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ZIM Reports Financial Results for the Third Quarter of 2024; Raises Full Year 2024 Guidance
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Reported Revenues of $2.77 Billion, Net Income of $1.13 Billion, Adjusted EBITDA1 of $1.53 Billion and Adjusted EBIT of $1.24 Billion2; Achieved Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBIT Margins of 55% and 45%, Respectively
Achieved 12% Volume Growth YOY with Record Carried Volume of 970 Thousand TEUs in Q3 2024
Increased Full Year 2024 Guidance to Adjusted EBITDA of $3.3 Billion to $3.6 Billion and Adjusted EBIT of $2.15 Billion to $2.45 Billion3
Declared Increased Dividend of ~$440 million, Comprised of a Regular Dividend of ~$340 Million, or 30% of Q3 Net Income, Plus Special Dividend of ~$100 Million; Per Share Distribution: $3.65 Per Share, Reflecting Regular Dividend of $2.81 Per Share Plus Special Dividend of $0.84 Per Share
HAIFA, Israel, Nov. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. (NYSE: ZIM), (“ZIM” or the “Company”) a global container liner shipping company, announced today its consolidated results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024.
Third Quarter 2024 Highlights
Net income for the third quarter was $1.13 billion (compared to a net loss of $2.27 billion in the third quarter of 20234), or diluted earnings per share of $9.345 (compared to diluted loss per share of $18.90 in the third quarter of 2023).Adjusted EBITDA1 for the third quarter was $1.53 billion, a year-over-year increase of 626%.Operating income (EBIT) for the third quarter was $1.23 billion, compared to operating loss of $2.28 billion in the third quarter of 2023.Adjusted EBIT1 for the third quarter was $1.24 billion, compared to Adjusted EBIT loss of $213 million in the third quarter of 2023.Total revenues for the third quarter were $2.77 billion, a year-over-year increase of 117%.Carried volume in the third quarter was 970 thousand TEUs, a year-over-year growth of 12%.Average freight rate per TEU in the third quarter was $2,480, a year-over-year increase of 118%.Net debt1 of $2.70 billion as of September 30, 2024, compared to $2.31 billion as of December 31, 2023; net leverage ratio1 of 0.9x as of September 30, 2024, compared to 2.2x as of December 31, 2023.
Eli Glickman, ZIM President & CEO, stated, “ZIM delivered strong third quarter results, as we again achieved record carried volumes contributing to our outstanding financial performance. We are pleased to share our success with our shareholders and declare a special dividend of ~$100 million on top of the regular 30% of quarterly net income dividend payout of ~$340 million, for a total dividend of ~$440 million, or $3.65 per share. Our growing earnings power is reflective of a strong rate environment, but also a testament to our diligent execution, upscaling our capacity and enhancing our cost structure. We’ve continued to see incremental benefits from our strategic investment in our operated capacity as new larger, more modern, cost-effective vessels join our fleet.”
Mr. Glickman added, “Also contributing to our strong Q3 was a decision we made earlier in the year to increase our exposure to spot volumes in the Transpacific trade. A key differentiator for ZIM is our commercial agility and we intend to continue to leverage this strength to capitalize on market opportunities moving forward. Based on results that have exceeded expectations to date and improved outlook for the fourth quarter of 2024, we have increased our full year 2024 guidance and today forecast full year Adjusted EBITDA between $3.3 billion and $3.6 billion and Adjusted EBIT between $2.15 billion and $2.45 billion.”
Mr. Glickman concluded, “We will close out the year with the final delivery of the remaining four out of 46 newbuild containerships that we secured, which include 28 LNG-powered vessels. Entering 2025, we will be operating a fleet that is both well-equipped to meet emissions reduction targets and well suited to the trades in which we operate. Supported by our declining unit costs, we believe ZIM is well positioned to deliver profitable growth over the long term.”
Summary of Key Financial and Operational Results
Q3-24
Q3-23
9M-24
9M-23
Carried volume (K-TEUs)………………………….
970
867
2,768
2,496
Average freight rate ($/TEU)………………………
2,480
1,139
1,889
1,235
Total revenues ($ in millions)……………………..
2,765
1,273
6,260
3,957
Operating income (loss) (EBIT) ($ in millions)
1,235
(2,276)
1,870
(2,457)
Profit (loss) before income tax ($ in millions).
1,133
(2,342)
1,604
(2,678)
Net income (loss) ($ in millions)………………….
1,126
(2,270)
1,591
(2,541)
Adjusted EBITDA1 ($ in millions)………………..
