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2018 Earnings Call Presentation
Cautionary Language
This presentation contains forward-looking statements, including those relating to our capital needs, business strategy, expectations and intentions. Statements that use the terms“believe”, “anticipate”, “trend”, “expect”, “plan”, “estimate”, “forecast”, “intend” and similar expressions of a future or forward-looking nature identify forward-looking statements forpurposes of the U.S. federal securities laws or otherwise. For these statements and all other forward-looking statements, we claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-lookingstatements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted with accuracy or are otherwise beyond our control and some of whichmight not even be anticipated. Forward-looking statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and because our business is subject to such risks and uncertainties,actual results, our strategic plan, our financial position, results of operations and cash flows could differ materially from those described in or contemplated by the forward-lookingstatements contained in this presentation.
Important factors that contribute to such risks include, but are not limited to, those factors set forth under "Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K as well as thefollowing: the effect of changes in global and regional economic conditions including as a result of the quantitative easing program implemented by the European Central Bank; theeconomic, political and monetary impacts of Brexit; levels of television advertising spending and the rate of development of the advertising markets in the countries in which we operate;our ability to refinance our existing indebtedness; the extent to which our debt service obligations and covenants may restrict our business; our exposure to additional tax liabilities aswell as liabilities resulting from regulatory or legal proceedings initiated against us; our success in continuing our initiatives to diversify and enhance our revenue streams; our ability tomake cost-effective investments in our television businesses, including investments in programming; our ability to develop and acquire necessary programming and attract audiences;and changes in the political and regulatory environments where we operate and in the application of relevant laws and regulations.
The foregoing review of important factors should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with other cautionary statements that are included in our filings. Fora more detailed description of these uncertainties and other features, please see the “Risk Factors” section in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securitiesand Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on when they were made and we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
Non-GAAP Financial MeasuresWhile CME reports its results in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”), this presentation also refers to several non-GAAP financialmeasures, including OIBDA, OIBDA margin, free cash flow and unlevered free cash flow. These non-GAAP financial measures are used in managing the business, and as suchmanagement believes they may provide meaningful information to investors about underlying trends in our business. While our reporting currency is the dollar, our consolidated revenuesand costs are divided across a range of European currencies and CME Ltd.’s function currency is the Euro. Given the significant movement of the currencies in the markets in whichwe operate against the dollar, we believe that it is useful to provide percentage movements based on actual (“% Act”) percentage movements, which includes the effect of foreignexchange, as well as like-for-like percentage movements (“% Lfl”). The like-for-like percentage movement references reflect the impact of applying the current period average exchangerates to the prior period revenues and costs.
Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, CME’s reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP. Please see the attachedappendix for a description of non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.
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Management Attending the Call
Michael Del Nin – Co-Chief Executive Officer
Christoph Mainusch – Co-Chief Executive Officer
David Sturgeon – Chief Financial Officer
Daniel Penn – General Counsel
Mark Kobal – Head of Investor Relations
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OIBDA
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02017 FX FY 2017@2018 rates FY 2018
179.8 4.3 184.1
222.7
Net Revenues
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02017 FX FY 2017@2018 rates FY 2018
642.9 25.3 668.2 703.9
US$ m 5%
21%
OIBDA Margin 28% On July 31, 2018, we completed the previously announced sale of our operations in Croatia. Accordingly, the Croatian operations are presented as discontinued operations for all periods in thispresentation. The agreement to sell our operations in Slovenia was terminated on January 18, 2019. As a result, the Slovenian operations are not presented as held for sale, and the discussion in thispresentation relates to our continuing operations in all five operating segments.For a reconciliation of OIBDA to Operating Income, see Non-GAAP Financial Measures beginning on slide 24.
32% 28%
Operating Income
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0FY 2017 FX FY 2017@2018 rates FY 2018
139.9 2.1 142.0
177.625%
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Consolidated Results
US$ m US$ m
¹ Reflects the impact of applying the most recent quarterly period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues.
