6-K

Taboola.com Ltd. (TBLA)

6-K 2021-11-09 For: 2021-11-09
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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 November 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)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F X Form 40-F

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):

Yes No X

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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
99.1 Press Release dated November 9, 2021
99.2 Letter to Shareholders dated November 9, 2021
99.3 Investor presentation dated November 9, 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: November 9, 2021


Exhibit 99.1

Taboola Reports Strong Q3 Results and Raises Full Year 2021 Guidance

Company delivers strong growth and profitability to beat Q3 guidance
Increases full year guidance across all key financial measures, expects to grow both Gross Profit and ex-TAC Gross Profit 34 to 35% for the full year<br> 2021
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Completed acquisition of Connexity on September 1, 2021
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New York, NY, Nov 9, 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 September 30, 2021.

“The third quarter had some significant milestones for Taboola. It was our first quarter as a public company and we executed well, delivering results above our guidance while also closing our largest acquisition, Connexity, that gives us transformative e-commerce capabilities, growing our yield and revenue to our partners for years to come,” said Adam Singolda, Founder and CEO, Taboola.

“We saw great success across our business, with publishers and mobile smartphone manufacturers - we signed significant new partnerships with publications such as LINE Today in APAC to power recommendations within its popular mobile app and a multi-year deal with NBC Sports in the U.S., which chose Taboola as its exclusive mid-article content recommendation and video provider, enabling us to attract premium demand from brands and agencies. We also announced a groundbreaking partnership for Taboola News with Xiaomi to power recommendations globally across more than 100 million mobile devices in 60 markets. Our focus, execution and having the right strategy towards our goal of recommending anything and anywhere shows in our Q3 results and in our Q4 guidance. I’m excited and optimistic about the future, powering recommendations for the open web,” continued Singolda.

Our third quarter results include one month of Connexity’s financial results following the close of the acquisition on September 1, 2021. We also updated our guidance for Revenues to reflect a revised gross versus net accounting change for Connexity as described in Appendix B. For more commentary on the quarter, please refer to Taboola’s Q3 2021 Shareholder Letter, which was furnished to the SEC and also posted on Taboola’s website today at https://investors.taboola.com.


Third Quarter 2021 Results Summary (unaudited)

Three Months Ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30,
(dollars in thousands) 2021 2020
Revenues $ 338,768 $ 290,585
Gross Profit $ 107,685 $ 89,596
Net Income $ 17,296 $ 16,688
Ratio of Net Income to Gross profit 16.1 % 18.6 %
Cash Flow from Operations $ 26,573 $ 33,776
Cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits $ 311,768 $ 185,673
Non-GAAP Financial Data*
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ex-TAC Gross Profit $ 126,869 $ 104,297
Adjusted EBITDA $ 39,734 $ 40,055
Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit 31.3 % 38.4 %
Free Cash Flow $ 19,474 $ 30,730

Third Quarter Financial Highlights

Q3 results exceeded guidance across all financial measures
Revenues of $339 million versus adjusted guidance of $331 to $335 million (note that our previous guidance was $338 to $342 million, which was reduced by $7 million to reflect the adoption of net revenue accounting for Connexity - see<br> Appendix B).
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Gross Profit of $108 million versus guidance of $101 to $103 million.
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ex-TAC Gross Profit of $127 million versus guidance of $122 to $124 million.
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Net Income (Loss) of $17 million versus guidance of $(7) to $(5) million, $17 million of which was due to a reduction in warrant liability.
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Adjusted EBITDA of $40 million versus guidance of $36 to $37 million.
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Revenue grew $48 million or 16.6% year-over-year.
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New digital property partners^1^ drove $23 million of growth.
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Existing digital property partners^2^ grew $25 million which translates to net dollar retention^3^ (NDR) of 109% driven by improvement in yield.
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Gross Profit grew $18 million or 20.2% year-over-year and ex-TAC Gross Profit grew $23 million or 21.6% year-over-year.
As with the growth in Revenues, the increase in Gross Profit and ex-TAC Gross Profit was also driven by a combination of growth from new digital property partners^3^<br> and existing digital property partners. The growth from existing was driven by strong improvements in yield as well as from one month of Connexity in our Q3 2021 results.
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These gains year-over-year were partially offset by the withholding in the prior year of $7 million in guaranteed TAC payments to publishers that we subsequently volunteered to pay in the fourth quarter of 2020.
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Operating expenses grew $40 million or 58% year-over-year. Excluding higher share based compensation following becoming a public company and holdback compensation related to the Connexity acquisition that combined for a $14 million<br> year-over-year increase, operating expenses grew $26 million or 41.4% year-over-year. This increase was driven partly from having one month of Connexity in operating expenses. In addition, other drivers by expense category include:
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Within research and development, 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<br> and tools to support our publishers and advertisers.
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Within sales and marketing, expenses increased to support our business growth and to reflect higher D&A related to intangibles from the Connexity acquisition.
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Within general and administrative expenses, expenses increased from higher professional fees and legal expenses related to M&A transactions and regulatory matters. Also, contributing to the increase were public company expenses and a<br> partial return to more normal operations following the COVID pandemic.
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Net Income of $17.3 million was $0.6 million higher year-over-year primarily driven by a $17 million reduction in warrant liability, lower income taxes of $7.5 million and higher gross profit that more than offset higher operating<br> expenses. Adjusted EBITDA of $39.7 million decreased by $0.3 million year-over-year as higher operating expenses offset the higher gross profit.
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EPS was $0.07 per diluted share in the third quarter. The EPS was based on fully-diluted shares outstanding of 259.3 million.
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Our fully-diluted shares outstanding to start Q4 2021 is estimated to be approximately 272 million.
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^1^New digital property partners within the first 12 months that were live on our network.

