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Core Investor PresentationAugust 11, 2020
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Certain statements in this presentation are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, particularly
those regarding our 2020 Financial Guidance. Such forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those described in those statements. Readers should carefully review the Risk Factors slide of this presentation. These
forward-looking statements are based on management’s expectations or beliefs as of August 11, 2020 as well as those set forth in our Annual Report on Form
10-K filed by us on March 2, 2020 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the other reports we file from time to time with the SEC. We
undertake no obligation to revise or publicly release any updates to such statements based on future information or actual results. Such forward-looking
statements address the following subjects, among others:
• Future operating results
• Ability to acquire businesses on acceptable terms and integrate and recognize synergies from acquired businesses
• Deployment of cash and investment balances to grow the company
• Subscriber growth, retention, usage levels and average revenue per account
• Cloud service and digital media growth and continued demand for fax services
• International growth
• New products, services, features and technologies
• Corporate spending including stock repurchases
• Intellectual property and related licensing revenues
• Liquidity and ability to repay or refinance indebtedness
• Systems capacity, coverage, reliability and security
• Regulatory developments and taxes
All information in this presentation speaks as of August 11, 2020 and any redistribution or rebroadcast of this presentation after that date is not intended and
will not be construed as updating or confirming such information.
Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements
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The following factors, among others, could cause our business, prospects, financial condition, operating results and cash flows to be
materially adversely affected:
• Inability to sustain growth or profitability, and any related impact of U.S. or worldwide economic issues on customer acquisition, retention and usage levels, advertising spend and credit and debit card payment declines
• Inability to acquire businesses on acceptable terms or successfully integrate and realize anticipated synergies
• Reduced use of fax services due to increased use of email, scanning or widespread adoption of digital signatures or otherwise
• Failure to offer compelling digital media content causing reduced traffic and advertising levels; loss of advertisers or reduction in advertising spend; increased prevalence or effectiveness of advertising blocking technologies; inability to monetize handheld devices and handheld traffic supplanting monetized traffic; and changes by our vendors or partners that impact our traffic or publisher audience acquisition and/or monetization
• New or unanticipated costs and/or fees or tax liabilities, including those relating to federal and state income tax and indirect taxes, such as sales, value-added and telecommunications taxes
• The scope and duration of the COVID-19 pandemic, actions taken by governmental authorities in response to the pandemic, and the direct and indirect impact of the pandemic on our customers, third parties and us, as well as other Unforeseen global crises, such as war, strife, global health pandemics, earthquakes, or major weather events or other uncontrollable events could negatively impact our revenue and operating results
• Inability to manage certain risks inherent to our business, such as fraudulent activity, system failure or a security breach; inability to manage reputational risks associated with our businesses
• Competition from others with regard to price, service, content and functionality
• Inadequate intellectual property (IP) protection, expiration, invalidity or loss of key patents, violations of 3rd party IP rights or inability or significant delay in monetizing IP
• Inability to continue to expand our business and operations internationally
• Inability to maintain required services on acceptable terms with financially stable telecom, co-location and other critical vendors; and inability to obtain telephone numbers in sufficient quantities on acceptable terms and in desired locations
• Level of debt limiting availability of cash flow to reinvest in the business; inability to repay or refinance debt when due; and restrictive covenants relating to debt imposing operating and financial restrictions on business activities or plans
• Inability to maintain and increase our customer base or average revenue per user
• Inability to achieve business or financial results in light of burdensome telecommunications, internet, advertising, health care, consumer, privacy or other regulations, or being subject to existing regulations