Net Revenues by Quarter
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Q4
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Q1 2014
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Q3 2013
Q3 2014
Q3 2015
Q3 2016
Q3 2017
Q3 2018
Q4 2013
Q4 2014
Q4 2015
Q4 2016
Q4 2017
Q4 2018
103115
126132
144
157
135
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170179 182
97107
113123
131137
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183 187
201213
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+3% +8%
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+7%
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Actual Exchange RatesConstant Exchange Rates1
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US$ m
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Q3 2013
Q3 2014
Q3 2015
Q3 2016
Q3 2017
Q3 2018
Q4 2013
Q4 2014
Q4 2015
Q4 2016
Q4 2017
Q4 2018
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114 117124
157149
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132137
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US$ m Q1 Q2 Q3
+8%
+12%
+4%
+7%
FY
21%
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28%
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2015 2016 2017 2018
45%
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0%Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
8% 9%
13%16%
31%
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34%
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For a reconciliation of OIBDA to Operating Income, see Non-GAAP Financial Measures beginning on slide 24.
OIBDA Margin by Quarter
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28%
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-50
-100Q4 2013 Q1 2014 Q2 2014 Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
(57)(41)
(8)
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87101 107 113 115 121
129138 142 147 154 161
180194 199
208223
$m @ actual rates
For a reconciliation of OIBDA to Operating Income, see Non-GAAP Financial Measures beginning on slide 24.
Last Twelve Months (LTM) OIBDA Trend by Quarter
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Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017 Q3 2017 Q4 2017 Q1 2018
$113 $110$114 $115
$129
$104$100 $100
$92
$77$83
$68 $69
$56
$39
$29 $29 $27
10.0 8.8 8.78.0 8.2
7.5 7.56.8 6.9
6.3 6.1 5.8 5.44.8
4.43.8 3.5 3.5
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Net leverage ratio3Annualized run-rate debt service obligations2
Wtd. averagecosts of
borrowing110.5% 10.6% 10.7% 10.7% 11.7% 9.5% 9.2% 9.2% 8.8% 7.3% 7.3% 6.0% 6.0% 5.0% 4.1% 3.5% 3.5% 3.6%
Gross debt1 $1,072 $1,042 $1,067 $1,073 $1,102 $1,104 $1,090 $1,088 $1,051 $1,065 $1,150 $1,128 $1,155 $1,123 $943 $821 $812 $743
Declining Net Leverage Ratio and Debt Service Obligations
1 Based on published quarterly data and end of period exchange rates. Gross debt includes related payables and excludes lease obligations.2 Calculated as gross debt multiplied by weighted average cost of borrowing.3 As defined in the reimbursement agreement with Warner Media.4 Pro Forma for EUR 60.0 million (approximately $68.9 million) debt repayment on January 31, 2019.
Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018 Q4 2018 PF4
Q4 2018Pro Forma
Sources: GARB (Bulgaria), ATO – Nielsen Admosphere; Mediaresearch (Czech Republic), Kantar Media (Romania), PMT/ TNS SK (Slovakia), AGB Nielsen Media Research (Slovenia) all shares in main TV sales target group.
Audience Performance Overview
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Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
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40 4045
42 4239 38
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Bulgaria50
40
30
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Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
40 38 36 36 37
37 35 36 35 35
Czech Republic
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40
30
20
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Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
30 30 27 28 29
27 27 26 26 27
Romania45
35
25
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Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
29 31 29 28 30
28 29 28 27 30
Slovakia
All Day Audience SharePrime Time Audience Share
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50
40
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Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
48 4652
4753
40 3641 38 41
Slovenia
US$ m
Net Revenues
Q4 2017 Q4 2018
Variance
FY 2017 FY 2018
Variance
Actual % Lfl %1 Actual % Lfl %1
Bulgaria 25.2 25.4 0.6% 4.2% 77.3 84.6 9.4% 5.3%
Czech Republic 73.5 75.9 3.3% 7.7% 209.0 234.0 11.9% 5.6%
Romania 63.3 64.8 2.5% 6.8% 191.2 201.5 5.4% 3.2%
Slovak Republic 34.4 36.2 5.4% 9.1% 97.7 106.8 9.3% 5.5%
Slovenia 25.1 26.1 3.9% 7.5% 68.7 79.6 15.9% 12.0%
Intersegment revenues (0.2) (0.2) NM² NM² (1.2) (2.6) NM² NM²
Total net revenues 221.3 228.3 3.2% 7.2% 642.9 703.9 9.5% 5.3%
¹ Like-for-Like currency variance reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues.² Number is not meaningful.
