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RESULTS 2023

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RESULTS 2023

C O N T E N T S

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HIGHLIGHTS

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1.1. Impresa Brands

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2.

CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS

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2.1. Income Statement

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2.2. Indebtedness

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3.

SEGMENTS

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3.1. Television

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3.2. Publishing

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3.3. Other

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4.

IMPRESA GROUP SECURITIES

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4.1. Impresa Shares

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4.2. SIC Bonds

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IMPRESA MERIT

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6.

OUTLOOK

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RESULTS 2023

Impresa's Adjusted Net Income reached

1.4 million euros in 2023

SIC

was audience

leader

€182

with a share of 15.3%

and recorded a

million

Recurring EBITDA of

€18.9 million

Expresso

€18.8

was the best-selling

newspaper in Portugal

million

and Impresa Publishing

recorded a Recurring

EBITDA of

€2.5 million

Consolidated

Revenues Impresa

Television

Recurring

EBITDA

Impresa

Publishing

1. HIGHLIGHTS

The Impresa Group's total revenues reached €182m, reflecting a decrease of 1.8% relative to the previous year.

Operating costs, despite inflationary pressures, fell by 1.1%. If restructuring costs are excluded, operating costs fell by 1.8%.

The Group's EBITDA came to €15.4m, registering a decrease of 8% in relation to 2022. Without restructuring costs, recurring EBITDA came to €18.8m, i.e. 1.3% lower than in 2022.

Impresa recorded a net loss of €2m, compared to the net profit of €1.1m in the same period of the previous year. The net income adjusted for restructuring costs was €1.4m.

Impresa's net remunerated debt stood at €115.5m at the close of 2023. Compared to 2022, this indicator increased by €8.2m, but, nevertheless, this is the second lowest level of indebtedness since 2005, when Impresa became the sole shareholder of SIC.

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RESULTS 2023

1.1. Impresa Brands

  • SIC maintained audience leadership for the fifth consecutive year, having reached an average share of 15.3% in the universe of generalist channels, in terms of consolidated data, in 2023.
  • SIC generalist and thematic channels, as a whole, closed the year with a market share of 19.3% and as leaders in the commercial targets - A/B C D 15/54, A/B C D 25/54 and A/B C D 25/64.
  • SIC represented 48.3% of the market share of advertising investment among generalist channels.
  • SIC's websites recorded an average monthly reach of 3.1 million Unique Visitors.
  • SIC Notícias was relaunched with a new image, new content and an app.
  • Opto's Praxx series won silver in the Streaming category of the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards, as well as the distinction in the Best Cinematography in a TV Series or Telefilm category of the AIP Cinema Awards.
  • In the year in which it celebrated its 50th anniversary, with various commemorative events including a travelling exhibition throughout the country, Expresso was the best-selling newspaper in Portugal in 2023, for the seventh consecutive year, with an average of 91,000 copies per edition, according to APCT data.
  • The newspaper's digital strategy was reflected in an average of
    51,000 copies per edition in paid digital circulation, representing the majority of Expresso's copies sold in 2023.
  • The universe of Expresso brand websites reached a monthly average of 2.4 million Unique Visitors.
  • The Impresa Group is continuing to focus on audio, with the launch of 26 new podcasts throughout 2023, which resulted in 29 million downloads and a significant 77% increase in accumulated annual downloads compared to the previous year. Among the podcasts with the highest volume of downloads, the following stand out: Programa Cujo Nome Estamos Legalmente Impedidos de Dizer (5m), Expresso da Manhã (3m), Eixo do Mal (2.2m), Isto É Gozar Com Quem Trabalha (2m), and A Noite da Má Língua (1.4m).

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RESULTS 2023

2. CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS

2.1. Income Statement

(values in M€)

2023

2022

var %

Total Revenues

182.0

185.2

-1.8%

Television

156.0

159.9

-2.4%

Publishing

24.7

24.4

1.3%

Infoportugal

1.5

1.2

25.8%

Intersegments & Others

-0.3

-0.2

-35.3%

Operating Costs (1)

166.6

168.5

-1.1%

Total EBITDA

15.4

16.8

-8.0%

EBITDA Margin

8.5%

9.1%

Total Recurring EBITDA

18.8

19.0

-1.3%

Recurring EBITDA Margin

10.3%

10.3%

Depreciation

4.5

4.8

-7.6%

EBIT

11.0

11.9

-8.2%

EBIT Margin

6.0%

6.4%

Financial Results

-11.0

-8.7

-27.0%

Provisions

0.0

0.2

-72.0%

Res. Bef Taxes & Minorities

-0.1

3.1

-102.8%

Income Tax (IRC)(-)

1.9

2.0

-4.7%

Net Income

-2.0

1.1

-277.7%

Adjusted Net Income

1.4

3.4

-59.6%

Notes:

  1. Does not consider Amortisation and Depreciation, Provisions and Impairment Losses on non-current assets. EBITDA = Operating Results + Amortisations and Depreciation + Provisions + Impairment in non-current assets. Recurring EBITDA = EBITDA adjusted for restructuring costs.
    Adjusted Net Income = Net Income adjusted for restructuring costs.

In 2023, Impresa achieved consolidated revenues of €182m. Despite the growth in Expresso's revenues and the sale of content by SIC and Opto, the drop in the free-to-air advertising market - which the SIC generalist led with a share of 48.3% - led to a 1.8% reduction in revenues relative to 2022.

