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Slide 1: Social Networking “Show me the money” Fred Destin Montreux, 15 November 2007
Slide 2: Social networks are real – usage isn’t hype Social networking sites have attracted over 300M users world-wide VERY LARGE Social networks are 1 in 20 UK internet visits ABSOLUTE SIZE MySpace has over 100M registered users and is 2nd largest web site in page views 85% of US college students have Facebook profiles DEEP REACH IN More than 90% of UK teens use social networks TOTAL POPULATION In US, 80% of young adults, 60% of teens and 30% of adults The top 20 social networks receive over 15% of all attention spent online in US MySpace has 329 monthly page views per unique visitor, more than STICKINESS IS Google (273) and Yahoo! (223) UNPRECEDENTED 60% of Facebook users log in daily and spend an average of 20 minutes Average UK social network visit duration was 25 minutes, 250% average StudiVZ had 4.5B page views in September, up from 2.5B in July S o u rc e : C o m S c o re 2 0 0 7 , F o rre s t e r 2 0 0 7 , H it w is e 2 0 0 7 , M e rrill L y n c h 2 0 0 7 2 1
Slide 3: Huge untapped potential in advertising revenues Education / Awareness Online advertising in general is tiny I nformation relative to the importance of the medium Radio Social networking sites command much $33.2 bn more attention (15%) than their current share of online advertising (3%) – and Internet they can target ads well $23.7 bn Print $147.6 bn FACTS: Advertising on social networks in US is TV $900M in 2007 and growing at 100% to $162.1 bn $1.8bn in 2008 Outdoor US social network advertising revenues DM $23.0 bn will grow to $3.6bn by 2011 $166.5 bn MySpace advertising revenues were $500M in 2007 and expected to grow to $930M Facebook will have ad revenues of $400M in 2008 Direct response Branding (leads, sales, etc.) S o u rc e : e M a rk e t e r 2 0 0 7 , M e rrill L y n c h 2 0 0 7 , I n it ia t iv e S p h e re s 2 0 0 6 1
Slide 4: Social networks change behaviour and influence commerce Traffic to UK online retailers from social networking sites was up 153% 2006-YTD2007 SOCIAL SHOPPING WILL DRIVE ECOMMERCE TopShop.co.uk‘s #2 referring website in April 2007 was MySpace (+500% YoY) Social shopping communities such as Threadless or LaFraise are generating significant revenues MOBILE IS A HUGE Mobile social network content delivery will generate revenues of POTENTIAL REVENUE $500M in 2007, expected to rise to $5.7bn in 2011 GENERATOR Mobile social network content downloads will increase from 200M in 2007 to 9B in 2011 Korean social network Cyworld is the second largest retailer of MP3s after iTunes, having sold more than 160M songs directly to its MUSIC & VIDEO members CONSUMPTION WILL CHANGE SIGNIFICANTLY Average online video consumer watches 100 minutes a month DailyMotion has grown from 2 to 40M uniques in a year and attracts c. 55% of French broadband users each month S o u rc e : Ju n ip e r2 0 0 7 , M e rrill L y n c h 2 0 0 7 , p ro p rie t a ry d a t a 1
Slide 5: With no hard financials, how do acquirors value social networks today? Usage statistics have a clear impact on revenues and profitability Best indicators for advertising revenue are absolute monthly unique visitors (impressions per person) and monthly page views (sell- through) Good indicator for strategic value is number of registered users (depending on the service) Value per unique then gets assessed against operational leverage and likely EBIT potential of business model EXAMPLE: Club Penguin 700K registered users, 10M uniques and 500M page views $350M TEV implies $0.69 per page view and $35 per unique Double these figures for $700M TEV with earn-out However, strategic value is huge given young demographic: $500 per registered user before earn-out! S o u rc e : Je f f e rie s 2 0 0 7 , M e rrill L y n c h 2 0 0 7 , A t la s 1