The percentage growth figures have been derived from data included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.
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Revenues by Segment
¹ Like-for-Like currency variance reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.² Number is not meaningful.3 Includes 4.4 million and 3.9 million of non-cash charges for stock-based compensation in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
The percentage growth figures have been derived from data included in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.
See also Non-GAAP Financial Measures beginning on slide 24.
US$ mOIBDA
Q4 2017 Q4 2018Variance
FY 2017 FY 2018
Variance
Actual % Lfl %1 Actual % Lfl %1
Bulgaria 9.6 8.5 (10.8)% (7.7)% 16.2 21.6 33.1% 33.0%
Czech Republic 34.1 35.6 4.2 % 8.6 % 82.7 94.6 14.4% 9.2%
Romania 21.6 27.0 25.0 % 30.1 % 73.4 85.7 16.8% 14.0%
Slovak Republic 12.9 17.9 39.0 % 44.1 % 23.8 27.9 17.2% 16.2%
Slovenia 8.8 10.5 19.5 % 23.9 % 14.3 22.5 57.9% 57.9%
Eliminations 0.0 0.0 NM2 NM2 0.0 0.0 NM2 NM2
Operations sub-total 87.0 99.6 14.5 % 19.0 % 210.4 252.4 20.0% 16.7%
Corporate3 (10.5) (8.8) 16.2 % 12.7 % (30.6) (29.8) 2.9% 7.8%
Total 76.4 90.7 18.7 % 23.4 % 179.8 222.7 23.9% 20.9%
OIBDA by Segment
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Segment Review
¹ Like for-Like currency variance reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
Sources: Audience share, ATO - Nielsen Admosphere; Mediaresearch (all audience share data is for the 15-54 target group). TV ad market and TVad market share represents CME’s internal estimates at constant currency exchange rates.
US$ m Q42017
Q42018 % Act % Lfl¹ 2017 2018 % Act % Lfl¹
TV advertising revenues 66.9 67.3 0.5% 4.8% 188.4 206.2 9.5% 3.3%
Carriage fees &subscription revenue 3.4 4.1 22.8% 28.0% 12.1 16.0 31.5% 23.0%
Other revenues 3.2 4.5 40.0% 46.6% 8.5 11.8 38.7% 31.7%
Net revenues 73.5 75.9 3.3% 7.7% 209.0 234.0 11.9% 5.6%
Costs charged inarriving at OIBDA 39.4 40.4 2.5% 6.9% 126.4 139.4 10.3% 3.3%
OIBDA 34.1 35.6 4.2% 8.6% 82.7 94.6 14.4% 9.2%
OIBDA Margin 46.4% 46.8% 0.4p.p. 0.4p.p. 39.5% 40.4% 0.9p.p. 1.3p.p.
Czech Republic: Segment Results
Total TV Ad Market Year-on-Year Change
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TV ad market & Audience Performance
TV Ad Market Share
Prime Time Audience Share
All Day Audience Share
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Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
62 59 58 61 63
40 38 36 36 37
37 35 36 35 35
¹ Like for-Like currency variance reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
Sources: Audience share, Kantar Media (all audience share and leadership data is for the 18-49 Urban target group).TV ad market share represents CME’sinternal estimates at constant currency exchange rates.
US$ m Q42017
Q42018 % Act % Lfl¹ 2017 2018 % Act % Lfl¹
TV advertising revenues 50.9 51.4 0.9 % 5.1 % 143.7 150.1 4.4 % 2.4 %
Carriage fees &subscription revenue 11.3 11.9 5.4 % 9.8 % 44.0 46.7 6.1 % 3.4 %
Other revenues 1.1 1.6 44.9 % 50.9 % 3.5 4.7 34.0 % 30.8 %
Net revenues 63.3 64.8 2.5 % 6.8% 191.2 201.5 5.4 % 3.2 %
Costs charged inarriving at OIBDA 41.6 37.8 (9.3)% (5.4)% 117.8 115.8 (1.7)% (3.6)%
OIBDA 21.6 27.0 25.0 % 30.1 % 73.4 85.7 16.8 % 14.0 %
OIBDA Margin 34.2% 41.7% 7.5 p.p. 7.5 p.p. 38.4% 42.5% 4.1 p.p. 4.0 p.p.
