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Moelis & Company Reports Record First Quarter 2021 Financial Results; Declares Special Dividend of $2.00 per share in Addition to Regular Quarterly Dividend of $0.55 Per Share

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Moelis & Company (NYSE: MC) today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2021. The Firm’s first quarter revenues of $263.9 million increased 72% over the prior year period and represented our second largest quarter of revenues ever. The Firm reported first quarter 2021 GAAP net income of $75.8 million, or $1.00 per share (diluted). On an Adjusted basis, the Firm reported net income of $76.2 million or $1.02 per share (diluted) for the first quarter of 2021, which compares with $31.3 million of net income or $0.45 per share (diluted) in the prior year period. GAAP and Adjusted net income for the first quarter of 2021 include net tax benefits of $0.26 per share and $0.27 per share, respectively, related to the settlement of share based awards.

“Our record first quarter revenues reflect growth across all of our business and regions. I believe that our franchise is stronger today than at any other point in our Firm’s history,” said Ken Moelis, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

“Our solid topline performance, ongoing expense discipline, and focus on profitable organic growth generates substantial shareholder returns, as evidenced by today’s announcement of a $2.00 per share special dividend in addition to our regular quarterly dividend of $0.55 per share. Including today’s announcement, we will have returned over $430 million in capital over the last two quarters through dividends and share repurchases.”

The Firm’s revenues and net income can fluctuate materially depending on the number, size and timing of completed transactions as well as other factors. Accordingly, financial results in any particular quarter may not be representative of future results over a longer period of time.

Currently 89% of the operating partnership (Moelis & Company Group LP) is owned by the corporate partner (Moelis & Company) and is subject to corporate U.S. federal and state income tax. The remaining 11% is owned by other partners of Moelis & Company Group LP and is primarily subject to U.S. federal tax at the partner level (certain state and local and foreign income taxes are incurred at the company level). The Adjusted results included herein apply certain adjustments from our GAAP results, including the assumption that 100% of the Firm’s first quarter operating result was taxed at our corporate effective tax rate. We believe the Adjusted results, when presented together with comparable GAAP results, are useful to investors to compare our performance across periods and to better understand our operating results. A reconciliation between our GAAP results and our Adjusted results is presented in the Appendix to this press release.

1 Includes dividends declared but not yet paid

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moelis & company is a leading global independent investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base, including corporations, governments and financial sponsors. the firm assists its clients in achieving their strategic goals by offering comprehensive integrated financial advisory services across all major industry sectors. moelis & company’s experienced professionals advise clients on their most critical decisions, including mergers and acquisitions, recapitalizations and restructurings and other corporate finance matters. the firm serves its clients with over 650 employees based in 17 offices in north and south america, europe, the middle east, asia and australia. for further information, please visit www.moelis.com.