Medley Management Inc. Reports AUM Over $5 Billion, Declares $0.20 Per Share Dividend and Reports First Quarter 2016 Results


NEW YORK, May 12, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medley Management Inc. (NYSE:MDLY) today reported its financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2016.

Highlights

  • Total assets under management were $5.0 billion as of March 31, 2016

  • Fee earning assets under management were $3.2 billion as of March 31, 2016

  • Core Net Income Per Share was $0.13 for Q1 2016

  • Declared $0.20 per share dividend for Q1 2016 payable on June 2, 2016

  • U.S. GAAP net income attributable to Medley Management Inc. was $(0.01) per share for Q1 2016

“In the first quarter of 2016, our assets under management grew by 5% to $5 billion, or 28% year over year.  With substantial capital available to invest and planned new product expansion we are well positioned for growth in the quarters and years ahead,” said Brook Taube, Co-CEO of Medley.

Results of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2016

Total revenues decreased by 31%, or $7.9 million, for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. This decrease was primarily due to a reversal in performance fee revenue of $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to an accrual of performance fee revenue of $6.3 million for the same period in 2015. Exclusive of performance fees, total revenues would have decreased by 5%, or $1.0 million, to $18.2 million compared to the same period in 2015.

Total expenses increased by 16% or, $1.9 million, to $13.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. The increase was due primarily to an increase in general, administrative and other expenses as a result of higher expense support agreement expenses related to Sierra Income Corporation, one of our permanent capital vehicles. 

Total other expense, net increased by $0.5 million to $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015.  The increase was due primarily to an increase in expense associated with our revenue share payable.            

Pre-Tax Core Net Income decreased by $6.5 million, to $6.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015.  Core Net Income Per Share was $0.13 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to $0.25 for the same period in 2015. Exclusive of the impact of performance fees1, Pre-Tax Core Net Income would have decreased by $1.1 million to $7.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 and Core Net Income Per Share would have been $0.14 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to $0.16 for the same period in 2015.

Core EBITDA decreased by $6.4 million to $9.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to the same period in 2015. Exclusive of the impact of performance fees1, Core EBITDA would have decreased by $0.9 million to $9.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2016, compared to the same period in 2015.

Investor Contact:
Sam Anderson
Medley Management Inc.
212.759.0777

Media Contact:
Liz Bruce
Fitzroy Communications
212.498.9197

1 The impact of performance fees on our income statement includes the impact of performance fee revenue, performance fee compensation and the portion of net income attributable to non-controlling interest in consolidated subsidiaries relating to performance fee revenue.

Key Performance Indicators:

      
 For the Three Months Ended
 March 31,
 (unaudited)
 2016 2015
 (Amounts in thousands, except AUM,
 share and per share amounts)
Consolidated Financial Data:     
Net income attributable to Medley Management Inc. and non-
controlling interests in Medley LLC
$773  $9,077 
      
Non-GAAP Data:     
Pre-Tax Core Net Income (1)$6,761  $13,266 
Core Net Income (1) 5,965   11,767 
Core EBITDA (2) 9,067   15,462 
Core Net Income Per Share (3)$0.13  $0.25 
Core Net Income Margin (4) 21.9%  29.7%
Pro-Forma Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (5) 30,403,893   30,475,937 
      
Other Data (at period end, in millions):     
AUM$5,012  $3,924 
Fee Earning AUM 3,169   3,165 
        
(1)  Pre-Tax Core Net Income is calculated as Core Net Income before income taxes. Core Net Income reflects net income attributable to Medley Management Inc. and net income attributable to non-controlling interests in Medley LLC adjusted to exclude reimbursable expenses associated with the launch of funds, certain one-time severance costs and stock-based compensation associated with restricted stock units that were granted in connection with our IPO. Please refer to the reconciliation of Core Net Income to Net income attributable to Medley Management Inc. and non-controlling interests in Medley LLC in Exhibit B for additional details. 
 
(2)  Core EBITDA is calculated as Core Net Income before interest expense, income taxes and depreciation. Please refer to the reconciliation of Core EBITDA to Net income attributable to Medley Management Inc. and non-controlling interests in Medley LLC in Exhibit B for additional details.
 
(3)  Core Net Income Per Share is calculated as Core Net Income, adjusted for the income tax effect of assuming that all of our pre-tax earnings were subject to federal, state and local corporate income taxes, divided by Pro-Forma Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (as defined below).  We assumed an effective corporate tax rate of 43.0% for all periods presented. Please refer to the calculation of Core Net Income Per Share in Exhibit C for additional details.
 
