Nexstar Media Group, Inc. · NASDAQ:NXST

Nexstar Media — Nexstar Broadcasting Group — J.P. Morgan Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference 2012

28 slides from Nexstar Media's conference presentation, Feb 28, 2012

  1. Slide 1: Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference

    NXST: Nasdaq Tom Carter – Chief Financial Officer Global High Yield & Leveraged J.P.Morgan Finance Conference February 28, 2012

  2. Slide 2: Safe Harbor

    Safe Harbor In addition to historical facts or statements of current conditions, this presentation contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements reflect the company’

  3. Slide 3: Expanding Revenue Mix: Platform for Strong 2012 Growth

    Expanding Revenue Mix : Platform for Strong 2012 Growth  Leveraging Localism and Diversifying Business Mix  Extensive Geographic Reach with Regional Focus  Duopolies Drive Operating Performance  Robust Retransmission Revenue Growth  Strong Online Presence: New Digital/Mobile/Social Media Opport

  4. Slide 4: Leveraging Localism/Driving Diversification

    Leveraging Localism/Driving Diversification  Diversified Top 20 TV Group With Leading Local Franchises  Own, operate or provide services to 66 stations in 32 markets  20 duopolies / 32 markets = 62% of station portfolio  Reach ~9.3% of USTVHH  #1 or #2 market revenue share ranking in 75% of Nex

  5. Slide 5: 2011 Highlights

    2011 Highlights  Retransmission Agreements  Renewal of 100+ retransmission consent agreements  No significant service interruptions  New “3.0” economics in agreements with two of Nexstar’s top 5 MVPD partners  Affiliation Agreements  Renewed all 8 remaining Fox affiliations through 12/13  Ren

  6. Slide 6: Expanding and Diversifying Revenue Mix

    Expanding and Diversifying Revenue Mix 2006 Revenue Mix 2010 Revenue Mix Political Political National 9% National 11% 23% 17% Retrans Retrans 10% 3% Other 9% Other Local/ 10% Local/ New Regional Regional Media 54% New 48% 2% Media 4% Total 2006 Revenue of $265.1 mm Total 2010 Revenue of $313.4 mm No

  7. Slide 7: Broad Geographic Reach: Local Community Focus

    Broad Geographic Reach : Local Community Focus LSA Indicates stations where Nexstar has local service agreements Alabama with other station owners. Texas Dothan, AL (169) Amarillo, TX (131) WDHN (ABC) (O&O) KAMR (NBC) (O&O) KCIT (FOX) (LSA) KCPN-LP (MyNetworkTV) (LSA) Arkansas Beaumont-Port Arthur,

  8. Slide 8: Leveraging Localism

    Leveraging Localism  Five-tiered high margin revenue stream business model effectively exploiting local opportunity TELEVISION  Focus on creating highly recognizable local brands (ON-AIR)  High quality local/news programming  Local news rank among top 2 in approximately two-thirds of markets E-M

  9. Slide 9: Duopolies Drive Operating Performance

    Duopolies Drive Operating Performance  Duopolies in 20 of 32 markets  Primarily combinations of two "Big Four" affiliates  Drives higher market share and greater margins through:  Providing programming from multiple networks with different targeted demographics  Increasing revenue market share

  10. Slide 10: 2011 Accretive/De-Leveraging Transactions

    2011 Accretive/De-Leveraging Transactions  Acquisition of GoLocal.biz an Internet technology provider and marketing services company offering targeted online local business listings  Creates new revenue stream and complements current e-Media operations  GoLocal.biz platform will expand distributi

  11. Slide 11: Strengthening Core Advertising Trends

    Strengthening Core Advertising Trends  While restaurant and furniture advertising remained sluggish, Nexstar’s auto advertising revenue continues to rebound from a difficult macro-economy Top 10 Advertising Categories Core Advertising Spending Growth Rank Category 2010 vs. 2009 YTD 2011 vs. YTD 201

  12. Slide 12: Strengthening Auto Advertising Rebound

    Strengthening Auto Advertising Rebound  Local and national auto advertising rebound remains unabated  Represents 20% of NXST’s total core revenues  2011 auto sales of ~12.8 million units up ~10% vs. 2010 following 11.5% growth in 2010 vs. 2009  6% increase in category spending (YTD year-over-yea

  13. Slide 13: Nexstar Quarterly Auto Ad Revenue

    Strengthening Auto Advertising Rebound Nexstar Quarterly Auto Ad Revenue $16.0 $14.4 $14.2 $14.0 $13.2 $13.0 $12.1 $12.1 $12.1 $12.0 $11.2 $11.3 $11.6 $11.5 $11.0 ($ in millions) $10.0 $8.8 $8.2 $7.9 $8.0 $6.0 $4.0 $2.0 $- 12 12

  14. Slide 14: High Visibility Retransmission Revenue

    High Visibility Retransmission Revenue Retransmission Revenue: YTD CAGR of 32.9% (2007 – 2011)  Nexstar led industry in securing retransmission consideration beginning in 2005  Q3’11 retransmission consent fee revenues were $9.9 million, +30.5% Y/Y  Progress in round three retrans negotiations: 

