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Vend Marketplaces ASA — Earnings Release 2014
May 7, 2014
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Earnings Release
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Quarterly results Q1 2014
Rolv Erik Ryssdal, CEO Trond Berger, CFO 7 May 2014
Q1 2014 Highlights
Online Classifieds
- Steady underlying revenue growth of 14% (incl Spain). Stable, high margins for established operations
- Main sites in Norway, Sweden and France continue to develop well
- Milanuncios acquisition in Spain expected to be closed in Q2
- Positioning Leboncoin.fr to capture the real estate potential in France
- Investments in New ventures NOK 141 million (224 million). In addition investments in JVs (not affecting EBITDA) of NOK 186 million
- Focus on mobile product innovation
Media Houses
- Mixed development in Media Houses
- Stable revenues and firm margins for VG and Aftonbladet with their strong online positions
- Accelerated print advertising decline for subscription newspapers, while continuing online growth
- Further development of digital products and subscription models combined with cost measures
- Content revenues larger than ad revenues for Schibsted Norge
- Steady growth and margin improvement for personal finance services
Q1 highlights
Continued online growth, stable margins before investments in New ventures
| NOKm | Q1 2013 | Q1 2014 | NOKm | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4000 | 24% | |||||
| Operating revenues | 3,587 | 3,710 | ||||
| Gross operating profit (EBITDA) |
297 | 410 | ||||
| EBITDA ex. Investment phase | 521 | 551 | 3000 | 15% | 15% | 18% |
| EBITDA margin | 8 % | 11 % | ||||
| EBITDA margin ex. Investment phase | 15 % | 15 % | 2000 | 3587 | 3710 | 12% |
| EBITDA Online classifieds ex Investment phase |
391 | 454 | ||||
| EBITDA Online classifieds, Investment phase |
-224 | -141 | 1000 | 6% | ||
| EBITDA Media houses | 199 | 175 | ||||
| 0 | Q1 13 | Q1 14 | 0% |
- EBITDA ex Investment phase increased with 6%
- Underlying revenue growth 2%
- Online classifieds joint ventures and associated companies, not affecting EBITDA, NOK -186 million (-16 million)
EBITDA margin ex. Investment phase
Revenues
EBITDA margin
Amendments of reporting structure
Changes related to establishment of new Online classifieds JVs
- With effect from 1 January 2014, changes to IFRS requires accounting for investments in joint ventures to change from proportionate consolidation to the equity method
- P&L is restated according to this for 2013
- Joint ventures and associated companies are not part of EBITDA, but included in EBIT
- Detailed background figures on Schibsted Classified Media still show figures with a proportionate consolidation for joint ventures
Media house changes as of Q1 2014
- Discontinuing separate EBITDA-reporting on print and online media
- Online/offline split will be maintained on revenues
- Details on D&A and EBITA will be discontinued. Focus on EBITDA
- Schibsted Sweden is reorganized, and reporting will be amended correspondingly
- "Publishing" established as a new unit
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- Aftonbladet including some units that has been taken over from Tillväxtmedier (Klart.se, Minimedia, and certain other)
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- SvD
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Q1 highlights
Continued progress in digitalization
Online classifieds 31 % Media Houses online 23 % Media Houses Offline Advertising 16 % Media Houses subscription 11 % Media Houses single copy 14 % Other Revenues Q1 2014 Percentage EBITDA* ex New Ventures Q1 2014 Percentage EBITDA* Q1 2014 Percentage Online share 54% (45%) *) EBITDA excluding HQ and Other operations Online Classifieds 64 % Media Houses 36 % Online Classifieds 72 % Media Houses 28 %
Online classifieds
14% growth (19% ex Spain), stable margins for Established operations Online classifieds
Steady growth in revenues
Revenue and volume growth in all verticals except jobs
- Positive Easter effect in 2014
- Freemium strategy to boost traffic and volumes for private miscellaneous to be gradually implemented, starting in Q2
- Lendo Norway taken over by Finn as of Q1, reinforcing the personal finance strategy (reduces the EBITDA margin with 2%-points)
*) Underlying growth, adjusted for acquisitions and divestments.
