Full-Year Result 2017 - Sanoma · Full-Year Result 2017 Susan Duinhoven, President and CEO Markus Holm, CFO & COO 8 February 2018 . In January 2018 Sanoma announced an intention to

Full-Year Result 2017 Susan Duinhoven, President and CEO Markus Holm, CFO & COO 8 February 2018

In January 2018 Sanoma announced an intention to divest its Belgian women’s

magazine portfolio

– Net sales of the divested business was EUR 81 million and operational EBIT EUR 7 million (EBIT margin 8.1%) in 2017.

– The divested business is consequently classified as Discontinued operations in this presentation.

– All income statement related quarterly and FY figures presented in this report, including corresponding periods in 2016, cover Continuing operations only and exclude Discontinued operations, unless otherwise stated.

Before we start: Adjustments and Discontinued operations

2017 Full-Year Result 2

In July 2017, Sanoma divested its Dutch FTA TV operations, SBS, for a net cash consideration of EUR 237 million

– As a result of the transaction Sanoma recognised a non-cash capital loss of EUR -308 million.

– The total impact of the transaction on the Group’s net result is EUR -286 million.

– All income statement related quarterly and FY figures presented in this presentation for 2017, including corresponding periods in 2016, are adjusted for the SBS divestment unless otherwise stated.

Complete financial performance is presented in FY 2017 Results. Financial Statements 2017 are to be published on 28 February 2018.


Profitability improved by 21%

– Operational EBIT EUR 181 million (2016: 150)

– Operational EBIT incl. SBS EUR 178 million (2016: 165), EBIT margin 12.4%

– Driven by strong profitability improvement in Media Finland and lower Other costs

Net sales were stable

– EUR 1,327 million (2016: 1,322)

Major changes in our business portfolio finalized

Operational EPS improved by 56%

– EUR 0.72 (2016: 0.46)

Leverage down to 1.7 (2016: 3.2)

– Below the long-term target level of <2.5

Proposed dividend EUR 0.35 per share

– To be paid in two instalments, EUR 0.20 on 4 April and EUR 0.15 on 1 November (estimated)

Outlook for FY 2018

– Net sales adjusted for structural changes slightly below 2017

– Operational EBIT margin around 14%

Highlights FY 2017: Solid operational EBIT improvement

FY 2017

Operational EBIT improved by 21%

4 2017 Full-Year Result

Operational EBIT by SBU in 2017 MEUR

Operational EBIT improved to EUR 181 million, margin to 13.6%

Earnings growth driven by strong profitability improvement in Media Finland

Learning EBIT stable with higher investments and development costs related to creating new learning methods

Media BeNe’s operational EBIT stable while margin improved to 15.6%

All three SBUs absorbed a significantly larger part of overall Group costs (booked in Other in 2016)

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Media BeNe Media Finland Learning Other

2016 2017

Media BeNe

Year of finalizing portfolio change

Net sales were EUR 437 million (2016: 459)

– Decline mainly due to the divestment of Kieskeurig.nl while subscription sales grew

Operational EBIT margin improved further to 15.6% (2016: 14.7%)

Major changes finalized

– FTA TV operations, SBS, divested in July 2017

– Intention to divest Belgian women’s magazines announced in January 2018, expected closing by the end of Q2 2018

– Streamlined back-office organisation reflecting lower complexity of the business

New CEO Marc Duijndam started on 1 Jan 2018


NU.nl – reach and user engagement at all-time-high

19%

33% 17%

31% Advertising sales

Subscription sales

Single copy sales

Other *

* Other sales mainly include press distribution and marketing services, custom publishing, event marketing and books.