1,531
211
2,725
859
Adjusted EBIT1 ($ in millions)…………………….
1,236
(213)
1,891
(373)
Net income (loss) margin (%)…………………….
41
(178)
25
(64)
Adjusted EBITDA margin (%)…………………….
55
17
44
22
Adjusted EBIT margin (%)…………………………
45
(17)
30
(9)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share ($)…………..
9.34
(18.90)
13.17
(21.19)
Net cash generated from operating activities
($ in millions)…………………………………………..
1,498
338
2,600
858
Free cash flow1 ($ in millions)……………………
1,454
328
2,470
791
SEP-30-24
DEC-31-23
Net debt1 ($ in millions)…………………………….
2,698
2,309
Financial and Operating Results for the Third Quarter Ended September 30, 2024
Total revenues were $2.77 billion for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $1.27 billion for the third quarter of 2023, mainly driven by the increase in freight rates as well as carried volume.
ZIM carried 970 thousand TEUs in the third quarter of 2024, compared to 867 thousand TEUs in the third quarter of 2023. The average freight rate per TEU was $2,480 for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $1,139 for the third quarter of 2023.
Operating income (EBIT) for the third quarter of 2024 was $1.23 billion, compared to operating loss of $2.28 billion for the third quarter of 2023. The increase was primarily driven by the impairment loss recorded in the third quarter of 2023 and the above-mentioned increase in revenues.
Net income for the third quarter of 2024 was $1.13 billion, compared to net loss of $2.27 billion for the third quarter of 2023, also mainly driven by the above-mentioned impairment loss recorded in the third quarter of 2023 and the increase in revenues.
Adjusted EBITDA for the third quarter of 2024 was $1.53 billion, compared to $211 million for the third quarter of 2023. Adjusted EBIT was $1.24 billion for the third quarter of 2024, compared to Adjusted EBIT loss of $213 million for the third quarter of 2023. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBIT margins for the third quarter of 2024 were 55% and 45%, respectively. This compares to 17% and -17% for the third quarter of 2023, respectively.
Net cash generated from operating activities was $1.50 billion for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $338 million for the third quarter of 2023.
Financial and Operating Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024
Total revenues were $6.26 billion for the first nine months of 2024, compared to $3.96 billion for the first nine months of 2023, primarily driven by both an increase in freight rates as well as carried volume.
ZIM carried 2,768 thousand TEUs in the first nine months of 2024, compared to 2,496 thousand TEUs in the first nine months of 2023. The average freight rate per TEU was $1,889 for the first nine months of 2024, compared to $1,235 for the first nine months of 2023.
Operating income (EBIT) for the first nine months of 2024 was $1.87 billion, compared to operating loss of $2.46 billion for the first nine months of 2023. The increase was primarily driven by the above-mentioned increase in revenues and the impairment loss recorded in the third quarter of 2023.
Net income for the first nine months of 2024 was $1.59 billion, compared to net loss of $2.54 billion for the first nine months of 2023, also mainly driven by the above-mentioned increase in revenues and impairment loss recorded in the third quarter of 2023.
Adjusted EBITDA was $2.72 billion for the first nine months of 2024, compared to $859 million for the first nine months of 2023. Adjusted EBIT was $1.90 billion for the first nine months of 2024, compared to Adjusted EBIT loss of $373 million for the first nine months of 2023. Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBIT margins for the first nine months of 2024 were 44% and 30%, respectively. This compares to 22% and -9% for the first nine months of 2023.
Net cash generated from operating activities was $2.60 billion for the first nine months of 2024, compared to $858 million for the first nine months of 2023.
Liquidity, Cash Flows and Capital Allocation
ZIM’s total cash position (which includes cash and cash equivalents and investments in bank deposits and other investment instruments) increased by $441 million from $2.69 billion as of December 31, 2023 to $3.13 billion as of September 30, 2024. Capital expenditures totaled $50 million for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $14 million for the third quarter of 2023. Net debt position as of September 30, 2024 was $2.70 billion, compared to $2.31 billion, as of December 31, 2023, an increase of $389 million. ZIM’s net leverage ratio as of September 30, 2024, was 0.9x, compared to 2.2x as of December 31, 2023.
Third Quarter 2024 and Special Dividend
In accordance with the Company’s dividend policy, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a regular cash dividend of approximately $340 million, or $2.81 per ordinary share, reflecting approximately 30% of third quarter 2024 net income. In addition, the Board of Directors declared a special dividend of approximately $100 million, or $0.84 per share, for a total dividend of approximately $440 million or $3.65 per share. The dividend (both regular and special) will be paid on December 9, 2024, to holders of record of ZIM ordinary shares as of December 2, 2024.