Strong volumes in real estate, slowdown with market in jobs
Volumes of jobs declined along with the market
High activity in the real estate market
Online classifieds – Large established
Good growth, supported by improved market
- Good growth in revenues and EBITDA in Q1
- Volume improvements in the car vertical
- Strategic exclusivity agreements with four real estate agents in place
- Integration of job portal StepStone according to plan (affects EBITDA margin negatively with 2%-points)
- New iPhone app launched
*) Underlying growth, adjusted for acquisitions and divestments.
New real estate section on Blocket – exclusivity with four agents
Online classifieds – Large established
Continued growth with a broad range of growth drivers
France
- Continued good growth driven by display advertising, premium placements and professional listing fees
- New ads per day +8%
- Continued improvement of the strong positions in the professional car market
- Real estate sale agreement terminates at year end
Significant potential in real estate
- Total market around 23,000 agents
- 668,000 objects sold in 2013*, of which 70% through agents and 30% C2C
- Online real estate market estimated to be around EUR 250 million per year**
- Standalone strategy to be implemented as Spir agreement expires end 2014
*) Source: FNAIM
Source: Mediametrie **) Source: xerfi precepta 2011/Leboncoin
Transition and product improvements for Spanish sites Online classifieds – Other established
- Focus on traffic user experience and traffic growth
- Development of the sites on track
- Revenue decline in Q1, as planned
- Closing of the Milanuncios acquisition expected in Q2 2014
Increased investments in new markets yield significant growth Online classifieds – Investment phase
- Investment spending of NOK 141 million in New ventures (224 million)
- In addition NOK 186 million (16 million) of investments in JVs and associated companies (not part of EBITDA)
- Developing leading market positions
- Continued good growth in inflow of new ads per day
- +199% for Bomnegocio (Brazil)
- Good growth in several markets
- +154% Yapo (Chile)
- +52% Tori (Finland)
- +61% Berniaga (Indonesia)
Daily new ads, investment phase companies
Note: the graph include figures for (alphabetical order): Ayosdito, Berniaga, Bikhir, Bomnegocio, Custojusto, Jofogas, Kapaza, Kufar, Segundamano.mx, Tocmai, Tori, Tutti and Yapo.
Good growth for Bomnegocio and key competitor in Brazil
Total pages viewed (million)
Total minutes (million)
Media houses
World class digital media houses
Single copy papers: Steady online growth, investments in new digital products
Online advertising share 70% (62%) Main digital growth drivers are mobile and web TV
Strong mobile traffic growth – record high reach for Aftonbladet World class digital media houses
Example Aftonbladet
Mixed development for subscription newspapers World class digital media houses – subscription newspapers
- Online advertising revenues +20% Y/Y
- Print advertising revenues -17% (positive Easter effect in Q1 2014)
- Increased circulation revenues print/digital bundles well received
- Total cost reduced by 1%
Stabilizing circulation volume and revenues driven by digital products World class digital media houses – subscription newspapers
Total circulation revenues +7% Y/Y Circulation volume including digital and bundled subscriptions +1%
World class digital media houses
Solid progress for Schibsted Growth
- Underlying revenue growth of 12% for Schibsted Growth in Sweden
- Excluding Hitta, the growth was 27%