Romania: Segment Results
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0%
2017 2018
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4%
Total TV Ad Market Year-on-Year Change
TV ad market & Audience Performance
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TV Ad Market Share
Prime Time Audience Share
All Day Audience Share
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30%
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Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
57 58 5559 58
30 30 27 28 29
27 27 26 26 27
TV ad market & Audience Performance
TV AD Market Share
Prime Time Audience Share
All Day Audience Share
75%
65%
55%
45%
35%
25%
15%
Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
59 60 61 60 62
29 31 29 28 30
28 29 28 27 30
¹ Like for-Like currency variance reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
Sources: Audience share, PMT / TNS SK (all audience share and leadership data is for the 12-54 target group). TV ad market share represents CME’sinternal estimates at constant currency exchange rates.
Slovak Republic: Segment Results
US$ m Q42017
Q42018 % Act % Lfl¹ 2017 2018 % Act % Lfl¹
TV advertising revenues 31.0 33.0 6.3 % 10.0 % 85.7 94.0 9.7 % 6.0 %
Carriage fees &subscription revenue 1.9 2.0 4.4 % 8.1 % 7.6 8.6 12.5 % 8.1 %
Other revenues 1.4 1.2 (11.6)% (8.4)% 4.4 4.3 (3.5)% (8.5)%
Net revenues 34.4 36.2 5.4 % 9.1 % 97.7 106.8 9.3 % 5.5 %
Costs charged inarriving at OIBDA 21.5 18.3 (14.7)% (11.7)% 73.9 78.9 6.8 % 2.2 %
OIBDA 12.9 17.9 39.0 % 44.1 % 23.8 27.9 17.2 % 16.2 %
OIBDA Margin 37.5% 49.4% 11.9 p.p. 12.0 p.p. 24.4% 26.2% 1.8 p.p. 2.4 p.p.
10%
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4%
2%
0%
2017 2018
4% 4%
Total TV Ad Market Year-on-Year Change
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¹ Like for-Like currency variance reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
Sources: Audience share, GARB (all audience share and leadership data is for the 18-49 target group). TV ad market share represents CME’s internalestimates at constant currency exchange rates.
Bulgaria: Segment Results
US$ m Q42017
Q42018 % Act % Lfl¹ 2017 2018 % Act % Lfl¹
TV advertising revenues 18.9 18.3 (3.2)% 0.3 % 53.4 58.4 9.2% 5.4 %
Carriage fees &subscription revenue 5.1 5.2 2.6 % 6.1 % 19.5 21.0 7.8% 3.1 %
Other revenues 1.2 1.9 50.6 % 56.1 % 4.4 5.3 18.5% 13.8 %
Net revenues 25.2 25.4 0.6 % 4.2 % 77.3 84.6 9.4% 5.3 %
Costs charged inarriving at OIBDA 15.7 16.8 7.7 % 11.5 % 61.1 63.0 3.1% (1.7)%
OIBDA 9.6 8.5 (10.8)% (7.7)% 16.2 21.6 33.1% 33.0 %
OIBDA Margin 38.0% 33.6% (4.4) p.p. (4.3) p.p. 21.0% 25.6% 4.6 p.p. 5.4 p.p.
TV ad market & Audience Performance
6%
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2%
0%
2017 2018
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Total TV Ad Market Year-on-Year Change
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TV AD Market Share
Prime Time Audience Share
All Day Audience Share
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Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
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45 46
40 40
45
42 4239 38
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¹ Like for-Like currency variance reflects the impact of applying the current period average exchange rates to the prior period revenues and costs.
Sources: Audience share, AGB Nielsen Media Research (all audience share and leadership data is for the 18-54 target group). TV ad market sharerepresents CME’s internal estimates at constant currency exchange rates.
