UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of August 2021



Commission File Number: 001-40566
TABOOLA.COM LTD.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
16 Madison Square West 7th Floor
New York, NY 10010
(Address of principal executive office)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The information in the attached Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 is being furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing made by the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as otherwise set forth herein or as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ITEM
 
Press Release dated August 10, 2021
Letter to Shareholders dated August 10, 2021
99.3
Investor presentation dated August 10, 2021


SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
TABOOLA.COM LTD.
       
 
By:
/s/ Stephen Walker
   
Name:
Stephen Walker
   
Title:
Chief Financial Officer
       
Date: August 10, 2021
     




Exhibit 99.1

Taboola Beats Q2 Guidance, Raises Expectations for Rest Of The Year and 2022

Increases full year guidance across all measures, now expects to grow Gross Profit and ex-TAC Gross Profit 22 to 24% and 22 to 23%, respectively, for the year.

New York, NY, Aug 10, 2021 -- Taboola (Nasdaq: TBLA), a global leader in powering recommendations for the open web, helping people discover things they may like, today announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2021.

“We went public over one month ago, and we recently announced that we are acquiring Connexity for $800M to bring e-Commerce to the open web in a big way, and we had strong momentum in Q2,” said Adam Singolda, Founder & CEO, Taboola. “I’m pleased to share that our Q2 results included growth and profits above our expectations as we continue to grow our publisher partners, with new partnerships with publications such as BBC, Hearst, SheMedia and others. We’re also seeing growth of premium demand coming from agencies and brands such as video and native branding on premium supply, including placements like middle of article, homepages and section fronts. We are focused on executing on our plans and delivering on our commitments, and these results give us confidence to increase our 2021 guidance across all measures, including growing ex-TAC Gross Profit 22 to 23% for the year. With Connexity, we are positioning ourselves for an even stronger future by expanding our addressable market, scaling our offering to align with the direction of the open web, and hiring incredible talent. Amazon has millions of merchants, but merchants mainly have Amazon. That changes now.”

For more commentary on the quarter, please refer to Taboola’s Q2 2021 Shareholder Letter, which was furnished to the SEC and also posted on Taboola’s website today at https://investors.taboola.com.

Second Quarter 2021 Results Summary (unaudited)

   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
(dollars in thousands)
 
2021
   
2020
 
             
Revenues
 
$
329,072
   
$
267,668
 
Gross Profit
 
$
100,245
   
$
84,104
 
Net Income (loss)1
 
$
(61,416
)
 
$
12,905
 
Ratio of Net income (loss) to Gross profit
   
(61.3
)%
   
15.3
%
Cash Flow from Operations
 
$
23,083
   
$
36,834
 
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits
 
$
585,243
   
$
152,740
 
                 
Non-GAAP Financial Data*
               
ex-TAC Gross Profit
 
$
116,870
   
$
98,885
 
Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
40,802
   
$
34,865
 
Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit
   
34.9
%
   
35.3
%
Free Cash Flow
 
$
6,945
   
$
33,177
 

1Includes share-based compensation expense of $78.5 million in Q2 2021 compared to $2.2 million in Q2 2020


Second Quarter Financial Highlights

Q2 results exceeded guidance across all measures


Revenues of $329 million versus guidance of $315 to $320 million.


Gross Profit of $100 million versus guidance of $88 to $95 million.


ex-TAC Gross Profit of $117 million versus guidance of $108 to $113 million.


Adjusted EBITDA of $41 million versus guidance of $34 to $36 million.

Revenue grew $61 million or 22.9% year-over-year.


New digital property partners1 drove $23 million of growth


Existing digital property partners2 grew $38 million which translates to net dollar retention3 (NDR) of 114% and reflects strong improvement in yield as well as lower demand in the prior year due to COVID.

Gross Profit grew $16.1 million or 19.2% year-over-year and ex-TAC Gross Profit grew $18 million or 18.2% year-over-year.


In each case, the increase in gross profit was driven primarily by growth from new digital property partners,1 and growth from existing digital property partners that was driven by strong improvements in yield. These gains year over year were partially offset by the withholding in the prior year of $10 million in guarantee TAC payments to publishers that we subsequently volunteered to pay in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Operating expenses grew $87.8 million or 133.2% year-over-year.  Excluding higher share based compensation of $76.0 million year over year, mostly triggered from going public, operating expenses grew $11.8 million or 18.5% year-over-year.  This increase was driven by:


A $0.2M increase in research and development as increases in headcount were partially offset by lower depreciation related to timing of new server investments.  We continue to invest in our proprietary, deep learning data engine as well as new products and tools to support our publishers and advertisers.


A $3.6M increase in sales and marketing expenses to support our business growth.


An $8.0M increase in general and administrative expenses related to public company investments and a partial return to more normal operations following the COVID pandemic.


Net loss of $61.4 million was $74.3 million lower year over year primarily driven by the higher share based compensation. Adjusted EBITDA of $40.8 million increased by $5.9 million year over year driven by the higher revenue.


Net income (loss) to Gross profit Margin was (61.3)% and the Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit was 34.9%.

GAAP EPS was $(1.39) in Q2. The EPS was based on GAAP shares outstanding of 48.5 million.

Our fully diluted shares outstanding to start Q3 2021 is estimated to be approximately 256 million.

Cash Flow from Operations of $23.1 million and Free Cash Flow of $6.9 million declined year over year driven by higher purchases of property and equipment and changes in working capital.
 
1New digital property partners within the first 12 months that were live on our network

2Net growth of existing digital property partners, including the growth of new digital property partners (beyond the revenue contribution determined based on the run-rate revenue generated by them when they are first on-boarded)

3Net Dollar Retention is the net growth of existing digital property partners for the given period divided by the revenues from the same period in the prior-year.

Third Quarter 2021 and Full Year 2021 Guidance

The Company’s strong Second Quarter results provide us confidence to raise our Third Quarter and Full Year 2021 guidance above our previous projections and guidance.  Our guidance does not incorporate our pending acquisition of Connexity which is expected to close in the third quarter.  Including Connexity, we expect in 2022 to grow ex-TAC Gross Profit over 30% on a reported, non-pro forma basis and 17%+ on a pro forma basis, above our previous standalone expectation to grow ex-TAC Gross Profit 16% in 2022. For Taboola as a standalone company, we expect the following.

For the Third Quarter 2021, the Company currently expects:
 
Revenues of $325 to $328 million
 
Gross Profit of $95 to $98 million
 
ex-TAC Gross Profit of $115 to $117 million
 
Adjusted EBITDA of $33 to $34 million

For the Full Year 2021, the Company currently expects:


 
(dollars in millions)
 
Increased Guidance
(as of 8/10/21)
 
Year over Year
Growth
Previous Guidance
(as of 5/17/21)
Revenues
 
​$1,316 to $1,323
 
~11%
​$1,298 to $1,308
Gross Profit
 
$390 to $396
 
​22% to 24%
​$374 to $386
ex-TAC Gross Profit
 
​$468 to $472
 
​22% to 23%
​$456 to $466
Adjusted EBITDA
 
​$150 to $153
 
41% to 44%​
​$140 to $150


Although we provide guidance for Adjusted EBITDA, we are not able to provide guidance for projected Net income (loss), the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Certain elements of Net income (loss), including share-based compensation expenses, are not predictable due to the high variability and difficulty of making accurate forecasts. As a result, it is impractical for us to provide guidance on Net Income (loss) or to reconcile our Adjusted EBITDA guidance without unreasonable efforts. Consequently, no disclosure of projected Net income (loss) is included. For the same reasons, we are unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information.

Our guidance assumes that the global economy continues to recover, with no major COVID-19 related setbacks that may cause economic conditions to deteriorate or significantly reduce advertiser demand.

Webcast Details

Taboola's senior management team will discuss the Company's earnings on a call that will take place tomorrow, August 11, 2021, at 8:30 AM ET. The call can be accessed via webcast at https://investors.taboola.com, or by conference call by dialing (877) 312-1874, or (470) 495-9527 for international callers, and entering the conference ID 7791954.  The webcast will be available for replay for one year, through the close of business on August 11, 2022.

*About Non-GAAP Financial Information

This press release includes ex-TAC Gross Profit, Adjusted EBITDA, Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit and Free Cash Flow, which are non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not measures of financial performance in accordance with GAAP and may exclude items that are significant in understanding and assessing the Company’s financial results. Therefore, these measures should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to revenues, gross profit, net income, cash flows from operations or other measures of profitability, liquidity or performance under GAAP. You should be aware that the Company’s presentation of these measures may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies.

The Company believes non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to management and investors regarding future financial and business trends relating to the Company. The Company believes that the use of these measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating operating results and trends and in comparing the Company’s financial measures with other similar companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. Non-GAAP financial measures are subject to inherent limitations because they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which items are excluded or included in calculating them. Please refer to the appendix at the end of this press release for reconciliations to the most directly comparable measures in accordance with GAAP.


Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events including future financial or operating performance of Taboola.com Ltd. (the “Company”). For example, the expected timing and completion of the pending acquisition of Connexity and guidance for the third quarter of and Full Year 2021, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”, “will”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “predict”, “potential” or “continue”, or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.