- Increased revenues and operational improvements resulted in margin expansion
- Strong growth for personal finance and coupon business Let's Deal
- Invested in French price comparison site Monsieur Drive
Schibsted Growth (Sweden)
Single sign in and payment services
SPiD reaches 2.8 million registered users in Norway and Sweden
50% of the Norwegian population over 16 years has a SPiD account
- A key tool to increase share of logged in users
- Same login for Finn, VG, Aftenposten, Aftonbladet and most other Schibsted products
- Key building stone for advanced data analytics and targeted advertising
- Enabler for peer-to-peer payment services on online classifieds sites
- Roll out in Blocket.se to come later this year
Continued good online performance, increased investments in New ventures
| Revenues Q1 2014 |
Underlying change y/y* |
Online share of revenues |
EBITDA margin Q1 14 |
Q1 13 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schibsted Media Group | 3 710 | 2 % | 54 % | 11 % | 8 % |
| Online Classifieds | 1 151 | 14 % | 100 % | 27 % | 18 % |
| *) 19 % growth ex Spain | |||||
| Online Classifieds ex Investment phase | 1 123 | 13 % | 100 % | 40 % | 42 % |
| - Finn.no | 376 | 10 % | 100 % | 41 % | 44 % |
| - Blocket.se/Bytbil.se | 209 | 13 % | 100 % | 51 % | 47 % |
| - Leboncoin.fr | 299 | 26 % | 100 % | 68 % | 70 % |
| Schibsted Norge media house | 1 542 | -2 % | 21 % | 7 % | 10 % |
| Schibsted Sverige media house | 952 | -1 % | 48 % | 9 % | 6 % |
Q1 2014
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*) Growth adjusted for acquisitions, divestments and currency fluctuations
EBITDA development in Q1
Income statement Schibsted Group
| Full year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (NOK million) | Q1 2014 | Q1 2013* | 2013* | |
| Operating revenues | 3 710 | 3 587 | 14 870 | NOK 83 million decreased |
| Operating expenses | (3 300) | (3 290) | (13 093) | investment Y/Y in online classifieds |
| Gross operating profit (EBITDA) | 410 | 297 | 1 777 | New ventures. |
| Depreciation and amortization | (114) | (117) | (476) | |
| Share of profit (loss) of JVs and associates | (202) | (26) | (123) | JVs (mainly online |
| Impairment loss | (9) | - | (150) | classifieds New |
| Other income and expenses | 45 | (7) | 647 | ventures) reported with the equity |
| Operating profit (loss) | 130 | 147 | 1 675 | method as of Q1 2014. 2013 figures |
| Net financial items | (29) | (40) | (185) | restated. |
| Profit (loss) before taxes | 101 | 107 | 1 490 | |
| Taxes | (125) | (46) | (453) | High tax rate mainly |
| Profit (loss) | (24) | 61 | 1 037 | as losses in Online classifieds start up |
| phase are not tax deductible. |
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| EPS (NOK) | -0,32 | 0,50 | 9,43 | |
| EPS - adjusted (NOK) | -0,69 | 0,55 | 3,90 | |
| *) Restated figures |
Stable, strong financial position. New bonds issued at favorable terms Financials
- Net Interest Bearing Debt NOK 1.8 billion
- NIBD/EBITDA* at 0.8x end of Q1
- New bond issuance of NOK 600 million in April 2014
- 3 month NIBOR +110bp
- 7 years maturity
- Maintaining a diversified debt portfolio
- High CAPEX in Q1 as a result of preparations for co-location in Oslo
Debt maturity profile
*) NIBD/EBITDA according to bank definition.
Q1 2014 28
Key financial figures
CAPEX (NOK million) and CAPEX/Sales (%) Net interest bearing debt (NOK) and
Earnings per share Cash flow from operating activities/share
Q112 Q212 Q312 Q412 Q113 Q213 Q313 Q413 Q114
CAPEX Net interest bearing debt
Note: NIBD/EBITDA according to bank definition.
