Loop Media Reports Full Year 2024 and Fiscal Fourth Quarter Financial Results

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Loop Moves Toward a Stronger Bottom Line Despite Challenging Revenue Year

Loop Media Reports Full Year 2024 and Fiscal Fourth Quarter Financial Results

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Loop Media, Inc. ("Loop Media," "Loop" or "our" or the "Company") (OTC: LPTV), a leading multichannel streaming CTV platform that provides curated music videos, sports highlights, news, premium entertainment channels select live sports and other channels, as well as digital signage for businesses, reports financial and operating results for its full fiscal year 2024 and fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, 2024.

Summary Fiscal Year 2024 vs. Fiscal Year 2023

• Revenue decreased to $22.3 million, compared to $31.6 million.
• Gross profit decreased to $6.0 million, compared to $10.7 million.
• Gross margin decreased to 26.9%, compared to 33.7%.
• Net loss was $(24.5) million or $(0.33) per share, compared to $(32.0) million or $(0.56) per share.
• Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure defined below) was $(11.1) million, compared to $(15.7) million.
• As of September 30, 2024, we had 27,811 QAUs operating on our O&O Platform, compared to 37,021 QAUs.
• As of September 30, 2024, we had a total of approximately 49,000 screens across our Partner Platforms, compared to 42,000 screens.

Summary Fiscal Q4 2024 vs. Fiscal Q4 2023

• Revenue decreased to $3.7 million, compared to $5.7 million.
• Gross profit decreased to $1.0 million, compared to $1.6 million.
• Gross margin increased slightly to 27.6%, compared to 27.5%.
• Net loss was $(6.2) million or $(0.07) per share, compared to a loss of $(9.0) million or $(0.15).
• Adjusted EBITDA (a non-GAAP financial measure defined below) was $(2.8) million, compared to $(4.8) million.

Fiscal Year (September 30) 2024 Financial Results

In the 2024 fiscal year, revenue decreased approximately 30% to $22.3 million compared to $31.6 million in fiscal 2023. The decrease was primarily due to the lack of political ad placements, a slowdown in digital advertising spend, a reduction in ad demand partners that view our Loop Platform as a CTV platform and an overall challenging ad market environment.

Gross profit in the 2024 fiscal year was $6.0 million compared to $10.7 million in fiscal 2023. Gross margin was 26.9% in the 2024 fiscal year compared to 33.7% in fiscal 2023. The decrease was primarily driven by decreased revenue and revenue mix offset by cost-cutting measures to reduce the cost of revenue.

Total sales, general, and administrative ("SG&A") expenses (excluding stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, loss from disposal of assets and restructuring costs) in the 2024 fiscal year were $20.6 million compared to $29.4 million for fiscal 2023. The decrease was primarily due to a reduction in payroll costs, marketing costs and professional and administrative fees.

Net loss in the 2024 fiscal year was $(24.5) million or $(0.33) per share, compared to a net loss of $(32.0) million or $(0.56) per share for fiscal 2023.

Adjusted EBITDA in the 2024 fiscal year was $(11.1) million compared to $(15.7) million for fiscal 2023.

Fiscal Fourth Quarter (September 30) 2024 Financial Results

In the 2024 fiscal fourth quarter, revenue decreased approximately 35% to $3.7 million compared to $5.7 million for the same period in fiscal 2023. The decrease was primarily driven by a material slowdown in digital advertising spend due to the macroeconomic environment.

Gross profit in the 2024 fiscal fourth quarter was $1.0 million compared to $1.6 million for the same period in fiscal 2023. Gross margin was 27.6% in the 2024 fiscal fourth quarter compared to 27.5% in the prior period. The slight increase was primarily driven by revenue mix as well as incremental licensing costs.

Total SG&A expenses (excluding stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, loss from disposal of assets and restructuring costs) in the 2024 fiscal fourth quarter were $4.5 million compared to $7.4 million for the same period in fiscal 2023. The decrease was primarily driven by a reduction in payroll costs, marketing costs and professional and administrative fees.

Net loss in the 2024 fiscal fourth quarter was $(6.2) million or $(0.07) per share, compared to a net loss of $(9.0) million or $(0.15) per share for the same period in fiscal 2023.

Adjusted EBITDA in the fiscal 2024 fourth quarter was $(2.8) million compared to $(4.8) million for the same period in fiscal 2023.

On September 30, 2024, cash and cash equivalents were $0.8 million compared to $3.1 million on September 30, 2023. The decrease was primarily driven by the use of cash from operations. As of September 30, 2024, total net debt was $7.8 million compared to $7.5 million as of September 30, 2023.

For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, we had approximately 77,000 active Loop Players and Partner Screens across the Loop Platform, which included 27,811 QAUs across our O&O Platform, a decrease of 25% (or 9,210 QAUs) from the 37,021 QAUs for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, and a decrease of 9% (or 2,675 QAUs) over the 30,486 QAUs for the third quarter of fiscal 2024, and approximately 49,000 Partner Screens across the Company’s Partner Platforms at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, an increase of 17% (or approximately 7,000 Partner Screens) over approximately 42,000 Partner Screens at the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023, and a decrease of approximately 4% (or approximately 2,000 Partner Screens) over approximately 51,000 Partner Screens at the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2024.

Management Commentary

Justis Kao, Interim CEO of Loop Media, stated, "When I stepped up to the Interim CEO role in March, my primary focus was to work with the team and our board of directors to get our Company to a cash flow positive position as quickly as possible in an effort to achieve success for the Company and thus maximize shareholder returns, which is a key focus for us. When we started Loop, revenue growth was the key metric as it was for many tech and media companies. We learned, however, that such growth had to be balanced with a strong bottom line, and over the last six months we undertook serious measures to try to make Loop more competitive and create efficiencies across our business, which has included reducing third-party vendor costs, restructuring and eliminating unprofitable contracts with content providers and reducing our workforce. We have worked hard and continue to work diligently to regain the confidence of our investors and shareholders, and while our top line growth retracted, we are running a more streamlined business and are starting to move toward a stronger bottom line.

