Earnings Release • Feb 28, 2017
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4Q 2016
| Financial metric | 4Q16 (\$m) | 4Q15 (\$m) |
|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | 143.9 | 155.6 |
| Adj. EBITDA* | 17.6 | 21.7 |
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| Financial metric (Continued operations) |
4Q16 (\$m) | 4Q15 (\$m) | Guidance*** |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue | 143.9 | 155.6 | <\$147.2 |
| Adj. EBITDA* | 17.6 | 21.7 | <\$13.5 |
| Normalized EBIT** | 9.2 | 17.9 | |
| EBIT | (17.4) | 4.8 | |
| OCF | 9.9 | 21.4 |
*Adj EBIT/EBITDA, excluding stock-based compensation expenses and one-time costs ** Excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets
***Trading update 20th December 2016
| Segment | 4Q16 (\$m) | Change vs 4Q15 | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile Advertising | 128.3 | -12% | In line with expectations |
| Apps & Games | 12.8 | +45% | In line with expectations |
| Performance & Privacy | 3.2 | +124% | In line with expectations |
| Segment (\$ million) |
Mobile Advertising |
Apps & Games |
Performance & Privacy |
Corporate | Total* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 128.3 | 12.8 | 3.2 | 0 | 143.9 |
| Gross Profit | 48.7 | 8.4 | 3.0 | 0 | 60.2 |
| Adj. EBITDA | 14.0 | 6.4 | (0.8) | (2.0) | 17.6 |
| EBITDA | 11.8 | 6.3 | (0.7) | (4.5) | 12.9 |
| Normalized** EBIT |
7.1 | 5.9 | (0.8) | (3.1) | 9.2 |
| EBIT | (13.8) | 0.4 | (1.0) | (5.9) | (17.4) |
*Excluding intercompany transactions ** Excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets
| Gross cash 30.09.2016 | \$95m |
|---|---|
| Operating Cash Flow Continued Operations |
\$10m |
| Operating Cash Flow Discontinued Operations |
-\$28m |
| Gross proceeds from transactions | \$655m |
| Adjustments, transaction fees, insurance | -\$14m |
| Balance sheet adjustments (net cash on balance sheet) |
-\$22m |
| Earn out payments | -\$15m |
| CAPEX & Capitalized R&D |
-\$6m |
| Buyback of shares | -\$7m |
| Dividend payment (15 Nok per share) | -\$261m |
| Repayment of loan | -\$186m |
| Loan to related parties | -\$6m |
| Finance lease liabilities | -\$1m |
| Proceeds from SBC programs | \$5m |
| Gross cash 31-12-2016 | \$220m |
| Net cash 31-12-2016 12 |
\$120m |
| Estimated payments (Numbers in \$ million) |
AdColony | Bemobi Individually | immaterial | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $Jan-17$ | 3.1 | 3.1 | ||
| Feb-17 Apr-17 |
8.9 | 7.9 | 16.8 | |
| Sep-17 | 7.8 | 7.8 | ||
| Apr-18 | 12.0 | 7.2 | 19.2 | |
| Sep-18 | 9.7 | 9.7 | ||
| Apr-19 | 14.4 | 14.4 | ||
| Sep-19 | 12.3 | 12.3 | ||
| Apr-20 | 16.1 | 16.1 | ||
| Total | 3.1 | 81.3 | 15.1 | 99.4 |
| (Numbers in \$ million) | Impairment loss |
|---|---|
| Goodwill in the non-US part of the Mobile Advertising segment | 14.5 |
| Intangible assets in the non-US part of the Mobile Advertising segment | 1.4 |
| Goodwill in the Apps & Games segment (non-Bemobi) | 3.1 |
| Total | 19.0 |
| Segment (\$ million) |
Mobile Advertising |
Apps & Games |
Performance & Privacy |
Corporate | Total* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 484.2 | 48.2 | 9.2 | 0 | 536.7 |
| Gross Profit | 185.8 | 31.6 | 8.3 | 0 | 225.6 |
| Adj. EBITDA | 40.4 | 22.5 | (7.2) | (6.5) | 49.1 |
| EBITDA | 28.3 | 22.0 | (7.7) | (13.0) | 29.7 |
| Normalized** EBIT |
23.3 | 18.9 | (9.0) | (7.6) | 25.5 |
| EBIT | (16.4) | 6.1 | (13.6) | (14.5) | (38.4) |
*Excluding intercompany transactions ** Excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets
• Performance & Privacy
| Metric | 2017 Outlook |
|---|---|
| Revenue* | \$550 - 650m |
| Adj. EBITDA** | \$50 - 70m |
