Quarterly Report • Feb 7, 2024
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Kristin Skogen Lund, CEO | Per Christian Mørland, CFO

This presentation (hereinafter referred to as the "presentation") has been prepared by Schibsted ASA ("Schibsted" or the "Company") exclusively for information purposes and does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any financial instruments.
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There may have been changes in matters which affect the Company subsequent to the date of this presentation. Neither the issue nor delivery of this presentation shall under any circumstance create any implication that the information contained herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof or that the affairs of the Company have not since changed.
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Alternative performance measures (APM) used in this presentation are described and presented in the section Definitions and reconciliations in the quarterly report.

| Financial highlights | • Revenues of NOK 4.082m, stable* YoY • Group EBITDA of NOK 684m, up 5% YoY, mainly driven by News Media • Decided to wind down and exit Viaplay investment • Dividend of NOK 2.00 per share proposed for 2023 |
|---|---|
| Operational highlights | • Solid quarter for Nordic Marketplaces, with 6% underlying* revenue growth and EBITDA of NOK 418m • Significant profitability improvement in News Media, driven by cost reductions • Performance in Growth & Investments negatively affected by Lendo |
| Strategic milestones | • Unlocking more than 20 years of sustained value creation in Adevinta through Adevinta offer; remaining stake offering incremental value upside • Creating two, more focused, companies with the initiated process to sell Schibsted's news media operations to the Tinius Trust |

ENVIRONMENT
Added environmental requirements in agreements with paper suppliers in Norway Reached 2023 target of more than 2 million 'Fiks ferdig' Recommerce transactions on FINN

Our newspapers won 3/4 awards at the The Swedish Grand Prize for Journalism Implemented our diversity and inclusion mapping tool in three companies

Governance
Sustainability targets integrated in Nordic Marketplaces' governance and strategy execution Sustainability report for 2023 based on European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) Top rated in region and industry by Sustainalytics ESG Risk Rating
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Mobility | Jobs | Real Estate | Recommerce

kj Mobility
Significant steps taken in harmonizing and transforming pricing model, and good progress to expand C2B leadership in the Nordics

Successfully started aggregation of job ads in Norway, strengthening our offering

Good development in Finland, with #1 position on important metrics

Tech
Significant improvements in uptake of ads and monetisation, and ready to launch in Finland
Important tech milestone delivered, with beta-launch of new Nordic tech platform in Finland


* Foreign exchange neutral basis
Revenues (NOKm), EBITDA margin (%)
YoY growth 6%*
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Revenue split Nordic Marketplaces
Revenues Q4 2023 (share in %)

Classifieds +9%* YoY

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Mobility KPIs Q4 2023, YoY change %

| NAA | ARPA | |
|---|---|---|
| 214k -11% YoY |
NOK 436 4% YoY |
|
| 437k 6% YoY |
SEK 381 2% YoY |
|
| 59k* 8% YoY |
DKK 279 9% YoY |
Note:
NAA: New Approved Ads, ARPA: Average Revenue Per Ad
Transactional models like Nettbil, Autovex and Honk are not included, due to different business models
*Avg. daily Pro listings per month, due to pay per day listing model in Denmark

Nordic Marketplaces | Mobility
Revenues (NOKm), EBITDA margin (%)

Highlights
10 Effective Q3 2023, Autovex revenues reported as classifieds revenues, not as other revenues as in previous quarters
Jobs KPIs Q4 2023, YoY change %

| NAA | ARPA | |
|---|---|---|
| 37k -13% YoY |
NOK 6,442 10% YoY |
|
| 15k -39% YoY |
SEK 1,693 9% YoY |
|
| 23k -32% YoY |
EUR 94 -1% YoY |
Note: NAA: New Approved Ads, ARPA: Average Revenue Per Ad Sourced Ads in Norway not included
* Foreign exchange neutral basis
Revenues (NOKm), EBITDA margin (%)

Nordic Marketplaces | Real Estate
Real Estate KPIs Q4 2023, YoY change %


Note: NAA: New Approved Ads, ARPA: Average Revenue Per Ad
* Oikotie only, excluding ads on Tori
Revenues (NOKm), EBITDA margin (%)

