1Q 2019 OTELLO CORPORATION ASA
Agenda
- Executive Summary (CEO, Lars Boilesen)
- Operational Review (CEO, Lars Boilesen)
- Financial Review (CFO, Petter Lade)
- Q&A (CEO, Lars Boilesen & CFO, Petter Lade)
Executive Summary

Quarterly highlights
Financial metric (USD million) |
1Q19 |
1Q18 |
| Total revenue |
51.5 |
71.4 |
| Adj. EBITDA* |
1.4 |
0.7 |
- Revenue impacted by one-time event in both AdColony and Bemobi in 1Q19
- Focus on costs and solid margins secure positive Adj. EBITDA in 1Q19
*For further information regarding Adjusted EBITDA and other alternative performance measures used by Otello, see Note 9 of the interim financial statements
Operational Review
AdColony – Turnaround continues
• Revenue
- Performance business still experiencing volatile revenue, but positive gross margin trend
- Brand business with expected seasonal decline in 1Q vs 4Q
- Tech issues with programmatic delivery late in the quarter reduced revenue
• Cost
- OPEX reduced by over 50% last 2 years, now targeting \$60m annual runrate
- Continue to invest in our sales force and our Istanbul office

AdColony – Status
- Gross margin trends positive for both Brand and Performance
- Support functions strategy in Istanbul paying off with lower cost and more productivity
- Lowered break even (Adj. EBITDA) revenue point to \$45m (was \$50m) in quarterly revenue @ 35% gross margin
- Expecting ~10% revenue growth in 2Q19 vs 1Q19
AdColony
Global Brand Business
Results: Brand Advertising

| Revenue Source |
Q1 2019 |
Q1 2019 Mix % |
| Brand (incl. IO and PMP) |
\$11.7M |
55% |
Brand Performance |
\$5.3M |
25% |
Programmatic Open Marketplace |
\$4.2M |
20% |
| TOTAL |
\$21.2M |
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- Total Brand revenue decreased 40% from Q4 '18 to Q1 '19
- This is normal seasonality on the Brand side of the industry as the decrease from Q4 to Q1 in 2017 and 2018 was 38% and 43% respectively
- Tremendous work and momentum in Q1 has us experiencing a very strong start to Q2 where we are forecasting 20% growth in Brand revenue
Continued Focus On Quality Is Fueling Programmatic
- Q1 groundwork for future growth made in our North America programmatic PMP business
- 27 Unique customers were running PMP's with us in Q1 2018
- 41 Unique customers were running PMP's with us in Q1 2019 (+52%)
- In Q1 2018, 80% of our PMP spend was display inventory via SSP partnerships while only 20% of PMP revenue was video direct from AdColony's 1st party SDK inventory.
- In Q1 2019, the ratio has shifted dramatically. 65% of AdColony's PMP revenue is coming from our 1st party video SDK inventory, and only 35% is coming from display via SSP partners
- Overall eCPM's have increased 73% year-over-year from \$3.62 in Q1 '18 to \$6.25 in Q1 '19 as the shift to more premium video inventory continues
- That shift has continued and increased thus far in Q2 with AdColony's 1 st party SDK video inventory making up 83% of all Q2 PMP revenue with an eCPM of \$7.93 (+119% from Q1 2018, and +27% from Q1 2019)
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# of Brands |
Display |
Video |
eCPM |
| Q1 2018 |
27 |
80% |
20% |
\$3.62 |
| Q1 2019 |
41 |
35% |
65% |
\$6.25 |
What We're Working On

- Continued improvements and maturation of our programmatic tools and offerings
- 1 st Price auction (standardized auction dynamics)
- Multi Creative Object Support (more formats = more revenue)
- Supply Demand Alignment Optimizations (better matching)
- International Endpoints (global hardware to accelerate execution), already seeing good results in APAC
- Renewed commitment to first-party, high-quality display inventory
- Building 1st party display inventory into our AdColony SDK tech stack
- Continued commitment to a fraud-free exchange environment
- Partnered with Pixalate to monitor all traffic across our platform for fraud and brand safety
- Ingesting data from various supply side fraud partners and implementing processes to proactively combat IVT (Invalid Traffic)
AdColony
Global Performance
Results: Performance Advertising
Summary: Q1 2019 Performance Revenues = USD 16.9 million (-4.5% vs. Q4'18)
Performance Revenues & Gross margin (USD million)