1662 1834 1528 1437 1858 2111 2585 1131 1771 0,8 0,9 0,7 0,7 1,0 1,1 1,5 0,6 0,8 0 1000 2000 Q112 Q212 Q312 Q412 Q113 Q213 Q313 Q413 Q114
Dividend of NOK 3.50 proposed
Dividend policy (summary)
Schibsted targets a pay-out ratio over time in the range of 25% to 40% of cash flow
- Depending on:
- Macroeconomic outlook
- Investment requirements
- NOK 3.50 (unchanged) dividend proposed for 2013
- In the high end of the target range
- A balanced dividend level in a period of investment in online classifieds growth and digital transition
- Equals NOK 376 million based on total number of shares outstanding
*) Proposed by the Board of Directors Historic dividend per share adjusted for effect of rights issue in 2009
Amendments of reporting structure Financials
Changes related to establishment of new Online classifieds JVs
- With effect from 1 January 2014, changes to IFRS requires accounting for investments in joint ventures to change from proportionate consolidation to the equity method
- P&L is restated according to this for 2013
- Joint ventures and associated companies are not part of EBITDA, but included in EBIT
- Details on Schibsted Classified Media still show figures with a proportionate consolidation for joint ventures
Media house changes as of Q1 2014
- Discontinuing separate EBITDA-reporting on print and online media
- Online/offline split will be maintained on revenues
- Details on D&A and EBITA will be discontinued. Focus on EBITDA
- Schibsted Sweden is reorganized, and reporting will be amended correspondingly
- "Publishing" established as a new unit
-
- Aftonbladet including some units that has been taken over from Tillväxtmedier (Klart.se, Minimedia, and certain other)
-
- SvD
-
JVs reported with the equity method reduces revenues
Negative effect on revenues
Positive impact on EBITDA
Negative effect on net profit
restated
2013 Change reported 2013 restated
Significant change, as the revaluation of 701 Search in connection with the share sale to Telenor (one off) is reversed in the restated figures.
Revenues from JVs 2013 reported 2013 restated
The main effect is from 20 Minutes France
Share of profit in JVs and associated companies are reported below the EBITDA, included in EBIT
reported
High reported tax rate. Underlying rate of around 29% Financials
Schibsted reports a high tax rate mainly as losses in Online classifieds start up phase are not tax deductible
| Reported profit (loss) before taxes |
101 |
|---|---|
| - Share of profit (loss) of joint ventures and associated companies |
-202 |
| - Other losses for which no deferred tax benefit is recognized* |
-160 |
| - Gain on remeasurement of previously held equity interest in business combinations achieved in stages |
37 |
| "Adjusted" tax base |
426 |
| Taxes | 125 |
| Adjusted effective tax rate (125/426) |
29 % |
*) Mainly online classifieds New ventures that are not in JVs.
Outlook
Outlook
Online Classifieds
- Continued growth potential in the established sites
- Continued relatively high investments in New ventures to be expected going forward. Focus on core markets and expansion in selected new geographies
- Finn.no turn free for certain private categories to boost user engagement. 2014 negative revenue effect NOK 40 million expected
- Positioning Leboncoin.fr to capture the real estate potential in France
- Digital transition program progressing as planned
- Online growth and cost reduction set to partly mitigate effects of print revenue declines
- Softer macro in Norway expected to put pressure on print advertising – particularly recruitment
- Overall expectation for some margin contraction in media houses during the print-to-digital transition period going forward
Media Houses
Spreadsheet containing detailed Q1 2014 and Historical and analytical Information can be downloaded from www.schibsted.com/ir
Schibsted ASA basic data
| Ticker | Oslo Stock Exchange: SCH Reuters: SBST.OL Bloomberg: SCH NO |
|
|---|---|---|
| Number of shares (2 May 2014) |
108,003,615 | |
| Treasury shares (2 May 2014) |
611,851 | |
| Number of shares outstanding |
107,391,764 | |
| Free float* |
73% | |
| Share price (2 May 2014) | NOK 338.20 | |
| Market cap (2 May 2014) |
NOK 36.5 bn., EUR 4.4 bn., USD 6.1 bn., GBP 3.6 bn. |
|
| Average daily trading volume LTM | 242,000 shares |
|
*) Total number of shares excluding treasury shares and shares owned by Blommenholm Industrier AS.
