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Earnings Call: H2 2024

Mar 18, 2025

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

A very warm welcome to our analyst conference regarding the annual results 2024. We are very pleased that you found the way to our NICE headquarter here in Zurich, and we also like to welcome the participants via Zoom. First of all, I would like to point out at the end of the presentation, you will have respective person. To start with, I like to introduce our speakers for today. First of all, Pietro Sopino, our chairman and publisher, will give a short review of the year.

Then we have the financial reporting, which will be done by our chief financial officer, Wulf Beckendorf. Then we have newly responsible for the portfolio as chief portfolio officer Daniel Menge. And last but not least, we have Tania Tzuwaldeck, who is our new chief operation officer and responsible for the media activities of our group. Okay then. Let me hand over to Pietro.

Pietro Supino
Chairman & Publisher, TX Group

Thank you, Ursula. Welcome also from my side, and thank you for your interest. And I thought that for the sake of efficiency, I will not repeat what is written in the press release and also not what I have written in my editorial to the annual report. I guess if you are interested, you have already read it or you might read it afterwards. So that way, we have more time also for Q and As at the end.

Maybe just a word to the simplified organization of the group. As you know, we have started to decentralize the group five years ago by creating independent companies below the roof of the group. That, I think, has been a good move. And we think that we now can go one step further, and at the same time, further simplify the structure. Because in the first step, we had also introduced board of directors for each of the companies of the group, which in itself was a good idea.

They were valuable, but they complicate the processes quite a lot. So we have changed the organization the way that the single companies of the group have not any longer their own board of directors. They have their own management. And we have created two parameters of the group, if you want to say so. One is media, consisting of TAMEDIA, twenty minutes, and Goldbach, and the group services, which basically serve the media companies.

And the other is the portfolio where the two most valuable assets of the group, our participation in the Swiss Marketplace Group and in Job Cloud, are, but also our real estate holdings, Sato, Doodle, and our fintech fund under the leadership of Daniel. And that also explains why it is this group of colleagues that will present the year 2024 to you today. The most important person today is our group CFO, Wolf Benckendorf, who has also been appointed as a member of the executive team in the last meeting of the board of directors. And he, with his colleagues, he consolidates the financials of this decentralized group for internal purposes, but also for the communication with the capital markets with you. As you know, we look at the value of the group as the sum of the parts. The stock price performance has been positive, probably to a large extent driven by the fantasy of the envisaged IPO of the Swiss Marketplace Group. Financial results for '24 are mixed, and they are definitely below our ambitions. And Tania will explain various major initiatives, how we think that we can restore the profitability of the media businesses. And Daniel will explain the positive situation in the portfolio. First now, Wolf will run us through the financials.

Wolf-Gerrit Benkendorff
Group CFO, TX Group

Good afternoon. My name is Wulf Bengtoff, and I am the CFO of the Teixe Group. I will give you a brief overview of Teixe Group's financial performance and its individual segments on the following slides. Overview shows a mixed picture. Revenues, earnings, margins were clearly down compared to the previous year.

By contrast, cash flow, net liquidity increased significantly. I will outline the reasons for the delivering developments on the next slides. If we start on the left, you can see that TxGroup's revenue fell by 4%. The job market and the traditional advertising market in which twenty minutes and term media are active were particularly challenging in the second half of twenty twenty four. Lower paper prices and lower print volumes also had a negative impact on revenue.

Lower revenue is one reason for lower earnings. In addition to that, EBITDA was burdened by one off costs of almost EUR 60,000,000. In particularly noteworthy, our high restructuring costs at EMEA, provisions for reclaims for short time working compensation and IAS 19. As a result, EBIT adjusted also decreased considerably. Of the one off costs just mentioned, only the costs related to the closure of the two printing centers amounting to SEK 20,000,000 were adjusted.

Due to the acquisition of Clear Channel Switzerland, the share of advertising revenues and total revenues increased further, although advertising revenues stacked column in the green box, it can be seen that only the share of digital advertising revenue fell slightly due to the negative development of Term Media and twenty minutes. Some comments on the income statement. Cost of material and services is below previous year. This is mainly due to lower paper consumption and lower paper costs. Despite clearly lower wages and salaries of 21,000,000, personal expenses have grown.