All future dividends are subject to the discretion of Company’s Board of Directors and to the restrictions provided by Israeli law.
Use of Non-IFRS Measures in the Company’s 2024 Guidance
A reconciliation of the Company’s non-IFRS financial measures included in its full-year 2024 guidance to corresponding IFRS measures is not available on a forward-looking basis. In particular, the Company has not reconciled its Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EBIT because the various reconciling items between such non-IFRS financial measures and the corresponding IFRS measures cannot be determined without unreasonable effort due to the uncertainty regarding, and the potential variability of, the future costs and expenses for which the Company adjusts, the effect of which may be significant, and all of which are difficult to predict and are subject to frequent change.
Updated Full-Year 2024 Guidance
The Company increased its guidance for the full year of 2024 and now expects to generate Adjusted EBITDA between $3.3 billion and $3.6 billion and Adjusted EBIT between $2.15 billion and $2.45 billion. Previously, the Company expected to generate Adjusted EBITDA between $2.6 billion and $3.0 billion and Adjusted EBIT between $1.45 billion and $1.85 billion.
Conference Call Details
Management will host a conference call and webcast (along with a slide presentation) to review the results and provide a corporate update today at 8:00 AM ET.
To access the live conference call by telephone, please dial the following numbers: United States (toll free) +1-800-715-9871 or +1-646-307-1963; Israel +972-3-376-1144 or UK/international +44-20-3481-4247, and reference conference ID: 1972775 or the conference name. The call (and slide presentation) will be available via live webcast through ZIM’s website, located at the following link. Following the conclusion of the call, a replay of the conference call will be available on the Company’s website.
About ZIM
Founded in Israel in 1945, ZIM (NYSE: ZIM) is a leading global container liner shipping company with established operations in more than 90 countries serving approximately 33,000 customers in over 300 ports worldwide. ZIM leverages digital strategies and a commitment to ESG values to provide customers innovative seaborne transportation and logistics services and exceptional customer experience. ZIM’s differentiated global-niche strategy, based on agile fleet management and deployment, covers major trade routes with a focus on select markets where the company holds competitive advantages. Additional information about ZIM is available at www.ZIM.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
The following information contains, or may be deemed to contain forward-looking statements (as defined in the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “may,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential” or “continue,” the negative of these terms and other comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions about the Company, may include projections of the Company’s future financial results, its anticipated growth strategies and anticipated trends in its business. These statements are only predictions based on the Company’s current expectations and projections about future events or results. There are important factors that could cause the Company’s actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from the results, level of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to: market changes in freight, bunker, charter and other rates or prices (including as a result of the continued situation in the Red Sea), supply-demand fluctuations in the containerized shipping market, new legislation or regulation affecting the Company’s operations, new competition and changes in the competitive environment, our ability to achieve cost savings or expense reductions, the outcome of legal proceedings to which the Company is a party, global, regional and/or local political instability, including the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, the increased tension between Israel and Iran and its proxies, in particular the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah, inflation rate fluctuations, capital markets fluctuations and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including under the caption “Risk Factors” in its 2023 Annual Report filed with the SEC on March 13, 2024.
Although the Company believes the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, it cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither the Company nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. The Company assumes no duty to update any of these forward-looking statements after the date hereof to conform its prior statements to actual results or revised expectations, except as otherwise required by law.
The Company prepares its financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).
Use of Non-IFRS Financial Measures
The Company presents non-IFRS measures as additional performance measures as the Company believes that it enables the comparison of operating performance between periods on a consistent basis. These measures should not be considered in isolation, or as a substitute for operating income, any other performance measures, or cash flow data, which were prepared in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles as measures of profitability or liquidity. Please note that Adjusted EBITDA does not take into account debt service requirements or other commitments, including capital expenditures, and therefore, does not necessarily indicate the amounts that may be available for the Company’s use. In addition, the non-IFRS financial measures presented by the Company may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies due to differences in the way these measures are calculated.
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-IFRS financial measure which we define as net income (loss) adjusted to exclude financial expenses (income), net, income taxes, depreciation and amortization in order to reach EBITDA, and further adjusted, as applicable, to exclude impairment of assets, non-cash charter hire expenses, capital gains (losses) beyond the ordinary course of business and expenses related to legal contingencies.
