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Itv — FY2025 Earnings Presentation

41 slides from Itv's earnings presentation, Mar 5, 2026

  1. Slide 1: ITV PLC 2025 Full Year Results

    ITV PLC 2025 FULL YEAR RESULTS Full Year results for the twelve months ended 31st December 2025 5 March 2026

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    Agenda SECTION 1 Page Key Messages 3 SECTION 2 Financial & Operating Performance 6 SECTION 3 Strategic Update 13 2

  3. Slide 3: Key Messages

    KEY MESSAGES Carolyn McCall 3

  4. Slide 4: Key Messages

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance Key Messages ● Good FY25 performance, ahead of market expectations ● Demonstrates scale of ITV’s transformation ○ Created two attractive and resilient businesses ○ Two-thirds of total revenues now come from ITV Studios and M&E digital bus

  5. Slide 5: 2025 Group Financial Performance

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance 2025 Group Financial Performance FY performance ahead of market expectations Total Group Total ITV Studios Total Advertising Revenue Revenue Revenue £4,121m £2,130m £1,723m flat vs. 2024 up 5% vs. 2024 down 5% vs. 2024 Group adjusted Digi

  6. Slide 6: Financial & Operating Performance

    FINANCIAL & OPERATING PERFORMANCE Chris Kennedy 6

  7. Slide 7: ITV Studios

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance ITV STUDIOS ITV Studios P&L - Good revenue growth, leveraging its world class talent, scale and unique IP ● Total Revenue up 5%, ahead of the global content market: Organic revenue ○ External revenue up 10% driven by deliveries to global

  8. Slide 8: Media & Entertainment

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT Continued strong growth in digital advertising revenues, with significant cost savings mitigating the decline in TAR Twelve months to 31 2025 2024 Change ● TAR down 5%, better than guidance December (£m) (£m) % ○ Wit

  9. Slide 9: Key Balance Sheet Metrics

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance KEY BALANCE SHEET METRICS Robust Balance Sheet and Good Cash Generation 65% £187m PROFIT TO CASH FREE CASH FLOW (31 Dec 2024: 83%) (31 Dec 2024: £325m) 1.0x £207m £566m LEVERAGE1 NET PENSION SURPLUS NET DEBT (31 Dec 2024: 0.7x) (31 Dec 20

  10. Slide 10: Disciplined Capital Allocation Framework

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance DISCIPLINED CAPITAL ALLOCATION FRAMEWORK Framework 2025 1. REINVESTMENT: Invest organically in line Organic Investment: ITVX, Planet V, Outcomes with our strategic priorities and SME initiatives, and Zoo 55 2. INVESTMENT GRADE BALANCE SHE

  11. Slide 11: Reshaping Cost Base and Enhancing Profitability

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance Reshaping cost base and enhancing profitability through ongoing productivity and efficiency gains £253m of cumulative savings delivered since the start of 2019 2025: Cumulative Permanent Cost Savings 2019 - 2025 (£m) ● Delivered £63m of p

  12. Slide 12: 2026 Outlook

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance 2026 OUTLOOK Studios Outlook M&E Outlook ● Expect good total revenue growth over the full year, ahead of the market, driven by ● Expect M&E to continue to deliver strong, external revenue profitable digital revenue growth, driven by ITVX

  13. Slide 13: Strategic Update

    STRATEGIC UPDATE Carolyn McCall 13

  14. Slide 14: Strategic Execution

    STRATEGIC EXECUTION Phase Two of More than TV strategy expand STUDIOS Further diversifying and Successful execution of expanding by genre, geography the strategy delivers ITV’s and customer and growing faster than the market vision of being a leader in UK advertiser-funded streaming, and a diversifi

  15. Slide 15: Expand Studios: World-Class Talent

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance expand STUDIOS Confident in growing faster than the global content market at attractive margins, leveraging ITV’s key competitive advantages and value drivers Global Scaled World-class Talent Unique IP Library Studios World-class talent p

