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Financial report summary
?Risks
- As a marketing services company, our revenues are highly susceptible to declines as a result of unfavorable economic conditions and future economic conditions could adversely impact our financial condition and results.
- Our business depends on generating and maintaining ongoing, profitable client demand for our services and solutions, and a significant reduction in such demand could materially affect our results of operations.
- Our business could be adversely affected if we fail to retain our existing clients.
- We face significant competition, and a failure to compete successfully in the markets we serve could harm our business.
- Maintaining and enhancing our and our Brands’ brands and reputations is critical to our business prospects, and harm to our or our Brands’ brands and reputations may limit our ability to acquire new clients, retain existing clients and attract and retain qualified personnel.
- Our existing client relationships could impair our ability to generate new business or attract and retain qualified personnel.
- If we are unable to adapt and expand our services and solutions in response to ongoing changes in technology and offerings by new entrants, our results of operations and ability to grow could be impaired.
- If we do not successfully manage and develop our relationships with our Global Affiliate partners or if we fail to anticipate and establish new alliances in new technologies, our results of operations could be adversely affected.
- We are making investments in new product offerings and technologies and may increase such investments in the future. These new ventures are inherently risky, and we may never realize any expected benefits from them.
- We are subject to risks related to our use of AI, including generative AI.
- We are exposed to the risk of client defaults, and in an economic downturn, the risk of a material loss related to such client defaults could significantly increase.
- If we fail to manage our growth effectively, we may be unable to execute our business plan, maintain high levels of customer service, or adequately address competitive challenges.
- Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, war, civil disturbances and infrastructure breakdowns could disrupt our business and harm our results of operations.
- We are consolidating our real estate footprint and may incur significant costs in doing so.
- Seasonal fluctuations in marketing, research, communications and advertising activity could have a negative impact on our revenue, cash flow and operating results.
- We may not realize the benefits we expect from past and future acquisitions and other strategic transactions, including the Transactions.
- In the future, we may acquire other companies in pursuit of growth, which may divert our management’s attention, result in dilution to our stockholders and consume resources that are necessary to sustain our business.
- Our business is highly dependent on the services of Mark Penn, our CEO and Chairman.
- If we are unable to keep our supply of skills and resources in balance with client demand around the world and attract and retain professionals with strong leadership skills, our business, the utilization rate of our professionals and our results of operations may be materially adversely affected.
- Some of our Brands rely upon signatory service companies to employ union performers in commercials, and any inability to produce advertisements with union performers could impair our ability to serve our advertising clients and compete.
- We face legal, reputational and financial risks from any failure to protect client data from security incidents or cyberattacks.
- We are subject to extensive data privacy laws and regulations.
- We are subject to industry regulations and other legal or reputational risks that could restrict our activities or negatively impact our performance or financial condition.
- We are subject to laws and regulations in the United States and other countries in which we operate, including export restrictions, economic sanctions, the FCPA, and similar anti-corruption laws. Compliance with these laws requires significant resources, and non-compliance may result in civil or criminal penalties and other remedial measures.
- Our business operations could suffer if we fail to adequately protect and enforce our intellectual property and other proprietary rights.
- If we infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of third parties or are subject to an intellectual property infringement or misappropriation claim, our ability to grow our business may be severely limited and our business could be adversely affected.
- Our products and services use open source software, and any failure to comply with the terms of one or more applicable open source licenses could adversely affect our business, subject us to litigation, and create potential liability.
- Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, limit our ability to react to changes in the economy or in our industry, expose us to interest rate risk to the extent of our variable rate debt, and prevent us from meeting our obligations under our indebtedness.
- We may be unable to service all our indebtedness.
- If our available liquidity is insufficient, our financial condition could be adversely affected and we may be unable to fund contingent deferred acquisition liabilities, and any put options if exercised.
- Our Up-C structure places significant limitations on our cash flow because our principal asset is our interest in OpCo, and, accordingly, we depend on distributions from OpCo to pay our taxes and expenses, including payments under the Tax Receivables Agreement.
- Our Tax Receivables Agreement with Stagwell Media requires us to make cash payments to Stagwell Media in respect of certain tax benefits to which we may become entitled, and we expect the payments we are required to make to be substantial, may be required to be made prior to the time that we recognize any associated tax benefits and may make our company a less attractive target to potential acquirers.
- Our results of operations are subject to foreign currency exchange fluctuation risks.
- Our goodwill, intangible assets and right-of-use lease assets may become impaired.
- Our disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls may not prevent or detect all errors or acts of fraud.
- If our judgments or estimates relating to our critical accounting policies are based on assumptions that change or prove to be incorrect, our results of operations could fall below expectations of securities analysts and investors, resulting in a decline in our stock price.
- We may be subject to adverse tax consequences, such as those related to changes in tax laws or tax rates or their interpretations, and the related application of judgment in determining our global provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets or liabilities or other tax.
- We may face material adverse tax consequences resulting from the Transactions in Canada, the United States or other jurisdictions.
- Our stock price may be volatile.
- If our operating and financial performance in any given period does not meet any guidance that we provide to the public, the market price for our Class A Common Stock may decline.
- A significant portion of our Class A Common Stock may be sold into the market in the future, which could negatively affect the market price of our Class A Common Stock.
- We are a “controlled company” within the meaning of the applicable rules of Nasdaq and, as a result, qualify for exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements. Our stockholders will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are not controlled companies, and the interests of our controlling stockholder may differ from the interests of other stockholders.
- Securities or industry analysts may cease publishing research or reports about us, our business, or our market, or publish negative opinions about us or the price of our Class A Common Stock, which could cause the price and trading volume of our Class A Common Stock to decline.
- There is no guarantee that an active and liquid public market for our securities will be sustained.
- We do not intend to pay dividends on our common stock and, consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend on appreciation in the price of the Class A Common Stock.
- We may issue additional shares of our Class A Common Stock or other equity securities without stockholder approval, which would dilute your ownership interests and may depress the market price of your shares.
- Some provisions of Delaware law and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may deter third parties from acquiring us and diminish the value of our Class A Common Stock.
- Act, which could limit the ability of our stockholders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or with our directors, officers or employees and may discourage stockholders from bringing such claims.
- The requirements of being a public company may strain our resources, divert management’s attention and affect our ability to attract and retain qualified Board members and officers.
Management Discussion
- Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
- In this section, the terms “Stagwell,” “we,” “us,” “our” and the “Company” refer (i) with respect to events occurring or periods ending before August 2, 2021, to Stagwell Marketing Group LLC (“Stagwell Marketing” or ”SMG”) and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and (ii) with respect to events occurring or periods ending on or after August 2, 2021, to Stagwell Inc. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries. References to a “fiscal year” mean the Company’s year commencing on January 1 of that year and ending December 31 of that year (e.g., fiscal 2023 means the period beginning January 1, 2023, and ending December 31, 2023).
- For similar operating and financial data and discussion of the Company’s year ended December 31, 2021, refer to Part II Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K that was filed with the SEC on March 6, 2023.