  15. Slide 15: Quarters of e-Media Revenue Growth

    19 Quarters of e-Media Revenue Growth e-Media Revenue : YTD CAGR of 43.9% (2007-2011) Nexstar e-Media Revenue  e-Media initiatives expand ability to create new $16.0 Full Year and diverse revenue streams, resulting in a $13.9 double digit growth independent business $14.0 CAGR: 39.7% $11.7 ($ in mi

  16. Slide 16: Mobile Media Applications

    Mobile Media Applications Growth in Mobile Media Views Nexstar’s Monthly Mobile Page Views  Launched in 2010 (# in millions) 25  Puts local content on every web-enabled mobile handset and delivers mobile video 20  High user response to on-demand local news, 15 sports, entertainment, video, weathe

  17. Slide 17: Growth in Political and Issue Advertising

    Growth in Political and Issue Advertising Consistently Strong Revenue Growth from Political and Issue Advertising Nexstar Political Revenue – Nine Months Ending Sept 30 EVEN YEARS ODD YEARS $18.0 $16.7 $6.0 $16.0 $4.9 $13.4 $5.0 $14.0 $12.0 $4.0 $10.3 $10.0 $3.0 $2.5 $8.0 $2.3 $6.0 $2.0 $4.0 $1.0 $2

  18. Slide 18: Managed Services Expertise and Opportunity

    Managed Services Expertise and Opportunity Four Points Media Group MSA  Managed station operations of Cerberus' Four Points Media Group  Endorsement of Nexstar's operational and management capabilities  Leveraged vendor agreements across a broader platform  Excellent complement to existing stati

  19. Slide 19: Financial Overview

    Nexstar” BROADCASTING GROUP, INC Financial Overview

  20. Slide 20: Historical Financial Summary (in millions)

    Historical Financial Summary (in millions) FY Net Revenue FY Core Revenues $350.0 Local Revenues National Revenues $313.3 $300.0 $300.0 $284.9 $249.8 $266.8 $250.0 $237.7 $235.9 $252.0 $250.0 $212.5 $200.0 $200.0 $150.0 $175.5 $171.6 $157.4 $173.9 $150.0 $100.0 $100.0 $50.0 $50.0 $74.3 $66.1 $55.1 $

  21. Slide 21: Historical Financial Summary (in millions)

    Historical Financial Summary (in millions) FY Adjusted EBITDA(1) FY Free Cash Flow(2) $120.0 $112.3 $70.0 $59.7 $96.2 $60.0 $100.0 $85.1 $50.0 $80.0 $63.2 $40.0 $60.0 $28.0 $30.0 $26.3 $40.0 32% 34% 25% 36% $19.9 $20.0 $20.0 $10.0 $0.0 $0.0 2007A 2008A 2009A 2010A 2007A 2008A 2009A 2010A YTD Adjuste

  22. Slide 22: Record Q3 Revenue and Strong Odd Year C/F

    Record Q3 Revenue and Strong Odd Year C/F Growth in All Core Revenue Categories, e-Media and Retransmission Fees Three Months Ended Sept 30 Nine Months Ended Sept 30 ($ in Millions) 2011 2010 ∆ 2011 2010 ∆ Local Revenues $ 43,343 $ 41,705 +3.9% $ 132,266 $ 126,760 +4.3% National Revenues $ 16,302 $

  23. Slide 23: Debt Structure

    Debt Structure Successfully Addressed Most Expensive Pieces of Capital Structure ($ in millions) 9/30/11 6/30/11 3/31/11 12/31/10 12/31/09 Revolving Credit $ 6.8 - - - - First Lien Term Loan $ 148.5 $ 148.9 $ 99.2 $ 99.5 $ 321.7 8.875% Senior Second Lien Notes due 2017 $ 318.1 $ 317.9 $ 317.7 $ 317.

  24. Slide 24: 2011 De-Leveraging

    2011 De-Leveraging  Continue to actively de-leverage the balance sheet in 1H 2011, successfully eliminating all of the most expensive pieces of the Company’s capital structure:  Expanded Term-Loan B credit facility by $50 mm to $149.5 mm  Used proceeds to redeem remaining $33.2 mm of the 11 3/8%

  25. Slide 25: Growing Two Year FCF Cycle

    Growing Two Year FCF Cycle (FY) Growing Free Cash Flow Driving Leverage Reduction NXST Free Cash Flow Based on two year cycles FY FCF: 37.0% CAGR from 2003 – 2010 YTD FCF: 21.5% CAGR from 2004 – 2011 $90.0 $79.6 $80.0 $70.0 ($ in millions) ($ in millions) $60.0 $54.3 $50.0 $41.8 $40.0 $30.9 $30.0 $2

  26. Slide 26: Revenue Growth + Expense Discipline

    Revenue Growth + Expense Discipline  Core and Auto Growth Continues and Double Digit Growth of Non-core Revenue Channels  Positive local and national ad pacings continuing  Targeting mid-single digit core revenue growth in FY’11  Pacing to achieve record “odd year” financial results in 2011  Re

  27. Slide 27: Investment Summary

    Investment Summary  Diversified Mid-market Consolidator Leveraging Localism  Building new high growth/high margin and recurring revenue streams  Strong cash flow model and operating leverage based on expense management discipline  Duopoly Structure and Local News and Programming Leadership Suppo

  28. Slide 28: Global High Yield & Leveraged Finance Conference

    NXST: Nasdaq Tom Carter – Chief Financial Officer Global High Yield & Leveraged J.P.Morgan Finance Conference February 28, 2012

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