• Inability to adapt to technological change and diversify services and related revenues at acceptable levels of financial return
• Loss of services of executive officers and other key employees
• Other factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by us on March 2, 2020 with the SEC and the other reports we file from time to time with the SEC
Risk Factors
Overview
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J2 Global’s Success Story
Highly Recurring Revenues across Advertising and Subscription Businesses
Consistent and Sustained Revenue and Earnings Growth
Diversified Portfolio of Internet Brands at the Forefront of the Shift from Analog to Digital
Programmatic M&A System with Proven Track Record
Virtuous Cycle of Free Cash Flow Generation
$1.4b in Revenue (1)
18% CAGR
$561MM in Adjusted
EBITDA (1)(2)
16% CAGR
40% Adjusted EBITDA (1)(2)
Margin
66% FCF /
Adjusted EBITDA (1)(2)
186 Acquisitions
since Inception
5.5x Spend /
Adjusted EBITDA (3)
40+ Internet Information &
Services Brands (1)
Snapshot
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1. Results based on LTM (July 2019 through June 2020). Compounded Annual Growth Calculation (CAGR) based on 2014-20192. EBITDA is defined as net income plus interest and other expense, net; income tax expense; depreciation and amortization and the items used to reconcile GAAP to Adjusted Non-GAAP EPS. Adjusted EBITDA
amounts are not meant as a substitute for GAAP, but are solely for informational purposes. See slide 33 for a GAAP reconciliation 3. Results based on fiscal year 2019; for additional information, please refer to slide 30
$213
$258
$295 $304 $306$334 $335
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 LTM
$430
$503$567 $579 $598
$662 $677
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 LTM
$53$85
$114
$172
$203
$246$258
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 LTM
$168$216
$307
$539$609
$710 $736
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 LTM
Adjusted EBITDA Margin
50% 51% 51% 53% 51% 51% 49%
Adjusted EBITDA Adjusted EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA Margin
Our Two Segments (1)
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SELECT BRANDS SELECT BRANDS
Revenue
52%of Total
Revenue
44%of Total EBITDA
Contribution
Digital Media
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
32% 39% 37% 32% 33% 35% 35%
Revenue
48%of Total
Revenue
56%of Total EBITDA
Contribution
Cloud Services
FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
1. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP and adjusted EBITDA margins are before corporate allocation. See slides 34-36 for a GAAP reconciliation
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94%of Advertising Revenue
from Recurring
Customers
12% growth in subscription revenue over the last 12 month period
SIGNIFICANT SUBSCRIPTION MIX… …WITH HIGHLY RECURRING ADVERTISING REVENUE
Total Revenue Breakdown (LTM June ‘20) (1)
(in millions)
Recurring Advertising Dollar Spend (FY 2019) (2)
Subscription61%
Advertising39%
$1,413Total Revenue
Highly Recurring Revenues Across Cloud Services and Digital Media
1. Revenue allocation displayed in chart excludes “Other Revenues” which represent less than $1MM in aggregate2. Indicates 94% of spend in 2019 was from customers who also spent in 2018
AcquisitionStrategy
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Completed 161 acquisitions
since 2008 through June 2020,
representing over $2.5b of
deployed acquisition capital
We believe that the shift to digital is
not complete:We believe in the power of our
diversified portfolio:
We behave like investors with
operators’ advantages:
Our approach to acquisitions has
proven to be sustainable and a
competitive advantage
Acquisitions Are Core to Our Strategy
• We look for opportunities where we
see continued reliance on analog
solutions
• Business models (ads & subs)
• Customers (consumers, SoHo, SMB,
enterprise)
• Verticals (tech, health, entertainment,
shopping)
• Platforms
• Customers
• Leadership
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Select History of Deals (1)
111. Companies are a sample of key acquisitions; timeline based on calendar year
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Fair businesses at great prices
• Improve acquired company’s
margins through “shrink to grow”
• Build from the profitable core,
developing new revenue streams
Great businesses at fair prices
• Accelerate sales and product
development
• Provide access to our capital
• Leverage our marketing assets
Clear and consistent hurdle rates
• Purchase Price / Adjusted EBITDA
multiple of 5x after 12-24 months
• Target internal rate of return of 2-3x our
cost of capital
Transaction Criteria
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Areas of Acquisition Focus
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Subscribers
Acquire and migrate
competitor’s subscribers
Minimal infrastructure
costs of migrated
services
Traffic
Strong traffic profiles,
