Starbox Group Holdings Ltd. Announces Financial Results for Fiscal Year 2022 - Revenue Increases By 127.2% and Net Income Increases By 148.8%

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, Jan. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Starbox Group Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq: STBX) (the "Company" or "Starbox Group"), a service provider of cash rebates, digital advertising, and payment solutions, today announced its financial results for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022.

Mr. Lee Choon Wooi, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Starbox Group, commented, "We are thrilled to deliver a commendable financial growth for the fiscal year 2022. We saw growth in all three business pillars within our ecosystem, namely our cash rebates, digital advertising, and payment solutions, during the fiscal year 2022. Our revenue grew by 127.2% in the fiscal year 2022 compared to the fiscal year 2021. This financial growth was coupled with the operational metrics improvement, including the increase in the number of merchants, members, and transactions on the GETBATS website and mobile app and the number of advertisers during fiscal year 2022." ­

Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Highlights

• Total revenue was $7.2 million in fiscal year 2022, an increase of 127.2% from $3.2 million in fiscal year 2021.
• Income from operations was $5.0 million in fiscal year 2022, an increase of 131.3% from $2.1 million in fiscal year 2021.
• Net income was $3.6 million in fiscal year 2022, an increase of 148.8% from $1.4 million in fiscal year 2021.

Fiscal Year 2022 Operational Highlights

• Number of advertisers was 63 as of September 30, 2022, compared to 25 as of September 30, 2021.
• Number of members on the GETBATS website and mobile app was 2,513,658 as of September 30, 2022, compared to 514,167 as of September 30, 2021.
• Number of Merchants on the GETBATS website and mobile app was 820 as of September 30, 2022, compared to 723 as of September 30, 2021.
• Number of transactions facilitated through GETBATS website and mobile app was 338,940 as of September 30, 2022, compared to 295,393 as of September 30, 2021.

Fiscal Year 2022 Financial Results

Revenues

Total revenue was $7.2 million in fiscal year 2022, an increase of 127.2% from $3.2 million in fiscal year 2021. The increase in the Company's revenue was primarily due to increases in the revenue from digital advertising services and from cash rebate services.

• Revenue from digital advertising service was $7.2 million in fiscal year 2022, which increased by 127.1% from $3.1 million in fiscal year 2021. The increase was primarily due to increases in the number of advertisers for the Company's services in fiscal year 2022.
• Revenue from cash rebate services was $10,562 in fiscal year 2022, which increased by 70.0% from $6,214 in fiscal year 2021. The increase was primarily due to an increase in volume of transactions and average cash rebate commission rate earned by the Company for fiscal year 2022, as compared to fiscal year 2021.
• Revenue from payment solution services was $9,575 in fiscal year 2022, which increased by 540.9% from $1,494 in fiscal year 2021. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the number of referred merchants.

Operating Cost

Operating costs were $2.2 million in fiscal year 2022, which increased by 118.6% from $1.0 million in fiscal year 2021. The increase was primarily due to the following major reasons:

• Salary and employee benefit expenses were $429,924 in fiscal year 2022, which increased by $237,943 from $191,981 in fiscal year 2021, primarily due to an increase in the number of employees from 17 in fiscal year 2021 to 21 in fiscal year 2022, in order to handle increased business activities associated with the Company's digital advertising services and cash rebate services, and increased directors' remuneration.
• Professional and consulting service fees were $767,229 in fiscal year 2022, which increased by $401,455 from $365,774 in fiscal year 2021, primarily due to increased professional expenses the Company paid to third-party professionals for business strategy and planning purposes and increased audit fees in connection with its IPO.
• Marketing and promotional expenses were $188,338 in fiscal year 2022, which increased by $20,535 from $167,803 in fiscal year 2021, as a result of the Company's increased marketing efforts to develop new Merchants and advertisers for its services.
• License costs were $55,000 in fiscal year 2022, which increased by $5,000 from $50,000 in fiscal year 2021.
• Website and facility maintenance expenses were $292,579 in fiscal year 2022, which increased by $106,822 from $185,757 in fiscal year 2021, primarily because the Company incurred higher overhead costs to maintain its websites and mobile apps for stability when its business scale expanded, which required the Company to process increased merchant and member data.
• Utility and office expenses were $144,735 million in fiscal year 2022, which increased by $125,550 from $19,185 in fiscal year 2021, primarily due to increased office lease expenses and increased office supply expenses when the Company leased a new office in September 2021.
• Depreciation and amortization expenses were $161,267 in fiscal year 2022, which increased by $103,699, from $2,568 in fiscal year 2021, because of the increased amortization of intangible assets.
• Business travel and entertainment expenses were $67,836 in fiscal year 2022, which increased by $61,833 from $6,003 in fiscal year 2021, due to the Company's increased efforts to expand its business operations into local and neighboring countries.
• Others were $164,619 in fiscal year 2022, which increased by $154,574 from $37,268 in fiscal year 2021, mainly due to (i) increased trademark expenses by $54,986, (ii) increased defined contribution plan by $24,251, and (iii) increased uniform cost by $21,656.

Provision for Income Taxes

Provision for income taxes was $1.4 million in fiscal year 2022, which increased by $103.3% from $0.7 million in fiscal year 2021, primarily due to the Company's increased taxable income generated from its digital advertising services.

Net Income

Net income was $3.6 million in fiscal year 2022, which increased by $2.2 million from $1.4 million in fiscal year 2021.

Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share

Basic and diluted earnings per share was $0.09 in fiscal year 2022, compared to basic and diluted earnings per share of $0.04 in fiscal year 2021.

Balance Sheet

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had cash of $17.8 million, compared to $2.3 million as of September 30, 2021.

Cash Flow

Net cash used in operating activities was $1.2 million in fiscal year 2022, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $1.9 million in fiscal year 2021.

Net cash used in investing activities was $1,135,929 in fiscal year 2022, compared to $5,203 in fiscal year 2021.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $18,039,805 in fiscal year 2022, compared to $74,125 in fiscal year 2021.

About Starbox Group Holdings Ltd.

Headquartered in Malaysia, Starbox Group Holdings Ltd. is building a cash rebate, digital advertising, and payment solution business ecosystem targeting micro, small, and medium enterprises that lack the bandwidth to develop an in-house data management system for effective marketing. The Company connects retail merchants with retail shoppers to facilitate transactions through cash rebates offered by retail merchants on its GETBATS website and mobile app. The Company provides digital advertising services to advertisers through its SEEBATS website and mobile app, GETBATS website and mobile app and social media. The Company also provides payment solution services to merchants. For more information, please visit the Company's website: https://ir.starboxholdings.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this announcement are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on the Company's current expectations and projections about future events that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy and financial needs. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "approximates," "assesses," "believes," "hopes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates," "projects," "intends," "plans," "will," "would," "should," "could," "may" or similar expressions. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances, or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and the Company cautions investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results and encourages investors to review other factors that may affect its future results in the Company's registration statement and other filings with the SEC.

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Starbox Group Holdings Ltd.
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