Adjusted EBIT is a non-IFRS financial measure which we define as net income (loss) adjusted to exclude financial expenses (income), net and income taxes, in order to reach our results from operating activities, or EBIT, and further adjusted, as applicable, to exclude impairment of assets, non-cash charter hire expenses, capital gains (losses) beyond the ordinary course of business and expenses related to legal contingencies.
Free cash flow is a non-IFRS financial measure which we define as net cash generated from operating activities minus capital expenditures, net.
Net debt is a non-IFRS financial measure which we define as face value of short- and long-term debt, minus cash and cash equivalents, bank deposits and other investment instruments. We refer to this measure as net cash when cash and cash equivalents, bank deposits and other investment instruments exceed the face value of short- and long-term debt.
Net leverage ratio is a non-IFRS financial measure which we define as net debt (see above) divided by Adjusted EBITDA for the last twelve-month period. When our net debt is less than zero, we report the net leverage ratio as zero.
See the reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBIT and Adjusted EBITDA and net cash generated from operating activities to free cash flow in the tables provided below.
Investor Relations:
Elana Holzman
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.
+972-4-865-2300
holzman.elana@zim.com
Leon Berman
The IGB Group
212-477-8438
lberman@igbir.com
Media:
Avner Shats
ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.
+972-4-865-2520
media@zim.com
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET (Unaudited)
(U.S. dollars in millions)
September 30
December 31
2024
2023
2023
Assets
Vessels
5,301.9
3,222.9
3,758.9
Containers and handling equipment
988.7
788.2
792.9
Other tangible assets
91.1
61.1
85.2
Intangible assets
107.6
93.3
102.0
Investments in associates
26.0
26.8
26.4
Other investments
844.6
1,252.6
908.7
Other receivables
69.9
105.5
97.9
Deferred tax assets
2.5
9.6
2.6
Total non-current assets
7,432.3
5,560.0
5,774.6
Inventories
208.4
156.4
179.3
Trade and other receivables
1,062.5
644.3
596.5
Other investments
766.6
918.6
874.1
Cash and cash equivalents
1,548.7
912.1
921.5
Total current assets
3,586.2
2,631.4
2,571.4
Total assets
11,018.5
8,191.4
8,346.0
Equity
Share capital and reserves
2,041.1
1,980.7
2,017.5
Retained earnings
1,884.8
586.9
437.2
Equity attributable to owners of the Company
3,925.9
2,567.6
2,454.7
Non-controlling interests
4.8
3.8
3.3
Total equity
3,930.7
2,571.4
2,458.0
Liabilities
Lease liabilities
4,284.7
2,952.0
3,244.1
Loans and other liabilities
67.4
79.3
73.6
Employee benefits
43.4
39.4
46.1
Deferred tax liabilities
5.2
13.0
6.1
Total non-current liabilities
4,400.7
3,083.7
3,369.9
Trade and other payables
668.3
554.6
566.4
Provisions
93.0
58.3
60.7
Contract liabilities
433.8
207.3
198.1
Lease liabilities
1,433.6
1,668.0
1,644.7
Loans and other liabilities
58.4
48.1
48.2
Total current liabilities
2,687.1
2,536.3
2,518.1
Total liabilities
7,087.8
5,620.0
5,888.0
Total equity and liabilities
11,018.5
8,191.4
8,346.0
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENTS (Unaudited)
(U.S. dollars in millions, except per share data)
Nine months
ended September 30
Three months
ended September 30
Year ended
December 31
2024
2023
2024
2023
2023
Income from voyages and related services
6,259.8
3,956.9
2,765.2
1,273.0
5,162.2
Cost of voyages and related services
Operating expenses and cost of services
(3,381.9)
(2,922.0)
(1,167.8)
(1,008.4)
(3,885.1)
Depreciation
(824.9)
(1,212.8)
(292.1)
(417.4)
(1,449.8)
Impairment of assets
(2,034.9)
(2,034.9)
(2,034.9)
Gross profit (loss)
2,053.0
(2,212.8)
1,305.3
(2,187.7)
(2,207.6)
Other operating income
32.9
2.5
7.3
0.6
14.4
Other operating expenses
(1.7)
(32.5)
(1.1)
(22.4)
(29.3)
General and administrative expenses
(209.7)
(209.4)
(75.9)
(63.9)
(280.7)
Share of loss of associates
(4.8)
(5.2)
(0.8)
(2.3)
(7.8)
Results from operating activities
1,869.7
(2,457.4)
1,234.8
(2,275.7)
(2,511.0)
Finance income
81.0
117.7
19.8
35.6
142.2
Finance expenses
(346.5)
(338.7)
(121.6)
(101.5)
(446.7)
Net finance expenses
(265.5)
(221.0)
(101.8)
(65.9)