(4)  Core Net Income Margin equals Core Net Income Per Share divided by total revenue per share.
 
(5)  The calculation of Pro-Forma Weighted Average Shares Outstanding assumes the conversion by the pre-IPO holders of 23,333,333 Medley LLC units for 23,333,333 shares of Class A common stock at the beginning of each period presented, as well as the vesting of the weighted average number of restricted stock units during each of the periods presented. Please refer to Exhibit C for additional details.
 

Fee Earning AUM

The table below presents the year-to-date roll forward of our total fee earning AUM:

             
          % of AUM
 Permanent  Long-dated    Permanent  Long-dated
 Capital  Private Funds   Capital   Private Funds
 Vehicles  and SMAs Total Vehicles and SMAs
 (Dollars in millions)    
Ending balance, December 31, 2015$ 2,238  $ 1,064  $ 3,302   68%  32%
Commitments  (41)   32    (9)    
Capital reduction  (10)   -    (10)    
Distributions  (34)   (76)   (110)    
Change in fund value  6    (10)   (4)    
Ending balance, March 31, 2016$ 2,159  $ 1,010  $ 3,169   68%  32%
 

Total fee earning AUM decreased by 4%, or $134 million, to $3.2 billion at March 31, 2016 compared to December 31, 2015. The permanent capital vehicles’ share of fee earning AUM remained consistent at 68% as of March 31, 2016 compared to December 31, 2015.

Dividend Declaration

On May 10, 2016, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share of Class A common stock, for the first quarter 2016, payable on June 2, 2016, to shareholders of record of the Company’s Class A common stock as of the close of business on May 24, 2016.

Conference Call and Webcast Information

We will host an earnings conference call and audio webcast at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) on Thursday May 12, 2016 to discuss our first quarter 2016 financial results. 

All interested parties may participate in the conference call by dialing (877) 524-5743 approximately 5-10 minutes prior to the call. International callers should dial (615) 247-0088. Participants should reference Medley Management Inc. and the conference code of 95974060 when prompted.  Following the call you may access a replay of the event via audio webcast. This conference call will also be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by all interested parties through the Company’s website, http://www.mdly.com. To listen to the live call, please go to the Company's website at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register and download any necessary audio software. For those who are not able to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call on the Company's website.

About Medley

Medley is an asset management firm offering yield solutions to retail and institutional investors. Medley's national direct origination franchise, with over 80 people, is a premier provider of capital to the middle market in the U.S. Medley has over $5 billion of assets under management in two business development companies, Medley Capital Corporation (NYSE:MCC) and Sierra Income Corporation, as well as private investment vehicles. Over the past 14 years, we have provided in excess of $6 billion of capital to over 300 companies across 35 industries in North America. For additional information, please visit Medley Management Inc. at www.mdly.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements included herein may contain "forward-looking statements". Statements other than statements of historical facts included in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements and are not guarantees of future performance or results and involve a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in any forward-looking statements as a result of a number of factors, including those described from time to time in filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those described in the section “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement made herein. All forward-looking statements made herein speak only as of the date of this press release.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

We make reference to certain non-GAAP financial measures in this press release. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP is contained in the tables attached hereto.

Non-GAAP measures used by management include Pre-Tax Core Net Income, Core Net Income, Core EBITDA, Core Net Income Per Share and Core Net Income Margin.  Management uses these non-GAAP measures to assess the performance of our business and believes that these non-GAAP measures also provide investors with useful information to evaluate our performance.  These non-GAAP measures supplement and should be considered in addition to and not in lieu of our consolidated results of operations calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

This press release does not constitute an offer for any Medley fund.

Available Information

Medley Management Inc.’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases, earnings releases and other financial information are available at www.mdly.com.

Exhibit A. Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations of Medley Management Inc.

