Jackpotjoy announces Final earn-out payment made for Botemania brands
Jackpotjoy a leading global online bingo-led operator, is pleased to announce it has made the final earn-out payment for Botemania, its Spanish business within the Jackpotjoy division.
This final payment as well as a first milestone payment amounted to £63.5m and has been comfortably met by existing cash resources.
The Jackpotjoy segment, which includes the Jackpotjoy, Starspins and Botemania brands, was acquired from Gamesys Limited in April 2015 with further earn-out payments dependent on the future operating success of the business. Jackpotjoy completed its earn-out payments for the Jackpotjoy and Starspins brands on 22 June 2017 and today’s payment represents the final instalment for the Botemania brand.
The Group may make two small final milestone payments of no more than £10m in aggregate should the Jackpotjoy brands attain certain EBIT targets for the 12 months ending March 2019 and March 2020.
Neil Goulden, Executive Chairman of Jackpotjoy plc, said: “I am pleased that Jackpotjoy Group has paid the final instalment relating to the earn-out of our Spanish business, Botemania, which has performed strongly since it was acquired in 2015. The earn-out payment has been made comfortably from existing cash resources, highlighting our strong free cashflow generation and the strength of our balance sheet.”