(304.5)
Profit (loss) before income taxes
1,604.2
(2,678.4)
1,133.0
(2,341.6)
(2,815.5)
Income taxes
(13.1)
137.1
(6.8)
71.1
127.6
Profit (loss) for the period
1,591.1
(2,541.3)
1,126.2
(2,270.5)
(2,687.9)
Attributable to:
Owners of the Company
1,586.2
(2,547.2)
1,124.6
(2,272.6)
(2,695.6)
Non-controlling interests
4.9
5.9
1.6
2.1
7.7
Profit (loss) for the period
1,591.1
(2,541.3)
1,126.2
(2,270.5)
(2,687.9)
Earnings (loss) per share (US$)
Basic earnings (loss) per 1 ordinary share
13.18
(21.19)
9.34
(18.90)
(22.42)
Diluted earnings (loss) per 1 ordinary share
13.17
(21.19)
9.34
(18.90)
(22.42)
Weighted average number of shares for earnings
(loss) per share calculation:
Basic
120,340,513
120,194,990
120,372,813
120,219,761
120,213,031
Diluted
120,463,258
120,194,990
120,475,290
120,219,761
120,213,031
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)
(U.S. dollars in millions)
Nine months ended
September 30
Three months ended
September 30
Year ended
December 31
2024
2023
2024
2023
2023
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit (loss) for the period
1,591.1
(2,541.3)
1,126.2
(2,270.5)
(2,687.9)
Adjustments for:
Depreciation and amortization
833.6
1,232.5
295.0
423.8
1,471.8
Impairment loss
2,063.4
2,063.4
2,063.4
Net finance expenses
265.5
221.0
101.8
65.9
304.5
Share of losses and change in fair value of investees
4.8
4.5
0.8
2.3
6.5
Capital loss (gain), net
(31.7)
3.2
(6.2)
(4.2)
(10.9)
Income taxes
13.1
(137.1)
6.8
(71.1)
(127.6)
Other non-cash items
11.9
14.2
8.9
4.5
18.9
2,688.3
860.4
1,533.3
214.1
1,038.7
Change in inventories
(29.1)
34.3
(20.7)
17.7
11.4
Change in trade and other receivables
(481.3)
237.5
(34.3)
60.6
242.7
Change in trade and other payables including contract liabilities
326.8
(76.7)
(5.0)
19.2
(95.1)
Change in provisions and employee benefits
31.9
7.0
4.6
4.1
15.9
(151.7)
202.1
(55.4)
101.6
174.9
Dividends received from associates
2.4
1.7
1.2
0.2
2.3
Interest received
64.6
113.0
24.8
25.0
133.8
Income taxes received (paid)
(3.2)
(319.4)
(6.4)
(3.3)
(329.7)
Net cash generated from operating activities
2,600.4
857.8
1,497.5
337.6
1,020.0
Cash flows from investing activities
Proceeds from sale of tangible assets, intangible assets and interest
in investees
10.5
21.4
7.3
3.7
27.4
Acquisition and capitalized expenditures of tangible assets,
intangible assets and interest in investees
(141.1)
(75.2)
(50.3)
(13.7)
(115.7)
Proceeds from sale (acquisition) of investment instruments, net
240.8
(609.6)
(74.3)
(26.2)
(138.2)
Loans granted to investees
(5.2)
(3.8)
(2.4)
(2.1)
(5.4)
Change in other receivables
23.3
(4.7)
7.9
9.3
3.2
Change in other investments (mainly deposits), net
(34.4)
2,002.6
(34.4)
19.9
2,005.2
Net cash generated from (used in) investing activities
93.9
1,330.7
(146.2)
(9.1)
1,776.5
Cash flows from financing activities
Repayment of lease liabilities and borrowings
(1,591.2)
(1,214.1)
(474.2)
(352.7)
(1,713.1)
Change in short term loans
10.3
(21.0)
10.3
(21.0)
Dividend paid to non-controlling interests
(4.2)
(7.5)
(0.5)
(8.9)
Dividend paid to owners of the Company
(139.6)
(769.2)
(111.9)
(769.2)
Interest paid
(342.2)
(281.5)
(120.6)
(98.8)
(380.7)
Net cash used in financing activities
(2,066.9)
(2,293.3)
(696.9)
(451.5)
(2,892.9)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents
627.4
(104.8)
654.4
(123.0)
(96.4)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the period
921.5
1,022.1
889.8
1,040.3
1,022.1
Effect of exchange rate fluctuation on cash held
(0.2)
(5.2)
4.5
(5.2)
(4.2)
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
1,548.7
912.1
1,548.7
912.1
921.5
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBIT*
(U.S. dollars in millions)
Nine months ended
September 30
Three months ended
September 30
2024
2023
2024
2023
Net income (loss)
1,591
(2,541)
1,126
(2,270)
Financial expenses, net
266
221
102
66
Income taxes
13
(137)
7
(71)
Operating income (EBIT)
1,870
(2,457)
1,235
(2,276)
Capital loss (gain), beyond the ordinary
course of business
(2)
21
(2)
0
Impairment of assets
0
2,063
0
2,063
Expenses related to legal contingencies
23
0
3
0
Adjusted EBIT
1,891
(373)
1,236
(213)
Adjusted EBIT margin
30 %
(9) %
45 %
(17) %
* The table above may contain slight summation differences due to rounding.
