Modern Times Group reported strong financial results for Q4 2013, with accelerated sales growth of 14% driven by increased audience shares and subscriber growth across most markets. Investments in strategic growth areas like content production, digital expansion, and emerging markets delivered higher profits despite rising costs. The company proposed a record high annual dividend as it continues to balance investments for future growth with shareholder returns.

1. MODERN TIMES GROUP
Q4 2013 FINANCIAL RESULTS
“STRONGER PRODUCTS. HIGHER GROWTH”
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2. Q4 2013 – HIGHLIGHTS

Accelerated growth for 5th consecutive quarter - sales up 14% at constant FX & 6% on an organic basis

Free-TV Scandi – audience shares up in all 3 markets & segment sales growing again

Free-TV Emerging Markets – continued strong growth in soft market conditions with further investments

Pay-TV Nordic – net subscriber growth, rising prices & operating margin within the range

Pay-TV Emerging Markets – volume growth & profitability above expectations

Studios – organic + M&A led growth with rising profitability levels

Proposed annual ordinary cash dividend of SEK 10.50 = record high pay-out ratio of 56% excl. non-recurring items
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3. GROUP PERFORMANCE
INVESTMENTS DRIVING GROWTH
SALES GROWTH (Y-O-Y)
600
20
500
15
400
300
10
200
5
100
Q4 2013
Q3 2013
Q2 2013
Sales growth at constant fx
Q1 2013
Q4 2012
Q3 2012
Q2 2012
Q1 2012
16%
14%
12%
10%
8%
6%
4%
2%
0%
-2%
EBIT (SEK MN) AND EBIT MARGIN (%)
Organic sales growth
0
0
2012 2012 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2013
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
EBIT excl associated income & one-off items
EBIT margin
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4. FREE-TV SCANDINAVIA
AUDIENCE SHARE GAINS & GROWTH RETURN
Sales up 1% at constant FX
2013
2012
Oct-Dec
Oct-Dec
1,149
1,147
Growth (at constant FX)
1%
-6%
Audience share gains in all three markets
EBIT (SEKm)
214
250

Denmark - highest Q4 CSOV since 2000
EBIT margin
18.6%
21.8%

Sweden - up every month since launch of Fall schedule

Norway - boosted by launch of 3rd channel (TV6) at end of November
Sweden
31.8%
31.5%
Healthy margin with continued investments
Norway
16.9%
16.7%

OpEx up 5% at constant FX - below original expectation due to later
launch of TV6 & lower level of required programming investments
Denmark
25.2%
20.6%

Exclusive coverage in Sweden of Winter Olympics will boost sales &
adversely impact Q1 2014 earnings

Growth for 2nd consecutive quarter

Swedish & Danish TV ad markets estimated to have been stable with
low levels of growth in Norway
27% of Group sales
Sales (SEKm)
CSOV (15-49)
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5. PAY-TV NORDIC
SUBSCRIBER GROWTH + RISING PRICES
Sales up 7% at constant FX
Driven by Viaplay & satellite premium ARPU & TV3 Sport channels
32% of Group sales
2013
2012
Oct-Dec

Oct-Dec
1,368
1,286
Subscriber Growth + Rising Prices
Sales (SEKm)

3rd party subscriber volume growth (q-o-q) more than offsets
satellite decline for first time in 2 years
Growth (at constant FX)
7%
3%
EBIT (SEKm)
165
198

Premium satellite ARPU continued to rise following price increases

12.0%
15.4%
Continued strong Viaplay subscriber intake + price increases
Premium subs ('000)
977
1,019
o/w satellite ('000)
559
592
o/w third party ('000)
418
427
5,075
4,988
Margin within the expected range

Continue to expect higher EBIT margin for FY14

Exclusive coverage in Sweden of Winter Olympics will boost sales
& adversely impact Q1 2014 earnings
EBIT margin
Satellite premium ARPU (SEK)
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6. FREE-TV EMERGING MARKETS
INVESTING IN MOMENTUM
Sales up 18% at constant FX
19% of Group sales

Lithuanian, Estonian, Bulgarian & Ghanaian TV ad markets estimated
to have grown; Latvian, Czech & Hungarian markets estimated to
have declined
2012
Oct-Dec
Oct-Dec
Sales (SEKm)
784
675
Growth (at constant FX)
18%
8%
83
104
10.6%
15.4%
51.8%
48.5%
Czech Republic (15-54)
Driven by sales co-operations + good underlying growth + M&A
2013
Pan-Baltic (15-49)

34.1%
39.1%
Bulgaria (18-49)
36.9%
34.1%
EBIT (SEKm)
Record high audience shares in Bulgaria & Baltics
EBIT margin

37% Bulgarian media house CSOV – a new record

52% Pan-Baltic CSOV – a new record

Czech Republic media house CSOV down due to Prima Family
CSOV
EBIT impacted by higher investments

Profitability
(Tanzania)

Tough comps, intense competition & soft markets in 2014. Q1 will be
impacted by the broadcasting of the Olympics in the Baltics.
impacted
by
programming
investments
and
TV1
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7. PAY-TV EMERGING MARKETS
OUT-PERFORMING EXPECTATIONS
Sales up 20% at constant FX

Driven by wholesale subscription, satellite subscriber volume growth,
ad sales in Russia and some positive timing effects
8% of Group sales
2013
2012
Oct-Dec
Oct-Dec
Continued subscription/subscriber growth
Sales (SEKm)
322
271

