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Singapore Exchange — Singapore Press Holdings — Shareholder Meeting (December 2015)

13 slides from Singapore Exchange's shareholder meeting presentation, Dec 1, 2015

  1. Slide 1: AGM Presentation FY2015 Financial Results

    AGM Presentation FY2015 Financial Results 1 December 2015

  2. Slide 2: Group FY2015 financial highlights

    Group FY2015 financial highlights FY2015 FY2014 Change S$’000 S$’000 % Operating revenue 1,177,080 1,215,184 (3.1) Operating profit# 353,500 348,963 1.3 Fair value gain on investment properties 36,258 109,076 (66.8) Investment income 51,707 48,215 7.2 Gain on partial divestment of 701Search - 52,863

  3. Slide 3: Group FY2015 financial highlights: Operating revenue

    Group FY2015 financial highlights FY2015 FY2014 Change Operating Revenue S$’000 S$’000 % Media^ 902,506 963,380 (6.3) Property 230,751 204,985 12.6 Others^ 43,823 46,819 (6.4) 1,177,080 1,215,184 (3.1) Media • Advertisement revenue fell S$53.7m (7.4%) • Circulation revenue fell S$10.1m (5.4%) Proper

  4. Slide 4: Group FY2015 financial highlights: Profit before taxation

    Group FY2015 financial highlights FY2015 FY2014 Change Profit/(Loss) before taxation Note S$’000 S$’000 % Media 241,480 255,664 (5.5) (a) Property 149,683 130,321 14.9 (b) Treasury and Investment 41,377 30,419 36.0 (c) Others (38,553) (49,952) (22.8) (d) 393,987 366,452 7.5 Fair value gain on invest

  5. Slide 5: Advertising market remained soft

    Advertising market remained soft 5.0% Newspaper Ad Revenue Y-O-Y Growth (%) 0.0% -5.0% -7.1% -7.1% -8.3% -7.9% -8.6% -8.4% -9.0% -8.4% -8.7% -10.0% -9.5% -9.0% -9.2% -10.5% -11.0% -12.6% -15.0% 1QFY15 2QFY15 3QFY15 4QFY15 FY15 Display Classified* Total * Classified includes Recruitment and Notices 5

  6. Slide 6: Circulation copies maintained at last year's level

    Circulation copies maintained at last year’s level '000 500 Daily Average Newspaper Circulation 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 The Straits The The New Lianhe Lianhe Shin Min Berita Tamil Times/ The Business Paper/ The Zaobao Wanbao Daily News Harian/ Murasu/ Sunday Times New Paper Berita Tamil

  7. Slide 7: Well-managed cost base

    Well-managed cost base FY2015 Cost Composition (S$851.2m) Newsprint 16.1% 3.9% 17.9% 43.7% Other Materials, Production 8.9% & Distribution Costs 0.8% 13.2% Staff Costs 5.8% Other Operating Expenses 1.0% 8.0% 7.5% Staff Cost Newsprint Premises Cost Depreciation Other Materials, Production & Distribut

  8. Slide 8: Staff cost levels maintained

    Staff cost levels maintained Change FY2015 FY2014 % Headcount as at end-August 4,237 4,204 0.8 Staff Costs (S$'000) 371,610 374,519 (0.8) 8

  9. Slide 9: Newsprint prices to remain soft

    Newsprint prices to remain soft US$ Average Newsprint Charge-Out Price & MT Monthly Consumption 650 10,000 600 586 9,000 573 550 546 7,847 521 8,000 7,830 500 7,610 7,000 450 6,811 400 6,000 1QFY15 2QFY15 3QFY15 4QFY15 LHS - Prices RHS - Avg Mthly Consumption 9

  10. Slide 10: Property performance lifted by The Seletar Mall

    Property performance lifted by The Seletar Mall Paragon The Clementi Mall The Seletar Mall • Net Property Income (NPI) grew 17.3% to S$174.1m boosted by maiden contribution from the fully leased Seletar Mall. • Paragon and The Clementi Mall also recorded higher rental income. • Market value for Para

  11. Slide 11: Portfolio Investment Performance

    Portfolio Investment Performance 4.1% return since inception Period in years^ Since inception (2001) 3 4.1% 5 2 3.2% 1 1 6.2% ^ As at August 31, 2015 11

  12. Slide 12: Declared dividend per share of 20 cents

    Declared dividend per share of 20 cents 7 cents interim, 13 cents final (cents) 35 120.0% 110.0% 30 107.8% 100.0% 25 102.1% 94.4% 96.2% 90.0% 90.2% 20 80.0% 24 24 22 21 15 20 70.0% 10 60.0% 2011 2012 2013^ 2014 2015 Interim & Final Div (LHS) Div Payout Ratio* (RHS) * Computed based on Group recurrin

  13. Slide 13: Thank you

    Thank you Please visit www.sph.com.sg for more information.

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