2019 Total dividend per share: On 2 April 2020, RTL Group's Board of Directors decided to withdraw its earlier proposal of a €4.00 per share dividend in respect of the fiscal year 2019, due to the Covid-19 outbreak
2018 Total dividend per share included an interim dividend of €1.00 per share, paid in September 2018
2017 Total dividend per share included an interim dividend of €1.00 per share, paid in September 2017
2016 Total dividend per share included an interim dividend of €1.00 per share, paid in September 2016
2015 Total dividend per share included an extraordinary interim dividend of €1.00 per share, paid in September 2015
2014 Total dividend per share included an extraordinary interim dividend of €2.00 per share, paid in September 2014

RTL Group analyses key performance indicators (KPIs) to manage its businesses, including revenue, organic growth/decline, Adjusted EBITA, Adjusted EBITA margin, net debt, operating cash conversion rate and audience shares in the company’s main target groups. RTL Group’s KPIs are mostly determined on the basis of so-called alternative performance measures, which are not defined by IFRS. Management believes they are relevant for measuring the performance of the Group’s operations, financial position and cash flows, and for making decisions. These KPIs also provide additional information for users of the financial statements regarding the management of the Group on a consistent basis over time and regularity of reporting. These should not be considered in isolation but as complementary information for evaluating the Group’s business situation. RTL Group’s KPIs may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other groups due to differences in the way these measures are calculated.

EBIT, Adjusted EBITA and EBITDA are indicators of operating profitability. With significant investments in the Group’s streaming activities, RTL Group additionally reports streaming start-up losses. The KPI for the operating profitability of RTL Group and its business units is Adjusted EBITA. Analysts, investors and peers of RTL Group also use EBITDA to assess profitability, especially for content businesses, such as Fremantle. The use of EBITDA eliminates potential differences in performance caused by variations in capital structures and the cost and age of tangible and intangible assets (affecting relative depreciation expense and relative amortisation expense respectively). For these purposes the calculation of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and the reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA are also disclosed.

KPIs are reported for continuing operations. The contribution from RTL Nederland before completion of disposal, if any, to each line of RTL Group’s consolidated income statement (before non-controlling interests) is reported in ‘Group profit from discontinued operations’.

The geopolitical and macroeconomic environment remains volatile, and the impact on RTL Group’s businesses continues to be hard to predict. On the basis of the Group’s linear TV advertising revenue decreasing by around 3 per cent (supported by the positive effect of the 2026 Fifa World Cup at Groupe M6 in France), the Group’s streaming revenue growing by around 25 per cent and Fremantle’s revenue growing by around 3 per cent organically:

• RTL Group expects its full-year revenue for 2026 to increase to around €6.1 billion to €6.2 billion.
  
  
• RTL Group expects its Adjusted EBITA for 2026 to increase to around €725 million, with a variance of plus/minus 3 per cent, due to the Group‘s streaming services turning profitable.
  
  
• RTL Group’s dividend policy remains unchanged: RTL Group plans to pay out at least 80 per cent of its adjusted full-year net result.