but under-monetized
Generate commerce,
lead-gen, data and
subscription revenues
Platform
New service or content
verticals
Future acquisitions will
primarily consist of
tuck-ins or bolt-ons
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Corporate
Acquire a new division
(e.g., Ziff Davis, Everyday Health)
• 19% of M&A since 2000
• Sponsored by J2 corporate leadership
Divisional
Acquire a new business unit
within an existing division
(e.g., IGN, Ookla, IPVanish)
• 17% of M&A since 2000
• Sponsored by one of our three divisional presidents
Business Unit
Acquire bolt-on and tuck-in
acquisitions for existing BUs (e.g., Mashable, Line2, BabyCenter)
• 64% of M&A since 2000
• Sponsored by one of our 13 BU general managers
Allocation of capital based on fiscal periods 2000-2019
Multiple Demands on Acquisition Capital
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Consistent and Disciplined Approach(1)
EBITDA Multiple
• $3.06b Cumulative Spend
• $550.2MM Adjusted EBITDA
• 5.5x Cumulative Spend / Adjusted EBITDA
Track Record of Exceptional Capital Allocation
1. See slide 30 for reconciliation as of December 31, 2019
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Programmatic Acquirers Significantly Outperform Indices
161. Indexed results since 2009 based on Market Cap of Serial Acquirers; through 12/31/2019
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100%
200%
300%
400%
500%
600%
700%
800%
900%
1,000%
1,100%
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Programmatic Acquirers DJIA NASDAQ S&P 500
Business Update
Digital Media
Our Two Segments
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Cloud Services
Display & Video Ads
~21% of J2 Revenue
31B+ page views/year
7B+ video views/year
• Ads running on O&O and affiliate sites
• Priced based on ads served
• Ad creative generally supplied by client
Performance Marketing
~17% of J2 Revenue
238MM+ clicks delivered/year
1.5MM+ leads generated/year
• Delivering “buy now” clicks from O&O sites
• Generating sales & marketing leads for
enterprise vendors
• Priced based on CPC, CPL or CPA
Subscription
~14% of J2 Revenue
500K+ consumer subscriptions
200+ enterprise customers
• Consumer subscription of content and services
• Enterprise Data-as-a-Service offerings
• Recurring job posting services and ongoing IP
licensing
All figures are as June 2020
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Digital Media Business Model
SoHo Subscription SMBE Subscription
~24% of J2 Revenue
Customers ~2.8MM
ARPU/Mo ~$9.70
• Subscription services for emerging businesses
• Digital services: cloud fax, soft phone, file sync,
email marketing and anti-virus
• Customer acquisition mostly through online
channels
• Strong recurring revenues, with the majority of the
revenue mix fixed
~24% of J2 Revenue
Customers(1) ~200k
ARR ~$1,500
• Enable secure document delivery and compliance with
privacy laws like HIPAA
• Fully managed & monitored backup and disaster recovery
• Endpoint security and spam and email virus filtering
• Customer acquisition mostly through channel and direct
sales
1. SoHo Customer count is a mixture of DIDs and Customers; Fax Web or Consumer DID equating to a Customer, and Voice and Backup are Customers | All figures as of December 201920
Cloud Services Business Model
211. See slide 33 for a GAAP reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA for the Company
Consolidated Financial Snapshot (1)
44% 46% 45% 41% 41% 40% 40%
Adjusted EBITDA Margin
$599
$721
$874
$1,118
$1,207
$1,372$1,413
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 LTM
Revenue (in millions)
$263
$333
$396
$463
$490
$550 $561
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 LTM
Adjusted EBITDA(in millions)
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Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow (1)
1. See slides 32 and 33 for a GAAP reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow2. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP
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Q2 2020 Consolidated Financial Snapshot (1)
1. See slides 31 and 33-35 for a GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation of adjusted gross profit, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted earnings per diluted share for the Company as a whole and by Business2. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP
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Q2 2020 Financial Snapshot By Business (1)
1. See slides 34 and 35 for a GAAP reconciliation of adjusted EBITDA for the Company as a whole and by Business for Q1 20202. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP; Certain shared corporate expenses at J2 Global, Inc. were allocated to Cloud Services and Digital Media resulting in reductions to adjusted EBITDA as follows: Cloud Services adjusted EBITDA was reduced by $2.3MM and $2.8MM in Q2
2019 and Q2 2020, respectively, and Digital Media adjusted EBITDA was reduced by $2.5MM and $3.1MM in Q2 2019 and Q2 2020, respectively.