Shareholder register
| Data as of 31 March 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank Name |
Holding | Share | ||
| 1 Blommenholm Industrier AS |
28,188,589 | 26.1 % | ||
| 2 Folketrygdfondet |
7,486,976 | 6.9 % | ||
| 3 NWT Media AS |
4,292,239 | 4.0 % | ||
| 4 State Street Bank And Trust Co.* |
4,000,000 | 3.7 % | ||
| 5 JP Morgan Clearing Corp. * |
3,302,000 | 3.1 % | ||
| 6 The Northern Trust Company Ltd. * |
2,672,320 | 2.5 % | ||
| 7 Goldman Sachs & Co Equity Segregation * |
2,542,180 | 2.4 % | ||
| 8 The Bank Of New York Mellon * |
2,139,745 | 2.0 % | Data as of 2 April 2014 | |
| 9 Morgan Stanley & Co LLC * |
1,980,200 | 1.8 % | % of foreign shareholders** | 56.7 % |
| 10 Clearstream Banking S.A. * |
1,902,283 | 1.8 % | Number of shareholders | 4,581 |
| 11 UBS AG, London Branch * |
1,889,134 | 1.7 % | Number of shares | 108,003,615 |
| 12 J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. London * |
1,858,202 | 1.7 % | Shares ow ned by Schibsted |
655,075 |
| 13 Credit Suisse Securities (Usa) LLC * |
1,760,994 | 1.6 % | ||
| 14 J.P. Morgan Chase Bank N.A. London * |
1,221,669 | 1.1 % | Largest countries of ownership | |
| 15 Montague Place Custody Services * |
1,154,447 | 1.1 % | Norw ay** |
43.3 % |
| 16 State Street Bank & Trust Company * |
1,138,128 | 1.1 % | USA | 27.0 % |
| 17 The Northern Trust Co. * |
1,107,493 | 1.0 % | United Kingdom | 14.0 % |
| 18 The Northern Trust Co. * |
1,079,586 | 1.0 % | Sw eden** |
5.9 % |
| 19 Deutsche Bank AG * |
1,078,051 | 1.0 % | Luxembourg | 2.7 % |
| 20 Svenska Handelsbanken AB * |
955,577 | 0.9 % | Australia | 1.9 % |
| Source: VPS | ||||
| *) Nominee accounts | ||||
| **) NWT Media AS is counted for as a Sw edish shareholder. |
||||
| Data as of 2 April 2014 |
|---|
| ------------------------- |
| % of foreign shareholders** | 56.7% |
|---|---|
| Number of shareholders | 4.581 |
| Number of shares | 108,003,615 |
| Shares ow ned by Schibsted | 655.075 |
| Largest countries of ownership | |
|---|---|
| Norw ay** | 43.3% |
| I ISA | 27.0% |
| United Kingdom | 14.0 $%$ |
| Sw eden** | 5.9% |
| Luxembourg | 27% |
| Australia |
Data as of 31 March 2014. Updated information at: www.schibsted.com/en/ir/Share/Shareholders/
Shareholder analysis – top 25 holders Appendices
| Rank Fund manager |
% | Shares |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Blommenholm Industrier AS |
26.10 | 28,188,589 |
| 2 Luxor Capital Group, L.P. |
9.93 | 10,722,618 |
| 3 Folketrygdfondet |
6.42 | 6,928,511 |
| 4 Baillie Gifford & Co. |
6.26 | 6,760,851 |
| 5 NWT Media As |
3.70 | 4,000,000 |
| 6 Alecta pensionsförsäkring, ömsesidigt |
3.06 | 3,302,000 |
| 7 Caledonia (Private) Investments Pty Limited |
2.89 | 3,125,819 |
| 8 SAFE Investment Company Limited |
1.91 | 2,061,763 |
| 9 Capital Research Global Investors |
1.76 | 1,902,283 |
| 10 Marathon Asset Management LLP |
1.70 | 1,836,935 |
| 11 Taube, Hodson, Stonex Partners, LLP |
1.54 | 1,661,556 |
| 12 Cadian Capital Management LP |
1.49 | 1,613,672 |
| 13 Tw eedy, Brow ne Company LLC |
1.39 | 1,500,952 |
| 14 Nordea Funds Oy |
1.02 | 1,102,445 |