"All tech companies must constantly consider and improve their software and technology, and Loop is no different. Reducing the rate of growth in distribution in the latter part of fiscal 2024 has allowed us to review and address upgrades to our technology that are needed to improve the flow of advertisements to our Loop Players and the number of advertisements that are served to us, as well as to improve the functionality of our Loop Players for our business venue clients. These important and exciting software upgrades are well underway, and we expect to be rolling them out across our network in the coming weeks. Our goal is to increase the productivity of our proprietary Loop Player, which will lead to increased distribution – a priority for the Company going forward – and which we hope will also lead to a stronger bottom line in the coming fiscal year."

Conference Call

Loop Media's management will host a conference call today, December 10, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the financial and operating results for its full year 2024 and fiscal fourth quarter ended September 30, 2024. Below are the details for those participants who would like to dial in.

Date: December 10, 2024
Time: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
Participant registration link: Q4 Link

Conference ID: 9875656
Participant Toll-Free Dial-In Number: 1(800) 715-9871
Participant International Dial-In Number: 1(646) 307-1963

The conference call will also be available for replay on the investor relations section of Loop Media's website at https://ir.loop.tv/.

About Loop Media, Inc.

Loop Media, Inc. (“Loop Media” or "Loop®") (OTC: LPTV) is a leading connected television (CTV) / streaming / digital out-of-home TV and digital signage platform optimized for businesses, providing music videos, news, sports and entertainment channels through its Loop® TV service. Loop Media is the leading company in the U.S. licensed to stream music videos to businesses through its proprietary Loop® Player.

Loop® TV’s digital video content is streamed to millions of viewers in CTV / streaming / digital out of home locations including bars/restaurants, office buildings, retail businesses, college campuses and airports, among many other venues, in the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

Loop® TV is fueled by one of the largest and most important premium short-form entertainment libraries that includes music videos, movie trailers, branded content and live performances. Loop Media’s non-music channels cover a wide variety of genres and moods and include movie trailers, sports highlights, lifestyle and travel videos, viral videos and more. Loop Media’s streaming services generate revenue from programmatic and direct advertising and subscriptions.

To learn more about Loop Media products and applications, please visit us online at Loop.tv.

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Safe Harbor Statement and Disclaimer

This news release includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including, but not limited to, Loop Media's expected performance, ability to compete in the highly competitive markets in which it operates, statements regarding Loop Media's ability to develop talent and attract future talent, the success of strategic actions Loop Media is taking and the impact of strategic transactions. Forward-looking statements give Loop Media’s current expectations, opinion, belief or forecasts of future events and performance. A statement identified by the use of forward-looking words including "will," "may," "expects," "projects," "anticipates," "plans," "believes," "estimate," "should" and certain of the other foregoing statements may be deemed forward-looking statements. Although Loop Media believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause actual future activities and results to be materially different from those suggested or described in this news release. Investors are cautioned that any forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual results or developments may differ materially from those projected. The forward-looking statements in this press release are made as of the date hereof. Loop Media takes no obligation to update or correct its own forward-looking statements, except as required by law, or those prepared by third parties that are not paid for by Loop Media. Loop Media's Securities and Exchange Commission filings are available at www.sec.gov.

Non-GAAP Measures

Loop Media uses non-GAAP financial measures, including Adjusted EBITDA and quarterly active units or QAUs, as supplemental measures of the performance of the Company's business. Use of these financial measures has limitations, and you should not consider them in isolation or use them as substitutes for analysis of Loop Media’s financial results under generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”).

We believe that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA, provides investors with additional information about our financial results. Adjusted EBITDA is an important supplemental measure used by our board of directors and management to evaluate our operating performance from period-to-period on a consistent basis and as a measure for planning and forecasting overall expectations and for evaluating actual results against such expectations.

Adjusted EBITDA is not measured in accordance with, or an alternative to, measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In addition, this non-GAAP financial measure is not based on any comprehensive set of accounting rules or principles. As a non-GAAP financial measure, Adjusted

EBITDA has limitations in that it does not reflect all of the amounts associated with our results of operations as determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP. In particular:

• Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the amounts we paid in interest expense on our outstanding debt;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the amounts we paid in taxes or other components of our tax provision;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not include depreciation expense from fixed assets;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not include amortization expense;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not include the impact of stock-based compensation;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not include the impact of non-recurring expense;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not include the impact of the loss on the disposal of asset;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not include the impact of restructuring costs for restructured revenue stream;
• Adjusted EBITDA does not include the impact of the loss on the extinguishment of debt; and
• Adjusted EBITDA does not include the impact of employee retention credits.

Because of these limitations, you should consider Adjusted EBITDA alongside other financial performance measures including net income (loss) and our financial results presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The financial tables below provide a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the most nearly comparable measure under U.S. GAAP.

The Company defines an “active unit” as (i) an ad-supported Loop Player (or DOOH location using Loop Media’s ad-supported service through its “Loop for Business” application or using a DOOH venue-owned computer screening the Company’s content) that is online, playing content, and has checked into the Loop analytics system at least once in the 90-day period or (ii) a DOOH location customer using the Company’s paid subscription service at any time during the 90-day period. The Company uses quarterly active units, or “QAUs,” to refer to the number of such active units during such period.

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