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Mony — Moneysupermarket.com Group — H1 2010 Earnings Presentation

38 slides from Mony's earnings presentation, Aug 4, 2010

  1. Slide 1: Interim Results 2010

    Interim Results 2010 Helping every 4 August 2010 household to make the most of their money

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    Agenda Solid start delivering growth in core business verticals • Agenda – Introduction Gerald Corbett – Financial Review Paul Doughty – H1 review : delivering business growth Peter Plumb – Travel : investment plans for Travelsupermarket.com – Priorities & Outlook – Questions 1

  3. Slide 3: Summary

    Summary • Top line momentum building – Marketing investment – Site improvements • Business and profits stabilised • Confident about second half 2

  4. Slide 4: 2010 Interim Results: Financial Review

    Moneysupermarket.com Group Plc 2010 Interim Results Financial Review Paul Doughty - Chief Financial Officer 4 August 2010 3

  5. Slide 5: Summary financial highlights

    Summary financial highlights Six months to 30 June 2010 • Solid revenue growth in Money, Insurance and Home Services • Travel managed for margin in tough market • Significant investments made in brand and product in first half with good results – Gross margin improvements – Broadened brand awareness

  6. Slide 6: Solid trading results

    Solid trading results H1 2010 H1 2009 Variance Variance H2 2009 £m £m £m % £m Revenue 71.6 68.5 3.1 4% 68.4 Internet 71.6 67.8 3.8 6% 66.8 Intermediary 0.0 0.7 (0.7) -97% (0.3) Gross Profit 51.1 47.7 3.4 7% 46.5 Gross Margin 71.4% 69.7% 1.7% 68.0% Administrative Costs * (21.6) (19.9) (1.7) 9% (19.9)

  7. Slide 7: Adjusted EBITDA

    Adjusted EBITDA Sales and margin increased; investments in product and brand £0.8m £2.1m £0.5m (£0.5m) (£0.8m) £2.0m (£2.2m) (£1.4m) (£1.0m) £18.6m Gross Margin Cost Base (£3.9m) £18.1m £3.4m H1 2009 Volume Gross Margin Provision 2009 Reorg Staff saving 09/10 Share Offline Mkt 3rd Party IT Irrec VAT

  8. Slide 8: Continued growth in direct to site revenues

    Continued growth in direct to site revenues Moneysupermarket (Exc Travelsupermarket) revenues grow by 10% Revenue by source UK internet revenue by vertical 100% 100.0% 12 11 7.5 9.5 2.6 Travel 2.4 5.5 22 5.8 26 15.2 Home 12.8 Services/Other Partners Money - other SEM 62 67 DTS 37.1 40.6 Money - cred

  9. Slide 9: Insurance – 30 June 2010

    Insurance – 30 June 2010 Solid Revenue Growth; Motor fastest growing channel • Revenues increased 9% against H1 2009 – Growth across Motor, Home and Travel insurance • Visitors increased 4% against H1 2009 – New TV creative launched Jan 10 • RPV increased against H1 2009 but flat against H2 2009 – B

  10. Slide 10: Money - 30 June 2010

    Money - 30 June 2010 Trading Improving throughout H1 • Revenue increased 11% H1 2010 v H1 2009 – Availability of credit product stable to improving throughout first half of 2010 • Revenues from credit related products circa 19% ahead despite slightly weaker demand from customers – RPV ‘gains’ of cre

  11. Slide 11: Home Services – 30 June 2010

    Home Services – 30 June 2010 Utilities revenues stronger; Visitor Growth from vouchers and shopping • Revenue increased by 9% to £2.6m – Utility switching increased • Visitors increased by 29% to 10.9m – Driven by launch of vouchers channel in November 2009 • Significant change in visitor mix impact

  12. Slide 12: Travel - 30 June 2010

    Travel - 30 June 2010 Managed for Margin • Revenue down 20% to £7.5m on H1 2010 – Continued management for margin in a challenging market • Visits to Overseas destinations by UK travellers down 13% (source: ONS June 2010) – Visitor numbers broadly down in line with revenue H1 2010 H1 2009 Variance V

  13. Slide 13: Marketing spend remains efficient

    Marketing spend remains efficient Offline marketing a greater proportion of total spend FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2009 H1 2010 £m % £m % £m % £m % Online 46.1 73% 56.8 75% 42.4 73% 20.5 67% Offline 17.0 27% 19.0 25% 15.6 27% 10.1 33% Total 63.1 75.8 58.0 30.6 Visitors (m) 91.0 120.1 120.5 60.8 Cost per vis

