UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

xQUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020

¨TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 March 31, 2023

OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from         to

Commission File No.Number 001-39652

ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman IslandsN/A

Delaware88-1802794
(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.) 

Number)

10150 Covington Cross Drive
Las Vegas, NV 89144
(725) 877-7000

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

1219 Morningside Drive, Suite 110
Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

(310) 545-9265
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)SymbolName of each exchange on which registered
Units, each consisting of one Class A ordinary share, $0.0001 par value, and one-third of one redeemable warrantcommon stockACACUMYPSThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Class A ordinary shares included as part of the unitsACACThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable warrants included as part of the units, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A ordinary sharecommon stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per shareACACWMYPSWThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrantRegistrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrantRegistrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ¨ No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrantRegistrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrantRegistrant was required to submit such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,”company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

¨
Large accelerated filer¨Accelerated filer
xNon-accelerated filerxSmaller reporting company
xEmerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a)7(a)(2)(B) of the ExchangeSecurities Act. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act): Yes x No ¨

As of December 4, 2020,April 30, 2023, there were 21,525,000115,620,666 shares of Class A ordinary shares,common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and 5,381,25016,457,769 shares of Class B ordinary shares,common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, issued and outstanding.

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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2020


Table of Contents

Page
Page
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet (Unaudited)Sheets as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022
Condensed StatementConsolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022
Condensed StatementConsolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2023 and March 31, 2022

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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEET

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

ASSETS  
Current asset - cash $143,032 
Security deposit  2,875 
Deferred offering costs  125,048 
TOTAL ASSETS $270,955 
     
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY   
Current liabilities   
Accrued offering costs $5,000 
Promissory note – related party  257,694 
Total Current Liabilities  262,694 
     
Commitments   
     
Shareholder’s Equity   
Preferred shares, $0.0001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding   
Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and outstanding   
Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; 5,750,000 shares issued and outstanding (1)  575 
Additional paid-in capital  24,425 
Accumulated deficit  (16,739)
Total Shareholder’s Equity  8,261 
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY $270,955 

(1)Included an aggregate of up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5). On October 20, 2020, the Company canceled 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares resulting in 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares outstanding (see Note 5).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.

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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENT


TABLE OF OPERATIONS

CONTENTSFOR THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 14, 2020 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

Formation and operating costs $16,739 
Net Loss $(16,739)
     
Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted (1)  5,000,000 
     
Basic and diluted net loss per ordinary share $(0.00)

(1)Excluded an aggregate of up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5). On October 20, 2020, the Company canceled 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares resulting in 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares outstanding (see Note 5).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.

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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

FOR THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 14, 2020 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

  Class B Ordinary Shares  Additional
Paid-in
  Accumulated  Total
Shareholder’s
 
  Shares  Amount  Capital  Deficit  Equity 
Balance – August 14, 2020 (inception)    $  $  $  $ 
                     
Issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor (1)  5,750,000   575   24,425      25,000 
                     
Net loss           (16,739)  (16,739)
                     
Balance – September 30, 2020  5,750,000  $575  $24,425  $(16,739) $8,261 

(1)Included an aggregate of up to 750,000 Class B ordinary shares subject to forfeiture to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment option was not exercised in full or in part by the underwriters (see Note 5). On October 20, 2020, the Company canceled 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares resulting in 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares outstanding (see Note 5).

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.

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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

CONDENSED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE PERIOD FROM AUGUST 14, 2020 (INCEPTION) THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

Cash Flows from Operating Activities:   
Net loss $(16,739)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:    
Security deposit  (2,875)
Net cash used in operating activities  (19,614)
     
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:    
Proceeds from issuance of Class B ordinary shares to Sponsor  25,000 
Proceeds from promissory note - related party  257,694 
Payment of offering costs  (120,048)
Net cash provided by financing activities  162,646 
     
Net Change in Cash  143,032 
Cash – Beginning   
Cash – Ending $143,032 
     
Non-cash investing and financing activities:    
Deferred offering costs included in accrued offering costs $5,000 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the unaudited condensed financial statements.

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CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

NOTE 1. DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION AND BUSINESS OPERATIONS

Acies Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted companyThis Quarterly Report on August 14, 2020. The Company was formed for the purpose of effectuating a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (the “Business Combination”).

The Company is an early stage and emerging growth company and, as such, the Company is subject to all of the risks associated with early stage and emerging growth companies.

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had not yet commenced any operations. All activity for the period August 14, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2020 relates to the Company’s formation and the initial public offering (the “Initial Public Offering”).

The registration statement for the Company’s Initial Public Offering became effective on October 22, 2020. On October 27, 2020, the Company consummated the Initial Public Offering of 20,000,000 units (the “Units” and, with respect to the Class A ordinary shares included in the Units sold, the “Public Shares”), at $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $200,000,000 which is described in Note 3.

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Company consummated the sale of 4,333,333 warrants (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant in a private placement to Acies Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), generating gross proceeds of $6,500,000, which is described in Note 4.

Following the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 27, 2020, an amount of $200,000,000 ($10.00 per Unit) from the net proceeds of the sale of the Units in the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants was placed in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) andinvested in U.S. government securities,Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning set forth inof Section 2(a)(16)27A of the Investment CompanySecurities Act of 1940,1933, as amended (the “Investment Company“Securities Act”), with a maturity of 185 days or less, or in any open-ended investment company that holds itself out as a money market fund meeting certain conditions of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act, as determined by the Company, until the earlier of: (i) the completion of a Business Combination and (ii) the distribution of the funds in the Trust Account to the Company’s shareholders, as described below.

On November 9, 2020, the Company consummated the sale of an additional 1,525,000 Units, at $10.00 per Unit, and the sale of an additional 203,334 Private Placement Warrants, at $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total gross proceeds of $15,555,000. A total of $15,250,000 of the net proceeds was deposited into the Trust Account, bringing the aggregate proceeds held in the Trust Account to $215,250,000.

Transaction costs amounted to $12,363,821, consisting of $4,305,000 of underwriting fees, $7,533,750 of deferred underwriting fees and $525,071 of other offering costs. In addition, at October 27, 2020, cash of $4,179,381 was held outside of the Trust Account (as defined below) and is available for the payment of offering expenses and for working capital purposes.

The Company’s management has broad discretion with respect to the specific application of the net proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, although substantially all of the net proceeds are intended to be applied generally toward completing a Business Combination. The Company must complete its initial Business Combination with one or more target businesses that together have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the net assets held in the Trust Account (excluding any deferred underwriting commissions held in the Trust Account) at the time of the agreement to enter into a Business Combination. The Company will only complete a Business Combination if the post-Business Combination company owns or acquires 50% or more of the issued and outstanding voting securities of the target or otherwise acquires a controlling interest in the target business sufficient for it not to be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act. There is no assurance that the Company will be able to effect a Business Combination successfully.

The Company will provide its holders of the outstanding Public Shares (the “public shareholders”) with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their Public Shares upon the completion of a Business Combination either (i) in connection with a shareholder meeting called to approve the Business Combination or (ii) by means of a tender offer. The decision as to whether the Company will seek shareholder approval of a Business Combination or conduct a tender offer will be made by the Company, solely in its discretion. The public shareholders will be entitled to redeem their Public Shares for a pro rata portion of the amount then in the Trust Account (initially anticipated to be $10.00 per Public Share, plus any pro rata interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations). There will be no redemption rights upon the completion of a Business Combination with respect to the Company’s warrants.

The Company will proceed with a Business Combination only if the Company has net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 either prior to or upon such consummation of a Business Combination and, if the Company seeks shareholder approval, a majority of the shares voted are voted in favor of the Business Combination. If a shareholder vote is not required by law and the Company does not decide to hold a shareholder vote for business or other reasons, the Company will, pursuant to its Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association (the “Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association”), conduct the redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and file tender offer documents with the SEC prior to completing a Business Combination. If, however, shareholder approval of the transaction is required by law, or the Company decides to obtain shareholder approval for business or other reasons, the Company will offer to redeem shares in conjunction with a proxy solicitation pursuant to the proxy rules and not pursuant to the tender offer rules. If the Company seeks shareholder approval in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor has agreed to vote its Founder Shares (as defined in Note 5) and any Public Shares purchased during or after the Initial Public Offering in favor of approving a Business Combination. Additionally, each public shareholder may elect to redeem their Public Shares irrespective of whether they vote for or against the proposed transaction or don’t vote at all.

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ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

Notwithstanding the above, if the Company seeks shareholder approval of a Business Combination and it does not conduct redemptions pursuant to the tender offer rules, the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association provides that a public shareholder, together with any affiliate of such shareholder or any other person with whom such shareholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 1321E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)). We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact included in this Quarterly Report, about our future financial performance, strategy, expansion plans, future operations, future operating results, estimated revenues, losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management are forward-looking statements. Any statements that refer to projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” “goal,” “project” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions.

Forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, statements about:
our business strategy and market opportunity;
our future financial performance, including our expectations regarding our revenue, cost of revenue, gross profit, or gross margin, operating expenses (including changes in sales and marketing, research and development, and general and administrative expenses), will be restricted from redeeming its shares with respectand profitability;
market acceptance of our games;
our ability to more than an aggregate of 15% or more ofraise financing in the Public Shares, withoutfuture and the prior consent of the Company.

The Sponsor has agreed (a) to waive its redemption rights with respect to its Founder Sharesglobal credit and Public Shares held by it in connection with the completion of a Business Combination, (b) to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination by October 27, 2022 (or by January 27, 2023, if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for a Business Combination by October 27, 2022) (the “Combination Period”) and (c) not to propose an amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (i) to modify the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to allow redemption in connection with the Company’s initial Business Combination or to redeem 100% of its Public Shares if the Company does not complete a Business Combination or (ii) with respect to any other provisionfinancial markets;

factors relating to shareholders’ rights or pre-initialour business, combination activity, unless the Company provides the public shareholders with the opportunity to redeem their Public Shares in conjunction with any such amendment.

The Company will have until the end of the Combination Period to complete a Business Combination. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the Company will (i) cease all operations, except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Public Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on depositfinancial performance, and our subsidiaries, including:

changes in the Trust Accountcompetitive and regulated industries in which we operate, variations in operating performance across competitors, and changes in laws and regulations affecting our business;
our ability to implement business plans, forecasts, and other expectations, and identify and realize additional opportunities; and
general economic conditions and their impact on levels of spending by players, our awards partners, and our advertisers, including interest earned onrisks of inflation and recession and other macroeconomic conditions.
our ability to maintain relationships with our platforms, such as the funds heldApple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore, and Facebook;
the accounting for our outstanding warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock;
our ability to develop, maintain, and improve our internal control over financial reporting;
our ability to maintain, protect, and enhance our intellectual property rights;
our ability to successfully defend litigation brought against us;
our ability to successfully close and integrate acquisitions to contribute to our growth objectives;
our success in the Trust Accountretaining or recruiting, or changes required in, our officers, key employees or directors; and not previously released to the Company to pay its tax obligations (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish public shareholders’ rights as shareholders (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and the Company’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Company’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. There will be no redemption rights or liquidating distributions with respect to the Company’s warrants, which will expire worthless if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period.

The Sponsor has agreed to waive its liquidation rights with respect to the Founder Shares if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. However, if the Sponsor acquires Public Shares in or after the Initial Public Offering, such Public Shares will be entitled to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period. The underwriters have agreed to waive their rights to their deferred underwriting commission (see Note 6) held in the Trust Account in the event the Company does not complete a Business Combination within in the Combination Period and, in such event, such amounts will be included with the other funds held in the Trust Account that will be available to fund the redemption of the Public Shares. In the event of such distribution, it is possible that the per share value of the assets remaining available for distribution will be less than the Initial Public Offering price per Unit ($10.00).

In order to protect the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Sponsor has agreed to be liable to the Company if and to the extent any claims by a third party for services rendered or products sold to the Company, or a prospective target business with which the Company has discussed entering into a transaction agreement, reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (1) $10.00 per Public Share or (2) the actual amount per Public Share held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account due to reductions in the value of the trust assets, in each case net of the interest which may be withdrawn to pay our taxes. This liability will not apply with respect to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account and except as to any claims under the Company’s indemnity of the underwriters of the Initial Public Offering against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Moreover, in the event that an executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against a third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any liability for such third-party claims. The Company will seek to reduce the possibility that the Sponsor will have to indemnify the Trust Account due to claims of creditors by endeavoring to have all vendors, service providers (other than the Company’s independent auditors), prospective target businesses or other entities with which the Company does business, execute agreements with the Company waiving any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to monies held in the Trust Account.


ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

Risks and Uncertainties

Management continues to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (including existing and has concludedpossible future variants as well as vaccinations) on our business.