One off costs and restructuring expenses are over 40,000,000 higher than in the previous year. The strong increase in the financial results should also be emphasized. This is driven by gains from the sale of Drive5 and Hoyte A. T, the profit participation from the sale of trend sales and a revaluation of the purchase price liability for the acquisition of the minority shares in NEO. As the lower revenue and high one off costs could not be offset by cost savings, earnings after tax was considerably below previous year.

All costs related to the closing of the printing centers were adjusted. These are costs for social plans, retention and project costs. The other adjustments mainly correct for the amortization from business combinations from SMG and the fully consolidated companies. In the financial result, the result from the divestments and the previously mentioned profit participation from the sale of trend sales and the new purchase price liability revaluation were adjusted. In 2024, profit improving adjustments totaled SEK64 million as can be seen in the second column.

This is slightly less than in 2023, where adjustments of CHF65 million were made. The operating cash flow has improved significantly. This is mainly due to SMG's extraordinary dividend of SEK71 million, which is included in the other changes line. Unlike last year, cash flow from investing is positive at SEK4 million despite investments in PP and E and intangible assets roughly at the same level as the previous year. The reason for this positive cash flow from investing are divestments and the repayments of loans granted.

At SEK $232,000,000, the free cash flow before M and A, which is a key factor in determining the dividend, is clearly higher than in the previous year. In total, cash and cash equivalents increased by more than SEK 90,000,000 to SEK $380,000,000. TeX Group's distribution policy is based on free cash flow. Starting from the aforementioned free cash flow before EMONT A of SEK $232,000,000 as the middle green column, The repayment of lease liabilities, which are part of the operating business and dividend payments to minority shareholders are deducted. This results in the free cash flow before M and A to take shareholders of SEK 190,000,000, which is higher than the amount of SEK 57,000,000 from 2023.

The main driver was SMG's extraordinary dividend, which was fully included in the free cash flow. With 76% equity, balance sheet is extremely solid. The strong increase in cash and cash equivalents also results in a higher net liquidity. I will briefly address the financial development of the segments in the following section. This slide shows the main investments in the takes market segment on a 100% basis.

Due to the challenging job market, both Job Cloud and Cayera A. T. Experienced a decline in revenue and earnings. The margins in both companies remain very attractive at more than 50%. SMG is continuing its positive development with sales growth of 13% and a significant increase in earnings.

In the Gold Bar segment, sales rose 4% overall. If you first look at the out of home business on the right hand side, the strong 17% sales increase is notable. However, the comparison with the previous year is slightly distorted as Clear Channel Switzerland was only included for nine months in 2023. Earnings development in the out of foam business, which is now clearly positive, is also worth highlighting. Goldbach, excluding out of foam, has to cope with a decline in revenue, which is partly attributable to the sale of Drive5.

In addition to the lower sales, the sharp decline in earnings is mainly due to the one off effects of provisions amounting to just under CHF 10,000,000. 20 minutes had to cope with a very difficult advertising market, especially in the second half of the year. While revenue was only down 5% in the first half of the year, at the end of the year, it was minus 14%. In addition, extra costs were incurred for the setup of in house sales, which started at the beginning of twenty twenty five. Thanks to intense cost management, twenty minutes was able to compensate for the majority of the loss of revenue.

Tamiya recorded a sharp decline in revenues, which was mainly attributable to the advertising market and the printing business. The substantial drop in EBITDA is driven by one off cost of CHF 29,000,000 for the closure of the printing centers restructuring measures and the implementation of the new strategy that was announced last summer. A further CHF 20,000,000 had to be set aside for reclaims for short time work compensation. As SEK 20,000,000 were adjusted for the close of the printing centers, the full effect of the one off cost is not reflected in EBIT adjusted. Sales in the venture segment increased slightly.

The result was unchanged from the previous year. In the group division, despite lower sales, this means fewer services invoiced, The group's negative contribution to earnings was reduced by SEK 1,500,000.0. This is mainly due to savings in group services. This graph shows the contribution of the individual segments of Tx Group to fee cash flow before M. O.