Composition of net sales 2017

> 300mn Video views

annually

49% Coverage of

Dutch population (13+ y)

> 7mn Unique visitors

a month

Finnish measured media advertising markets

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Q4 16 FY 16 Q1 17 Q2 17 Q3 17 Q4 17 FY 17

Newspapers -4% -4% -9% -12% -12% -10% -11%

Magazines -12% -9% -7% -12% -9% -1% -6%

TV 1% -1% -6% -7% -4% -4% -5%

Radio -4% 3% 4% 0% 8% 4% 4%

Online * 15% 13% 8% 1% 10% 12% 7%

Total market * 0% 1% -3% -5% -2% -1% -3%

Source: Kantar TNS, Media advertising trends 12/2017 * Quarterly figures excl. online search, Full year numbers are based on a larger amount of data than quarterly numbers and include online search. Total market includes other smaller categories such as cinema and outdoor advertising.

2017 Full-Year Result

Media Finland

Significant profitability improvement


Net sales were stable and amounted to EUR 571 million (2016: 581)

Share of non-print sales continued to grow representing 44% (2016: 42%) of net sales

Operational EBIT improved by 33% to EUR 66 million driven by continued cost and process innovations

The total number of HS subscriptions increased throughout H2

Nelonen Media’s commercial viewing share on a good level and strong growth in the reach of the Ruutu VOD

HS subscriptions Total number of subscriptions

46%

37%

8%

9% Advertising

Subscription

Single copy

Other *


* Other sales mainly include marketing services, custom publishing, event marketing, books and printing services.

Jan Feb March April May June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

> 387,000

2017

28 %

14 %

3 %

55 %

Hybrid

Digital

Services

Print


Learning

Net sales growth of 13%

Net sales grew to EUR 320 million (2016: 283)

– Growth was strongest in Poland with market share gain in a strongly grown market due to curriculum reform

– Net sales grew also in Finland and Belgium

Operational EBITDA improved by 13%

– Positive impact of well managed cost innovations and net sales growth

Operational EBIT was stable

– Higher development costs as well as increased depreciation and amortisation due to higher investments and acquired De Boeck assets in Belgium

31%

29%

17%

16%

7% Poland

Netherlands

Finland

Belgium

Sweden

Net sales by country 2017


The Board proposes a dividend of EUR 0.35

For 2017, Board proposes dividend of EUR 0.35 (2016: 0.20) per share

– 55% of operational cash flow less capex

– To be paid in two instalments, EUR 0.20 on 4 April and EUR 0.15 on 1 November

Dividend policy:

Sanoma aims to pay an increasing dividend, equal to 40–60% of annual cash flow from operations less capital expenditure.

When proposing a dividend to the AGM, the Board of Directors will look at the general macro-economic environment, Sanoma’s current and target capital structure, future business plans and investment needs as well as both previous year’s cash flows and expected future cash flows affecting capital structure.

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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Oper. CF - capex / share DPS

55%

Dividend development 2013-2017 EUR


Sanoma in 2018 and beyond

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Continued focus on customer, profitability & cash flow

Follow the customer

Constant cost innovations

Restructuring costs to decrease

Cash conversion to increase

Increasing focus on growth

Market and geographic expansion in Learning

Highly synergetic bolt-on acquisitions

Major portfolio changes completed

Smaller portfolio adjustments in our core businesses still to be expected – part of normal operation

All this resulting in

Improved

profitability

Stronger cash

generation

Increasing

dividend

Equity ratio and

leverage within

long-term target

Solid base with improved profitability and leverage within the long-term target range


Outlook for 2018

Sanoma expects that the Group’s

Consolidated net sales, adjusted for structural changes, will be slightly below 2017

Operational EBIT margin will be around 14%.

The outlook is based on the assumption of the consumer confidence and advertising markets in the Netherlands and Finland being in line with that of 2017.


