DRIVING LONG TERM ONLINE GROWTH
Schibsted Media Group Investor Day – London and New York 27-28 September 2016
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DRIVING LONG TERM ONLINE GROWTH
Rolv Erik Ryssdal, CEO
Schibsted Media Group Investor Day – 27-28 September 2016
WE ARE DRIVING LONG TERM ONLINE GROWTH
- Well positioned for further growth in our Online Classifieds
- Expanding further into verticals to capture new revenue streams through investment in product and tech infrastructure
- Using the Schibsted Ecosystem Strategy to increase revenue in Online Classifieds, Media Houses and Schibsted Growth
STEADY COURSE, CLEAR STRATEGIC TARGETS
Common product platforms and tech infrastructure
WE HAVE DELIVERED ON TARGETS THE LAST TWO YEARS
| Target area |
Communicated at Investor Day November 2014 |
Delivered |
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| Online classifieds revenue |
15-20% |
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medium-long term |
2015 24%, 1H 2016 26%* |
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| EBITDA margin |
10-15% |
FY 2015 |
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| VG/Aftonbladet |
in 2014-2015 |
15%, 1H 2016 14% |
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EBITDA margin subscription papers Norway |
0-10% in 2014-2015 |
FY 2015 6%, 1H 2016 4% |
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*Adjusted for currency fluctuations, the growth was 15 percent in 2015 and 19% in 1H 2016
OUR ONLINE CLASSIFIEDS GROWTH TARGET IS MAINTAINED
15-20%
mid -long term growth
- Strengthen our position in all verticals in core markets
- Increase ARPU through new services
- Expand market share
- Launch Schibsted Growth services in new markets
CONSISTENTLY DELIVERING IN ONLINE CLASSIFIEDS
*) Adjusted for currency fluctuations, acquisitions and divestments
Lendo.no transferred from Media Houses as of 2014, Mitt Anbud and Servicefinder transferred from Media Houses as of 2015.
INVESTING FOR MARKET LEADERSHIP
Increasing number of leadership positions
WELL BALANCED PORTFOLIO IN ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING MARKETS
Revenue figures 2H15-1H16. Growth rates adjusted for currency effects. *)Adjusted for currency effects and consolidation effect of Ireland
SOLID GROWTH IN OUR MOST MATURE MARKETS NORWAY AND SWEDEN
- Innovative services
- Price optimization
- Verticalization
200
300
400
500
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OPPORTUNITIES TO GROW ARPU IN VERTICALS IN ESTABLISHED MARKETS
ARPU benchmark in Cars vertical [EUR/Month]
*) Schibsted "Other" is the average of SCM Spain, Blocket/Bytbil, Willhaben and Leboncoin. *) Schibsted "Other" is the average of SCM Spain, Willhaben, Blocket and Leboncoin.
Source: Schibsted Data insights – October – April 2016
ARPU benchmark in Real Estate vertical [EUR/Month]
MONETIZING SUCCESSFULLY IN EARLY STAGE EUROPEAN AND EMERGING MARKETS
SHPOCK AMONG THE MOST DOWLOADED SHOPPING APPS IN UK, GERMANY, ITALY AND AUSTRIA
- 1.6 million monthly downloads
- 26 million downloads in aggregate
- Good supplement to existing classifieds models
Source: Comscore Mobile Metrix; mobile app users only
MANAGING CHANGE IN THE MEDIA HOUSES
Print revenues are declining…
Print revenues (NOK Million)* Norwegian and Swedish Newspapers
… so we are managing the transition to online
Online revenues (NOK Million)* Norwegian and Swedish Newspapers
- Growing digital subscriptions
- Increasing personalized new services
- Expanding web-tv services
- Reducing cost
*) SEK konverted to NOK with a fixed conversion rate
RECORD HIGH ENGAGEMENT LEVELS FOR MEDIA HOUSES
Monthly page views (Mar '16) (in millions)
Source: WSJ/Comscore. NOTE: US traffic only for international brands.
