Investor Presentation • Apr 25, 2023
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PROMOTORA DE INFORMACIONES, S.A. April 25th, 2023
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INDEX

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Strong performance in both business lines driven by advertising, subscriptions and extraordinary institutional sales in Santillana Argentina.

Growth based on revenues expansion and operational improvement.

Increase in margins driven by cost efficiencies, offsetting inflation growth.

| RESULTS (€m) | Q1 2023 | Q1 2022 | Var. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 267 | 211 | +27% |
| Expenses | 200 | 169 | +18% |
| EBITDA ex severance expenses |
69 | 44 | +58% |
| % Margin | 25.9% | 20.8% | +5p.p. |
| EBITDA | 67 | 41 | +63% |
| % Margin | 25.2% | 19.6% | +6p.p. |
| Operating Result (EBIT) |
51 | 24 | +116% |
Boosted on the back of operational improvement.

Deterioration due to higher interests, negative impact of fair value (following the partial debt repayment) and hyperinflation impact in Argentina.

Growth driven by operational improvement, despite financial results deterioration.

| RESULTS (€m) | Q1 2023 |
Q1 2022 | Var. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Result (EBIT) | 51 | 24 | +116% |
| Financial Result | -32 | -15 | -108% |
| Equithy method companies |
0 | 0 | --- |
| Profit before tax | 19 | 8 | +132% |
| Tax expense | 14 | 9 | +57% |
| Minority interest | 0 | -1 | +72% |
| Net Profit | 5 | 0 | --- |
Despite the significant improvement in EBITDA, FCF is impacted by temporary effects in working capital, mainly related to Santillana's pending collections.

Increase in interests paid due to different payment timing vs 2022.
Proceeds obtained from the mandatory Convertible Notes and payments related to interest rates hedging.
Improvement due to the mandatory Convertible Notes, which offset negative working capital impact, increase in interest payments and hedging costs.

| CASH FLOW (€m) excluding FX impact on Cash balance |
Q1 2023 | Q1 2022 | Var. |
|---|---|---|---|
| EBITDA ex severance expenses |
69 | 44 | 25 |
| Working Capital | -7 | 28 | -35 |
| Capex | -9 | -8 | -2 |
| Taxes | -5 | -6 | 1 |
| Others (1) | -3 | -9 | 6 |
| IFRS 16 | -6 | -6 | -1 |
| FCF | 38 | 43 | -6 |
| Interest paid | -18 | -1 | -16 |
| Divestments & other | 5 | -1 | 5 |
| CF before M&A and refinancing |
25 | 41 | -17 |
| Convertible notes | 128 | 0 | 128 |
| M&A and hedging | -4 | -1 | -3 |
| Cash Flow | 149 | 41 | 108 |
(€m)

STRONG LIQUIDITY POSITION STANDING AT
€246m
NET DEBT/EBITDA RATIO IMPROVEMENT

(1) Includes mainly interests payments, divestments and dividends.
(2) Includes mainly PIK , convertible notes coupon, accrued interest and impact of FX on Net debt.
(3) Net Debt/EBITDA ratio calculated considering the financial leverage criteria defined on the Refinancing agreements.


+60%
Digital-only subscribers growth YoY

❑ >287k subscribers, of which 249k are digital-only
❑ >21k digital-only net additions in Q1 2023
❑ 12% Compound Quarterly Growth Rate in Digital-Only LTM
13 (1) Daily average. (2) Monthly average

(1) i2P, March 2023, excluding local advertising in Press. (2) ASOMEDIOS, February 2023 (3) Informe de Medios, February 2023
Net advertising revenue growth mainly driven by radio in Spain and online in Press.

Revenue increase mainly driven by online circulation growth that offsets the decline in offline circulation.
+1%vs. 2022
EBITDA margin expansion (+4p.p.) contributing to EBITDA improvement.

| RESULTS (€m) | Q1 2023 | Q1 2022 | Var. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 98 | 83 | +18% |
| Advertising | 67 | 62 | +7% |
| Circulation | 13 | 13 | +1% |
| Other(1) | 17 | 7 | +146% |
| Expenses | 96 | 84 | +13% |
| Variable expense | 24 | 13 | +80% |
| Fixed expense | 72 | 71 | +1% |
| EBITDA | 2 | -2 | --- |
| % Margin | 2.0% | -2.2% | +4p.p. |
| EBITDA ex severance expenses |
3 | 0 | --- |
| % Margin | 2.9% | 0.0% | +3p.p. |
| Operating Result (EBIT) | -4 | -9 | +53% |
(1) Other revenues includes, mainly: strategic partnerships with technology platforms to bolster digital transformation; and audiovisual production (Prisa Video – Lacoproductora).
04
Boosted by continuous market transformation.

