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Promotora de Informaciones S.A.

Investor Presentation Oct 19, 2020

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A los efectos de lo previsto en el artículo 17 del Reglamento (UE) nº 596/2014 sobre abuso de mercado y en el artículo 226 del texto refundido de la Ley del Mercado de Valores aprobado por el Real Decreto Legislativo 4/2015, de 23 de octubre, Promotora de Informaciones, S.A. (la "Sociedad" o "Prisa") comunica la siguiente

INFORMACIÓN PRIVILEGIADA

Prisa, a través de su filial Grupo Santillana Educación Global, S.L.U. ("Santillana"), ha formalizado en el día de hoy un acuerdo con Sanoma Corporation, compañía finlandesa de medios con presencia en Europa en el sector de educación, para la venta del negocio de pre K-12 y K-12 de Santillana en España (la "Operación").

Queda excluida de la Operación la actividad privada y pública de Santillana en Latinoamérica, que se seguirá desarrollando por Prisa, indirectamente, a través de Santillana. Asimismo, Santillana mantendrá la propiedad de todas sus marcas, suscribiendóse, en la fecha de cierre de la Operación, un acuerdo de licencia exclusiva a favor de Sanoma para la utilización, entre otros derechos, de las marcas "Santillana" y "Loqueleo" en la Unión Europea, excluyendo Portugal, y de la marca "Richmond" en España.

La Operación ha sido aprobada por unanimidad en el Consejo de Administración de la Sociedad celebrado en el día de ayer, 18 de octubre de 2020.

El precio de la Operación ha quedado establecido en un importe de 465 millones de euros y será satisfecho íntegramente en efectivo en la fecha en que se cierre la Operación, una vez descontada la deuda neta del negocio objeto de la Operación a 30 de junio de 2020, estimada en 53 millones de euros. Dicho cierre está condicionado a la (i) obtención de la preceptiva autorización de las autoridades de competencia españolas (o a la confirmación de que tal autorización no es necesaria);(ii) la obtención de los consentimientos precisos por parte de las entidades acreedoras de la Sociedad con la mayoría de las cuales (que representan un 79,7%) se ha alcanzado un acuerdo de principios (Term Sheet) en esta misma fecha y que ha sido objeto de la Información Priviliegiada publicada en el día de hoy; y (iii) la preceptiva aprobación por la Junta General de Accionistas de Prisa de conformidad con el art. 160.(f) de la Ley de Sociedades de Capital.

Se adjunta una presentación sobre la lógica estratégica y financiera de la Operación.

En Madrid, a 19 de octubre de 2020

D. Xavier Pujol Tobeña Secretario General y del Consejo de Administración

Debt Refinancing Agreement & Disposal of Santillana Spain

October 2020

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Key highlights Building the pillars of Prisa's future

3 Future roadmap

  • The combination of both transactions represents a significant step forward in the Company's strategic roadmap, allowing Management to fully focus on the execution of the Company's strategy:

    • Unlock value embedded in its Ed-tech business in LatAm, with particular focus on subscription model
    • Reinforce the digital offering and the subscription model of its Media business
  • Based on an average EBITDA of €48.7m between 2017 and 2019

  • Based on a locked-box mechanism as of June 2020

Maturity Extension of debt maturity until March 2025
Syndicated Debt
repayment
€400m prepayment of Syndicated Senior Debt primarily funded through proceeds from disposals of
Santillana Spain and Media Capital
Financial covenant Commitment to reduce net leverage below 4.25x in September 2023
Debt margin Variable margin starting @ 5.5%. All-in average cost of c.7%
Additional liquidity Incremental super senior basket capacity of c. €110m
Refinancing
Lock-up Agreement already approved by 79.7%
of lenders to be processed by means of a Scheme of
process
Arrangements, if not approved by unanimity, and expected to enter into force by H1 2021

Long term and sustainable capital structure

Over €275m1 of consolidated cash balances / RCF lines for liquidity needs and the development of the company's roadmap

Enables to continue executing Prisa's Roadmap of differentiated businesses: Education and Media

  1. Based on an average EBITDA of €48.7m between 2017 and 2019

  2. Based on a locked-box mechanism as of June 2020. Pre carve-out and transaction costs

Optimally positioned to start building on the future roadmap

  1. Proforma for the sale of Santillana Spain. Excludes corporate and others

3 Santillana at a glance

Ed-Tech Pan-LatAm platform suited for growth and value creation

Sole Pan-LatAm Platform with presence throughout the large and growing LatAm (private K-12 market of 18 million students)

Scalable technological platform ready to benefit from the acceleration of digital transformation as a result of COVID-19

+1.7M students under subscription models with c.25% YoY growth

Leading positions in private and public markets across geographies

Unparalleled distribution network of c. 1,800 sales representatives with broad experience and specialization

  • Strong growth in private LatAm pushed by subscription models, maintaining a blended value proposition with greater relevance of digital components
    • Migration of students from didactic business to subscription models
    • Market share capture in key markets