These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company and its management, are inherently uncertain. Uncertainties and risk factors that could affect the Company’s future performance and cause results to differ from the forward-looking statements in this presentation include, but are not limited to: the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the recent transaction between the Company and ION Acquisitions Corp. 1 Ltd. (the “Business Combination”), which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and retain its management and key employees; costs related to the Business Combination; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the Company’s estimates of expenses and profitability and underlying assumptions with respect to shareholder redemptions and purchase price and other adjustments; ability to attract new digital properties and advertisers; ability to meet minimum guarantee requirements in contracts with digital properties; intense competition in the digital advertising space, including with competitors who have significantly more resources; ability to grow and scale the Company’s ad and content platform through new relationships with advertisers and digital properties; ability to secure high quality content from digital properties; ability to maintain relationships with current advertiser and digital property partners; ability to make continued investments in the Company’s AI-powered technology platform; the need to attract, train and retain highly-skilled technical workforce; changes in the regulation of, or market practice with respect to, “third party cookies” and its impact on digital advertising; continued engagement by users who interact with the Company’s platform on various digital properties; the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; reliance on a limited number of partners for a significant portion of the Company’s revenue; changes in laws and regulations related to privacy, data protection, advertising regulation, competition and other areas related to digital advertising; ability to enforce, protect and maintain intellectual property rights; and risks related to the fact that we are incorporated in Israel and governed by Israeli law; and other risks and uncertainties set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company’s registration statement on Form F-4 relating to the Business Combination filed on April 30, 2021, and in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the final prospectus/proxy statement relating to the Business Combination.


Nothing in this press release should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were made. The Company undertakes no duty to update these forward-looking statements except as may be required by law.

About Taboola

Taboola powers recommendations for the open web, helping people discover things they may like. The company's platform, powered by artificial intelligence, is used by digital properties, including websites, devices and mobile apps, to drive monetization and user engagement. Taboola has long-term partnerships with some of the top digital properties in the world, including CNBC, NBC News, Business Insider, The Independent and El Mundo. More than 13,000 advertisers use Taboola to reach over 500 million daily active users in a brand-safe environment. The company has offices in 15 cities worldwide, including New York and Tel Aviv.

Learn more at www.taboola.com and follow @taboola on Twitter.

Investor Contact:
Press Contact:
   
Jennifer Horsley
Ran Gishri
   
investors@taboola.com
press@taboola.com


CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data

   
June 30,
2021
   
December 31,
2020
 
   
Unaudited
   
Audited
 
             
ASSETS
           
CURRENT ASSETS
           
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
585,243
   
$
242,811
 
Restricted deposits
   
1,061
     
3,664
 
Trade receivables
   
139,019
     
158,050
 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
   
37,636
     
21,609
 
Total current assets
   
762,959
     
426,134
 
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
               
Long-term prepaid expenses
   
20,923
     
5,289
 
Restricted deposits
   
3,367
     
3,300
 
Deferred tax assets
   
2,281
     
1,382
 
Right of use assets
   
58,385
     
68,058
 
Property and equipment, net
   
58,310
     
52,894
 
Intangible assets, net
   
2,627
     
3,905
 
Goodwill
   
19,206
     
19,206
 
     
165,099
     
154,034
 
Total assets
   
928,058
     
580,168
 


CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (continued)
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data


 
June 30,
2021
   
December 31,
2020
 
   
Unaudited
   
Audited
 
             
LIABILITIES, CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
           
CURRENT LIABILITIES
           
Trade payable
 
$
157,658
   
$
189,352
 
Lease liability
   
15,287
     
15,746
 
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
   
101,029
     
95,135
 
Total current liabilities
   
273,974
     
300,233
 
                 
LONG TERM LIABILITIES
               
Deferred tax liabilities
   
27
     
45
 
Warrant liability
   
54,155
     
-
 
Lease liability
   
52,564
     
63,044
 
Total long-term liabilities
   
106,746
     
63,089
 
                 
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES
               
Preferred A, B, B-1, B-2, C, D and E shares with no par value - Authorized: 123,389,750 shares at December 31, 2020; Issued and outstanding: 121,472,152 shares at December 31, 2020: Aggregate liquidation preference of 308,765 as of December 31, 2020.
   
-
     
170,206
 
                 
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
               
Ordinary shares with no par value- Authorized: 700,000,000 and 176,535,661 shares as of June 30 , 2021 and December 31, 2020 respectively; 211,198,259 and 41,357,049 shares issued and outstanding as of June 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.
   
-
     
-
 
Additional paid-in capital
   
621,664
     
78,137
 
Accumulated deficit
   
(74,326
)
   
(31,497
)
Total shareholders' equity
   
547,338
     
46,640
 
Total liabilities, convertible preferred shares, and shareholders' equity
 
$
928,058
   
$
580,168
 


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS)
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data

   
Three months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
Unaudited
   
Unaudited
 
                         
Revenues
 
$
329,072
   
$
267,668
   
$
632,022
   
$
547,014
 
Cost of revenues:
                               
Traffic acquisition cost
   
212,202
     
168,783
     
409,238
     
379,161
 
Other cost of revenues
   
16,625
     
14,781
     
33,040
     
30,973
 
Total cost of revenues
   
228,827
     
183,564
     
442,278
     
410,134
 
Gross profit
   
100,245
     
84,104
     
189,744
     
136,880
 
Operating expenses:
                               
Research and development expenses
   
30,050
     
21,908
     
53,943
     
43,907
 
Sales and marketing expenses
   
69,136
     
31,396
     
103,444
     
66,832
 
General and administrative expenses
   
54,468
     
12,576
     
64,144
     
27,755
 
Total operating expenses
   
153,654
     
65,880
     
221,531
     
138,494
 
Operating income (loss) before finance expenses
   
(53,409
)
   
18,224
     
(31,787
)
   
(1,614
)
Finance expenses, net
   
(85
)
   
(654
)
   
(883
)
   
(206
)
Income (loss) before income taxes
   
(53,494
)
   
17,570
     
(32,670
)
   
(1,820
)
Provision for income taxes
   
(7,922
)
   
(4,665
)
   
(10,159
)
   
(9,128
)
Net income (loss)
 
$
(61,416
)
 
$
12,905
   
$
(42,829
)
 
$
(10,948
)
Less: Undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities
   
(6,029
)
   
(5,646
)
   
(11,944
)
   
(11,228
)
Net Income (loss) attributable to ordinary shares – basic and diluted
   
(67,445
)
   
7,259
     
(54,773
)
   
(22,176
)
Net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic
 
$
(1.39
)
 
$
0.19
   
$
(1.18
)
 
$
(0.54
)
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic
   
48,518,124
     
37,895,239
     
46,351,830
     
41,217,908
 
Net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, diluted
 
$
(1.39
)
 
$
0.12
   
$
(1.18
)
 
$
(0.54
)
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, diluted
   
48,518,124
     
60,096,610
     
46,351,830
     
41,217,908
 


SHARE BASED COMPENSATION BREAK-DOWN BY EXPENSE LINE
U.S. dollars in thousands

   
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
   
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
Cost of revenues
   
455
     
111
     
580
     
252
 
Research and development
   
8,947
     
1,037
     
12,385
     
2,051
 
Sales and marketing
   
35,040
     
919
     
36,171
     
1,897
 
General and administrative
   
34,081
     
156
     
34,518
     
293
 
Total share-based compensation expense
   
78,523
     
2,223
     
83,654
     
4,493
 


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data

   
Three months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
Unaudited
   
Unaudited
 
Cash flows from operating activities:
                       
                         
Net income (loss)
 
$
(61,416
)
 
$
12,905
   
$
(42,829
)
 
$
(10,948
)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows provided by operating activities:
                               
Depreciation and amortization
   
8,646
     
9,076
     
16,890
     
18,827
 
Share based compensation expenses
   
78,523
     
2,223
     
83,654
     
4,493
 
Net loss (gain) from financing expenses
   
(2,970
)
   
(517
)
   
(1,357
)
   
824
 
Increase in deferred taxes, net
   
(1,693
)
   
(890
)
   
(917
)
   
(1,456
)
Revaluation of the warrant liability
   
272
             
272
         
Accrued interest, net
   
-
     
155
     
-
     
332
 
                                 
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
                               
Decrease (increase) in trade receivables
   
(13,410
)
   
18,248
     
19,031
     
43,296
 
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other current assets and long-term prepaid expenses
   
(16,998
)
   
9,069
     
(33,757
)
   
14,985
 
Increase (decrease) in trade payable
   
16,497
     
(30,722
)
   
(31,025
)
   
(35,535
)
Increase in accrued expenses and other current liabilities
   
15,671
     
16,578
     
5,284
     
14,333
 
Change in operating lease Right of use assets
   
3,659
     
3,343
     
7,291
     
6,639
 
Change in operating Lease liabilities
   
(3,698
)
   
(2,634
)
   
(8,557
)
   
(7,948
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
   
23,083
     
36,834
     
13,980
     
47,842
 
                                 
Cash flows from investing activities
                               
Purchase of property and equipment, including capitalized platform costs
   
(16,138
)
   
(3,657
)
   
(21,675
)
   
(10,634
)
Cash paid in connection with acquisitions
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
(202
)
Decrease (increase) in restricted deposits
   
(118
)
   
(12,965
)
   
2,536
     
(2
)
Decrease in short-term deposits
   
-
     
24,968
     
-
     
24,964
 
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
   
(16,256
)
   