These forward-looking statements are based on our current plans, estimates and projections in light of information currently available to us, and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us, including those described under the heading “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and in other filings that whilewe make with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) from time to time, that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition, the risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” are not exhaustive. New risk factors emerge from time to time, and it is reasonablynot possible thatto predict all such risk factors, nor can we assess the virus could have a negative effectimpact of all such risk factors on our business or the Company’s financial position,extent to which any risk factor or
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combination of risk factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are also not guarantees of its operations and/or search for a target company, the specific impact isperformance. You should not readily determinableput undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Except as otherwise required by applicable law, we disclaim any duty to update any forward-looking statements, all of which are expressly qualified by the statements in this section, to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
We intend to announce material information to the public through our Investor Relations website, ir.playstudios.com, SEC filings, press releases, public conference calls and public webcasts. We use these channels, as well as social media, to communicate with our investors, customers, and the public about our company, our offerings, and other issues. It is possible that the information we post on our website or social media could be deemed to be material information. As such, we encourage investors, the media, and others to follow the channels listed above, including our website and the social media channels listed on our Investor Relations website, and to review the information disclosed through such channels. Any updates to the list of disclosure channels through which we will announce information will be posted on the investor relations page on our website.
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PART I.    Financial Information
Item 1.        Financial Statements
PLAYSTUDIOS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited, in thousands, except par value amounts)
March 31,
2023
December 31,
2022
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents$127,484 $134,000 
Receivables33,353 27,016 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets12,238 14,963 
Total current assets173,075 175,979 
Property and equipment, net17,345 17,532 
Operating lease right-of-use assets14,395 15,562 
Intangibles assets and internal-use software, net78,818 77,231 
Goodwill47,133 47,133 
Deferred income taxes16,208 13,969 
Other long-term assets4,658 4,603 
Total non-current assets178,557 176,030 
Total assets$351,632 $352,009 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable3,412 4,425 
Warrant liabilities4,740 3,682 
Operating lease liabilities, current4,506 4,571 
Accrued liabilities22,941 21,473 
Total current liabilities35,599 34,151 
Minimum guarantee liability1,500 1,500 
Operating lease liabilities, non-current10,574 11,660 
Other long-term liabilities2,240 2,385 
Total non-current liabilities14,314 15,545 
Total liabilities$49,913 $49,696 
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.0001 par value (100,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022)— — 
Class A common stock, $0.0001 par value (2,000,000 shares authorized, 118,867 and 116,756 shares issued, and 116,447 and 115,635 shares outstanding as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively)11 11 
Class B common stock, $0.0001 par value (25,000 shares authorized, 16,457 and 16,457 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively).
Additional paid-in capital297,662 290,337 
Retained earnings14,186 16,756 
Accumulated other comprehensive loss(94)(151)
Treasury stock, at cost, 2,420 and 1,166 shares at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively(10,048)(4,642)
Total stockholders’ equity301,719 302,313 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity$351,632 $352,009 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Net revenue$80,123 $70,451 
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue(1)
19,527 21,033 
Selling and marketing18,066 20,540 
Research and development17,755 16,981 
General and administrative11,901 9,691 
Depreciation and amortization11,033 8,394 
Restructuring and related4,048 8,655 
Total operating costs and expenses82,330 85,294 
Loss from operations(2,207)(14,843)
Other (expense) income, net:
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities(1,058)(2,716)
Interest income (expense), net895 (5)
Other income, net60 187 
Total other expense, net(103)(2,534)
Loss before income taxes(2,310)(17,377)
Income tax expense(260)(7,835)
Net loss$(2,570)$(25,212)
Net loss per share attributable to Class A and Class B common stockholders:
Basic$(0.02)$(0.20)
Diluted$(0.02)$(0.20)
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding:
Basic132,131 126,337 
Diluted132,131 126,337 
(1)Amounts exclude depreciation and amortization.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements. 

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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(unaudited, in thousands)
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Net loss$(2,570)$(25,212)
Other comprehensive (loss) income:
Change in foreign currency translation adjustment(1)
57 (6)
Total other comprehensive income (loss)57 (6)
Comprehensive loss$(2,513)$(25,218)
(1)These amounts are presented gross of the effect of income taxes. The total change in foreign currency translation adjustment and the corresponding effect of income taxes are immaterial.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(unaudited, in thousands)
Class A Common StockClass B Common StockAdditional
Paid-In
Capital
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)Total
Stockholders'
Equity
SharesAmountSharesAmountRetained
Earnings
Balance as of December 31, 2021110,066 $11 16,130 $$268,522 $393 $34,539 $303,467 
Net loss— — — — — — (25,212)(25,212)
Exercise of stock options113 — — — 130 — — 130 
Issuance of shares upon vesting of restricted stock units160 — — — — — — — 
Stock-based compensation— — — — 7,969 — — 7,969 
Other comprehensive loss— — — — — (6)— (6)
Balance as of March 31, 2022110,339 $11 16,130 $$276,621 $387 $9,327 $286,348 


Class A Common StockClass B Common StockAdditional
Paid-In
Capital
Accumulated Other Comprehensive LossTotal
Stockholders'
Equity
SharesAmountSharesAmountRetained
Earnings
Treasury Stock
Balance as of December 31, 2022115,635 $11 16,457 $$290,337 $(151)$16,756 (4,642)302,313 
Net loss— — — — — — (2,570)— (2,570)
Exercise of stock options1,585 — — — 1,916 — — — 1,916 
Issuance of shares upon vesting of restricted stock units481 — — — — — — — — 
Stock-based compensation— — — — 5,409 — — — 5,409 
Repurchase of common stock(1,254)— — — — — — (5,406)(5,406)
Other comprehensive loss— — — — — 57 — — 57 
Balance as of March 31, 2023116,447 $11 16,457 $$297,662 $(94)$14,186 (10,048)$301,719 

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PLAYSTUDIOS, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited, in thousands)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20232022
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss$(2,570)$(25,212)
Adjustments:
Depreciation and amortization11,033 8,394 
Amortization of loan costs38 34 
Stock-based compensation expense4,853 6,868 
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities1,058 2,716 
Change in fair value of contingent consideration53 — 
Asset impairments— 8,353 
Deferred income tax expense(2,228)7,945 
Other(179)(203)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities
Receivables(6,861)(203)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets201 871 
Income tax receivable2,128 366 
Accounts payable & accrued liabilities(3,492)1,926 
Other469 (270)
Net cash provided by operating activities4,503 11,585 
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of property and equipment(1,849)(1,936)
Additions to internal-use software(5,937)(5,519)
Other168 2,348 
Net cash used in investing activities(7,618)(5,107)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from stock option exercises1,916 130 
Repurchases of treasury stock(5,406)— 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities(3,490)130 
Foreign currency translation89 (145)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents(6,516)6,463 
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period134,000 213,502 
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period$127,484 $219,965 
Supplemental cash flow disclosures:
Interest paid$41 $35 
Income taxes paid, net of refunds414 244 
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Capitalization of stock-based compensation$556 $1,101 
Increase in property and equipment included in accounts payable and other long-term liabilities— 656 
Additions to intangible assets related to licensing agreements4,617 — 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result fromstatements.
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NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(unaudited, in thousands, unless otherwise noted)
NOTE 1—BACKGROUND AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Organization and Description of Business
On June 21, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Acies Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (prior to the outcomeClosing Date, “Acies”), consummated the previously announced business combination (“Acies Merger”) with PlayStudios, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Old PLAYSTUDIOS”) pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of this uncertainty.

NOTE 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Merger, dated as of February 1, 2021 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Acies, Catalyst Merger Sub I, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Acies, Catalyst Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Acies, and Old PLAYSTUDIOS.

PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc., formerly known as Acies Acquisition Corp. (the "Company” or "PLAYSTUDIOS"), was incorporated on August 14, 2020 as a Cayman Islands exempted company, and domesticated into a Delaware corporation on June 21, 2021. The Company's legal name became PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. following the closing of the Acies Merger.
The Company develops and operates online and mobile social gaming applications (“games” or “game”) each of which incorporate a unique loyalty program offering “real world” rewards provided by a collection of rewards partners. The Company’s games are free-to-play and available via the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore, and Facebook (collectively, “platforms” or “platform operators”). The Company creates games based on its own original content as well as third-party licensed brands. The Company generates revenue through the in-game sale of virtual currency and through advertising.
Unless the context indicates otherwise, all references herein to “PLAYSTUDIOS,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” are used to refer collectively to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Basis of Presentation

and Consolidation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have beenwere prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) for interim financial information and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the SEC. Certain information or footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation. Certain reclassifications in these financial statements have been made to comply with US GAAP applicable to public companies and SEC forRegulation S-X.
The significant accounting policies referenced in the annual consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31, 2022 have been applied consistently in these unaudited interim consolidated financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and footnotes necessary for a complete presentation of financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.statements. In the opinion of management,the Company, the accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements includecontain all adjustments, consisting of aonly normal recurring nature, which areadjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of theits financial position operatingas of March 31, 2023, and its results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022, and cash flows for the periods presented.

three months ended March 31, 2023, and 2022. The accompanying unaudited condensedConsolidated Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2022 was derived from the audited annual financial statements should be readbut does not contain all of the footnote disclosures from the annual financial statements. The Company made certain reclassifications to the comparative balances in conjunctionthe condensed consolidated financial statements to conform with current year presentation.

Use of Estimates
The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto. Significant estimates and assumptions reflected in the Company’s prospectuscondensed consolidated financial statements include the estimated consumption rate of virtual goods that is used in the determination of revenue recognition, useful lives of property and equipment and definite-lived intangible assets, the expensing and capitalization of research and development costs for its Initial Public Offering as filed withinternal-use software, assumptions used in accounting for income taxes, stock-based compensation and the SEC on October 26, 2020, as well asevaluation of goodwill and long-lived assets for impairment. The Company believes the Company’s Current Reports on Form 8-K, as filed withaccounting estimates are appropriate and reasonably determined. Due to the SEC on October 27, 2020, November 2, 2020 and November 12, 2020. The interim results for the period from August 14, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2020 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020 or for any future periods.

inherent uncertainties in making these estimates, actual amounts could differ materially.

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Emerging Growth Company

The

At March 31, 2023, the Company isqualified as an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act, as modified by the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”), and itthe Company has taken and may take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the independent registered public accounting firmauditor attestation requirements of Section 404404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in itsour periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholderstockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

Further,

Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies (that is, those that have not had a Securities Act registration statement declared effective or do not have a class of securities registered under the Exchange Act) are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can elect to opt out of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies but any such election to opt out is irrevocable. The Company has elected notopted to opt outtake advantage of such extended transition period available to emerging growth companies which means that when a standard is issued or revised and it has different application dates for public or private companies, the Company as an emerging growth company, can adopt the new or revised standard at the time private companies adopt the new or revised standard. This may make comparison of the Company’s financial statements with another public company which is neither an emerging growth company nor an emerging growth company which has opted out of using the extended transition period difficult or impossible because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.

Making estimates requires management to exercise significant judgment. It is at least reasonably possible that the estimate of the effect of a condition, situation or set of circumstances that existed at the date of the financial statements, which management considered in formulating its estimate, could change in the near term due to one or more future confirming events. Accordingly, the actual results could differ significantly from those estimates.


ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all short-term investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. The Company did not have any cash equivalents as of September 30, 2020.

Deferred Offering Costs

Offering costs consist of legal, accounting and other costs incurred through the balance sheet date that are directly related to the Initial Public Offering. Offering costs amounting to $12,363,821 were charged to shareholders’ equity upon the completion of the Initial Public Offering (see Note 1). As of September 30, 2020, there was $125,048 of deferred offering costs recorded in the accompanying condensed balance sheet.

Income Taxes

The Company complies with the accounting and reporting requirements of ASC Topic 740, “Income Taxes,” which requires an asset and liability approach to financial accounting and reporting for income taxes. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are computed for differences between the financial statement and tax bases of assets and liabilities that will result in future taxable or deductible amounts, basedlose its emerging growth company status on enacted tax laws and rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income. Valuation allowances are established, when necessary, to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

ASC Topic 740 prescribes a recognition threshold and a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. For those benefits to be recognized, a tax position must be more-likely-than-not to be sustained upon examination by taxing authorities. The Company recognizes accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits, if any, as income tax expense. There were no unrecognized tax benefits and no amounts accrued for interest and penalties as of September 30, 2020. The Company is currently not aware of any issues under review that could result in significant payments, accruals or material deviation from its position.

The Company is considered an exempted Cayman Islands Company and is presently not subject to income taxes or income tax filing requirements in the Cayman Islands or the United States. As such, the Company’s tax provision was zero for the period presented.

Net Loss per Ordinary Share

Net loss per ordinary share is computed by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding during the period, excluding ordinary shares subject to forfeiture. Weighted average shares were reduced for the effect of an aggregate of 750,000 ordinary shares that were subject to forfeiture if the over-allotment option was not exercised by the underwriter (see Note 5). At September 30, 2020, the Company did not have any dilutive securities and other contracts that could, potentially, be exercised or converted into ordinary shares and then share in the earnings of the Company.December 31, 2022. As a result, diluted loss per common share is the same as basic loss per share for the period presented.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company does not expect to concentrations of credit risk consist ofadopt any accounting pronouncements currently deferred based on private company standards until a cash account in a financial institution which, at times may exceed the Federal Depository Insurance Coverage of $250,000.year subsequent to 2022. The Company will reevaluate its eligibility to retain emerging growth company status at the end of its second quarter of 2023, and otherwise as required.