^2^Net 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).

^3^Net 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.


Fourth Quarter 2021 and Full Year 2021 Guidance

The Company’s strong third quarter results provide us confidence to raise our fourth quarter and full year 2021 guidance above our previous guidance. Note that the guidance for Revenues has been adjusted to reflect the revised gross versus net accounting change for Connexity as described in Appendix B.

For the Fourth Quarter 2021, the Company currently expects:

Revenues of $392 to $396 million
Gross Profit of $129 to $132 million
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ex-TAC Gross Profit of $163 to $165 million
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Adjusted EBITDA of $61 to $63 million
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For the Full Year 2021, the Company currently expects:

(dollars in millions) Increased Guidance<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>(as of 11/9/21) Previous Guidance<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>(as of 9/28/21)
Revenues 1,363 - 1,367 15% $1,351 - $1,359
Gross Profit 427 - 430 34% - 35% $418 - $424
ex-TAC Gross Profit 512 - 515 34% - 35% $503 - $509
Adjusted EBITDA 174 - 177 64% - 66% $168 - $171

All values are in US Dollars.

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 and warrant valuations, 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, November 10, 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 1769436. The webcast will be available for replay for one year, through the close of business on November 9, 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”). 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 press release include, but are not limited to: the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the recent acquisition of Connexity and the business combination between the Company and ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. (together, the “Business Combinations”), which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the Company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and retain its management and key employees; the Company’s ability to successfully integrate the Connexity acquisition;  costs related to the Business Combinations; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the Company’s estimates of expenses and profitability and underlying assumptions with respect to accounting presentations 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 statements on Form F-1 as amended and filed on September 30, 2021 and on Form F-4 filed on April 30, 2021, and in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

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, BBC, NBC News, Business Insider, The Independent and El Mundo.

More than 14,000 advertisers use Taboola to reach over 500 million daily active users in a brand-safe environment. Following the acquisition of Connexity in 2021, Taboola is a leader in powering e-commerce recommendations, driving more than 1 million monthly transactions each month. Leading brands including Walmart, Macy’s, Wayfair, Skechers and eBay are among key customers.

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

September 30, December 31,
2021 2020
Unaudited Audited
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents $ 311,768 $ 242,811
Restricted deposits 1,065 3,664
Trade receivables 190,667 158,050
Prepaid expenses and other current assets 47,324 21,609
Total current assets 550,824 426,134
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Long-term prepaid expenses 19,533 5,289
Restricted deposits 3,574 3,300
Deferred tax assets 1,955 1,382
Right of use assets 56,792 68,058
Property and equipment, net 60,201 52,894
Intangible assets, net 259,042 3,905
Goodwill 553,845 19,206
TOTAL LONG-TERM ASSETS 954,942 154,034
Total assets $ 1,505,766 $ 580,168

September 30, December 31,
2021 2020
Unaudited Audited
LIABILITIES, CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Trade payable $ 210,112 $ 189,352
Lease liability 16,531 15,746
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 108,785 95,135
Taboola loan 3,000 -
Total current liabilities 338,428 300,233
LONG TERM LIABILITIES
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Deferred tax liabilities 50,432 45
Warrant liability 36,792
Taboola Loan 285,869
Lease liability 49,287 63,044
Total long-term liabilities 422,380 63,089
CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED SHARES
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Preferred A, B, B-1, B-2, C, D and E shares with no par value - Authorized: 0 and 123,389,750 shares at September 30, 2021 and at December 31, 2020 respectively; Issued and outstanding: 0 and 121,472,152 shares at September 30,2021 and<br> December 31, 2020 respectively. - 170,206
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
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Ordinary shares with no par value- Authorized: 700,000,000 and 176,535,661 shares as of September 30 , 2021 and December 31, 2020 respectively; 231,640,546 and 41,357,049 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and December<br> 31, 2020, respectively. - -
Additional paid-in capital 801,988 78,137
Accumulated deficit (57,030 ) (31,497 )
Total shareholders' equity 744,958 46,640
Total liabilities, convertible preferred shares, and shareholders' equity $ 1,505,766 $ 580,168

