Inspired Entertainment revealed its plan to unveil its complete financial report for the entirety of 2023 by the 15th of April. This announcement follows a cautionary message from Nasdaq concerning the company’s delayed submission of its financial documents.
Inspired Entertainment has not yet provided its 10-K form, which covers the period concluding on December 31st, 2023. Nasdaq declared that this omission contravened Nasdaq Listing Rule 5250(c)(1) and issued a warning to Inspired.
However, this notification does not immediately impact Inspired’s stock listing on Nasdaq. Inspired has a period of 60 days, extending to June 3rd, to submit the form or present a strategy to restore compliance.
If Inspired submits a strategy, Nasdaq could grant a 180-day extension, commencing from the submission deadline. This would allow Inspired to achieve compliance by September 11th.
However, if Inspired fails to achieve compliance within the allotted time, its common stock will be removed from Nasdaq.
Inspired pledges to release the report by April 15th.
In response, Inspired indicated its intention to submit the 10-K form by April 15th. The company also intends to conduct a conference call on the same day to discuss financial performance and overall business trends.
This submission will occur later than Inspired’s initial schedule for reporting its fourth-quarter financial outcomes.
In the previous month, Inspired disclosed its financial projections for the concluding quarter. The enterprise anticipated reporting earnings and modified earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) that would align with the fourth-quarter forecast.
Inspired’s justification for postponing the filing was a thorough examination of its accounting procedures during the final quarter. Inspired stated that it had dedicated substantial resources to the review.
The analysis revealed problems linked to inaccuracies in the financial records for the period commencing on January 1, 2021. Consequently, the company asserted that these statements were no longer dependable and should be revised.
Based on these discoveries, Inspired indicated the presence of one or more additional significant shortcomings in its internal controls. This prompted the company to pledge the implementation of modifications to rectify these deficiencies, including revising the financial statements for the applicable periods.
Inspired Received a Second Caution
Curiously, the most recent communication from Nasdaq followed a comparable warning issued to the vendor subsequent to the postponement in releasing its third-quarter outcomes.
Nasdaq contacted Inspired in the midst of the fourth quarter, alerting them that the delayed filing contravened its regulations. The exchange granted Inspired until January 22 to submit a strategy to restore compliance, or it would confront the possibility of delisting.
Inspired submitted its plan in January, which was subsequently approved by Nasdaq. As a consequence, Inspired evaded further action.
How did the third quarter fare?
The postponed third-quarter results demonstrated that Inspired exhibited a blended performance in the three months concluding on September 30, 2023.
Income climbed by 30.9% to $97.5 million (£76.9 million/€89.9 million).
However, in spite of the rise in income, Inspired’s net gain decreased by 58.6% in the third quarter to $7.2 million. Furthermore, modified EBITDA also dropped by 2.2% to $26.7 million.
Income for the nine months ending September 30 increased by 18.0% to $241.8 million.
However, expenditures were higher in nearly all areas during the nine months. This meant that the period witnessed a net deficit of $1 million compared to a profit of $20.4 million in the same period the previous year. Modified EBITDA expanded by 1.1% to $74 million.
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