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PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR QUALITY CONTENT
Drivers for our growth in digital subscriptions
- Data driven product development
- Data driven sales processes
- Paying for content is getting "trendy"
WELL POSITIONED IN THE FAST GROWING WEB TV MARKET
Rapid growth for Digital video ad spend
Norway and Sweden, NOK million
Source: iMarketer/ZenithOptimedia
VG and Aftonbladet among National leaders in web tv after significant investments
PROVEN SCANDINAVIAN DIGITAL CONCEPTS TO BE EXPORTED INTERNATIONALLY
Schibsted Growth developed a EUR 100 million business in Sweden
- Personal finance
- Price comparison
- B2C marketing
Good fit with existing Online classifieds business models
THE SCHIBSTED ECOSYSTEM STRATEGY MAXIMIZES VALUE CREATION IN CORE MARKETS
WE ARE DRIVING LONG TERM ONLINE GROWTH
- Well positioned for further growth in our Online Classifieds
- Expanding further into verticals to capture new revenue streams through investment in product and tech infrastructure
- Using the Schibsted Ecosystem Strategy to increase revenue in Online Classifieds, Media Houses and Schibsted Growth
EUROPE: EXPANDING TRAFFIC LEADERSHIP INTO VERTICALS
Sondre Gravir EVP Established Markets
EXPANDING TRAFFIC LEADERSHIP INTO VERTICALS
We have successfully evolved from generalists to multi-vertical leaders with very strong traffic and brand positions, and we see a further upside in monetizing these positions
Investment in product and tech infrastructure is key to expand further into verticals and capture new revenue streams
Strong Shpock development
Native mobile app Shpock shows very good traction in key markets like the UK and Germany, and enlarges the online classifieds market with new users and new objects
OUR EUROPEAN FOOTPRINT COMPRISES BOTH TRADITIONAL ONLINE CLASSIFIEDS MODELS AND SHPOCK
- 380m inhabitants
- 315m internet users
- ~ 30m daily visits
- ~25bn USD digital advertising spending
Shpock
Traditional Online Classifieds (OLC)
Traditional OLC and Shpock
Source: eMarketer, World Bank
UPSIDE IN DIGITAL ADSPEND IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN MARKETS
some of our markets
Source: eMarketer, comparable numbers for Austria not available
UNTAPPED REVENUE GROWTH POTENTIAL IN LEADING VERTICAL POSITIONS
Source: Mediametrie, Comscore, unique monthly visitors
LEBONCOIN: CONSISTENT TRAFFIC GROWTH FOR 10 YEARS
New devices have appeared, traffic growth is intact
Source: Mediametrie – Unique Monthly Visitors, CAGR
LEBONCOIN IS THE ESTABLISHED LEADER ACROSS CATEGORIES IN FRANCE
Solid and steady revenues and EBITDA growth over time (EURm)
Source: Company data
REAL ESTATE: LEBONCOIN'S GROWTH ENGINE
Leboncoin remains ahead of peers by traffic… (LBC=100)
Source: Traffic: Mediametrie March16, monthly unique visitors – Listings: Batibiz July 16
… and by its relative number of listings (LBC=100)
- Total agents marketing spend of EUR600m, of which online classifieds represent c.EUR380m
- 830k buy/sell transactions p.a., in line with pre-crisis level. Over c.40,000 agents
- A major growth driver since the termination of the P3 bundle arrangement
- Penetration with agents has improved over the past 3 years: Leboncoin is the market leader both by number of agents served and by traffic (9m visitors per month)
REAL ESTATE: ON TRACK TO DELIVER HIGHER VALUE TO PROFESSIONAL USERS
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- Agent dashboard accessible from mobile: easing the assessment of ads' performance
- Simplifying the use of push/bumps features
- We are developing tools enabling professional users to better control their performance
MOTOR: ADDRESSING UNTAPPED MONETIZATION POTENTIAL