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (LOSS)

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

Three months ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30, Nine months ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
Unaudited Unaudited
Revenues $ 338,768 $ 290,585 $ 970,790 $ 837,599
Cost of revenues:
Traffic acquisition cost 211,899 186,288 621,137 565,449
Other cost of revenues 19,184 14,701 52,224 45,674
Total cost of revenues 231,083 200,989 673,361 611,123
Gross profit 107,685 89,596 297,429 226,476
Operating expenses:
Research and development expenses 29,946 21,485 83,889 65,392
Sales and marketing expenses 43,518 32,663 146,962 99,495
General and administrative expenses 34,345 13,907 98,489 41,662
Total operating expenses 107,809 68,055 329,340 206,549
Operating income (loss) before finance expenses (124 ) 21,541 (31,911 ) 19,927
Finance income (expenses), net 13,960 (844 ) 13,077 (1,050 )
Income (loss) before income taxes 13,836 20,697 (18,834 ) 18,877
Provision for income taxes 3,460 (4,009 ) (6,699 ) (13,137 )
Net income (loss) $ 17,296 $ 16,688 $ (25,533 ) $ 5,740
Less: Undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities (5,819 ) (11,944 ) (17,046 )
Net Income (loss) attributable to ordinary shares – basic and diluted $ 17,296 $ 10,869 $ (37,477 ) $ (11,306 )
Net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic $ 0.08 $ 0.29 $ (0.35 ) $ (0.28 )
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, basic 229,024,803 38,101,268 107,884,927 40,144,245
Net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, diluted $ 0.07 $ 0.18 $ (0.35 ) $ (0.28 )
Weighted-average shares used in computing net income (loss) per share attributable to ordinary shareholders, diluted 259,262,529 60,221,497 107,884,927 40,144,245

SHARE BASED COMPENSATION BREAK-DOWN BY EXPENSE LINE


U.S. dollars in thousands

Three Months Ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30, Nine Months Ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(unaudited) (unaudited)
Cost of revenues $ 443 $ 327 $ 1,023 $ 579
Research and development 7,749 2,292 20,134 4,343
Sales and marketing 3,997 2,505 40,168 4,402
General and administrative 7,751 1,396 42,269 1,689
Total share-based compensation expense $ 19,940 $ 6,520 $ 103,594 $ 11,013

DEPRECIATION AND AMORTIZATION BREAK-DOWN BY EXPENSE LINE


U.S. dollars in thousands

Three Months Ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30, Nine Months Ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(unaudited) (unaudited)
Cost of revenues $ 6,775 $ 5,206 $ 18,826 $ 16,771
Research and development 708 1,859 2,870 6,104
Sales and marketing 5,440 1,138 7,558 3,223
General and administrative 237 (182 ) 796 750
Total depreciation and amortization expense $ 13,160 $ 8,021 $ 30,050 $ 26,848

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS


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

Three months ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30, Nine months ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
Unaudited Unaudited
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income (loss) $ 17,296 $ 16,688 $ (25,533 ) $ 5,740
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization 13,160 8,021 30,050 26,848
Share based compensation expenses 19,940 6,520 103,594 11,013
Net loss (gain) from financing expenses (500 ) (1,761 ) (1,857 ) (937 )
Increase (decrease) in deferred taxes, net 3,633 (179 ) 2,716 (1,635 )
Revaluation of the warrant liability (17,363 ) 0 (17,091 ) 0
Accrued interest, net 119 187 119 519
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
Decrease (increase) in trade receivables (4,487 ) (5,454 ) 14,544 37,842
Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other current assets and long-term prepaid expenses (4,622 ) (154 ) (38,379 ) 14,831
Increase (decrease) in trade payable 3,840 8,139 (27,185 ) (27,396 )
Increase (decrease) in accrued expenses and other current liabilities (3,904 ) 1,124 1,380 15,457
Change in operating lease Right of use assets 3,587 18,091 10,878 10,143
Change in operating Lease liabilities (4,126 ) (17,446 ) (12,683 ) (10,807 )
Net cash provided by operating activities 26,573 33,776 40,553 81,618
Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of property and equipment, including capitalized platform costs (7,099 ) (3,046 ) (28,774 ) (13,680 )
Cash paid in connection with acquisitions, net of cash acquired (583,286 ) 0 (583,286 ) (202 )
Decrease (increase) in restricted deposits (211 ) 70 2,325 68
Decrease in short-term deposits - 3,999 - 28,963
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities (590,596 ) 1,023 (609,735 ) 15,149
Cash flows from financing activities
Exercise of options 2,560 372 7,479 1,049
Issuance of share, net of offering costs (1,262 ) 0 286,170 0
Issuance of warrant 0 0 53,883 0
Taboola loan 288,750 0 288,750 0
Net cash provided by financing activities 290,048 372 636,282 1,049
Exchange differences on balances of cash, cash equivalents 500 1,761 1,857 937
Increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents (273,475 ) 36,932 68,957 98,753
Cash, cash equivalents - at the beginning of the period 585,243 148,741 242,811 86,920
Cash, cash equivalents - at end of the period $ 311,768 $ 185,673 $ 311,768 $ 185,673

