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Otello Corporation ASA

Earnings Release Jun 24, 2014

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Opera + AdColony

Opera has chosen to boost its efforts in the mobile video space with the acquisition of AdColony

Video is the single largest medium for ad spend globally

  • TV \$300B Global Market
  • Digital is around \$120B, of which approximately \$18B in Mobile (15%)

Video will move from TV to mobile much faster than TV to desktop

  • Tablets have re-defined how consumers watch video content
  • Full screen, TV-like experiences + interactivity
  • Largely immune to "PVR" effect

Advertisers will follow the eyeballs

  • February study from Millward Brown More time spent on mobile screen than TV screen (155 minutes/day vs. 147 minutes/day) in U.S.
  • The advertiser spend has yet to catch up
  • Video is the #1 mobile content format consumed globally, including emerging markets

Video is the fastest growing mobile advertising segment and is highly effective

"Growth rates for mobile video ad spending will be far greater than for any other related channel—television, online or total digital"

eMarketer

AdColony: Quick Facts

Scale: A Leading Player in the Mobile Video Space

  • 2013 revenues of \$53 million with strong growth and profitability
  • Audience reach of more than 340 million consumers

Technology: Market-leading Instant-Play™ HD video ads

  • Full-screen HD TV-like experience
  • Video ads shown "anywhere" not only as part of video content

Engagement: Dynamic End Cards that drive post-viewing interaction with consumers

  • Deliver immersive brand experiences, location, social media sharing, app installs
  • Strong traction with both brand advertisers and performance advertisers

Team: Strong management and 100-person team

  • Leadership from Apple, Yahoo!, AT&T, Activision etc.
  • Based in LA, other offices in SF, NYC, Seattle, Chicago, Detroit and London

AdColony delivers a video advertising product with massive traction among both advertisers and publishers

Instant-Play™ HD Video

  • Razor sharp quality
  • Lightning fast speed; never buffers
  • Full-screen experience
  • Superior audio quality

AdColony: Featured Publishing Partners

AdColony combines the power of TV with the engagement of digital, at scale

In-App Environment

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

Customizable Dynamic End Card

Video resolves to completely customizable Dynamic End Card to accomplish multiple calls-to-action

AdColony is an excellent strategic fit for Opera

Industry Leader in Mobile Video Advertising

Expands Publisher Base

Strong Brand & Performance Offering

  • Establishes Opera as the leader in mobile video advertising
  • Highly differentiated combined platform leading the innovation curve
  • Addresses huge demand for mobile video inventory from our brand advertisers
  • Very attractive market with strong underlying growth
  • Highly complementary addition of a broad range of top-tier mobile publishers
  • Attractive new inventory for rich media and banner ads
  • Strengthens Opera's portfolio in high growth mobile ad market

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)

Overview of transaction terms

Component Maximum consideration and
earn-out drivers
Form of consideration Total estimated
purchase price at
expected performance
\$75m, plus payment for
excess cash
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
consideration
2014: \$10m total escrow pool

2015: \$15m total escrow pool

Earn-outs: Cash or stock,
largely at Opera's
discretion

2014 earn-out: \$75m total pool
30% revenue1

, 70% adj. EBITDA

Up to \$15m of the
potential EBITDA-driven

2014 earn-out: \$50m

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

2016 earn-out: \$40m total pool
19% revenue1

, 81% adj. EBITDA
and 2016, and will be paid
in cash

2016 earn-out: \$20m
Total \$350m \$245m

1 Revenue targets also include minimum adj. EBITDA targets

Updated 2014 Financial Guidance and 2015 Financial Aspirations in light of the AdColony acquisition

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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