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. On 2 July 2025, RTL Group confirmed that it had closed the transaction to sell RTL Nederland to DPG Media on 1 July 2025. The operating segment RTL Nederland had been classified as held for sale over the preceding three years and is presented as a discontinued operation in the 2025 consolidated financial statements (application of IFRS 5 ‘Non-current assets held for sale and discontinued operations’ to the operating segment RTL Nederland). The contribution from RTL Nederland during the previous comparative period before completion of the disposal, if any, to each line of RTL Group’s condensed interim consolidated income statement (before non-controlling interests) is reported in ‘Group profit from discontinued operations’.

Ausblick

Das geopolitische und makroökonomische Umfeld bleibt volatil und die Auswirkungen auf die Geschäfte der RTL Group sind weiterhin schwer vorherzusagen.

Auf der Basis der Vollkonsolidierung von Sky Deutschland für den Zeitraum von Juni bis Dezember 2026, sinkenden TV-Werbeumsätzen von rund 4 Prozent (unterstützt durch den positiven Effekt der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft bei der Groupe M6 in Frankreich), einem steigenden Streaming-Umsatz von rund 25 Prozent und einem leicht steigenden Fremantle-Umsatz passt die RTL Group ihren Ausblick für Gesamtumsatz und Adjusted EBITA für das Geschäftsjahr 2026 wie folgt an:

• Die RTL Group erwartet für das Geschäftsjahr 2026 einen Umsatzanstieg auf rund 7,1 Milliarden Euro bis 7,2 Milliarden Euro.
  
  
• Die RTL Group erwartet für das Geschäftsjahr 2026 einen Anstieg des Adjusted EBITA auf rund 725 Millionen Euro mit einer Varianz von plus/minus 3 Prozent. Deutlich höhere Ergebnisbeiträge aus dem Streaming-Geschäft werden dabei niedrigere Ergebnisbeiträge aus dem linearen Sendergeschäft der Gruppe kompensieren.
  
  
• Die RTL Group erwartet für das Geschäftsjahr 2026 einen Anstieg des Adjusted EBITA aus dem Streaming-Geschäft auf rund 100 Millionen Euro (bisheriger Ausblick: rund 25 Millionen Euro bis 50 Millionen Euro).

Die Dividendenpolitik der RTL Group bleibt unverändert: Die RTL Group plant Ausschüttungen in Höhe von mindestens 80 Prozent des bereinigten Nettoergebnisses für das Gesamtjahr.