- Revenue stability in Q1 despite significant increase in competition
- Gross margin revenue trend turned positive in Q4, continued in 1Q19
- Focus on largest customers, better demand & supply alignment and creative innovation
Gross Margins on Performance Business
Gross Margin (%)
- Greater focus on profitability and health of underlying business – Gross margin higher than Q2/Q3 of last year
- Performance margins expected to be stable in the 26-28% range going forward

Key Highlights
Revenue stability, creativity in performance and improvements in CoreTM
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- Stability in key accounts on performance, green shoots in others
- Double digit growth in Playrix, Kama, Nord Current and Machine Zone
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- New improved interactive and engaging ad units brings our creative offering at par with the industry
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- Big push on new supply with dedicated BD team already seeing positive results with big wins in Top 200
- Goodgame studios, Playgendry, Codi games, Rollic games
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- New CoreTM released in late March, promising results on IR and spends
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- Supply side tool set to enable better matching demand and supply and improve yields for our publishers
Bemobi
Bemobi Revenue and Adj. EBITDA growth ex FX
Revenue and Adj. EBITDA growth ex FX |
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D (%) |
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| Bemobi |
1Q19 |
1Q18 |
Y-o-Y |
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| Revenue (USD M) |
12,8 |
14,3 |
-11% |
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| EBITDA (USD M) |
5,0 |
5,4 |
-7% |
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D (%) |
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| Bemobi - Ex-FX Rate |
1Q19 |
1Q18 |
Y-o-Y |
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| Bemobi - Ex-FX Rate |
1Q19 |
1Q18 |
Y-o-Y |
| Revenue (USD M) |
14,5 |
14,3 |
2% |
| EBITDA (USD M) |
5,8 |
5,4 |
7% |
FX Rate impact YoY (1Q19 vs. 1Q18)
- INTL basket: - 8.3%
- LATAM BRL: - 16.1%
Bemobi – Subscriber growth driving revenue and scale

- 8% YoY subscriber growth
- Overall service penetration on served addressable market stable at 1.1%.
• 64 operators live
- 21 operators in Latam
- 9 operators in South Asia
- 17 operators in South-East Asia
- 10 operators in CIS
- 7 operators in Africa
- Plan is to launch 5 more in 2Q19
Bemobi - Overal channel mix improving
Co-owned Channels
NDNC
- 10 portals live in Bemobi outside of Latam:
- Idea India
- Vodafone India
- Telenor Pakistan
- Tele2 Russia
- Vodacom Tanzania
- 6 more planned for the next 2 quarters
New NC IVR
- Win in Claro Brazil rollout phase completed with results reflected in subscriber growth in Brazil
- Long sales cycle, but very large potential for next couple of years i.e. 2-3x times the distribution capacity as NCND portals
International markets continue subscriber growth 1Q18 vs. 1Q19
| CHANNEL |
FROM |
TO |
Comments |
| NCND Portals |
13% |
32% |
Strategic: predictable and no incremental cost |
| Operator Promo |
5% |
12% |
Growth due to new operators in SEA |
| OVI / OMS/ IVR |
3% |
1% |
New own channel, focus area |
| Opera Mini |
34% |
17% |
Long term agreement |
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Digital acquisition (CPA) |
45% |
38% |
Controlling quality of acquisitions to decrease churn |
Bemobi

