WM Know-how, Inc. Studies Monetary Outcomes for First Quarter 2024 and Full 12 months 2023

Q1 2024 Web revenue was $2.0 million, a rise of $5.9 million year-over-year

Q1 2024 Adjusted EBITDA was $9.6 million, a rise of $2.5 million year-over-year

Q1 2024 Money was $35.7 million, a rise of $9.8 million year-over-year

10-Ok and 10-Q Filings Convey WM Know-how Present on SEC Filings

IRVINE, Calif., Might 24, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WM Know-how, Inc. (“WM Know-how” or the “Firm”) (Nasdaq: MAPS), a number one expertise and software program infrastructure supplier to the hashish {industry}, right now introduced its monetary outcomes for the primary quarter ended March 31, 2024 and the total yr ending December 31, 2023.

With the submitting of the Firm’s Annual Report on Type 10-Ok for the fiscal yr ended December 31, 2023 (the “Type 10-Ok”) and Quarterly Report on Type 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024 (the “Type 10-Q”) the Firm will likely be present in its periodic reporting necessities for functions of compliance with relevant Nasdaq Inventory Market guidelines.

As beforehand disclosed, the delay to the submitting of the Firm’s Type 10-Ok was as a consequence of latest personnel adjustments within the Firm’s government finance management and corresponding delay within the preparation of the Firm’s monetary statements to be included within the Type 10-Ok. In reference to the preparation of the Firm’s Type 10-Ok, the Firm found that it had an insufficient coverage related to its income recognition associated to the money assortment of a sure subset of its clients that had been positioned on money foundation in 2023. The Firm decided that it improperly acknowledged income associated to happy efficiency obligations and will have as a substitute acknowledged a credit score loss restoration associated to those money receipts. Consequently, the Firm has included restated monetary data in its statements of operations as of and for the intervals ended March 31, 2023, June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2023 within the Firm’s Type 10-Ok beneath. There was no impression to working revenue (loss), internet revenue (loss), internet revenue (loss) per share, internet money supplied by working actions, or Adjusted EBITDA for any intervals offered.

“I’m pleased with the progress and outcomes our workforce was capable of ship to start out the yr, and extra importantly, we’re happy that the online results of our income recognition evaluation had been comparatively minimal,” said Doug Francis, Govt Chair of WM Know-how. “We consider our continued concentrate on creating robust shopper relationships and dedication to operational effectivity have positioned the Firm to proceed to profitably construct its base of high quality purchasers on this dynamic {industry} over time.”

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“With the submitting of our 10-Ok and 10-Q, we will likely be present with our SEC and Nasdaq itemizing necessities and look ahead to resuming our quarterly reporting cadence,” stated Susan Echard, Interim CFO of WM Know-how. “Constructing upon our progress in 2023, we’re excited to see the results of our streamlining efforts with year-over-year enhancements to our Adjusted EBITDA and money stability through the first quarter.”

First Quarter 2024 Monetary Highlights

• Income for the primary quarter ended March 31, 2024 was $44.4 million as in comparison with $46.4 million within the first quarter of 2023 as a consequence of our purchasers persevering with to face constrained advertising budgets and the continued consolidation of our {industry}.

  • Common month-to-month paying purchasers⁽¹⁾ of 4,937 was down from 5,641 within the prior yr interval, largely because of the removing of non-paying purchasers and from the lack of sure purchasers following the discontinuation of sure SaaS merchandise within the fourth quarter of 2023.

  • Common month-to-month income per paying shopper⁽²⁾ elevated to $2,997 from $2,743 within the prior yr interval, pushed by the removing of non-paying purchasers with decrease spend and the lack of sure purchasers with decrease common month-to-month spend following the discontinuation of sure SaaS merchandise.

• Web revenue elevated to $2.0 million as in comparison with a internet lack of $4.0 million within the prior yr interval.

• Adjusted EBITDA⁽³⁾ elevated to $9.6 million from $7.1 million within the prior yr interval.

• Whole shares excellent throughout Class A and Class V Frequent Inventory had been 150.5 million as of March 31, 2024.

• Money elevated to $35.7 million as of March 31, 2024, as in comparison with $25.9 million from March 31, 2023.

Full 12 months 2023 Monetary Highlights

• Income was $188.0 million for the yr ended December 31, 2023, as in comparison with $215.5 million within the prior yr.

  • Common month-to-month paying purchasers⁽¹⁾ was 5,419, as in comparison with 5,457 within the prior yr.

  • Common month-to-month income per paying shopper⁽²⁾ was $2,891, as in comparison with $3,291 within the prior yr.

• Web loss was $15.7 million as in comparison with internet lack of $82.7 million within the prior yr.

