ACQUISITION AND STRATEGY PRESENTATION
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2 March 2026
Prepared by Josh Simons
ACQUISITION OF VAL MORGAN DIGITAL & STRATEGY UPDATE
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Disclaimer
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Acquisition to significantly expand cultural assets,
national audience reach and scalability
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Val Morgan Digital has an extensive portfolio of cultural digital assets
● Val Morgan Digital is the publishing arm of Val Morgan Group. Assets include ANZ licenses to premium lifestyle,
gaming, food & entertainment platforms including BuzzFeed, Fandom, POPSUGAR, Vox Media and LADbible.
● These assets, integrated into Vinyl Media, materially accelerate Vinyl Group’s strategy of building Australia’s
leading Adaptive Media company, combining premium cultural assets with distribution scale.
Vinyl to acquire the assets of Val Morgan Digital for $10.5m
● Comprising $7m cash and $3.5m VNL shares, subject to 24-month escrow.
● Val Morgan Digital delivered CY25 revenue of $10.7m, with expected pro forma annualised EBITDA contribution
of approx $2.5m post integration.
● The HOYTS Group (owner of Val Morgan) will continue to operate outdoor and cinema advertising and have
entered into a commercial cooperation agreement with VNL to access these assets.
● The Company will fund the transaction through a facility of up to $10 million provided by existing shareholders to
fund the cash consideration and additional working capital. Documentation of the facility is being finalised and
will be confirmed prior to completion.
On completion, Vinyl will have a national audience reach comparable with Australia’s
largest media organisations, materially strengthening the scalability of the business
HOYTS Group CEO & President, Damian Keogh, to join the VNL Board of Directors
HOYTS Group CEO, Damian Keogh, with
Vinyl Group CEO, Josh Simons
PUBLISHING
Expanding our premium cultural assets
PLATFORMS
+ more
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PUBLISHING
Selected Australian Media Organisations (Illustrative Comparison1
)
Entertainment Category Organisations Internet Audience Reach
in Australia (total 22.1M)
News Category Organisations Internet Audience Reach
in Australia (total 22.1M)
Alphabet (Google) 96% News Corp Australia 63%
Spotify 59% Nine 55%
Apple 59% ABC 55%
Vinyl Media combined audience
(including Val Morgan Digital)
47% Vinyl Media combined audience
(including Val Morgan Digital)
51%
News Corp Australia 22% Seven West Media 40%
Source: Ipsos iris, January 2026. De-duplicated online audience reach (%) across PC/Laptop, Smartphone and Tablet for Australians aged 14+. Vinyl Media figures
represent a combined Brand Group audience including Vinyl Media and Val Morgan Digital entities. Comparisons are shown for contextual scale within relevant Ipsos
iris content categories and do not represent an official Ipsos organisation ranking.
Vinyl combined audience achieves national scale across
Australia’s News and Entertainment categories
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Illustrative Comparison showing Vinyl Media’s combined digital audience reach relative to selected Australian media organisations within Ipsos iris category
classifications. See Appendix 1 for Brand Groups included in Vinyl Media combined organisation.
Ushering in a new era
of Adaptive Media.
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Adaptive Media is an integrated advertising model where cultural
assets, technology and distribution work together to deliver
meaningful brand connections, at scale for the first time.
/əˈdaptɪv ˈmiːdiə/
Cultural outcomes, not just content.
Adaptive Media delivers better outcomes for advertisers
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Advertising on these channels at scale
Legacy Media
(1950-)
Social Media
(2003-)
Adaptive Media
(Present)
Broadcast Platform algorithms Embedded in cultural assets
Outcome for
advertisers
Mass audience reach
Niche targeting
Meaningful brand
connections
Advertising on these channels at scale
Legacy Media Social Media Adaptive Media
Broadcast Platform algorithms Embedded in cultural assets
Key factors
affecting ROI
Broad brand awareness Cheap brand awareness
Enables advertisers meaningful brand
connection, through a mix of distribution
channels, in an integrated and
immersive ecosystem, to deliver a higher
ROI on spend
Fragmenting audiences Ad feeds are interruptive by nature
Lower viewership under 40 Microtargeting now regulated
Adaptive Media delivers higher ROI on advertising spend
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Campaigns utilise both existing channels (legacy and social) and emerging channels (AI and cultural
assets) to target niche audiences at scale
2025 CASE STUDY
Sponsorship
Weekly Sponsorship
of Best New Music
Dedicated
campaign
website
Fresh Sounds Hub
Goal: A multi-layered discovery
platform that positioned Mentos
as the true champion of new
Australian music through the
“Fresh Sounds” Adaptive Media
campaign.