8,346
     
(19,139
)
   
14,126
 
                                 
Cash flows from financing activities
                               
Exercise of options
   
1,368
     
400
     
4,919
     
677
 
Issuance of share, net of offering costs
   
290,908
     
-
     
287,432
     
-
 
Issuance of warrant
   
53,883
             
53,883
         
Net cash provided by financing activities
   
346,159
     
400
     
346,234
     
677
 
Exchange differences on balances of cash, cash equivalents
   
2,970
     
517
     
1,357
     
(824
)
                                 
Increase in cash, cash equivalents
   
355,956
     
46,097
     
342,432
     
61,821
 
Cash, cash equivalents - at the beginning of the period
   
229,287
     
102,644
     
242,811
     
86,920
 
Cash, cash equivalents - at end of the period
 
$
585,243
   
$
148,741
   
$
585,243
   
$
148,741
 


CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (continued)
U.S. dollars in thousands, except share and per share data

   
Three months ended
June 30,
   
Six months ended
June 30,
 
   
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
                       
                         
Cash paid for income taxes
 
$
4,502
   
$
431
   
$
5,831
   
$
963
 
Supplemental disclosures of noncash investing and financing activities:
                               
Deferred offering costs incurred during the period included in the Long-term prepaid expenses
 
$
2,950
   
$
-
   
$
2,950
   
$
-
 
                                 
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
 
$
966
   
$
3,030
   
$
966
   
$
3,030
 


APPENDIX: Non-GAAP Reconciliation
 
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES FOR Q2 2021
 
(Unaudited)
 
The following table provides a reconciliation of Revenues to ex-TAC Gross Profit.

 
Three Months
Ended June 30,
   
Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
 
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
Revenues
 
$
329,072
   
$
267,668
   
$
632,022
   
$
547,014
 
Traffic acquisition cost
   
212,202
     
168,783
     
409,238
     
379,161
 
Other cost of revenues
   
16,625
     
14,781
     
33,040
     
30,973
 
Gross Profit
 
$
100,245
   
$
84,104
   
$
189,744
   
$
136,880
 
Add back: Other cost of revenues
   
16,625
     
14,781
     
33,040
     
30,973
 
ex-TAC Gross Profit
 
$
116,870
   
$
98,885
   
$
222,784
   
$
167,853
 

The following table provides a reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA.
 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
(61,416
)
 
$
12,905
   
$
(42,829
)
 
$
(10,948
)
Adjusted to exclude the following:
                               
Financial expenses, net
   
85
     
654
     
883
     
206
 
Tax expenses
   
7,922
     
4,665
     
10,159
     
9,128
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
8,646
     
9,076
     
16,890
     
18,827
 
Share-based compensation expenses(1)
   
78,523
     
2,223
     
83,654
     
4,493
 
M&A costs(2)
   
7,042
     
5,342
     
5,588
     
11,439
 
Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
40,802
   
$
34,865
   
$
74,345
   
$
33,145
 

1For the 2021 periods, a substantial majority is Share-based compensation expenses related to going public.

2 For 2020 periods, represents costs associated with the proposed strategic transaction with Outbrain Inc.which we elected not to consummate, and for 2021 periods, relates to the acquisition of ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. and going public.


We calculate Ratio of Net income (loss) to Gross profit as Net income (loss) divided by Gross profit. We calculate Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit, a non-GAAP measure, as Adjusted EBITDA divided by ex-TAC Gross Profit. We believe that the Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit is useful because TAC is what we must pay digital properties to obtain the right to place advertising on their websites, and we believe focusing on ex-TAC Gross Profit better reflects the profitability of our business. The following table reconciles Ratio of Net income (loss) to Gross Profit and Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit for the period shown.
 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
Gross profit
 
$
100,245
   
$
84,104
   
$
189,744
   
$
136,880
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
(61,416
)
 
$
12,905
   
$
(42,829
)
 
$
(10,948
)
Ratio of Net income (loss) to Gross profit
   
(61.3
)%
   
15.3
%
   
(22.6
)%
   
(8.0
)%
                                 
ex-TAC Gross Profit
 
$
116,870
   
$
98,885
   
$
222,784
   
$
167,853
 
Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
40,802
   
$
34,865
   
$
74,345
   
$
33,145
 
Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA Margin to ex-TAC Gross Profit
   
34.9
%
   
35.3
%
   
33.4
%
   
19.7
%


The following table provides a reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow.
 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
23,083
   
$
36,834
   
$
13,980
   
$
47,842
 
Purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized platform costs
   
(16,138
)
   
(3,657
)
   
(21,675
)
   
(10,634
)
Free Cash Flow
 
$
6,945
   
$
33,177
   
$
(7,695
)
 
$
37,208
 

APPENDIX: Non-GAAP Reconciliation
 
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES FOR Q3 2021 and
FULL YEAR 2021 GUIDANCE
 
(Unaudited)
 
The following table provides a reconciliation of Gross Profit to ex-TAC Gross Profit.

 
Q3 2021
 
 
FY 2021
 
   
(unaudited)
 
 
(dollars in millions)
 
Revenues
 
$
325 - $328
 
 
$
1,316 - $1,323
 
Traffic acquisition cost
 
$
(210 - $211
)
   
$
(848 - $851
)
Other cost of revenues
 
$
(19 - $20
)
   
$
(75 - $77
)
Gross Profit
 
$
95 - $98
     
$
390 - $396
 
Add back: Other cost of revenues
 
$
19 - $20
 
 
$
75 - $77
 
ex-TAC Gross Profit
 
$
115 - $117
 
 
$
468 - $472
 




Exhibit 99.2


Q2 2021 Founder/CEO Letter To Shareholders

Dear Shareholder,

Last quarter, in advance of going public, I wrote my first shareholders letter where I shared our Q1 performance as well as introduced Taboola, our vision, our market, and our ability to drive predictable and profitable growth in a $60B+ open web market. Before we get into our Q2 update, I want to remind those who may be newer to Taboola, on what we do and what drives our success.

Taboola powers recommendations for the open web, helping people discover things they may like. You’ve seen us before, if you’ve visited sites you love like CNBC, NBCNews, the Independent in the UK, or Sankei in Japan - you would discover what to read next, powered by Taboola.

The open web, as many of you know, is the term for all the websites and publishers out there that aren’t Facebook, Amazon, Google, Apple or the like.  The open web is really important, even essential, because it’s free and diverse and doesn’t belong to any one giant company. It belongs to everyone. Think about every website you love — every game, app on a mobile device or connected TV that lives outside of the walled gardens. That’s where Taboola fits.

Taboola has established long-term partnerships with some of the top publishers and digital properties in the world. Recommending something that a user may like at just the right time and just the right place is a significant challenge.  We have a proprietary deep learning recommendations engine that is able to infer what a user might be interested in based on context (not 3rd party cookie reliant) and knowledge of what other users have liked in similar circumstances.  Through our publisher partners, we reach 500M people a day, driving revenue, and we invest $100M a year in R&D to provide our partners with the platform and technology they need to drive revenue, engagement and audience. The strength of our platform has also attracted more than 13,000 advertisers who work directly with Taboola to reach consumers in a brand-safe environment.

Our success has provided us significant scale, and this is a market where scale matters a lot - the bigger you get, the more data you gain, your yield gets better - and the more network effect benefits you get and the more profitable growth you realize. This allows us to invest more in our core and outside of our core, and capture more opportunity in these multi-billion market areas.

I am so happy to update you all again on our business and the tremendous progress we’ve made. Q2 2021 has been the most eventful quarter since I started Taboola.


We are now a public company, trading under ‘TBLA’ on Nasdaq.
We are honored to have the support of, and to be working for, so many new investors, large and small - we are at the beginning of our public journey.  We are focused on winning in the market, executing on our strategy and delivering on our commitments --- now for the benefit of not just ourselves but for our new public investors who chose Taboola, and believe what we believe.

We recently announced our agreement to acquire Connexity for $800M, allowing us to bring e-Commerce to the open web as another strong growth engine.
Connexity is already one of the largest e-Commerce media platforms on the open web -- over a million monthly transaction events supported by direct relationships with over 1,600 merchants, such as Walmart, Wayfair, Skechers, Macy’s, eBay and Otto. Connexity reaches more than 100 million unique shoppers per month, via relationships with premium publishers including Condé Nast, DotDash, Hearst, Vox Media, Meredith, and News Corp Australia.

Connexity is a B2B company, serving merchants as advertisers on one side - and enabling publishers as partners on the other. 90% of their revenue comes from merchants they have direct relationships with (most of it is paid through CPC, and some is paid through CPA), and they don’t rely on 3rd-party cookies. This is incredible - I love that their business, which is very aligned with Taboola’s strategy, is about working directly with both advertisers and publishers, serving high quality advertising experiences that do not depend on cookies.

With publishers - Connexity’s offering helps bring product recommendations to sites we all love, in a familiar format, as well as enabling clients to launch their own “shopping sections”. Imagine scrolling on a fashion website, clicking on the image of an incredible looking shoe and being able to click ‘buy’. Or scrolling through recipes on the Food Network, and discovering groceries you might like to buy. We imagine helping news publishers make each section of their site part of the larger e-Commerce ecosystem. These new capabilities will provide merchants, and publishers, large and small, more opportunities to scale outside of the walled gardens, making the open web thrive.


