Investor Presentation • Apr 17, 2015
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April 2015 INVESTOR PRESENTATION
Schibsted is the innovation-driven, consumer-centric media company which entered the emerging online classified space 15+ years ago, well before competitors, and established itself to become the global market leader
| Strategy | ■ Our strategy remains focused on becoming number one in online marketplaces ("OLC") and on building world class digital media houses |
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| ■ Our OLC segment is positioned to deliver 15-20% growth in the medium and long term |
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| ■ M&A is an important part of OLC strategy to drive consolidation and increase scale |
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| Recurring financial considerations |
■ Schibsted currently faces certain structural and financial restrictions which limits the company to fully execute on future value creating opportunities |
| ■ Schibsted wants a higher degree of financial flexibility to be able to capitalize on rapid digital growth initiatives and increased consolidation opportunities in the OLC sector |
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| Means to increase financial flexibility |
■ Schibsted wants to increase financial flexibility by introducing a low-voting (or "B-share") equity class which can be used as a vehicle for growth and as currency in potential transactions |
| ■ The Tinius Trust and Blommenholm Industrier have actively supported the development of Schibsted into the company it is today. Introduction of a B-share will allow for continued support of the company in realizing its future ambitions |
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| ■ If approved, each current shareholder will receive 1 new low-voting B-share per A-share owned with equal economic rights as the A-share. The A-shares will receive 10 voting rights per share, whereas the new low-voting B-share entitle the owner to 1 vote per share |
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| ■ AGM vote scheduled for 8 May and if successfully approved, the share split will become effective on 1 June |
Capture growth in emerging markets
Tap opportunities in adjacent business areas
Use Nordic countries as testing ground for global concepts
Offer digital products and services with strong editorial content and consumer insight
Our Objectives
GDP 2013 (USDtrn) per country
Population (million) per country
Source: Worldbank *Schibsted JV holds number two position in Bangladesh
Significant uplift in user engagement and doubling of traffic since the merger
JVs established to develop OLC in Brazil, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh
Positive signals from business integrations so far
Schibsted agreed with Naspers to acquire their OLX-operation in Hungary
Merger Joint Venture Asset Swap
Capturing and utilizing user data
The goal is to make digital identification and payment safe and easy for users and service/content providers
Differentiating Identity data
Unlocking local market synergies using data linked to identity to compete with global players such as Google & Facebook
Data sciences & analytics to enhance user targeting & profiling
High-frequency visiting nature of media and online classified service brings unique datasets for building personalized products and services
Schibsted requires financial flexibility and an acquisition currency to capitalize on opportunities
| Key benefits | Comments |
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| Allows for straight equity | ■ No balance sheet constraints – straight equity for accounting / rating purposes |
| issuance, free from balance sheet and structural constraints |
■ The Tinius Trust and Blommenholm Industrier have actively supported the development of Schibsted into the company it is today. Introduction of a B-share will allow for continued support of the company in realizing its future ambitions |
| Permanent structural | ■ |
| feature | Provides financial flexibility in the long run |
| Can be used as acquisition | ■ |
| currency | Gives flexibility to pay for future acquisitions in shares |
| Exposure to stock price | ■ |
| upside | Provides shareholder with exposure to the stock price upside, unlike e.g. a bond |
| Market standard with | ■ |
| visible precedents in the | Recent IPOs with a dual share class structure in the tech sector: Alibaba, Google, GoPro, Groupon, GrubHub, |
| sector | King.com, Lending Club, Yelp, Zynga |
| 2015 Corporate Calendar |
Timing | Key Events |
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| 08-May: Q1 Results |
■ Share capital split announcement |
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| 08-May: AGM |
17-April-2015 08-May-2015 |
■ AGM notice |
| 17-Jul: Q2 Results |
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| 30-Oct: Q3 Results |
■ AGM |
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| 08-May-2015 | ■ Q1 2015 results release |
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| 29-May-2015 | ■ Approval of the listing prospectus by the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway (expected) |
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| 01-Jun-2015 | ■ Listing of the B-shares (expected) |
| Key areas | Comments | ||
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| Blommenholm Industrier |
■ Blommenholm Industrier AS, the company's largest shareholder, owns 28,188,589 shares, representing 26.1% of the shares in Schibsted ASA ■ Blommenholm Industrier is controlled by the Tinius Trust, created by Schibsted's former – and largest – owner, Tinius Nagell-Erichsen |
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| The purpose of Tinius Trust |
■ Tinius wanted to use his influence to protect Schibsted as a group with free and independent editors, characterised by trustworthiness and quality in conjunction with a long-term and healthy financial development |
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| Voting rights | ■ Changes to Schibsted's Articles of Association require more than ¾ of the share capital represented at the relevant AGM/EGM. The company's statutes also provide that no shareholder may own or vote in respect of more than 30 per cent of the shares |
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| ■ Schibsted's Articles of Association also ensure that important decisions by the group's subsidiaries require more than ¾ of the share capital represented at the relevant AGM/EGM |
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