  
 For the Three Months Ended
 March 31,
 (unaudited)
 2016 2015
      
 (Amounts in thousands,
 except share and
 per share data)
Revenues     
Management fees$ 16,263  $ 17,520 
Performance fees  (591)   6,336 
Other revenues and fees  1,899    1,624 
Total revenues  17,571    25,480 
      
Expenses     
Compensation and benefits  5,868    7,221 
Performance fee compensation  (71)   112 
General, administrative and other expenses  7,979    4,507 
Total expenses  13,776    11,840 
      
Other income (expense)     
Dividend income  222    222 
Interest expense  (2,118)   (2,085)
Other expenses, net  (751)   (262)
Total other expense, net  (2,647)   (2,125)
Income before income taxes  1,148    11,515 
Provision for (benefit from) income taxes  112    1,148 
Net income  1,036    10,367 
Net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries  263    1,290 
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests in Medley LLC  679    7,803 
Net income attributable to Medley Management Inc.$ 94  $ 1,274 
      
Net income (loss) per Class A common stock:     
Basic$ (0.01) $ 0.19 
Diluted$ (0.01) $ 0.19 
Weighted average shares - Basic and Diluted5,851,129  6,000,000 


Exhibit B.  Reconciliation of Core Net Income and Core EBITDA to Net income attributable to Medley Management Inc. and non-controlling interests in Medley LLC

  
 For the Three Months Ended
 March 31,
 (unaudited)
 2016 2015
 (Amounts in thousands)
      
Net income attributable to Medley Management Inc.$94 $1,274
Net income attributable to non-controlling interests in Medley LLC 679  7,803
Net income attributable to Medley Management Inc. and non-controlling interests in
Medley LLC
 773  9,077
Reimbursable fund startup expenses (1) 4,597  1,923
Severance expense (1) -  121
IPO date award stock-based compensation (1) 595  646
Core Net Income$5,965 $11,767
Interest expense 2,118  2,085
Income taxes 796  1,499
Depreciation and amortization 188  111
Core EBITDA$9,067 $15,462
      
(1)  Amounts are presented net of income taxes.
 
 

Exhibit C. Calculation of Core Net Income Per Share

  
 For the Three Months Ended
 March 31,
 (unaudited)
 2016 2015
 (Amounts in thousands,
 except share and
 per share amounts)
Numerator     
Core Net Income$5,965  $11,767 
Add: Income taxes 796   1,499 
Pre-Tax Core Net Income 6,761   13,266 
      
Denominator     
Class A common stock 5,851,129   6,000,000 
Conversion of LLC Units to Class A common stock 23,333,333   23,333,333 
Restricted stock units 1,219,431   1,142,604 
Pro-Forma Weighted Average Shares Outstanding (1) 30,403,893   30,475,937 
Pre-Tax Core Net Income Per Share$0.22  $0.44 
Less: corporate income taxes per share (2) (0.09)  (0.19)
Core Net Income Per Share$0.13  $0.25 
        

(1)  The calculation of Pro-Forma Weighted Average Shares Outstanding assumes the conversion by the pre-IPO holders of 23,333,333 Medley LLC units for 23,333,333 shares of Class A common stock at the beginning of each period presented, as well as the vesting of the weighted average number of restricted stock units during each of the periods presented.

(2)  Represents a per share adjustment for income taxes assuming that all of our pre-tax earnings were subject to federal, state and local income taxes. We assumed an effective corporate tax rate of 43.0% for all periods presented.

Exhibit D.  Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets of Medley Management Inc.

      
 As of   
 March 31, As of
 2016 December 31,
 (unaudited) 2015
 (Amounts in thousands)
Assets     
Cash and cash equivalents$ 65,381  $ 71,688 
Investments, at fair value  15,505    16,360 
Management fees receivable  13,028    16,172 
Performance fees receivable  1,944    2,518 
Other assets  16,147    13,015 
Total assets$ 112,005  $ 119,753 
      
Liabilities and Equity     
Loans payable$ 100,883  $ 100,871 
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities  34,196    34,746 
Performance fee compensation payable  1,467    1,823 
Total liabilities  136,546    137,440 
      
Redeemable Non-controlling Interest  12,464    - 
      
Equity     
Class A Common Stock  58    60 
Class B Common Stock  -    - 
Additional paid in capital (capital deficit)  271    631 
Retained earnings (accumulated deficit)  (1,950)   (730)
Total stockholders' equity (deficit), Medley Management Inc.  (1,621)   (39)
Non-controlling interests in consolidated subsidiaries  (2,052)   (459)
Non-controlling interests in Medley LLC  (33,332)   (17,189)
Total equity (deficit)  (37,005)   (17,687)
Total liabilities, redeemable non-controlling interest and equity$ 112,005  $ 119,753