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RESULTS 2023

Operating costs, without considering amortisation, depreciation, provisions and impairment losses in non-current assets, despite the necessary response to the challenges of inflation, were down 1.1% on the previous year. Without restructuring costs, operating costs fell by 1.8%, to which optimisation of the management of the television programming grid contributed.

EBITDA came to €15.4m, a decrease of 8% relative to 2022. Without restructuring costs, recurring EBITDA was €18.8m, down 1.3% relative to 2022.

Considering the Group's current financing structure, the financial results reflect a less marked upward trend than the average increase in the main index rates in 2023.

Net income at the end of 2023 was negative by €2m. Excluding restructuring costs, the adjusted net income was positive by €1.4m.

2.2. Indebtedness

(values in M€)

2023

2022

var %

Net Debt (M€)

115.5

107.2

7.7%

Net remunerated debt reached €115.5m. Despite the 7.7% increase on the previous year, this figure corresponds to the second lowest year of indebtedness since 2005, when Impresa became the sole shareholder of SIC.

Since 2011, the Group has reduced its net remunerated debt by more than 50%, or €116m:

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RESULTS 2023

3. SEGMENTS

3.1. Television

(values in M€)

2023

2022

var %

Revenues

156.0

159.9

-2.4%

Operating Costs (1)

139.5

142.8

-2.3%

EBITDA

16.6

17.1

-2.8%

EBITDA Margin (%)

10.6%

10.7%

Recurring EBITDA

18.9

18.1

4.2%

Recurring EBITDA Margin (%)

12.1%

11.3%

Notes:

  1. Does not consider Amortisation and Depreciation, Provisions and Impairment Losses on non-current assets. EBITDA = Operating Results + Amortisations and Depreciation + Provisions + Impairment in non-currentassets. Recurring EBITDA = EBITDA adjusted for restructuring costs.

SIC recorded total revenues of €156m, which represents a decrease of 2.4%, mainly due to the fall in the of free-to-air advertising market, in which the generalist SIC was leader with a market share of 48.3%. The growth in content sales had a positive impact on SIC's annual revenue.

Operating costs, despite inflationary pressures, fell by 2.3%, and without accounting for restructuring costs, the reduction amounted to 3.2%, to which the optimisation of the management of the television programming grid throughout the year contributed.

The Recurring EBITDA margin, which does not take into account restructuring costs, increased from 11.3% to 12.1%.

SIC's Recurring EBITDA increased by 4.2% in 2023, to 18.9 million euros.

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RESULTS 2023

Audiences

SIC ended 2023 as audience as leader in the universe of generalist channels, with an average share of 15.3%, in terms of consolidated data. In the commercial targets - A/B C D 15/54, A/B C D 25/54 and A/B C D 25/64 - SIC also conquered the leading position, with shares of 11.8%, 11.5% and 13.6%, respectively.

In addition to leadership in the daily total, SIC maintained the first position in prime time and reached, in the universe of generalist channels, an average share of 17.6%, in terms of consolidated data. SIC won over the public with its fiction products broadcast in prime time and its entertainment programmes at the weekend. Vale Tudo and Isto é Gozar Com Quem Trabalha were the most watched entertainment programmes on Portuguese television in 2023.

In yet another year of daytime leadership, SIC stood out in the morning period with a share of 16.1%, and also in the afternoon period with a share of 14.2%.

In terms of information, Primeiro Jornal and Jornal da Noite were leaders on all seven days of the week. This success is also attributed to the different programmes broadcast throughout the year, such as Guerra Fria, Opinião de Luís Marques Mendes, Polígrafo SIC, Essencial, Grande Reportagem and Reportagem Especial.

SIC generalist and thematic channels ended the year with a market share of 19,3%. In the commercial targets (A/B C D 15/54, A/B C D 25/54 and A/B C D 25/64), SIC's set of channels were leaders with shares of 16.4%, 16.3% and 18.4%, respectively.

SIC celebrated five consecutive years as audience leader, having been the most watched channel in every month of 2023.

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RESULTS 2023

Subscription channels achieved a market share of 4% for the year as a whole, which represents an increase of 0.2 percentage points relative to 2022.

SIC Mulher, with a share of 1%, and SIC Caras, with 0.4%, stood out as they closed the year with their best results ever. SIC Notícias ended 2023 with a share of 2.2%, while SIC Radical and SIC K reached a share of 0.3% and 0.2%, respectively.

For the second consecutive year, SIC brand websites exceeded three million monthly Unique Visitors, with an average monthly reach of 3.1 million Maximum Coverage Unique Visitors.

3.2. Publishing

(values in M€)

2023

2022

var %

Total Revenues

24.7

24.4

1.3%

Operating Costs (1)

22.9

22.0

4.1%

EBITDA

1.8

2.3

-24.9%

EBITDA Margin (%)

7.1%

9.6%

Recurring EBITDA

2.5

3.2

-22.2%

Recurring EBITDA Margin (%)

10.0%

13.1%

Notes:

  1. Does not consider Amortisation and Depreciation, Provisions and Impairment Losses on non-current assets. EBITDA = Operating Results + Amortisations and Depreciation + Provisions + Impairment in non-currentassets. Recurring EBITDA = EBITDA adjusted for restructuring costs.

In the year in which Expresso celebrated its 50th anniversary, Impresa Publishing's revenues increased for the third consecutive year, reaching 24.7 million euros, a growth of 1.3% in 2023 and the best result since 2017.

In terms of costs, there was an increase of 4.1%, mainly due to the increase in the price of paper for the Expresso newspaper.

In 2023, Impresa Publishing registered an EBITDA of €1.8m. This value, excluding restructuring costs, came to €2.5m.

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