Financials

Improvement both in operational EBITDA and EBIT levels


EUR million Q4 2017 Q4 2016 Change FY 2017 FY 2016 Change

Net sales 301.5 305.4 -1% 1,326.6 1,322.3 0%

EBITDA 62.7 25.1 150% 345.7 359.3 -4%

Items affecting comparability 17.1 -12.9 15.7 60.3

Operational EBITDA 45.6 38.0 20% 330.0 299.0 9%

of net sales 15.1% 12.5% 24.9 % 22.6 %

Amortisations related to TV programme rights -21.4 -21.0 2% -69.9 -66.1 5%

Amortisations related to prepublication rights -6.0 -3.7 59% -22.6 -20.4 10%

Other amortisations -13.0 -14.4 -9% -42.8 -47.9 -12%

Depreciation -3.6 -3.2 12% -14.1 -15.0 -6%

Operational EBIT 1.6 -4.3 138% 180.6 149.6 21%

of net sales 0.5% -1.4% 13.6% 11.3%

Operational EPS 0.00 -0.09 0.72 0.46 56%

Solid operational EBIT improvement

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SBS 15 1

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FY 2016 MediaBeNe

MediaFinland

Learning Other &Elim.

FY 2017

Media BeNe + Cost innovations across the board, incl. streamlining of back-office post SBS

- Lower sales, especially B2B due to the divestment of Kieskeurig.nl

Media Finland

+ Growth in HS and Ruutu subscription sales + Cost innovations, esp. distribution + Lower fixed costs + One-off corrections of EUR 4 million in Q1

Learning + Strong sales growth + Good overall cost management - Higher development costs, esp. in Poland - Increased depreciation and amortisation

following higher investments and acquisitions

Other + Changes in internal allocations bringing a higher share of the overall costs to SBUs

+ Cost reductions

EUR million


Free Cash Flow (12 mr) on a good level

FY 2017

+ Higher EBITDA

+ Significantly lower financial cost

- Restructuring costs

- Higher taxes paid

- Working capital change

* Exceptional positive working capital change in Q4 2016

Free cash flow = Cash flow from operations less cash capex, incl. SBS and Discontinued operations


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Hybrid bond 100 M€ (lhs) Net debt M€ (lhs)

Net debt / Adjusted EBITDA * (rhs)

Leverage below the long-term target level

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* Adjusted EBITDA: 12-month rolling operational EBITDA, where acquired operations are included and divested operations excluded, and where programming rights and prepublication rights have been raised above EBITDA on cash-flow basis

Net debt to adjusted EBITDA* at 1.7 at the end of 2017 (2016: 3.2)

EUR 237 million from SBS divestment was used to reduce debt

Net debt EUR 392 million at the end of 2017 (2016: 786)

Equity ratio recovered to 38.5% being within the long-term target range of 35–45%


200

50

149

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Bond 3.5% Term loan

CPs Other loans

Bank account limits

Lower financing costs

Net financial items decreased to EUR -23 million (2016: -37)

Average interest rate down to 2.1% (2016: 2.8%) in 2017

EUR 200 million of Bond 2017 was repaid in March, using commercial papers and bank financing

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Debt structure EUR million, 31 December 2017


Effective 1 January 2018

The impact of IFRS 15 on the Group’s net sales, net result and balance sheet is considered insignificant, although the phasing over individual quarters will be affected, mainly in Learning

Sanoma will disclose restated financial figures for 2017 in a separate release during Q1 2018

IFRS 15: Revenue from contracts with customers


Coming up in 2018

28 February

Financial Statements 2017

22 March

AGM 2018

27 April

Q1 2018 Interim Report

7 June

CMD 2018 Helsinki

24 July

Half-year Report 2018

27 October

Q3 2018 Interim Report


Q&A


Appendix

Sanoma in 2017 Media

BeNe Media Finland

Learning

Net sales

EUR 1,327 million EUR 320 million EUR 571 million EUR 437 million

Non-print sales

45% (EUR 525 million) 45% (EUR 144 million) 44% (EUR 251 million) 30% (EUR 129 million)

Operational EBIT margin

13.6% Around 18% Around 12% Around 16%

Magazines

Online & mobile

Other

Distribution

0 100 200 300

Newspaper

TV&radio

Online & mobile

Magazines

Other

0 100 200 300

Poland

Netherlands

Finland

Belgium

Sweden

0 50 100 150

Net sales 2017 (EUR million) Net sales 2017 (EUR million) Net sales 2017 (EUR million)


Group and Media BeNe figures include Continuing operations only and are adjusted for the SBS divestment.