- Online motor classifieds represent a c.EUR120m market in France addressing c.23,000 dealers
- With over 5.5m transactions a year, used cars trading volume in France is c.3x higher than new cars
- Motor revenues have grown at a double digit rate over 2013-15 at Leboncoin
- Leboncoin is the market leader both by number of dealers served and by traffic (8m visitors per month)
Source: Traffic: Mediametrie March16, Listings: Autobiz, July 2016
JOBS: MONETIZATION IN THE STARTING BLOCKS
JOBS: MONETIZATION IN THE STARTING BLOCKS (2)
Source: Internal estimates
- Online job classifieds are a c.EUR135m market in France, greater than motor. 70% of job offers are on generalist job boards
- PR campaign has driven traffic (+20%), listings (+60%) and top of mind up in the past 5months, reinforcing Leboncoin's status as go-to job-board
- Leboncoin is already attracting a high share of blue collar ads. Price elasticity in the segment is high though, and job classifieds are yet to be monetized
- Leveraging best practices from Spain
JOBS: LAUNCHING KEY FEATURES ADAPTED TO RECRUITERS
ACQUIRING MB DIFFUSION
- A LEADING MARKETPLACE IN FRANCE
- Leading market place for agriculture and construction equipment in France
- Strong synergies with leboncoin.fr on sales, technology and traffic
- FY 2015 revenues of EUR 10.8 million, +8% Y/Y, with EBITDA margin 37%
- International presence with potential for additional growth
DISPLAY: A KEY NATIONAL PLAYER WITH LOCAL POTENTIAL
- As the fifth most visited site in France, Leboncoin offers both national and local solutions
- Appnexus was rolled out in 2016: we expect improved yield on our advertising inventory
- French local ads was a EUR3bn market in 2015
- Self serve is a nascent line of business, which has shown good traction with our local user base
SPAIN: CONFIDENT ABOUT MID-TERM GROWTH
Solid performance over time (EURm)
- Political uncertainty, combined with a difficult macro-economic background, is affecting the most cyclical stream of revenues in Spain – jobs and advertising
- Underlying online trends, combined with strong local and global product investments support our mid-term growth aspiration
MOTOR: LEADING THE SPANISH MARKET
- Total dealers marketing spend of EUR130m, of which online classifieds represent c.EUR40m
- 380k buy/sell transactions in 2015, 9,500 dealers
- Milanuncios leads the market in both traffic and content
- The recovery of the Milanuncios license will be effective in February 2017 and give full commercial flexibility in defining our offering
Source: Autobiz, Jul15-Jun16
REAL ESTATE: FOCUSING ON IMPROVING USER EXPERIENCE
Rolling out unique features
- Total agents marketing spend of EUR200m, of which online classifieds represent c.EUR85m
- 1.8m real estate transactions in 2015 and 24,000 agents
- Fotocasa is ahead of peers in content
- Latest mobile release further improved efficiency to customers
JOBS: KEEPING FOCUS ON EXECUTION DESPITE ECONOMIC CYCLES
Growth in monthly job posts remains solid… (Jan14=100)
… but revenue growth has slowed down sequentially
- Listing growth on Infojobs remains solid, supported by tourism
- Political uncertainty is however slowing down recruitments in the rest of the economy, thus affecting Infojobs' customer mix
- Infojobs has shown the greatest slowdown in revenue sequentially
Source: Company data, % growth
GENERALIST: PRODUCT INVESTMENTS ARE KEY TO ADDRESS INCREASED COMPETITION
- We are leading in terms of audience, but Wallapop has a much strong mobile position and is the leader in terms of content
- We are investing significantly in product, both local and global, to address new users' needs and fit a urban, mobile-friendly user
- We will continue our strong marketing push going forward