Connexity on publishers, and the user’s experience looks like this:

Connexity native product listing seamlessly embedded in publisher's editorial content (Hearst’s Runner’s World)

Connexity powering the shopping section of a publisher (Meredith’s Better Home & Gardens)

 
Connexity has successfully built a way to enable advertisers to extend their reach beyond their publisher partners. Similar to “Facebook Audience Network (‘FAN’)”, but powered by Connexity and in the e-Commerce Category. For example, a merchant working with Connexity, (see above) might be recommended on Meredith or Hearst, but might also be surfaced on Bing, Yahoo, Google, or even Instagram where influencers create content. This makes up approximately ~25% of the Connexity business, and it provides a great opportunity for Connexity and its merchants to find users wherever they may be.

I’m really excited about this acquisition. The market is excited. I've received many messages from our publisher community expressing their interest in expanding their work with us to  launch shopping areas on their site(s), and bring e-Commerce to their editorial pages.


We beat our Q2 guidance by all measures, we’re raising our guidance for the full year 2021 and increasing expectations for 2022

As a reminder, when we released Q1 earnings, we raised our guidance for Q2 as well as for the full year, saying we will grow faster. Instead of our original projection to grow 17% for the year, our new and higher guidance was that we’ll grow ex-TAC Gross Profit 19% - 22% in 2021 versus 2020.

Today, we’re sharing that we beat our revised higher Q2 guidance, delivering strong growth year-over-year across all our financial metrics, and we’re raising our guidance for the full year 2021.

In Q2, revenue was up 23%, ex-TAC gross profit up 18% and Adjusted EBITDA up 17% versus last year, same quarter. About 40% of this growth comes from new business, and 60% comes growth in our yield. We are winning new business, seeing good demand for our new Agency/Brand offering and maintaining strong yield overall. At the same time, due to continued accelerated digitization from Covid-19, consumers are looking to interact and buy more online, where Taboola has a meaningful scale, reaching 500M+ daily active users.

Raising guidance for Q3 and the rest of 2021

Following this momentum, and a strong Q1 - we are increasing our stand alone expectations for Q3, and updating our full year guidance. We are now projecting that we will grow ex-TAC gross profit by 22 - 23% for the full year of 2021 versus 2020, which is an increase from our previous guidance of 19 - 22%. Note that our guidance does not incorporate our pending acquisition of Connexity which is expected to close in the third quarter.

Higher 2022 growth on a bigger base
Joined with Connexity, we expect in 2022 to grow ex-TAC gross profit over 30% on a reported, non-pro forma basis1. We previously told you that we expected the Taboola stand-alone ex-TAC gross profit to grow 16% in 2022. With the completion of the Connexity acquisition, we’re raising our expectations for next year, projecting that we will grow ex-TAC gross profit faster at 17%+ on a pro forma basis, despite the much larger base. We expect to close the acquisition by the end of the third quarter of this year.

We are laser focused on continuing to deliver predictable, and consistent profitable growth over the long run and we are proud of our track record of performance, which is built on a solid business foundation:


We have won the trust of incredible publishers who work with us exclusively (and typically) for 3-5 years

90% of our advertisers work with us directly, allowing our AI technology, called SmartBid to optimize the bids on their behalf

We use contextual signals to deliver relevant recommendations and don't rely on 3rd-party cookies

We have scale, and in our industry, scale matters - driving our flywheel, our yield and our competitive advantage higher.

1Reported growth expectation assumes that the Connexity acquisition closes at the end of Q3 2021


Business Highlights

We are winning in the market and we are seeing great results.

I speak frequently about how Taboola is growing across 3 multi-billion dollar areas:

Growing our core business - this is our foundation, a business with a moat built on fourteen years of technology and algorithm innovation, direct publisher and advertiser partnerships, no reliance on 3rd-party cookies, interacting with 500M people a day and remaining focused on data and execution. Our core business provides us the scale, capabilities and permission to pursue our Anything and Anywhere growth initiatives.

‘Recommend Anything’, a way for us to diversify what we recommend.


-
Winning premium demand on premium new placements - We’re seeing terrific growth with premium demand such as video and native branding on premium new placements such as middle of the article pages, homepages and section fronts. We already power both editorial and paid recommendations for many of the largest publishers in the world, which gives us the advantage of being able to win in bundles, e.g., bottom of article and middle of the page recommendations: 1 + 1 = 3.

-
e-Commerce - Acquiring Connexity helps us supercharge our strategy of recommend anything and focus on bringing product and e-Commerce recommendations to the open web. More on Connexity below.

‘Recommend Anywhere’, where we’re continuing our expansion to recommend wherever people might be. Over time we will consider becoming the recommendation engine on devices like Connected TV, in the meantime, we’re already making good progress integrating our recommendations on device manufacturers
 
  -
Taboola News (our Apple News-like product) has continued to scale with two major deals. A long-term partnership with Sliide, a leading mobile platform that drives engagement and monetization for mobile carriers, OEMs and publishers, powering billions of user interactions. Samsung Brasil also selected Taboola News as their partner to integrate relevant content from Taboola’s premium publishers on mobile phones and other user touch points.


More on Taboola and Connexity as part of “Recommend Anything” strategy
With this acquisition, we are executing on our plan to expand into e-Commerce as part of our “Recommend Anything” strategy.  Connexity expands our market opportunity. In the US alone their estimated TAM is $35B for the e-Commerce media market. We believe that the future of the open web is e-Commerce, bringing merchants together with trusted publishers, connecting customers with products they might like - powered by Taboola.  By combining our organizations, cultures, massive data, reach to 500M daily active users, and direct access to publishers, advertisers and merchants — we are making a huge step towards our vision.

We’ve seen great companies in Asia like WeChat and Alibaba massively succeed in e-Commerce. Mark Zuckerberg recently announced Instagram Shopping and Facebook Shops, and I’m convinced we can bring the power of commerce to every site, or app on the free internet. Imagine reading an article about a Star Wars LEGO set and instead of having to start a search to buy the set, products like LEGO’s Millennium Falcon, Yoda or R2-D2 are surfaced, alongside content, for users to consider buying.

Taboola will now be powering millions of e-commerce recommendations to millions of people across the open web every day.  We can’t wait to bring this value to our publishers and these new channels to our advertisers. The synergies are very clear --
 

Driving yield growth by bringing Connexity Merchants to Taboola’s existing relationships with publishers / 500M active users

Upselling existing Connexity publisher products, such as shop sections and commerce content, to Taboola’s ~9,000 publishers

Building new, powerful and innovative products based on combined tech and data

Bringing Connexity global by leveraging Taboola’s worldwide presence

Creating a super data set to drive yield growth to both Connexity and Taboola’s partners

Together with Connexity, we can achieve our shared dream. We’ll be at the forefront of powering recommendations for the open web, enabling merchants to leverage Taboola’s massive scale  to reach their clients outside of the walled gardens.
 
Amazon has millions of merchants, but merchants mainly have Amazon. That changes once we acquire Connexity.

Our People

We are hiring quickly across all departments, and that is important for us given our fast, predictable, and profitable growth expectations. I’m proud to say that we have consistently been voted a top company to work for in Israel (where we house our R&D Center). Globally,


-
320 people applied to work at Taboola every day in Q2

-
We finished Q1 with 1383 employees and Q2 with 1442


DEI
Building an inclusive and diverse workplace isn’t just the right thing to do as a society, we believe that multiple voices and perspectives can drive better results. Our culture is about transparency and collaboration, and with more diversity, we believe we can execute even better. As we look into Q3 and the rest of 2021, our DEI projects are front of the line.


-
We have allocated $1.5M for DEI activities for 2021, with $500K already implemented in Q1’s RecommendHer campaign, which provided free advertising for women-owned businesses.

-
In June, Taboola Pride, our Employee Resource Group for the LGBTQ community at Taboola held a private, virtual event with over 10% of our employees attending the session.

We’ve announced to our employees that we want to take a meaningful decision when it comes to women and people of color in leadership at Taboola. Our goal from now through 2025 is:


-
25% of our Sr. leadership team (VP and above) will be women

-
45% of all future promotions and hires into leadership will be women or people of color

Our global goal is gender diversity, and we’re going to focus on underrepresented minority groups in each of the regions we operate in.

Financial Performance

Turning to our Q2 financials, we once again had strong results across our key business metrics and that performance gives us the confidence to raise our guidance for Q3 and full year. Here are the highlights:

(dollars in millions)
Q2 2021
Year over Year
Growth
Previous Guidance
(as of 5/17/21)
       
Revenues
​$329
22.9%​
​$315 to $320
Gross Profit
$100
​19.2%
​$88 to $95
ex-TAC Gross Profit*
​$117
​18.2%
​$108 to $113
Net Loss1
$(61)
NM
not a guidance measure
Adjusted EBITDA*
​$41
17.0%​
​$34 to $36

1For the 2021 periods, a substantial majority is Share-based compensation expenses related to going public.


Within revenue, there was a balanced contribution with new business contributing 37.4% and existing business contributing 62.6% of the growth.  Gains in yield fuel our business and enabled both investment and an adjusted EBITDA margin of 34.9%. Our continued profitable growth reflects the strength of our business model that includes:


long term and exclusive publisher partnerships (contracts) with guaranteed supply

direct relationships with advertisers, strongly tilted to performance advertisers that are uniquely resilient

a contextual, non-cookie dependent recommendations engine

Our scale, and in our industry, scale matters  - driving competitive advantage.

