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      "text": "The historical and projected financials presented by Perion of Content IQ indicate that its EBITDA margins were approximately 15.1%. However, the earn-outs were linked to it generating $158 million in revenue and more than $17m of EBITDA in aggregate over the next two years. This implies that Content IQ's EBITDA margins would have to be just 10.8%. Why would Perion reward the selling management team with destroying 440 basis points of margin and not incentivize them to increase EBITDA margin?",
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      "text": "Content IQ Financial Highlights and Outlook: Revenues for the first nine months of 2019 were approximately $26 million; Adjusted EBITDA for the first nine months of 2019 was approximately $4 million; Revenues for Full-Year 2019 are expected to be approximately $39 million; GAAP Net Income Full-Year 2019 is expected to be approximately $5.5 million; Adjusted EBITDA Full-Year 2019 is expected to be approximately $5.9 million",
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