A. To Tx shareholders. The gray shaded areas show the share of cash flow attributable to minority interests. The large contribution of Tx market to free cash flow, seen on the left side is striking with the main driver being the extraordinary dividend from SMG. However, it becomes also clear that Goldbach, twenty Minutes and Tamedia all generated positive free cash flow in 2024.

In the coming years, however, Tamiya's free cash flow will be negatively impacted by the payments for social plans for which provisions were recognized in 2024. With this, I hand over to Daniel.

Daniel Mönch
Chief Portfolio Officer, TX Group

Warm welcome also from my side. Happy to give you an overview of the portfolio as it stands since October 1. Okay. Our portfolio has evolved significantly in the recent years, and we continue to see strong potential for further development. Our goal is to drive sustainable growth, both by investing in our existing portfolio and by increasing the presence in the classified space beyond the existing portfolio.

Over the next few minutes, I'll guide you through the development of the portfolio in 2024, starting with Choplout. As Wolf has mentioned, Job Cloud has been facing a challenging environment. This is not unique to Job Cloud. I think this is the case for almost every Job classifieds worldwide. That being said, as you can see on the chart on the right hand side, we chose the monthly web visits of Job Cloud, and this is not only visible by the monthly web visits, but only by KPIs on applications and registrations.

Job Cloud could strengthen its position in the market. This was the fact that they could strengthen the position by maintaining the high margin that Wolf had already outlined. The focus is now on being well prepared for future growth once markets recovers. We want to be on top of the curve when markets are getting better, and that's why we're alongside strict cost discipline, keep on continuing to invest into product and technology. All what I have said regarding job cloud is also true for our activity in Austria, KKR A.

T. It also shows lower revenue compared to the previous year, but strong profitability with a margin of above 50%. Coming to S and G. As both already outlined, S and G had a really great year, and I think we can all be proud of the achievements made at S and G. As you can see on the side, all verticals have contributed to the strong growth of SMG this year and have shown a growth compared to the previous year.

Key focus of SMG is to bring product innovation and value add to the market, and twenty four has given us some great examples on that. For example, Ricardo could celebrate its twenty fifth anniversary this year and bringing product development by introducing MoneyGuard and Ricardo AI. Automotive launched the electric vehicles hub and completely relaunched its website and its app. And real estate, last but not least, helped to accelerate the digitization of the rental process by integrating the Flat Fox features into its ecosystem. In addition to Zest, SMG Real Estate wrote out a brand new listing process for Property Professional and alone, this change helped the professionals to save fourteen minutes per listing in average.

These innovations, I just named a few, didn't just happen in isolation. As you can see in the numbers, these product innovations come alongside with improved margins, and that was possible to the cost cutting program that was already outlined in previous meetings. This cost cutting program helped us, A, to save costs and B, gave us the potential to reinvest some of the cost savings into innovation and into growth. To ensure that SMG is on a path to capital market readiness, Talks with institutional investors and banks have taken place in the last few weeks and months. That said, no decision has been made yet on the timing of a potential IPO, as Pietro has mentioned.

Coming to Groupon Ventures, as mentioned in previous meetings, our real estate holds significant potential. With the closing of the printing facilities, the dates now defined and announced, we had the possibility to develop a tailored property strategy for each location. This strategy differs from location to location. For example, we will carry out the construction of the new office building next door to our headquarters here in Zurich ourselves. The building, which is constructed for external use only, will spend 10,000 square meters and comes with an investment volume of around CHF 80,000,000.

However, for our properties in Zurich Bumberg and in Bussemi, we may explore partnerships to fully realize the value and to make it successful. Last but not least, a short glance on Doolanze 2. Both are facing challenges, but at the same time, there are also some positive developments. Zetoo is seeing strong growth in subscription, and Zetoo had the possibility to secure some promising new B2B deals and to recently welcome a new management. The management team under the leadership of Roger Elsner is at the moment working on a holistic strategy process that will bring the company to the next level.