Maximisation of results in LatAm public markets, for Central Government programs, as well as State, Regional and Local Governments, preparing the path to changes toward a greater relevance of digitalization

% of Group Proforma1 Revenue LTM Q1'20

Best-in-class Pan-LatAm platform with a full focus on crystallizing value in growing education market segments

3 Santillana within the Private LatAm Market

Irreplicable position to accelerate subscription model transformation in a promising market

Santillana is the only player with a Pan-LatAm platform that is present in all LatAm countries and that is expanding the subscription model outside Brazil, benefiting from a larger and less penetrated addressable market

Source: Companies information

  1. Number of didactic students for Q12020 as per Vasta IPO prospectus

1. Figures as of June 2020

2. Subscription model students are exclusive students of one education provider. Didactic students can be supplied by the different education providers with different degrees of penetration from one book to the complete curriculum

Clear strategy towards growth and value creation

Undisputable leadership across countries with room to
1
further capture market share
Leading the transition into profitable subscription model
2
with a proven track-record of growth
Addressable
Market1
(m students)
Santillana1 2
(m students)
Market Share
(%)
of Students in the Subscription Model
Evolution
45.6%
# Students
(k)
CAGR
40,2%
35,0%
Brazil
(~8.0m Students)
Didactic ~3.3m ~1.3m 22%
2
32,3%
11' -
Q1 20': 60%
30,4%
26,7%
1.716
1.434
16,0%
1.234
4,5%
Subscription ~4.7m ~0.6m 3
13%
964
n.a.
1.126
835
1.007
628
872
436
687
Mexico
(~3.2m Students)
Didactic ~2.7m ~0.7m 15%
1
577
419
123
56
271
590
43
427
362
258
277
209
165
80
56
Subscription ~0.5m ~0.2m 1
49%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
Q1 2020
# Total LatAm Students
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2020
# Rest of LatAm Students (k)
Colombia
(~1.8m Students)
Didactic ~1.2m ~0.8m 1
37%
# Brazil Students (k)
% Subscription Share in Private Business Revenue
Subscription ~0.6m ~0.5m 80%
1
Subscription model ensures attractive economics
Peru
(~1.1m Students)
Didactic ~1.0m ~0.6m 33%
1
Subscription ~0.1m ~0.1m 60%
1
Increased Average ARPU
Elimination of double
Higher Profitability
per Student
use/no use practices
(c. 30% EBITDA margin)
(Higher vs. didactic)
Rest of
LatAm
(~3.9m Students)
Didactic ~3.2m ~1.9m 1
34%
Subscription ~0.7m ~0.4m 57%
1
High Visibility of
Higher Contact and
Total
(~18.0 m
Students)
Didactic ~11.4m ~5.3m 1
30%
Earnings:
Knowledge of
Fully Invested Digital
long term contracts
Final Client
Platform
of 3-4 years with schools
(>90% renewal rate)
Subscription ~6.6m ~1.7m 1
24%

Clear proposition to accelerate our growth and leadership in Private LatAm with a full focus on the attractive and profitable subscription model

Source: Company information

  1. Figures as of June 2020

  2. Subscription model students are exclusive students of Santillana. Didactic students can be supplied by the different education providers with ddifferent degrees of penetration from one book to the complete curriculum

Key Takeaways

  • Net debt to be reduced by over 30%
  • Extension of maturities until 2025
  • Sufficient liquidity for executing future roadmap
  • Allows Santillana to fully focus in LatAm
  • Enables achieving a more sustainable capital structure
  • Attractive exit multiple at the right time for Prisa
  • Differentiated management of the businesses
  • Santillana: Unlock value embedded in LatAm Ed-tech, with particular focus on subscription model
  • Media: Reinforcement of the digital offering and the subscription model

Building the pillars of Prisa's future

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Founded in 1960, Santillana Spain is the largest provider of learning materials, primarily textbooks, for primary and secondary education in Spain (K-12)

  • Strong position thanks to its content quality, its proactive approach with teachers and its digital capabilities
  • Primarily focused on Standard Education (textbooks) and with an increasing presence in Languages and children's literature
  • In 2019, a peak-year in the education cycle, Santillana Spain reported sales of €128m

Founded 130 years ago as an independent News Media Company. Sanoma is an innovative and agile learning and media company listed at Helsinki Nasdaq

  • Sanoma Learning is a growing European education company with presence in 11 countries through a portfolio of modern, blended course materials in primary, secondary and vocational education (K-12)
  • Sanoma Media Finland is the leading media company in Finland, reaching 97% of all Finns weekly through multiple media platforms

Subscription model product offering

Differentiated multi-model approach to address every customer 's need across geographies

Santillana has a complete portfolio of 10 brands in the subscription model ...

... enabling the company to adapt its strategy for client capture and development in each country and competitive environment

Fully digital blended offering to benefit from ..

... COVID-19 acceleration of technology adoption and penetration of technological platforms at schools

Extensive digital offering covering all segments and methodologies optimally positioned to benefit from the acceleration of the K-12 technology in LatAm

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