NOTE 2—SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
For a discussion of our significant accounting policies and estimates, please refer to our 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on March 10, 2023.
Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
The Company’s management has not experienced losses on this account.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The fair valueevaluated all of the Company’s assets and liabilities, which qualify as financial instruments under ASC Topic 820, “Fair Value Measurement,” approximates the carrying amounts represented in the accompanying condensed balance sheet, primarily due to their short-term nature.

Recent Accounting Standards

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards if currently adopted, wouldthat have been issued or proposed by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) or other standards-setting bodies through the filing date of these financial statements and does not believe the future adoption of any such pronouncements will have a material effect on the accompanyingCompany’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326). The new guidance replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current guidance with a current expected credit loss model (“CECL”) that incorporates a broader range of reasonable and supportable information including the forward-looking information. The Company adopted this standard on January 1, 2023. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.
NOTE 3. INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING

Pursuant3—BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

WonderBlocks Acquisition
On August 2, 2022, playBLOCKS, Inc., a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company ("playBLOCKS") entered into an agreement with WonderBlocks Labs, Inc. (“WonderBlocks"), which provides tools for the development of a play-to-earn loyalty platform for digital entertainment on the Ethereum blockchain, pursuant to which playBLOCKS acquired substantially all of the assets of WonderBlocks. playBLOCKS paid WonderBlocks $2.0 million less Indebtedness (borrowed money and accrued interest, including debt to the Initial Public Offering,Company) at closing and agreed to pay between zero and $3 million subject to the satisfaction of certain product and financial milestones. We believe this acquisition will allow us to enhance our playAWARDS model with new Web3 features and capabilities.
The Company recorded the excess of the fair value of the consideration transferred in the acquisition over the fair value of net assets acquired as goodwill. The goodwill reflects our expectations of favorable future growth opportunities and anticipated synergies through the scale of our operations. The Company expects that none of the goodwill will be deductible for federal income tax purposes. The following table summarizes the consideration paid for WonderBlocks and the amounts of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed recognized at the acquisition date:
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Consideration:August 2,
2022
Cash consideration$945 
Note receivable plus accrued interest conversion1,055 
Contingent consideration1,564 
Total consideration transferred$3,564 
Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Developed technology (weighted-average useful life of 5 years)2,403 
Liabilities assumed(15)
Total identifiable net assets$2,388 
Goodwill$1,176 
Brainium Studios Acquisition
On October 7, 2022, PLAYSTUDIOS US, LLC, a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company sold 21,525,000 Unitsentered into a membership interest purchase agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding membership interests in Brainium Studios LLC (“Brainium"),at a mobile game publisher. The closing of the acquisition occurred on October 12, 2022, and Brainium became an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The purchase price for the membership interests was $70.0 million at closing, as adjusted for cash, indebtedness, and working capital.
The Company recorded the excess of $10.00 per Unit, inclusivethe fair value of 1,525,000 Units soldthe consideration transferred in the acquisition over the fair value of net assets acquired as goodwill. The goodwill reflects our expectations of favorable future growth opportunities and anticipated synergies through the scale of our operations. The Company expects that substantially all of the goodwill will be deductible for federal income tax purposes. The following table summarizes the consideration paid for Brainium and the amounts of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed recognized at the acquisition date:
Consideration:October 12,
2022
Cash consideration$73,457 
Contingent consideration1,797 
Total consideration transferred$75,254 
Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Cash and cash equivalents$3,738 
Accounts receivable3,190 
Property and equipment4,042 
Operating lease assets4,195 
Trade names (weighted-average useful life of 10 years)1,500 
Developed technology (weighted-average useful life of 5 years)12,600 
Customer relationships (weighted-average useful life of 5 years)12,000 
Other assets740 
Liabilities assumed(7,649)
Total identifiable net assets$34,356 
Goodwill$40,898 

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NOTE 4—RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The following table is a summary of balance sheet assets and liabilities from related parties:
March 31,
2023
December 31,
2022
Financial Statement Line Item
Marketing Agreement$1,000 $1,000 Intangibles, net
The Company did not have any net revenue recognized from related parties during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.
The Company’s expenses recognized from related parties were immaterial during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.
MGM Resorts International (“MGM”)
MGM is a stockholder and MGM's Chief Commercial Officer also serves on the Company’s Board of Directors. MGM owned approximately 16.6 million and 16.6 million shares of the Company's outstanding Class A common stock as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
In April 2011, the Company entered into a joint marketing agreement with MGM (as amended, the “Marketing Agreement”) in exchange for assistance with marketing campaigns and the certain rights to utilize MGM’s licensed marks and licensed copyrights for the development of certain of the Company’s social casino games. The initial term of the Marketing Agreement was for one year from the go-live date of the first such game in July 2012, with automatic renewal provisions based on the games achieving specified performance criteria. As further described in Note 9— Intangible Assets and Internal-Use Software, Net, the Marketing Agreement was recorded as an indefinite-lived intangible asset.
NOTE 5—RECEIVABLES
Receivables consist of the following:
March 31,
2023
December 31,
2022
Trade receivables$31,883 $25,020 
Other receivables1,470 1,996 
Total receivables$33,353 $27,016 
Trade receivables generally represent amounts due to the underwritersCompany from social and mobile platform operators, including Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook. Trade receivables are recorded when the right to consideration becomes unconditional. No allowance for doubtful accounts was considered necessary as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.
Concentration of Credit Risk
As of March 31, 2023, Apple, Inc. and Google, Inc. accounted for 43.3% and 21.0% of the Company’s total receivables, respectively, while as of December 31, 2022, Apple, Inc. and Google, Inc. accounted for 33.6% and 27.2% of the Company’s total receivables, respectively. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company did not have any additional counterparties that exceeded 10% of the Company’s net accounts receivable.
During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company entered into agreements pursuant to which the Company acquired the rights to develop and operate Tetris®-branded mobile games. As contemplated in the agreements, the Company agreed to an $8.0 million Advance Payment (as defined in Note 17—Commitments and Contingencies). If the Company and the counterparty fail to perform according to the terms of the agreements, the maximum amount of loss which the Company may incur is approximately $7.1 million, of which $6.2 million related to the Advance Payment is reported within the Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets line item on November 9, 2020 upon the underwriters’ electionConsolidated Balance Sheets.
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NOTE 6—PREPAID EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
Prepaid expenses and other current assets consist of the following:
March 31,
2023
December 31,
2022
Prepaid expenses$4,995 5,148 
Income tax receivable612 1,372 
Other current assets6,631 8,443 
Total other current assets$12,238 $14,963 
NOTE 7—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT
The carrying values of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables and accounts payable approximate fair value due to partially exercise their over-allotment option. Each Unitshort maturities.
The following tables present the liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, by input level, in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
March 31, 2023
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Financial liabilities:
Public Warrants$2,772 — — 2,772 
Private Warrants— 1,968 — 1,968 
Total financial liabilities$2,772 $1,968 $— $4,740 
December 31, 2022
Level 1Level 2Level 3Total
Financial liabilities:
Public Warrants$2,153 — — 2,153 
Private Warrants— 1,529 — 1,529 
Total financial liabilities$2,153 $1,529 $— $3,682 


NOTE 8—PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Property and equipment, net consists of onethe following:
March 31,
2023
December 31,
2022
Land and land improvements$1,421 1,382 
Building and building improvements3,705 3,705 
Computer equipment9,007 9,423 
Leasehold improvements11,035 10,204 
Purchased software3,483 4,471 
Furniture and fixtures3,516 3,553 
Construction in progress466 648 
Total property and equipment32,633 33,386 
Less: accumulated depreciation(15,288)(15,854)
Total property and equipment, net$17,345 $17,532 
The aggregate depreciation expense for property and equipment, net is reflected in “Depreciation and amortization” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, depreciation expense was $1.5 million and $0.8 million, respectively. No impairment charges or material write-offs were recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.
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Property and equipment, net by region consists of the following:
March 31,
2023
December 31,
2022
United States$12,464 $12,331 
EMEA(1)
3,341 3,756 
All other countries1,540 1,445 
Total property and equipment, net$17,345 $17,532 
(1)Europe, Middle East, and Africa (“EMEA”). Amounts primarily represent leasehold improvements of local office space and computer equipment.

NOTE 9—INTANGIBLE ASSETS AND INTERNAL-USE SOFTWARE, NET
Intangible Assets
The following table provides the gross carrying value and accumulated amortization for each major class of intangible asset other than goodwill:
March 31, 2023December 31, 2022
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Carrying
Amount
Gross
Carrying
Amount
Accumulated
Amortization
Net
Carrying
Amount
Amortizable intangible assets:
Licenses$25,656 $(10,434)$15,222 $21,040 $(7,962)$13,078 
Acquired technology15,003 (1,580)13,423 15,003 (830)14,173 
Customer relationships12,000 (1,200)10,800 12,000 (600)11,400 
Trade names2,740 (1,315)1,425 2,740 (1,278)1,462 
Internal-use software152,291 (115,343)36,948 145,798 (109,680)36,118 
207,690 (129,872)77,818 196,581 (120,350)76,231 
Nonamortizable intangible assets:
Marketing Agreement with a related party1,000 — 1,000 1,000 — 1,000 
Total intangible assets$208,690 $(129,872)$78,818 $197,581 $(120,350)$77,231 
During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, the Company capitalized internal-use software development costs of $6.5 million and $6.6 million.
During the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, intangible asset and internal-use software amortization was $9.5 million and $7.6 million, respectively. The aggregate amortization expense for amortizable intangible assets and internal-use software is reflected in “Depreciation and amortization” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.
There were no impairment charges for intangible assets or internal-use software for the three months ended March 31, 2023. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, the Company adopted a plan to suspend the further development of Kingdom Boss, resulting in a change in the useful life of the assets associated with Kingdom Boss. The Company recorded an $8.4 million non-cash impairment charge during the first quarter of 2022 within "Restructuring and related" in the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations.
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As of March 31, 2023, the estimated annual amortization expense is as follows:
Year Ending December 31,Projected Amortization
Expense
Remaining 2023$27,263 
202427,514 
202512,041 
20266,167 
20274,120 
Thereafter713 
Total$77,818 
NOTE 10—GOODWILL
Goodwill
The following table provides the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022:
Goodwill, GrossAccumulated ImpairmentGoodwill, Net
Balance as of December 31, 202247,133 — 47,133 
Additions from acquisitions— — — 
Measurement period adjustments— — — 
Balance as of March 31, 2023$47,133 $— $47,133 
NOTE 11—WARRANT LIABILITIES
Public Warrants and Private Warrants
Upon the closing of the Acies Merger, there were approximately 7.2 million publicly-traded redeemable warrants to purchase shares of Class A ordinary sharecommon stock (the "Public Warrants") and one-third3.8 million redeemable warrants to purchase shares of one redeemable warrant (“Public Warrant”Class A common stock initially issued to Acies Acquisition, LLC (the "Sponsor"). in a private placement (the "Private Warrants") by Acies. Each whole Public Warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one whole share of the Company’s Class A ordinary share at an exercise price of $11.50 per whole share (see Note 7).


ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

NOTE 4. PRIVATE PLACEMENT

Simultaneously with the closing of the Initial Public Offering, the Sponsor purchased an aggregate of 4,333,333 Private Placement Warrants at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant ($6,500,000 in the aggregate), each exercisable to purchase one Class A ordinary sharecommon stock at a price of $11.50 in cash per share,. On November 9, 2020, in connection with the underwriters’ election subject to partially exercise their over-allotment option, the Company sold an additional 203,334 Private Placement Warrantsadjustment as discussed below, as of October 27, 2021. Pursuant to the Sponsor, atWarrant Agreement, a priceholder of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating gross proceeds of $305,000. The proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were added to the net proceeds from the Initial Public Offering held in the Trust Account. If the Company does not complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period, the proceeds from the sale of the Private Placement Warrants will be used to fund the redemption of the Public Shares (subject to the requirements of applicable law) and the Private Placement Warrants will expire worthless.

NOTE 5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Founder Shares

On September 15, 2020, the Sponsor paid $25,000 in consideration for 8,625,000 Class B ordinary shares (the “Founder Shares”). On October 20, 2020, the Sponsor surrendered and the Company canceled 2,875,000 Class B ordinary shares resulting in 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares outstanding. All share and per-share amounts have been retroactively restated to reflect the share cancellation. The Founder Shares included an aggregate of up to 750,000 shares subject to forfeiture by the Sponsor to the extent that the underwriter’s over-allotment was not exercised in full or in part, so that the Sponsor would collectively own, on an as-converted basis, 20% of the Company’s issued and outstanding shares after the Initial Public Offering (assuming the Sponsor did not purchase any Public Shares in the Initial Public Offering). As a result of the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option on November 9, 2020, a total of 381,250 Founder Shares are no longer subject to forfeiture and 368,750 Founder Shares were forfeited, resulting in an aggregate of 5,381,250 Founder Shares issued and outstanding.

The Sponsor has agreed, subject to limited exceptions, not to transfer, assign or sell any of its Founder Shares until the earlier to occur of: (A) one year after the completion of a Business Combination; and (B) subsequent to a Business Combination, (x) if the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after a Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, amalgamation, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s shareholders having the right to exchange their Class A ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property.