• Adjusted EBITDA⁽³⁾ was $36.9 million as in comparison with $(9.6) million within the prior yr.

Reconciliations of GAAP to non-GAAP monetary measures have been supplied within the tables included on this launch.

For additional particulars, please check with the Firm’s Annual Report on Type 10-Ok for the yr ended December 31, 2023 which will likely be filed on Might 24, 2024 with the Securities and Alternate Fee (“SEC”). The total 10-Ok report will likely be obtainable on the SEC Filings part of the Investor Relations part of the Firm’s web site at https://ir.weedmaps.com/.

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Restatement of Beforehand Reported 2023 Quarterly Income and Credit score Losses

Enterprise Outlook

Based mostly on data obtainable as of Might 24, 2024, WM Know-how is issuing steerage for the second quarter of 2024 as follows:

1. Income is estimated to be in line with the primary quarter of 2024.

2. Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA⁽³⁾ is estimated to be roughly $7 million.

The steerage supplied above is just an estimate of what we consider is realizable as of the date of this launch. We aren’t readily capable of present a reconciliation of projected Non-GAAP Adjusted EBITDA to projected internet revenue (loss) with out unreasonable effort. This steerage assumes that no enterprise acquisitions, investments, restructurings, or authorized settlements are concluded within the interval. Our outcomes are based mostly on assumptions that we consider to be affordable as of this date, however could also be materially affected by many components, as mentioned beneath in “Ahead-Wanting Statements.” Precise outcomes might fluctuate from the steerage and the variations could also be materials. We undertake no intent or obligation to publicly replace or revise any of those projections, whether or not because of new data, future occasions or in any other case, besides as required by regulation.

About WM Know-how

Based in 2008, WM Know-how operates Weedmaps, a number one hashish market for shoppers, in addition to a broad set of eCommerce and compliance software program options for hashish companies and types in U.S. state-legal markets. WM Know-how holds a powerful perception within the energy of hashish and the significance of enabling secure, authorized entry to shoppers worldwide.

Over the previous 15 years, the Weedmaps market has grow to be a premier vacation spot for hashish shoppers to find and browse cannabis-related merchandise, entry day by day dispensary offers, order forward for pick-up and supply by collaborating retailers (the place relevant) and be taught concerning the plant. The Firm additionally provides eCommerce-enablement instruments designed to assist hashish retailers and types attain shoppers, create enterprise effectivity, and handle industry-specific compliance wants.

The Firm is dedicated to advocating for full U.S. legalization, industry-wide social fairness, and continued schooling concerning the plant by key partnerships and hashish material consultants.

Headquartered in Irvine, California, WM Know-how helps distant and hybrid work for eligible workers. Go to us at www.weedmaps.com.