  14. Slide 14: Cash

    Cash . Cash conversion remains a key strength of the business • Cash balances of £28.3m at 30 June 2010 • £16.9m of cash generated before capex, tax and dividend payments – 94% of EBITDA converted to cash • Dividend £12.5m £0.5m £0.2m (£1.9m) (£1.8m) £2.4m (£4.3m) £2.7m (£36.2m) £53.8m £28.3m Cash a

  15. Slide 15: Dividends

    Dividends Interim dividend maintained Dividend – p/share 2010 2009 2008 Interim 1.3 1.3 1.3 Final 2.2 2.2 Special Dividend 9.84 TOTAL 13.34 3.5 • Dates – Ex Div Date – 18 August 2010 – Payment Date – 17 September 2010 14

  16. Slide 16: 2010 Interim Results: Peter Plumb, CEO

    Moneysupermarket.com Group Plc Moneysupermarket.com Group Plc 2010 Interim Results Peter Plumb – Chief Executive Officer 4 August 2010 15

  17. Slide 17: Agenda

    Agenda Solid start delivering growth in core business verticals • Agenda – H1 review : delivering business growth – Travel : investment plans for Travelsupermarket.com – Priorities & Outlook – Questions 16

  18. Slide 18: H1 front ended investment programme

    H1 front ended investment programme We rebuilt core sites, launched new ad campaign, grew revenues and gross margin • Front ended investment programme – New core sites built supported by third party – skills now transferred internally – ‘Haggle Hero’ campaign launched and now entrenched in customer

  19. Slide 19: Our site investment programme built winners

    Our site investment programme built winners We start H2 with new home insurance and savings sites ...and continued … start H2 with We built market leading sites... innovation... more new sites % Customers who prefer Home Insurance moneysupermarket site vs Credit card smart search nearest competitor

  20. Slide 20: Offline campaign broadens to new product areas

    Offline campaign broadens to new product areas Marketing strategy has grown DTS visitor share to 67% Home, savings & ...media spend stabilising ... DTS revenue voucher ads launched... through H1... growth achieved Sector Media Spend* £M Revenue by source H1 Moneysupermarket.com 23.6 20.9 12% 11% 18.

  21. Slide 21: We are working more closely with our providers

    We are working more closely with our providers Securing exclusive deals for our customers MI self-serve tool for Unique deals for our providers customers 20

  22. Slide 22: We lead this competitive market

    We lead this competitive market Better customer targeting has resulted in revenue growth ahead of share Hitwise Share of Moneysupermarket.com visitors 21

  23. Slide 23: Travelsupermarket.com has had a tough 18mths

    Travelsupermarket.com has had a tough 18mths -13% fewer people travelled abroad over the past year Trips abroad were -13% yr/yr... ...we managed for margin... …and are now growing profitably UK residents travelling Visitors H1 10 vs H1 09 Hitwise: weekly travel visitors abroad (% TS.com mix change)

  24. Slide 24: Online travel has structural growth potential

    Online travel has structural growth potential Online sales could overtake offline sales in 2012 Online direct Online travel agent Online price comparison The Players Flights Hotels Car Hire Holiday Online direct 33% 11% 10% 26% Online travel agent 7% 14% 26% 14% The Online price comparison 7% 1% 4%

  25. Slide 25: Travelsupermarket.com is an H2 development priority

    Travelsupermarket.com is an H2 development priority Strong brand and Moneysupermarket customers are high online travel users Travelsupermarket.com brand is ...Moneysupermarket.com customers are recognised and respected... big online travel buyers Travel price comparison sites prompted How people buy

  26. Slide 26: H2 2010 priorities

    H2 2010 priorities Apply development learnings across the group portfolio • Travel – Innovate in a tough market – take learning from motor and cards sites • CRM – Continue to innovate customer communication programme – Build out intelligent renewal campaign beyond Motor • Marketing – Grow revenues t

  27. Slide 27: H2 2010 Outlook

    H2 2010 Outlook H1 investments should deliver momentum for H2 • Good start to the second half of the year – Trends consistent with H1 – Travel improving • Cost base in second half to be lower than first half – 3rd party development resource • Travel to be funded from existing headcount – Media spend