Administrative Support Agreement

The Company entered into an agreement, commencing on October 22, 2020, to pay the Sponsor a total of $10,000 per month for office space, secretarial and administrative support. Upon completion of the Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, the Company will cease paying these monthly fees.

Due to Sponsor

Subsequent to September 30, 2020, the Sponsor advanced $2,621,369 to the Company in anticipation of the amount to be paid for the purchase of additional Private Placement Warrants in the event the underwriters’ exercised their over-allotment option. The advance was due on demand should the over-allotment option not be exercised by the underwriters. Subsequent to the Initial Public Offering, on October 29, 2020, the Company repaid $2,021,369.

Promissory Note — Related Party

On September 4, 2020, the Sponsor agreed to loan the Company an aggregate of up to $300,000 to cover expenses related to the Initial Public Offering pursuant to a promissory note (the “Note”). The Note was non-interest bearing and payable on the earlier of December 31, 2020 or the completion of the Initial Public Offering. As of September 30, 2020, there was $257,694 outstanding under the Promissory Note. The outstanding balance under the Note of $278,631 was repaid subsequent to the closing of the Initial Public Offering on October 29, 2020.

Related Party Loans

In order to finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor or certain of the Company’s directors and officers may, but are not obligated to, loan the Company funds as may be required (“Working Capital Loans”). If the Company completes a Business Combination, the Company would repay the Working Capital Loans out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to the Company. Otherwise, the Working Capital Loans would be repaid only out of funds held outside the Trust Account. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, the Company may use a portion of proceeds held outside the Trust Account to repay the Working Capital Loans, but no proceeds held in the Trust Account would be used to repay the Working Capital Loans. Except for the foregoing, the terms of such Working Capital Loans, if any, have not been determined and no written agreements exist with respect to such loans. The Working Capital Loans would either be repaid upon consummation of a Business Combination, without interest, or, at the lender’s discretion, up to $1,500,000 of such Working Capital Loans may be convertible into warrants of the post-Business Combination entity at a price of $1.50 per warrant. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.


ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS

Registration Rights

Pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on October 22, 2020, the holders of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and any warrants that may be issued upon conversion of the Working Capital Loans (and any Class A ordinary shares issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and warrants that may be issued upon conversion of Working Capital Loans and upon conversion of the Founder Shares) will be entitled to registration rights. The holders of these securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form demands, that we register such securities. In addition, the holders have certain “piggy-back” registration rights with respect to registration statements filed subsequent to our completion of our initial business combination. However, the registration and shareholder rights agreement provides that we will not permit any registration statement filed under the Securities Act to become effective until termination of the applicable lockup period. The registration rights agreement does not contain liquidating damages or other cash settlement provisions resulting from delays in registering the Company’s securities.The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements.

Underwriting Agreement

The Company granted the underwriter a 45-day option to purchase up to 3,000,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. On November 9, 2020, the underwriter’s partially exercised their over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,525,000 Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit, and forfeited the remaining option to purchase additional Units.

The underwriter is entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $7,533,750 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriter from the amounts held in the Trust Account solely in the event that the Company completes a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

NOTE 7. SHAREHOLDER’S EQUITY

Preferred Shares — The Company is authorized to issue 5,000,000 shares of $0.0001 par value preferred shares. At September 30, 2020, there were no preferred shares issued or outstanding.

Class A Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue up to 500,000,000 Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share. Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. At September 30, 2020, there were no Class A ordinary shares issued or outstanding.

Class B Ordinary Shares — The Company is authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 Class B ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share. Holders of the Company’s ordinary shares are entitled to one vote for each share. At September 30, 2020, there were 5,750,000 Class B ordinary shares issued and outstanding.

Holders of Class A ordinary shares and Class B ordinary shares will vote together as a single class on all other matters submitted to a vote of shareholders, except as required by law.

The Class B ordinary shares will automatically convert into Class A ordinary shares at the time of a Business Combination or earlier at the option of the holders thereof at a ratio such that the number of Class A ordinary shares issuable upon conversion of all Founder Shares will equal, in the aggregate, on an as converted basis, 20% of the sum of (i) the total number of ordinary shares issued and outstanding upon completion of the Initial Public Offering, plus (ii) the total number of Class A ordinary shares issued or deemed issued or issuable upon conversion or exercise of any equity-linked securities or rights issued or deemed issued, by the Company in connection with or in relation to the consummation of a Business Combination, excluding any Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities exercisable for or convertible into Class A ordinary shares issued, deemed issued, or to be issued, to any seller in a Business Combination and any Private Placement Warrants issued to the Sponsor, its affiliates or any member of management team upon conversion of Working Capital Loans. In no event will the Class B ordinary shares convert into Class A ordinary shares at a rate of less than one-to-one.

Warrants — Public Warrants may exercise the Public Warrants only be exercised for a whole number of shares. No fractional shares will be issued upon exercise of the Public Warrants. The Public Warrants will become exercisable on the later of (a) 30 days after the consummation of a Business Combination or (b) one year from the closing of the Initial Public Offering.Class A common stock. The Public Warrants will expire five5 years fromafter the consummationcompletion of a Business Combinationthe Acies Merger, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation.


ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

The Company will not be obligated to deliver any Class A ordinary shares pursuant to the exercise of a Public Warrant and will have no obligation to settle such Public Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act covering the issuance of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Company satisfying its obligations with respect to registration. No warrant will be exercisable and the Company will not be obligated to issue Class A ordinary shares upon exercise of a warrant unless Class A ordinary shares issuable upon such warrant exercise has been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the registered holder of the warrants.

The Company has agreed that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 20 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to file with the SEC a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants, and it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the same to become effective within 60 business days after the closing of a Business Combination, and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement and a current prospectus relating to those Class A ordinary shares until the warrants expire or are redeemed, as specified in the warrant agreement; provided that if our Class A ordinary shares are at the time of any exercise of a warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Company may, at its option, require holders of Public Warrants who exercise their warrants to do so on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act and, in the event the Company so elect, the Company will not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement, but the Company will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available. If a registration statement covering the Class A ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants is not effective by the 60th day after the closing of a Business Combination, warrant holders may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when the Company will have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption, but the Company will use its commercially reasonably efforts to register or qualify the shares under applicable blue sky laws to the extent an exemption is not available.

Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $18.00 — Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding Public Warrants:

·in whole and not in part;
·at a price of $0.01 per Public Warrant;
·upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption to each warrant holder; and
·if, and only if, closing price of the Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three trading days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.

If and when the warrants become redeemable by the Company, the Company may exercise its redemption right even if the Company is unable to register or qualify the underlying securities for sale under all applicable state securities laws.

Redemption of Warrants When the Price per Class A Ordinary Share Equals or Exceeds $10.00 — Once the warrants become exercisable, the Company may redeem the outstanding warrants:

·in whole and not in part;
·at $0.10 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption provided that holders will be able to exercise their warrants on a cashless basis prior to redemption and receive that number of shares based on the redemption date and the fair market value of the Class A ordinary shares;
·if, and only if, the closing price of our Class A ordinary shares equals or exceeds $10.00 per public share (as adjusted) or any 20 trading days within the 30-trading day period ending three trading days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders; and
·if the closing price of the Class A ordinary shares for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the Company sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders is less than $18.00 per share (as adjusted) the Private Placement Warrants must also be concurrently called for redemption on the same terms as the outstanding Public Warrants, as described above.

The exercise price and number of ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants may be adjusted in certain circumstances including in the event of a share dividend, extraordinary dividend or recapitalization, reorganization, merger or consolidation. However, except as described below, the Public Warrants will not be adjusted for issuances of ordinary shares at a price below its exercise price. Additionally, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Public Warrants. If the Company is unable to complete a Business Combination within the Combination Period and the Company liquidates the funds held in the Trust Account, holders of Public Warrants will not receive any of such funds with respect to their Public Warrants, nor will they receive any distribution from the Company’s assets held outside of the Trust Account with respect to such Public Warrants. Accordingly, the Public Warrants may expire worthless.


ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.

NOTES TO CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

(Unaudited)

In addition, if (x) the Company issues additional Class A ordinary shares or equity-linked securities for capital raising purposes in connection with the closing of a Business Combination at an issue price or effective issue price of less than $9.20 per Class A ordinary share (with such issue price or effective issue price to be determined in good faith by the Company’s board of directors and, in the case of any such issuance to the Sponsor or its affiliates, without taking into account any Founder Shares held by the Sponsor or such affiliates, as applicable, prior to such issuance) (the “Newly Issued Price”), (y) the aggregate gross proceeds from such issuances represent more than 60% of the total equity proceeds, and interest thereon, available for the funding of a Business Combination on the date of the consummation of a Business Combination (net of redemptions), and (z) the volume weighted average trading price of its Class A ordinary shares during the 20 trading day period starting on the trading day prior to the day on which the Company consummates its Business Combination (such price, the “Market Value”) is below $9.20 per share, the exercise price of the warrants will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 115% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, the $18.00 per share redemption trigger price will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to 180% of the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price, and the $10.00 per share redemption trigger price will be adjusted (to the nearest cent) to be equal to the higher of the Market Value and the Newly Issued Price.

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants, underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants and the shares of Class A ordinary sharescommon stock issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants willwere not be transferable assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination,the Acies Merger, subject to certain limited exceptions. Additionally, the Private Placement Warrants will be exercisable on a cashless basis and beare non-redeemable except as described above, so long as they are held by the initial purchasersholder or theirany of its permitted transferees. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by someone other than the initial purchasersholder or theirits permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by such holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants.

NOTE 8. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Private Warrants may be exercised on a cashless basis so long as held by the Sponsor or certain permitted transferees.

The Company evaluated subsequent eventsmay redeem the outstanding Public Warrants in whole, but not in part, at a price of $0.01 per Public Warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, if and transactionsonly if the last sale price of the Company’s Class A common stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share for any 20-trading days within a 30-trading day period ending three business days before the Company sends the notice of redemption to the holders of the Public Warrants. If the Company calls the Public Warrants for redemption, management will have the option to require all holders that occurred afterwish to exercise the Public Warrants to do so on a cashless basis. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the exercise of Public Warrants.
On April 1, 2022, the Company commenced (i) an offer to each holder of its outstanding Public Warrants and Private Warrants (collectively, the “Warrants”) the opportunity to receive $1.00 in cash, without interest, for each outstanding Warrant tendered by the holder pursuant to the offer (the “Offer to Purchase”), and (ii) the solicitation of consents (the “Consent Solicitation”) from holders of the outstanding Warrants to amend the Warrant Agreement, dated as of October 22,
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2020, by and between the Company (formerly Acies Acquisition Corp.) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, which governs all of the Warrants (the “Warrant Amendment”) (collectively the "Tender Offer").
The Tender Offer expired midnight, Eastern Time, at the end of the day on May 13, 2022 (the “Expiration Date”), in accordance with its terms. Broadridge Corporate Issuer Solutions, Inc., the depositary for the Tender Offer, indicated that as of the Expiration Date, (i) 1,792,463 outstanding Public Warrants, or approximately 25% of the outstanding Public Warrants were validly tendered in and not withdrawn from the Offer to Purchase, and (ii) none of the outstanding Private Warrants were validly tendered in and not withdrawn from the Offer to Purchase. The Warrant Amendment was not approved.
The Company paid $1.8 million for all Public Warrants tendered by the holders pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and $1.1 million of fees, expenses, and other related amounts incurred in connection with the Tender Offer.
At March 31, 2023, there were approximately 5.4 million Public Warrants and 3.8 million Private Warrants outstanding. Refer to Note 7—Fair Value Measurements for further information.
NOTE 12—ACCRUED LIABILITIES
Accrued liabilities consist of the following:
March 31,
2023
December 31,
2022
Accrued payroll and vacation9,402 9,666 
Accrued user acquisition2,559 4,183 
Income taxes payable2,071 702 
Accrued royalties29 1,484 
Minimum guarantee liability4,320 1,500 
Other accruals4,560 3,938 
Total accrued liabilities$22,941 $21,473 

NOTE 13—LEASES
The Company's operating leases primarily consist of real estate leases such as offices. During the quarter ended March 31, 2023, operating lease expense was $1.3 million. The Company does not have any finance leases. Total variable and short-term lease payments were immaterial for all periods presented.

Supplemental balance sheet date upinformation related to the date that the financial statements were issued. Other thanoperating leases are as described in these condensed financial statements,follows:

March 31, 2023December 31, 2022
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net$14,395$15,562
Operating lease liabilities, current4,5064,571
Operating lease liabilities, noncurrent10,57411,660
Operating lease liabilities, total$15,080$16,231
Weighted average remaining lease term, years3.84.0
Weighted average discount rate3.3 %3.3 %


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Operating lease liability maturities:
Year ending December 31,Operating Leases
Remaining 2023$3,818 
20244,760 
20252,916 
20262,542 
20271,752 
Thereafter382 
Total undiscounted cash flows$16,170 
Less: imputed interest$(1,090)
Lease liabilities, total$15,080 
As of March 31, 2023, the Company did not identifyhave material additional operating leases that have not yet commenced.