Highlights

| Transactions | AOV | |
|---|---|---|
| "Fiks ferdig" C.687k 59% YoY |
"Fiks ferdig" NOK 603 0% YoY |
|
| "Frakt med köpskydd" C.104k 22% QoQ |
"Frakt med köpskydd" SEK 1,371 -10% QoQ |
Note: AOV: Average order value

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* Foreign exchange neutral basis


Revenues (NOKm), EBITDA margin (%)

Highlights
News Media
Solid growth in digital subscription revenues

Strong digital performance in Sweden;
volatile market in Norway
Subscription revenues (NOKm) Advertising revenues (NOKm)**
* Foreign exchange neutral basis
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** Norway and Sweden not including eliminations


Revenues (NOKm), EBITDA margin (%)




Revenues (NOKm), EBITDA margin (%)

Lendo Group

Revenues (NOKm), EBITDA margin (%)

Schibsted Group
Q4 revenues, EBITDA (NOKm)

Schibsted Group Q4 EBITDA per segment (NOKm)

Revenues EBITDA
| Income statement | Fourth quarter | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (NOK million) | 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Operating revenues | 3,988 | 4,082 | |||
| Operating expenses | (3,337) | (3,398) | |||
| Gross operating profit (loss) - EBITDA | 651 | 684 | |||
| Depreciation and amortisation | (292) | (332) | |||
| Impairment loss | (23) | (21) | |||
| Other income | 1 | 56 | |||
| Other expenses | (52) | (71) | |||
| Operating profit (loss) | 285 | 317 | |||
| Share of profit (loss) of joint ventures and associates | (270) | 11 | |||
| Impairment loss on joint ventures and associates (recognised or reversed) | 424 | 2,176 | |||
| Gains (losses) on disposal of joint ventures and associates | 657 | (26) | |||
| Financial income | 17 | 216 | |||
| Financial expense | (553) | (394) | |||
| Profit (loss) before taxes | 559 | 2,299 | |||
| Taxes | (72) | (70) | |||
| Profit (loss) from continuing operations | 487 | 2,229 | |||
| Profit (loss) from discontinued operations Profit (loss) |
(24) 464 |
(31) 2,198 |
|||
| Non-controlling interests | 9 | 18 | |||
| Owners of the parent | 454 | 2,180 | |||
| Earnings per share (NOK) | |||||
| EPS - basic (NOK) | 1.94 | 9.68 | |||
| EPS - basic adjusted (NOK) | (0.45) | 0.47 |
Includes Schibsted's share of Adevinta's result for Q3 2023 adjusted for fair value differences and amortisation of excess values.
Relates mainly to an increase in the share price of Adevinta during Q4.*
Includes gain on the total return swap entered into for 3% of the Adevinta shares.
Includes loss on the total return swap entered into for 10% of the Viaplay shares.

(NOKm)

(NIBD/EBITDA according to bank definition)


Note: Financial medium-term targets in Nordic Marketplaces relate to 2024 and 2025, except Jobs
31 * Applies to 2024 only, assuming a year-on-year volume decline of 5% for the full-year in Jobs; coming back to 2025 targets once visibility has improved throughout the year
xx-yy%
NIBD/EBITDA
7 February 2024 Kristin Skogen Lund, CEO Per Christian Mørland, EVP CFO Christian Printzell Halvorsen, EVP Nordic Marketplaces and Delivery

Spreadsheet containing detailed Q4 2023 and historical information can be downloaded at schibsted.com/ir

