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1. Company Profile
RCS MediaGroup
March 2011

2. Company Structure
100%
54.63%
100%
96.49%
100%
100%
100%
International Integrated Multimedia
Publishing Group
(2)
34.5%
100%
(1)
45%
(3)
38.89%
100% 100%
(1) Joint-venture RCS (45%), De Agostini (45%), Hachette (10%).
(2) Joint-venture RCS (34.5%), JCDecaux (32.3%), Publitransport (33.2%).
(3) Joint-venture RCS, Alberto Hazan and others. Stake resulting from subscription of capital increase still in course ( press release July 3, 2009).
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3. Guidelines
MULTIMEDIA – INTEGRATION
INTERNAZIONALIZATION
Quality focused
Project to increase revenues from the digital business – Strategic Guidelines:
Focus on Brands
International Focus on Vertical Systems
Innovation in Digital Advertising
Digital Content Business Development (editorial and non)
Actions of:
Optimization
Restructuring
Focalization
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4. Who we are
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5. International Presence
RCS MediaGroup: the Italian multimedia publishing company
with the largest international presence
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6. Newspapers - Brands
Italy Spain
NEWS NEWS
Circ. 482,000 avg. Daily copies
Circ. 286,000 avg. Daily copies
Read. 2,971,000 per day Read. 1,828,000 per day
510.9 mln page views
364 mln page views
20,1 mln unique
25.5 mln unique users
users
SPORT SPORT
Circ. 330,000 avg. Daily copies Circ. 275,000 avg. Daily copies
Read. 4,320,000 per day Read. 2,888,000 per day
664 mln page views
311,0 mln page views 27.7 mln unique
9.9 mln unique users users
FREE PRESS FINANCIAL
Circ. 850,000 avg. Daily copies Circ. 44,000 avg. Daily copies
Read. 182,000 per day
Read. 1,698,000 per day
monthly 23 mln page views
2.6 mln unique users
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7. Corriere della Sera – Brand System
17 ON LINE LOCAL EDITIONS
7 LOCAL EDITIONS
E-READER
CORRIERE MOBILE ADD-ONS
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8. La Gazzetta dello Sport – Brand System
4 EDIZIONI LOCALI
COLLATERALI GAZZETTA
EVENTI
MOBILE
E-READER
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9. El Mundo – Brand System
ADD-ONS
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10. Marca – Brand System
MARCA MOBILE ADD-ONS
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11. Magazines MORE THAN 50 TITLES WORLDWIDE
Women’s Family’s Interior Design Infancy Men’s Specialized
1st
NEWSMAGAZINE
PUZZLES
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12. International Development
CHANNEL’S WEB E MOBILE SERVICES FOREIGN ADV WEB PROPERTIES
DISTRIBUTION MUSIC STORE
ADV NETWORK
LICENSING CHINA
joint venture
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13. Vertical Multimedia Platforms
YACHT & INTERIOR
SAIL DESIGN TRAVEL WOMEN MUSIC
CD
Add-
ons
press
CHIN
A
web & ITALY
mobile
Branded
block
ng
28 Countries Comi
TV 80 pay tv platforms soon
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14. Radio & TV Activities
DIGICAST WEB TV DADA/GIGLIO RADIO (FINELCO)
PAY TV CHANNELS DTT CHANNEL MUSIC AND WEB RADIO
First music channel in 3 national stations
Italy web radio
First live-music channel
More than 28 Countries Newspapers brand extension in Italy
More than 80 pay tv platforms 1 DTT Multiplex Newspapers brand
extension
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15. Books
SPAIN e ITALY,
ITALY FRANCE
PORTUGAL FRANCE and UK
EDUCATION FICTION AND FICTION AND FICTION AND PARTWORKS
NON FICTION NON FICTION NON FICTION
5% Market n
er i
Share lay
2o p taly
I
COMICS U.S.A. E-BOOK
FICTION AND
NON FICTION
12.4% 12.1% 8 % Market
Market Market Share
Share Share
1o 5o
er her her
publish p ublis p ublis
2o
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16. Advertising and Distribution
ADV ITALY AND SPAIN FOREIGN ADV OUTDOOR ADV
ITALY SPAIN FRANCE
DISTRIBUTION UD - Union
Distribution
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17. *
International Leader in Community and Entertainment services web e mobile
International Leader in Domini, Hosting and onlineAdvertising
around 50% of 2008 turnover generated internationally
34 mn monthly unique visitors for all Dada properties worldwide
1.4 mn domains managed, with a growth of 30,000/month
450,000 companies served, with a growth of 10,000/month
The Music Movement
1 The social music community where music
can be listened, downloaded and shared:
more than 2.5 mn DRM-free MP3 high-
quality full tracks
VAS (Value Added
2 Domain and Hosting
Services) 1 Professional services facilitating network
Digital entertainment services for mobile phone presence
personalization
Community Related Content Simply
3 Community Online Content
2 A marketplace for publishers and buyers
based on behavioural targeting technology
* Company quoted in Borsa italiana MTA STAR segment, RCS share 49,5% (not including “call” options between Shareholdres)
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18. RCS Sport
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19. Fondazione Rizzoli Corriere della Sera
The word The Image The History
Events and meetings Exhibitions Historical Archive
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20. Shareholders Management
Notes Notes
(*) quotas exceeding 2%. 3,522% is linked to the shareholders’ agreement CEO: Chief Executive Officer
between Pandette Finanziaria S.r.l. (held by Giuseppe Rotelli) and Banco MD: Managing Director
Popolare Soc. Coop. concerning the exercise of the voting right. a.i.: ad interim
(**) of which 465.540.351 linked to the Shareholders’ Agreement (63.527% Corporate Secretary reports to the Chairman.
of the total).
Updated at November 2010.
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21. 2010 FY Results*
2010 2009
Total Revenues 2,255.3 2,206.4
EBITDA before non-recurring items 199.4 133
EBITDA after non-recurring items 197.8 35.7
EBIT 69.8 (97.1)
Net Results 7.2 (129.7)
NFP 970.8 1,057.1
EUR Million
Headcount at December 31, 2010: 6.196
(*) The annual financial statements and the consolidated financial statements for 2010, which will be published in
accordance with the specified procedures and timescales, are examined by the independent auditors.
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22. Updated: March 2011
www.rcsmediagroup.com
Reception: +39 02 2584 1
Contacts:
Corporate Media Relations: ufficiostamparcs@rcs.it - +39 02 2584 5412
Investor Relations: investor.relations@rcs.it - +39 02 2584 5508
International Development: marcello.miradoli@rcs.it - +39 02 2584 4809