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO ADJUSTED EBITDA*
(U.S. dollars in millions)
Nine months ended
September 30
Three months ended
September 30
2024
2023
2024
2023
Net income (loss)
1,591
(2,541)
1,126
(2,270)
Financial expenses, net
266
221
102
66
Income taxes
13
(137)
7
(71)
Depreciation and amortization
834
1,232
295
424
EBITDA
2,703
(1,225)
1,530
(1,852)
Capital loss (gain), beyond the ordinary
course of business
(2)
21
(2)
0
Impairment of assets
0
2,063
0
2,063
Expenses related to legal contingencies
23
0
3
0
Adjusted EBITDA
2,725
859
1,531
211
Net income (loss) margin
25 %
(64) %
41 %
(178) %
Adjusted EBITDA margin
44 %
22 %
55 %
17 %
* The table above may contain slight summation differences due to rounding.
RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH GENERATED FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES TO FREE CASH FLOW
(U.S. dollars in millions)
Nine months ended
September 30
Three months ended
September 30
2024
2023
2024
2023
Net cash generated from operating
activities
2,600
858
1,498
338
Capital expenditures, net
(130)
(67)
(44)
(10)
Free cash flow
2,470
791
1,454
328
[1] See disclosure regarding “Use of Non-IFRS Financial Measures.”
[2] Operating income (EBIT) for the third quarter was $1.23 billion. A reconciliation to Adjusted EBIT is provided in the tables below.
[3] The Company does not provide IFRS guidance because it cannot be determined without unreasonable effort. See disclosure regarding “Use of Non-IFRS Measures in the Company’s 2024 Guidance.”
[4] Net loss for the third quarter of 2023 was primarily driven by a non-cash impairment loss of $2.06 billion.
[5] The number of shares used to calculate the diluted earnings per share is 120,475,290. The number of outstanding shares as of September 30, 2024 was 120,389,157.
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PALO ALTO, Calif., May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Pangea, a leading provider of AI security guardrails, today released findings from its global $10,000 Prompt Injection Challenge conducted in March 2025. The month-long initiative attracted more than 800 participants from 85 countries who attempted to bypass AI security guardrails across three virtual rooms with increasing levels of difficulty.
The research comes at a critical time as GenAI adoption has accelerated dramatically across industries, with a majority of enterprises now deploying AI-powered applications that interact directly with customers, employees, or sensitive internal systems. Despite this rapid adoption and integration into business-critical operations, many organizations have yet to implement AI-specific security protocols beyond frontier model defaults.
The challenge generated nearly 330,000 prompt injection attempts using more than 300 million tokens, creating a comprehensive dataset that reveals blindspots in how organizations are currently securing their AI applications.
Key Findings:
Non-Deterministic Security Challenge: Unlike traditional cybersecurity threats, prompt injection attacks exhibit unpredictable success rates due to the non-deterministic nature of LLMs. A prompt injection that fails 99 consecutive times may randomly succeed on the 100th attempt, even with identical content.Data Leakage & Reconnaissance Risk: in addition to the risk of sensitive data leakage and inappropriate responses, an AI application can also be exploited for adversarial reconnaissance purposes to reveal context like what server it’s being run on and open ports it can access.Defense in Depth Necessity: Organizations relying solely on native LLM guardrails are the most vulnerable—approximately 1 in 10 prompt injection attempts succeeded against basic system prompt guardrails. Multi-layered defenses reduced successful attacks by orders of magnitude.Agentic AI Amplifies Risk: As organizations move toward agentic AI with database and tooling access, compromised systems could enable sophisticated lateral movement within networks, dramatically elevating the potential impact of prompt injection attacks.