Overall, I think for the portfolio, as I mentioned in my introduction, we see that a lot of potential is within the portfolio. And I think we are on the right track to step by step unlock this potential for the group. And with that, I hand over to Tania.

Tanja zu Waldeck
COO, TX Group

Thank you, and good afternoon, everybody. This is a huge wall. Okay. On the media side of the business, the year 2024 was marked by significant restructurings and reorganizations of the three media companies. The primary objective of these efforts is to strengthen their profitability and margins, of course, for the coming years, while also ensuring that they remain more focused on their core businesses.

Looking ahead to 2025, the teams of the three companies will need to maintain their focus on the continued execution of these restructurings and reorganizations. During 2025, we will gradually shift our attention towards our growth and digital strategies with the clear objective, of reaching the set EBIT margins. With that, I'd like to turn to the individual media companies starting off with Goldbach. To achieve its margins in 2026, Goldbach is working on reducing their cost base and improving their focus on their core businesses. To do so, they implemented three important steps in 2024.

First of all, Goldbach has undergone a restructuring program of the Goldbach Group at the end of twenty twenty four to reduce costs on an overhead level. Second, the team has decided to exit non strategic businesses. In 2024, it sold its agency business Drei five and its Austrian activities. More activities are currently under evaluation. And third, they have agreed with twenty minutes and to hand over their advertising sales to them to the benefit of all three parties.

Goldbach, therefore, has no print sales activities anymore and can concentrate much better on their strong positions in their core markets. But Goldbach will continue, of course, to work with twenty minutes Intermedia for the digital audience products and, on technologies. The team of Christoph Marty will continue to clean up its portfolio of activities and its cost base in 2025. As a consequence, Goldbach is focusing on three core businesses in which it has a very strong market position. Goldbach Neo gained a leading position in the out of home market in Switzerland through the acquisition of Clear Channel.

As you can see on the right side, Goldbach Neo has now a very strong coverage, in all the major Swiss cities. Golbach Media continues to have a very strong position in the Swiss TV market and has strengthened that with new partnerships. And Golbach Digital, a newly founded area, focuses on the growing digital advertising sales business with its business with its strong drivers, for instance, in programmatic and video. So let's turn to twenty minutes. Twenty minutes has successfully expanded its leading position as the top online news brand, in the market, even gaining additional market share in terms of traffic.

And in my more than ten years in the European news industry, I can confidently say that twenty minutes is really one of the strongest online news brands I've ever seen. In 2024, the team of Bernhard Brechtbuhl decided to build on its strong position by taking over its advertising sales activities from Goldbach. This strategic move allows twenty minutes to better integrate its advertising into the product, making it more technological advance and offering greater creativity and closer relationship with advertising clients. In a similar move to Goldbach, twenty minutes also sold its Austrian operations to focus more closely on growth opportunities within Switzerland. Okay.

And last but not least, as you've probably seen in the media, the TAMEDIA team led by Jessica Peppel Schultz has embarked on a significant transformation program. We have already communicated that TAMIDA will close two of its free printing facilities, pooling. To better focus on our digital strengths, TAMEDIA has decided to concentrate investments on four core brands for the future. While the other brands will continue to be printed, they will be integrated into the digital offerings of the four primary products. In terms of our advertising activities, Tamedia has taken over the advertising sales from Goldbach.

This move strengthens our direct sales efforts and will help to optimize ad revenues. However, TAMEDIA will continue to collaborate with Goldbach on the digital and technological aspects. Looking ahead to 2025, TAMIDIA will focus on further executing its restructuring plans while driving growth through our advertising and digital teams. TAMIDIA is committed to expanding the digital business by increasing our subscription base and growing the overall reach of our digital news products. So overall, I can say that in 2024, it was dominated by gaining focus and restructuring, and we will shift our focus in 2025 to, the future digital and growth strategies. Thank you very much.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

I think you really can stay here.

Tanja zu Waldeck
COO, TX Group

Thank you.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

So with that, we would open up, the Q and A. I would ask you to wait for the mic and introduce yourself. So, Daniel, let me Sarah.