  28. Slide 28: Questions & Answers

    Moneysupermarket.com Group Plc Questions & Answers 27

  29. Slide 29: Appendix A: Additional Financial Materials

    Moneysupermarket.com Group Plc Appendix A Additional Financial Materials 28

  30. Slide 30: Adjusted EBITDA

    Adjusted EBITDA Reconciliation from operating profit to adjusted EBITDA H1 H1 H2 FY FY 2010 2009 Var. Var.% 2009 Var. Var.% 2009 2008 Revenues Internet 71.6 67.8 3.8 6% 68.2 3.4 5% 136.0 172.5 Intermediary 0.0 0.7 (0.7) (97)% 0.2 (0.2) (90)% 0.9 6.3 Total 71.6 68.5 3.1 5% 68.4 3.2 5% 136.9 178.8 Gro

  31. Slide 31: Adjusted cost base

    Adjusted cost base H1 2010 v H1 2009, H2 2009 H1 2010 H1 2009 H2 2009 £m £m Variance Variance % £m Variance Adjusted Cost Base (1) Staff Costs 12.2 13.0 -0.8 -6% 12.4 -2% IT Contractors 1.6 0.2 1.4 709% 1.3 24% Depreciation 2.4 2.0 0.4 20% 2.4 0% Irrecoverable VAT 3.1 2.5 0.6 26% 2.5 26% Other Admin

  32. Slide 32: Adjusted cost base

    Adjusted cost base Investments in technology and brand, staff cost savings over H1 2009 £2.1m £0.2m £0.6m £0.4m £1.4m £0.4m (£0.4m) (£0.8m) £55.9m £51.9m H1 2009 Depreciation Third party IT Irrecoverable Other Admin Staff Costs Offline Internet Intermediary H1 2010 resource VAT Marketing Marketing M

  33. Slide 33: Statutory balance sheet

    Statutory balance sheet June 2010 December 2009 June 2009 £m £m £m Intangible assets 185.9 198.5 211.1 Other non-current assets 11.6 12.1 13.7 Net current assets 25.2 49.1 68.6 Long term liabilities (35.2) (39.0) (43.4) Net assets 187.4 220.7 250.0 • Intangible assets include £55m of goodwill, and £

  34. Slide 34: Accounting information

    Accounting information Share option charges • Pre-IPO – 13.6m unapproved options issued 2007. Remaining options (1.5m) vested Feb 2010. – 0.3m Chairman award issued 2007 vested Feb 2010. – 0.9m SIP awards issued in 2007 vested July 2010 – Black Scholes Model used to calculate charge and then adjuste

  35. Slide 35: Accounting information

    Accounting information Share options(cont’d) • Post-IPO – 1.2m LTIPs options issued Dec 2007 which vest in 2010 with an exercise price of nil – 8.3m LTIPs options issued in April 2009 which vest in 2012 with an exercise price of nil – 4.3m LTIP options issued in April 2010 which vest in 2013 with an

  36. Slide 36: Accounting information

    Accounting information Tax • Tax charge of £0.9m giving effective rate of 32% – Higher than statutory tax rate of 28% – £0.5m trapped losses in Germany for which no deferred tax credit is recognised, consistent with prior periods 35

  37. Slide 37: KPIs – by vertical

    KPIs – by vertical H1 H1 H2 2010 2009 Var 2009 Var Money Visitors ('m) 17.3 19.1 (9)% 16.1 7% Transactions ('m) 6.5 5.8 12% 5.8 12% Revenue (£m) - Click-based 17.9 15.8 14% 17.1 5% Revenue (£m) - Total 20.7 18.6 11% 19.5 6% RPV £1.19 £0.97 23% £1.22 (2)% RPT £2.74 £2.69 2% £2.94 (7)% Insurance Visit

  38. Slide 38: KPIs - Group

    KPIs - Group H1 2010 H1 2009 Variance % H2 2009 Variance % Visitors ('m) 60.8 63.6 -4% 56.9 7% Transactions ('m) 29.6 31.6 -6% 27.3 8% Click Revenue (£m) 64.8 60.3 7% 61.2 6% Other Revenue (£m) 6.7 7.3 -8% 6.8 -1% Total Revenue (£m) 71.6 67.6 6% 68.0 5% RPV £1.18 £1.06 11% £1.20 -2% RPT £2.19 £1.91

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