Ahead-Wanting Statements

This press launch contains “forward-looking statements” relating to our future enterprise expectations which contain dangers and uncertainties. Ahead wanting statements could also be recognized by way of phrases akin to “estimate,” “plan,” “mission,” “forecast,” “intend,” “will,” “anticipate,” “anticipate,” “consider,” “search,” “goal” or different comparable expressions that predict or point out future occasions or developments or that aren’t statements of historic issues. These forward-looking statements embrace, however are usually not restricted to, statements relating to estimates and forecasts of economic and efficiency metrics. These statements are based mostly on numerous assumptions, whether or not or not recognized on this press launch, and on the present expectations of the Firm’s administration and are usually not predictions of precise efficiency. These forward-looking statements are supplied for illustrative functions solely and are usually not supposed to function, and should not be relied on by any investor as, a assure, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive assertion of truth or likelihood. Precise occasions and circumstances are tough or unattainable to foretell and can differ from assumptions. Many precise occasions and circumstances are past the management of the Firm. These forward-looking statements are topic to a variety of dangers and uncertainties, together with the completion of the audit and related changes on our preliminary monetary outcomes for 2024 offered above, the Firm’s monetary and enterprise efficiency, together with key enterprise metrics and any underlying assumptions thereunder; market alternative and the Firm’s capacity to accumulate new purchasers and retain present purchasers; expectations and timing associated to business product launches; success of the Firm’s go-to-market technique; the Firm’s capacity to scale its enterprise and broaden its choices; the Firm’s aggressive benefits and development methods; the Firm’s future capital necessities and sources and makes use of of money; the Firm’s capacity to acquire funding for our future operations; the impression of the fabric weaknesses in our inside controls and our capacity to remediate these materials weaknesses within the timing we anticipate, or in any respect; the result of any identified and unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings; adjustments in home and international enterprise, market, monetary, political and authorized circumstances; the impact of macroeconomic circumstances, together with however not restricted to inflation, unsure credit score and international monetary markets, latest and potential future disruptions in entry to financial institution deposits or lending commitments as a consequence of financial institution failures and geopolitical occasions, together with the army conflicts between Russia and Ukraine and Israel and Hamas and incidence of a catastrophic occasion, together with however not restricted to extreme climate, struggle, or terrorist assault; future international, regional or native financial and market circumstances affecting the hashish {industry}; the event, results and enforcement of and adjustments to legal guidelines and rules, together with with respect to the hashish {industry}; the Firm’s capacity to efficiently capitalize on new and present hashish markets, together with its capacity to efficiently monetize its options in these markets; the Firm’s capacity to handle future development; the Firm’s capacity to successfully anticipate and deal with adjustments within the end-user market within the hashish {industry}; the Firm’s capacity to develop new merchandise and options, carry them to market in a well timed method, and make enhancements to its platform; the Firm’s capacity to take care of and develop its two-sided market, together with its capacity to accumulate and retain paying purchasers; the results of competitors on the Firm’s future enterprise; the Firm’s success in retaining or recruiting, or adjustments required in, officers, key workers or administrators; cyber-attacks and safety vulnerabilities; the chance that the Firm could also be adversely affected by different financial, enterprise or aggressive and people components mentioned within the Firm’s 2023 Annual Report on Type 10-Ok filed with the SEC on Might 24, 2024 and subsequent Type 10-Qs or Type 8-Ks filed with the SEC. If any of those dangers materialize or these assumptions show incorrect, precise outcomes may differ materially from the outcomes implied by these forward-looking statements. There could also be extra dangers that the Firm doesn’t presently know or that the Firm at the moment believes are immaterial that would additionally trigger precise outcomes to vary from these contained within the forward-looking statements. As well as, forward-looking statements mirror the Firm’s expectations, plans or forecasts of future occasions and views as of the date of this press launch. The Firm anticipates that subsequent occasions and developments will trigger the Firm’s assessments to vary. Nevertheless, whereas the Firm might elect to replace these forward-looking statements in some unspecified time in the future sooner or later, the Firm particularly disclaims any obligation to take action, besides as required by regulation. These forward-looking statements shouldn’t be relied upon as representing the Firm’s assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press launch. Accordingly, undue reliance shouldn’t be positioned upon the forward-looking statements.

Use of Non-GAAP Monetary Measures

Our monetary statements, together with internet revenue (loss), are ready in accordance with rules typically accepted in the US of America (“GAAP”).

To supply traders with extra data relating to our monetary outcomes, we’ve disclosed EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, each of that are non-GAAP monetary measures that we calculate as internet revenue (loss) earlier than curiosity, taxes and depreciation and amortization expense within the case of EBITDA and additional adjusted to exclude stock-based compensation, change in honest worth of warrant legal responsibility, transaction associated bonus, authorized settlements and different authorized prices, discount in pressure, asset impairment expenses, change in TRA legal responsibility and different non-cash, uncommon and/or rare prices within the case of Adjusted EBITDA. Beneath we’ve supplied a reconciliation of internet revenue (loss) (probably the most straight comparable GAAP monetary measure) to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA.

We current EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as a result of these metrics are a key measure utilized by our administration to guage our working efficiency, generate future working plans and make strategic selections relating to the allocation of funding capability. Accordingly, we consider that EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA present helpful data to traders and others in understanding and evaluating our working leads to the identical method as our administration.

Every of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical software, and you shouldn’t think about any of those non-GAAP monetary measures in isolation or as an alternative to evaluation of our outcomes as reported underneath GAAP. A few of these limitations are as follows:

• though depreciation and amortization are non-cash expenses, the property being depreciated and amortized might have to get replaced sooner or later, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA don’t mirror money capital expenditure necessities for such replacements or for brand spanking new capital expenditure necessities;

• EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA don’t mirror adjustments in, or money necessities for, our working capital wants; and

Due to these limitations, you must think about EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA alongside different monetary efficiency measures, together with internet revenue (loss) and our different GAAP outcomes.

^1. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, internet revenues and normal and administrative bills have been retrospectively adjusted to mirror the restatement of beforehand reported income and provision for credit score losses. See Be aware 2, “Abstract of Vital Accounting Insurance policies,” of Type 10-Q for the interval ended March 31, 2024 filed with the SEC.

^1. For the three months ended March 31, 2023, provision (profit) for credit score losses and alter in accounts receivable have been retrospectively adjusted to mirror the restatement of beforehand reported income and credit score losses. See Be aware 2, “Abstract of Vital Accounting Insurance policies,” of Type 10-Q for the interval ended March 31, 2024 for additional data.

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