Slovenia: Segment Results
US$ m Q42017
Q42018 % Act % Lfl¹ 2017 2018 % Act % Lfl¹
TV advertising revenues 19.7 19.0 (3.7)% (0.3)% 52.3 53.8 2.9% (0.8)%
Carriage fees &subscription revenue 4.0 5.5 36.8 % 41.6 % 12.6 21.5 71.1% 66.8 %
Other revenues 1.4 1.6 16.1 % 20.2 % 3.8 4.3 11.7% 8.3 %
Net revenues 25.1 26.1 3.9 % 7.5 % 68.7 79.6 15.9% 12.0 %
Costs charged inarriving at OIBDA 16.3 15.6 (4.6)% (1.3)% 54.4 57.1 4.8% 0.5 %
OIBDA 8.8 10.5 19.5 % 23.9 % 14.3 22.5 57.9% 57.9 %
OIBDA Margin 35.0% 40.2% 5.2 p.p. 5.3 p.p. 20.8% 28.3% 7.5 p.p. 8.2 p.p.
TV ad market & Audience Performance
6%
4%
2%
0%
-2%
-4%
2017 2018
4%
(1)%
Total TV Ad Market Year-on-Year Change
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TV AD Market Share
Prime Time Audience Share
All Day Audience Share
85%
75%
65%
55%
45%
35%
25%
Q4 2017 Q1 2018 Q2 2018 Q3 2018 Q4 2018
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80
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48 4652
4753
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41 38 41
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02019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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537
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1 Translated at FX rates as at December 31, 2018. On January 31, 2019, we repaid EUR 60.0 million (approximately $68.9 million) of the 2021 Euro Loan using cash generated by the business.
18See also Non-GAAP Financial Measures beginning on slide 24. Amounts in table derived from data in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018.
US$ m 2017 2018 Variance
OIBDA 179.8 222.7 42.9Change in working capital (4.1) (19.8) (15.7)Interest, taxes, and other (65.3) (95.8) (30.5)Net investment in programming (17.1) 1.9 19.0Net cash generated from continuing operations 93.3 109.0 15.7Capex (27.9) (24.5) 3.4Free cash flow 65.4 84.5 19.1Cash paid for interest (including mandatory cash-pay guarantee fees) 47.2 43.4 (3.8)Cash paid for guarantee fees previously paid in kind — 27.3 27.3Cash paid for guarantee fees that may be paid in kind 8.3 0.8 (7.5)Unlevered free cash flow 120.9 156.0 35.1
Debt Maturity Profile and Free Cash Flow
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Maturity profile as at December 31, 20181
(US$ m)
2021 Euro Loan Accrued Guarantee Fees2023 Euro Loan
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02019 2020 2021 2022 2023
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537
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Maturity profile as at January 31, 20191
(US$ m)
Business Outlook
Based on our view today, on a five country basis in 2019 we expect:
• OIBDA growth of 10% - 12% at constant exchange rates.
• Unlevered free cash flow growth of 8% - 10% at actual rates.
Impact of foreign exchange rates on guidance:
• A 1% change in the average EUR/USD rate for the full year would result in a change in OIBDA
of approximately US$ 2 million.
Supplemental cash flow information:
• Cash paid for interest and guarantee fees in 2019 expected to be less than US$ 27 million.
• Cash paid for income taxes in 2019 expected to be around US$ 35 million.
• Capital expenditures expected to be around US$ 25 million.
The outlook above does not include the impact of any unanticipated legal proceedings or other actions that may occur from time-to-time due to managementdecisions and changing business circumstances.
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Earnings call Appendix
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Please refer to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for the full financial statements and related notes and disclosures.