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| Segment | Revenue 2016 | 2016 Adj. EBITDA | 2017 strategy |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOBILE ADVERTISING |
\$484.2m | \$40.4m | • Product launches • Prove scalability in 2H |
| APPS & GAMES | \$48.2m | \$22.5m | • Cement Latin American market • International growth |
| PERFORMANCE & PRIVACY |
\$9.2m | (\$7.2m) | • Revenue growth and tight cost control |
| Revenue Growth | 4Q Highlights | Focus Areas |
|---|---|---|
| • Market – Fewer global app launches (Performance); Brand advertising softness in Q4 |
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| -12% | • Integration/Apollo – Largely underestimated the time/costs of • re-organization and tech integration work • |
New SDK (Aurora) and Core Apollo 7-11 product launches |
| • Late execution/Q4 – We were late to market with new 3.0 SDK and our CORE v2 algorithms that resulted in a lack of competitiveness, impacted us in Q4 with a halo effect to our run rate in the first half of 2017 |
• Cost efficiency opportunities |
| Revenue Growth | 4Q Highlights | Focus Areas |
|---|---|---|
| • Very strong revenue growth |
• International growth (just ~12% of |
|
| 45% | • Adj. EBITDA margin of 50% |
revenue today is outside Latam) |
| • 6 Operator launces in 4Q16 |
• Leverage Operator relationships |
| Revenue Growth | 4Q Highlights | Focus Areas |
|---|---|---|
| 124% | • SurfEasy growth continues • Simplifing Skyfire portfolio (Rocket), \$5m+ in annulized cost cuts in |
• Surfeasy to continue growth • Lean organization and single product |
| executed in Skyfire organization | creates foundation for profitability |
New key win in Asia with Tier 1 group operator –full deployment being kicked off in 2nd half 2017.
SurfEasy Direct and Partners paying subscriber base grew 32% during Q4.
Continue to be ahead of key independents & platforms in the Top 1,000 in 2016; also +87% increase in apps actively using the AdColony SDK vs. 2015
Apple App Store Top 1000 apps Google Play Top 1000 Apps Combined SDK Penetration
Accolades for creativity + results
Summary: Q4 2016 Performance revenues = \$53.4M (-16.5% vs Q4'15)
Investments in AI (Core™), though activated late in quarter, reversed trend of declining install rates
Growth in # of advertisers & campaigns • Performance advertisers +33% with growth across APAC & EMEA; # of campaigns up +39% vs 2015
Clear line of sight to global launches from key AAA developers in 2017; interest in new ad formats activated by Aurora SDK & optimized by Core™
Q4 2016 Brand revenues = \$74.9M (-8% vs Q4'15)
2X+ growth in Programmatic, now on \$50M+ annual run rate. U.S.
Private Marketplace revenue now over \$2M per quarter which represents +450% vs. Q4'15; Number of live deals +1,000%
Brand Performance continues to grow fueled by brands like Starbucks, Intuit and Nissan investing in outcome-driven campaigns
Despite delays in new products/formats, avg. deal size continues to increase for video: +27% y/y. Key wins:
Improvements to AI optimization engine/machine learning algorithms showed ~40% improvement in publisher eCPMs upon rollout & testing (ongoing) which started in Nov. 2016
Publisher eCPMs Q4'16
Driving adoption of 3.0 SDK to enable next-generation ad formats (Vertical Video, Interactive Video, Playables, Next Gen Interstitials)
Core™-based bidding for Performance across external exchanges
Competing for every impression, bidding into waterfalls
Dynamic End Cards as full screen interstitials in apps using SDK; Nextgen Playables
All demand trafficking on single platform; Apollo DMP; operational efficiencies possible
Single SDK for all formats; one unified portal
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