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Ziff Davis — j2 Global Communications — Q4 2003 Earnings Presentation

30 slides from Ziff Davis's earnings presentation, Feb 3, 2004

  1. Slide 1: Investor Presentation (Q4 & Year-End 2003 results)

    Global Communications www.j2global.com ® Investor Presentation (Based upon Fourth Quarter & Year —End 2003 results) February 2, 2004

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements

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  3. Slide 3: Risk Factors

    j2),Global Risk Factors ‘The following factors, among others, could cause our business, prospects, financial condition, cperating results and cash flaws to be materially adversely affected! ‘+ Inability to sustain growth in our customer base, reverie or profitability + Competition in price, quality,

  4. Slide 4: j2 Global deploys the power of the Internet

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  5. Slide 5: Brands: eFax, jConnect, Consensus, PaperMasterPro

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  6. Slide 6: Unique Operational Assets

    j2),Global Unique Operational Assets 5.6 million subscribed telephone numbers (DIDs) Global advanced messaging network + 1,100+ cities in 20 countries on 5 continents + 7.1MM unique DIDs worldwide in inventory Patented technology + 7 issued U.S. Patents, with 9 Patents pending Expertise + Telecom, m

  7. Slide 7: Financial Strength

    j2),Global Financial Strength Q4 2003 2003 Revenues $20.5MM — $71.6 MM Modified Earnings — $8.1 MM $26.3 MM GAAP Earnings $17.6MM — $35,8MM Modified EPs“ $0.32 $1.04 GAAP EPS $0.69 $1.42 + 27 consecutive quarters of revenue growth + 8 consecutive quarters of positive Earnings + 490% year-over-year R

  8. Slide 8: 2003 Strategy & Accomplishments

    j2),Global 2003 Strategy & Accomplishments Further penetrate existing markets + Added 41 new cities in the US and Canada + Expanded our marketing presence (Yahoo!, AOL.com, Monster.com) + Expanded our Corporate sales team Geographic market expansion + Entered Hong Kong via acquisition * Entered Isra

  9. Slide 9: Subscriber Acquisition

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  10. Slide 10: Subscriber Profile

    j2),Global Subscriber Profile Vertical Markets Real estate Financial institutions Law firms & corporate legal departments Hospitality Medical Government Remote workers & “road warriors” ° . . . . . . Value Proposition Digitization (paper reduction) Security Privacy Efficiency Cost Infrastructure rep

  11. Slide 11: Channel Interaction

    j2),Global Channel Interaction Significant interdependency between the Web and Corporate channels All channels rely on Web marketing and customer acquisition Refinement of customer definition between channels * Criteria used in 2001 > Billing method » Sales method » Customer type » Pricing methodolo

  12. Slide 12: Paid Telephone Numbers (DIDs)

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  13. Slide 13: Web Channel

    j2),Global 13 Web Channel Profile Target indi Targeted marketing over the Web Use of Web-based marketing tools Includes Advertising-Support "Free” Users Enhanced by Life-Cycle Management (i.e. Free > Paid conversions) ual users Revenue Sources . www.eFax.com www.j2.com www.Consensus.com Advertising

  14. Slide 14: Web Channel Financial Performance

    j2),Global Web Channel Financial Performance 2002 2003 Web Year-to-Year Growth Metrics am”? oe oa 33 4038 Web Revenues $ 9,844 $ 10,761 $ 11,973 $ 13,074 $ 14,902 Number of Deployed FREE DIDs = 4.0MM— 43MM 48M 5.15.2 MM Number of Deployed PAID DIDs 226,863 256,242 298,104 316,949 331,321 Net DID Add

  15. Slide 15: Corporate Channel

    j2),Global : Corporate Channel Profile + Direct sales to SMEs and large companies * TeleSales to smaller businesses * Resellers + Permission-based marketing Revenue Sources + www.j2Corporate.com + www.eFaxCorporate.com + www.jBlast.net + www.M4Internet.com Revenue Drivers + Greater than 66% of subsc

