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Vend Marketplaces ASA

Earnings Release Jul 17, 2018

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Q2 2018

CEO Rolv Erik Ryssdal and CFO Trond Berger 17 July 2018

Disclaimer

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.

Reasonable care has been taken to ensure that the information and facts stated herein are accurate and that the opinions contained herein are fair and reasonable, however no representation or warranty, express or implied, is given by or on behalf of the Company, any of its directors, or any other person as to the accuracy or completeness of the information or opinions contained in this document and no liability is accepted for any such information or opinions.

This presentation includes and is based on, among other things, forward-looking information and statements. Such forward-looking information and statements are based on the current expectations, estimates and projections of the Company or assumptions based on information available to the Company. Such forward-looking information and statements reflect current views with respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. The Company cannot give any assurance as to the correctness of such information and statements. Several factors could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by statements and information in this presentation.

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.

The Company does not intend, and does not assume any obligation, to update or correct any information included in this presentation.

Q2 2018 – Continuing our steady growth

  • Marketplaces: Revenues continue to grow, and profits increase
  • Revenues up 16%*; EBITDA margin up 5%-points to 35%*
  • France, Spain, Norway and Brazil all showing strong development in Q2
  • Lower margin in France due to acquisitions and increased marketing Leboncoin.fr EBITDA margin 58 percent
  • Investment phase losses are declining

Publishing: Digital continues to grow

  • Stable revenue development with solid digital growth and 8% EBITDA margin
  • Schibsted Growth: Continues to expand
  • Revenues up 12% to NOK 455m. EBITDA margin increased to 26%.
  • Lendo is growing well, looking into new market opportunities

*) Including proportionate share of JVs, adjusted for currency effects.

  • Marketplaces
  • Publishing
  • Growth
  • Finance
  • Summary

MARKETPLACES

We maintain our 15-20% annual growth target

Focus on cash flow and profitability improvement

Pro forma, including contribution from joint ventures and associates as if we had consolidated the companies proportionately

16-19 Focus on improved cash flow and profitability

Strengthening verticals in existing markets

15-20% medium to long term growth outlook in France

Significant potential in profitable OLX Brazil

Verticals are driving solid revenue growth

Revenue growth driven by verticals….

… of which real estate and cars are most important

1) Pro forma, including contribution from joint ventures and associates as if we had consolidated the companies proportionately, adjusted for currency 2) Verticals = Car, real estate, jobs

FÉLICITATIONS FRANCE!

In France, we saw continued growth in revenues and traffic – EBITDA margin 58% for Leboncoin.fr isolated

  • Fast growing revenues in verticals
  • Price optimization supported by product enhancements
  • Ramping up in jobs
  • Newly acquired A Vendre A Louer yields good results in real estate
  • Traffic growing by 12% Y/Y driven by product enhancements and marketing
  • EBITDA margin decline in Q2 as a result of
  • Increased marketing spending (3-4pp)
  • Acquired assets (3-4pp)
  • Leboncoin.fr "isolated" margin of 58%

1) Including Leboncoin, MB Diffusion, Avendre A Louer and Kudoz 2) No effect from IFRS 15 in Q2

Marketplaces

In Norway, strong growth was driven by volumes and new products

Norway

Revenues (NOK million) and EBITDA margin

*) Comparable figures excluding effect from IFRS 15.

  • Volume increase and price optimization supported by product enhancements in jobs and real estate and cars
  • Continued good performance by "Blink" targeted distribution of real estate and jobs classifieds
  • Q2 positively affected by the recovery of the negative Easter effect from March

In Spain, we saw solid performance in jobs and cars – acceleration in real estate

Spain Revenues (NOK million) and EBITDA margin +17% 26% 23% 32% - 100 200 300 400 Q2 16 Q2 17 Q2 18 Revenues EBITDA margin

  • Good performance in jobs and cars in Q2
  • Improving trend in real estate with accelerating revenue growth
  • Margin affected positively by reduced marketing spend Y/Y

In Sweden, we saw revenue decline in display advertising

*) Comparable figures excluding effect from IFRS 15.

