Ziff Davis, Inc. · NASDAQ:ZD

Ziff Davis — J2 Global Communications — Jefferies & Co. Communications & Media Conference 2004

21 slides from Ziff Davis's conference presentation, Sep 23, 2004

  1. Slide 1: Jefferies & Co. Communications & Media Conference

    Jefferies & Co. Communications & Media Conference (Based upon Second Quarter 2004 results) September 23, 2004 www.j2global.com

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

    Future operating results Subscriber growth and retention Earnings growth and expectations New products, services and features Corporate spending Liquidity Network capacity and coverage Regulatory developments Taxes Certain statements in this presentation constitute “forward-looking statements” withi

  3. Slide 3: Risk Factors

    Risk Factors Inability to sustain growth in our customer base, revenue or profitability Competition in price, quality, features and geographic coverage Inability to obtain telephone numbers in sufficient quantities on acceptable terms in desirable locations Enactment of burdensome telecommunications

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

    j2 Global deploys the power of the Internet to deliver business critical communication and messaging services to individuals and corporations throughout the world.

  5. Slide 5: Trademark notice

    All brands names and logos are trademarks of j2 Global Communications, Inc. in the U.S. and/or internationally.

  6. Slide 6: Unique Assets

    Unique Assets 7.3 million subscribed telephone numbers (DIDs) Global advanced messaging network 1,350+ cities in 20 countries on 5 continents 9.5MM+ unique DIDs worldwide in inventory Patented technology More than 17 issued U.S. and foreign Patents and numerous patents pending Expertise Highly effec

  7. Slide 7: Subscriber Profile

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

  8. Slide 8: Subscriber Acquisition

    Subscriber Acquisition Individuals Targeted Web marketing (e.g. AOL, Yahoo!, Google, Lycos, etc.) Sold through: www.eFax.com and www.j2.com Use of proprietary Life Cycle Management (i.e. Free Paid conversions) Advertising & Calling-Party-Pays revenue supports the Free base Small to Mid-Sized Busines

  9. Slide 9: Paid Subscription Drivers

    Paid Subscription Drivers Five drivers for Paid subscription additions: Subscribers coming directly to the Company’s Websites Brand awareness Search engine discovery Free-to-Paid subscriber upgrades Life Cycle Management eFax Corporate SME sales Hybrid Website and human interaction (i.e. Telesales)

  10. Slide 10: Active Telephone Numbers (DIDs) & ARPU

    $15.52 $15.36 $15.73 $16.68 $0.05 $0.05 $0.05 $0.04 $17.22 $0.04 Active Telephone Numbers (DIDs) & ARPU * Defined as individual customer DIDs with greater than 4 months of continuous service (continuous service includes customer DIDs which are administratively cancelled and reactivated within a cale

  11. Slide 11: Total Revenues

    Total Revenues Core Total Revenues focus DID based revenues Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 DID based ($M) 15,835 17,478 19,216 21,664 24,057 % of Total Revenues 92.9% 92.5% 93.9% 94.4% 93.1% % Growth 12.6% 10.4% 9.9% 12.7% 11.0% TTM Growth 53.5% 53.6% 52.5% Non-DID based ($M) 1,202 1,424 1,257 1,278 1,774 % of Tota

  12. Slide 12: Product Roadmap

    Product Roadmap Inbound Fax to Email Outbound Fax via Email Fax broadcasting Secure fax OCR PDF delivery Fax storage/archive New notification methods Voice Services Inbound VM to Email Voicemail management Telephone access Conference Calling Enhanced voicemail Find me/Follow me Call screening Voicem

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  14. Slide 14: Historical Revenue & Operating Income Growth

    Historical Revenue & Operating Income Growth 29 consecutive quarters of revenue growth 10 consecutive quarter of earnings growth

  15. Slide 15: Quarterly Revenues

    Quarterly Revenues Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Subscriber $16,307 $17,806 $19,517 $22,062 $25,063 12.8% 9.2% 9.6% 13.0% 13.6% Advertising -0.6% 11.9% 18.4% -5.6% -15.0% Licensing and Other Total Revenues $17,037 $18,903 $20,474 $22,942 $25,831 12.0% 11.0% 8.3% 12.1% 12.6% Quarter-to-Quarter Growth Quarter-to-Qua

  16. Slide 16: Subscriber Revenues

    Subscriber Revenues Core Subscriber Revenues focus Fixed revenues Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Fixed ($M) 11,177 12,121 13,976 16,021 17,750 % of Subs. Revenues 68.5% 68.1% 71.6% 72.6% 70.8% % Growth 12.7% 8.4% 15.3% 14.6% 10.8% TTM Growth 54.4% 56.3% 57.2% Variable ($M) 5,130 5,685 5,542 6,041 7,314 % of Subs. R

  17. Slide 17: Percentage of Total Revenue

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  18. Slide 18: Earnings & Free Cash Flow

    (1) Earnings & Free Cash Flow (1) Excludes benefit of $9.5 million to record the reversal of certain valuation allowances of our deferred tax assets. (2) Net cash provided by operating activities, less purchases of property & equipment. Free Cash Flow amounts are not meant as a substitute for GAAP,

  19. Slide 19: 2004 Financial Guidance

    2004 Financial Guidance (Reaffirmed 9/23/04) (1) Assumes an effective 35% annual tax rate and diluted shares of 25,709,879 as of July 15, 2004 $1.00 – $1.18 $0.31 Net Earnings per Fully-Diluted Share (1) $1.65 – $1.83 $0.48 Earnings Before Taxes per Fully-Diluted Share $100 – $106 $27.4 – $27.8 Reve

  20. Slide 20: Recent Events

    Recent Events Acquired most of the assets of Call Sciences LTD, including their Onebox ™ unified messaging business Launched j2 Global’s first major credit card marketing partnership with Advanta Corporation, a leading issuer of business credit cards to small businesses

  21. Slide 21: j2 Global

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