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| Our Q1 M&A activity reflected our continued strong momentum |
| As I have mentioned before, we believe that the flight to comprehensive, unconflicted advice will continue to accelerate due to last year's market correction, leading to substantial growth in client assets managed by the RA industry as experienced in prior cycles |
| As of March 31, our undrawn Term Loan A, together with our undrawn revolver and cash balance, give us over $850 million of available firepower as we anticipate another strong year of M&A activity |
| In closing, I would like to reiterate the strength and resiliency of our business model, our differentiated competitive position and the value of prudent fiduciary advice in volatile market environments |
| Our business remains resilient, supported by a diverse recurring revenue stream, variable management fee structure and the economic alignment we have with our partners |
| Our firm's industry leadership and the value of what they do really shows, positioning them for a solid growth and performance as financial markets recover |
| Our partners continue to deliver excellent service to their clients and manage their business as well, remaining agile during the quarter |
| We are executing well, and we remain confident that we are well-positioned to capitalize on our industry's substantial forward growth opportunity |
| By leveraging our scale and dedicated resources, our partners can deliver ever-increasing value to their advisers and clients, which are essential catalysts for retention, referrals and organic growth |
| Our partners continue to take advantage of our value-added programs designed to give them an edge in meeting their clients' growing and highly personalized needs |
| With the largest M&A team in the independent wealth management space, we continue to bring industry-leading scale to benefit our partner firms and their clients through acquisition |
| While market conditions remain unsettled, our diverse and growing global partnership creates a number of scale advantages, reinforcing the sustainability of our strong growth over the long term and our differentiated value proposition in this industry |
| We remain committed to driving substantial growth, enhancing our value-add programs and position ourselves to take advantage of the secular growth opportunity within the global wealth management industry |
| They noted that buyers' demand and seller supply is strong, and they anticipate activity to increase as the year progresses |
| Our Q1 tax adjustments per share was $0.20, 11.1% higher year-over-year, reflecting our tax-efficient acquisition activity associated with the high M&A transaction volume for the period |
| Year-to-date, our M&A activity has been strong with 16 closed transactions, including two new partner firms and 14 mergers on behalf of our partners |
| Our differentiated ability to source, structure and execute these transactions remains a core element of our value proposition to growth-oriented firms |
| According to Echelon Partners, industry M&A transaction volumes rebounded in the first quarter from a slower fourth quarter last year |
| Providing highly personalized, integrated advice is extremely valuable to their clients, especially during periods of volatility |
| We look forward to continuing to grow and evolve the company and to capitalizing on the substantial growth opportunities that lie ahead of us |
| In closing, we continue to navigate the ongoing market challenges well and remain highly disciplined in deploying capital |
| We ended Q1 with approximately $2.7 billion of debt outstanding and our net leverage ratio was 4.41x, marginally above our estimate of approximately 4.3x due primarily to the modest shortfall in our adjusted EBITDA versus our expectations |
| Rajini, Lenny and I could not be prouder of our incredible partnership and the quality of the business, the Focus team together with our partners has built over the last 18 years |
| Jim? Jim Shanahan Good morning, everyone |
| Good morning, everyone, and thank you for joining us today |
| Additionally, Westcourt Capital, the new partner firm that we closed on May 1, is expected to add $11.1 million in annual acquired base earnings |
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| Our Q1 results also reflected $9.1 million in real estate-related performance fees, slightly below our $10 million guidance |
| Our adjusted EBITDA margin was 23.8%, marginally below our estimate of approximately 24% |
| Our revenues for the quarter were $557.5 million, up 3.9% year-over-year but slightly below our guidance of $560 million to $570 million |
| Our Q1 adjusted net income, excluding tax adjustments per share was $0.69, a decline of 29.6% year-over-year |
| The revenue shortfall versus expectations that I just mentioned earlier contributed to the variance in our margin |
| Management fees were $124.6 million or 22.3% of our revenues, lower sequentially by 1.9%, reflecting the contractual economic arrangements we have with our partners |
| This was primarily due to lower-than-anticipated non-market correlated revenues |
| Our Q1 adjusted EBITDA was $132.5 million, 1.9% lower year-over-year, excluding the expenses associated with the merger process |
| While slightly below our expectations, our financial performance continued to reflect the resiliency of our business despite the challenging backdrop during the quarter |
| As of March 31, our LTM cash flow available for capital allocation was $303.9 million, reflecting the resiliency of our cash flows during a volatile market year |
| As I have said before, it is an environment like we experienced last year |
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