- 1Q19 revenue negatively impacted by platform migration of major customer and platform fee in Brazil
- Bemobi distribution channel becoming more strategic for new services and new partners
- Plan to offer several new services beyond the Apps club in 2019
- Expecting ~10% revenue growth in 2Q19 vs 1Q19
- Groundwork for a potential IPO of Bemobi in UK underway
Opera TV (Vewd)
- As previously communicated, there is an ongoing legal dispute with majority shareholder (MFC)
- Favorable verdict granted on liability, not appealed by MFC
- MFC ordered by the Court to pay a substantial portion of Otello's legal costs to date, all cash received
- Otello has now restored the proceedings in order to pursue alternative remedies, including (1) have the Court require MFC to buy Otello's shares (and loan note) at the higher of the current valuation of those shares and the price that the buyer was prepared to pay, and (2) if MFC is unable to purchase the shares at such price, require that all shares in the company be sold and Otello be paid the sum found to be due to it out of the proceeds of such sale.
Financial Review
Disclaimer
This presentation contains, and is i.a. based on, forward-looking statements regarding Otello Corporation ASA and its subsidiaries. These statements are based on various assumptions made by Otello Corporation ASA, which are beyond its control and which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.
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Otello Corporation 1Q19
| (USD million) |
1Q 2019 |
1Q 2018 |
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| Revenue |
51.5 |
71.4 |
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| Publisher and revenue share cost |
(29.6) |
(40.8) |
Payroll and related expenses |
(12.5) |
(15.3) |
Stock-based compensation expenses |
(1.1) |
1.6 |
| Depreciation and amortization expenses |
(7.0) |
(7.3) |
| Other operating expenses |
(8.0) |
(14.5) |
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| Total operating expenses |
(58.2) |
(76.2) |
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Adjusted EBITDA* |
1.4 |
0.7 |
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| Operating profit (loss), (EBIT), excluding restructuring and impairment expenses |
(6.7) |
(5.0) |
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| Restructuring and impairment expenses |
(0.7) |
0.0 |
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Operating profit (loss), (EBIT) |
(7.4) |
(4.9) |
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| Net financial items |
(1.9) |
(10.2) |
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| Provision for taxes |
(0.6) |
18.9 |
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| Profit (loss) |
(9.8) |
3.8 |
Revenue and cost down in tandem
Adjusted EBITDA stable vs. 1Q18
IFRS 16 impacted Adj. EBITDA positively by USD 0.8 million
Negative Net financial items due to weaker USD vs NOK
1Q18 had a one-time significant tax asset in Brazil
Otello Corporation 1Q19
Revenue (USD million)
OPEX (USD million)


- Revenue in 1Q19 impacted by one-off events in AdColony and Bemobi
- OPEX significantly down both vs 1Q18 and 4Q18 due to cost cuts in AdColony
- Adj. EBITDA marginally up vs. 1Q18, flat excluding IFRS 16 impact
AdColony
Revenue USD million)


1Q18 2Q18 3Q18 4Q18 1Q19

OPEX USD million)
3 2, 2 |
3 , 1 2 |
3 9, 1 |
3 7, 1 |
6 5, 1 |
| 1Q18 |
2Q18 |
3Q18 |
4Q18 |
1Q19 |
Adj. EBITDA (USD million)

- Brand seasonal trend from 4Q to 1Q as expected
- Brand programmatic revenue impacted by tech issues
- Performance revenue stabilizing and solid margin recovery
- New annualized OPEX target of \$60m
- Adj. EBITDA stable vs. 1Q18 with cost discipline offsetting lower revenue
Bemobi – Impacted by one-time events and FX
73,7 72,2 65,7 67,8 65,0 65 70 75 80 Gross Margin % 71.4 73.4 14,3 13,7 12,4 13,6 12,8 1Q18 2Q18 3Q18 4Q18 1Q19 14,5 71.2
Revenue (USD million)
60 1Q18 2Q18 3Q18 4Q18 1Q19 OPEX (USD million)

1Q18 2Q18 3Q18 4Q18 1Q19 Adj. EBITDA (USD million)

- 1Q19 YoY results impacted by FX (BRL vs USD)
- 1Q19 revenue negatively impacted by platform migration of major customer and platform fee in Brazil
- Solid gross margins and EBITDA growth across all key regions

Note: from 3Q18 and moving forward, the Gross Margin includes CPA (cost of user acquisition), since this is now recognized as publisher and revenue share cost (COGS), instead of Opex. COGS are increased and Opex is reduced by the same amount
Cash flow

• Operating CF: USD (1.8) million
- Net cashflow from Investment Activities USD 2.7 million
- Proceeds from Symantec (sale of SurfEasy) of USD 5.6 million
- CAPEX & Capitalized R&D: USD (3.0) million
- CF from Financing: USD (1.3) million in share repurchases and lease liabilities (IFRS 16)
- FX impact on cash position: USD (0.5) million
- Cash end of quarter: USD 26.6 million
Financial position – Net cash position with no debt and no earn-outs
Financial Position (USD million)

Balance sheet (USD million)
Outlook AdColony
2Q19*
Revenue: Up ~10% versus 1Q19
Gross Margins: Flat/Up, positive mix versus 1Q19
Opex: Flat, continued cost focus
2019 (unchanged)
Adj. EBITDA: Positive
Outlook Bemobi
2Q19
Revenue up ~10% from 1Q19
Adding more channels and services in LATAM and International
2019 (unchanged)
Revenue: Growth vs. 2018
Adj. EBITDA: Growth vs. 2018