Source: Web: Comscore unique monthly visitors, App: AppAnnie – July 16
ITALY: EXPANDING FROM A LEADING GENERALIST POSITION INTO MOTORS
Source: Generalist New Approved Ads, Company Data, August 16– Motor: Autobiz, August 16
ITALY: STRENGTHENING SUBITO'S POSITION IN THE MOTOR CATEGORY
- Total dealer marketing spend of EUR150m, of which online classifieds represent c.EUR30m
- 4m transactions in 2015, of which 60% were used cars
- New professional products and shops for car dealers already launched – increased product investments going forward
- Impresa+ Shops will also be rolled out to professional users in Real Estate and Jobs by the end of the year
OUR JOINT VENTURE IN IRELAND IS A LEADER IN GENERAL GOODS, CARS AND REAL ESTATE
Source: Comscore
WE CONTINUE OUR EFFORTS TO INCREASE REVENUES PER PROFESSIONAL SELLER
IN HUNGARY, OUR OPERATIONS ARE VERY WELL POSITIONED IN ALL THE MAIN VERTICALS
Source: dkt.hu
WE ARE INTRODUCING ADDITIONAL SERVICES TO IMPROVE USER EXPERIENCE AND MONETIZATION
Additional value added services integrated … resulting in strong revenue growth
Indexed classifieds revenues from private users
SHPOCK WAS INHERENTLY DESIGNED AS A MOBILE APP, WITH DEEP USER DATA
- 91% owned by Schibsted
- The largest mobile native marketplace in Germany and in the UK
- 1.6m average monthly downloads across markets
- Transactions happen on the platform, between logged-in users seeking proximity
- Reduced friction drives high engagement
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SHPOCK ADDRESSES DIFFERENT USERS
Shpock has a high share of users below 35 years
Brand awareness is strongest with younger, "native" mobile users
SHPOCK CONTRIBUTES TO EXPANDING THE CLASSIFIEDS MARKET
Subito's listings have kept on growing strongly despite Shpock's launch
And visits have proven to remain equally strong
Source: Company data, July 2016
GROWTH TRAJECTORY IS ENCOURAGING
Volume growth of items listed on Shpock is accelerating
SHPOCK HAS STARTED MONETIZATION
- We are implementing proven monetization models with very good traction
- Shpock's unique transaction data will allow us to deliver improved advertising and premium products
- Shpock's active role in the transaction will allow us to unlock new revenue streams such as payment and delivery services
EXPANDING TRAFFIC LEADERSHIP INTO VERTICALS
We have successfully evolved from generalists to multi-vertical leaders with very strong traffic and brand positions, and we see a further upside in monetizing these positions
Investment in product and tech infrastructure is key to expand further into verticals and capture new revenue streams
Strong Shpock development
Native mobile app Shpock shows very good traction in key markets like the UK and Germany, and enlarges the online classifieds market with new users and new objects
EMERGING MARKETS: A KEY SOURCE OF GROWTH AND GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSIFICATION
Susanna Grill Erntell CFO Schibsted Emerging Markets
EMERGING MARKETS: A KEY SOURCE OF GROWTH AND GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSIFICATION
- Schibsted Emerging Markets has clear leading positions in traffic and content, as a result of organic investments, targeted acquisitions and partnerships
- The current focus is on deepening commercial presence in Vehicles and Real Estate segments
- Good results from first monetization efforts and sharp decline in investment levels result in reduced losses
EMERGING MARKETS COMPRISES 12 MARKETS IN 3 CONTINENTS
Investor Day 2016 – Emerging markets
MARKETS ARE BIG AND SHOW HIGH GROWTH PERSPECTIVES
Digital Ad Spend 2016 and 2020 in selected markets
WE HAVE LEADING POSITIONS IN TRAFFIC AND CONTENT; CURRENT FOCUS IS ON CARS AND REAL ESTATE