(Monthly growth YoY, %)
| Vertical | Country | Oct-22 | Nov-22 | Dec-22 | Jan-23 | Feb-23 | Mar-23 | Apr-23 | May-23 | Jun-23 | Jul-23 | Aug-23 | Sep-23 | Oct-23 | Nov-23 | Dec-23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobility | Norway | 9% | 17% | 9% | 14% | 18% | 5% | 12% | 13% | 11% | 5% | -1% | -5% | -4% | -14% | -14% |
| Sweden | -5% | -6% | -4% | -4% | -6% | -17% | -1% | 4% | 0% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 11% | 4% | -1% | |
| Denmark* | 10% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 13% | 12% | 2% | 10% | 12% | |
| Jobs | Norway | -7% | -12% | -16% | -12% | -13% | -9% | -26% | -20% | -8% | -10% | -17% | -16% | -13% | -13% | -12% |
| Sweden | -10% | -13% | -20% | -27% | -27% | -32% | -32% | -30% | -28% | -38% | -35% | -37% | -36% | -43% | -37% | |
| Finland | -2% | -7% | -27% | -20% | -28% | -24% | -30% | -26% | -29% | -35% | -35% | -36% | -31% | -36% | -30% | |
| Real Estate | Norway | 6% | -5% | 11% | 1% | -1% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 10% | 11% | 1% | -2% | -4% | -5% | -10% |
| Finland** | 2% | 13% | 2% | 9% | 12% | 7% | 7% | 15% | 16% | 23% | 19% | 23% | 40% | 17% | 24% |
| Company | Segment | Current ownership | Date of first investment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hypoteket | Fintech | 50% | 2016-02 |
| Tillit | Fintech | 38% | 2018-08 |
| Insurello | Fintech | 34% | 2019-05 |
| Rocker | Fintech | 34% | 2016-07 |
| Hjemmelegene | Healthtech | 27% | 2019-06 |
| Hygglo | Marketplace | 22% | 2017-02 |
| Tørn | Marketplace | 21% | 2021-06 |
| Pej | Commerce Enabler | 21% | 2019-10 |
| Campanyon | Marketplace | 20% | 2021-12 |
| FundingPartner | Fintech | 18% | 2018-03 |
| Fixrate | Fintech | 18% | 2020-12 |
| Homely | Other consumer services | 18% | 2019-11 |
| Demando | Marketplace | 17% | 2023-11 |
| Mindler | Healthtech | 16% | 2020-03 |
| Tibber | Other consumer services | 14% | 2021-07 |
| Albert | Other consumer services | 13% | 2016-09 |
| Askin | Healthtech | 12% | 2021-11 |

| Company | Segment | Current ownership | Date of first investment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nomono | Commerce Enabler | 12% | 2022-07 | |
| Syd | Other consumer services | 11% | 2021-08 | |
| Knips | Marketplace | 11% | 2022-01 | |
| Maja | Healthtech | 10% | 2022-01 | |
| Bookis | Marketplace | 9% | 2020-04 | |
| Gire | Marketplace | 8% | 2023-07 | |
| Tings | Marketplace | 8% | 2023-12 | |
| Ingrid | Commerce Enabler | 8% | 2021-12 | |
| Yepstr | Marketplace | 8% | 2017-07 | |
| Savr | Fintech | 7% | 2021-12 | |
| Firi | Fintech | 7% | 2022-01 | |
| Dintero | Commerce Enabler | 6% | 2020-11 | |
| Linear | Marketplace | 6% | 2022-06 | |
| Scrimba | Other consumer services | 5% | 2023-07 | |
| Unloc | Commerce Enabler | 1% | 2020-02 |

| Cash flow | Fourth quarter | |
|---|---|---|
| (NOK million) | 2022 | 2023 |
| Profit (loss) before taxes | 559 | 2,299 |
| Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses (recognised or reversed) | (108) | (1,823) |
| Net interest expense | 76 | 105 |
| Net effect pension liabilities | 11 | 10 |
| Share of loss (profit) of joint ventures and associates | 270 | (11) |
| Dividends received from joint ventures and associates | 1 | - |
| Interest received | 16 | 18 |
| Interest paid | (82) | (127) |
| Taxes paid | (54) | (54) |
| Sales losses (gains) on non-current assets and other non-cash losses (gains) | (203) | 67 |
| Change in working capital and provisions | 229 | 38 |
| Net cash flow from operating activities | 715 | 522 |
| Net cash flow from investing activities | 3,993 | 302 |
| -whereof Development and purchase of intangible assets and property, plant and | (282) | (316) |
| equipment | ||
| Net cash flow from financing activities | (1,255) | (650) |
| -whereof Payment of principal portion of lease liabilities | (66) | (93) |
| Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | (2) | 2 |
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | 3,451 | 175 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at start of period | 287 | 1,104 |
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | 3,738 | 1,279 |
The relationship between tax (expense) income and accounting profit (loss) before taxes is as follows:
| Income tax | Fourth quarter | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (NOK million) | 2022 | 2023 | |
| Profit (loss) before taxes | 559 | 2,299 | |
| Tax (expense) income based on weighted average tax rates* | (124) | (508) | |
| Prior period adjustments | (11) | 2 | |
| Tax effect of share of profit (loss) from joint ventures and associates | (58) | 3 | |
| Tax effect of impairment loss on goodwill, joint ventures and associates (recognised or reversed) | 93 | 479 | |
| Tax effect of other permanent differences | 30 | (27) | |
| Current period unrecognised deferred tax assets | (1) | (19) | |
| Tax (expense) income recognised in profit or loss | (72) | (70) | |
| * Weighted average tax rates | 22.3% | 22.0% |

