MACQUARIE AUSTRALIA CONFERENCE 1 MAY 2019
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MACQUARIE AUSTRALIA CONFERENC E 1 MAY 2019 HUGH M A RKS | C HI EF EX EC UT I V E O FFI C ER NOL A HODGSON | HEA D OF I NV ES T OR REL A T I ONS
Important Notice and Disclaimer ex pect at ions about t he performance of it s businesses. reasonableness of any forw ard looking st at ement s, forecast This document is a present at ion of general background Forw ard looking st at ement s can generally be ident ified by financial informat ion or ot her forecast . Not hing cont ained in informat ion about t he act iv it ies of Nine Ent ert ainment Co. t he use of forw ard looking w ords such as, ‘ex pect ’, t his present at ion nor any informat ion made av ailable t o y ou Holdings Limit ed (“NEC”) current at t he dat e of t he ‘ant icipat e’, ‘likely ’, ‘int end’, ‘should’, ‘could’, ‘may ’, is, or shall be relied upon as, a promise, represent at ion, present at ion, (1 May 2019). The informat ion cont ained in t his ‘predict ’, ‘plan’, ‘propose’, ‘w ill’, ‘believ e’, ‘forecast ’, w arrant y or guarant ee as t o t he past , present or t he fut ure present at ion is of general background and does not purport ‘est imat e’, ‘t arget ’ and ot her similar ex pressions w ithin t he performance of NEC. t o be complet e. I t is not int ended t o be relied upon as meaning of securit ies law s of applicable jurisdict ions. adv ice t o inv est ors or pot ent ial inv est ors and does not t ake I ndicat ions of, and guidance on, fut ure earnings or financial Pro Forma Financial Information int o account t he inv est ment object iv es, financial sit uat ion or posit ion or performance are also forw ard looking st at ement s. The Company has set out in t his present at ion cert ain non-I FRS needs of any part icular inv est or. These should be considered, Forw ard looking st at ement s inv olv e inherent risks and financial informat ion, in addit ion t o informat ion regarding it s w it h or w it hout professional adv ice, w hen deciding if an uncert aint ies, bot h general and specific, and t here is a risk I FRS st at ut ory informat ion. inv est ment is appropriat e. t hat such predict ions, forecast s, project ions and ot her The Company considers t hat t his non-I FRS financial NEC, it s relat ed bodies corporat e and any of t heir respect iv e forw ard looking st at ement s w ill not be achiev ed. Forw ard informat ion is import ant t o assist in ev aluat ing t he Company ’s officers, direct ors and employ ees (“NEC Part ies”), do not looking st at ement s are prov ided as a general guide only , performance. The informat ion is present ed t o assist in making w arrant t he accuracy or reliabilit y of t his informat ion, and and should not be relied on as an indicat ion or guarant ee of appropriat e comparisons w it h prior periods and t o assess t he disclaim any responsibilit y and liabilit y flow ing from t he use of fut ure performance. Forw ard looking st at ement s inv olv e operat ing performance of t he business. t his informat ion by any part y . To t he max imum ex t ent know n and unknow n risks, uncert aint y and ot her fact ors For a reconciliat ion of t he non-I FRS financial informat ion permit t ed by law , t he NEC Part ies do not accept any liabilit y w hich can cause NEC’s act ual result s t o differ mat erially from cont ained in t his present at ion t o I FRS-compliant comparat iv e t o any person, organisat ion or ent it y for any loss or damage t he plans, object iv es, ex pectat ions, est imat es and int ent ions informat ion, refer t o t he Appendices of t his present at ion. suffered as a result of reliance on t his document . ex pressed in such forw ard looking st at ement s and many of t hese fact ors are out side t he cont rol of NEC. As such, undue All dollar v alues are in Aust ralian dollars (A$) unless ot herw ise reliance should not be placed on any forw ard looking st at ed. Forward Looking Statements st at ement . Past performance is not necessarily a guide t o This document cont ains cert ain forw ard looking st at ement s fut ure performance and no represent at ion or w arrant y is and comment s about fut ure ev ent s, including NEC’s made by any person as t o t he likelihood of achiev ement or 2
POST MERGER – FOU R KEY PILLARS BROADCASTING DIGITAL & PUBLISHING STAN DOMAIN (59.2%) • Creator of Australia’s • Australia’s most read • Australia’s leading local • Ev olv ing Australian leading broadcast digital publisher SVOD business property marketplace brands, across telev ision and radio • Dominant position in the • Strong positive subscriber • W ith core upside from high growth digital v ideo growth momentum relationship with Nine – • Reaches 19m Australians market to broaden reach and nationally each week • Multiple long-term deepen engagement • Strong brands, each with content supply • The engine for all other a clear purpose and relationships • Focus on expanding Group businesses – commercial model core residential listings through content and business and scaling marketing rev enue in aligned consumer solutions business 3
