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Johnston Press lep.co.uk plc portsmouth.co.uk thestar.co.uk Johnston Press plc Press Johnston portsmouth.co.uk ANNUAL REPORT 2016 REPORT ANNUAL thestar.co.uk newsletter.co.uk lep.co.uk portsmouth.co.uklep.co.uk newsletter.co.uk yorkshirepost.co.uk newsletter.co.uk lep.co.uk yorkshirepost.co.uklep.co.ukportsmouth.co.uk BIGGER AUDIENCE WITH A BETTER FOCUS ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2016 thestar.co.uk yorkshirepost.co.uk portsmouth.co.ukyorkshirepost.co.uk thestar.co.uklep.co.uk newsletter.co.uk yorkshirepost.co.uk portsmouth.co.uk lep.co.uk yorkshirepost.co.uk thestar.co.uk lep.co.uk portsmouth.co.uk yorkshirepost.co.uk newsletter.co.uk thestar.co.uk portsmouth.co.uk thestar.co.uk yorkshirepost.co.uklep.co.uk Johnston Press is a leading multimedia business with a vibrant mix of news brands that reach national, regional and local audiences. We provide news, information and marketing services to local and regional communities and businesses through our extensive portfolio of hundreds of publications and websites. 22.5m Unique Users (average monthly audience) 15.4% year-on-year increase 1 Award-winning photographer Simon Hulme captures the vibrancy of the Leeds West Indian Carnival. Yorkshire Evening Post 15.3m 60% 91.1m Average total monthly print Growth in followers on Facebook Page views (average monthly audience (including the i from through 2016, to two million audience) 4.6% year-on-year acquisition in April 2016) 3 followers 2 increase 1 The Bramley Mermaid – Lucy Meredith celebrates Yorkshire Aquatic Life at Bramley Baths in Leeds. Simon Hulme, Yorkshire 191.6m Evening Post Print copies distributed 4 1 Source: IBM analytics (Digital), Internal Johnston Press analytics tools. 2 Source: Crowdtangle Analytics, Facebook Leaderboard, growth reported for period 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2016. 3 Source: Matrix (Print), Internal Johnston Press analytics tools. Includes the i newspaper average monthly sales for period 10 April 2016 to 31 December 2016. 4 Nationally we sold 161m paid for copies (including the i) and distributed 30.6m free copies, a 10.0% year-on-year decrease. Includes I newspaper circulation from April to December 2016. Strategic Report Directors’ Governance Financial Statements 2016 Statutory and Adjusted Results The statutory results are for the continuing Group, which exclude the disposed of Isle of Man business. The prior year statutory results have been restated to exclude discontinued operations. Continuing statutory results include the i from acquisition date, closed titles and businesses, exceptional items and mark-to-market gains on the Group’s bond. The adjusted figures reflect the ‘underlying’ business, and are presented after removing the financial impact of a number of significant accounting and operational items. A reconciliation of the statutory to adjusted figures is provided below, within the Financial Review and within the statutory to adjusted reconciliation on page 133. Total revenue Adjusted EBITDA KEY Statutory Adjusted £222.7m 49.1m 2015: £242.1m 2015: £56.0m Print advertising revenue Statutory operating (loss)/profit Adjusted operating profit £95.7m £(323.1)m £42.1m 2015: £117.6m 2015: £0.3m 2015: £49.3m Newspaper sales revenue Pension deficit Adjusted operating margin £79.9m £67.7m 19.0% 2015: £72.0m 2015: £27.0m 2015: 20.9% Digital advertising revenue Digital % of total revenue Net debt (excluding mark-to-market) £27.0m 12.1% £203.9m 2015: £31.4m 2015: 13.0% 2015: £174.4m Full year 2016 Full year 2015 Reconciliation of statutory to adjusted results 1 £m £m Statutory operating (loss)/profit (323.1) 0.3 Adjustments Closure of titles/digital products 0.2 (0.6) Restructuring costs 9.3 9.4 Impairment on publishing titles, print presses and property assets 344.3 35.2 Other 10.9 3.3 Accelerated depreciation 0.5 1.7 Adjusted operating profit 42.1 49.3 Depreciation and amortisation 7.0 6.7 Adjusted EBITDA 49.1 56.0 1 A reconciliation of the statutory to adjusted figures is provided within the Financial Review on page 24 and the statutory to adjusted reconciliation on page 133. STRATEGIC REPORT DIRECTORS' GOVERNANCE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 2016 Statutory and Adjusted Results 1 Chairman’s Introduction Independent Auditor’s Report 75 At a Glance 2 to Corporate Governance 37 Group Income Statement 82 Case Study 3 Board of Directors 38 Group Statement of Comprehensive Income 83 Chairman’s Statement 4 Corporate Governance 40 Group Statement of Changes in Equity 84 Chief Executive Officer’s Report 6 Viability Statement 46 Group Statement of Financial Position 85 Market Trends 9 Report of the Audit Committee 47 Group Cash Flow Statement 86 Feature: i 10 Directors’ Remuneration Report Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements 87 – Annual Statement 49 Our Business Model and Strategy 12 Group Five-Year Summary 123 Directors’ Remuneration Policy Report 51 Key Performance