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Company Presentation Last Updated September 2021 (FY 2020 Figures) Bertelsmann SE & Co Company presentation last updated September 2021 (FY 2020 figures) Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA First-class media content, services and education offerings Market-leading positions in the core businesses of TV, books, magazines, music, services, print and education International focus A globally operating company with 132,842 employees in some 50 countries 2 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation Bertelsmann at a Glance €17.3 Billion €3.143 Billion €1.459 Billion 132,842 Gütersloh Group revenues Operating EBITDA Group profit Employees Headquarters Media Services Education Investments 3 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation The Executive Board Thomas Rabe Markus Dohle Rolf Hellermann Immanuel Hermreck Chairman & CEO of Bertelsmann CEO of Penguin Random House CFO of Bertelsmann Chief Human Resources Officer and CEO of RTL Group of Bertelsmann 4 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation The Group Management Committee (GMC) The GMC is composed of the members of the Bertelsmann Executive Board and select executives from the Bertelsmann Group. Matthias Dang Elmar Heggen Dirk Kemmerer Kay Krafft Annabelle Yu Long Hartwig Masuch Madeline McIntosh Co-Chief Executive Officer COO and Deputy CEO CEO of Bertelsmann CEO of Bertelsmann CEO of Bertelsmann CEO of BMG CEO of Penguin of RTL Deutschland of RTL Group Printing Group Education Group China Corporate Center Random House U.S. and Managing Partner of Bertelsmann Asia Investments Shobhna Mohn Gail Rebuck Bernd Reichart Stephan Schäfer Frank Schirrmeister Karin Schlautmann Nicolas de Tavernost Executive Vice President Board Member Co-Chief Executive Officer CEO of Arvato Supply Executive Vice President Chairman of the Growth Regions Strategy Penguin Random of RTL Deutschland and Chain Solutions Corporate Communications Executive Board of and Bertelsmann Chief Executive Officer of House of Bertelsmann Groupe M6 Investments Gruner + Jahr 5 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation Group strategy – Growth along five Strategic Priorities Target portfolio Strategic growth priorities Strong growth National Global Global Online Investment Media Content Services Education Portfolio Champions High profitability Digital Framework International Tech & Data Upskilling Cooperation & Alliances Diversified 6 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation RTL Group – A Leader Across Broadcast, Content and Digital €6,017m €1,097m 15,686 Luxemburg/Cologne Revenues Operating EBITDA Employees Headquarters Broadcast Content Digital 67 TV channels and 38 radio stations Fremantle is one of the world’s largest • Leading European media company in • RTL Television and Vox in Germany creators, producers and distributors of digital video • M6 in France scripted and unscripted content • 10 streaming services • International production network in over • Antena 3 in Spain • Bedrock: streaming-tech company 30 countries • RTL channels in the Netherlands, Belgium, • Smartclip: leading advertising technology Luxembourg, Croatia and Hungary • Producing over 12,000 hours each year of original programming platform in Europe • Distributing and licensing over 30,000 • We Are Era: digital studio and talent hours of content in 180 countries agency • >360 YouTube channels from Fremantle 7 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation RTL Group – A Leader Across Broadcast, Content and Digital Broadcast Content Digital 8 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation Penguin Random House – The World’s Leading Trade Book Publisher €3,802m €691m 10,871 New York Revenues Operating EBITDA Employees Headquarters • More than 300 editorially independent imprints across six continents • More than 15,000 new books published worldwide per year • Sells more than 600 million copies in print, audio and digital formats annually • Numerous titles on the bestseller lists of “New York Times” in the USA, “Sunday Times” in UK and “Spiegel" in Germany • More than 80 Nobel Prize laureates 9 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation Penguin Random House – The World’s Leading Trade Book Publisher Authors Bestsellers Publishers 10 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation Gruner + Jahr – One of Europe’s Largest Magazine Publishers €1,135m €127m 8,777 Hamburg Revenues Operating EBITDA Employees Headquarters • Around 500 magazines and digital offerings • G+J stands for independent, credible content of the highest quality • G+J products include brands such as “Stern,” “Geo,” “Brigitte,” “Essen & Trinken,” “Schöner Wohnen” and “Barbara” • Territory, Germany’s largest communications agency for brand content, is a member of the G+J family 11 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation Gruner + Jahr – One of Europe’s