Three months ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30, Nine months ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(unaudited) (unaudited)
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid during the year for:
Income taxes $ 3,145 $ 8,520 $ 7,647 $ 9,483
Interest $ (1,165 ) $ 82 $ (1,000 ) $ 586
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangible assets $ 1,500 $ 440 $ 1,500 $ 1,403
Creation of operating lease right-of-use assets $ 0 $ 4,627 $ 2,382 $ 11,195
Unpaid offering cost $ 1,688 $ 0 $ 1,688 $ 0

APPENDIX A: Non-GAAP Reconciliation

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES FOR Q3 2021

(Unaudited)

The following table provides a reconciliation of Revenues to ex-TAC Gross Profit.

Three Months<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>Ended September 30, Nine Months<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>Ended September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(unaudited) (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Revenues $ 338,768 $ 290,585 $ 970,790 $ 837,599
Traffic acquisition cost 211,899 186,288 621,137 565,449
Other cost of revenues 19,184 14,701 52,224 45,674
Gross Profit $ 107,685 $ 89,596 $ 297,429 $ 226,476
Add back: Other cost of revenues 19,184 14,701 52,224 45,674
ex-TAC Gross Profit $ 126,869 $ 104,297 $ 349,653 $ 272,150

The following table provides a reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA.

Three Months Ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30, Nine Months Ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(unaudited) (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Net income (loss) $ 17,296 $ 16,688 $ (25,533 ) $ 5,740
Adjusted to exclude the following:
Financial expenses, net (13,960 ) 844 (13,077 ) 1,050
Tax expenses (3,460 ) 4,009 6,699 13,137
Depreciation and amortization 13,160 8,021 30,050 26,848
Share-based compensation expenses(1) 19,940 6,520 103,594 11,013
M&A costs(2) 5,918 3,973 11,507 15,412
Holdback compensation expenses 840 - 840 -
Adjusted EBITDA $ 39,734 $ 40,055 $ 114,080 $ 73,200

^1^For 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., the acquisition of Connexity 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<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30, Nine Months Ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(unaudited) (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Gross profit $ 107,685 $ 89,596 $ 297,429 $ 226,476
Net income (loss) $ 17,296 $ 16,688 $ (25,533 ) $ 5,740
Ratio of Net income (loss) to Gross profit 16.1 % 18.6 % -8.6 % 2.5 %
ex-TAC Gross Profit $ 126,869 $ 104,297 $ 349,653 $ 272,150
Adjusted EBITDA $ 39,734 $ 40,055 $ 114,080 $ 73,200
Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA Margin to ex-TAC Gross Profit 31.3 % 38.4 % 32.6 % 26.9 %

The following table provides a reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow.

Three Months Ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30, Nine Months Ended<br><br> <br><br><br> <br>September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(unaudited) (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 26,573 $ 33,776 $ 40,553 $ 81,618
Purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized platform costs (7,099 ) (3,046 ) (28,774 ) (13,680 )
Free Cash Flow $ 19,474 $ 30,730 $ 11,779 $ 67,938

APPENDIX A: Non-GAAP Reconciliation

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES FOR Q4 2021 and FULL YEAR 2021 GUIDANCE

(Unaudited)

The following table provides a reconciliation of Gross Profit to ex-TAC Gross Profit guidance.

Q4 2021 FY 2021
(unaudited)
(dollars in millions)
Revenues 392 - 396 $1,363 - $1,367
Traffic acquisition cost (159 - 161) ($850 - $853)
Other cost of revenues (32 - 34) ($84 - $86)
Gross Profit 129 - 132 $427 - $430
Add back: Other cost of revenues 32 - 34 $84 - $86
ex-TAC Gross Profit 163 - 165 $512 - $515

All values are in US Dollars.