All of these elements feed our yield improvement flywheel that results in greater publisher and advertiser success as well as higher growth and better margins.

Our Q2 performance gives us confidence to raise our Q3 expectations and full year guidance. Our guidance does not incorporate Connexity’s business pending the close of the acquisition.  The table below includes our current guidance for full year 2021 compared to our previous guidance:

Full Year 2021
(dollars in millions)
 
Increased Guidance
(as of 8/10/21)
 
Year over Year
Growth
Previous Guidance
(as of 5/17/21)
Revenues
 
​$1,316 to $1,323
 
~11%
​$1,298 to $1,308
Gross Profit
 
$390 to $396
 
​22% to 24%
​$374 to $386
ex-TAC Gross Profit
 
​$468 to $472
 
​22% to 23%
​$456 to $466
Adjusted EBITDA
 
​$150 to $153
 
41% to 44%​
​$140 to $150

For a complete look at our updated full year and Q3 guidance and Q2 results, please see our Q2 2021 earnings press release, which was furnished to the SEC and also posted on Taboola’s website today at https://investors.taboola.com.

*          *          *

And while we are focused on quarterly growth, our vision far surpasses quarter by quarter goals. We have a big vision for the next decade and it includes powering e-Commerce recommendations across the open web.

I’m looking forward to our first earnings call, where I will do my best to answer any questions you may have.

Kind regards,
-- Adam Singolda
Founder and CEO


*About Non-GAAP Financial Information

This press release includes ex-TAC Gross Profit, Adjusted EBITDA, Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit and Free Cash Flow, which are non-GAAP financial measures. These non-GAAP financial measures are not measures of financial performance in accordance with GAAP and may exclude items that are significant in understanding and assessing the Company’s financial results. Therefore, these measures should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to revenues, gross profit, net income, cash flows from operations or other measures of profitability, liquidity or performance under GAAP. You should be aware that the Company’s presentation of these measures may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies.

The Company believes non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to management and investors regarding future financial and business trends relating to the Company. The Company believes that the use of these measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating operating results and trends and in comparing the Company’s financial measures with other similar companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. Non-GAAP financial measures are subject to inherent limitations because they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which items are excluded or included in calculating them. Please refer to the appendix at the end of this press release for reconciliations to the most directly comparable measures in accordance with GAAP.

Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events including future financial or operating performance of Taboola.com Ltd. (the “Company”). For example, the expected timing and completion of the pending acquisition of Connexity and guidance for the third quarter of and Full Year 2021, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”, “will”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “predict”, “potential” or “continue”, or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.


These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company and its management, are inherently uncertain. Uncertainties and risk factors that could affect the Company’s future performance and cause results to differ from the forward-looking statements in this presentation include, but are not limited to: the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the recent transaction between the Company and ION Acquisitions Corp. 1 Ltd. (the “Business Combination”), which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and retain its management and key employees; costs related to the Business Combination; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the Company’s estimates of expenses and profitability and underlying assumptions with respect to shareholder redemptions and purchase price and other adjustments; ability to attract new digital properties and advertisers; ability to meet minimum guarantee requirements in contracts with digital properties; intense competition in the digital advertising space, including with competitors who have significantly more resources; ability to grow and scale the Company’s ad and content platform through new relationships with advertisers and digital properties; ability to secure high quality content from digital properties; ability to maintain relationships with current advertiser and digital property partners; ability to make continued investments in the Company’s AI-powered technology platform; the need to attract, train and retain highly-skilled technical workforce; changes in the regulation of, or market practice with respect to, “third party cookies” and its impact on digital advertising; continued engagement by users who interact with the Company’s platform on various digital properties; the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; reliance on a limited number of partners for a significant portion of the Company’s revenue; changes in laws and regulations related to privacy, data protection, advertising regulation, competition and other areas related to digital advertising; ability to enforce, protect and maintain intellectual property rights; and risks related to the fact that we are incorporated in Israel and governed by Israeli law; and other risks and uncertainties set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company’s registration statement on Form F-4 relating to the Business Combination filed on April 30, 2021, and in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the final prospectus/proxy statement relating to the Business Combination.

Nothing in this press release should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were made. The Company undertakes no duty to update these forward-looking statements except as may be required by law.
 
APPENDIX: Non-GAAP Reconciliation
 
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES FOR Q2 2021
 
(Unaudited)
 
The following table provides a reconciliation of Revenues to ex-TAC Gross Profit.

 
Three Months
Ended June 30,
   
Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
 
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
Revenues
 
$
329,072
   
$
267,668
   
$
632,022
   
$
547,014
 
Traffic acquisition cost
   
212,202
     
168,783
     
409,238
     
379,161
 
Other cost of revenues
   
16,625
     
14,781
     
33,040
     
30,973
 
Gross Profit
 
$
100,245
   
$
84,104
   
$
189,744
   
$
136,880
 
Add back: Other cost of revenues
   
16,625
     
14,781
     
33,040
     
30,973
 
ex-TAC Gross Profit
 
$
116,870
   
$
98,885
   
$
222,784
   
$
167,853
 


The following table provides a reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA.
 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
(61,416
)
 
$
12,905
   
$
(42,829
)
 
$
(10,948
)
Adjusted to exclude the following:
                               
Financial expenses, net
   
85
     
654
     
883
     
206
 
Tax expenses
   
7,922
     
4,665
     
10,159
     
9,128
 
Depreciation and amortization
   
8,646
     
9,076
     
16,890
     
18,827
 
Share-based compensation expenses(1)
   
78,523
     
2,223
     
83,654
     
4,493
 
M&A costs(2)
   
7,042
     
5,342
     
5,588
     
11,439
 
Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
40,802
   
$
34,865
   
$
74,345
   
$
33,145
 

1For the 2021 periods, a substantial majority is Share-based compensation expenses related to going public.

2 For 2020 periods, represents costs associated with the proposed strategic transaction with Outbrain Inc.which we elected not to consummate, and for 2021 periods, relates to the acquisition of ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. and going public.

We calculate Ratio of Net income (loss) to Gross profit as Net income (loss) divided by Gross profit. We calculate Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit, a non-GAAP measure, as Adjusted EBITDA divided by ex-TAC Gross Profit. We believe that the Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit is useful because TAC is what we must pay digital properties to obtain the right to place advertising on their websites, and we believe focusing on ex-TAC Gross Profit better reflects the profitability of our business. The following table reconciles Ratio of Net income (loss) to Gross Profit and Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit for the period shown.


 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
Gross profit
 
$
100,245
   
$
84,104
   
$
189,744
   
$
136,880
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
(61,416
)
 
$
12,905
   
$
(42,829
)
 
$
(10,948
)
Ratio of Net income (loss) to Gross profit
   
(61.3
)%
   
15.3
%
   
(22.6
)%
   
(8.0
)%
                                 
ex-TAC Gross Profit
 
$
116,870
   
$
98,885
   
$
222,784
   
$
167,853
 
Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
40,802
   
$
34,865
   
$
74,345
   
$
33,145
 
Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA Margin to ex-TAC Gross Profit
   
34.9
%
   
35.3
%
   
33.4
%
   
19.7
%

The following table provides a reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow.
 
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
   
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2021
   
2020
   
2021
   
2020
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
 
 
(dollars in thousands)
   
(dollars in thousands)
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
23,083
   
$
36,834
   
$
13,980
   
$
47,842
 
Purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized platform costs
   
(16,138
)
   
(3,657
)
   
(21,675
)
   
(10,634
)
Free Cash Flow
 
$
6,945
   
$
33,177
   
$
(7,695
)
 
$
37,208
 


APPENDIX: Non-GAAP Reconciliation
 
RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES FOR Q3 2021 and FULL YEAR 2021 GUIDANCE
 
(Unaudited)
 
The following table provides a reconciliation of Gross Profit to ex-TAC Gross Profit.