NINE TODAY – DIVERSIFIED, WITH A CLEAR GROWTH PROFILE TRANSFORMING BUILDING RETURNING Inv esting in the premium Using the core of broadcast to power Strong cash flows and content that driv es profitability growth businesses div idends to shareholders Nine Network and Strong cash flow Metro Media Dominant player Grown brand to Leveraging conversion focusing on the in a fast growing 1.5m subscribers Nine’s reach to efficient delivery of segment, new in 4 years in a grow yield and 10c fully franked dividend premium content revenue streams new market geographic forecast for FY19, equates from existing segment share to a yield of c6% content spend Content decisions based on Other potential Digital Publishing Low lev el of wholly owned debt whole of business benefit v erticals including automotive – CarAdv ice, Driv e 4
BUSINESSES OFFER AN INCREASING GROWTH PROFILE BROADCASTING METRO MEDIA DOMAIN 9NOW STAN Controls and carries the Premium content Local leader in high Focused on building Deliv ers primarily Nine’s costs for much of the enabling core focus on growth segment of SVOD Australia’s leading digital broadcast content Group content growth in readership and destination for property through adv ertiser- Unique positioning with subscription, supported Content strategy through listings, editorial supported liv e streaming scale at >1.5m activ e by adv ertising with underpins strong ratings and associated consumer and catch-up subscribers growing margins momentum solutions All v iewing through a logged in env ironment Aim to hold profitability A refocused business, with Significant lev erage to Strongly growing digital Strongly growing consumer through the cycle, through a growing digital and property cycle plus growth segment as take-up, take-up of SVOD share gains and cost focus subscription base driving through yield-focus and usage and addressability benefitting all players longer term profitability geographic expansion ev olve 5
HIGH GROWTH ASSETS TO CONTRIBU TE HALF OF GROU P PROFIT1 EBITDA Contribution - FY18 EBITDA contribution – FY20est 13% 47% 45% 53% 87% Broadcasting Stan Digital & Publishing Domain 6 1 P r o Fo r ma b as is, e con omic in teres t ad jus ted
FTA PROVIDES PREMIU M CONTENT AND MARKETING NO.1 FOCUSSED ON GROWTH EFFICIENCY OF AUDIENCE SHARE EVERY AUDIENCE ENGINE KEY BUYING DELIVERY, FOR THE REST OF DEMO1 ACROSS THE NINE PLATFORMS GROUP Higher Revenue Share on Lower Costs $m 41% 540 40% 520 39% 500 38% 480 37% 36% 460 35% 440 34% 420 33% 400 32% Dec-15 Jun-16 Dec-16 Jun-17 Dec-17 Jun-18 Dec-18 TV costs TV revenue share 7 1 O z T A M d a ta, linear T V r a tings , m ain channel, 6 -1 0. 30pm, ca lenda r y ear to d ate
9NOW: A GROWING BU SINESS 83% 51% 75% CLEAR Growth in 9Now Growth in MARKET monthly activ e rev enue at Incremental EBITDA LEADER users 9Now margin Through audience Q1, VOD+Live stream, on pcp Six months to Dec 2018 and technology Growth in BVOD Market to Continue 250 $m 200 150 100 % 50 +$25m 45%+ 45%+ 28.5% 35.6% 43.8% 0 CY16 CY17 CY18 CY19f CY20f Nine Other 8
METRO MEDIA: A NEW MODEL Consistent audience growth across SMH, The Age and AFR 10.6m1 • Total de-duplicated • SMH – the most read masthead in Australia audience across digital and print • AFR – a growing B2B proposition 3.4% • Circulation/subscription revenues now exceed total advertising Total growth in revenues circulation revenues H1 FY19 • Opportunities to tighten paywall FOCUS • Cost out focused on printing and distribution which accounts for Efficiency of c$100m of total Metro Media costs audience deliv ery • Divestment of ACM acts to further variabilise the cost base Print Ads . • Print advertising accounts for
NINE AND DOMAIN: WORKING TOGETHER Deep integration of property content into Nine News and Current Affairs programs CONTENT Launch ‘Your Domain’ TV show Replicate SMH.com.au/Age.com.au digital property rails PROMOTION through nine.com.au Data unification project to enable effective identification DATA and targeting across all Nine’s business segments Extending Nine’s strength in premium advertising through PREMIUM ADVERTISING data and content partnerships 10
WELL POSITIONED LOCAL SVOD PLAYER • Built a business of scale in a new category in just four years • Clear local leader in the market with 1.5m -plus active subscribers • Differentiated and exclusive content line-up. Partnerships with a broad base of studios and networks, complemented by Stan Originals • Recent sub adds and price increase -> EBITDA break-even notwithstanding continuing investment in content and marketing • Highly leveraged, reflecting predominately fixed cost base Stan hits profitability in Q4 FY19 Q4 FY19 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20 Revenue Costs 11
TRADING U PDATE BROADCASTING DIGITAL & PUBLISHING STAN DOMAIN (59.2%) • Q3 FY19 FTA • Metro Publishing rev • Continued growth • Double digit growth rev enue +4%. +3% Q3 FY19, with in subscribers in residential digital Nine‘s share of growth in both print notwithstanding yield helping to 40.9% (+4.2 pts) and digital exceptionally offset decline in adv ertising (total ad strong summer, listings market • FTA market remains rev +12%) and Feb price soft – Nine’s share increase • Improv ing cost continues to grow. • 9Now rev enue profile H2 FY19 share est +75% Q3 FY19. • Expect cash flow 40%-plus Share of 53.9% and EBITDA break- (+10.3 pts) ev en from March GROUP EBITDA OF $420M-$430M, UP 10%+ ON LIKE-BASIS PCP 12 CYTD – calendar year t o dat e
FOU R KEY DRIVERS IN FY20 +$30M +$25m C$30M CYCLICAL EBITDA delta as Stan Rev enue Incremental annualised Impacts on Domain mov es from loss to growth at 9Now benefit of cost synergies and Broadcasting profit (at 75% already deliv ered incremental to benefit when cycle margin) improv es + share gains in FTA OVERALL POSITIVE MOMENTUM EXPECTED TO CONTINUE 13
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