APPENDIX B: Adoption of Net Revenue Accounting for Connexity

Prior to our acquisition of Connexity in September 2021, Connexity recorded a portion of its revenues on a gross basis, before traffic acquisition costs, and a portion on a net basis, after traffic acquisition costs. After we acquired Connexity, we determined that we will account for Connexity’s revenues on a net basis beginning on the September 1, 2021 acquisition date. This change has no impact on Connexity’s gross profit, ex-TAC Gross Profit, net income (loss) or Adjusted EBITDA but results in lower revenues compared to Connexity’s pre-acquisition accounting presentation. This change is reflected in our Q3 2021 actual results and in our guidance presented today for Q3, Q4 and full year 2021, all of which have been adjusted for the adoption of net revenue accounting compared to the corresponding prior guidance.



Exhibit 99.2

Dear Shareholder,

I am excited to share the progress we’ve made in our third quarter, which marks our second earnings since going public in June. We beat our Q3 guidance, we’re raising Q4, and as a result, are positioned to deliver a very strong 2021.

In Q3, we delivered strong performance on all measures, while also closing our acquisition of Connexity, our largest acquisition to date. As a reminder, our Q3 guidance included one month of Connexity performance, and I’m happy to share that we beat those expectations.

Our growth in Q3 was strong. We grew Revenues 17% versus the same quarter last year. Gross Profit grew 20%, ex-TAC Gross Profit grew 22%, and Adjusted EBITDA was $40 million. At the same time, we are delivering solid cash conversion, and for 2020 and 2021 combined, our average is expected to be 60% conversion from Adjusted EBITDA to free cash flow.

Looking at the remainder of 2021, we are raising our guidance for Q4 as we expect our business to continue its strong performance. As a result, we are increasing our full year 2021 guidance, and now expect revenues to grow approximately 15% year-over-year, ex-TAC Gross Profit to increase 34 to 35% year over year to $512 to $515 million for the full year, and Adjusted EBITDA to increase 64 to 66% to $174 to $177 million.

I’m also encouraged by our business momentum. We announced partnerships such as NBC Sports, who launched our High Impact placements, which means we’re expanding our presence to mid-article, homepage and other highly visible placements which brands and agencies love. These High Impact placements are key drivers for our video initiatives, which help grow our yield and become a bigger revenue driver for publishers. Another exciting partnership is an exclusive content recommendation partnership in Hong Kong with Line Today, the WhatsApp of APAC.

We also announced a partnership with Xiaomi as part of Taboola News. Xiaomi is one of the largest Android OEM manufacturers in the world, and they are integrating a feed of news on their devices. Taboola News is our version of Apple News, but only for Android devices. This is where we take our publisher partners to other canvases where users spend their time. This is also open web-friendly. When people click on Taboola News, we send them to the publisher site, versus Apple News, which keeps them within Apple’s walled garden.

This quarter, there was a lot of discussion in the market on privacy, iOS changes and IDFA. We did not see an impact from these changes on our business. Taboola’s yield keeps growing through our ability to leverage contextual signals due to our hard-coded integrations with 9,000 publishers, through which we reach 500M active users a day. This is important now, and will become even more important over time, as advertisers look for alternatives to the walled gardens.

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There also has been a lot in the news about supply chain challenges faced by some manufacturers and businesses. We did not see an impact in Q3 from supply chain on our advertising revenue overall, given our diverse advertiser base. Additionally, in Q4, we do not expect supply chain challenges to impact our business outlook, including Connexity, as reflected in our raised expectations. In fact, Connexity is beating our expectations for their performance since closing the deal.

Mission & Strategy

As we are still new to some public investors, I want to summarize our business, strategy, roadmap and what drives our success. Taboola powers recommendations for the open web, helping people discover things they may like.

The open web, as many of you know, is the term for all the websites, publishers, and apps 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 blog, game, app on a mobile device, or connected TV, and so much more that lives outside of the walled gardens. That’s where Taboola fits.

In our core business, where we reach 500M people every day, Taboola has established long-term partnerships with some of the top publishers and digital properties in the world, while attracting more than 13,000 advertisers who work directly with us to reach consumers in a brand-safe environment.

Recommending something that a user may like at the right time and the right place is a significant technological challenge. We have a proprietary deep learning recommendation engine that is able to infer what a user might be interested in based on context (and is not third-party cookie reliant), and knowledge of what other users have liked in similar circumstances. Think of our unique data as a “curiosity graph” — people who read this also read and/or clicked on that. This allows us to model people’s interests as they browse the open web. A lot of the time, it’s a more authentic view of reality versus what social networks provide. People tell social networks about themselves based on how they wish others to view them, but they read about things they really care about, and are curious about.