Competitive positions based on traffic in selected markets
Source: Comscore; Gemius; Similarweb
OLX BRAZIL AND INFOJOBS ARE GAINING GROUND IN THE KEY VERTICAL SEGMENTS
THE INTRODUCTION OF NEW MONETIZATION FEATURES IN OLX SHOWS POSITIVE RESULTS
Introducing visibility features
OLX Brazil indexed revenues from Professional customers
SEGUNDAMANO IS A SOLID TRAFFIC LEADER IN THE MAIN CATEGORIES
Source: IMF; CIA Factbook; eMarketer; Similarweb * CAGR 2016-2020; ** as % of Internet users
WE ARE RAMPING UP MONETIZATION PRODUCTS FOR DEALERS AND REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Shops introduced for professional sellers
Segundamano.mx indexed revenues from professional sellers
IN MALAYSIA, MUDAH IS THE LEADING GENERALIST PLATFORM AND VERY STRONG IN THE MAIN VERTICALS
Source: IMF; CIA Factbook; eMarketer; Similarweb * CAGR 2016-2020
STRONG FOCUS ON THE VERTICALS RESULTING IN SIGNIFICANT REVENUE GROWTH
Strong focus on Real Estate vertical
Mudah.my indexed revenues in Real Estate vertical
IN MOROCCO, AVITO IS A STRONG LEADER IN ALL THE MAIN CATEGORIES
Source: IMF; CIA Factbook; eMarketer; Similarweb; FNEM (Fedration Nationale du ecommerce du Maroc) * CAGR 2016-2020; ** as % of Internet users
SHARP REDUCTION IN INVESTMENT LEVELS ACROSS THE PORTFOLIO RESULTS IN REDUCED LOSSES
Indexed marketing spending evolution in selected markets
EMERGING MARKETS: A KEY SOURCE OF GROWTH AND GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSIFICATION
- Schibsted Emerging Markets has clear leading positions in traffic and content, as a result of organic investments, targeted acquisitions and partnerships
- The current focus is on deepening commercial presence in Vehicles and Real Estate segments
- Good results from first monetization efforts and sharp decline in investment levels result in reduced losses
LONG TERM VALUE CREATION IN OUR ECOSYSTEMS
Raoul Grünthal EVP, Schibsted Sweden
WE ARE CREATING LONG TERM VALUE IN OUR ECOSYSTEMS...
- Schibsted's ecosystem strategy is a powerful way to strengthen our position and pursue new opportunities
- We have a strong track-record of growing new digital services in our Scandinavian ecosystems and we see great opportunities in exporting proven concepts to other markets
- Through common platforms and shared data, we are strengthening our advertising business and creating better products
… TO STRENGTHEN OUR POSITION AND PURSUE NEW OPPORTUNITIES
Investor Day 2016 – Value creation in our ecosystems
PUBLISHING AND CLASSIFIEDS CONTRIBUTE IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO THE ECOSYSTEM
- •High reach
- •High frequency
- •Context for premium inventory
OUR MAIN GOALS WITH OUR ECOSYSTEM STRATEGY
Achieve advertising leadership
Develop better products enabled by data
OUR MAIN GOALS WITH OUR ECOSYSTEM STRATEGY
Creating niche winners Create new digital winners
Achieve advertising leadership
enabled by data
NEW DIGITAL SERVICES WITH CLEAR SYNERGIES WITH MEDIA HOUSES AND CLASSIFIEDS
Common product platforms and tech infrastructure
WE HAVE BEEN ACTIVE INVESTORS IN DIGITAL START-UPS SINCE 2003
OUR SWEDISH GROWTH PORTFOLIO DELIVERS CONSISTENT GROWTH AND PROFITABILITY
Financial development for current Swedish Growth Portfolio
NOTE: Numbers are adjusted for internal transfers of portfolio companies to other business areas (ex: Servicefinder, Tv.nu, Klart.se, MiniMedia)
OUR INVESTMENTS ARE NATURAL EXTENSIONS OF MEDIA HOUSES AND CLASSIFIEDS
THERE ARE STRONG SYNERGIES BETWEEN PERSONAL FINANCE AND CLASSIFEDS…
Product integrations, advertising, data exchange:
- Compare costs for financing your car, boat and more with consumer loans.
- Compare costs for insuring used goods, cars, boats etc.
