Nielsen Holdings N.V.'s expositions business, which owns the Outdoor Retailer and Interbike shows, rebounded nicely in 2011, according to the company’s fourth quarter earnings report.
Nielsen Expositions generated revenues of $21 million for the three months ended Dec. 31, 2011, up 16.7 percent from the same quarter a year ago. Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before income taxes, depreciation and amortization) reached $4 million at the business unit, or twice the $2 million reported in the year earlier quarter.
For the year ended Dec. 31, 2011, the business generated $179 million, up 6.5 percent from the $168 million reported in 2010, but still below the $180 million reported in 2009. Adjusted EBITDA for the year reached $87 million.
The below tables detail supplemental unaudited business segment revenue and income (Adjusted EBITDA), aligned to the current segment presentation, for each of the quarterly periods in three years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009.
| Revenue | Buy | Watch | Expos | Corporate | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (IN MILLIONS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended March 31 | $ | 778 | $ | 468 | $ | 56 | $ | – | $ | 1,302 | |||||||||||||||
| Three months ended June 30 | 871 | 487 | 38 | – | 1,396 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended September 30 | 864 | 485 | 64 | – | 1,413 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended December 31 | 896 | 504 | 21 | – | 1,421 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 3,409 | $ | 1,944 | $ | 179 | $ | – | $ | 5,532 | |||||||||||||||
| 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended March 31 | $ | 712 | $ | 435 | $ | 49 | $ | – | $ | 1,196 | |||||||||||||||
| Three months ended June 30 | 764 | 468 | 38 | – | 1,270 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended September 30 | 770 | 456 | 63 | – | 1,289 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended December 31 | 862 | 491 | 18 | – | 1,371 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 3,108 | $ | 1,850 | $ | 168 | $ | – | $ | 5,126 | |||||||||||||||
| 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended March 31 | $ | 628 | $ | 420 | $ | 54 | $ | – | $ | 1,102 | |||||||||||||||
| Three months ended June 30 | 702 | 433 | 47 | – | 1,182 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended September 30 | 720 | 449 | 58 | – | 1,227 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended December 31 | 811 | 465 | 21 | – | 1,297 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total | $ | 2,861 | $ | 1,767 | $ | 180 | $ | – | $ | 4,808 | |||||||||||||||
| Business Segment Income (Adjusted EBITDA) | Buy | Watch | Expos | Corporate | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||
| (IN MILLIONS) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Three months ended March 31 | $ | 120 | $ | 177 | $ | 33 | $ | (10 | |||||||||||||||||
