Gaming & the Capital Markets Roger Withers
Overview Gaming has been a part of public capital markets for some time: Ladbrokes listed since 1967 Rank Group involved in Gaming since 1961 Sportech listed since August 2000 William Hill listed since May 2002 Company Activites Market ( m) William Hill Retail and online bookmaker 2,363.0 Paddy Power Retail and online bookmaker 2,232.9 Ladbrokes Retail and online bookmaker 1,726.4 Playtech Limited Online betting technology provider 1,190.6 BwinParty Digital Entertainment Online betting and gaming company 975.8 Betfair Online betting and gaming company 771.5 Rank Group Casino and bingo hall operator and more recently online betting and gaming operator 582.8 And there is a new generation taking the lead: Sportingbet listed since January 2001 Partygaming listed in June 2005 888 listed since September 2005 Playtech listed since March 2006 Betfair listed since October 2010 888 Holdings Online betting and gaming operator and technology provider 384.7 Sportingbet Online betting and gaming company 348.6 Sportech Football Pools, racing and egaming 125.5 GVC Holdings Online betting and gaming company 73.8 32RedPLC Probability The Weather Lottery Online casino, poker room and bingo operator Developer and operator of mobile gambling software 31.4 23.0 Lottery administration 0.9 Combined market cap 10.8bn 11/22/2012 1
Activity levels in listed gaming stocks is high Recent significant M&A transactions Gala Coral Group sale of casinos to Rank Group for 205m in May 2012 Sportingbet s sale of its Turkish operations to GVC Holdings for 125m in October 2011 UK government sale of Tote Limited to Betfred for 265m in June 2011 Playtech acquisition of PTTS from its founder, Teddy Sagi, for 280m in June 2011 Merger of bwin and Party Gaming in March 2011 for a consideration of 1,132m c. 7.9bn of M&A in Europe during the last 5 years Various uncompleted transactions: Rank Group s attempted acquisition by Guoco Group, William Hill s approach of Probability and Ladbrokes bid approaches for both 888 and Sportingbet 11/22/2012 2
Activity levels in listed gaming stocks is high Recent significant equity capital raisings Playtech Limited 100m placing on AIM in November 2011 Sportingbet plc 65m placing and open offer on the LSE in June 2011 Betfair Group plc IPO on the LSE raising 211m in October 2010 Fortuna Entertainment Group IPO in Warsaw raising $98.8m in October 2010 Ladbrokes 2 for 1 rights issue raising 275m in October 2009 William Hill 1 for 1 rights issue raising 350m in April 2009 Current transaction William Hill / GVC potential offer for Sportingbet c. 3.6bn raised in Europe during the last 5 years 11/22/2012 3
Key drivers Regulation Increased quality of earnings Technology Structured increased growth Consolidation FTSE 250 Potential for premium valuations UK gaming sector Avg. FY1 EV / EBITDA: 7.2x Avg. FY1 P/E: 11.6x Avg. FY1 EV / EBITDA: 7.7x Avg. FY1 P/E: 11.7x Page 4
Which institutions invest in gaming stocks? Top 5 institutional shareholders of UK listed stocks 1. BlackRock IM Fidelity Schroder IM Schroder IM Janus Capital 2. Capital Research Balderton Capital Capital Research INVESCO SRS Investment 3. Greenlight Capital Legal & General MFS Investment Fidelity Legal & General 4. Toscafund Asset Capital Research Legal & General Capital Group UBS Asset 5. Legal & General T Rowe Price Jupiter AM Jupiter AM Marathon Asset the world s most respected fund managers Page 5
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