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*Google Search Revenue

The acquisition of Connexity strengthens our data, pairing our readership data with purchasing data that can make our AI better, yield grow, and advertisers more successful.

The open web is a $64B market, growing 10 to 15% a year. As the web evolves into high impact, native and personalized formats of advertising, very similar to Instagram, TikTok or WeChat, we believe Taboola has an opportunity to be a meaningful growth driver to publishers and advertisers.

Strategically, over the next 5-10 years, our path forward is to expand in two directions:

‘Recommend Anything.’ This is a way for us to diversify what we recommend, and to grow our yield for publishers, which helps us become even more<br> competitive. Over time, we want to recommend apps, games, and other types of verticals. We are making great advancements here with our high impact, mid-article product innovation that brings with it more premium demand, such as video. This is<br> key to attracting more agencies to our platform, and the brand name advertisers that they work with.

We attained in Q3 Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) brand safety certification that confirms to advertisers that Taboola has rigorous standards and has taken proactive steps to reduce brand safety risk. TAG is an organization that works to increase trust and transparency in digital advertising.  We also announced a new partnership with DoubleVerify (DV) that makes available directly within the Taboola Ads console DV’s pre-bid brand safety and suitability targeting technology - this will provide our advertiser partners control over the quality of where their ads are placed.

When it comes to Recommending Anything, Connexity was our biggest bet as a part of our strategy, to get to recommend products — read more below on how we’re progressing, and our near to long term plans around it.

‘Recommend Anywhere.’ This is where we’re continuing our expansion to recommend wherever people might be — digital canvases like the Android devices I<br> mentioned above with Taboola News, connected TVs, automobiles, audio devices and more. We’re seeing good momentum here. We recently announced that Taboola News continues to scale and now drives an average of more than 220 million monthly<br> engagements on editorial content through mobile device and OEM partnerships. This represents an increase of more than 270 percent year-over-year. (Q2 2020 vs Q2 2021)

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This strategy connects to our winning aspiration, as it drives our flywheel. The more publishers we get, the more reach we have, the more types of recommendations we support, our yield gets stronger, and as such our competitive advantage is higher. More below on yield specifically.

Taboola & Connexity: bringing eCommerce to the open web

We closed the transaction to acquire Connexity on September 1st. We’re working on the integration of the two companies, and we remain very optimistic about the business. On the back of a strong Q3, we are feeling confident about the performance of our combined business in Q4 and beyond. And Connexity is beating our expectations since we closed.

With this acquisition, we took a giant leap towards Recommending Anything, and are set to transform the Open Web through greater product and e-Commerce recommendations. We expect that in the coming years, one-third of open web publisher revenue will be e-Commerce.

We can now make this a reality for our publishers and digital property partners, while also giving merchants a platform outside of walled gardens where they can leverage genuine interest, and intent, to sell their products. No other player in our space can make this claim, and I think that will be true for years to come.

The reason this is important is because when users have intent, the yield has the potential to be exponentially higher. You can see the comparison between one minute on Google and 15 minutes on Facebook:

*Google Search Revenue

We intend to use Connexity’s technology to help our publishers increase the portion of traffic on their site where there is high intent, bringing merchants to that traffic.

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We see tremendous synergies, and a potential $100M+ in annual ex-TAC Gross Profit within four years, as a result of the Connexity acquisition. Importantly, this means significant new revenues for our publisher partners, making us even more competitive as publishers consider a partner that can help them grow revenue, engagement, and audience. And now, we can also offer our publishers commerce.

Before joining Taboola, Connexity was already one of the largest e-Commerce media platforms on the open web, with over one 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. Together we have more relationships, more scale, and are even stronger.

Since the acquisition closed, we have worked through the details of our integration and synergy capture plans, and we are even more confident in our future success after a deep dive with the team.

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When I think of our competitive advantage in the commerce/affiliate space, there are 4 things that are unique to us:

Strong relationships with publishers (who want to break into e-Commerce) who consistently upgrade their integrations with us, as we present new solutions to their needs.
Strong relationships with advertisers, retailers, and merchants, built on the foundation of our high-performing, scaled network.
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Unique readership and purchase data, to guide our publisher partners’ editorial strategies. Most publishers I talk to don’t know where to start, and what content to write. We have the data<br> to know what content should be written so it feels authentic to their brand.
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The ability to drive audiences to our publisher partners. Taboola reaches 500M people a day, and provides positive ROI traffic.
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I would also invite those who want to learn more about our e-Commerce strategy with Connexity to visit our Investor Relations website, to view the replay of our event.

Growing Yield

Yield = the amount of revenue per 1,000 impressions (also known as Revenue Per Mille / RPM).