Daniel Bürki
Financial Analyst, Zürcher Kantonalbank

Yeah. Daniel Bierke from Supercomtenau Bank. I would have a question on CHOP Cloud. Two difficult years, I believe. Can we expect it to be another difficult year in '25, or do you any signs that this market is picking up?

Daniel Mönch
Chief Portfolio Officer, TX Group

Yeah. Thanks for the question. I think at the moment, it's quite tough to talk about market environment and global environment as we kind of seen in the last few weeks. It changed from morning to morning, so to say. So we see a lot of uncertainty in the market at the moment.

We see some positive developments, but on the other hand, we also see some challenging things. So at the moment, it's quite tough to say if '25 will be significantly better than '24.

Daniel Bürki
Financial Analyst, Zürcher Kantonalbank

And maybe a second one, if I may. Question for Wolf. So you had about 60,000,000 of extraordinary costs you mentioned. Which of these costs might come back in '25, and which one are really settled?

Wolf-Gerrit Benkendorff
Group CFO, TX Group

Most of it is provisions. So we have it in the profit and loss statement for 2024. Parts of it will hurt us in the cash flow statement in the next coming years, but this, especially for Tamiya, which is the largest part, these provisions are the major cost of the transformation at Tamiya. There will be, of course, cost in the future to come, but, the major part for the strategic decisions that were communicated last summer have been already recognized in the profit and loss statement for 2024.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

Other questions?

Speaker 7

Thank you. Anders Needat Capital. Some madam questions on jobs. The the I see that we don't have 2022 anymore where a lot of jobs have been created here in Switzerland, and a lot of shortages in the labor market were quite apparent in all sectors. But to me, it seems the economy is still fairly stable.

So, what are the main reasons for the downturn? Is it just a normalization? Or what are some other reasons there for the flat development or slightly downward development?

Daniel Mönch
Chief Portfolio Officer, TX Group

Yes. We see also looking at our competitors or in the European field, it's quite a cyclical business. And as long as there's uncertainty in the market, companies are not willing to really push recruiting, and that's something we perceive in the market at the moment. So I think it's not a new level we are having after 2022 that you mentioned, but I think we're at the bottom of the curve at the moment, and we're convinced that this curve will go up again. And then we will be ready for future growth.

And as I said, that's why we also continue to invest into product and into innovation because we strongly believe that this growth will pick up again and that then the business can even be more successful as it is at the moment. Because as I also outlined, we're still talking about margins of about 50%. So it's still a very healthy business, but we're convinced that it can do better when markets recover.

Speaker 7

Thank you. And,

Pietro Supino
Chairman & Publisher, TX Group

Maybe regarding DropCloud, I would like to add that we really remain fundamentally positive on the digital recruiting business. We have to accept that it is a cyclical business, that that's a fact. But the position of our holdings both in Swiss and industrial is extremely strong. It has even been further developed in in this downturn, and all the fundamental reasons why digital recruiting can be expected to have a very good outlook remain the same, namely the labor shortage in Europe, the aging population, etcetera. So, the value that is offered to to customers has been increased.

The position of the platforms was increased. And, and if we accept that it is a cyclical business, we can have, for the same reasons as before, a very positive outlook for for digital recruiting. And that's also the reason why why we could imagine if the right opportunity comes up to further invest in that field.

Speaker 7

So with right opportunity, you mean an acquisition, technology acquisition, or outside Switzerland?

Pietro Supino
Chairman & Publisher, TX Group

Yes. So I mean, as Daniel has said, in any event, we invest organically in the development of the businesses that we have been doing and we continue to do, but we could also imagine inorganic acquisitions. And most logically would be if we could increase our stake in Carriere Aten Austria in some way or the other or theoretically, but that's not an option for the moment, if we could increase our stake in DropCloud itself.

Speaker 7

And and for the business itself, sort of a midterm vision, I think the market position you have is is great. But, as we see with in in real estate business, it's still possible to to grow your business by by adding new services, by increasing prices. Is that also what is envisioned envisioned for for top clouds? And just by doing that and and having better economic environment, does it mean that this business can double? Or or or where are the physical limits here in Switzerland?

