Earnings Release • Jun 24, 2014
Earnings Release
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"Growth rates for mobile video ad spending will be far greater than for any other related channel—television, online or total digital"
eMarketer
User engaged in a native app on their smartphone or tablet – typically long session-time apps where users are highly engaged and in a state of "want" (vs. "need") – entertainment, news, music, games and social
Full-Screen Instant-Play™ HD Video ad
Superior-quality HD video ad plays at normal breaks in the experience, full screen with no buffering
Video resolves to completely customizable Dynamic End Card to accomplish multiple calls-to-action
Industry Leader in Mobile Video Advertising
Expands Publisher Base
Strong Brand & Performance Offering
Global Opportunity
• Opera can take AdColony beyond U.S. footprint and expand to international markets (starting with a solid foothold in the U.K., Germany, Brazil and Mexico)
| Component | Maximum consideration and earn-out drivers |
Form of consideration | Total estimated purchase price at expected performance \$75m, plus payment for excess cash |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront consideration |
\$75m, plus payment for excess cash | Cash | ||
| Performance based |
• Escrow: \$25m total, both revenue and adj. EBITDA targets, of which |
• Escrow: Cash |
• Escrow: \$25m |
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| consideration | • 2014: \$10m total escrow pool • 2015: \$15m total escrow pool |
• Earn-outs: Cash or stock, largely at Opera's discretion |
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| • 2014 earn-out: \$75m total pool 30% revenue1 • , 70% adj. EBITDA |
• Up to \$15m of the potential EBITDA-driven |
• 2014 earn-out: \$50m |
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| • 2015 earn-out: \$135m total pool 22% revenue1 • , 78% adj. EBITDA |
earn-out payments are dedicated to employees, \$7.5m in each of 2015 |
• 2015 earn-out: \$75m |
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| • 2016 earn-out: \$40m total pool 19% revenue1 • , 81% adj. EBITDA |
and 2016, and will be paid in cash |
• 2016 earn-out: \$20m |
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| Total | \$350m | \$245m |
1 Revenue targets also include minimum adj. EBITDA targets
| 2014 guidance | 2015 Financial Aspirations | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | Adj. EBITDA | Revenue | Adj. EBITDA | ||
| Existing guidance | \$390-410m | \$108-116m | Existing Aspirations | \$500m | \$150m |
| Opera AdColony expectation1 |
\$45-50m | \$7-9m | Opera AdColony estimate |
\$170m | \$30m |
| Addt'l investments2 in Consumer and Operator businesses |
– | (\$5m) | |||
| Updated guidance | \$435-460m | \$110-120m | Updated aspirations | \$670m | \$180m |
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