In our industry, and for us, yield/RPM is a key driver of our business. As we have explained, approximately 60% of our growth comes from growing our existing publisher relationships, and a significant portion of that is the result of growing yield.

The focus on yield/RPM is true for the open web, but interestingly, this is similar to driving a race car. You might think that the driver of a race car should focus only on the speedometer to win a race. But, in actuality, the driver focuses on revolutions per minute (RPM), and car manufacturers put RPM in the center of the dashboard to make sure the driver knows what to track. Focus on RPM — win the race. Not the speedometer, not the engine temperature, just RPM.

The open web is the same. CTR is like a speedometer, and yield/RPM is what matters. Yield is built off of 3 parameters and only when the multiplication of the 3 goes up, yield goes up. The 3 are Click-Through-Rate (CTR), Cost Per Click (CPC) and Conversion Rate (CVR). None of these should be looked at in isolation, as it could be detrimental if singly maximized. For instance, CTR can be maximized by prioritizing an aggressive class of ads that are highly clickable, however, the price paid per click (CPC) by those advertisers won’t be competitive, yielding a lower outcome. Likewise, if CVR goes down, an advertiser will lower their CPC so they achieve their target cost per conversion. That’s why optimizing for CPC alone, or maximizing CTR alone, or ignoring CVR, won’t drive yield growth and would be a failing strategy.

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We optimize for yield, not for CTR, not for CPC, not for conversion — but for all of all of them combined.

Introducing SmartBid Dimensions: “Autonomous Driving Experience” for Advertisers

One of the biggest efforts to drive growth for yield is through our investment in SmartBid AI technology, which takes CPC bidding to a new level.

You can think of SmartBid as a self-driving car, making real-time bidding decisions automatically, 24x7, and more accurately than the best human campaign manager. Setting bid amounts manually was not only a tedious process for advertisers, but also resulted in low campaign performance. SmartBid determines the optimal bid for every ad, at any moment, by predicting the likelihood of a conversion, for example making a purchase online. To accurately predict the likelihood of conversion, we use AI and an enormous set of data on past behaviors we track across our network. SmartBid makes up roughly 85% of our revenue, or in other words, the vast majority of our advertisers use SmartBid.

This quarter, I’m excited to share SmartBid’s newest innovation, Dimensions. Up until now, as is common in our industry, SmartBid would optimize for CPC based on the performance of a publisher. This means that if a publisher performed better for a certain advertiser, the CPC would increase, and vice versa, if the publisher did not perform well. Dimensions allow SmartBid to use AI to look at 40 different signals (or ‘dimensions’) in addition to the publisher, such as time of day, day of week, platform, geographic location and more. Our new ability to factor in those dimensions at scale results in strong campaign performance, and since SmartBid is fully automated, it also saves advertisers the time they had to spend on manual bidding. For advertisers, it’s having an autonomous driving experience, one hand on the wheel, but the car is kind of driving itself.

Marina Gandlin, R&D Team Leader, Algorithms, from our engineering team wrote a post about SmartBid Dimensions, available on our blog.

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Our People

You can copy anything, but you cannot copy a company’s culture. That is why being first to market is irrelevant, and being the best is the only thing that matters. We believe our culture is what makes us so strong — and it’s top of mind for me, and us, especially now as we move forward with our integration plans alongside Connexity’s team.

Our acquisition of Connexity increased our headcount to just over 1,700 people. We completed integrating our London offices already. We expect to integrate our New York offices in H1 of 2022, and to retain Connexity’s Santa Monica office to expand our presence in California.

We’re also continuing to grow our internal headcount, and are committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as we recruit. One of the benefits of working from home is that it allows us to look at the world more broadly when thinking of diversity as a topic we care about. As a reminder, our goal through 2025 is for 45% of all future promotions and hires into leadership will be women or people of color.

In Q3 of this year, we supported several DEI initiatives around the globe, including, Latinx heritage month and LGBTQ+ history month in October with educational activities around the world.

Financial Performance

I’ll close by talking about our Q3 financials which, as stated earlier, came in above our guidance and gives us the confidence to raise our guidance for Q4 and full year. Gross Profit and ex-TAC Gross Profit both grew over 20% versus Q3 2020 and our Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to ex-TAC Gross Profit came in over 31%, meaning we were a “rule of 50” business this quarter.  We are seeing continued good progress in the business - winning new business, executing on our Recommend Anything and Recommend Anywhere growth initiatives and realizing very good yield expansion.

Below are the results of Q3 versus our guidance. Note that all Q3 figures below include one month of Connexity results and that we have determined that we will account for the full Connexity business on a net revenue basis going forward. Thus Q3 Revenues Guidance has been adjusted to reflect the new accounting policy for Connexity - our previous guidance was $338 to $342 million, which was reduced by $7 million to reflect the accounting change.