Summary Consolidated Statements of Operations
US$ m (except per share data) Year ended December 31,2017 2018
Net revenues 642.9 703.9Content costs 293.7 309.4Other operating costs 55.9 56.7Depreciation and amortization 39.9 41.9Selling, general and administrative costs 113.4 118.2Operating income 139.9 177.6Interest expense (83.2) (49.1)Loss on extinguishment of debt (0.1) (0.4)Non-operating income / (expense) 16.9 (3.2)Provision for income taxes (22.5) (27.8)Income from continuing operations 51.1 97.1(Loss) / income from discontinued operations, net of tax (1.6) 60.5Net Income 49.4 157.6Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests 0.3 0.1Net income attributable to CME Ltd. 49.8 157.7
Net (loss) / income per share:Continuing operations — basic 0.16 0.27Continuing operations — diluted 0.12 0.25Discontinued operations — basic (0.01) 0.18Discontinued operations — diluted 0.00 0.17Attributable to CME Ltd. — basic 0.15 0.45Attributable to CME Ltd. — diluted 0.12 0.42
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Summary Consolidated Balance Sheet
US$ m As at December 31, 2017 As at December 31, 2018
Current assets 361.5 374.1
Current assets held for sale1 59.7 —
Non-current assets 1,206.8 1,114.3
Total assets 1,628.1 1,488.4
Current liabilities 172.7 139.7
Current liabilities held for sale1 14.3 —
Non-current liabilities 1,182.3 850.0
Total liabilities 1,369.3 989.7Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock 264.6 269.4
CME Ltd. shareholders' (deficit) / equity (5.8) 229.0
Noncontrolling interests 0.0 0.3
Total liabilities and equity 1,628.1 1,488.4
Cash & cash equivalents 58.7 62.0
Gross debt2 (1,165.1) (827.0)
Net debt (1,106.4) (765.0)
¹ On July 9, 2017, we agreed to sell our Croatian and Slovenian operations, subject to obtaining regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The sale of our Croatian operations wascompleted on July 31, 2018. The agreement to sell our Slovenian operations was terminated on January 18, 2019, and as a result the Slovenian operations are not presented as held for sale.2 Gross debt is the full face value of all outstanding debt and related payables.Please refer to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for the full financial statements and related notes and disclosures.
Please refer to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for the full financial statements and related notes and disclosures.
US$ mYear ended December 31,
2017 2018
Net cash generated from continuing operating activities 93.3 109.0
Net cash used in continuing investing activities (27.9) (24.5)
Net cash used in continuing financing activities (58.4) (182.4)
Net cash (used in) / generated from discontinued operations (0.1) 102.6
Impact of exchange rate fluctuations 11.0 (1.4)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 17.8 3.3
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information and non-cash items from continuing operations:
Cash paid for interest (including mandatory cash-pay guarantee fees) 47.2 43.4
Cash paid for guarantee fees previously paid in kind — 27.3
Cash paid for guarantee fees that may be paid in kind 8.3 0.8
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds 15.1 28.4
Interest and guarantee fees paid in kind 23.3 3.8
Accretion on Series B Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock 9.7 4.8
Summary Cash Flow
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
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In this presentation we refer to several non-GAAP financial measures, including OIBDA, OIBDA margin, free cash flow and unleveredfree cash flow. We believe that each of these metrics is useful to investors for the reasons outlined below. Non-GAAP financial measuresmay not be comparable to similar measures reported by other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures should be evaluated inconjunction with, and are not a substitute for, US GAAP financial measures.
We evaluate our consolidated results and the performance of our segments based on net revenues and OIBDA. We believe OIBDA isuseful to investors because it provides a meaningful representation of our performance, as it excludes certain items that do not impacteither our cash flows or the operating results of our operations. OIBDA and unlevered free cash flow are also used as components indetermining management bonuses.
OIBDA includes amortization and impairment of program rights and is calculated as operating income / loss before depreciation,amortization of intangible assets and impairments of assets and certain unusual or infrequent items that are not considered by our co-CEOs when evaluating our performance. From January 1, 2018, stock-based compensation and certain operating costs incurred onbehalf of our segments at the corporate level have been allocated to our segments for purposes of evaluating their performance. Priorperiod information has been recast to conform to the current period presentation. Our key performance measure of the efficiency of ourconsolidated operations and our segments is OIBDA margin. We define OIBDA margin as the ratio of OIBDA to net revenues.