 
Q3 2021
   
FY 2021
 
   
(unaudited)
 
 
(dollars in millions)
 
Revenues
 
$
325 - $328
   
$
1,316 - $1,323
 
Traffic acquisition cost
 
$
(210 - $211
)
 
$
(848 - $851
)
Other cost of revenues
 
$
(19 - $20
)
 
$
(75 - $77
)
Gross Profit
 
$
95 - $98
   
$
390 - $396
 
Add back: Other cost of revenues
 
$
19 - $20
   
$
75 - $77
 
ex-TAC Gross Profit
 
$
115 - $117
   
$
468 - $472
 




Exhibit 99.3

 Management Presentation  August 10, 2021 
 

 Forward-Looking StatementsCertain statements in this Presentation may be considered forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or Taboola.com Ltd.’s (the “Company”) future financial or operating performance. For example, projections of future Revenue, Adjusted EBITDA, Net Dollar Retention, New Publisher Growth, and other metrics are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may”, “should”, “expect”, “intend”, “will”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “predict”, “potential” or “continue”, or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by the Company and its management are inherently uncertain. Uncertainties and risk factors that could affect the Company’s future performance and cause results to differ from the forward-looking statements in this presentation include, but are not limited to: the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the recent transaction with ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. (the “Business Combination”), which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and retain its management and key employees; costs related to the Business Combination; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the Company’s estimates of expenses and profitability and underlying assumptions with respect to shareholder redemptions and purchase price and other adjustments; ability to attract new digital properties and advertisers; ability to meet minimum guarantee requirements in contracts with digital properties; intense competition in the digital advertising space, including with competitors who have significantly more resources; ability to grow and scale the Company’s ad and content platform through new relationships with advertisers and digital properties; ability to secure high quality content from digital properties; ability to maintain relationships with current advertiser and digital property partners; ability to make continued investments in the Company’s AI-powered technology platform; the need to attract, train and retain highly-skilled technical workforce; changes in the regulation of, or market practice with respect to, “third party cookies” and its impact on digital advertising; continued engagement by users who interact with the Company’s platform on various digital properties; the impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; reliance on a limited number of partners for a significant portion of the Company’s revenue; changes in laws and regulations related to privacy, data protection, advertising regulation, competition and other areas related to digital advertising; ability to enforce, protect and maintain intellectual property rights; and risks related to the fact that we are incorporated in Israel and governed by Israeli law; and other risks and uncertainties set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” in the Company’s registration statement on Form F-4 relating to the Business Combination filed on April 30, 2021, and in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including the final prospectus/proxy statement relating to the Business Combination.Nothing in this Presentation should be regarded as a representation by any person that the forward-looking statements set forth herein will be achieved or that any of the contemplated results of such forward-looking statements will be achieved. You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were made. The inclusion of these projections does not constitute republication or affirmation thereof as any other date. The Company undertakes no duty to update these forward-looking statements.Non-GAAP Financial MeasuresThis Presentation includes certain financial measures not presented in accordance with GAAP including, but not limited to, Adjusted EBITDA and certain ratios and other metrics derived therefrom, including free cash flow and ex-TAC Gross Profit, and related margin measures, as well as New Publisher ex-TAC Gross Profit. These non-GAAP financial measures are not measures of financial performance in accordance with GAAP and may exclude items that are significant in understanding and assessing the Company’s financial results. Therefore, these measures should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income, cash flows from operations or other measures of profitability, liquidity or performance under GAAP. You should be aware that the Company’s presentation of these measures may not be comparable to similarly-titled measures used by other companies.The Company believes these non-GAAP measures of financial results provide useful information to management and investors regarding certain financial and business trends relating to the Company’s financial condition and results of operations. The Company believes that the use of these non-GAAP financial measures provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends in and in comparing the Company’s financial measures with other similar companies, many of which present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. These non-GAAP financial measures are subject to inherent limitations as they reflect the exercise of judgments by management about which expense and income are excluded or included in determining these non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to footnotes where presented on each page of this Presentation or to the appendix found at the end of this Presentation for a reconciliation of these measures to what the Company believes are the most directly comparable measure evaluated in accordance with GAAP.This Presentation also includes certain projections of non-GAAP financial measures. Due to the high variability and difficulty in making accurate forecasts and projections of some of the information excluded from these projected measures, together with some of the excluded information not being ascertainable or accessible, the Company is unable to quantify certain amounts that would be required to be included in the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures without unreasonable effort. Consequently, no disclosure of estimated comparable GAAP measures is included and no reconciliation of the forward-looking non-GAAP financial measures is included.Use of ProjectionsThis Presentation contains financial forecasts with respect to the Company’s projected financial results, including Revenue, ex-TAC Gross Profit, Free Cash Flow and Adjusted EBITDA for the Company's fiscal years 2021. The Company's independent auditors have not audited, reviewed, compiled or performed any procedures with respect to the projections for the purpose of their inclusion in this Presentation, and accordingly, they did not express an opinion or provide any other form of assurance with respect thereto for the purpose of this Presentation. As discussed under “Financial Information” above, all financial information, including the projected information, was prepared in accordance with GAAP. These projections should not be relied upon as being necessarily indicative of future results. The assumptions and estimates underlying the prospective financial information are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the prospective financial information. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the prospective results are indicative of the future performance of the Company or that actual results will not differ materially from those presented in the prospective financial information or that the prospective financial information will be the same as that presented in the proxy statement related to the Business Combination. Inclusion of the prospective financial information in this Presentation should not be regarded as a representation by any person that the results contained in the prospective financial information will be achieved.Industry and Market DataIn this Presentation, the Company relies on and refer to certain information and statistics obtained from third-party sources, which it believes to be reliable. The Company has not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of any such third-party information. You are cautioned not to give undue weight to such industry and market data.This Presentation may include trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights of other companies, which are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, some of the trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights referred to in this Presentation may be listed without the TM, SM, (c) or (r) symbols, but the Company will assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, the right of the applicable owners, if any, to  these trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights.  Disclaimer  2 
 

 Today’s Presenters  Adam SingoldaFounder & CEO  Founded Taboola over 13 years ago  Has led the company as its CEO ever since  6+ years at TaboolaLed several of Idealab's portfolio companies, including Perfect MarketPrior experience at Disney & General Electric  Stephen WalkerCFO  3 
 

 AGENDA  4  Taboola OverviewInvestment HighlightsTaboola + Connexity = Even StrongerFinancial Information 
 

 We Power Recommendations for The Open Web  5  Helping people discover things they may like 
 

 TABOOLA = SEARCH “IN REVERSE”  6  From people looking for information to information looking for people 
 

 YOU HAVE SEEN TABOOLA BEFORE  7 
 

 SOLVING TREMENDOUSLY DIFFICULT TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES  Predicting what people might be interested in without the intent data that Google has or the personal data that Facebook has and doing it at massive scale.  1 PetabyteData Processed by Taboola AI Daily3  330K+CPU & GPU Cores4  1 Trillion  516M  DAILY ACTIVE USERS1  More than Twitter and Snap combined2    Monthly Recommendations5  Daily Active Users measures the 7-day average number of users exposed to Taboola recommendationsTwitter and Snap reported 187M and 249M (respectively) in Q3-2020 Earnings reports(3)(4)(5)Source: Company estimates 8 
 

       ENABLING PUBLISHERS TO COMPETE WITH WALLED GARDEN BEHEMOTHS  WALLED GARDENS1    SOCIAL    SEARCH    ECOMMERCE    OPEN WEB2    25%3  Walled Gardens includes other closed platforms including Snap, Twitter, and NetflixOpen Web: Digital properties not owned by walled gardens such as websites, apps, games, Connected-TV apps, etc.Percentages reflect time spent on digital media according to company estimates based on eMarketer data. 25% reflects total time spent on Open Web properties, not just on Taboola      Bringing the user data, AI technology and scale of demand to open Web players75%  9  News siteseCommerce sites  Apps / Games  CTV       
 

                               TABOOLA CAN CAPTURE SHARE OF THE HIGHLY FRAGMENTED $64B OPEN WEB MARKET1  SOCIAL    SEARCH      E-COMMERCE  RECOMMENDATIONS ENGINE    Open Web  App Install  Video  Banners  Affiliates  (1) Jounce Media, 2020 Market Outlook Report  e-Commerce  10 
 

         FULL TECH STACK FOR PUBLISHERS: MISSION CRITICAL FOR THE OPEN WEB  Engagement  Engaging users by recommending organic content  Monetizing with non-interruptive, native ads  Audience        $2B+ Paid To Publishers Over 3 Years1Monetization  (1) See Appendix for historical annual Traffic acquisition costs (TAC)  Driving quality audiences from across the networkEmpowering editorial teams with actionable data insights             
 

   THAT’S WHY TABOOLA GETS  LONG-TERM, EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH PUBLISHERS  118% NDR in 202019,000 publishersGlobal  Publishers on a 5+ Year Contract with Taboola      (1) Source: Company Data. Net Dollar Retention (ex-TAC Gross Profit) is the net growth of ex-TAC Gross Profit from existing digital property partners, including the growth of new digital property partners (beyond the revenue contribution determined based on the run-rate revenue generated by them when they are first on-boarded) for the given period divided by the ex-TAC Gross Profit from the same period in theprior-year.  “NBC News Group is excited to continue working with Taboola to expand the reach  of our content and continue driving our already impressive growth. We recognize the  value of Taboola’s technology and their ability to drive meaningful engagement with  NBC News content, especially at a time when competition for user attention is at an  all-time high.”- Elisabeth Sami, SVP of Global Strategy and Business Development for NBC News Group  12 
 

 ADVERTISERS CHOOSE TABOOLA FOR THE OPEN WEB    Massive reach – 516M Daily Active UsersPerformance focus with measurable ROI  Brand safe ad placements  Target ads based on what people truly care about  Largest advertiser is 3% of total ad spend10th largest advertiser is 1% of total ad spend1101% Net Dollar Retention over the period Q4 2018 - Q3, 20202        Source: Company DataExcluding Q2-2020 due to expected one-time impact of COVID-19  13  Time 
 

 Having an amazing year and it’s just the beginning  Went public, raised $500M+ from great investors - Fidelity, Federated, Baron, othersBeat Q1 and Q2 projections and raised guidance for Q3 and full year 2021Winning incredible partners, and progressing on our growth initiatives organically      14 
 

 AGENDA  15  Taboola OverviewInvestment HighlightsTaboola + Connexity = Even StrongerFinancial Information 
 

 INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS  16  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  ●  The Open Web is a massive categoryTaboola’s technology is resilient to the future disappearance of third-party cookiesProduct-led growth fueled by a network effectPlatform advantage driven by Taboola’s technologyNumerous paths to accelerate growth Proven, founder-led management teamSuperior financial profile with recurring revenues, scale, and profitable growth  1  2  3  4  5  6  7 
 

   More than ads, product led - driving engagement, and audience to the entire publisher orgExclusive & direct relationships with publishers/advertisers - enables end-to-end innovation and predictable growth  1st party & contextual data, built for a cookieless world - We’re “always on” - all users, all GEOs, all platforms. 500M+ DAU.(1)            TABOOLA IS POISED TO CAPTURE SHARE OF THE $64B OPEN WEB MARKET  The Open Web        Audience Network  Amazon DSP    Source: Original Image: “State of the Open Internet” by Jounce Media, January 2020, Modified to reflect Taboola as part of The Open Web(1) Daily Active Users measures the 7-day average number of users  exposed to Taboola recommendations  1  17 
 

 Taboola has its own 1st party cookie - recommending personalized editorial content enables serving our own 1st party identifierUnique readership context - deep access to the context of the page, allowing advertisers to target context (vs. “3rd party cookie behavior”)People click on Taboola recommendations tens of billions of times a year1 - re-hashing Taboola identifier across websites  TABOOLA TECH IS BUILT FOR A COOKIE-LESS WORLD    Yield  Taboola’s strong yield performance despite 3rd party cookies being blocked in the industry for years:Apple started blocking 3rd party cookies in 2017Firefox, Edge, etc are also blocking 3rd party cookiesGDPR launched in 2018CCPA launched in 2019  18  2  (1) Source: Company data. Clicks represent total clicks on Taboola recommendations, including paid advertisements (“sponsored content”) and editorial ("organic") content 
 

 SCALE MATTERS IN OUR INDUSTRY - GROWTH WITH A BUILT-IN NETWORK EFFECT    3          More Publisher Partners  More Users ReachedMore Data Generated  More AdvertisersMore Successful  Higher Yield(Better Results for Advertisersand Publishers)                                  19 
 

 PLATFORM ADVANTAGE DRIVEN BY INVESTMENT IN TECH    500 R&D staff100 in Algo & Data$100M Annual R&D Investment  20  4  Source: Company data, 2021 estimates 20 
 

 RECOMMENDING ANYTHING, ANYWHEREA MULTI BILLION DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY    Core Business  $1B+ in 2020 & Growing Rapidly2      A N Y T H I N G      $10M’s in 20203    $10M’s in 20201  New products and segments  (TV ads, eCommerce, app downloads, gaming...)  A N Y W H E R ETaboola News (mobile carriers, device manufacturers, CTV...)      5  Note: Financial models take into consideration only the core business  This Game Will Keep You Up All Night!Good Game | Sponsored  (1)(2)(3)Source: Company data, Revenues21 
 

 FAST GROWING PREMIUM VIDEO DEMAND ON PREMIUM PLACEMENTS  5    2016  Acquired ConvertMedia$20MAnnual Run Rate(Revenues)    2020  $90M+  Technology Integration & Go-To-Market  2222  MID ARTICLE VIDEO     
 

 PROVEN, FOUNDER-LED MANAGEMENT TEAM  6                  Kristy Sundjaja1 year at TaboolaSVP, People Operations          Ran Buck7 years at TaboolaSVP, Global Revenue                Aviv Sinai13 years at TaboolaSVP, R&D    Adam Singolda13 years at TaboolaFounder & CEO          Eldad Maniv8 years at TaboolaPresident & COO          Stephen Walker 6 years at Taboola CFO  23  Lior Golan11 years at TaboolaCTO 
 

 Q2 RESULTS  Strong Q2-21 Results.Driven by revenue growth from new and existing digital property partners and improved network yield relative to historic seasonal expectations  Unaudited results for Three Months Ended June 30, 2021As published in Taboola’s first quarter 2021 earnings releaseNon-GAAP measure, see appendix for reconciliation to GAAP  24    Unaudited  Previous  Revenues  Q2-211$329M  Guidance2$315 - 320M  Gross Profit  $100M  $88 - 95M  ex-TAC Gross Profit3  $117M  $108 - 113M  Adj EBITDA3  $41M  $34 - 36M 
 

 UPDATED FULL YEAR 2021 GUIDANCE  INCREASED GUIDANCE ACROSS ALL MEASURES(1) Non-GAAP measures, see appendix for reconciliation to GAAP  25  RevenuesGross Profitex-TAC Gross Profit1 Adj. EBITDA1  2 0 2 0    2021 GUIDANCE    GROWTH RATE  $1,189M    $1,316-1,323M    10-11%  $319M    $390-396M    22-24%  $382M    $468-472M    22-23%  $106M    $150-153M    41-44% 
 

 AGENDA  26  Taboola OverviewInvestment HighlightsTaboola + Connexity = Even StrongerFinancial Information 
 

 Merchants              CONNEXITY IS ONE OF THE LARGESTOPEN WEB E-COMMERCE MEDIA PLATFORMS  Open Web($35B US TAM1)Walled Gardens  27  (1) Source: eMarketer, “Digital Ad Spending, By Industry, US” Note: Illustrative diagrams, not to scale. 
 

 HOW CONNEXITY DRIVES SHOPPERS TO MERCHANTS IN THE OPEN WEB        Merchants        Open Web ($35B TAM)            Audience ExtensionSearch  Social  25%1  Publishers Solutions75%1Shopping SiteProducts on Editorial Content  1 Percentage of Revenue in 2020.  28 
 

 CONNEXITY FOR PUBLISHERS  Products on Editorial Content  Shopping Site  29 
 

 CONNEXITY BY THE NUMBERS1 -POWERING E-COMMERCE IN THE OPEN WEB AT SCALE    At Impressive Scale:1,600+ direct merchant relationships 750M product offerings (SKUs) 1M+ monthly transactions6k+ publisher relationships  Strong 2020 Financial Results:1$77M ex-TAC gross profit2$38M Adjusted EBITDA220%+ ex-TAC gross profit growth YoY50%+ "Rule of 50" business: ex-TAC gross profit growth + Adj EBITDA margin2 exceeds 50%  (1)  Connexity company data. Connexity information includes pro forma Skimlinks results for periods prior to its acquisition by Connexity in May 2020. YoY growth represents 2020 compared to 2019.Non-GAAP measures. See appendix for calculation and reconciliation to GAAP. “Adj. EBITDA margin” is Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC gross profit.  (2)  30 
 

 DIRECT RELATIONSHIP WITH MERCHANTS  90%+ of revenue comes from direct merchants relationships10% from affiliates that Connexity is not directly managing65% of revenue is CPC, 35% is CPA 
 

 PARTNERS AND CLIENTS LOVE CONNEXITY: NDR  32  Merchants12 year average tenure of strategic merchants140% Net Revenue Retention among strategic merchantsTop 10 merchants in 2020 had 88% CAGR in 2017-2020Publishers4.5 year average tenure of top publishers247% Net Revenue Retention among managed service publishers (~65% of net revenue) 
 

 SYNERGIES  Driving yield growth by bringing Connexity Merchants to Taboola’s existing relationships with publishersUpselling Existing Connexity publisher products - shop section and commerce content - to Taboola’s 9,000+ publishersBringing Connexity global by leveraging Taboola’s worldwide presenceCreating a super data set (merge our data) - drive yield growth to Connexity partners, and Taboola’s  +  33 
 

 ADDITION OF E-COMMERCE DATA SIGNALS WILL INCREASE YIELD AND ENHANCE NETWORK EFFECT          More Publisher Partners  More Advertisers  More Users ReachedGenerating more data  Higher Yield(Better Results for Advertisersand Publishers)                                  +1,600 Merchant Advertisers1  34  +1M Monthly Transactions1  +6,0001 publishers with  net new supply  (1)  Connexity company data 
 

 STRONG STRATEGIC RATIONALEBringing e-commerce Recommendations to the Open Web  35  Accelerates Taboola Growth into $35B e-CommerceMedia TAM (US alone)1Adds Direct Relationships with 1,600+ Brand Name Merchants2Leverages contextual signals - not reliant on 3rd party cookiesExpected to increase Yield, make us more competitive (through e-Commerce demand and expanded access to transaction data)Expected to grow revenue to our publishers, bringing even more strategic value as we sign 3, 5+ year exclusive, global partnershipsIncredible culture fit - passion, perseverance, and execution  (1)(2)  Source: eMarketer, ““Digital Ad Spending, By Industry, US” Connexity company data 
 

 AGENDA  36  Taboola OverviewInvestment HighlightsTaboola + Connexity = Even StrongerFinancial Information 
 

   UPSIDE IN OUR MODELGrowth from Core Open Web business onlyConservative growth assumed for existing baseAdditional upside from existing growth initiatives and inorganic  PROFITABLE GROWTHRule of 40 Business  (1),(2),(3) Non-GAAP measure, see appendix for reconciliation to GAAP Note: Projections reflect the mid-point of 2021 guidance  (1)  37  LONG-TERM MODEL20%+ ex-TAC Gross Profit Growth30%+ Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit  TABOOLA FOCUSES ON PROFITABLE GROWTH1  2  3  ex  2ex-TAC Gross Profit    Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit 3    1 2  3 
 