“This challenge has given us unprecedented visibility into real-world tactics attackers are using against AI applications today,” said Oliver Friedrichs, co-founder and CEO of Pangea. “The scale and sophistication of attacks we observed reveal the vast and rapidly evolving nature of AI security threats. Defending against these threats must be a core consideration for security teams, not a checkbox or afterthought.”
Joey Melo, a professional penetration tester and the only contestant to successfully escape all three virtual rooms, spent two days developing a multilayered attack that ultimately bypassed the single level in room three.
“Prompt injection is especially concerning when attackers can manipulate prompts to extract sensitive or proprietary information from an LLM, especially if the model has access to confidential data via RAG, plugins, or system instructions,” noted Joe Sullivan, former CSO of Cloudflare, Uber, and Facebook. “Worse, in autonomous agents or tools connected to APIs, prompt injection can result in the LLM executing unauthorized actions—such as sending emails, modifying files, or initiating financial transactions.”
In response to these findings, Pangea recommends organizations implement a comprehensive security strategy for AI applications that includes:
Multi-Layered Guardrails: Deploy guardrails to prevent prompt injection, protect the system prompt, prevent confidential information and PII exposure, and detect malicious entities using statistical and LLM-driven analysis techniques.Strategic Attack Surface Reduction: Balance functionality with security by restricting input languages, operations, and response types in security-sensitive contexts.Continuous Security Testing: Implement red team exercises specifically designed to test AI applications against evolving prompt injection techniques.Dynamic Temperature Management: Consider reducing model temperature settings in security-critical applications to minimize randomness that attackers can exploit.Dedicated Security Resources: Allocate one or more resources to track the rapidly evolving prompt injection landscape or partner with commercial security providers specialized in AI defense.
Friedrichs adds, “The industry is not paying enough attention to this risk and is underestimating its impact in many cases, playing a dangerous wait-and-see game. The rate of change and adoption in AI is astounding—moving faster than any technology transformation in the past few decades. With organizations rapidly deploying new AI capabilities and increasing their dependence on these systems for critical operations, the security gap is widening daily. The time to get ahead of these concerns is now.”
The full research report, “Defending Against Prompt Injection: Insights from 300K attacks in 30 days,” is available now, here: https://info.pangea.cloud/prompt-injection-research-report-2025
About Pangea
Pangea’s AI Guardrail Platform empowers security teams to ship secure AI applications quickly and protect workforce AI use with the industry’s most comprehensive set of AI guardrails, easily deployed via gateways or into applications with just a few lines of code. Pangea stops LLM security threats ranging from prompt injection to sensitive data leakage, covering 8 out of 10 OWASP Top Ten Risks for LLM apps, while accelerating engineering velocity and unlocking AI runtime visibility and control for security teams.
For more information, visit pangea.cloud or contact: press@pangea.cloud
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Together AI Acquires Refuel.ai to Accelerate Development of Production-Grade AI Applications
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Together AI, the leading AI Acceleration Cloud, today announced the acquisition of Refuel.ai, a specialist in transforming unstructured data into structured, high-quality datasets for AI applications. This strategic move strengthens Together AI’s platform by integrating Refuel’s purpose-built models and orchestration capabilities, enabling developers and enterprises to build, deploy, and optimize generative AI applications with greater speed and accuracy.
Founded in 2021 by Stanford alumni Rishabh Bhargava and Nihit Desai, the company created Refuel-LLM, a family of models tailored for data tasks, and Refuel Cloud, a platform that allows engineering teams to develop complex, multi-step data workflows. The company has already powered diverse use cases, including product catalog cleaning, financial document structuring, and chatbot claim verification, achieving 50% fewer errors than current state-of-the-art models.
“Joining Together AI accelerates our mission to solve the data bottleneck that every AI team faces today,” said Refuel.ai CEO Rishabh Bhargava. “By bringing Refuel.ai’s specialized models and orchestration platform into Together’s AI Cloud, we can deliver an unmatched combination of speed, data quality, and scalability—empowering developers to rapidly take more sophisticated AI applications from concept to production.”
This acquisition helps companies greatly by removing bottlenecks and enabling scalable, high-quality data processing directly within the Together AI ecosystem. It will also enhance Together AI’s offerings by incorporating Refuel-LLM for serverless inference and LoRA fine-tuning. Customers building increasingly complex AI agents will benefit from Refuel.ai’s tools throughout the lifecycle of their AI applications, from data preparation to deployment and iteration.