Good performance mainly driven by Q4 2022 delays; pending the more relevant sales on second half of the year.
+85%
vs. 2022

LEARNING SYSTEMS SUBSCRIPTIONS EVOLUTION (k)
North campaign results will be updated in Q3.
Subscription models continue to grow in South Campaign countries.
Private market: strong performance of both subscription and didactic businesses, with additional contribution of extraordinary institutional sale in Argentina.
Public market: good performance in Q1 mainly driven by Q4 2022 delays (Brazil's PNLD and Chile); pending the more relevant sales on second half of the year (Brazil's PNLD and Mexico's Conaliteg).

EBITDA margin expansion (+5p.p.) contributing to EBITDA improvement.

FX IMPACT Revenues (+€10.2m) & EBITDA (+€3.1m), mainly Argentina(2) (+€6.8m) & (+€3.6m).
| KPIs | Q1 2023 | Q1 2022 | Var. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Subscriptions (k) | 2,760 | 2,480 | 11% |
| (1) Campaign revenues (€m) |
120 | 98 | 22% |
| % Subs. sales / Private sales | 52% | 55% | -3p.p. |
| RESULTS (€m) | Q1 2023 | Q1 2022 | Var. |
| Revenues | 170 | 128 | 32% |
| Expenses | 103 | 84 | 23% |
| EBITDA | 67 | 45 | 50% |
| % Margin | 39.4% | 34.7% | 5p.p. |
| EBITDA ex severance expenses |
68 | 45 | 50% |
| % Margin | 40.0% | 35.2% | 5p.p. |




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Participant of the UN Global Compact and member of the following ESG indices:


Both Media and Education businesses keep growing revenues, EBITDA and margins.



On track towards our 2023 guidance goals, keeping focus on 2025 roadmap.

(1) FCF= EBITDA ex Severance exp + WC + Capex + Taxes + Redundancies paid + Other cash flows and adjustments from operations + Financial investments + IFRS 16

| EBITDA | The Group uses EBITDA as a benchmark to monitor the performance of its businesses and to set its operational and strategic targets, therefore, this "alternative performance measure" is important for the Group and is used by other companies in the sector. EBITDA is defined as operating results plus assets depreciation and amortization charge, impairment of goodwill and impairment of assets. |
|---|---|
| The Group also uses as an "alternative performance measure", the EBITDA excluding severance expenses, which is defined as the EBITDA plus the severance expenses. This measure is important as PRISA considers that this is a measure of the profitability and performance of its businesses as it provides information on the profitability of its assets net of severance expenses. |
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| EXCHANGE RATES IMPACT |
PRISA defines the impact of exchange rates as the difference between the financial figure converted at the exchange rate of the current year and the same financial figure converted at the exchange rate of the previous year. The Group monitors both operating income and profit from operations excluding the aforementioned exchange rate effect for comparability purposes and to measure management by isolating the effect of currency fluctuations in the various countries. This "alternative performance measure" is therefore important in order to be able to measure and compare the Group's performance in isolation of the exchange rate effect, which distorts comparability between years. |
| NET BANK DEBT |
The Group's net bank debt is an "alternative measure of performance" and includes non-current and current bank borrowings, excluding present value in financial instruments/loan arrangements costs, diminished by current financial assets, cash and cash equivalents and is important for the analysis of the Group's financial position. |
| FREE CASH FLOW |
PRISA defines the free cash flow as the addition of the cash flow before financing plus IFRS 16 payments (leases). This "alternative performance measure" is important for the Group as it shows the cash flow generation recurrent capacity of the company for debt service, excluding extraordinary items. |
For further information, please refer to the "Q1 2023 Results Report"

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www.prisa.com
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