  • Jobs continue with solid growth
  • Stable revenue in cars
  • Accelerated product development
  • Blocket continues to deliver strongly on leads to car dealers driven by wide traffic leadership
  • Revenue decline in display advertising
  • Increased marketing spend Y/Y

We are on track to achieve reduced Investment phase losses of EUR 40-50 million in 2018

Total Investment phase revenue

(EUR million including our proportionate share of JVs)

Total Investment phase EBITDA

(EUR million including our proportionate share of JVs)

Positive development for Shpock

– focus on UK

  • Focus on traffic and monetization growth in UK
  • 3.3 million monthly app users in UK
  • 2 million new listings per month

  • Introduced in-app transactions
  • Commercializing features for verticals – focus on cars

Marketplaces

In Brazil, revenue growth accelerated in Q2

Clear classifieds leader Clear leader in cars

  • 6.5 million daily active users in Q2
  • 80% of traffic is mobile

  • 1 by traffic in Online classifieds

  • Top of mind brand in general classifieds
  • 15th largest online site in Brazil

PUBLISHING

While digital is growing, we are managing the decline in print

Publishing operations Scandinavia

Revenues and EBITDA-margin (NOK million)

* Currency adjusted

VG and Aftonbladet delivered digital growth and solid margins

VG and Aftonbladet

Revenues and EBITDA-margin (NOK million)

Strong growth in digital subscriptions in VG Subscribers to VG+

In morning newspapers, we have grown digital subscriber numbers

Number of subscribers

Creative coverage of football world cup drives user engangement

  • •Strong traffic figures in connection with football world cup in June and July
  • •Demonstrating VG and Aftonbladet's positions as key news destinations in Norway and Sweden
  • •13 million visits to the "World cup twin" service – from across the globe

SCHIBSTED GROWTH

Lendo – strong growth in a fast developing consumer finance market

Lendo

Revenues (NOK million) and EBITDA-margin

  • Contined strong growth in volume and revenues in Sweden and Finland
  • Slight slowdown in volume growth in Norway
  • Looking into new market opportunities for Lendo
  • Strategic review to be announced during Q3 18

Record high EBITDA in Q2 – margin increase from 16% to 19% Y/Y

EBITDA change Q2 17-Q2 18 (NOK million)

We have improved our EBITDA, increased our operating cash flow, and reduced our CAPEX

Q2 2018

Finance

Q2 income statement Schibsted Group

(NOK million) Q2 2018 Q2 2017
Operating revenues 4,602 4,327
Operating expenses (3,707) (3,633)
Gross operating profit (EBITDA) ex Investment phase 1,008 877
Gross operating profit (EBITDA) 895 694
Depreciation and amortization (175) (156)
Share of profit (loss) of JVs and associates 30 (11)
Impairment loss (125) (9)
Other income and expenses (2) 1,286
Operating profit (loss) 623 1,805
Net financial items (30) (70)
Profit (loss) before taxes 593 1,735
Taxes (277) (352)
Profit (loss) 315 1,383
EPS (NOK) 1.24 6.07
EPS - adjusted (NOK) 1.76 0.96

Strategic review of the product portfolio result in impairment of NOK 125 million in Q2

• Related to closure of the joint generalist platform project (Rocket) and certain other projects

Positively affected by one-off in relation to the acquisition of Telenor's online classifieds assets in LatAm and the sale of Asian assets to Telenor

We plan to reduce investments, while growing revenue

We are targeting bolt-on acquisitions and consolidation in online classifieds – using our strong financial base

Net interest bearing debt currently below target range NIBD (NOK million) and NIBD/EBITDA

  • Bolt-on acquisitions and consolidation are highly attractive in online classifieds
  • Current financial leverage allows significant M&A activity
  • We will continue to be slightly under levered according to our target range in the shortmedium term, while pursuing M&A strategy

Finance

Q2 2018 – Continuing our steady growth

  • Marketplaces: Revenues continue to grow, and profits increase
  • Revenues up 16%*; EBITDA margin up 5%-points to 35%*
  • France, Spain, Norway and Brazil all showing strong development in Q2
  • Lower margin in France due to acquisitions and increased marketing Leboncoin.fr EBITDA margin 58 percent
  • Investment phase losses are declining

Publishing: Digital continues to grow

  • Stable revenue development with solid digital growth and 8% EBITDA margin
  • Schibsted Growth: Continues to expand
  • Revenues up 12% to NOK 455m. EBITDA margin increased to 26%.
  • Lendo is growing well, looking into new market opportunities

*) Including proportionate share of JVs, adjusted for currency effects.