Additionally, starting today, Refuel LLM-2 is available on Together AI’s platform—supporting serverless inference and LoRA fine-tuning for high-accuracy data workflows.
“At Together AI, we provide a platform that empowers developers and businesses to manage the entire generative AI lifecycle with unmatched performance, control, and cost-efficiency,” said Together AI CEO Vipul Ved Prakash. “As developers and enterprises build increasingly complex applications and agents, leveraging their data effectively and driving higher quality will become a core capability for our platform. This is an important milestone for making generative AI more accessible to our community and our enterprise customers.”
Together AI currently supports over 200 top open-source and custom models across modalities and serves more than 600,000 AI developers and organizations such as Salesforce, Zoom, SK Telecom, DuckDuckGo, Cognition, Zomato, and The Washington Post.
To start fine-tuning and running the world’s best open source models, visit together.ai.
About Together AI
Together AI, the leading AI Acceleration Cloud, empowers developers and enterprises to train, fine-tune and run inference for generative AI models — delivering unparalleled performance, control, and cost-efficiency. The Together AI Platform supports a comprehensive range of top open source and custom models across multiple modalities, while offering flexible deployment options with the highest levels of privacy and security. Committed to advancing the frontier of AI through open collaboration, innovation and transparency, Together AI ensures that powerful AI systems remain accessible and flexible while creating optimal outcomes for society.
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Scrypted Acquires Chibi Clash to Advance AI Agent Powered Gaming
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WASHINGTON, May 15, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Scrypted Inc. has acquired Chibi Clash, a gaming ecosystem featuring the popular titles Kingdoms and Survivor. This strategic acquisition provides Scrypted valuable game engine and web3 technology for their Autonomous Virtual Beings (AVB) framework for AI Agents, while unlocking rich experiences between human players and AI-driven games.
A Technology-Driven Acquisition
“AI Agents are the future, and Chibi Clash is the perfect place to prototype and showcase how we can make games more dynamic and personalized,” said Tim Cotten, CEO of Scrypted. “Our goal is to create a new generation of gaming experiences – autonomous and creative in a way that embraces the best of human game designers with the speed and reaction-time of artificial intelligence.”
Chibi Clash has built a dedicated community around its innovative combination of world-building, fast-paced action, and player-owned digital assets. The acquisition builds on a collaborative relationship between Scrypted and Kuma Games that began in 2023, when Scrypted’s first generation of AI technology (ArtemisML) was integrated into Chibi Kingdoms.
Ted Mui, CEO of Kuma Games, said: “Watching what Scrypted has accomplished with their AI technology convinced me they were the right team to take Chibi Clash forward. Our community will benefit from their cutting-edge innovations while keeping everything they love about our games. I believe Scrypted’s approach represents the future of gaming.”
Why This Acquisition Matters
This acquisition combines Scrypted’s AI Agent technology with Chibi Clash’s established games to create compelling new experiences:
Beyond Procedural Generation: Chibi Clash provides the perfect canvas for Scrypted’s proprietary Gen AI technology to showcase how AI can create rich, handcrafted-feeling environments that evolve over time.Playground for Autonomous Agents: The Chibi IP offers an ideal environment for Scrypted’s Autonomous Virtual Beings (AVBs) to demonstrate how game characters can learn, adapt, and create meaningful player interactions beyond their programming.
What Players Can Expect
Scrypted plans to enhance the Chibi Clash games via:
Reimagined visual experience for Chibi Survivor with improved performance.Enhanced Chibi Kingdoms with AI-generated world elements.Autonomous Virtual Beings (AVB) characters that create unique interactions.
Throughout these updates, Scrypted will preserve what makes Chibi Clash special to its community: all existing player assets, tokens, and digital collectibles will remain secure and functional.
“We’re not replacing what makes Chibi Clash great – we want to take it to the next level with continuous delivery of exciting content,” added Cotten. “Our team is thrilled to bring our experience and technology, built up over several decades in the game development industry, to the worlds of Chibi Clash. We want to bring these games to life in ways no one’s ever seen before.”
About Scrypted
Scrypted Inc. develops AI agent technology for social, gaming, and decentralized applications. The company’s products include the AVB platform for AI agent development and the upcoming Inori Network – a native Layer 1 blockchain for AI Agents. Founded in 2023, Scrypted is backed by investors at the intersection of AI, gaming, and decentralization like a16zcrypto CSX and PTC.
Contact Information
For inquiries: Aidan Tamke, 650-743-3473, 395290@emaill4pr.com
Website: www.scryptedinc.com
Chibi Website: www.chibi.gg
Twitter: @scryptedInc
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