Fresh Sounds
● Delivered 9.7M impressions and
7M reach, exceeding booked
benchmarks
● Drove 961 artist submissions vs
300 expected, demonstrating active
participation, not passive exposure
● Achieved engagement materially
above benchmark, including 19.6%
video engagement vs 5% target
ADAPTIVE MEDIA COMPONENTS
Editorial &
social content
Fresh Features on
Rolling Stone
Video series
Fresh Faces
Live Event
Fresh Sounds @ SXSW
Content
collaboration
with music
creators
Fresh Sounds Portal
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Vinyl executes Adaptive Media campaigns
Vinyl is a leader in Adaptive Media, and pioneer at scale
Advertising on these channels at scale
Legacy Media Social Media Adaptive Media
Broadcast Platform algorithms Embedded in cultural assets
Mass audience reach
Niche targeting
Meaningful brand
connections
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ATTRACTING BRANDS
The scale of Vinyl’s ecosystem
offers a compelling option for
advertisers
Self-reinforcing momentum to accelerate scale
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EXPANDING ECOSYSTEM
Vinyl combines premium cultural
assets into an integrated and
immersive ecosystem, utilising
all distribution channels
ADAPTIVE MEDIA DELIVERS
SUPERIOR ROI FOR ADVERTISERS
The value of the ecosystem compounds with every
successful campaign through expanded audience reach
ACQUIRE ASSETS
VNL becomes the acquirer of
choice for international cultural
assets and sub-scale operators
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GROWING AUDIENCE
Vinyl expands audience reach and
maintains viewership through its
premium content, technology-
enabled best practice and unique
cultural assets
Defensibility of the Adaptive Media business model
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Hard to replicate:
Difficult to combine a large number
of cultural assets into an integrated
and immersive ecosystem
Need scale to be profitable:
Meaningful brand connections at a
competitive price point is difficult to
deliver - requires scale
Requires technology as
core capability:
Internal processes aligned to
current technology - internally
developed AI publishing suite
Requires both mass & bespoke content
creation capability:
Social media is a small component of Adaptive
Media campaigns, not a direct competitor
Not platform dependent:
Adaptive Media is not dependent on any
single social media platform, publisher or
algorithm
Self-reinforcing flywheel effect:
Consumers/fans, creators and brands all win as
the ecosystem grows; value compounds rather
than resets with each campaign cycle
Damian Keogh to join the board following completion
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Damian has been CEO of The HOYTS Group since 2014, overseeing 60 cinemas across
Australia and New Zealand, along with Val Morgan, the group’s cinema, outdoor and digital
advertising arm operating locally and across the Middle East.
During his tenure, HOYTS has undergone a major transformation, including a $300 million
investment program that delivered powered recliners across mainstream cinemas, 15 new
or acquired sites, and more than 30 refurbishments. Market share in Australia has grown
from 18 percent to 27 percent, alongside the relaunch of premium cinema as HOYTS LUX
and the introduction of the Treat City concept.
Previously, Damian held senior roles at Channel Seven and Foxtel before becoming CEO of
Val Morgan in 2011, where he helped grow revenue from $50 million to over $180 million by
2024.
Before his corporate career, he was a professional basketballer with a 16 year NBL career,
captaining the Sydney Kings and representing Australia more than 200 times, including
three Olympic Games and three World Championships. He also served as Chairman of the
Cronulla Sharks from 2012 to 2017, overseeing their first premiership in 2016.
Accelerating scalability and profitability
FY26 (e)
● Continued organic revenue growth, complemented by Val
Morgan Digital (VMD) revenues starting in Q4 FY26.
● Q2 FY26 was a positive operating cash flow quarter. We
continue to refine our cost structure as well as add further
growth to make returns consistent.
● We expect Q4 FY26 to deliver positive EBITDA and
operating cash flow and start the path of consistent
positive earnings on a quarterly basis.
FY27 (e)
● The synergies from the combined teams bring further
savings to improve our revenue per FTE.
● Full year results from the VMD integration, including further
$2M in synergy realisation on an annual basis.
● Full year impact on cost optimisation implemented by Vinyl
in H1 FY26.
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M&A revenue growth &
diversification
Optimise
operations
Scale
Upcoming catalysts
Global growth
potential
Q3 FY26 Q4 FY26 1H FY27 FY27 & beyond
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Further expansion
of cultural assets
through M&A
Integration of
new assets
Relevant technology
acquisitions to
further enhance the
flywheel
For more information please contact investors@vinyl.group or Katie Mackenzie at kmackenzie@belleviewir.com.au
ASX: VNL
11 Wilson St, South Yarra, VIC, 3141
https://vinyl.group
This presentation was authorised by the Board of Vinyl Group Ltd
Thank you
Appendix 1: Brand Groups Included in Vinyl Media Combined
Organisation Audience Calculations (Ipsos iris, January 2026)
Entertainment List
Brand Group: TheBrag, Genius, Bgr, Billboard, Variety, Pmc, Deadline, Rolling Stone, TV Line, Indiewire, Goldderby, Vibe
Media, ComingSoon, Musicfeeds, Rottentomatoes, Fandom, LADbible, UNILAD, Buzzfeed, Gamespot, Vulture
Other Distributed Content: Val Morgan Digital
News List
Brand Group: TheBrag, Genius, Bgr, Billboard, Variety, Pmc, Deadline, Rolling Stone, TV Line, Indiewire, Goldderby, Vibe
Media, ComingSoon, Musicfeeds, Rottentomatoes, Fandom, LADbible, UNILAD, Buzzfeed, Gamespot, Vulture, SPORTbible,
Tyla, GAMINGbible, Vox Media, The Verge, New York Magazine, Thrillist, Popsugar Australia, SB Nation, The Cut, The
Strategist, Concrete Playground, Refinery29, Stylecaster, Wwd, Sheknows
Other Distributed Content: Val Morgan Digital
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