EUR million 10–12/2017 10–12/2016 1–12/2017 1–12/2016

Net sales 301.5 375.6 1,433.4 1,554.4

Operational EBITDA 45.6 83.2 393.8 445.1

Operational EBIT 1.6 -0.4 178.2 164.9

Items affecting comparability 16.8 -22.0 -417.2 42.0

Operating profit 18.4 -22.4 -238.9 206.9

Total financial items -7.6 -13.3 -23.3 -37.2

Result before taxes 11.0 -37.7 -260.9 167.3

Income taxes 3.1 5.8 -39.4 -44.6

Result for the period from continuing operations 14.0 -31.9 -300.3 122.7

Result attributable to:

Equity holders of the parent company 14.2 -31.6 -163.8 117.5

Non-controlling interests -0.2 -0.3 -136.6 5.2

Earnings per share, continuing operations 0.09 -0.20 -1.01 0.69

Operational EPS, continuing operations 0.00 -0.08 0.71 0.50

Reported income statement Continuing operations, not adjusted for the SBS divestment

Full-Year 2017 Result 23

EUR million 10–12/2017 10–12/2016 Change, % 1–12/2017 1–12/2016 Change, %

Net sales 301.5 305.4 -1.3 1,326.6 1,322.3 0.3

EBITDA 62.7 25.1 150.4 345.7 359.3 -3.8

Operational EBIT 1.6 -4.3 138.1 180.6 149.6 20.7

% of net sales 0.5 -1.4 13.6 11.3

Operating profit 18.4 -20.3 190.4 187.9 198.6 -5.4

Result for the period from continuing operations 14.0 -30.1 146.6 125.8 116.9 7.6

Cash flow from operations * 93.0 83.1 12.0 140.9 141.2 -0.2

Capital expenditure ** 10.2 11.2 -9.6 36.4 30.5 19.3

% of net sales 3.4 3.7 2.7 2.3

Number of employees at the end of the period (FTE) 4,425 4,658 -5.0

Average number of employees (FTE) 4,562 4,792 -4.8

Earnings/share, EUR, continuing operations 0.09 -0.20 144.5 0.77 0.67 13.6

Operational earnings/share, EUR, continuing operations 0.00 -0.09 96.8 0.72 0.46 55.8

Cash flow from operations/share, EUR * 0.57 0.51 11.6 0.87 0.87 -0.3

Key indicators


* Includes both continued and discontinued operations

** Including finance leases

Media BeNe – quarterly key figures adjusted for the SBS divestment


EUR million Q4/17 Q3/17 Q2/17 Q1/17 Q4/16 Q3/16 Q2/16 Q1/16 FY/17 FY/16

Net sales 115.9 102.9 116.4 101.4 125.3 109.6 118.6 105.6 436.5 459.1

Non-print 40.4 26.0 35.5 27.3 44.5 30.3 34.7 26.7 129.2 136.1

Print 64.0 64.5 69.0 63.3 69.3 67.1 72.4 68.1 260.9 276.9

Other 11.4 12.4 11.9 10.8 11.5 12.3 11.5 10.8 46.5 46.1

Operational EBITDA 21.9 16.0 22.9 16.4 25.3 17.5 21.7 15.2 77.2 79.8

Operational EBIT 19.2 14.0 20.8 14.2 21.1 15.1 18.9 12.3 68.1 67.3

% of net sales 16.5 13.6 17.9 14.0 16.8 13.7 16.0 11.6 15.6 14.7

Number of employees (FTE)* 1,083 1,110 1,135 1,185 1,199 1,194 1,187 1,234 1,083 1,199

