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Seek — FY2006 Earnings Presentation

25 slides from Seek's earnings presentation, Aug 21, 2006

  1. Slide 1: SEEK Limited Results Presentation Full Year to 30 June 2006

    © seek SEEK Limited Results Presentation Full Year to 30 June 2006 August 2006

  2. Slide 2: 2006 Overview

    2006 Overview © seek Consistency Focus Results Strategy « Employment ~ Building the marketplace + Learning — Destination for career related education & training Operational Execution + Market Leadership continues to grow + Growing Brand awareness + Best Employer Status * Strengthened Management capa

  3. Slide 3: Financials

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  4. Slide 4: Earnings Summary

    Earnings Summary @ seek FY05 FY06 % Chg FY06 % Chg Prospectus $m $m $m Revenue 69.6 106.2 52% 90.4 17% EBITDA 29.5 66% 40.0 22% EBITA 28.5 47.5 66% 38.8 22% NPAT 20.4 67% 26.3 29% EPS 7.6 12.4 59% 10.3 17% DPS 72

  5. Slide 5: Profit & Loss Detail

    Profit & Loss Detail SEEK Ltd FYO4 FYOS FYO6 $Vs hws Profit & Loss Year On Year Prior Yr Prior Yr SEEK 39.7 63.5 95.1 341.6 49 % SEEK Learning - 64 444 5.0 82% Total Operating revenue 39.7 69.6 106.2 36.6 52% Operating Expenses -25.3 40.4 “57.2 ATA 42% EBITDA 14.4 29.5 49.0 19.5 66 % Depreciation 0.

  6. Slide 6: Sustained P&L growth trajectory

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  7. Slide 7: Strong growth on prior comparative period - H206

    Strong growth on prior comparative @ seek period - H206 ..... « Revenue up 54.2% PCP * EBITDA up 68.5% PCP q Half Year to 30 June 2005 OHalf Year to 30 June 2006 ($} Millions * NPAT up 59.8% PCP Revenue EBITDA NPAT

  8. Slide 8: Delivering improved returns per share

    © seek Delivering improved returns Per Share. .°° + 59.2 % increase in Earnings Per Share * 17.5% above Prospectus Earnings Per Share FY04 FY05 FY06 Prospectus

  9. Slide 9: FY06 key revenue drivers

    FYO6 key revenue drivers ..... Employment Revenue up 49.8% — COU Driven by: * Volume up 31.3% . Across both Australia and New Zealand * Yield up 14.1% ° Mix change continues to drive yield ° Price rise ~ In line with increased value Product expansion * SME revenue up 63% YOY ° Client numbers up by 4

  10. Slide 10: Focused investment in platform for future growth

    Focused investment in platform for @ seek future growth ..... ° FY06 Operational Expenditure up $ 17.1m (42.6%) . Marketing - increased investment in Brand — “Make Luck Happen” campaign . IT infrastructure & SAP - ensure adequately positioned for growth . Product development —Jobseeker experience .

  11. Slide 11: FY07 Outlook

    FY07 Outlook ..... @ seek . FY06 result positions us well for FY07 . Employment market remains strong . Continued migration of employment advertising from print to online is driving our growth . Anticipate this migration continuing for several more years . SEEK Learning is growing rapidly: organic g

  12. Slide 12: Les ee

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  13. Slide 13: Investment in Brand is delivering results with strong awareness lead

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  14. Slide 14: Strong brand recognition across the country

    © seek strong brand recognition across the country..... « Unaided awareness of SEEK continues to grow across all major cities. 14 60.0% 4 50.0% + 40.0% 7 30.0% 7 20.0% 4 10.0% 7 0.0% + 50% 31% SEEK unaided awareness by state 4% 3% 22% 38% 17% 28% 49% 22% @Feb-05 Oui-06. Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Ade

  15. Slide 15: SEEK has increased job ad volume and UBs and widened the gap

    SEEK has increased job ad volume @ seek and UBs and clearly widened the gap from our competitors..... UNIQUE BROWSERS JOB ADVERTISEMENTS (4) Jun-05 Jun-86 absolute growth % increase %reach | Jun-05 Jun-06 absolute growth % increase _% share seek 1,536,957 1,881,423 344,466 22% 66% | 7,191 109,758 32

  16. Slide 16: Growth

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  17. Slide 17: Growth moving forward

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  18. Slide 18: Structural shift of Early Stage Markets

    © seek Structural shift of Early Stage Markets. .°°. . Total value of print market in Government, Healthcare, Education and Executive is approximately $320m - Average YOY ad volume across Early Stage Markets up 107.2% - Healthcare: - Penetration of Public Healthcare networks and Private Health compa

  19. Slide 19: Structural migration of job ads continuing over 2006

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  20. Slide 20: Internet now leads newspapers as number one way to search for a job

    © seek .... the Internet now leads newspapers as the number one way to search for a job ...... Ways to look for a job G Internet @ Newspapers 50% 4 46% of 4 os ; 36% 35% 35% “ ‘on | 28% | 25% 4 20% 4 15% 4 10% 4 5% 4 0% March 04 Feb 05 Feb 06 July 06 20 Source: Newspoll Survey July 2006

  21. Slide 21: Online revenue as % of total employment market still very low

    _..but Online revenue as % of total @ seek employment market still very low ..... Revenue Penetration in US v. Australia 30.0% 7 USA 28% 25.0% 4 2 Australi 5 ustralia % 20.0% 4 22% “7 : 19% 5 15.0% | 2 14% & 11% 5 | fs B 10.0% “ 5.0% 7] — = 2 year lag — 0.0% T T T T T T 2004 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005

  22. Slide 22: SEEK Learning continues to grow

    SEEK Learning continues to grow......@ seek Strategy : create a marketplace that matches consumers with education and training that meets their needs eek e SEEK Learning growth : S a “ . Partnerships & Acquisitions . Product extension . Leverage existing sales / marketing & distribution capabilities

  23. Slide 23: SEEK Learning product offering expands

    SEEK Learning product offering expands ...... Now six revenue streams for Learning business : . SELFCERT : IT courses online . QUA : Open Universities Australia partnership continues to exceed expectations . DWT : classroom based short courses . TESOL : English language courses . OTEN : distance edu

  24. Slide 24: IDP Education Australia acquisition

    IDP Education Australia acquisition _& seek . Who is IiDP Education Australia ? . Established 1969 and owned by 38 Australian universities . Global company with representation in 52 countries . Two major revenue streams : . Sourcing & placing international students in Australian educational institut

  25. Slide 25: Conclusion

    Conclusion ..... Consistency Focus Results 25 Strategy Operational Execution Financials

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