Earnings Release • Apr 26, 2022
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PROMOTORA DE INFORMACIONES, S.A. April 26th, 2022
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Grupo PRISA Chairman

EBITDA ex severance costs reached €44m (+156% vs. Q1 2021). Adj. EBITDA Mg 20.8%.
Positive Cash flow generation of +€41m (+89% vs. Q1 2021). €50m excluding one-offs (+45% vs. Q1 2021).
Ed-Tech subscription model increased, achieving 2.48m subscriptions. EL PAÍS reached 196k subscribers, of which 156k are digital-only (+55% YoY). Audio consumption of streaming hours (+19% YoY) and podcast downloads (+49% YoY).
Blended cost of Debt reduced to 5.9%. ESG-Linked Financing. PRISA's rating upgraded by S&P to CCC+ with positive outlook.

1) Excluding severance expenses 2) Excluding One-Offs
3) EL PAÍS digital-only subscribers
Grupo PRISA CFO
Positive Cash Flow ex one-offs of €50.2m (+ €15.7m / +45% YoY). Positive Cash Flow of €40.8m (+ €19.2m / +89% YoY). CAPEX similar to Q1 2021 despite strong growth. WC reduction represents a CF generation of + €28m. IFRS16 cash outflow reduced by €1.1m (- €5.5m vs. - €6.6m) thanks to the renegotiation of lease agreements.
Cash position stands at €216m. Additional undrawn liquidity lines amounting to €99m. Optimization of liquidity and cash management under analysis.
€796m vs €825m including IFRS 16.
Positive Outlook provided by S&P opens the possibility for a rating upgrade within 12-18 months.
Q1 Results show improvement across all operating and financial KPIs
| Q1'21 (€m) |
Q1'22 (€m) |
Var (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 159 | 211 | +33% |
| Expenses | 146 | 169 | +16% |
| EBITDA | 12 | 41 | +236% |
| EBITDA ex severance costs |
17 | 44 | +156% |
| % Margin | 10.8% | 20.8% | +1,000bps |
| EBIT | -5 | 24 | --- |
| Net Result | -13.8 | 0.1 | --- |
| Cash Flow ex one-offs |
35 | 50 | +45% |
| Capex | -8 | -8 | +0% |
| Net Debt Inc. IFRS16 |
825 | 796 |
| Q1'21 (€m) |
Q1'22 (€m) |
Var (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| EBIT | -5 | 24 | --- |
| Financial result |
-7 | -15 | -117% |
| Result from associates |
0 | 0 | +79% |
| Profit before tax |
-12 | 8 | --- |
| Tax Expense |
4 | 9 | +145% |
| Minority interest |
-2 | -1 | +57% |
| Net Profit | -14 | > 0 | --- |
Var.
Excludes FX impact on Cash Balance. Millions of Euros.

*Others includes: Financial investments, other cash flows & adjustments from operations, dividends and divestments. **Interest paid in 1Q2022 affected by a change in the periodicity of interest payments to semi-annual vs monthly in 2021.
Millions of Euros.
| 825 | +3.6 | 796 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 RS1 69 F I |
-50.2 | +8.8 | +8.3 | 6 IFRS16 RS1 6 73 RS1 F I F I |
TRANCHE | QUANTUM(**) | MARGIN | MATURITY | |
| · Super Senior |
c. €160m + €80m RCF |
E+5.00% Cash | JUN-26 | ||||||
| 756 | 723 | · Senior | c. €575m | E+5.25% Cash | DEC-26 | ||||
| · Junior | c. €185m | E+3.00% Cash + 5.00% PIK |
JUN-27 | ||||||
| DEC 2021 Bank Debt |
CF ex one-offs |
One-offs | Others* | IFRS 16 | MAR 2022 Bank Debt |
TOTAL | c. €920m | Blended E+5.9% | - |
Millions of Euros.
* Includes mainly PIK , accrued interest and impact of FX on Net debt 13 ** Debt quantum assumes funding as of 31 March 2022, includes applicable OIDs
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PRISA Media CEO
Very good performance of our main value drivers during the quarter
Advertising
Audience
Subscribers
• Second best quarter ever since paywall launch in 2Q20
EL PAÍS net increase in total subscribers by quarters

Executing on new business platform with results supported by boost of digital, good advertising performance and efficiency
| Q1'21 (€m) |
Q1'22 (€m) |
Var (%) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | 77 | 83 | +7% | |
| Advertising | 56 | 62 | +11% | |
| Circulation | 12 | 13 | +3% | |
| Expenses | 84 | 84 | -0% | |
| Variable expense | 12 | 13 | 11% | |
| Fixed expense | 72 | 71 | -2% | |
| Digital Revenue Mix |
23% | 23% | --- | |
| Geo. Revenue | Spain | 84% | 79% | -6% |
| Breakdown | Rest | 16% | 21% | +29% |
| EBITDA ex sev. expenses | -5 | 0 | --- | |
| Adj. EBITDA Margin | -6% | 0% | +99% |
| Q1'21 (m) |
Q1'22 (m) |
Var (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Unique Browsers (*) |
246 | 241 | -2% |
| Total Listening Hours (*) |
65 | 77 | +19% |
| Audio downloads (*) |
31 | 46 | +49% |
| Total subscribers (k) | 145 | 196 | +49% |
| Registered users |
5.8 | 6.6 | +14% |
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Santillana CEO

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* ELT stands for English Language Teaching
Outstanding results across all business lines, with 43% organic growth in Subscription model revenues.
| Q1'21 (€m) |
Q1'22 (€m) |
Var (%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Total subscriptions (Thousands) |
1,792 | 2,480 | +38% |
| ACV | 73 | 98 | +34% |
| % Learning systems / Private sales |
59% | 55% | -6% |
| Q1'21 (€m) |
Q1'22 (€m) |
Var (%) |
|
| Revenues | 82 | 128 | +57% |
| Expenses | 59 | 84 | +43% |
| EBITDA | 23 | 45 | +91% |
| EBITDA ex severance expenses |
25 | 45 | +84% |
| Adj. EBITDA Margin | 29.9% | 35.2% | +18% |
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Grupo PRISA Chairman

(*) One offs including M&A and refinancing costs and Severance payments
| 01 | Business plan delivery by the Management team on-track. |
|---|---|
| 02 | Monitoring closely current environment with focus on cost control & efficiency. |
| 03 | New financing in place assuring 5 years of stability. |
| 04 | Continue to carry out initiatives to improve the company's sustainability position. |

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