Slide 6: Valuations are starting to normalise (thank you Longacre/Jefferies) Statistics US$ per Unique Unique Enterprise Monthly page monthly Registered Monthly page monthly Registered Company Valuation date value ($m) views (bn) visitors (m) users (m) view visitor user Jul-05 580.0 7.8 17.7 22.0 $26.36 $0.07 $32.77 MySpace Current 3,750.0 50.6 105.7 75.0 $50.00 $0.07 $35.48 Apr-06 525.0 7.6 12.9 7.0 $75.00 $0.07 $40.70 Facebook Current 15,000.0 33.0 69.3 24.0 $625.00 $0.45 $216.45 Dec 05 (w/o earnout) 208.0 0.2 5.1 16.4 $12.68 $0.93 $40.78 Friends Reunited Dec 05 (w/ earnout) 303.4 0.2 5.1 16.4 $18.50 $1.35 $59.49 Aug 07 (w/o earnout) 350.0 0.5 10.0 0.7 $500.00 $0.69 $35.06 Club Penguin Aug 07 (w/ earnout) 700.0 0.5 10.0 0.7 $1,000.00 $1.39 $70.13 May-07 280.0 0.1 11.5 15.0 $18.67 $2.37 $24.35 Last.fm Mar-06 616.0 0.3 18.2 NA NA $2.46 $33.85 iVillage Jun-07 382.3 1.9 20.0 NA NA $0.20 $19.14 AuFeminin Jan-2007 (w/o earnout) 44.7 1.3 2.2 NA NA $0.03 $20.52 StudiVZ Jan-2007 (w/ earnout) 75.9 1.3 2.2 NA NA $0.06 $34.88 Aug-07 90.0 5.3 15.5 10.0 $9.00 $0.02 $5.81 Fotolog $0.69 $34.88 Median $26.36 $0.79 $34.49 Mean $238.74 High $2.46 $216.45 $1,000.00 Low $0.02 $5.81 $9.00 1
Slide 7: Hold on to your Social Network: the bigger exits are yet to come EV / 1-Year Bid Ent EV / LTM Forward Annc Value Stake Value LTM Forward Target Acquirer Target Description/Comments Curr (m) (m) Sales EBITDA Margin Sales EBITDA Date (%) Margin Social networking 27/08/2007 Fotolog HiMedia Photo sharing community website USD 90.0 100% 90.0 NA NA NA 19.4x NA NA 01/08/2007 Club Penguin Disney Online community for children USD 350.0 100% 350.0 7.0x NA NA 5.8x 11.7x 50.0% (1) 01/06/2007 AuFeminin Axel Springer Online women’s community EUR 280.0 100% 280.0 20.5x 36.1x 57.0% 12.3x 20.4x 60.0% 30/05/2007 Last.fm CBS Corp Online music community site USD 280.0 100% 280.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA 09/01/2007 Playahead Modern Times Group Swedish online social networking community SEK 102.0 90% 113.3 4.2x NA NA NA NA NA 08/01/2007 MyBlogLog Yahoo! Blog-based online community USD 10.0 100% 10.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA 03/01/2007 StudiVZ Holtzbrinck German-based online community for students EUR 50.0 100% 50.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA (2) 06/03/2006 iVillage NBC Universal Women's community site USD 600.0 100% 600.0 6.1x 32.5x 18.6% 5.3x 23.9x 22.2% 06/12/2005 Friends Reunited (3) ITV Online community site GBP 120.0 100% 175.0 10.2x 18.8x 54.2% 7.0x 13.5x 51.7% 18/07/2005 Intermix Media News Corp MySpace USD 580.0 100% 580.0 7.3x 53.2x 13.8% 4.9x 37.9x 13.0% 20/06/2005 Neopets Viacom Virtual pet community USD 160.0 100% 100% NA NA NA NA NA NA 25/10/2004 Classmates Online United Online Online community-based networking USD 100.0 100% 100.0 1.4x 8.7x 15.9% NA NA NM 24/05/2004 Tickle Monster Worldwide Matchmaking and social networking services USD 93.9 100% 93.9 3.8x NA NM NA NA NM Median 6.8x 35.4x 18.6% 6.4x 20.4x 50.0% 1




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