| 15 Danske Capital (Norw ay) |
1.01 | 1,094,300 |
| 16 Fidelity Worldw ide Investment (UK) Ltd. |
1.01 | 1,093,634 |
| 17 Platinum Investment Management Ltd. |
0.97 | 1,047,517 |
| 18 The Vanguard Group, Inc. |
0.95 | 1,029,164 |
| 19 Adelphi Capital LLP |
0.91 | 986,197 |
| 20 Sw edbank Robur AB |
0.90 | 972,900 |
| 21 New brook Capital Advisors, L.P. |
0.89 | 956,364 |
| 22 Storebrand Kapitalforvaltning AS |
0.87 | 940,434 |
| 23 Handelsbanken Asset Management |
0.86 | 932,256 |
| 24 DNB Asset Management AS |
0.86 | 930,163 |
| 25 KLP Forsikring |
0.86 | 927,104 |
Source: Nasdaq OMX. Data as of 15 April 2014.
The shareholder ID data are provided by Nasdaq OMX. The data are obtained through the analysis of beneficial ownership and fund manager information provided in replies to disclosure of ownership notices issued to all custodians on the Schibsted share register. Whilst every reasonable effort is made to verify all data, neither Nasdaq OMX or Schibsted can guarantee the accuracy of the analysis.
Updated information at:
www.schibsted.com/en/ir/Share/Shareholders/
Key financial figures
| Q1 2014 |
2013 | Full year 2013 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Gross operating profit (EBITDA) (NOK million) | 410 | 297 | 1 777 |
| Gross operating profit (EBITDA) ex new ventures (NOK million) | 551 | 521 | 2 647 |
| Operating margins (%): | |||
| Operating margin (EBITDA) | 1 1 |
8 | 1 2 |
| Operating margin (EBITDA) ex new ventures | 1 5 |
1 5 |
1 8 |
| EPS (NOK) | (0.32) | 0.50 | 9.43 |
| Net cash flow from operating activities (NOK million) | (61) | (380) | 716 |
| Cash flow from operating activities per share (NOK) | (0.57) | (3.54) | 6.67 |
| Profit attributable to owners of the parent | (35) | 5 3 |
1 011 |
| Average number of shares (1 000) | 107.349 | 107.157 | 107.274 |
Capital structure
| Q1 | Full year | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | |
| Investments (NOK million): | |||
| Operational investments (capex) | 171 | 9 2 |
520 |
| Shares and other holdings | 475 | 2 2 |
935 |
| Interest bearing borrowings (NOK million) | 2 078 | 2 518 | 2 317 |
| Net interest bearing debt (NOK million) | 1 771 | 1 913 | 1 115 |
| Interest bearing debt ratio (%) | 1 3 |
1 6 |
1 4 |
| Equity ratio(%) 1) | 4 8 |
4 1 |
4 6 |
1) Treasury shares are offset against equity
Advertising – Print editions
| Per Q1 | Volume1) 2014 |
Change 2013-2014 |
Revenues (NOK million) |
Change 2013-2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Schibsted Norge, subscription newspapers |
24 715 | (15) % | 331 | (18) % |
| Verdens Gang | 2 695 | (3) % | 57 | (21) % |
| Aftonbladet 2) | 2 458 | (30) % | 59 | (14) % |
| Svenska Dagbladet 2) | 5 172 | (3) % | 93 | (10) % |
| 1) Column meters 2) SEK million |
Key operations – Online classifieds
| Q1 | Q1 | FY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Finn.no (MNOK) | 2014 | 2013 | 2013 |
| Operating revenues | 376 | 332 | 1,406 |
| EBITDA | 155 | 145 | 691 |
| EBITDA margin | 41 % | 44 % | 49 % |
| Q1 | Q1 | FY | |
| Blocket.se/Bytbil.se (MSEK) | 2014 | 2013 | 2013 |