Addition of >8m mini-pay subscriptions in 2013 and almost 1m in Q4
Growth (at constant FX)
20%
19%

Addition of 24k satellite subscribers in Q4 following growth in Baltics,
Russia & Ukraine – base stable y-o-y
51
5
15.9%
1.9%
581
584
92,223
83,950
Higher profits – no change in FY14 expectations
EBIT (SEKm)
EBIT margin
Subscribers / subscriptions ('000)

Q4 EBIT boosted by seasonal impact of Russian ad sales, as well as
~SEK 15m positive one-off items
Satellite

No change to the expectation for rising profitability levels in 2014
Mini-pay wholesale
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8. MTG STUDIOS, MTGX, RADIO
STUDIOS DRIVES GROWTH
Organic + M&A led sales growth

13% organic sales growth driven by MTG Studios. Radio sales
stable in Norway & down in Sweden
2013
2012
Oct-Dec
Oct-Dec
Sales (SEKm)

13% of Group sales
593
316
Growth (at constant FX)
89%
-29%
Growth (organic)
13%
n/a
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0
1.9%
0.0%
M&A growth from acquisition & consolidation of Nice Entertainment
(Nov), DRG & Novemberfilm (Jun)
OpEx up, Profits up

Healthy profitability in MTG Studios and Radio Norway

Reduced losses in Radio Sweden after cost savings

Ongoing investment by MTGx to accelerate digital development –
Splay & Net Info are two examples of exciting new areas
EBIT (SEKm)
MTG Studios now a scale player

The leading Nordic content production company

With a leading global distribution arm in DRG

EBIT margin
And an Emerging Markets specialist in Paprika Latino
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9. INCOME STATEMENT
INVESTMENTS DELIVER GROWTH
Sales up 14% at constant FX

Negative FX impact of ~ 1 percentage point

6% organic growth

Acquisitions add ~ 8 percentage points of growth
Q4 in brief
2013
Oct-Dec Oct-Dec
Sales (SEKm)
4,083
3,620
14%
0%
Organic growth (at constant FX)
6%
2%
457
514
11.2%
14.2%
Sales growth (at constant FX)
11% EBIT margin (excl. associates and non-recurring items)
2012

OpEx up 18% at constant FX & 10% organically

Driven by previously announced investments + acquisitions
EBIT excl. associates & non-recurring items

SEK 147m non-cash asset impairment charge related to
Raduga joint venture
Margin excl. associates & non-recurring items

The Raduga revenues that MTG consolidated represented less
than 0.5% of Group full year 2013 net sales.
Total EBIT excl. non-recurring items
564
476
Non-recurring items
-147
-
Total EBIT margin excl. one-offs
417
476
Effective tax rate of 30% for FY13

Expect FY14 rate to be in 25-30% range
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10. CASH FLOW
HIGH CASH CONVERSION LEVELS
Healthy cash flow generation

SEK 1.3bn of cash flow from operations

74% of earnings converted into operating cash flow & 65%
when including increase in WC from record low levels
(SEKm)
2013
2012
Jan-Dec Jan-Dec
1,340
1,655
Changes in working capital

Cash flow from operations
-120
261
Net cash flow from operations
1,220
1,915
SEK 246m cash dividend payments received from CTCM
Investing to drive future growth

Investments in shares of SEK 905m to drive growth

Higher CapEx of SEK 319m reflects investments in new playout centre in the UK, Zitius, MTGx and Viaplay
Cash flow used in investing activities
-1,224
-351

Zitius sale proceeds to come in 2014
Cash flow used in financing activities
96
-1,274
Net change in cash & cash equivalents
92
291
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11. FINANCIAL POSITION
RECORD HIGH PAY-OUT RATIO
Strong financial position

Net debt to trailing twelve month EBITDA ratio of just
0.5 times at year end

SEK 5.6 bn of available liquid funds

Net debt / Trailing 12 month EBITDA
Recently refinanced on attractive terms
1.2 1.2
1.1
0.8
0.7
SEK 5.4 bn market value of CTC Media stake as at YE

0.7
0.6
0.5
SEK 1.9 bn book value of 37.9% CTC Media stake
0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
0.2
0.1
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Q3 13
Continuing to balance investments in future growth with
shareholder returns
Q2 13
Q1 13
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Q3 12
Q2 12
Q1 12
Q4 11
Q3 11
Q2 11
Q1 11
Q4 10
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Q3 10
Record pay-out ratio of 56% excl. non-recurring items
Q2 10

0.0 0.0
Q1 10
Board proposes annual cash dividend of SEK 10.50

12. Q4 2013 – SUMMARY
STRONGER PRODUCTS. HIGHER GROWTH
 PRODUCTS & CONSUMER OFFERINGS STRONGER, MORE RELEVANT & MORE
AVAILABLE THAN EVER
 AUDIENCE SHARE GAINS & SUBSCRIBER GROWTH IN ALMOST ALL MARKETS
 CLEAR FOCUS ON STRATEGIC GROWTH DRIVERS – CONTENT, DIGITAL,
GEOGRPHICAL EXPANSION
 ACCELERATING ORGANIC GROWTH BOOSTED BY M&A
 RECORD HIGH PAY-OUT RATIO & FINANCIAL FIREPOWER
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