OUR MAIN GOALS WITH OUR ECOSYSTEM STRATEGY
Achieve advertising leadership
enabled by data
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT DIGITAL ADVERTISING IS INCREASING…
Sweden: online advertising 2006-p2017 (billion sek)
Source:IAB
…BUT THE MARKET IS ALSO CHALLENGING…
…AND THE MARKET CONDITIONS ARE CHANGING
Source: Luma Partners
WE ARE IMPROVING OUR AD SALES ORGANIZATION
- •We are combining our sales organizations in Sweden and Norway to improve customer service and make it easier for advertisers to buy
- •We are pooling digital ad inventory so that we can offer our customers optimal advertising within our ecosystem
…AND WE HAVE A CLEAR PLATFORM STATEGY FOR ADVERTISING
OUR COMPONENTS WILL GENERATE BETTER ADVERTISING PRODUCTS AND NEW REVENUES
Self Serve Advertisement - A three step process
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Audience targeting engine – Better targeted advertising through data
OUR MAIN GOALS WITH OUR ECOSYSTEM STRATEGY
Develop better products enabled by data
WE ARE BUILDING A SINGLE SIGN-ON FOR SCHIBSTED
Investor Day 2016 – Value creation in our ecosystems 93
THE DATA TRIGGERS A VIRTUOUS CYCLE
Critical success factors
- Enabling technologies
- Data
- Identity
- Infrastructure
- A framework
- User Journeys
SHARED DATA WILL MAKE OUR PRODUCTS BETTER
• By common platforms and shared user data we can integrate our services tighter and create better user journeys
WE ARE CREATING LONG TERM VALUE IN OUR ECOSYSTEMS
- The ecosystem strategy is a powerful way to strengthen our position and pursue new opportunities
- We have a strong track-record of growing new digital services in our Scandinavian ecosystems and we see great opportunities in exporting proven concepts to other markets
- Through common platforms and shared data, we are strengthening our advertising business and create better products
PUBLISHING: MANAGING THE DECLINE OF PRINT AND GRASPING DIGITAL OPPORTUNITIES
EVP Sweden, Raoul Grünthal
Investor Day 27-28 September 2016
MANAGING THE DECLINE OF PRINT AND GRASPING DIGITAL OPPORTUNITIES
- Media houses are performing well despite challenging environment
- Cost reduction to adapt to print decline
- User payment is growing
- Shared platforms and new products building the basis for future digital business models
NORWEGIAN PUBLISHING OPERATIONS ARE MANAGING IN A TOUGH ENVIRONMENT…
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000 7000 2014 2015 2H15-1H16 Revenues EBITDA Online share of revenues Million NOK 9% 7% 7% = EBITDA margin
Print revenue decline and reduced expenses in Norway
- Decreased topline due to reduced print revenues and slower growth in digital advertising
- Digital subscriptions show strong trend and is the main growth driver
- Stable margins through price increases in print and tight cost control
…WHILE THE SWEDISH PUBLISHING OPERATIONS ARE PERFORMING WELL
Stable revenues and EBITDA in Swedish media houses
- Stable top line and EBITDA despite continued decline in print
- Increased prices in print and tight cost control to manage the online transition
- Healthy growth in online advertising revenues as well as digital subscriptions
THE USER BEHAVIOUR IS CHANGING…
- More digital and more personalized
- Social media platforms and aggregators challenge traditional media
- Video and other platforms on the rise
- Online user payment more common
…AND SO IS THE ADVERTISING MARKET
- Decreasing reach of print leads to decreasing print advertising revenues
- Programmatic advertising takes rapid market share
- The abundance of the internet makes branding and context even more important
- Global players are gaining market share
REVENUE FROM DIGITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS IS STARTING TO BECOME SIGNIFICANT
TRANSITIONING TO A YOUNGER SUBSCRIPTION BASE
Age distribution for new subscription sales per product – Norwegian Subscription papers
TIGHT COST CONTROL CONTINUES IN MEDIA HOUSES
