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Investor Briefing INVESTOR BRIEFING JUNE 2016 DISCLAIMER You must read this disclaimer before reading or making any use of this document While reasonable care has been taken in compiling this presentation, none and the accompanying material or any information contained in it. of NZME, APN nor any subsidiary, director, employee, agent or adviser of NZME or APN (to the maximum extent permitted by law) gives any warranty or This presentation has been prepared as at 16 June 2016 to provide a general representation (express or implied) of the accuracy, completeness or reliability overview of the New Zealand business of APN News & Media Limited (APN) in of the information contained in it, nor takes any responsibility for it. The conjunction with the proposed demerger of Wilson & Horton Limited (NZME) information in this presentation has not been and will not be independently from APN. It has been prepared solely for informational purposes and does not verified or audited. purport to be complete or comprehensive and does not constitute financial product, investment, tax or other advice. This presentation should be read in This presentation contains historical financial information of APN after applying conjunction with the Explanatory Memorandum that was released to ASX and pro forma adjustments that were considered appropriate to reflect the indicative NZX on 11 May 2016 which can be found on the APN website (www.apn.com.au). effect of the Demerger as described in the Explanatory Memorandum. This presentation is not a product disclosure statement or other offering The financial information in this presentation: document under the laws of New Zealand or any other jurisdiction or law. • has been prepared for illustrative purposes, to assist investors to understand This presentation is not and should not be construed as an offer to sell or a the financial position and financial performance of NZME; solicitation of an offer to buy securities and may not be relied upon in connection • is historical, and investors should note that past financial performance is not with any purchase of securities. necessarily a guide to future financial performance; and • has been prepared and presented in accordance with APN’s accounting Past performance information provided in this presentation may not be a reliable policies as disclosed in its 31 December 2013, 31 December 2014 and 31 indication of future performance. This presentation contains certain forward- December 2015 financial statements which are contained in APN’s 2013, 2014 looking statements and comments about future events, including with respect and 2015 Annual Reports which can be found on the APN website. to the financial condition, results, operations and business of NZME. Forward looking statements can generally be identified by use of words such as ‘project’, If you are not the intended recipient of this presentation, you are hereby notified ‘foresee’, ‘plan’, ‘expect’, ‘aim’, ‘intend’, ‘anticipate’, ‘believe’, ‘estimate’, ‘may’, that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this presentation may ‘should’, ‘will’ or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements involve known be prohibited and you should not act upon anything in this presentation. and unknown risks, significant uncertainties, assumptions, contingencies, and other factors, many of which are outside the control of NZME, and which may Except to the extent required by law, no person is under any obligation to update cause the actual results or performance of NZME to be materially different this presentation at any time after its release to you or to provide you with from any results or performance expressed or implied by such forward-looking further information about NZME’s business. Receipt of this presentation and/ statements. Such forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this or attendance at this presentation constitutes acceptance of the terms set out presentation. There can be no assurance that actual outcomes will not differ above in this disclaimer. materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein. Recipients are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. 