| Rank | Name | A-shares | B-shares | Total | % of S/O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blommenholm Industrier AS | 30,746,423 | 30,013,354 | 60,759,777 | 26.3% |
| 2 | Folketrygdfondet | 8,196,550 | 10,488,006 | 18,684,556 | 8.1% |
| 3 | Baillie Gifford & Co. | 9,860,324 | 7,569,116 | 17,429,440 | 7.5% |
| 4 | Eminence Capital, LP | 5,521,958 | 1,608,586 | 7,130,544 | 3.1% |
| 5 | The Vanguard Group, Inc. | 3,272,642 | 3,106,541 | 6,379,183 | 2.8% |
| 6 | Didner & Gerge Fonder AB | 0 | 6,265,632 | 6,265,632 | 2.7% |
| 7 | Schibsted ASA | 2,423,946 | 3,291,645 | 5,715,591 | 2.5% |
| 8 | DNB Asset Management AS | 1,583,864 | 3,691,346 | 5,275,210 | 2.3% |
| 9 | NYA WERMLANDS-TIDNINGENS AB. | 2,592,000 | 2,592,000 | 5,184,000 | 2.2% |
| 10 | Storebrand Kapitalforvaltning AS | 1,997,516 | 2,091,642 | 4,089,158 | 1.8% |
| 11 | Vor Capital LLP. | 0 | 3,687,266 | 3,687,266 | 1.6% |
| 12 | KLP Fondsforvaltning AS | 990,194 | 2,648,808 | 3,639,002 | 1.6% |
| 13 | Luxor Capital Group, L.P. | 14,791 | 3,405,003 | 3,419,794 | 1.5% |
| 14 | Cadian Capital Management LP | 3,193,792 | 0 | 3,193,792 | 1.4% |
| 15 | Handelsbanken Kapitalförvaltning AB | 948,462 | 2,143,112 | 3,091,574 | 1.3% |
| 16 | Nordea Funds Oy | 435,901 | 2,638,203 | 3,074,104 | 1.3% |
| 17 | BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. | 1,315,710 | 1,724,241 | 3,039,951 | 1.3% |
| 18 | Goldman Sachs International | 1,509,907 | 1,397,593 | 2,907,500 | 1.3% |
| 19 | Asset Value Investors Ltd. | 0 | 2,469,457 | 2,469,457 | 1.1% |
| 20 | Arctic Fund Management AS | 35,786 | 2,407,271 | 2,443,057 | 1.1% |
Source: Nasdaq OMX, VPS as of 14 December 2023; The data is obtained through the analysis of beneficial ownership and fund manager information provided in replies to disclosure of ownership notices issued to all custodians on the Schibsted share register. Whilst every reasonable effort is made to verify all data, neither Nasdaq OMX nor Schibsted can guarantee the accuracy of the analysis.

Visit Schibsted's website: schibsted.com Email: [email protected]
Jann-Boje Meinecke VP, Head of IR +47 941 00 835
IR Officer +47 916 86 710
Schibsted ASA Akersgata 55 / P.O. Box 490 Sentrum NO-0105 Oslo

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