Daniel Mönch
Chief Portfolio Officer, TX Group

Regarding top cloud? Yes, I think there's still room for potential growth. It's not unlimited as the market position is already very strong as you have outlined. You mentioned some of the possible ways to go is by integrating other services as technology as services that are not digitized yet. So we see a lot of potential, not only in the core business of JobKlabs, but also in the environment of top blood.

It's not digital yet, but that's a discussion we are also having within the strategy process at the moment and that we're having with our JV partner in

Speaker 7

Great. And and the last question for you, Mr. Zepino, probably, in the press release this morning, there was a lot of talk also about the progress you made or the plans you're you're making with the real estate business. Maybe you can give us an update on that too, your musings about what we should expect over the next few years.

Pietro Supino
Chairman & Publisher, TX Group

Maybe Aniel is even better placed in that portfolio.

Daniel Mönch
Chief Portfolio Officer, TX Group

Yeah. Yes. As I mentioned, we're working now on a property strategy for each location. We're quite advanced with the location here in Zug Vertsstra, where I outlined the new office building that we're constructing. This will be finished by approximately 2028.

And I said it's 10,000 square meters that we're creating for external use. That's the first step. That is maybe the location we're the advanced at the moment, and we will continue to also develop such a strategy for Busini, for Zurich, Bloomberg, most probably together with partners because it's a different level than the level we're talking here about Zurich Verstrazse. But we're not just so advanced as with Zurich Verstrazse that we can give you a clear guidance on what the plans are, but we will continue to do that and we'll be back with news, I think, in the next meetings.

Speaker 7

And just an add on on that. We discussed it before, and we got the NAV on the ventures. Maybe we can get an NAV on the real estate part at some point. If you if you could consider that, that would be highly appreciated.

Daniel Mönch
Chief Portfolio Officer, TX Group

I'm looking at the CFO. He's, He's happy to do that.

Speaker 7

He's he's good with Excel. He can do that.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

Okay. Thank you for that. I have one question here from the stream. Could we get an indication of the epitea or margin of Golpagno?

Tanja zu Waldeck
COO, TX Group

Let's see. Okay. So the question is if it what it is right now or how it will develop?

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

An indication? I guess it's right now. Yeah. I mean, it's right now.

Tanja zu Waldeck
COO, TX Group

Can tell you the EBIT margin right now, but maybe you have

Wolf-Gerrit Benkendorff
Group CFO, TX Group

We have the EBITDA margin in the presentation. So, but you have to be, let's say, quite cautious with the EBITDA margin because of IFRS 16, we capitalized the lease contracts and the amortization, which is part of operating business, is below EBITDA. That's why EBITDA margin in our context, as we report, is maybe not the right view on profitability for that business, I would rather go to EBIT adjusted margin.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

Okay. Thank you. Other questions from the room? Room?

Daniel Bürki
Financial Analyst, Zürcher Kantonalbank

Yeah. Maybe on Swiss Marketplace Group, you mentioned there was a big restructuring announced in '25. Is it fair to assume that you booked already some

Daniel Mönch
Chief Portfolio Officer, TX Group

of these

Daniel Bürki
Financial Analyst, Zürcher Kantonalbank

restructuring costs and didn't have the benefits yet? So this EBITDA margin of 41% can even go higher in the coming years.

Daniel Mönch
Chief Portfolio Officer, TX Group

I think I didn't mention restructuring. I said cost cutting, which is a bit different part of the game. I think we increased efficiency within the company and used some of the proceeds to be reinvested into growth and into innovation. And I think the journey will continue. I think Swiss Marketplace Group has two tasks.

One is to grow and one is to improve margins. And I think both will continue in 'twenty five and 'twenty six.

Pietro Supino
Chairman & Publisher, TX Group

And, Gerard, I think, can add that that has always been said. The ambition for Swiss Marketplace Group is to achieve similar margins as the top peers in Europe, and 40% is less than that. So there is room for improvement.