2 CONTENTS NZME 4 Revenue Sources 12 Financials and capital structure 25 Board & management team 29 Proposed NZME / Fairfax NZ merger 32 Demerger Update 35 Recap 37 Appendix 39 Polly & Grant Jeremy Wells Rachel Smalley & Matt Heath Mike Hosking Tony Veitch Simon Doull & Andrew Mulligan Fran O’Sullivan Fletch, Vaughan & Megan BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS NZME is a leading integrated New Zealand media company NZME is the home of many well-known publishing, radio and digital brands, 1 providing news, sport and entertainment content to over 3 million New Zealanders1 2 5HFHQWWUDQVIRUPDWLRQKDVGHOLYHUHGRQ¿QDQFLDODQGRSHUDWLRQDOWDUJHWV Digital revenues have grown strongly with further digital and video initiatives 3 LPSOHPHQWHGLQ)< HJGLJLWDOFODVVL¿HGVDQG1=+HUDOG)RFXV NZME is highly cash generative with a proposed dividend payout ratio of 60-80% 4 of underlying NPAT2, and capex is anticipated in line with or below historical levels The proposed merger with Fairfax New Zealand offers the potential 5 IRUVLJQL¿FDQWV\QHUJLHVDQGHQKDQFHGFRQWHQWJHQHUDWLRQ (1) Source: Nielsen CMI, fused database: February 2016 (based on population 10 years +). 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SPORT DIVERSE DIGITAL AUDIENCES SERVICES DIGITAL STRATEGY RADIO BRAND AND PLANNING ENGAGEMENT CONTENTDATA BRANDS We deliver news, sport Advertisers amplify and entertainment their message across content every day – the NZME network to across digital, radio engage with target and print channels. audiences. 6 NZME REACHES AN AUDIENCE OF OVER 3 MILLION NEW ZEALANDERS1 Our national and local presence allows us to offer advertisers broad access to their target markets >80% ~85% of the North of Auckland Island a a month1 month1 13% of total NZ advertising spend a year (~NZ$2.4 billion market)2 ~65% of the South Island a month1 6RXUFH1LHOVHQ&0,)HEUXDU\IXVHGGDWDEDVH3ULQWDQG5DGLREDVHGRQZHHNO\FXPHGLJLWDOEDVHG (1) Source: Nielsen CMI, fused database: February 2016 (based on population 10 years +). Based on unduplicated weekly reach of on monthly domestic unique audience NZME newspapers, radio stations, and monthly domestic unique audience of NZME’s digital channels $GYHUWLVLQJ6WDQGDUGV$XWKRULW\ 7 NZME’S SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION IN 2015 NZME has transformed into an integrated media company; delivering quality content at a lower cost, maximising cross-selling opportunities, and leveraging NZME’s aggregated audience TARGET ACHIEVED • Deliver FY15 EBITDA of NZ$70.8 million1 • FY15 EBITDA of NZ$74.9 million delivered2 • Merged business – one newsroom, merged commercial teams • Relocated all Auckland businesses into • Merge three businesses into one new purpose built facility • Eleven regions co-located • Achieved on-time and on-budget • Generate over NZ$55 million of annual • Over NZ$59 million generated revenue from digital and other growth • 33% growth in digital publishing revenue channels in FY15 • Deliver cost savings of NZ$18 million • Over NZ$20 million secured and an additional NZ$10 million targeted for 2016 1=PLOOLRQRIOLVWHGFRVWVZHUHLQFOXGHGLQWKH1RYHPEHUPDUNHWIRUHFDVWRI1=PLOOLRQOLNHIRUOLNHFRPSDULVRQWKHUHIRUH1=PLOOLRQ %HIRUHDOORFDWLRQRIFHUWDLQLQFRPHDQGH[SHQVHVWKDWKDYHKLVWRULFDOO\EHHQUHFRUGHGE\$31WKDWDUHDWWULEXWDEOHWR1=0(RI1=PLOOLRQ QHW LQFUHPHQWDOVWDQGDORQHFRVWVRI1=PLOOLRQDQG exceptional items 8 NEW HEADQUARTERS AND INTEGRATED NEWSROOM 9 INTEGRATION PROVIDES INCREASED OPPORTUNITIES CONTENT AUDIENCE ADVERTISERS • Co-located newsroom producing • Engaging with new audiences • Improving customer experience content for all platforms through events and experiential through sales team integration • Leveraging talent across all activations VLQJOHSRLQWRIFRQWDFW platforms • Better breadth of audience, • CreateMe specialises in creating • Lower cost of content directing existing audience unique, cross-platform branding production to other NZME brands content solutions for advertisers • New digital content investments • Deeper audience engagement • Maximise cross-selling funded by cost savings e.g. driving radio audience to opportunities leveraging digital content extensive audience reach • Ability to harness the power to increase share of of the NZME audience network advertiser wallet and data to build audience segments based on user EHKDYLRXUDFURVV1=+HUDOG GrabOne and radio websites 10 KEY PRIORITIES 1 2 3 DIVERSIFYING GROWING OPTIMISING REVENUES AUDIENCE INTEGRATION ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES • Diversify content delivery across • Improve content via audience
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