APPENDICES

Spreadsheet containing detailed Q2 2018 and Historical and analytical Information can be downloaded from www.schibsted.com/ir

We continue to deliver profit improvement

Q2 2018 30

Continued revenue growth in Italy and Ireland, limited cost increase

Other Developed markets

Revenues and EBITDA-margin (NOK million)

  • Continued solid revenue growth in verticals in all geographies
  • Lower growth rate in display advertising
  • Improved EBITDA margin as a result of tight cost control
Italy
Ireland
Colombia Hungary

Key operations – Marketplaces

Second quarter (NOK million) First half year
yoy % 2017 2018 Norway developed phase 2018 2017 2017
16 % 435 503 Operating revenues 911 827 1,628
11 % 242 268 Operating expenses 504 940
21 % 193 235 EBITDA 407 347 688
44 % 47 % EBITDA-margin 45 % 42 % 42 %
Second quarter (EUR million) First half year Year
yoy % 2017 2018 France developed phase 2018 2017 2017
21 % 65 78 Operating revenues 152 127 259.8
44 % 25 36 Operating expenses 68 49 107.3
6 % 40 42 EBITDA 83 77 152.5
61 % 54 % EBITDA-margin 55 % 61 % 59 %
Second quarter (EUR million) First half year Year
yoy % 2017 2018 Spain developed phase 2018 2017 2017
17 % 35 40 Operating revenues 78 67 138
3 % 27 27 Operating expenses 56 54 103
61 % 8 13 EBITDA 22 13 35
23 % 32 % EBITDA-margin 29 % 19 % 25 %
Second quarter (SEK million) First half year Year
yoy % 2017 2018 Sweden developed phase 2018 2017 2017
-5 % 277 264 Operating revenues 492 519 1,035
1 % 124 125 Operating expenses 249 235 458
-9 % 153 139 EBITDA 244 283 577

Key operations – Publishing and Growth

Publishing Growth

Second quarter First half year
(NOK million)
Year
yoy % 2017 2018 VG (Verdens Gang) 2018 2017 2017
5 % 439 459 Operating revenues 902 870 1,746
18 % 216 255 - online 490 420 863
-9 % 224 204 - offline 413 450 882
7 % 352 377 Operating expenses
740
695 1,407
-6 % 87 82 EBITDA 162 176 339
20 % 18 % EBITDA-margin 18 % 20 % 19 %
Second quarter (NOK million) First half year
yoy % 2017 2018 Lendo Group 2018 2017 2017
26 % 165 208 Operating revenues 423 312 704
18 % 104 124 Operating expenses
244
197 411
40 % 60 84 EBITDA
179
115
293
37 % 41 % EBITDA-margin 42 % 37 % 42 %
Second quarter (NOK million) First half year
yoy % 2017 2018 Aftonbladet 2018 2017 2017
-8 % 470 434 Operating revenues 848 889 1,830
1 % 226 228 - online 443 415 887
-15 % 244 206 - offline 405 474 943
-5 % 400 381 Operating expenses 760 787 1,568
-25 % 70 53 EBITDA 88 102 262
15 % 12 % EBITDA-margin 10 % 12 % 14 %
Second quarter (NOK million) First half year
yoy % 2017 2018 Subscription based newspapers 2018 2017 2017
-2 % 902 886 Operating revenues 1,745 1,769 3,525
9 % 211 230 - online 448 411 840
-5 % 691 656 - offline 1,297 1,358 2,685
1 % 819 825 Operating expenses
1,654
1,645 3,272
-27 % 83 61 EBITDA 91 124 253
9 % 7 % EBITDA-margin 5 % 7 % 7 %

IFRS 15 and IFRS 16 impact

IFRS 15 – New revenue recognition standard

  • Implemented in Schibsted as of Q1 2018
  • Negative effect on revenue and EBITDA of around NOK 8 million in Q2 2018. NOK 30 million YTD.
  • Certain classifieds revenues being recognized over a longer period than previously
  • The effect in Q3 to Q4 is expected to be minor
  • No impact in Publishing nor Growth

IFRS 16 – New financial reporting standard for leasing

  • IFRS 16 for leases will be implemented Q1 2019
  • Current lease expenses indicate that this will have a positive impact of EBITDA in the magnitude of NOK 500 million

Underlying tax rate stable around 30%

  • Reported tax rate may deviate significantly from the nominal tax rates in our markets. The main reasons are:
    1. Share of profit (loss) of joint ventures and associates being reported net of tax
    1. Unrecognised tax benefits from tax losses in Online Classifieds Investment phase operations and product & tech development
    1. Non-deductible expenses or non-taxable gains
  • With reduced investments, the reported tax rate will in the future converge towards the Underlying tax rate
  • Underlying tax rate broadly represents a weighted average of the tax rates in the countries Schibsted is in tax position. Any reduction in corporate tax rates in countries like France would reduce this rate

Key financial figures

NOK NOK million

CAPEX (NOK million) and CAPEX/Sales (%) Net interest bearing debt (NOK) and Ratio of Net interest bearing debt/LTM EBITDA

