Toronto, Ontario--(Newsfile Corp. - February 27, 2025) - Lorne Park Capital Partners Inc. (TSXV: LPC) ("LPCP" or the "Company") today announced its results for the quarter ending December 31, 2024 ("Q4 2024") and for the year ending December 31, 2024 ("FY 2024").
Assets under management were $3.64 billion on December 31, 2024, compared to $3.01 billion on December 31, 2023. During FY 2024, the Company added $149 million in net new assets and had foreign exchange and market appreciation of $476 million.
Revenue for FY 2024 was $36.6 million, an increase of $7.2 million or 24.6%, compared to $29.4 million for the year ending December 31, 2023 ("FY 2023"). Revenue for Q4 2024 was $10.6 million, an increase of $3.1 million or 41.0%, compared to $7.5 million for the quarter ending December 31, 2023 ("Q4 2023"). The 2024 periods included a performance fee of $1.2 million. Excluding this performance fee, the growth in revenues was $6.1 million or 20.7% and $1.9 million or 25.5% for the year and three months, respectively, mainly due to the growth in average AUM.
Net earnings for FY 2024 were $1.5 million, an increase of $1.1 million or 278.3%, compared to $0.4 million during FY 2023, and were $1.3 million for Q4 2024, compared to $34 thousand during Q4 2023. Included in net earnings in the current year periods were regulatory legal charges, pooled fund set up charges, and other fair value and contingency adjustments. Included in net earnings in the prior year periods were acquisition related charges, charges for the establishment of a loan facility, and other fair value and contingency adjustments.
Adjusted EBITDA1, a non-IFRS measure, for FY 2024 was $9.8 million, an increase of $2.5 million or 35.2%, compared to $7.3 million during FY 2023, and was $3.5 million for Q4 2024, an increase of $1.4 million or 70.8%, compared to $2.1 million during Q4 2023.
These results are not a comprehensive statement of the Company's financial results for YTD 2024 and Q4 2024. They should not be viewed as a substitute for financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards and are not necessarily indicative of the Company's results for any future period.
About Lorne Park Capital Partners Inc.
LPCP was created to bring together boutique investment management and wealth advisory firms in order to deliver robust, cost-effective investment solutions to affluent investors, foundations, estates and trusts. LPCP's unique strategy creates better alignment between investment managers and wealth advisors while providing them with additional resources to accelerate their growth.
For further information, please contact:
Robert Sewell Chief Executive Officer Lorne Park Capital Partners Inc. investor.relations@lpcp.ca (905) 337-2227
Non-IFRS Measures
LPCP's annual consolidated financial statements are prepared in accordance with IFRS as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board. The information presented in this press release includes non-IFRS financial measures, namely EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA. These measures are not recognized measures under IFRS and do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to a similar measure presented by other companies. Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to complement IFRS measures by providing further understanding of the Company's results of operations from management's perspective. Accordingly, these measures should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of the Company's financial information reported under IFRS. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are used to provide investors with supplemental measures of the Company's operating performance and thus highlight trends in LPCP's core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS measures. The Company's management also believes that securities analysts, investors and other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS measures in the evaluation of issuers. LPCP's management also uses non-IFRS measures in order to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period, to prepare annual operating budgets and forecasts and to determine components of management compensation. The Company's management believes EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are an important supplemental measure of LPCP's performance, primarily because they and similar measures are used widely among others in the investment management industry as a means of evaluating a company's underlying operating performance. EBITDA is defined as net earnings before financing costs, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA, adjusted for acquisition, restructuring, integration, and share-based compensation expenses.
The following table outlines how EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA were determined:
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This news release contains statements which constitute "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward-looking information may be identified by such terms as "believes", "anticipates", "expects", "estimates", "may", "could", "would", "will", "plan", and other similar expressions. Forward looking information in this news release includes, without limitation, LPCP's objectives, goals and future plans. Forward-looking information addresses possible future events, conditions and financial performance based upon management's current expectations, estimates, projections and assumptions. In particular, the forward-looking information contained in this news release reflects assumptions about the timing and results of the amalgamation and regulatory approvals. Management of LPCP considers the assumptions on which the forward-looking information contained herein are based to be reasonable. However, by its very nature, forward-looking information inherently involves known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such information. Such risks include, without limitation, changes in economic conditions, applicable laws or regulations. Accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information. LPCP disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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1 Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS measure. See “Non-IFRS Measures”
