20

21

RESULTS

PRESENTATION

28.02.2022

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MAIN HIGHLIGHTS OF 2021

2021 RESULTS PRESENTATION

EXCEEDED THE TARGET

OF REPEATING 2019

EBITDA, DOUBLE-DIGIT

NET PROFIT

  • Margin on readers €+3.9m vs 2019. 2021 EBITDA €45.0m vs €42.3m in 2019
  • 2021 net profit €13.6m,
    €9.9m1 adjusted for extraordinaries

GROWTH OF DIGITAL

AND DIVERSIFIED

REVENUES

  • Total digital subscribers 103k > target for 2021
  • 2021 digital revenues +10.1% vs 2019. Digital revenues exClassif. 2021 +18.5% vs 2019
  • Diversified revenues +6.2%2 vs 2019

DIVESTMENT OF NON-

HIGH CASH FLOW AND A

STRATEGIC ASSETS

DIFFERENTIATED LEVEL

OF DEBT

Sale of DTT and Content

Free cash flow €32.5m and

Value of real estate portfolio

debt (ex leases) almost zero

realised

(€1.7m3)

FCF yield of 26%4

Note 1: effect of sale of Izen and real estate. Note 2: including event revenues from Newspapers, Gastronomy and Agencies (the last compared with FY2019).

2

Note 3: not including debt for leases of €21m. Note 4: operating cash flow (excluding financial expenses and including payment of compensation and dividends) divided by market capitalisation at close on 17 February.

2022: THE START OF A NEW CHAPTER

2021 RESULTS PRESENTATION

01 SOLID STARTING POSITION, BRANDS STRENGTHENED

  • Restructuring finalised
  • After the divestments of Izen, DTT and Veralia all assets within the new scope are strategic
  • Media Scope report shows reinforced positioning of VOC brands

02 MORE DIGITAL, MORE DIVERSIFIED

  • Revenues from digital and diversification represent 37%1 of the VOCENTO total
  • Digital advertising reaches 50%2 of the total

03

04

ACCELERATING TRANSFORMATION

  • Print-digitalconvergence
  • Evaluting non-organic opportunities: search for businesses which complete digital diversification
  • New publishing products (sports)

SHAREHOLDER RETURNS

  • High levels of operational gearing and cash flow
  • Board of Directors sets a 40% payout rate as a guide for the coming years
  • Proposed dividend payment of €5.4m on 2021 results

3

Note 1: including digital revenues and events from Newspapers, Classifieds, Gastronomy and Agencies. Note 2: including e-commerce revenues.

ACHIEVE

MENTS

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21

4

2021 RESULTS PRESENTATION

MEETING THE TARGET OF REPEATING 2019 EBITDA

VOCENTO EBITDA, 2021

var. 2021 vs 2019 €m starting from 2019 EBITDA

Other

businesses

New businesses

Press online + offline : €+3.6m

€-2.0m

€+1.1m

3.9

(23.6)

18.2

(2.5)

(1.1)

(0.9)

0.8

0.0

45.0

0.3

42.3

7.7

21.7

v

v

v

EBITDA

Margin

Offline

Online

Sales costs,

Print & Audiov. Classif.1

Gastro1 Agencies1 Corp.1

EBITDA

EBITDA

2019

on

Ad

Ad

personnel,

distrib.2

2021

2020

readers

others1

5

Note: figures rounded to the nearest hundred thousand euro. Note 1: total effect of €-7.3m for compensation in 2019. Note 2: mainly Printing and Distribution businesses.

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