2020 Guidance (Forward-Looking Statement)
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Revenues $1,380MM - $1,400MM
Adjusted EBITDA(1)(2) $556MM - $570MM
Adjusted non-GAAP EPS(1)(2) $7.17 - $7.41
1. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP2. Adjusted earnings per diluted share excludes share-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangibles and the impact of any currently anticipated items, in each case net of tax
J2 has reinstated full-year guidance of Revenues, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted non-GAAP EPS
SupplementalInformation
Ziff Media Group
Gaming
Broadband
B2B Pregnancy & Parenting
Consumer
Professional
Digital Media Segment
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J2 Structure
Fax
Voice
Backup
Security
Martech
Privacy
Cloud Segment
Consolidated Metrics
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1. See slide 31 for a reconciliation of non-GAAP earnings and EPS to GAAP Net Income and diluted GAAP EPS2. See slide 32 for a definition of Free Cash Flow and reconciliation to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities3. See slide 33 for a definition of adjusted EBITDA and reconciliation to Net Income4. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP
Cloud Services & Digital Media Metrics
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1. Cloud Services revenue includes IP Licensing revenue2. Cloud Services Customers are defined as paying DIDs for Fax & Voice services and direct and resellers’ accounts for other services3. Quarterly Average Revenue per Customer is calculated using our standard convention of applying the average of the quarter’s beginning and ending customer base to the total revenue of the quarter; Q2 2019
assumes NetProtect acquisition closed on March 31, instead of April 2, 20194. User cancel rate, also called user churn, is defined as cancellation of service by Cloud Business customers with greater than four months of continuous service (continuous service includes Cloud Business
customers that are administratively cancelled and reactivated within the same calendar month). User cancel rate is calculated monthly and expressed here as an average over the three months of the quarter5. Digital Media Traffic figures based on Google Analytics & Partner Platforms; Excluding Snap, Q1 2020 visits and views would have been up 67% and 55%, respectively, over Q2 2019
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1. Cumulative spend based on PPE, purchase of acquisitions (net of proceeds from sale of businesses), purchase of intangibles and deferred payments for acquisitions from Statement of Cash Flow2. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income plus interest and other expense, net; income tax expense; depreciation and amortization and the items used to reconcile GAAP to Adjusted Non-GAAP EPS. Adjusted
EBITDA amounts are not meant as a substitute for GAAP, but are solely for informational purposes. See slide 33 for GAAP reconciliation to adjusted EBITDA3. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP4. Investment Equity Capital defined as Initial Equity plus Equity Issued in an Acquisition plus GAAP Net Income less Dividends less Buybacks; excludes SBC, equity grants and ESPP5. Net Debt defined as Total Debt less Cash
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) Calculation
Q2 2020 Reconciliation of GAAP to Adjusted Non-GAAP Earnings & EPS (1)
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Non-GAAP net income is GAAP net income with the followingmodifications: (1) elimination of share-based compensation; (2)elimination of certain acquisition-related integration costs; (3)elimination of interest costs in excess of the coupon rate associated withthe convertible notes; (4) elimination of amortization of patents andintangible assets that we acquired; (5) elimination of change in value oninvestment; (6) elimination of additional tax from prior years; (7)elimination of gain on sale of assets; and (8) elimination of intra-entitytransfers; and (9) lease asset impairments and other charges.