Wolf-Gerrit Benkendorff
Group CFO, TX Group

And maybe, Pietro, to even add on that, we report EBITDA not adjusted. SMG itself is performing their own adjustments in order to correct for one offs That will not happen in the future. And based on the adjusted EBITDA margin is a number of percentage points higher than what we report as EBITDA margin here.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

Just one comment to the stream. Please write your question in the chat.

Tanja zu Waldeck
COO, TX Group

Okay. Let's see.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

Other questions here in the room? Yes. I just see the mic. The mic. Okay.

Speaker 7

Holve Reynolds from AMG. You mentioned that for Swiss Media Group, you have had meetings with investors and banks.

Was that right? Can you elaborate a bit more? Is that, process to continue? Or is there a horizon you can share with us?

Daniel Mönch
Chief Portfolio Officer, TX Group

I think, as we always said, we want to make the SMG Capital Market ready. And I think then it's a decision that the four shareholders have to take jointly when the timing in terms of the company is ready, but also when the timing right, the timing in terms of the market is ready. So as I said, there's no decision on timing made yet. And we will do that jointly together with the other three shareholders.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

Yeah. Online is also a question what milestones are needed to list SMG. I just

Daniel Mönch
Chief Portfolio Officer, TX Group

I think that's the standard process for SMG as for any other listed company. SMG is quite a young company. It was established in 2021. So there's some things to do on the company side as well in terms of governance and in terms of regulatory, aspects that need to be fulfilled. But then on the capital market side, I think it's a standard process that all, IPO candidates need to go through.

Pietro Supino
Chairman & Publisher, TX Group

Maybe I can add from my point of view that the development of SMG is really very positive and pleasing and in line with our expectations. When we created SMG, we announced that we would want to IPO the company at the point of time. And the development of the company itself, as well as the path to IPO readiness is on track. And, by next year, 20026, certainly, we will be ready if then markets will also be in shape, and we then want to IPO. But all these decisions have not yet been taken.

The company is developing well, and we are on track with the goal of a IPO readiness for next year.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

Okay. There is one question from online coming back to slide 16. Probably you can show that again. Can you help us understand how the accounting works for the constitute part contributing to sales and EBIT? That's takes market.

Wolf-Gerrit Benkendorff
Group CFO, TX Group

Is this slide number 16?

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

This must be this. It takes markets.

Daniel Mönch
Chief Portfolio Officer, TX Group

And the question was on on the chart on the right hand side, Aure.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

How can you help us understanding how the accounting works for the parts contributing to slides?

Tanja zu Waldeck
COO, TX Group

Okay. Thank you.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

Yeah. Yeah.

Wolf-Gerrit Benkendorff
Group CFO, TX Group

It's a super com it's a super complicated Tx market segment, and I will explain it. And we also added a footnote, so it becomes even more clear to you how to read it. Okay. First column is, this one here. First column is the Tx market segment as reported.

The second, third and fourth column are 100% of each company. We fully consolidate Job Cloud even if we only own 50% of Job Cloud. Carriera ATE is reported at equity for Job Cloud. So we don't have revenue of Carriera ATE in the TextMarkets segment because we only have earnings contribution that is part of Job Cloud, because Job Cloud owns 49% of Cayera A. T.

That's why revenue of Cayera A. T. Is not part of the revenue of TX Markets, only Job Cloud. We report SMG where we own 30.74%. This is also consolidated at equity, meaning revenue from SMG is also not reported as part of the TX market revenue since we only have in the result the earnings contribution from SMG.

And we added a footnote so that you can add up our share of the result of the different companies to come up with the 96.3 percent that we report as part of the segment. It is complicated.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

Yes. Thank you, Wolf. And I think we can take it up individual with the investor who has asked the question. Other questions?

Pietro Supino
Chairman & Publisher, TX Group

If not, it has been an efficient grouping.

Ursula Nötzli
Chief Communications & Sustainability Officer, TX Group

Yes. No more question from Ondan here in the room. You have no? Okay. Then, yeah.

Many thanks for joining our analyst conference And, well, the ones here at our headquarters are, very welcome to take a coffee with us. And the other ones, many thanks and goodbye.

Pietro Supino
Chairman & Publisher, TX Group

Thank you.

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