 2019 METRICS WERE INFLUENCED BY OUR INVESTMENT STRATEGY  In 2019, Taboola made the decision to invest $60 million in long-term partnerships with a number of very large, brand name publishing networks1            2018A  2019A  2020A  Given that investment, Ratio of Adj. EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit2 was 11.5%...27.8%23.8%  11.5%    Without that investment, Ratio of Adj. EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit would have been 26.4%        2018A  2019A  2020A  27.8%  23.8%  26.4%        In 2020 that investment has paid off as Ratio of Adj. EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit was above 27% - higher than historical trends"Invest” means initial losses on these publisher networks plus management’s estimate of margin lost on other publishers due to lower yields as demand was spread thinner.Non-GAAP measure, see appendix for reconciliation to GAAP  38 
 

   COVID-19 IN 2020 PROVED THE RESILIENCY OF OUR MODEL  Exited 2020 stronger than we entered with sustainably higher profitability  Sustainable yield increase, driving higher margins  Worked with publisher partners to optimize for yieldSigned more advertisers seeking consumers digitallyDramatic improvements in algorithms  Reset cost base  Hiring freeze permanently “right sized” organization (sustainable)Reduced travel, real estate and overhead (partially sustainable)  Relentless Focus on Yields…  … Combined with Historically Low Costs      1.      1.      2.  Yield is a normalized measure of performance that controls for changes due to traffic shifts.Cash Expenses is the difference between Adj. EBITDA and exTAC Gross Profit. 2019 is adjusted to reflect Ratio of Adj. EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit as detailed on the preceding slide.      COVID-19 / Recession Dip  Strong Recovery         Yield1  39  2. 
 

   GROWTH DRIVEN BY CORE OPEN WEB INSTALLED BASE  New Publisher1 ex-TAC Gross Profit  Historically 10-15% new supply growthProjecting similar range going forward  Net Dollar Retention2 Growth Has Two Elements  Improvements in yieldMore supply from existing publishersHistorically 110-120% on average  Continued growth from new supply...  … helps provide fuel for growth from a strong installed base.      1.      2.  (1) New digital property partners within the first 12 months that were live on our network  (2) Net Dollar Retention (ex-TAC Gross Profit) is the net growth of ex-TAC Gross Profit from existing digital property partners, including the growth of new digital property partners (beyond the revenue contribution determined based on the run-rate revenue  generated by them when they are first on-boarded) for the given period divided by the ex-TAC Gross Profit from the same period in the prior-year.  40      2.      1. 
 

 SELECTED NON-GAAP METRICS    23%ex-TAC Gross Profit Growth  32%Ratio of Adj EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit3  43%Adj EBITDA Growth  80%+Adj. Gross Profit Margin4  (1),(2),(3),(4) Adj. EBITDA, ex-TAC Gross Profit, and Ratio of Adj. EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit, and Adj. Gross Proft Margin are Non-GAAP measures, see appendix for reconciliation to GAAP. Adj. Gross Profit Margin is projected to exceed 80% in 2021. Adj. Gross Profit Margin is calculated by dividing Gross profit by ex-TAC Gross Profit.Note: Growth rates reflect 2021 growth over 2020. 2021 projection reflects the mid-point of current company guidance.      ADJ. EBITDA1($ in millions)  ex-TAC Gross Profit2($ in millions)  2020A  2021E  $106M  $382M  $152M  $470M    41 
 

   Thank you.  42 
 

   APPENDIX 
 

 OUR MODEL IN A NUTSHELL  44  Revenue paid by Advertisers, before traffic acquisition costs (TAC) paid to Publishers.Revenue to Taboola after TAC paid to Publishers. Non-GAAP measure, seeappendix for reconciliation to GAAPNon-GAAP measure, see appendix for reconciliation to GAAPNon cash charges, Cash charges excluded from Adjusted EBITDA    44  Model components:    Sample inputs / financials:    Illustrative Taboola economics:    Revenues(1)    $909    $1.00 (100%)    –            Traffic Acq Cost (Value to publishers)    ($627)    ($0.69)    =            ex-TAC Gross Profit(2)    $282    $0.31    –            Cost of Revenues    ($48)    ($0.05)    =            Gross profit    $234    $0.26    –            R&D    ($73)    ($0.08)    –            S&M    ($110)    ($0.12)    –            G&A    ($34)    ($0.04)    =            Operating Income    $17        +            Dep, Amort, Share Based Comp, Other item    $50        =            Adjusted EBITDA(3)    $67                (4)  Change in WC, Other items + PP&E and Capitalized Platform Costs  ($22)    $45  +  =Free Cash Flow(3) 
 

     HISTORICAL & PROJECTED REVENUE & EX-TAC GROSS PROFIT1  45  (1) Non-GAAP measure, see appendix for reconciliation to GAAP  (2) ex-TAC Gross Profit Margin reflects ex-TAC Gross Profit / Revenue, a Non-GAAP measure. See appendix for reconciliation to GAAP Note: 2021 projection reflects the mid-point of current company guidance.  Revenues    ex-TAC Gross Profit  YoY growth ex-TAC rGevroesnsuePrmofaitrgMina2rgin2 
 

 KEY MODEL ASSUMPTIONS    ex-TAC Gross Profit1Historically, Taboola grew 20%+ (CAGR ’17A-’20E)In 2020, Taboola generated $382 million ex-TAC Gross ProfitFor FY2021, the Company currently expects ex-TAC Gross Profit in range of $468 - 472M  ADJUSTED EBITDA2$106 million in 2020 and growing faster than ex-TAC Gross ProfitFor FY2021, the Company currently expects Adjusted EBITDA in range of $150 - 153MRule of 40: ex-TAC growth + Ratio of Adj. EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit3 always above 40%  COST ASSUMPTIONSReturn to “normal” operations and cost basis in H2 2021 (conservative)Two primary costs (headcount and hardware / IT) grow commensurate with revenue growthHigher costs (and lower operating margin) in 2021 driven by transaction related share-based compensation expenses  49  (1),(2),(3) Non-GAAP measures, see appendix for reconciliation to GAAP 
 

 SELECTED GAAP AND NON-GAAP METRICS  Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit3Return to “normal” operations and cost basis in H1 2021Investing in serving infrastructure and Algo beginning 2021IPO readiness costs added starting 2021  LONG-TERM EX-TAC GROSS PROFIT GROWTHCurrent Model only forecasts growth from Core BusinessIncluding Connexity, in 2022 expect growth of 30%+ on a reported basis and 17%+ on a pro forma basis, above our previous standalone expectation to grow 16% in 2022Long-Term Growth of 20%+ includes core business growth, inorganic and existing growth initiatives  ▪  47  (1),(2),(3) Non-GAAP measure, see appendix for reconciliation to GAAP Note: 2021 projections reflect the midpoint of current company guidance. 
 

 ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION  Note: Although we provide guidance for Adjusted EBITDA, we are not able to provide guidance for projected Net income (loss), the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Certain elements of Net income (loss), including share-based compensation expenses, are not predictable due to the high variability and difficulty of making accurate forecasts. As a result, it is impractical for us to provide guidance on Net Income (loss) or to reconcile our Adjusted EBITDA guidance without unreasonable efforts. Consequently, no disclosure of projected Net income (loss) is included. For the same reasons, we are unable to address the probable significance of the unavailable information.  48 
 

 2021 QUARTERLY RESULTS: ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION  1A substantial majority is Share-based compensation expenses related to going public.2 Relates to the acquisition of ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. and going public.  12  1  49  2 
 

 EX-TAC GROSS PROFIT RECONCILIATION  Note: 2021 projections reflect the midpoint of current company guidance.  50 
 

 RATIO OF ADJUSTED EBITDA TO EX-TAC GROSS PROFIT RECONCILIATION  51 
 

 EX-TAC GROSS PROFIT MARGIN RECONCILIATION  52 
 

 HISTORICAL & PROJECTED ADJ. GROSS PROFIT MARGIN RECONCILIATION  Note: Adj. Gross Profit Margin is calculated by dividing Gross profit by ex-TAC Gross Profit. 2021 projections reflect midpoint of company’s current guidance. 
 

 HISTORICAL AND PROJECTED FREE CASH FLOW RECONCILIATION  (1) Adj. EBITDA Plus the change in working capital reflects the Net cash provided by operating activities. For estimated periods, Net cash from operating activities assumes 53-57 days payables outstanding and 40-45 days sales outstanding.  2021 Free Cash Flow Reduced by Plan To Invest in Two Areas:Purchase of $30M of servers beyond “normal” levels as part of investment in algorithmic yield improvementsPlan to remodel offices globally for post-COVID work environment  1  54 
 

     CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET      ($ in millions)  As of Dec 31, 2019  As of Dec 31, 2020  Cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits  $ 116  $ 243  Total Assets  $ 482  $ 580  Total Liabilities & Convertible Shares  $ 475  $ 533  Accumulated Deficit  $ (40)  $ (31)  Additional Paid-in-capital  $ 47  $ 78  Total Shareholders' Equity  $ 7  $ 47  55 
 

 2021 QUARTERLY RESULTS:EX-TAC GROSS PROFIT RECONCILIATION  56 
 

 2021 FULL YEAR GUIDANCE:EX-TAC GROSS PROFIT RECONCILIATION  57