  16. Slide 16: Attracting and Retaining World-Class Talent

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance expand STUDIOS Attracting and retaining world-class talent Recent Talent Deals and Partnerships Recent Acquisitions ● Fool Me Once - one of ● One of the largest independent Netflix's most streamed producers of natural history series of al

  17. Slide 17: Unscripted

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance expand STUDIOS Formidable slate of unscripted formats and scripted brands ● The Voice - The biggest entertainment format in the world with over 150 adaptations ● Love Island - Now in 28 markets. Love Island USA was the most- Unscripted wa

  18. Slide 18: Expand Studios

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance expand STUDIOS Scaled and Diversified Global Studios creating a strong platform for growth world's One of 32% #1 producer in the UK largest studio of revenue from strong scripted segment groups 28% revenue from 59% Growing faster of reven

  19. Slide 19: Expand Studios

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance expand STUDIOS Unique and valuable library and Zoo 55, Studios’ digital label, enabling ITV to maximise the monetisation of IP globally Social Video Free Ad Supported TV & AVOD Games and Gaming 310+ channel streams globally 40 games live

  20. Slide 20: Expand Studios

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance expand STUDIOS Attractive and resilient business model delivering high-quality earnings Creator, owner, Diversified High recurring Low risk business producer and model revenues revenues distributor of IP Revenue Attractive Strong cash gro

  21. Slide 21: Media & Entertainment

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance MEDIA & ENTERTAINMENT Focused on delivering profitable growth in digital revenues and strong cash generation, leveraging our compelling position Commercial leader Leading digital with a compelling Strong content Cost discipline and platfo

  22. Slide 22: Supercharge Streaming

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance supercharge STREAMING ITVX and Planet V continue to gain momentum with strong growth in viewing and revenue First-class addressable advertising platform 25% CAGR in total streaming hours* targeting audiences 16% CAGR in MAUs* 20,000+ targ

  23. Slide 23: Net Investment

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance supercharge STREAMING ITVX delivering strong growth in digital advertising and attractive returns Net Investment 23

  24. Slide 24: Growing Demand for Targetable Advertising

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance supercharge STREAMING Growing demand for targetable advertising and expanding reach and supply of targetable inventory Strategic Partnerships SME Strategy Commercial Innovations ● ITV AdVentures direct sales team onboarding ● >40% of our

  25. Slide 25: Optimise Broadcast

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance optimise BROADCAST Maintaining strength in delivering mass audiences which are sought by advertisers Exceptional line up in 2026 across Sport, Drama, Entertainment and Reality Only commercial 19 new and broadcaster in the UK returning wit

  26. Slide 26: Summary - Continuing to Create Value

    Financial & Operating Highlights Strategic Update Performance SUMMARY - continuing to create value ITV Studios M&E ○ World Class Talent ○ Fast growing digital advertising revenue ○ Scaled and diversified Studios ○ Leading digital platforms in ITVX and Planet V ○ Unique IP library and Zoo 55 digital

  27. Slide 27: Q&A

    Q&A 27

  28. Slide 28: Appendices

    APPENDICES 28

  29. Slide 29: 2026 Planning Assumptions

    2026 PLANNING ASSUMPTIONS, based on current expectations P&L Cash Expected to be c.£1.225bn, as we continue to optimise our Profit to cash conversion is expected to be CONTENT COSTS content spend to best reflect viewer dynamics. H1 content PROFIT TO CASH c.80% on average over the medium term costs w

  30. Slide 30: Key Performance Indicators

    KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS Group ITV Studios Media & Entertainment KPI FY 2025 KPI FY 2025 KPI FY 2025 ACTUAL ACTUAL ACTUAL Adjusted EPS 8.5p Total Studios Organic 1% Total Digital Revenues £614m (2024: 9.6p) Revenue Growth (2024: (5)%) (2024: £556m) Cost Savings £63m Studios Adjusted EBITA 13.9% To

  31. Slide 31: M&E Key Performance Indicators Definitions

    M&E KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS DEFINITIONS • Total digital revenue comprises all revenue streams from our digital businesses, predominantly digital advertising. It also includes digital advertising revenue and subscription revenue, as well as linear addressable revenue, digital sponsorship and partn

