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Match Group — Feb 4, 2025 release

Fiscal 2024 fourth-quarter results · 8-K Item 2.02 · Exhibit 99.1 · 0000891103-25-000018
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Use of FCF for share repurchases and shareholder returns
“Use of at least 75% of FCF for share repurchases and to target returning at least 100% of FCF to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases”
Period
FY2025
Measure
Declared action
Source
Prose
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Operating Income Margin (at the mid-point of… for FY2025
“24%”
Cash dividend per share for FY2025
“$0.19”
Cash dividend
“$0.19 per share”
Total Revenue for Q1 FY2025
“$820 to $830 million, down 3% to 5% Y/Y”
Total Revenue, on an FXN basis and excluding… for Q1 FY2025
“flat to up 1% Y/Y”
Adjusted Operating Income for Q1 FY2025
“$260 to $265 million, down 5% to 7% Y/Y”
Total Revenue for FY2025
“$3,375 to $3,500 million, down 3% to up 1% Y/Y”
Total Revenue, on an FXN basis and excluding… for FY2025
“flat to up 4% Y/Y”
Adjusted Operating Income for FY2025
“$1,232 to $1,278 million”
Stock-based compensation expense for FY2025
“$305 to $315 million”
Capital expenditures for FY2025
“$45 to $55 million”
FCF for FY2025
“$1,000 million to $1,030 million, representing ~81% FCF conversion of AOI at the mid-point of the ranges”
Effective income tax rate for FY2025
“low-20%s”
Use of FCF for share repurchases and shareho… for FY2025
“Use of at least 75% of FCF for share repurchases and to target returning at least 100% of FCF to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases”
Use of FCF for share repurchases for FY2025
“at least 75%”
Total capital return to shareholders (divide… for FY2025
“at least 100% of FCF”
Reduction of diluted shares outstanding for FY2025
“5% to 7%”
Share repurchase program
“up to $1.5 billion”
Operating Income for Q1 FY2025
“$155 to $160”
Operating Income for FY2025
“$802 to $828”
Stock-based compensation expense for Q1 FY2025
“70”
Operating Income Margin (at the mid-point of… for Q1 FY2025
“19%”
Adjusted Operating Income Margin (at the mid… for Q1 FY2025
“32%”
Adjusted Operating Income Margin (at the mid… for FY2025
“36.5%”
Net cash provided by operating activities for FY2025
“$1,055 to $1,075”
Free Cash Flow for FY2025
“$1,000 to $1,030”
Exhibit 99.1 · the passage around this item
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• Stock-based compensation expense of $305 to $315 million. • Capital expenditures of $45 to $55 million. • FCF of $1,000 million to $1,030 million, representing ~81% FCF conversion of AOI at the mid-point of the ranges. • Effective income tax rate in the low-20%s. • Use of at least 75% of FCF for share repurchases and to target returning at least 100% of FCF to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases. • Reduction of diluted shares outstanding by 5% to 7% over the course of 2025. 7 Financial Results Consolidated Operating Costs and Expenses Three Months Ended December 31, (Dollars in thousands) 2024 % of Revenue 2023 % of Revenue Y/Y Change Cost of revenue $ 236,414  27% $ 208,112  24% 14  % Selling and marketing expense 145,515  17% 158,898  18% (8) % General and administrative expense 114,371  13% 108,205  12% 6  % Product development expense 109,138  13% 97,571  11% 12  % Depreciation 20,584  2% 19,380  2% 6  % Impairment and amortization of intangibles 10,766  1% 13,810  2% (22) % Total operating costs and expenses $ 636,788  74% $ 605,976  70% 5  % Liquidity and Capital Resources During the year ended December 31, 2024, we generated operating cash flow of $933 million and Free Cash Flow of $882 million. During the quarter ended December 31, 2024, we repurchased 3.1 million shares of our common stock for $117 million on a trade date basis at an average price of $37.38. For the full year 2024, we repurchased 22.2 million shares of our common stock for $753 million at an average price of $33.86. On December 10, 2024, our board of directors authorized a new repurchase program
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Text is the filed exhibit, verbatim.