Following a repricing of our Guarantee Fees in March 2017 and April 2018, we pay interest and related Guarantee Fees on our outstandingindebtedness in cash. In addition to this obligation to pay Guarantee Fees in cash, we expect to use cash generated by the businessto pay certain Guarantee Fees that were previously paid in kind. These cash payments are all reflected in free cash flow; accordinglywe believe unlevered free cash flow, defined as free cash flow before cash payments for interest and Guarantee Fees, best illustratesthe cash generated by our operations when comparing periods. We define free cash flow as net cash generated from continuing operatingactivities less purchases of property, plant and equipment, net of disposals of property, plant and equipment and excluding the cashimpact of certain unusual or infrequent items that are not included in costs charged in arriving at OIBDA because they are not consideredby our co-CEOs when evaluating performance.
For additional information regarding our business segments, see Part II, Item 8, Note 20, "Segment Data" in our Form 10-K.
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Please refer to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for the full financial statements and related notes and disclosures.
US$ mYear ended December 31,
2017 2018Net cash generated from continuing operating activities 93.3 109.0Capex additions, net of disposals (27.9) (24.5)
Free cash flow 65.4 84.5Cash paid for interest (including mandatory cash-pay guarantee fees) 47.2 43.4Cash paid for guarantee fees previously paid in kind — 27.3
Cash paid for guarantee fees that may be paid in kind 8.3 0.8
Unlevered free cash flow 120.9 156.0
Non-GAAP Financial Measures - Reconciliation
US$ mThree months ended
December 31,Year ended
December 31,2017 2018 2017 2018
Operating income 65.5 80.8 139.9 177.6
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment 8.6 7.8 31.3 32.9
Amortization of intangible assets 2.2 2.2 8.6 9.0
Other items1 — — — 3.2
OIBDA 76.4 90.7 179.8 222.7
1 Other items consists solely of expense related to the accelerated vesting of RSUs with performance conditions in accordance with the terms of the corresponding award agreement following thecompletion of sale of the Company's Croatian operations on such date.
1Other items from Q2 2014 to Q2 2016 reflect accruals that were subsequently reversed related to tax audits in Romania, and a fine that was later overturned in Slovenia. Since the charges were not included inOIBDA, our subsequent reversal of those charges was similarly excluded from OIBDA. Other items in Q3 2018 consists solely of expense related to the accelerated vesting of RSUs with performance conditionsin accordance with the terms of the corresponding award agreement following the completion of sale of the Company's Croatian operations on such date. Please refer to our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 for the full financial statements and related notes and disclosures.
Non - GAAP Financial Measures - Reconciliation
Last Twelve Months (LTM)
US$ m Q42013
Q12014
Q22014
Q32014
Q42014
Q12015
Q22015
Q32015
Q42015
Q12016
Q22016
Q32016
Q42016
Q12017
Q22017
Q32017
Q42017
Q12018
Q22018
Q32018
Q42018
LTM operating(loss) / income (184.9) (167.5) (140.6) (103.7) 33.0 29.4 43.0 80.3 89.5 114.9 122.9 102.0 105.7 110.6 116.9 123.4 139.9 152.6 156.2 162.3 177.6
Depreciation ofproperty, plant andequipment
33.8 32.9 32.8 32.9 30.0 29.0 28.0 27.2 25.4 25.7 26.4 26.9 27.5 27.9 28.5 29.7 31.3 32.6 33.6 33.8 32.9
Amortization ofintangible assets 14.8 14.1 13.7 13.0 12.3 12.6 12.9 12.5 12.3 10.8 9.5 8.9 8.3 8.3 8.3 8.4 8.6 8.8 9.1 9.1 9.0
Other items¹ — — 6.9 6.9 8.6 26.8 19.9 (10.1) (11.9) (30.1) (30.1) — — — — — — — — 3.2 3.2
Impairment charge 79.7 79.7 79.7 79.7 3.3 3.3 3.3 3.3 — — — — — — — — — — — — —
LTM OIBDA (56.7) (40.9) (7.6) 28.8 87.3 101.2 107.1 113.2 115.3 121.4 128.7 137.8 141.5 146.9 153.7 161.4 179.8 194.0 198.9 208.4 222.7
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