Figures in Thousands
2019 2020
Cost of revenues 60,266$ 56,802$
Plus:
Share based compensation (1) (131) (143)
Acquisition related integration costs (2) (55) (55)
Amortization (4) (461) (448)
Adjusted non-GAAP cost of revenues 59,619$ 56,156$
Sales and marketing 88,446$ 92,805$
Plus:
Share based compensation (1)
(389) (416)
Acquisition related integration costs (2) 154 (167)
Adjusted non-GAAP sales and marketing 88,211$ 92,222$
Research, development and engineering 11,938$ 13,606$
Plus:
Share based compensation (1) (361) (484)
Acquisition related integration costs (2) - 26
Adjusted non-GAAP research, development and engineering 11,577$ 13,148$
General and administrative 105,168$ 94,731$
Plus:
Share based compensation (1) (5,981) (5,487)
Acquisition related integration costs (2) (4,794) (605)
Amortization (4) (44,493) (35,439)
Lease asset impairments and other charges (9) - (2,406)
Adjusted non-GAAP general and administrative 49,900$ 50,794$
Interest expense, net 17,335$ 22,196$
Plus:
Interest costs (3) (2,276) (6,018)
Adjusted non-GAAP interest expense, net 15,059$ 16,178$
Loss on investments, net 24$ 3$
Adjusted loss on investments, net 24$ 3$
Other income net (401)$ (9,059)$
Plus:
Sale of assets (7) - 181
Intra-entity transfers (8) - 8,267
Adjusted non-GAAP other expense, net (401)$ (611)$
Income tax provision 11,148$ 15,978$
Plus:
Share based compensation (1) 596 1,540
Acquisition related integration costs (2) 1,450 303
Interest costs (3) (162) 1,187
Amortization (4) 9,016 10,662
Investments (5) - (3,893)
Tax benefit from prior years (6) (1,335) (1,977)
Sale of assets (7) - (44)
Intra-entity transfers (8) - (1,835)
Lease asset impairments and other charges (9) - 580
Adjusted non-GAAP income tax provision 20,713$ 22,501$
Net income (loss) in earnings of equity method investment (4,081)$ 5,821$
Plus:
Investments (5) 4,081 (5,821)
Adjusted non-GAAP net income (loss) in earnings of equity method investment -$ -$
Total adjustments (45,141)$ (42,492)$
GAAP earnings per diluted share $0.66 $0.80
Adjustments * $0.94 $0.91
Adjusted non-GAAP earnings per diluted share $1.60 $1.71
Three Months Ended June 30,
GAAP Reconciliation - Free Cash Flow (1)(2)
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1. Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash provided by operating activities, less purchases of property, plant and equipment, less patent settlement, plus excess tax benefits (deficits) from share based compensation, plus IRS settlement, plus contingent consideration. Free Cash Flow amounts are not meant as a substitute for GAAP, but are solely for informational purposes
2. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP
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1. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as net income plus interest and other expense, net; income tax expense; depreciation and amortization and the items used to reconcile GAAP to Adjusted Non-GAAP EPS. Adjusted EBITDA amounts are not meant as a substitute for GAAP, but are solely for informational purposes
2. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP
GAAP Reconciliation - Adjusted EBITDA (1)(2)
(Figures in Millions)
341. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP
Q2 2020 Reconciliation of GAAP to Adjusted EBITDA (1)
NOTE 1: Table above excludes certain intercompany allocations
NOTE 2: The table above is impacted by certain expenses associated with the Corporate entity that were allocated to the Cloud Services business and the Digital Media business as these costs are shared costs incurred by the Corporate
entity. As a result, expenses were allocated from Corporate to Cloud Services and Digital Media in the amount of $2.8 million and $3.1 million, respectively.
The effects noted above reduce adjusted EBITDA for Cloud Services and Digital Media by $2.8 million and $3.1 million, respectively.
351. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP
Q2 2019 Reconciliation of GAAP to Adjusted EBITDA (1)
Figures in ThousandsCloud Services Digital Media Corporate Total
Revenues
GAAP revenues 152,245$ 147,647$ 1$ 299,893$
Gross profit
GAAP gross profit 119,762$ 129,117$ 1$ 248,880$
Non-GAAP adjustments:
Share-based compensation 130 2 - 132
Acquisition related integration costs - - - -
Amortization 523 - - 523
Adjusted non-GAAP gross profit 120,415$ 129,119$ 1$ 249,535$
Operating profit
GAAP operating profit 58,569$ (1,050)$ (6,657)$ 50,862$
Non-GAAP adjustments:
Share-based compensation (143) 1,271 3,958 5,086
Acquisition related integration costs - 5,365 - 5,365
Amortization 10,581 26,581 681 37,843
Additional indirect tax expense from prior years 3,373 - - 3,373
Adjusted non-GAAP operating profit 72,380$ 32,167$ (2,018)$ 102,529$
Depreciation 2,768 8,598 - 11,366
Adjusted EBITDA (1) 75,148$ 40,765$ (2,018)$ 113,895$
NOTE 1: Table above excludes certain intercompany allocations
NOTE 2: The table above is impacted by certain expenses associated with the Corporate entity that were allocated to the Cloud Services business and Digital Media business as these costs are shared costs incurred by the Corporate
entity. As a result, expenses were allocated from Corporate to Cloud Services and Digital Media in the amount of $2.3 million and $2.5 million, respectively.
The effects noted above reduce adjusted EBITDA for Cloud Services and Digital Media by $2.3 million and $2.5 million, respectively.
Reconciliation of GAAP to Adjusted EBITDA by Segment
361. Figures are adjusted non-GAAP
(Figures in millions)
Cloud Services 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 LTM
Revenue 387.6$ 430.2$ 503.2$ 566.9$ 579.0$ 598.0$ 661.8$ 679.4$
GAAP Net Income 146.3$ 123.1$ 141.4$ 141.3$ 151.3$ 151.8$ 221.2$ 203.4$
Plus:
Income tax expense 35.4 31.3 28.1 54.7 33.9 39.9 (27.8) (21.2)
Interest expense and other expense, net 9.3 19.5 19.0 15.9 40.9 38.4 44.7 53.2
Depreciation and amortization 23.2 34.4 55.9 73.4 68.4 60.8 81.0 88.5
Share-based compensation and the associated payroll tax expense 6.4 6.1 4.5 5.6 6.2 7.1 3.8 5.5
Acquisition-related integration costs - 2.2 1.7 0.2 1.4 1.8 1.9 2.0
Fees associated with prior year audit - 1.4 (0.2) - - - - -
Additional indirect tax expense (benefit) from prior years - 0.7 3.7 (1.2) 2.0 0.4 0.1 (3.3)
Adjusted EBITDA (1) 220.6 218.7$ 254.1$ 290.0$ 304.1$ 300.2$ 324.9$ 328.1$
56.9%
Digital Media 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 LTM
Revenue 130.7$ 167.6$ 216.2$ 307.4$ 538.9$ 609.3$ 710.2$ 725.2$
GAAP Net income (5.9)$ 22.6$ 12.1$ 20.8$ 26.9$ (28.7)$ (8.4)$ (21.0)$
Plus:
Income tax expense (0.1) 6.5 6.7 11.5 (10.1) 3.1 (2.5) (2.6)
Interest expense and other expense, net 12.2 1.2 11.5 18.4 31.3 67.0 77.3 95.8
Depreciation and amortization 15.0 22.5 30.0 42.6 93.6 122.8 148.6 146.0
Share-based compensation and the associated payroll tax expense 0.1 0.5 1.8 2.4 4.1 5.0 5.0 5.0
Acquisition-related integration costs 8.2 (0.2) 23.0 18.7 26.1 27.6 15.0 10.9
Restructuring costs - - - - - 0.2 - -
Adjusted EBITDA (1) 29.5 53.0$ 85.0$ 114.3$ 171.9$ 197.1$ 235.0$ 234.1$