  16. Slide 16: Corporate Channel Financial Performance

    j2),Global Corporate Channel Financial Performance 2002 __ 2008 Corporate Year-to-Year Growth Metrics 402, i038 = 3B 03403 Corporate Reverties $3,627 $4,306 $4,943 $5,413 «$5,420 Number of Deployed DIDs 43,331 «48,727 «(55,884 63,281 68,924 Net DID Additions 8,851 5,396 7107 7,397 5,643 Number of Ac

  17. Slide 17: Page Index Detail

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  18. Slide 18: Subscriber Outlook

    j2),Global 18 Subscriber Outlook Challenges Increase gross monthly subscriber additions Control subscriber cancellations Expand methods of customer acquis! Increase sales efficiency and product Further diversify industry verticals Opportunities Leverage Life-Cycle Management Enhance and expand on-li

  19. Slide 19: eFax Corporate

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  20. Slide 20: Global Network Presence

    j2),Global Global Network Presence j2 Global Network * 1,100+ cities in 20 countries on 5 continents * Continuing to expand into new international locations 20 §2). cote communications a.

  21. Slide 21: Product Roadmap

    Product Roadmap Unified Messaging & Comm, Services Document Management Voice Services Email Services + Inbound Fax to Emal_ + ProtoFax® + Inbound VM toEmal —« Permission-based + Integrated Emal, + Outbound Fax via Email» Messenger 30 + Voicemall management Email marketing voicemail & fax services +

  22. Slide 22: Financial Highlights

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  23. Slide 23: Revenue Growth

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  24. Slide 24: Quarterly Revenues

    j2),Global Quarterly Revenues 2002 2003 Qi Q2 Q3 Q4 Subscriber $14,454 $16,307 $17,806 $19,517 Quarter-to-Quarter Growth 11.6% 12.8% 9.2% 9.6% Year-to-Year Growth Advertising 612 09 681 06 Quarter-to-Quarter Growth: -14.4% 0.6% 11.9% 18.4% Year-to-Year Growth Licensed Services 142 121 416 151 Total

  25. Slide 25: Margins (Percentage of Total Revenue)

    25 (Percentage of Total Revenue) 90% 8000 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 82.1% ee 80.9% 81.5% 82.6% Gross Margin 30.2% 41.09%, Bie ra Operating Margin. ——<—<—<——— Sales & Marketing 14.2% Engineering = Q4'02 Ql ‘03 Q2 03 Q3 03 Q4 03 In Q4 2002, excludes a cne-time recovery of a marketing payment of $

  26. Slide 26: Earnings & Free Cash Flow

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  27. Slide 27: Tax Considerations

    j2),Global Tax Considerations Reduction of the Valuation Allowance on Deferred Tax Assets + Occurred in Q4 2003 + One-time tax benefit of $9.5MM ($0.37 per share) Income Tax Accrual in 2004 + Current expected rate of approximately 35% to 40%, assuming current Federal and State tax rates > Dependent

  28. Slide 28: 2004 Financial Guidance

    j2),Global 2004 Financial Guidance Q4 Qi Year-End 2003 2004 2004 Revenue (millions) $20.5 $22.2- $22.7 $100 - $105 Earnings Before Taxes = gn 3.4 $0.37- $0.39 $1.65-$1.75 per Share (1) Assumes 40% GAAP tax accrual rate and fully-ciluted shares of 25,589,439 as of December 31, 2003 (2) Assumed a tax

  29. Slide 29: Recent Events

    29 Recent Events Announced an agreement to purchase assets of The Electric Mail Company — a provider of outsourced email and messaging services Received GSA authorization and contract approval Introduced eFax Corporate® (www.eFaxCorporate.com) —a more efficient way to sell into small- to mid-sized d

  30. Slide 30: j2 Global

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