Bullish Q1 FY2026 Earnings Call

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Bullish Global Q1 2026 Earnings Summary

Key Strategic Announcement: Bullish agreed to acquire Equiniti (leading global transfer agent) for $4.2 billion on May 5, 2026, creating an end-to-end tokenization platform. Consideration: ~$2.35B in new Bullish shares + assumption of $1.85B Equiniti debt. Target close: January 2027 (subject to regulatory approvals). Equiniti serves ~3,000 public issuers (incl. >50% FTSE 100, >30% S&P 500), 15,000 corporate clients, processes >$0.5T in annual payments, with 99% retention and >15-year average tenure. This bridges traditional capital markets with blockchain, enabling tokenized securities on a unified ledger.

Financial Performance - Q1 2026 vs Prior Periods

  • Adjusted Revenue: $92.8M, +49% YoY (vs Q1 2025). Slight sequential growth vs Q4 2025 despite Bitcoin down ~24% QoQ and broader digital asset weakness.
  • Adjusted Operating Expenses: $57.7M, up from $48.1M in Q4 2025 (+$9.5M); includes ~$7M Consensus Hong Kong event costs and ~$2.5M in AI/tokenization investments plus employee/performance awards.
  • Adjusted EBITDA: $35.1M (38% margin), vs $13.2M (21% margin) in Q1 2025 (+72% contribution margin YoY).
  • Adjusted Net Income: $20.3M ($0.13 per adjusted diluted share on 151.2M shares), vs $2.1M in Q1 2025 and $28.9M in Q4 2025.

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Operator: Thank you for standing by. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Bullish Global First Quarter 2026 Earnings Call and Q&A. [Operator Instructions] I would now like to turn the call over to Michael Fedele, Vice President of Finance. You may begin. Michael Fedele: Good morning, and welcome to our first quarter earnings call. I'm Michael Fedele, Vice President of Finance, and I'm joined on today's call by our Chief Executive Officer, Tom Farley; Chief Financial Officer, David Bonanno; and Director of Corporate Development, Liam Foley. This call will contain forward-looking statements, including those relating to our expected performance and business opportunities, our proposed acquisition of Equiniti Group, the anticipated benefits and strategic rationale of the transaction, expected timing and closing conditions and business opportunities following the transaction. These statements are not assurances of future performance and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Such risks include, among others, the possibility that the Equiniti transaction may not be completed, failure to obtain required regulatory approvals and the possibility that anticipated benefits may not be realized and risks related to the integration of Equiniti's business. For more details on these and other risks, please refer to today's earnings press release and our SEC filings, including our 20-F dated March 9, 2026. We undertake no

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