| Operating revenues | 223 | 192 | 866 |
| EBITDA | 114 | 90 | 448 |
| EBITDA margin | 51 % | 47 % | 52 % |
| Q1 | Q1 | FY | |
| Leboncoin.fr (MEUR) | 2014 | 2013 | 2013 |
| Operating revenues | 35.8 | 28.4 | 124.3 |
| EBITDA | 24.5 | 19.8 | 83.6 |
| EBITDA margin | 68 % | 70 % | 67 % |
Key operations – Media houses
Norway
Sweden
| Q1 | Q1 | FY | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | |
| 492 | 477 | 1,951 | |
| 320 | 340 | 1,365 | |
| 172 | 137 | 586 | |
| 72 | 73 | 313 | |
| 15 % | 15 % | 16 % | |
| Q1 | Q1 | FY | |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | |
| 858 | 897 | 3,571 | |
| 734 | 824 | 3,214 | |
| 124 | 73 | 357 | |
| 45 | 77 | 365 | |
| 5 % | 9 % | 10 % | |
| Q1 | Q1 | FY | |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | |
| 486 | 494 | 2,051 | |
| 315 | 341 | 1,430 | |
| 171 | 153 | 621 | |
| 45 | 57 | 287 | |
| 9 % | 12 % | 14 % | |
| Q1 | Q1 | FY | |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | |
| 242 | 253 | 1,033 | |
| 2 | (11) | 1 | |
| 1 % | (4 %) | 0 % | |
| Q1 | Q1 | FY | |
| 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | |
| 240 | 202 | 857 | |
| 58 | 21 | 131 | |
Historical development
- Chr. Schibsted Forlag (publishing house) founded
- Christiania Adresseblad launched in Oslo renamed Aftenposten in 1861
- Takeover of VG
- Reorganisation from a private family company to a limited company
- Listing at the Oslo Stock Exchange with a growth strategy declaration
- First TV and film investments
- First New Media/Internet investments
- First investments in Kanal 2 in Estonia
- Acquisition of Aftonbladet
- Acquisition of Svenska Dagbladet
- Investment in Eesti Meedia Group
- Launch of the free newspaper concept 20 Minutes
- Launch of Finn
- Acquisition of Blocket
- Acquisition of Hitta.se
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Launch of Sesam and acquisition of Internettkatalogen
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Schibsted International Classifieds & Search launch of Willhaben.at and LeBoncoin.fr
- Acquisition of selected assets of Trader Classified Media (International Classifieds Acquired)
- Divestment of ownership in TV 2
- Divestment of ownership TV4
- Media Norge approved by Schibsted's general meeting
- Rolv Erik Ryssdal new CEO
- Media Norge and Schibsted Sverige established
- Increased ownership in Finn.no and InfoJobs.net
- Non core activities Metronome, Retriever, Basefarm, Teleadress divested
- Increased ownership in Leboncoin.fr from 50% to 100%
- Merger with Media Norge.
- The Blocket-copy Bomnegocio.com launched in Brazil
- Schibsted Norge AS established
- Full ownership in Anuntis Segundamano
- SnT Classifieds established with Telenor as partner
See also:http://www.schibsted.com/en/About-Schibsted/History/
Investor information
- Visit Schibsted's homepages
- www.schibsted.com/ir
- Jo Christian Steigedal, VP Investor Relations [email protected] Tel: +47 2310 6600 Mobile: +47 415 08 733
Schibsted ASA Apotekergaten 10, P.O. Box 490 Sentrum, NO-0105 Oslo Tel: +47 23 10 66 00. Fax: +47 23 10 66 01. E-mail: [email protected] www.schibsted.com