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Results YTD 06/2021

Brussels, August 17th 2021

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Key facts 1H21

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1H21 KEY FACTS

  • Sales of € 142m, i.e. € 21m better than last year
  • EBITDA of € 22,7m (+ € 17,2 m YoY)
    • Record EBITDA for half year results
    • EBITDA includes an exceptional gain of € 5,8m on the purchase of the remaining 50% stake in the ex-joint ventures
  • Strong revival in advertising income (+28,9% YoY) although still impact from semi-lockdown measures
  • Subscriptions keep on delivering strong results (+17,9% YoY, +27,7% vs. 1H2019)

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1H21 KEY FACTS

  • Mediafin keeps delivering strong subscription results (+12% or € +2,0m vs record year 2020). Advertising is € 3,1m (+24%) higher than 1H20
    • Mediafin has a €4,3m stand-alone EBITDA & €2,6 m net result (for 50%). After amortizations of the brands De Tijd/L'Echo etc, € 1,6m is accounted for in Roularta's ebitda.
    • A dividend of € 5,3m was paid during 1H2021
  • Update impairment test Dec20 : a new impairment test was executed on the brands with limited headroom in Dec20 + for the brands with persistent lower revenues mainly linked to Covid-19. As a conclusion, a total impairment was booked of € 7,6m or € 6,4m net after reversal of the deferred tax liabilities for Sterck, Flair & Le Vif.

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1H21 KEY FACTS

  • Immovlan BV founded on January 6th and on track for sales and ebitda.
  • The signing of the shareholder agreements for the Bayard JV's Belgomedia, Senior Publication NL and Press Partners took place on 25 Mar 2021.
    • The companies and their daughters were consolidated as of 1 April 2021 and brought in € 7,9m sales and
      • 1,4m EBITDA for the 2nd quarter
    • Purchase price allocation exercise ongoing (one year window) with the preliminary creation of two intangibles: brand Plus Magazine NL (€ 19,7m) and brand Télépro (€1,9m)
    • Expected useful lives : Plus 20Y and Télépro 10Y => expected yearly net result impact of € -0,9m (amortizations - DTL)
  • Linked to the acquisition of the ex-JV's, the German legal entity structure was simplified & Belgomedia NV merged with RMG NV

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