  32. Slide 32: Financial Highlights

    Financial Highlights 2025 2024 Change Twelve months to 31 December (£m) (£m) % ITV Studios revenue1 2,130 2,038 5 M&E revenue 1,991 2,102 (5) Total revenue 4,121 4,140 - Internal revenue2 (610) (652) 6 Total external revenue 3,511 3,488 1 ITV Studios adjusted EBITA1 297 299 (1) M&E adjusted EBITA 23

  33. Slide 33: Total Advertising Revenue - Spend by Category

    Total Advertising Revenue - Spend by Category FY 2025 YOY Largest categories £m % change Retail 391 - Entertainment and Leisure 152 (10) Airlines, Travel and Holidays 136 10 Finance 115 10 Food 109 (7) Cosmetics & Toiletries 95 (23) Publishing and Broadcasting 95 1 Cars and Car Dealers 85 (7) Househ

  34. Slide 34: Reconciliation Between 2025 Statutory and Adjusted Earnings

    Reconciliation Between 2025 Statutory and Adjusted Earnings Statutory Adjustments Adjusted Twelve months to 31 December (£m) (£m) (£m) EBITA1 533 1 534 Exceptional items (operating)2 (107) 107 - Amortisation and impairment3 (63) 20 (43) Operating profit 363 128 491 Net financing costs4 (25) (18) (43

  35. Slide 35: Reconciliation Between 2024 Statutory and Adjusted Earnings

    Reconciliation Between 2024 Statutory and Adjusted Earnings Statutory Adjustments Adjusted Twelve months to 31 December (£m) (£m) (£m) EBITA1 526 16 542 Exceptional items (operating) (65) 65 - Amortisation and impairment (143) 107 (36) Operating profit 318 188 506 Net financing (costs) / income - (2

  36. Slide 36: Total Exceptional Items

    Total Exceptional Items 2025 2024 Twelve months to 31 December (£m) (£m) Corporate transaction-related expenses1 (38) (8) Restructuring and transformation costs (69) (50) Property costs - 1 Employee-related tax provision (3) 1 Transponder onerous contract - (4) Pension related costs (3) - Legal sett

  37. Slide 37: Net Financing Costs

    Net Financing Costs 2025 2024 Twelve months to 31 December (£m) (£m) Financing costs directly attributable to bonds and loans (35) (34) Cash-related net financing (costs) / income (8) 9 Adjusted financing costs (43) (25) Net pension interest 8 8 Other net financial gains and unrealised foreign excha

  38. Slide 38: P&L Tax Charge and Tax Cash

    P&L Tax Charge and Tax Cash Twelve months to 31 December 2025 2024 (£m) (£m) Statutory profit before tax 338 521 HETV tax credits 1 16 Exceptional items 107 65 Amortisation and impairment1 20 107 Adjustments to net financing income (18) (25) Profit on disposal of joint ventures and subsidiary undert

  39. Slide 39: Analysis of Net Debt

    Analysis of Net Debt 2025 2024 31 December (£m) (£m) €360m Eurobond (previously €600m, reduced to €360m Jun 24) 423 419 €500m Eurobond (issued Jun 24) 318 316 Other loans 16 18 Total debt repayable on maturity 757 753 2025 2024 31 December (£m) (£m) Gross cash 302 427 Gross debt (including IFRS 16 l

  40. Slide 40: Profit to Cash Conversion and Free Cash Flow

    Profit to Cash Conversion and Free Cash Flow 2025 2024 Twelve months to 31 December (£m) (£m) Adjusted EBITA 534 542 Working capital movement (196) (144) Adjustment for production tax credits 26 62 Depreciation 48 47 Share-based compensation 16 18 Acquisition of property, plant and equipment and int

  41. Slide 41: Reported Net Debt Tracker

    Reported Net Debt Tracker - ae 187 (187) 23 (23) (38) Dec-24 Net debt Freecashflow _ Dividends Acquisition Share paid of subsidiaries, buyback investments and NCI a (60) Net outflow from exceptional items 9 (4) (19) Sale of Net lease subsidiaries and — movement investments Other Dec-25 Net Debt 41

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