Largest Magazine Publishers Magazines Digital Offerings Brands 12 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation BMG – The World’s Fourth-biggest International Music Company €602m €137m 974 Berlin Revenues Operating EBITDA Employees Headquarters Facts Artists & Songwriters Services • A single, integrated platform for the world, • Many of the most renowned and successful • Music Publishing covering music publishing and recordings catalogs in popular music history • Recordings • 20 offices in 12 core music markets • International and domestic artists including • Production Music • Relentless focus on fairness, transparency Avril Lavigne, KSI, Kontra K, Jason Aldean, Artist Management and service Dido, Kylie Minogue, Blanco Brown, LP, and • Run The Jewels • Films • More than 3 million songs and recordings • International and domestic songwriters • Books • +25 billion music streams per year including Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, • Neighboring Rights • Named one of The World’s Most Innovative Erika Ender, Lewis Capaldi, Ringo Starr, Companies by Fast Company in 2020 Patricia Kelly, Dianne Warren, and Kamille • Podcasts 13 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation BMG – The World’s Fourth-biggest International Music Company Current Projects Classic Repertoire Partners 14 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation Arvato – A Leading International Service Provider €4,382m €662m 85,662 Gütersloh Revenues Operating EBITDA Employees Headquarters • Service portfolio: Supply Chain Solutions, financial services and IT services • Developed more than 70 online shops for numerous international fashion brands • IT partner of top technology providers such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and SAP • More than 120 million parcels delivered a year • More than 85 distribution centers are operated by Arvato Supply Chain Solutions worldwide • 170 million online credit checks performed per year 15 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation Bertelsmann Printing Group – Europe’s Biggest Printing Group €1,362m €55m 7,183 Gütersloh Revenues Operating EBITDA Employees Headquarters • Produces books, magazines, catalogs, brochures and calendars • Gravure and offset printing plants in Germany and the UK and in the United States • Offers services in the fields of media creation, replication and digital marketing solutions • Together, Bertelsmann’s printing companies print about 1.6 million tons of paper a year • Around 2 million books produced daily • More than 3 billion brochures printed per year 16 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation Bertelsmann Education Group – Innovative Digital Learning Offers with Global Potential €301m €89m 1,626 New York Revenues Operating EBITDA Employees Headquarters • Focus on education as a global growth market; high overlap with Bertelsmann competencies (content and service expertise) • Bertelsmann Education Group provides continuing education solutions in the health and technology sectors • The Group comprises various companies: Training, skills Innovative e-learning solutions Provider of online On-campus and online development, and to prepare students for services for higher university for healthcare assessment in the technology jobs of the future education institutions in professions and humanities healthcare industry the US 17 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation Bertelsmann Investments – A Global Network of Funds Focused on Innovation and Expansion 259 63 15 Active portfolio Successful exits Unicorns in portfolio holdings Companies with a valuation of more than US-$1 billion • Four internationally active funds with investments in emerging digital start-ups as well as in growth regions • More than a billion Euros invested in digital media, services, e-commerce, fintech and education since 2006 • The Digital Partners team promotes cooperation between Bertelsmann divisions and tech start-ups • Regionally complemented with fund investments in Europe, Africa and Southeast Asia Largest portfolio with more than Established Series B/C investor Direct holdings and fund Active since 2006 with numerous 140 holdings, including the in India with several holdings, e.g. investments with a focus on holdings mainly in the USA and streaming provider NetEase in the fintech start-ups Lendingkart, education Europe, e.g. FloSports and Art19 Cloud Music Shiprocket and Eruditus 18 September 2021 · Bertelsmann · Company Presentation The Bertelsmann Essentials Creativity Creativity is vital to us. We celebrate and nurture creativity: Entrepreneurial freedom provides us with the vision and encouraging the critical and imaginative thinking that courage to take risks, the decisiveness and perseverance to get challenges convention and unlocks opportunity. Our minds are things done, and to be accountable for our actions. Because
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