Indicators 16 Company Balance Sheet 124 Annual Report on Directors’ Remuneration 61 Principal Risks and Uncertainties 18 Company Statement of Changes in Equity 125 Directors’ Report 68 Operational Review 20 Notes to the Company Financial Statements 126 Directors’ Responsibility Statement 73 Case Studies 22 Non-GAAP Measures 133 Financial Review 24 Advisers 136 Corporate Social Responsibility 32 Johnston Press plc Annual Report and Accounts 2016 1 Strategic Report At a Glance Excellent circulation performance of the i has helped to partially offset challenging trading conditions while The Scotsman, The Yorkshire Post and News Letter have shown improving trends for our national portfolio. Investment in our digital platforms and ongoing focus on costs has helped to ensure strong margins and solid progress against strategic priorities. OUR INTEGRATED PORTFOLIO Print Digital The Group’s print portfolio consists of 204 titles 1 The Group has 161 news brand websites 3, 17 other (including editions), 173 paid for newspapers (including websites and 40 apps. Many of our news brands also 14 daily titles), 21 free newspapers have both Twitter and Facebook sites. and 10 magazines. inews.co.uk was launched following As part of a planned rationalisation of its portfolio, the acquisition of the i. the Group sold 16 titles 2 and discontinued a further 15 titles through ceasing production or merging with a stronger title. Newspaper circulation audience Digital audience 191.6m 22.5m Nationally we sold 161m paid for copies Unique users (average monthly audience) (including the i) and distributed +15.4% year-on-year 30.6m free copies 4 -10.0% year-on-year 1 Excludes 13 titles sold to Iliffe Media Limited in January 2017. 2 13 titles were sold to Iliffe Media Limited in January 2017 and three titles were sold to Tindle Newspaper Limited in August 2016. 3 Excludes 12 news brand websites sold to Iliffe Media Limited in January 2017. 4 Includes the i newspaper circulation from April to December 2016. 2 Johnston Press plc Annual Report and Accounts 2016 Strategic Report Directors’ Governance Financial Statements Case Study PRINT DIVISION We remain one of the leading of the 56-page Metro newspaper, five addition, they print a number of newspaper printers in the UK, with nights a week from Monday to Friday. commercial weeklies and niche publications, such as Motor Sports News, presses in Dinnington, Portsmouth We were also delighted to announce that Racing Ahead, alongside our own titles and Carn, servicing many of our own we have entered an agreement with ANL The Yorkshire Post, Yorkshire Evening to print the Monday to Saturday issues titles and other national and regional Press, Sheffield Star, Sunderland Echo, of the Daily Mail newspaper, also at our publishers. Shields Gazette, Hartlepool Mail and a Portsmouth Web facility in Hampshire number of our weeklies. Our printing services division is now and serving the South West. printing around 7.4 million newspapers In Portsmouth, the Daily Mail rolls off our The multi-million pound contract spans every week. Contract printing now makes presses six days a week alongside a large a five-year period and ANL will have the up 58% of the work carried out across the number of Trinity Mirror (Local World) and option to extend the term after those sites and despite a rise of up to 10% in Tindle Newspapers titles. paper costs because of currency changes five years. And in Carn (Northern Ireland), we print following the EU Referendum, the The contract wins are testament to Irish editions of the Guardian, Observer, business delivered a 1.3% increase in the efforts of the 160-strong workforce Ulster Times and The Times (ROI editions), revenues in 2016. across the three sites, who are able to plus Iconic Newspaper-owned weeklies deliver such prestigious titles against The business secured two significant new and some niche publications alongside strong competition. contractsEVENING in 2016. The first, in October,EVENING was the News Letter and Johnston Press- a 12-month rolling contract to print copies The Dinnington (Sheffield) site prints owned weeklies. of the Metro at the Portsmouth65p (45p for subscribers) Web. The 65pthe (45p for subscribersnational) titles the Daily Express and contract with Associated Newspaper Sunday Express, the Daily Star and Daily Limited (ANL) sees us print 85,000 copies EVENING Star Sunday as well as the Metro. In EVENING EVENING THE SHIELDS Johnston Press plc Annual Report and Accounts 2016 3 Strategic Report Chairman’s Statement Profound change in our business The management team remained focused on improving the performance of the business within its control, but in particular the third quarter saw a significant downturn in advertising activity, especially in the recruitment and property market, and a distinct improvement in quarter four. The Group reported a statutory operating loss of £323.1 million in the period, which included a £344.3 million impairment charge on certain assets.