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Townsquare repurchases 1.5M shares from MSG at $9.76 (11% discount), reaffirms FY2024 guidance
Townsquare Media, Inc.
- Repurchased 1.5M shares (just under 10% of outstanding) from MSG at $9.76/share, an 11% discount to March 28 close.
- Purchase price of $14.6M funded with cash on hand; post-transaction shares outstanding ~15.2M and cash balance ~$40M.
- Pro forma cash flow from operations per basic share increases to ~$4.47 from ~$4.07, representing ~10% accretion.
- Reaffirmed Q1'24 net revenue guidance $98.5M-$100M and Adj. EBITDA $17.5M-$18.5M; FY24: $440M-$460M and $100M-$110M.
- Since 2021, Townsquare has repurchased 16.2M shares at avg $7.19 while reducing leverage; recently increased dividend by 5%.