- Two of four printing plants closed in Norway
- Reduced headcount by 400 in Norwegian media houses during 2015 and 2016
- All commercial functions in the morning newspapers in Norway are merged
- Further headcount reduction of 40 positions announced in Aftenposten 2H 2016
Reduced operating expenses in Media Houses Norway
WE ARE NOW WORKING ON THREE LEVELS OF PUBLISHING PRODUCTS
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- Established products
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- Publishing platform
OMNI - THE FIRST NEXT GEN PRODUCT
Established
Next gen Products
Products Publishing Platform
Omni launched in Dec 2013
- A new way of creating and consuming news
- Good traction and has established it self as one of the major news destinations in Sweden
- Close to break even, revenues primarily from native advertising
- Omni is built upon Schibsted's publishing platform and the concept can be scaled to new verticals/niches and markets
MANAGING THE DECLINE OF PRINT AND GRASPING DIGITAL OPPORTUNITIES
- Media houses are performing well despite challenging environment
- Cost reduction to adapt to print decline
- User payment is growing
- Shared platforms and new products building the basis for future digital business models
BUILDING WORLD CLASS PLATFORMS FOR LONG TERM GROWTH
Rian Liebenberg, CTO – Schibsted Investor Day 27-28 September 2016
ENABLING LONG TERM GROWTH
We are increasing speed of development Broadening revenue streams Unlocking value of user data
INCREASING SPEED OF DEVELOPMENT
ONE GLOBAL PRODUCT AND TECH ORGANISATION
WITH RELEVANT EXPERTISE
PLATFORMS AND REUSABLE COMPONENTS
VERTICALS AND COMMON COMPONENTS
Aggeliopolis: Live testing 2000 beta in Greece
LEVERAGING ADVANCES IN TECHNOLOGY
• New technological innovations will enable
- Quicker ad upload
- Improved classification and discovery
- Better moderation
- Data driven improvements for both consumers and sellers
- Personalised content feeds
We will test new concepts in Selective markets during 2H 2016
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BROADENING REVENUE STREAMS
BY ADAPTING TO A CHANGING AD LANDSCAPE
FRAGMENTED LEADING TO MARGIN EROSION…
B U Y E R S
S E L L E R
NORWAY AS EXAMPLE
IMPROVED OUR INVENTORY AND REACH
PROGRAMMATIC TO PRESERVE VALUE OF INVENTORY
Programmatic: Flexible, short leadtimes The highest bidder winning the impression. The delivery is not guaranteed
Direct: Guaranteed delivery Possible to offer customized campaigns which are not available programmatically
OUR INVENTORY IS AVAILABLE BOTH PROGRAMMATICALLY AND DIRECT. CHOOSE THE METHOD THAT BEST SUITS YOUR MEDIA
ENSURES INVENTORY OF HIGH QUALITY
Coverage Broad weekly coverage of 77% in Norway
PREMIUM Brand building formats with high impact
BRAND SAFE Your ad shown in a safe context on Norway biggest sites
VIEWABILITY Market leading on delivering viewable impressions FRAUD SAFE
Very little fraudelnt traffic – good control over offerd inventory
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Unique Data Exploit the power of the Schibsted data to reach your audience
APPNEXUS GLOBAL ROLLOUT IS WELL UNDERWAY
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BROADENING REVENUE STREAMS
BY CAPITALIZING ON RAPID GROWTH ON LOCAL ONLINE ADVERTISING
FRENCH LOCAL AD MARKET REPRESENTS 3B€ IN 2015
SELF SERVICE ADVERTISING OPENING THE DOOR TO LARGE UNTAPPED LOCAL ADVERTISING MARKET
Launched in France & Norway. To be further enhanced and launched in other key markets.
UNLOCKING THE VALUE OF OUR DATA
WITH THE LAUNCH OF AUDIENCE TARGETING ENGINE
AUDIENCE TARGETING ENGINE (ATE) DELIVERS VALUE BASED ON OUR DATA
- Built by the Advertising team in London
- Integrated with AppNexus
- Produces significant new revenue in the Norwegian market
To be further developed and rolled out in new markets
IMPROVING QUALITY OF SERVICES AND REVENUE POTENTIAL
By adding value on five different levels...
