step down
from the Board and management with immediate effect to pursue other
career opportunities
·
Jake Desjarlais to assume leadership of MCN; Mr. Desjarlais has helped
operate the MCN since 2020 and has significant professional experience
in growing both MCNs and YouTube channels, including helping to
launch Studio71, a leading global media company for digital-first creators
and brands, as well as leading marketing at Machinima, a premier
gaming-focused MCN that sold to Warner Bros for $100 million.
Notice of Results
·
The Group expects to publish Interim financials in the second half of
September 2021
Dr Patrick DeSouza, Chairman, commented: "We have executed the first half
of our three-year plan, deploying EIS/VCT resources in building our video
moments technology. We are now shifting towards a priority on sales and
building our Go-To-Market team. We have a strong capital base for the next
part of our corporate journey.
We appreciate the support of our
shareholders in building a world-class team given the rapid growth of
demand for relevant short form video."
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes of Article 7 of
Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (as it forms part of retained EU law as defined in
the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018).
SEEEN
Patrick DeSouza, Chairman
Todd Carter, CEO
Adrian Hargrave, CFO
Tel: +1 203 654 5426
Tel: +44 7775 701
838
Panmure Gordon
(Financial Adviser, Nominated Adviser & Joint
Broker)
Alina Vaskina / Sandy Clark (Corporate Advisory)
Erik Anderson / Rupert Dearden (Corporate
Broking)
Tel: +44 20 7886
2500
Dowgate Capital (Joint Broker)
Tel: +44 20 3903
7721
Stephen Norcross
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