NOTE 14—LONG-TERM DEBT
Credit Agreement
On June 24, 2021, in connection with the closing of the Acies Merger, the Company terminated and replaced its previous credit facility. The Company, a subsidiary of the Company, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Silicon Valley Bank and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers entered into a credit agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) which provides for a five-year revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $75.0 million. Borrowings under the Credit Agreement may be borrowed, repaid and re-borrowed by the Company, and are available for working capital, general corporate purposes and permitted acquisitions.
Commitment fees and interest rates are determined on the basis of either a Eurodollar rate or an Alternate Base Rate plus an applicable margin. The applicable margins are initially 2.50%, in the case of Eurodollar loans, and 1.50%, in the case of Alternate Base Rate loans. The applicable margin is subject to adjustment based upon the Company's Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement). Eurodollar rates and the Alternate Base Rate are subject to floors of 0.00% and 1.00%, respectively. The Credit Agreement contains various affirmative and negative financial and operational covenants applicable to the Company and its subsidiaries.
The Credit Agreement includes customary reporting requirements, conditions precedent to borrowing and affirmative, negative and financial covenants. Specific financial covenants include the following, commencing with the quarter ended September 30, 2021:
Total Net Leverage Ratio of 3.50:1.00 (subject to increase to 4.00:1.00 following consummation of certain material acquisitions)
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of 1.25:1.00.
On May 13, 2022, the Company entered into the Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement, which amended the Credit Agreement to, among other things, exclude from the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio certain funds, up to $15.0 million, expended or to be expended by the Company in connection with the Tender Offer.
On August 9, 2022, the Company entered into the Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement, which further amended the Credit Agreement (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement) to, among other things, (i) increase the total current available line of credit from $75.0 million to $81.0 million, (ii) change the basis for calculation of interest under the facility from LIBOR to SOFR, and (iii) exclude from the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (A) up to $6.0 million for the acquisition of, and improvements to, the real property located at 10150 Covington Cross Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 incurred on or prior to the first anniversary of the effective date of Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement, and (B) up to $20.0 million for the redemption or repurchase of up to 11.0 million warrants to purchase shares of Class A common stock of the Company, and shares of Class A common stock of the Company, on or before December 31, 2023, of which as of the date of Amendment No. 2 to the Credit Agreement the Company had used $1.8 million to redeem outstanding warrants to purchase Class A common stock in connection with the Tender Offer.
The Company capitalized a total of $0.7 million in debt issuance costs related to the Credit Agreement and subsequent amendments. As of March 31, 2023, the Company does not have any subsequentbalances outstanding under the Credit Agreement.
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NOTE 15—REVENUE FROM CONTRACTS WITH CUSTOMERS
Disaggregation of Revenue
The following table summarizes the Company’s revenue disaggregated by type, and by over time or point in time recognition:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20232022
Virtual currency (over time)(1)
$64,385 $65,935 
Advertising (point in time)13,085 4,075 
Other revenue (point in time or over time)2,653 441 
Total net revenue$80,123 $70,451 
(1)Virtual currency is recognized over the estimated consumption period.

The following table summarizes the Company’s revenue disaggregated by geography:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20232022
United States$69,557 $62,103 
All other countries10,566 8,348 
Total net revenue$80,123 $70,451 
Contract Balances
Contract assets represent the Company’s ability to bill customers for performance obligations completed under a contract. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no contract assets recorded in the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The deferred revenue balance related to the purchase of virtual currency was immaterial as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The opening and closing balance of trade receivables is further described in Note 5—Receivables.
NOTE 16—INCOME TAXES
The Company recorded an income tax expense of $0.3 million and $7.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Our effective tax rate was (11.3)% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to (45.1)%for the three months ended March 31, 2022. The effective rate of (11.3)% differs from the federal statutory rate of 21% primarily due to nondeductible stock compensation, the recognition of additional state tax liabilities due to an updated nexus study, the fair value adjustment to the warrant liability, and the effect of additional foreign taxes paid related to a settlement with the Israel Tax Authority.

NOTE 17—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Minimum Guarantee Liability
The following are the Company’s total minimum guaranteed obligations as of:
March 31,
2023
December 31,
2022
Minimum guarantee liability-current$4,320 $1,500 
Minimum guarantee liability-noncurrent1,500 1,500 
Total minimum guarantee obligations$5,820 $3,000 
Weighted-average remaining contractual term (in years)1.82.0
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The following are the Company’s remaining expected future payments of minimum guarantee obligations as of March 31, 2023:
Year Ending December 31,Minimum Guarantee
Obligations
Remaining 2023$4,320 
20241,500 
2025— 
2026— 
2027— 
Total$5,820 
N3TWORK, Inc.
On November 22, 2021, the Company entered into agreements with N3TWORK Inc. and The Tetris Company, LLC pursuant to which the Company acquired the rights to develop and operate Tetris®-branded mobile games for an initial term through August 2024. The Company paid N3TWORK Inc. $13.0 million at closing and agreed to pay up to an additional $34.0 million subject to satisfaction of certain conditions (the "Contingent Payments"). As of March 31, 2023, the Company advanced $8.0 million of the Contingent Payments (the "Advance Payment"). $1.8 million of the Advance Payment was considered earned as of March 31, 2023, which is included within "Prepaid expenses and other current assets" within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Other
The Company is party to ordinary and routine litigation incidental to its business. On a case-by-case basis, the Company engages inside and outside counsel to assess the probability of potential liability resulting from such litigation. After making such assessments, the Company makes an accrual for the estimated loss only when the loss is reasonably probable and an amount can be reasonably estimated. The Company does not expect the outcome of any pending litigation to have a material effect on the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, or Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
In May 2021, the Company became party to a litigation matter brought by TeamSava d.o.o. Beograd (“TeamSava”) and other related parties. The plaintiffs filed a Statement of Claim in May 2021 in Tel Aviv District Court in Israel, alleging claims, among other things, that the Company breached the terms of a commercial contract relating to services provided by TeamSava and related parties in connection with the sourcing and administrative management of personnel in Serbia who provided game development services exclusively for the Company. The pending litigation seeks damages of 27.3 million New Israeli Shekels ("NIS"). The Company believes that the claims are without merit and the Company intends to vigorously defend against them; however, there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in the defense of this litigation. The Company’s range of possible loss could be up to 27.3 million NIS based on the claim amount of the litigation, but the Company is not able to reasonably estimate the probability or amount of loss and therefore has not made any accruals.
On April 6, 2022, a class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court, Northern District of California, by a purported Company shareholder in connection with alleged federal securities law violations: Christian A. Felipe et. al. v. PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (the “Felipe Complaint”). On July 15, 2022, the Felipe Complaint was transferred to the United States District Court for the District of Nevada, Southern Division. On October 4, 2022, the plaintiffs filed an amendment to the Felipe Complaint. The Felipe Complaint names the Company, several current and former board members of the Company, board members and officers of Acies Acquisition Corp., and Andrew Pascal, the Company’s Chairman and CEO, as defendants. The Felipe Complaint alleges misrepresentations and omissions regarding the state of the Company’s development of the Kingdom Boss game and its financial projections and future prospects in the S-4 Registration Statement filed by Acies that was declared effective on May 25, 2021, the Proxy Statement filed by Acies on May 25, 2021, and other public statements that touted Old PLAYSTUDIOS’ and the Company’s financial performance and operations, including statements made on earnings calls and the Amended S-1 Registration Statement filed by the Company that was declared effective on July 30, 2021. The Felipe Complaint alleges that the misrepresentations and omissions resulted in stock price drops of 13% on August 12, 2021, and 5% on February 25, 2022, following (i) the Company’s release of financial results for the second quarter of 2021, ended on June 30, 2021, and (ii) the filing of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 and issuance of a press release summarizing financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2021, respectively. The Felipe Complaint seeks an award of damages for an unspecified amount. The Company believes that the claims are without merit and the Company intends to vigorously defend against them; however,
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there can be no assurance that the Company will be successful in the defense of this litigation. The Company is not able to reasonably estimate the probability or amount of loss and therefore has not made any accruals.
On February 28, 2023, the Company initiated an internal reorganization plan which is intended to enhance efficiency and reduce operating expenses. The reorganization plan includes a reduction of the Company’s current total global workforce by approximately 14 percent. The Company expects to substantially complete the personnel reduction by the end of the second quarter of fiscal year 2023, but the timing of certain reductions will vary based on job function and location, including local legal requirements.
The Company incurred $2.5 million of costs related to the internal reorganization plan and estimates that it will incur approximately $4.0 million in total charges in connection with the plan. These charges primarily relate to employee transition, severance payments, employee benefits, stock-based compensation, and lease termination costs which is included within "Restructuring and related" within the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.
The estimates of the charges and expenditures that the Company expects to incur in connection with the reorganization plan, and the timing thereof, are subject to a number of assumptions, including local law requirements in various jurisdictions, and actual amounts may differ materially from estimates. In addition, the Company may incur other charges or cash expenditures not currently contemplated due to unanticipated events that would have required adjustment or disclosuremay occur, including charges in connection with the implementation of the reorganization plan.
For the three months ended March 31, 2023, changes in liabilities resulting from the severance charges and related accruals were as follows:
Severance and Related
Balance as of December 31, 2022$— 
Charges$2,475 
Payments$(620)
Balance as of March 31, 2023$1,854 

NOTE 18—STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Common Stock
Subject to the prior rights of the holders of any preferred stock, the holders of common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of the funds legally available at the times and in the condensed financial statements.

amounts determined by the Company's Board of Directors. Each holder of Class A common stock is entitled to one vote for each share of Class A common stock held and each holder of Class B common stock is entitled to twenty votes for each share of Class B common stock held. After the full preferential amounts due to preferred stockholders have been paid or set aside, the remaining assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders, if any, are distributed to the holders of common stock ratably in proportion to the number of shares of common stock then held by each such holder. None of the Company’s common stock is entitled to preemptive rights or subject to redemption. With the exception of the conversion of the Class B common stock into Class A common stock as described below, the Company’s common stock is not convertible into any other shares of the Company’s capital stock.

The shares of Class B common stock are subject to a “sunset” provision if any member of the Founder Group transfers shares of Class B common stock outside the Founder Group (except for certain permitted transfers). In the event of such non-permitted transfers, any share transferred will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock. In addition, the outstanding shares of Class B common stock will be subject to a “sunset” provision by which all outstanding shares of Class B common stock will automatically convert into shares of Class A common stock (i) if holders representing a majority of the Class B common stock vote to convert the Class B common stock into Class A common stock, (ii) if the Founder Group and its permitted transferees collectively no longer beneficially own at least 20% of the number of shares of Class B common stock collectively held by the Founder Group as of the closing of the Acies Merger, or (iii) on the nine-month anniversary of the Founder’s death or disability, unless such date is extended by a majority of independent directors of the Company.
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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
The following tables shows a summary of changes in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss):
Currency
Translation
Adjustment
Total Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Loss
Balance as of December 31, 2022$(151)$(151)
Foreign currency translation57 57 
Balance as of March 31, 2023$(94)$(94)

Currency
Translation
Adjustment
Total Accumulated
Other Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
Balance as of December 31, 2021$393 $393 
Foreign currency translation(6)(6)
Balance as of March 31, 2022$387 $387 
Stock Repurchase Program
On November 10, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the Company to purchase up to $50.0 million of the Company’s Class A common stock over a period of 12 months. On November 2, 2022, the Company's Board of Directors extended such period for an additional 12 months until November 10, 2023. Subject to applicable rules and regulations, the shares may be purchased from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Such purchases will be at times and in amounts as the Company deems appropriate, based on factors such as market conditions, legal requirements and other business considerations.
As of March 31, 2023, the Company has acquired 2.4 million shares of its Class A common stock under this program at an aggregate value of $10.0 million and an average of $4.13 per share. Repurchased shares were held in treasury. The remaining availability under the November 2022 $50.0 million stock repurchase program was $40.0 million as of March 31, 2023.
From April 1, 2023 through May 8, 2023, the Company acquired 1.3 million shares of its Class A common stock under this program at an aggregate value of $5.7 million and an average of $4.24 per share. Repurchased shares were held in treasury.