...we can create a self-reinforcing data cycle
Schibsted has potential to capture differentiating data within areas like Buying intent, Shopping & transactions, and Object identity
UNLOCKING THE VALUE OF OUR DATA
…BY UTILIZING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
MILLION IMAGES GROWING BY 100 MILLION / MONTH
Investor Day 2016 - Product & Tech
ENABLING LONG TERM GROWTH
We are increasing speed of development Broadening revenue streams Unlocking value of user data
STRONG FINANCIALS ENABLING CONTINUED GROWTH
EVP CFO, Trond Berger Investor Day 27-28 September 2016
STRONG FINANCIALS ENABLING CONTINUED GROWTH
- We maintain our Online classifieds revenue growth target 15-20%
- Focus on long term value creation
- Disciplined capital allocation
CONSISTENT PROFITABLE GROWTH FROM ONLINE CLASSIFIEDS
Stready, high revenue growth from Online classifieds
Growing EBITDA ex Investment phase for Online classifieds
SIGNIFICANT ROOM TO FURTHER GROW REVENUE PER USER IN KEY MARKETS
CAPITAL ALLOCATION FOCUSED ON ONLINE CLASSIFIEDS
*Note: Schibsted entered a JV with Distilled Media which included the leading real estate vertical Daft.ie and generalist Adverts.ie
VALUE CREATION THROUGH INVESTMENTS IN ONLINE CLASSIFIEDS
GENERATING SIGNIFICANT SHAREHOLDER RETURNS
Guidance for 2017 investment level expected to be given at Q4 2016 presentation.
INVESTMENTS IN PRODUCT & TECH TO SUPPORT LONG TERM GROWTH 2
- Good investment return expected
- Increased revenue opportunities
- Targeted display advertising
- Self serve advertising
- Online classifieds monetization features
- Stronger ability to innovate and further develop leadership positions
- 2016 guidance: HQ and Other segment EBITDA loss expected in the range NOK 650-700 million
- Efficiency measures leads to ambition to reduce total Group tech (central and local) spend as of 2018
WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK VALUE CREATION THROUGH CONSOLIDATION AND JVs 3
ACQUISITIONS
- December 2014: Milanuncios
- July 2015: Anumex
- February 2015: OLX.hu
- September 2016: MB Diffusion
MERGERS
• July 2014: Avito.ma
• July 2015: Distilled Media, Ireland
PARTNERSHIPS
- September 2013: Telenor/SPH joint venture
- November 2014: Naspers JVs
ONLINE DEVELOPMENT AND TIGHT COST CONTROL IN MEDIA HOUSES
- Two of four printing plants closed in Norway
- Reduced headcount by 400 in Norwegian media houses during 2015 and 2016
- All commercial functions in the morning newspapers are merged
- Further headcount reduction of 40 positions announced in Aftenposten 2H 2016
Reduced operating expenses in Media Houses Norway
ADEQUATE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO PURSUE VALUE CREATIVE M&A
- Undrawn borrowing facilities of EUR 425 million
- Total liquidity reserves NOK 5.4 bn
- Divestments of non-core activities largely completed
- Opportunity to raise capital through B-shares
- Authority to buy back 10% of shares in place
- No current plans to do share buy-backs, but market and capital requirements will be monitored
TARGETING A CONTINUED PRUDENT CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Net interest bearing debt/EBITDA
- Target leverage NIBD/EBITDA 1x-2x
- May exceed the target range in special circumstances if there is a plan to return to the target range
- Stable dividend at NOK 1.75 per shares recent years
LOW VOTING B-SHARES PROVIDES FINANCIAL FLEXIBILITY FOR FUTURE GROWTH
- Allows straight equity issuance, free from structural constraints
- Provides flexibility in the long run
- Flexibility to pay for future acquisitions in shares
- Lower liquidity in B- compared to A-shares; should normalize over time
- Free float in B-shares set to increase
- Future equity issues likely to be issued as B-shares
FINANCIAL TARGETS ACHIEVED – MAINTAINED FOR MEDIUM TO LONG TERM
| KPIs |
Target |
Status |
|
| Online classifieds growth |
15%-20%* |
|
15% CAGR 2012-2015 |
| Equity ratio |
35%-50% |
|
52% per 1H-2016 |
| NIBD/EBITDA |
1-2x |
|
0.5x per 1H-2016 |
| Dividend |
Stable to increasing dividend |
|
Stable at NOK 1.75 in the period 2011-2015 |
Slowdown in growth in Spain in Q3 2016 due to macro conditions.
STRONG FINANCIALS ENABLING CONTINUED GROWTH
- Strong underlying revenue growth and margins from online classifieds
- Online classifieds revenue growth target 15-20%
- Focus on long term value creation
- Disciplined capital allocation
DRIVING LONG TERM ONLINE GROWTH