PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Merger with Acies Acquisition Corp.

On June 21, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Acies Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company (prior to the Closing 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 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 (“First Merger Sub”), Catalyst Merger Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Acies (“Second Merger Sub”), and Old PLAYSTUDIOS.

In connection with the closing of the Acies Merger, Acies filed a notice of deregistration with the Cayman Islands Registrar of Companies, together with the necessary accompanying documents, and filed a certificate of incorporation (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) and a certificate of corporate domestication with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, under which Acies was domesticated and continues as a Delaware corporation, changing its name to PLAYSTUDIOS, Inc. (the “Domestication”). As a consequence of filing the Certificate of Incorporation, the Company adopted a dual class structure, comprised of the Company’s Class A common stock, which is entitled to one vote per share, and the Company’s Class B common stock, which is entitled to 20 votes per share. See Note 16—Stockholders' Equity for further discussion on the dual class structure.

In connection with the Acies Merger, Acies entered into subscription agreements with certain investors ("PIPE Investors"), whereby it issued 25.0 million shares of Class A common stock at $10.00 per share (the "PIPE Shares") for an aggregate purchase price of $250.0 million (the "PIPE Financing"), which closed simultaneously with the consummation of the Acies Merger. The Company used $20.0 million of the PIPE Financing to terminate the profit share provision of an agreement with MGM Resorts International, one of the PIPE Investors.

In connection with the Acies Merger, the Company incurred direct and incremental costs of $32.8 million related to the equity issuance, consisting primarily of investment banking and other professional fees, which were recorded to additional paid-in capital as a reduction of proceeds.

The Company incurred approximately $1.4 million of expenses primarily related to advisory, legal and accounting fees in conjunction with the Acies Merger. Of this, $0.1 million and $1.3 million were recorded in general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.

The aggregate consideration for the Acies Merger was approximately $1,041.0 million, payable in the form of the Company's Class A and Class B common stock and cash. The following table summarizes the merger consideration (in thousands, except per share information).


	Consideration
Cash consideration	$	102,020
Shares transferred at closing(1)	86,838
Value per share	$	10.00
Share consideration	$	868,380
Total consideration	$	970,400
Shares of common stock underlying vested options	7,060
Value per share	$	10.00
	70,600
Aggregate consideration	$	1,041,000

(1)Excludes shares of common stock underlying stock options that are vested but unexercised as of the Closing Date of the Acies Merger. As the shares do not represent legally outstanding shares of common stock at Closing, they are excluded from the total consideration amount.

The following table reconciles the elements of the Acies Merger to the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2021:


Cash - Acies Trust and cash (net of redemptions)	$	101,965
Cash - PIPE	230,000
Less: Cash consideration	(102,020)
Less: Transaction costs	(44,775)
Net Acies Merger and PIPE Financing	$	185,170

The Acies Merger was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization and Acies was treated as the “acquired” company for accounting purposes. The Acies Merger was accounted as the equivalent of Old PLAYSTUDIOS issuing stock for the net assets of Acies, accompanied by a recapitalization. Accordingly, all historical financial information presented in these condensed consolidated interim financial statements represents the accounts of Old PLAYSTUDIOS “as if” Old PLAYSTUDIOS is the predecessor to the Company. The common stock and net income per share, prior to the Acies Merger, have been adjusted to share amounts reflecting the recapitalization exchange ratio of approximately 0.233 for Old PLAYSTUDIOS common stock.

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 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 substantially all 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:


Consideration:
Cash consideration	$	945
Note receivable plus accrued interest conversion	1,055
Contingent consideration	1,564
Total consideration transferred	$	3,564

Identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:
Developed technology	2,403
Other liabilities	$	(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 entered into a membership interest purchase agreement with Brainium Studios LLC (“Brainium"), a mobile game publisher, Farhad Shakiba, and Jake Brownson (together, the "Seller Members"), and Farhad Shakiba as the Sellers' Representative, pursuant to which PLAYSTUDIOS US, LLC acquired all of the issued and outstanding membership interests in Brainium from the Seller Members. 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, and between zero and $27.3 million following the closing subject to the satisfaction of certain financial milestones for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022. The Company is currently in the process of finalizing the accounting for this transaction and the Company expects to complete the preliminary allocation of the purchase consideration to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed by the end of the fourth quarter of 2022.