NOTE 19—STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
The following table summarizes stock-based compensation expense for the periods shown:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Selling and marketing$184 $319 
General and administrative2,458 3,149 
Research and development2,211 3,400 
Stock-based compensation expense$4,853 $6,868 
Capitalized stock-based compensation$556 $1,101 
As of March 31, 2023, there was approximately $1.5 million and $45.2 million in unrecognized stock-based compensation expense related to stock options and restricted stock units that are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average expected vesting period of 1.0 year and 2.9 years, respectively. The Company granted 2.8 million restricted stock units during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

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NOTE 20—NET LOSS PER SHARE
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted net loss attributable to Class A and Class B common stockholders per share (in thousands except per share data):

Three Months Ended March 31, 2023Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Class AClass BClass AClass B
Numerator
Net loss attributable to common stockholders – basic$(2,250)$(320)$(21,992)$(3,220)
Potential dilutive effect of derivative instruments— — — — 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders – diluted$(2,250)$(320)$(21,992)$(3,220)
Denominator
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - basic115,673 16,458 110,207 16,130 
Potential dilutive effect of derivative instruments— — — — 
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - diluted115,673 16,458 110,207 16,130 
Net loss attributable to common stockholders per share
Basic$(0.02)$(0.02)$(0.20)$(0.20)
Diluted$(0.02)$(0.02)$(0.20)$(0.20)


For the periods presented above, the net loss per share amounts are the same for Class A and Class B common stock because the holders of each class are entitled to equal per share dividends or distributions in liquidation in accordance with the Certificate of Incorporation. The undistributed losses for each period are allocated based on the contractual participation rights of the Class A and Class B common stock as if the losses for the period had been distributed. As the liquidation and dividend rights are identical, the undistributed losses are allocated on a proportionate basis.
The following equity awards outstanding at the end of each period presented have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share of common stock for the periods presented due to their anti-dilutive effect:
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Stock options7,617 14,486 
Restricted stock units13,357 7,690 
Public Warrants5,382 7,175 
Private Warrants3,822 3,821 
Earnout Shares15,000 15,000 
45,178 48,172 
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Item 2.        MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

References in this report (the “Quarterly Report”) to “we,” “us” or the “Company” refer to Acies Acquisition Corp. References to our “management” or our “management team” refer to our officers and directors, and references to the “Sponsor” refer to Acies Acquisition, LLC. The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Exchange Act that are not historical facts, and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected and projected. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q including, without limitation, statements in this “Management’sManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” regardingOperations

The following discussion and analysis provides information which our management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of our condensed consolidated results of operations and financial condition. The discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with the Company’sunaudited condensed consolidated financial position, business strategystatements and notes thereto contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion contains forward-looking statements and involves numerous risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, those described in the plans and objectives“Risk Factors” section of management for future operations, arethis Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Actual results may differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. Words such as “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “seek”Unless the context otherwise requires, references to “we”, “us”, “our”, and variations and similar words and expressions“the Company” are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements relate to futuremean the business and operations of PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries.
Our actual results and the timing of certain events or future performance, but reflect management’s current beliefs, based on information currently available. A number of factors could cause actual events, performance or results tomay differ materiallysignificantly from the events, performance and results discussed in the forward-looking statements. ForFactors that might cause such a discrepancy include, but are not limited to, those discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, particularly in the section titled “Risk Factors” set forth in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements in this report are based on information identifying importantavailable to us as of the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements to reflect future events or circumstances, except as required by law.
Overview
We are a developer and publisher of free-to-play casual games for mobile and social platforms each of which incorporate our unique playAWARDS loyalty program. Over our eleven-year history, we developed a portfolio of free-to-play social casino games that are considered to be among the most innovative and unique in the genre. They include the award-winning POP! Slots, myVEGAS Slots, my KONAMISlots,myVEGAS Blackjack, myVEGAS Bingo, Tetris®, Solitaire, Spider Solitaire, Sudoku, and Mahjong. Our games are based on original content, real-world slot game content, as well as third-party licensed brands and are downloadable and playable for free on multiple social and mobile-based platforms, including the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore, and Facebook.
Each of our games is powered by our proprietary playAWARDS program and incorporates loyalty points that are earned by players as they engage with our games. These loyalty points enable our players to earn real-world rewards from a portfolio of entertainment, retail, technology, travel, leisure, and gaming brands across the globe. The rewards are provided by our collection of awards partners, the majority of whom provide their rewards at no cost to us, in exchange for product integration, marketing support, and participation in our loyalty program. The program is enabled by our playAWARDS platform which consists of a robust suite of tools that enable our awards partners to manage their rewards in real time, measure the value of our players’ engagement, and gain insight into the effectiveness and value they derive from the program. Through our self-service platform, awards partners can launch new rewards, make changes to existing offers, and in real time see how players are engaging with their brands. The platform tools also provide awards partners the ability to measure the off-line value our players generate as consumers and patrons of their real-world establishments.
Our playAWARDS platform embodies all of the features, tools, and capabilities needed to deliver loyalty programs tailored for the games industry. Our consumer-facing brand for our loyalty program is myVIP. The myVIP program is an aspirational benefits framework, with in-game mechanics and rewards features, along with a player development and hosting program. The program dynamically ranks and assigns players to tiers based on their accumulation of tier points, which are a proxy for their overall engagement with our games. The tier points are separate from and are not interchangeable with the loyalty points earned in the playAWARDS program. Qualified players are provided access to enhanced benefits that increase with each tier. Higher tiers provide access to a VIP player portal whereby players can view and purchase special chip bundles, redeem loyalty points for a curated set of rewards, and communicate directly with a dedicated personal host. The VIP player portal, concierge, and host programs enhance the in-game and real-world reward experience with both in-game and in-person, invitation-only special events. We believe that the myVIP program drives increased player engagement and retention, and therefore extends each game's life-cycle and revenue potential.
We primarily generate our revenue from the sale of virtual currency, which players can choose to purchase at any time to enhance their playing experience. Once purchased, our virtual currency cannot be withdrawn from the game, transferred from one game to another or from one player to another, or be redeemed for monetary value. Players who install our games receive free virtual currency upon the initial launch of the game, and they may also collect virtual currency free of charge at periodic intervals or through targeted marketing promotions. Players may exhaust the free virtual currency and may choose to purchase additional virtual currency. Additionally, players can send free “gifts” of virtual currency to their friends on Facebook. Our revenue from virtual currency has been generated world-wide, but is largely concentrated in North America.
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We also generate revenue from in-game advertising. Advertisements can be in the form of an impression, click-throughs, banner ads, or offers, where players are rewarded with virtual currency or loyalty points for watching a short video.
Impact of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic and related containment and mitigation efforts, including social distancing, shelter-in-place, quarantine, and similar policies, practices, and governmental orders, have resulted in widespread disruption in global economies, productivity, and financial markets and have materially altered our day-to-day business operations. We have followed guidance by the U.S., Israel, Hong Kong, and other applicable foreign and local governments to protect our employees and operations during the pandemic. We cannot predict potential future impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic or other future health epidemics or contagious disease outbreaks on our business or operations, but we will continue to actively monitor the related issues and may take further precautionary actions that alter our business operations, including as may be required by federal, state, local, or foreign authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, players, partners, and stockholders.
In addition to the potential direct impacts to our business, the global economy has been, and is likely to continue to be, significantly weakened as a result of the actions taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and future government intervention remains uncertain. A weakened global economy may impact our players and their purchasing decisions within our games, in particular as a result of the limitations associated with redeeming real-world rewards due to government-mandated or other restrictions on travel and other activities and limitations on our players’ discretionary spending, consumer activity during the pandemic and its impact on advertising investments, and the ability of our business partners, including our awards partners, to navigate this complex social, health, and economic environment, any of which could result in disruption to our business and results of our operations.
The duration and extent of the impact from the COVID-19 pandemic depends on future developments that cannot accurately be predicted at this time, such as the severity and transmission rate of the virus, the existence of any additional waves of the COVID-19 pandemic and variants thereof, the extent and effectiveness of containment actions, progress towards widespread rapid testing, effective treatment alternatives, and the success and timing of vaccination efforts, and the impact of these and other factors on our employees, players, and business partners. We have observed labor shortages, increasing competition for talent, and increasing employee attrition. If we are not able to respond to and manage the impact of such events effectively, our business may be harmed.
See “Risk Factors” for more information related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Key Factors Affecting Our Performance
There are a number of factors that affect the performance of our business, and the comparability of our results from period to period, including:
Third-Party Platform Agreements—Historically we derived substantially all of our revenue from in-game purchases of virtual currency that are processed by platform providers such as the Apple App Store, Google Store, Amazon Appstore, and on Facebook. The platform providers charge us a transaction fee to process payments from our players for their purchase of in-game virtual currency. These platform fees are generally set at 30% of the in-game purchase. Each platform provider has broad discretion to set its platform fees and to change and interpret its terms of service and other policies with respect to us and other developers in its sole discretion, and those changes may be unfavorable to us.

Player Acquisition—Establishing and maintaining a loyal network of players and paying players is vital for our success. As such, we spend a significant amount on advertising and other forms of player acquisition, such as traditional marketing and advertising, email and push notifications, and cross promoting between our games in order to grow our player base. These expenditures are generally related to new content launches, game enhancements, and ongoing programs to drive new player acquisition and the reactivation of lapsed player engagement. Our player acquisition strategy is centered on a payback period methodology, and we strive to optimize spend between the acquisition of new players and the reactivation of inactive players.

Player Monetization—Our revenue to date has been primarily driven through the sale of virtual currency. Paying players purchase virtual currency in our games because of the perceived value, which is dependent on the relative ease of obtaining equivalent virtual currency by simply playing our game. The perceived value of our virtual currency can be impacted by various actions that we take in our games including offering discounts for virtual currency or giving away virtual currency in promotions. Managing game economies is difficult and relies on our assumptions and judgment. If we fail to manage our virtual economies properly or fail to promptly and successfully respond to any such disruption, our
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reputation may suffer and our players may be less likely to play our games and to purchase virtual currency from us in the future, which would cause our business, financial condition, and results of operations to suffer.

Investment in Game Development—In order to maintain interest from existing players and add new players and achieve our desired revenue growth, we must continually improve the content, offers, and features in our existing games and the release of new games. As a result, we invest a significant amount of our technological and creative resources to ensure that we support an appropriate cadence of innovative content that our players will find appealing. These expenditures generally occur in advance of the release of new content or the launch of a new game, and the resulting revenue may not exceed the development costs, or the game or feature may be abandoned in its entirety.
Investment in our playAWARDS and myVIP programs—In order to drive player engagement and retention we invest a significant amount of resources to enhance the playAWARDS and myVIP programs. We continually evaluate these programs through an iterative feedback process with our players and awards partners and update them so that both our players and awards partners are able to optimize their personalized experience. As a result, we continuously incur expenses to enhance and update these programs. However, the results may not generate revenue and the enhancements may require additional significant modifications or be abandoned in their entirety.

Real-World Rewards—We currently offer real-world rewards relating to, among other things, dining, live entertainment shows, and hotel rooms, and we plan to continue to expand and diversify our rewards loyalty program in order to maintain and enhance the perceived value offering to our players. Our players’ willingness to make in-game purchases is directly impacted by our ability to provide desirable rewards. The real-world rewards we offer to our players are provided at no cost to us by our awards partners, and there is no obligation for us to pay or otherwise compensate either our awards partners or players for any player redemptions under our awards partner agreements.

Key Performance Indicators
We manage our business by regularly reviewing several key operating metrics to track historical performance, identify trends in player activity, and set strategic goals for the future. Our key performance metrics are impacted by several factors that could cause actual resultsthem to differ materially from those anticipated influctuate on a quarterly basis, such as platform providers’ policies, seasonality, player connectivity, and the forward-looking statements, please referaddition of new content to games. We believe these measures are useful to investors for the Risk Factors section of the Company’s final prospectus for its Initial Public Offering filed with the SEC. The Company’s securities filings cansame reasons. In addition, we also present certain non-GAAP performance measures. These performance measures are presented as supplemental disclosure and should not be accessed on the EDGAR section of the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Except as expressly required by applicable securities law, the Company disclaims any intentionconsidered superior to or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Overview

We are a blank check company incorporated in the Cayman Islands on August 14, 2020 formedsubstitute for the purpose of effecting a merger, amalgamation, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or other similar Business Combination with one or more businesses. We intend to effectuate our Business Combination using cash derived from the proceeds of the Initial Public Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, our shares, debt or a combination of cash, shares and debt.

We expect to continue to incur significant costsconsolidated financial statements prepared under U.S. GAAP. The non-GAAP measures presented in the pursuit of our acquisition plans. We cannot assure you that our plans to complete a Business Combination will be successful.

Results of Operations

We have neither engaged in any operations nor generated any operating revenues to date. Our only activities from inception through September 30, 2020 were organizational activities and those necessary to prepare for the Initial Public Offering, described below. We do not expect to generate any operating revenues until after the completion of our initial Business Combination. We expect to generate non-operating income in the form of interest income on marketable securities held after the Initial Public Offering. We expect that we will incur increased expenses as a result of being a public company (for legal, financial reporting, accounting and auditing compliance), as well as for due diligence expenses in connection with searching for, and completing, a Business Combination.

For the period from August 14, 2020 (inception) through September 30, 2020, we had a net loss of $16,739, which consisted of formation and operating costs.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of September 30, 2020, we had $143,032 in cash. Until the consummation of the Initial Public Offering, our only source of liquidity was an initial purchase of ordinary shares by the Sponsor and loans from our Sponsor.