Earnings per share - adjusted Net cash flow from operating activities

Cash flow

Second quarter
(NOK million) 2017 2018
Profit (loss) before taxes 1,735 593
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment losses 165 300
Net effect pension liabilities 13 4
Share of loss (profit) of joint ventures and associates, net of dividends received 30 (5)
Taxes paid (347) (217)
Sales losses (gains) non-current assets and other non-cash losses (gains) (1,310) -
Change in working capital and provisions (94) (123)
Net cash flow from operating activities 192 550
Net cash flow from investing activities (3,486) (212)
Net cash flow before financing activities (3,295) 338
Net cash flow from financing activities 3,024 (451)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 15 (5)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents (256) (118)
Cash and cash equivalents at start of period 751 1,805
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period 495 1,688

Basic information

A-share B-share
Ticker
Oslo Stock Exchange: SCHA SCHB
Reuters: SBSTA.OL SBSTB.OL
Bloomberg: SCHA:NO SCHB:NO
Number of shares
(13 July
2018)
108,003,615 130,684,373
Treasury shares (13 July
2018)
256,227 49,335
Number
of
shares
outstanding
107,747,388 130,635,038
Free
float*
74% 78%
Share price (13 July
2018)
NOK 266.00 NOK 244.00 *) Total number
of
shares
excluding
treasury
shares
Average daily trading volume (shares)** 244,000 126,000 and shares
owned
by
Blommenholm Industrier AS.
Market Cap total (13 July
2018)
NOK 60.6 bn., EUR 6.4 bn.,
GBP 5.6 bn., USD 7.5 bn., **) Since
1 January
2018

Shareholder analysis

% of
Rank
Name
A-Shares B-shares Total vote
1
Blommenholm Industrier AS
28,188,589 28,598,589 56,787,178 25.6 %
2
Baillie Gifford & Co.
7,786,624 6,382,839 14,169,463 7.0 %
3
Folketrygdfondet
6,905,910 11,159,950 18,065,860 6.6 %
4
Adelphi Capital LLP
4,642,988 3,824,533 8,467,521 4.2 %
5
NWT Media AS
4,274,300 4,100,000 8,374,300 3.9 %
6
Platinum Investment Management Ltd.
3,943,173 3,415,801 7,358,974 3.5 %
7
Fidelity Management & Research Company
3,741,171 2,562,369 6,303,540 3.3 %
8
Alecta pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt
3,464,000 3,633,600 7,097,600 3.2 %
9
Luxor Capital Group, L.P.
2,003,131 5,168,589 7,171,720 2.1 %
10
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
2,144,688 2,367,639 4,512,327 2.0 %
11
Echinus Capital, LLC
2,159,781 771,870 2,931,651 1.8 %
12
Marathon Asset Management LLP
1,886,399 1,570,062 3,456,461 1.7 %
13
DNB Asset Management AS
1,508,440 4,631,223 6,139,663 1.6 %
14
Fidelity International
1,740,844 1,501,994 3,242,838 1.6 %
15
Echinus Partners LP
1,511,730 1,470,643 2,982,373 1.4 %
16
Storebrand Kapitalforvaltning AS
1,424,018 1,558,420 2,982,438 1.3 %
17
Nordea Funds Oy
1,225,414 1,678,926 2,904,340 1.2 %
18
Metzler Asset Management GmbH
1,331,714 0 1,331,714 1.1 %
19
Antipodes Partners Limited
1,064,619 0 1,064,619 0.9 %
20
Tw
eedy, Brow
ne Company LLC
900,000 900,000 1,800,000 0.8 %

Shareholders SCHA SCHB % of foreign shareholders** 59.3 % 57.1 % Number of shareholders 4,039 4,251 Number of shares 108,003,615 130,684,373 Shares ow ned by Schibsted 256,227 49,335

Largest country of ownership A+B (VPS)
Norw
ay**
41.9 %
U.S.A. 25.5 %
U.K. 9.3 %
Sw
eden**
8.9 %
Ireland 2.4 %
Luxembourg 2.3 %
**) NWT Media AS is counted as a Sw
edish shareholder.

Updated information and VPS register at:

www.schibsted.com/en/ir/Share/Shareholder-new

The shareholder ID data are provided by Nasdaq OMX. The data are 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 or Schibsted can guarantee the accuracy of the analysis.

Source: Nasdaq OMX. Data as of 18 June 2018.

INVESTOR INFORMATION

Visit Schibsted's web site www.schibsted.com

IR contacts: Jo Christian Steigedal VP, Head of IR [email protected] +47 415 08 733

Schibsted ASA Akersgata 55, P.O. Box 490 Sentrum, NO-0105 Oslo Tel: +47 23 10 66 00. E-mail: [email protected]

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