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Annual Report 2015 People with Passion


Corporate Profile


Incorporated in 1984, main board-listed Singapore Press Holdings Ltd (SPH) is Asia's leading media organisation, engaging minds and enriching lives across multiple languages and platforms.



Contents


02 Businesses and Products

under the SPH Group 14 Organisation Structure 15 Group Financial Highlights 16 Chairman's Statement 20 Board of Directors

26 Further Information on

Board of Directors

30 Senior Management

38 CEO's Overview of Group Operations

54 Significant Events

60 Awards & Accolades

  1. SPH Newspapers Readership Trends

  2. Daily Average

    Newspapers Circulation

  3. Financial Review

  1. Value Added Statement

  2. Investor Relations

72 Investor Reference

  1. Corporate Information

  2. Sustainability Report

80 Corporate Governance Report

96 Risk Management

113 Financial Contents

Media

The English/Malay/Tamil Media group comprises the print and digital operations of The Straits Times,

The Business Times, The New Paper, Berita Harian, My Paper (English section) and two student publications IN and Little Red Dot. It also consists of Tamil Murasu Ltd, which publishes Tamil Murasu and tabla!; book publishing arm Straits Times Press; SPH Data Services, which licenses the use of the Straits Times Index,

in partnership with the Singapore Exchange and FTSE Ltd; financial data company ShareInvestor; and the two English stations of SPH Radio - Kiss92 and ONE FM 91.3.


The Chinese Media group publishes three Chinese newspapers - Lianhe Zaobao, Lianhe Wanbao and Shin Min Daily News; the digital editions of Lianhe Zaobao and Lianhe Wanbao,

four student weeklies - zbCOMMA, Thumbs Up, Thumbs Up Junior and Thumbs Up Little Junior,

ZbBz Newsgazine and My Paper (Chinese section). It also operates SPH Radio's Chinese radio station, UFM100.3, and Focus Publishing, which produces a range of books and magazines including U-Weekly.


SPH's other new media initiatives include AsiaOne, Stomp, omy.sg and SPH Razor.


SPH Magazines, SPH's wholly-owned subsidiary, publishes and produces more than 100 magazine titles

and has various online sites, like hardwarezone.com, herworldplus.com and luxuryinsider.com in Singapore and the region, covering a broad range of interests from lifestyle to information technology. It has also invested in digital newsstand Magzter.



SPH also provides Out-of-Home (OOH) advertising through its digital out-of-home platform SPHMBO.


SPH Buzz is a modern retail convenience chain with a network of stores around the island.


SPH has a 20 per cent stake in MediaCorp TV Holdings Pte Ltd, which operates free-to-air channels 5, 8 and U, and a 40 per cent stake in MediaCorp Press Limited, which publishes the free newspaper, Today.


Properties

SPH REIT is a Singapore-based REIT established to invest in a portfolio

of income-producing real estate primarily for retail purposes. SPH REIT comprises Paragon, a premier upscale retail mall and medical suite/office property in Orchard Road and The Clementi Mall, a mid-market suburban mall in the centre of Clementi town.


The Seletar Mall, located in Sengkang, is SPH's latest retail development.

This property is a potential asset to be injected into SPH REIT. SPH's wholly- owned subsidiary, Times Development Pte Ltd, also developed a 43-storey upmarket residential condominium, Sky@eleven, at Thomson Road.


Other Businesses


Online Classifieds

SPH's online classifieds include the leading online marketplace for jobs (STJobs, FastJobs), property (STProperty), cars (STCars) and general classifieds (STClassifieds, Trezo), sgCarMart and StreetSine.


SPH's regional joint venture online classifieds business has a number of leading online classifieds sites in the region.


Events and Exhibitions

Sphere Exhibits, Sphere Conferences, Exhibits Inc and Bizlink Exhibition Services organise innovative consumer and trade events and exhibitions as well as large scale conferences in Singapore and the region.


Education

SPH has a 22 per cent stake in preschool and enrichment provider MindChamps.


For more information, please visit

www.sph.com.sg.


Our Brand Statement

To be Asia's Leading Media Organisation, Engaging Minds and Enriching Lives, Across Multiple Languages and Platforms.


Our Core Values (EXCITE) EXcellence

Customer-focus Integrity Teamwork Embracing Change

02 Singapore Press Holdings Annual Report 2015


Businesses and Products Under The SPH Group



Newspapers


Magazines

Berita Harian Berita Minggu Gen G

i3 IN

Lianhe Wanbao Lianhe Zaobao Little Red Dot

My Paper (bilingual) Shin Min Daily News tabla!


24:7

Action Asia Always Toyota Ascent

Asia-Pacific Boating AsiaSpa

BMW

China Boating CLEO Singapore Cohort

Eh! Female

Female Brides Glam

Glam Lelaki HardwareMAG

Harper's BAZAAR Singapore Health No. 1

Her World

Her World Brides Home & Decor ICON

ICON Moments ICON Weddings JET Asia-Pacific

LP Luxury Properties Men's Health Singapore NSMan

Nanyou Nuyou Pinnacle

Tamil Murasu

The Business Times

The Business Times Weekend The New Paper

The New Paper on Sunday The Straits Times

The Sunday Times Thumbs Up Thumbs Up Junior

Thumbs Up Little Junior Zaobao Sunday zbCOMMA


Savour

Shape Singapore SilverKris

Simply Her Singapore Health Singapore Magazine Singapore Nautilus The Finder

The Johnnie Walker House Edit The Peak

The Peak Gourmet & Travel The Peak Timepieces

The Singapore Women's Weekly Torque

U-Weekly Victory Trail Wellness No. 1 Winning Post Young Families Young Parents

Young Parents Preschool Guide ZbBz


* SPH has more than 100 magazine titles including contract and licensed titles in the region.


For more information,

visit www.sphmagazines.com.sg



Book Publishing / Contract Publishing

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