Subsequent to the end of the quarterly period covered by this Quarterly Report on October 27, 2020, we consummated the Initial Public Offering of 20,000,000 Units, at a price of $10.00 per Unit, generating gross proceeds of $200,000,000. SimultaneouslyForm 10-Q should be read together with the closingunaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the respective related notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The key performance indicators and non-GAAP measures presented in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may differ from similarly titled measures presented by other companies and are not a substitute for financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Key Performance Indicators
Daily Active Users (“DAU”)
Daily Active Users ("DAU") is defined as the number of individuals who played a game on a particular day. We track DAU by the player ID, which is assigned for each game installed by an individual. As such, an individual who plays two different PLAYSTUDIOS games on the same day is counted as two DAU while an individual who plays the same PLAYSTUDIOS game on two different devices is counted as one DAU. Brainium tracks DAU by app instance ID, which is assigned to each installation of a game on a particular device. As such, an individual who plays two different Brainium games on the same day is counted as two DAU and an individual who plays the same Brainium game on two different devices is also counted as two DAU. The term "Average DAU" is defined as the average of the Initial Public Offering,DAU, determined as described above, for each day during the period presented. We use DAU and Average DAU as measures of audience engagement to help us understand the size of the active player base engaged with our games on a daily basis.
Monthly Active Users (“MAU”)
Monthly Active Users ("MAU") is defined as the number of individuals who played a game in a particular month. As with DAU, an individual who plays two different PLAYSTUDIOS games in the same month is counted as two MAU while an individual who plays the same game on two different devices is counted as one MAU, and an individual who plays two different Brainium games on the same day is counted as two MAU and an individual who plays the same Brainium game on two different devices is also counted as two MAU. The term "Average MAU" is defined as the average of the MAU,
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determined as described above, for each calendar month during the period presented. We use MAU and Average MAU as measures of audience engagement to help us understand the size of the active player base engaged with our games on a monthly basis.
Daily Paying Users (“DPU”)
Daily Paying Users ("DPU") is defined as the number of individuals who made a purchase in a game during a particular day. As with DAU and MAU, we consummatedtrack DPU based on account activity. As such, an individual who makes a purchase in two different games in a particular day is counted as two DPU while an individual who makes purchases in the salesame game on two different devices is counted as one DPU. The term "Average DPU" is defined as the average of 4,333,333 Private Placement Warrantsthe DPU, determined as described above, for each day during the period presented. We use DPU and Average DPU to help us understand the size of our active player base that makes in-game purchases. This focus directs our strategic goals in setting player acquisition and pricing strategy.
Daily Payer Conversion
Daily Payer Conversion is defined as DPU as a percentage of DAU on a particular day. Daily Player Conversion is also sometimes referred to as "Percentage of Paying Users" or "PPU". The term "Average Daily Payer Conversion" is defined as the Average DPU divided by Average DAU for a given period. We use Daily Payer Conversion and Average Daily Payer Conversion to help us understand the monetization of our active players.
Average Daily Revenue Per DAU (“ARPDAU”)
Average Revenue Per DAU ("ARPDAU") is defined for a given period as the average daily revenue per Average DAU, and is calculated as game and advertising revenue for the period, divided by the number of days in the period, divided by the Average DAU during the period. We use ARPDAU as a measure of overall monetization of our players.

Results of Operations
Summarized Consolidated Results of Operations
The following table summarizes our consolidated results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (in thousands, except percentages):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022$ Change% Change
Net revenue$80,123 $70,451 $9,672 13.7 %
Operating expenses82,330 85,294 (2,964)(3.5)%
Operating loss(2,207)(14,843)12,636 (85.1)%
Net loss(2,570)(25,212)22,642 (89.8)%
Net loss margin(3.2)%(35.8)%32.6 (91.1)%

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Revenue and Key Performance Indicators (in thousands, except percentages and ARPDAU)
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022Change% Change
Virtual currency$64,385 $65,935 $(1,550)(2.4)%
Advertising13,085 4,075 9,010 221.1 %
Other revenue2,653 441 2,212 501.6 %
Net revenue$80,123 $70,451 $9,672 13.7 %
Average DAU3,565 1,555 2,010 129.3 %
Average MAU13,082 6,913 6,169 89.2 %
Average DPU28 31 (3)(9.7)%
Average Daily Payer Conversion0.8 %2.0 %(1.2)pp(60.0)%
ARPDAU (in dollars)$0.24 $0.50 $(0.26)(52.0)%
pp = percentage points
Revenue information by geography is summarized as follows (in thousands, except percentages):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022Change% Change
United States$69,557 $62,103 $7,454 12.0 %
North America (excluding United States)10,566 3,691 6,875 186.3 %
Other— 4,657 (4,657)(100.0)%
Net revenue$80,123 $70,451 $9,672 13.7 %
Net revenue increased $9.7 million to $80.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $70.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase was primarily driven by increases of $9.0 million in advertising revenue and $2.2 million in other revenue. The increase in advertising revenue was primarily driven by an increase in impression count and focus on providing more opportunities for our players to engage with advertisements, including the addition of the Tetris®-branded mobile game to our games portfolio and the acquisition of the Brainium portfolio of casual games. Virtual currency revenue decreased $1.6 million to $64.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $65.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022, primarily driven by the decline in DPU. Our Average Daily Payer Conversion rate decreased 1.2 percentage points to 0.8% during the three months ended March 31, 2023 from 2.0% during the three months ended March 31, 2022 due to the Sponsor ataddition of Tetris® and the Brainium portfolio of games, which primarily operate with an advertising revenue model, as described above.
Operating Expenses
The following table summarizes our consolidated operating expenses for each applicable period (in thousands, except percentages):
Three Months Ended March 31,% of Revenue
20232022$ Change% Change20232022
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenue$19,527 $21,033 $(1,506)(7.2)%24.4 %29.9 %
Selling and marketing18,066 20,540 (2,474)(12.0)%22.5 %29.2 %
Research and development17,755 16,981 774 4.6 %22.2 %24.1 %
General and administrative11,901 9,691 2,210 22.8 %14.9 %13.8 %
Depreciation and amortization11,033 8,394 2,639 31.4 %13.8 %11.9 %
Restructuring expenses4,048 8,655 (4,607)(53.2)%5.1 %12.3 %
Total operating expenses$82,330 $85,294 $(2,964)(3.5)%102.8 %121.1 %
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Cost of Revenue
Cost of revenue decreased by $1.5 million to $19.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $21.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. Aspricepercentage of $1.50 per Private Placement revenue, cost of revenue decreased from 29.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2022 to 24.4% for the three months ended March 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily related to an increase in advertising revenue which does not incur platform fees, and a reduction in royalty expenses associated with our revenue.
Selling and Marketing
Selling and marketing expenses decreased by $2.5 million to $18.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $20.5 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The decrease was primarily due to a reduction of user acquisition costs of $2.7 million. As a percentage of revenue, selling and marketing expenses decreased from 29.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2022 to 22.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2023.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses increased by $0.8 million to $17.8 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $17.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to an increase of employee costs of $2.2 million and an increase of other research and development costs of $0.6 million. This was offset by a reduction of $1.2 million of stock based compensation and $0.8 million of outside services.
General and Administrative
General and administrative expenses increased by $2.2 million to $11.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $9.7 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to $2.4 million of additional employee costs and an increase of other general and administrative expense of $0.6 million. This increase was offset by a reduction of $0.7 million of stock based compensation.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $2.6 million to $11.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to $8.4 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase was primarily due to the acquisitions of Brainium and WonderBlocks, license renewals, and additional deprecation of property and equipment.
Restructuring Expenses
Restructuring expenses decreased by $4.6 million from the three months ended March 31, 2022 to the three months ended March 31, 2023. The decrease was primarily due to an $8.4 million non-cash impairment charge related to the suspension of Kingdom Boss development. This decrease was offset by an increase of $2.3 million related to the internal reorganization and $1.5 million in fees related to various merger and acquisition opportunities.
Other Expense, Net
The following table summarizes our consolidated non-operating expense for each applicable period (in thousands, except percentages):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022$ Change% Change
Change in fair value of warrant liabilities$(1,058)$(2,716)$1,658 61.0 %
Interest expense895 (5)900 18000.0 %
Other (expense) income60 187 (127)(67.9)%
Total other expense, net$(103)$(2,534)$2,431 (95.9)%
The change in fair value of warrant liabilities is related to the warrants discussed in Note 11—Warrant generating gross proceeds of $6,500,000.

On November 9, 2020, we issued an additional 1,525,000 Units for total gross proceeds of $15,250,000 in connectionLiabilities to our consolidated financial statements herein. Interest expense is related to the unused commitment fees and debt issue costs associated with the underwriters’ partial exerciseCredit Agreement and the Private Venture Growth Capital Loan, respectively, as discussed in Note 14—Long-Term Debt to our consolidated financial statements herein. Other (expense) income primary relates to gains or (losses) from equity investments and gains or (losses) from foreign currency transactions with our foreign subsidiaries.

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Provision for Income Taxes
Provision for income taxes resulted in a tax expense of their over-allotment option. Simultaneously$0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2023, compared to a tax expense of $7.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022. Our effective tax rate was (11.3)% for the three months ended March 31, 2023 compared to our statutory tax rate of 21%. Our effective tax rate was increased for non-deductible stock options, the deduction of foreign taxes, and for the recognition of estimated state taxes. Our effective tax rate was decreased by additional foreign taxes paid related to a settlement with the partial closingIsrael Tax Authority, the recognition of additional state tax liabilities due to an updated nexus study, and the fair value adjustment of the over-allotment option,warrant liability.
Non-GAAP Measures
Adjusted EBITDA (“AEBITDA”) and AEBITDA Margin
Adjusted EBITDA, or AEBITDA, as used herein, is a non-GAAP financial performance measure that is presented as a supplemental disclosure and is reconciled to net income as the most directly comparable GAAP measure. We define AEBITDA as net income before interest, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, restructuring and related costs (consisting primarily of severance and other restructuring related costs), stock-based compensation expense, changes in fair value of warrant liabilities, and other income and expense items (including special infrequent items, foreign currency gains and losses, and other non-cash items). We also use AEBITDA Margin, another non-GAAP measure, which we also consummatedcalculate as the salepercentage of an additional 203,334 Private Placement Warrants at $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total proceedsAEBITDA to revenue.
We use AEBITDA and AEBITDA Margin to monitor and evaluate the performance of $305,000.

our business operations, facilitate internal comparisons of our operating performance, and to analyze and evaluate decisions regarding future budgets and initiatives. We believe that both measures are useful because they provide investors with information regarding our operating performance that is used by our management in its reporting and planning processes. AEBITDA and AEBITDA Margin as calculated herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures and disclosures reported by other companies.

FollowingThe following table sets forth the Initial Public Offering,reconciliation of AEBITDA and AEBITDA Margin to net loss and net loss margin, the exercisemost directly comparable GAAP measure (in thousands, except percentages).

Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Net loss$(2,570)$(25,212)
Depreciation & amortization11,033 8,394 
Income tax expense260 7,835 
Stock-based compensation expense4,853 6,868 
Change in fair value of warrant liability1,058 2,716 
Change in fair value of contingent consideration(53)— 
Restructuring and related(1)
4,048 8,655 
Other, net(2)
(864)(182)
AEBITDA17,765 9,074 
GAAP Revenue80,123 70,451 
Margin as a % of revenue
Net loss margin(3.2)%(35.8)%
AEBITDA Margin22.2 %12.9 %
(1)Amounts reported during the three months ended March 31, 2023 relate to the internal reorganization, including severance-related costs, and fees related to evaluating various merger and acquisition opportunities. Amounts reported during the three months ended March 31, 2022 consist of fees related to evaluating various merger and acquisition opportunities, severance-related costs, and a non-cash impairment charge related to the over-allotment optionsuspension of Kingdom Boss development.
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(2)Amounts reported in part,“Other, net” include interest expense, interest income, gains/losses from equity investments, foreign currency gains/losses, and non-cash gains/losses on the disposal of assets.

Liquidity and Capital Resources
As of March 31, 2023, we had cash and cash equivalents of $127.5 million, which consisted of cash on hand and money market mutual funds. Historically, we have funded our operations, including capital expenditures, primarily through cash flow from operating activities. We believe that our existing cash and cash equivalents, the cash generated from operations, and the sale ofborrowing capacity under our Credit Agreement as described below will be sufficient to fund our operations and capital expenditures for at least the Private Placement Warrants, a total of $215,250,000 was placed in the Trust Account. We incurred $12,363,821 in transaction costs, including $4,305,000 of underwriting fees, $7,533,750 of deferred underwriting fees and $525,071 of other costs.

Wenext twelve (12) months. However, we intend to use substantially all ofcontinue to make significant investments to support our business growth and may require additional funds to respond to business challenges, including the funds held in the Trust Account, including any amounts representing interest earned on the Trust Account, which interest shall be net of taxes payable and excluding deferred underwriting commissions, to complete our Business Combination. We may withdraw interest from the Trust Account to pay taxes, if any. To the extent that our share capital or debt is used, in whole or in part, as consideration to complete a Business Combination, the remaining proceeds held in the Trust Account will be used as working capital to finance the operations of the target business or businesses, make other acquisitions and pursue our growth strategies.

We intend to use the funds held outside the Trust Account primarily to identify and evaluate target businesses, perform business due diligence on prospective target businesses, travel to and from the offices, plants or similar locations of prospective target businesses or their representatives or owners, review corporate documents and material agreements of prospective target businesses, structure, negotiate and complete a Business Combination.

In order to fund working capital deficiencies or finance transaction costs in connection with a Business Combination, our Sponsor or an affiliate of our Sponsor or certain of our officers and directors may, but are not obligated to, loan us funds as may be required. If we complete a Business Combination, we may repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds of the Trust Account released to us. In the event that a Business Combination does not close, we may use a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account to repay such loaned amounts, but no proceeds from our Trust Account would be used for such repayment. Up to $1,500,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants, at a price of $1.50 per warrant, at the option of the lender. The warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants.