Media Finland – quarterly key figures



Net sales 150.6 131.2 144.6 144.1 152.4 133.8 150.1 144.5 570.6 580.9

Non-print 67.7 55.2 64.4 63.6 65.2 53.4 64.3 59.2 250.9 242.0

Print 83.0 76.0 80.2 80.6 87.2 80.4 85.9 85.3 319.7 338.9

Operational EBITDA 35.5 35.4 42.2 42.9 36.0 33.3 38.2 35.9 155.8 143.4

Operational EBIT 10.0 14.1 22.5 19.0 9.3 10.2 19.0 11.0 65.7 49.5

% of net sales 6.6 10.8 15.6 13.2 6.1 7.6 12.7 7.6 11.5 8.5


Learning – quarterly key figures



Net sales 35.2 152.7 100.3 31.7 28.0 124.7 97.1 32.9 319.9 282.6

Netherlands 7.9 28.2 38.2 17.8 6.5 25.8 42.4 19.7 92.1 94.4

Poland 10.3 79.8 5.6 4.3 8.0 50.1 8.2 4.5 100.0 70.8

Finland 6.9 10.6 31.8 3.7 5.5 14.5 24.9 3.2 53.0 48.1

Belgium 6.5 24.0 19.8 2.4 4.0 24.1 15.3 1.4 52.7 44.8

Sweden 3.6 10.2 5.2 3.5 4.3 10.2 6.5 4.1 22.5 25.1

Other and eliminations 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0.6

Operational EBITDA -10.2 72.4 43.9 -4.8 -13.6 61.1 49.9 -2.1 101.4 95.3

Operational EBIT -24.5 62.5 34.0 -15.0 -23.8 50.5 41.1 -10.9 57.0 56.8

% of Net sales -69.8 40.9 33.9 -47.3 -84.9 40.5 42.3 -33.1 17.8 20.1


Consumer confidence


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2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Netherlands Finland

26.9

18.3

Largest shareholders

24.4 %

11.6 %

7.5 %

6.3 % 3.5 %

46.7 %

Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation Antti Herlin

Robin Langenskiöld Rafaela Seppälä

Helsingin Sanomat Foundation Others

31 December 2017 Number of shares %

1. Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation 39,820,286 24.4

2. Antti Herlin (Holding Manutas Oy: 11.62%, personal: 0.02%)

19,036,800 11.6

3. Robin Langenskiöld 12,273,371 7.5

4. Rafaela Seppälä 10,273,370 6.3

5. Helsingin Sanomat Foundation 5,701,570 3.5

6. Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company 3,572,220 2.2

7. Foundation for Actors’ Old-Age Home 2,000,000 1.2

8. Alex Noyer 1,908,965 1.2

9. The State Pension Fund 1,860,000 1.1

10. Lorna Auboin 1,852,470 1.1

10 largest shareholders total 117,335,852 71.7

Foreign holding * 31,367,490 19.2

Other shareholders 14,862,321 9.1

Total number of shares 163,565,663 100.0

Total number of shareholders 20,393

Institutional investors: around 70% of shares

Private investors: around 30% of shares

*Including nominee registered shareholders


Analyst Coverage

Carnegie Investment Bank Matti Riikonen tel. +358 9 6187 1231 Carnegie.fi

Danske Markets Equities Panu Laitinmäki tel. +358 10 236 4867 Danskeequities.com


Handelsbanken Capital Markets Rasmus Engberg tel. +46 8 701 5116 Handelsbanken.com/ capitalmarkets

Inderes Petri Aho tel. +358 50 340 2986 Inderes.fi

Nordea Sami Sarkamies tel. +358 9 165 59928 Nordea.com/markets

Pohjola Kimmo Stenvall tel. +358 10 252 4561 Pohjola.fi

SEB Enskilda Jutta Rahikainen tel. +358 9 6162 8058 Enskilda.fi

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Nothing in this presentation constitutes investment advice and this presentation shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities of Sanoma or otherwise to engage in any investment activity.

Important notice


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Full-Year Result 2017 - Sanoma · Full-Year Result 2017 Susan Duinhoven, President and CEO Markus Holm, CFO & COO 8 February 2018 . In January 2018 Sanoma announced an intention to