We do not believe we will need to raise additional funds in order to meet the expenditures required fordevelop new games and features or enhance our existing games, improve our operating our business. However, if our estimate of the costs of identifying a target business, undertaking in-depth due diligenceinfrastructure, or acquire complementary businesses, personnel and negotiating a Business Combination are less than the actual amount necessary to do so, we may have insufficient funds available to operate our business prior to our initial Business Combination. Moreover,technologies. Accordingly, we may need to obtainengage in equity or debt financings to secure additional financing either to complete our Business Combinationfunds or because we become obligated to redeem a significant number of our public shares upon completion of our Business Combination, in which case we may issue additional securities or incur debt decide to do so opportunistically.

Debt
For a description of the Credit Agreement, see Note 14—Long-Term Debt in connection with such Business Combination.

Off-Balance Sheet Financing Arrangements

We have no obligations, assets or liabilities, which would be considered off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 2020. We do not participateour Condensed Consolidated Financial Statementsand Liquidity and Capital Resources in transactions that create relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, often referred to as variable interest entities, which would have been establishedour Annual Report on Form 10-K for the purposeyear ended December 31, 2022.

As of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements. We have not entered into any off-balance sheet financing arrangements, established any special purpose entities, guaranteed any debt or commitments of other entities, or purchased any non-financial assets.

Contractual Obligations

WeMarch 31, 2023, we do not have any long-term debt, capital lease obligations,outstanding amounts under the Credit Agreement.

Cash Flows
The following tables present a summary of our cash flows for the periods indicated (in thousands):
Three Months Ended March 31,
20232022
Net cash provided by operating activities$4,503 $11,585 
Net cash used in investing activities(7,618)(5,107)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities(3,490)130 
Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents89 (145)
(Decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents(6,516)6,463 
Operating Activities
During the three months ended March 31, 2023, operating lease obligations or long-termactivities provided $4.5 million of net cash as compared to $11.6 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The decrease in cash provided from operating activities was primarily due to a unfavorable change in operating assets and liabilities, other than an agreementincluding the increase in accounts receivable of $6.9 million due to paytiming fluctuations in receivables collection.
Investing Activities
Our investing activities are composed of cash used for game development and purchase of property and equipment.
During the Sponsor a monthly feethree months ended March 31, 2023, investing activities used $7.6 million of $10,000 for office space, secretarial and administrative support services providednet cash as compared to $5.1 million during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The change in cash used in investing activities was due to the Company. We began incurring these fees on October 22, 2020 and will continue to incur these fees monthly untilCompany receiving payments of $2.3 million for notes receivable during the earlierthree months ended March 31, 2022.
Financing Activities
Our cash flow (used in) provided by financing activities primarily consists of the completion of a Business Combination and the Company’s liquidation.

The underwriter is entitled to a deferred fee of $0.35 per Unit, or $7,533,750 in the aggregate. The deferred fee will become payable to the underwriterspayments for share repurchases partially offset by proceeds from the amounts heldexercise of stock options.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, financing activities used $3.5 million of net cash as compared to providing $0.1 million of cash during the three months ended March 31, 2022. The increase in cash used in financing activities was due to $5.4 million of share repurchases made during the Trust Account solelythree months ended March 31, 2023. This was offset by $1.9 million of cash provided by stock options exercises.
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Contractual Obligations, Commitments, and Contingencies
As of March 31, 2023, there had been no material changes to our aggregated indebtedness and other contractual obligations previously reported in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the event that we complete a Business Combination, subject to the terms of the underwriting agreement.

year ended December 31, 2022.

Critical Accounting Policies

and Estimates

Our management's discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires managementus to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements, and incomeas well as the reported revenue generated and expenses incurred during the periods reported.reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about items that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results could materiallymay differ from those estimates. Wethese estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Except as described in Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies, there have not identified anybeen no material changes to our critical accounting policies.

Recent Accounting Standards

Management does not believe that any recently issued, but not yet effective,policies and estimates as compared to the critical accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effectpolicies and estimates disclosed in our 2022 Annual Report on our condensed financial statements.

Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 10, 2023.


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Item 3.        QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not requiredQuantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices, such as interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates. We are exposed to market risks in the ordinary course of our business. These risks primarily include interest rate risk, investment risk, and foreign currency risk as follows:
Interest Rate Risk
Our exposures to market risk for changes in interest rates relate primarily to our Credit Agreement. The Credit Agreement and our Revolver are floating rate facilities. Therefore, fluctuations in interest rates will impact the amount of interest expense we incur and have to pay. We did not have any borrowings outstanding under our Credit Agreement at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively
We do not purchase or hold any derivative financial instruments for trading purposes.
Investment Risk
We had cash and cash equivalents totaling $127.5 million and $134.0 million as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Our investment policy and strategy primarily attempt to preserve capital and meet liquidity requirements without significantly increasing risk. Our cash and cash equivalents primarily consist of cash on hand and money market mutual funds. We have not entered into investments for trading or speculative purposes. Changes in rates would primarily impact interest income due to the relatively short-term nature of our investments. A hypothetical 100 basis point change in interest rates would have increased or decreased our interest income for a smaller reporting company.

twelve-month period by an immaterial amount.
Foreign Currency Risk
Our functional currency is the U.S. Dollar and our revenues and expenses are primarily denominated in U.S. Dollars. Our indirect foreign currency transaction exposure results mainly from the sale of our virtual currency to players outside of the U.S. While players outside of the U.S. make purchases in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar, we are paid by platform providers and record revenue in U.S. Dollars pursuant to the terms of the relevant contracts. While we have the ability to change the foreign currency pricing of our virtual currency, sudden and significant changes in the exchange rates of the Canadian and Australian Dollars and Pound Sterling to the U.S. Dollar could have a material impact on our results of operations. We do not hedge our foreign currency exposure but may do so in the future.
However, a significant portion of our headcount related expenses, consisting principally of salaries and related personnel expenses, as well as leases and certain other operating expenses, are denominated in New Israeli Shekels, or NIS. We also have foreign currency risks related to our operating expenses denominated in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar, including
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the Hong Kong Dollar, Euro, Mexican Peso, Serbian Dinar, Singapore Dollar and Vietnamese Dong. Accordingly, changes in exchange rates in the future may negatively affect our future operating results as expressed in U.S. Dollars.
We have experienced and will continue to experience fluctuations in our net income as a result of transaction gains or losses related to remeasurement of our asset and liability balances that are denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the entities in which they are recorded.

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Item 4.        CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure controlsControls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As required by Rules 13a-15f

Under the supervision and 15d-15 underwith the Exchange Act,participation of our Chief Executive Officermanagement, including our principal executive officer and Chief Financial Officer carried outprincipal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures, as of September 30, 2020. Based upon their evaluation, our Chief Executive Officerdefined in Rules 13a-15(e) and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. In designing and evaluating the disclosure controls and procedures, (as definedmanagement recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives and management is required to apply its judgment in Rules 13a-15 (e)evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and 15d-15 (e)procedures. Based on such evaluation, the Company's CEO and CFO have concluded that, as of the period covered by this report, the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective, at the reasonable assurance level, in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act)Act and were effective.

effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including the Company's CEO and CFO, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Overover Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as definedidentified in connection with the evaluation required by Rules 13a-15(f)13a-15(d) and 15d-15(f) under15d-15(d) of the Exchange Act)Act that occurred during the period covered by this reportthree months ended March 31, 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Item 1.        LEGAL PROCEEDINGS.

None.

Legal Proceedings
From time to time, we are a party to litigation and subject to claims incident to the ordinary course of business. Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, we currently believe that the final outcome of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on our business. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources and other factors. For information regarding legal proceedings and other claims in which we are involved, see Note 17—Commitments and Contingencies.

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Item 1A.    RISK FACTORS.

Risk Factors

A description of certain factors that could causemay affect our actualfuture results to differ materially from those in this Quarterly Report include theand risk factors describedis set forth in our final prospectus filed withAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the SEC on October 26, 2020. As of the date of this Quarterly Report thereyear ended December 31, 2022. There have been no material changes to the riskthose factors previously disclosed in our final prospectus filed with the SEC.

2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
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Item 2.        UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS.

On October 27, 2020, we consummatedUnregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The following table provides information about share repurchases made by us of our Initial Public Offering of 20,000,000 Units.Class A common stock during the quarter ended March 31, 2023:
Period
Total Number of Shares Purchased1
Average Price Paid per Share2
Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of a Publicly Announced Program
Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet be Purchased Under the Program3
(In thousands)
January 1, 2023 - January 31, 2023987,895 $4.24 987,895 $41,189 
February 1, 2023 - February 28, 2023265,834 $4.47 265,834 $40,000 
March 1, 2023 - March 31, 2023— $— — $40,000 

1.The repurchases are being executed from time to time, subject to general business and market conditions, through open market purchases or privately negotiated transactions, including through Rule 10b5-1 trading plans, pursuant to a stock repurchase program. On November 9, 2020,10, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the Company to repurchase, within a 12 month period, up to $50.0 million of the Company’s Class A common stock at such times and in connectionsuch amounts as the Company’s Board of Directors deems appropriate, based on factors such as market conditions, legal requirements, and other business considerations. The Company publicly announced the approval of such stock repurchase program on November 12, 2021. On November 2, 2022, the Company’s Board of Directors approved an extension of the time period for repurchases under the stock repurchase program for an additional 12 months from November 10, 2022 to November 10, 2023. The Company publicly announced the extension of such time period on November 8, 2022. See Note 18—Stockholders' Equity for additional information relating to share repurchases.
2.Average price paid per share excludes costs associated with the underwriters’ election to partially exercise their over-allotment option, we soldrepurchases.
3.From April 1, 2023 through May 8, 2023, the Company acquired an additional 1,525,000 Units. The Units sold in the Initial Public Offering and the partial exercise1.3 million shares of over-allotment option soldClass A common stock under this program at an offeringaggregate purchase price of $10.00$5.7 million and an average purchase price of $4.24 per Unit, generating total gross proceedsshare. As of $215,250,000. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Oppenheimer & Co. Inc acted asMay 8, 2023, the book-running managers. The securities sold inCompany has remaining authorization to repurchase up to $34.3 million of the offering were registeredCompany's Class A common stock under the Securities Act on registration statements on Form S-1 (No. 333-249297). The registration statements became effective on October 22, 2020.


Simultaneously with the consummation of the Initial Public Offering and the partial exercise of the over-allotment option, we consummated a private placement of 4,536,667 Private Placement Warrants to our Sponsor at a price of $1.50 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total proceeds of $6,805,000. Such securities were issued pursuant to the exemption from registration containedstock repurchase program described in Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

The Private Placement Warrants are identical to the Public Warrants underlying the Units sold in the Initial Public Offering, except that the Private Placement Warrants are not transferable, assignable or salable until 30 days after the completion of a Business Combination, subject to certain limited exceptions.

Of the gross proceeds received from the Initial Public Offering including the over-allotment option, and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants, $215,250,000 was placed in the Trust Account.

We paid a total of $4,305,000 in underwriting discounts and commissions and $525,071 for other costs and expenses related to the Initial Public Offering. In addition, the underwriter agreed to defer $7,533,750 in underwriting discounts and commissions.

For a description of the use of the proceeds generated in our Initial Public Offering, see Part I, Item 2 of this Form 10-Q.

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Item 3.        DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES.

None.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None

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Item 4.        MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES.

Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

applicable

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Item 5.        OTHER INFORMATION.

None.

Other Information

None

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Item 6.        EXHIBITS.

Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

No.Description of Exhibit
1.1Exhibit NumberDescription
3.1
3.2
3.131.1*Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association. (1)
4.1Warrant Agreement, dated October 22, 2020, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent. (1)
10.1Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated October 22, 2020, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee. (1)
10.2Registration Rights Agreement, dated October 22, 2020, between the Company and Acies Acquisition LLC. (1)
10.3Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated October 22, 2020, between the Company and Acies Acquisition LLC. (1)
10.4Letter Agreement, dated October 22, 2020, among the Company, Acies Acquisition LLC and each of the officers and directors of the Company. (1)
31.1*
31.2*
32.1**
32.2**Certification of Principaland Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted Pursuantpursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 20022002.
101.INS**Inline XBRL Instance Document
101.CAL*101.SCH*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.SCH*101.DEF*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.DEF*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB*101.PRE*XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document
101.PRE*Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

*Filed herewith.
**101.LAB*Furnished.Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
(1)104Previously filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 27, 2020Cover Page Interactive Data File formatted in Inline XBRL and incorporated by reference herein.contained in Exhibit 101.


*Filed herewith
**The instance document does not appear in the interactive data file because its XBRL tags are embedded within the inline XBRL document.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Securitiesthe Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

ACIES ACQUISITION CORP.
PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc.
Date: December 4, 2020/s/ Edward King
Date:Name:May 9, 2023Edward KingBy:/s/ Andrew Pascal
Title:Co-ChiefName:Andrew Pascal
Title:Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
Date: December 4, 2020May 9, 2023By:/s/ Daniel FettersScott Peterson
Name:Daniel FettersName:Scott Peterson
Title:Co-Chief ExecutiveTitle:Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)


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