(dollars in millions) Q3 2021 Year-over-Year Growth Q3 2021 Guidance
Revenues $338.8 16.6% $331 to $335^1^
Gross Profit $107.7 20.2% $101 to $103
ex-TAC Gross Profit* $126.9 21.6% $122 to $124
Net Income^2^ $17.3 3.6% $(7) to $(5)
Adjusted EBITDA* $39.7 (0.6%) $36 to $37

^1^Guidance range adjusted to reflect our accounting for Connexity’s Revenues on a net revenue basis, excluding TAC.

^2^Includes share-based compensation expense of $20 million, higher year-over-year driven by being public, in Q3 2021 compared to $6.5 million in Q3 2020

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New business contributed 47% and existing business contributed 53% of the growth in Revenues. Gains in yield drove much of the growth of our existing base and was the primary reason for our outperformance. As we state frequently, our 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
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A context-aware, AI-powered recommendation engine (that doesn’t rely on third party cookies)
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Our scale, and in our industry, scale matters  - driving competitive advantage.
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Our Q3 performance gives us confidence to raise our Q4 expectations and full year guidance.  The table below includes our current guidance for full year 2021 compared to our previous guidance:

Full Year 2021<br><br> <br>(dollars in millions) Increased Guidance Year-over-Year<br><br> <br>Growth Previous Guidance
Revenues $1,363 to $1,367 15% $1,351 to $1,359^1^
Gross Profit $427 to $430 34% to 35% $418 to $424
ex-TAC Gross Profit $512 to $515 34% to 35% $503 to $509
Adjusted EBITDA $174 to $177 64% to 66% $168 to $171

^1^Guidance range adjusted to reflect our accounting for Connexity’s Revenues on a net revenue basis, excluding TAC

For a complete look at our updated full year and Q4 guidance and Q3 results, please see our Q3 2021 earnings press release, which was furnished to the SEC and also posted on Taboola’s website today at https://investors.taboola.com.

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These are exciting times, we’re growing in a predictable way, and I’m convinced the world deserves a company that sits side-by-side to Google, FB, and Amazon - exclusively focused on the open web, driving growth to journalism, small business and giving people a free internet which they love. That’s where Taboola fits, and with Connexity, it gives us more capabilities to grow, and win.

I’m looking forward to our upcoming earnings call and engaging with investors in the coming months, where I will do my best to answer any questions you may have.

Kind regards,

-- Adam Singolda

Founder and CEO

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Note regarding Connexity change to Net Revenue accounting

Prior to our acquisition of Connexity in September 2021, Connexity recorded a portion of its revenues on a gross basis, before traffic acquisition costs, and a portion on a net basis, after traffic acquisition costs. After we acquired Connexity, we determined that we will account for Connexity’s revenues on a net basis beginning on the September 1, 2021 acquisition date. This change has no impact on Connexity’s gross profit, ex-TAC Gross Profit, net income (loss) or Adjusted EBITDA but results in lower revenues compared to Connexity’s pre-acquisition accounting presentation. This change is reflected in our Q3 2021 actual results and in our guidance presented today for Q3, Q4 and full year 2021, all of which have been adjusted for the adoption of net revenue accounting compared to the corresponding prior guidance.

*About Non-GAAP Financial Information

This 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 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”). 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.

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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 press release include, but are not limited to: the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the recent acquisition of Connexity and the business combination between the Company and ION Acquisition Corp. 1 Ltd. (together, the “Business Combinations”), which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the Company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and retain its management and key employees; the Company’s ability to successfully integrate the Connexity acquisition;  costs related to the Business Combinations; changes in applicable laws or regulations; the Company’s estimates of expenses and profitability and underlying assumptions with respect to accounting presentations 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 statements on Form F-1 as amended and filed on September 30, 2021 and on Form F-4 filed on April 30, 2021, and in subsequent filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Nothing in this 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.

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APPENDIX: Non-GAAP Reconciliation

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES FOR Q3 2021

(Unaudited)

The following table provides a reconciliation of Revenues to ex-TAC Gross Profit.

Three Months<br><br> <br>Ended September 30, Nine Months<br><br> <br>Ended September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(unaudited) (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Revenues $ 338,768 $ 290,585 $ 970,790 $ 837,599
Traffic acquisition cost 211,899 186,288 621,137 565,449
Other cost of revenues 19,184 14,701 52,224 45,674
Gross Profit $ 107,685 $ 89,596 $ 297,429 $ 226,476
Add back: Other cost of revenues 19,184 14,701 52,224 45,674
ex-TAC Gross Profit $ 126,869 $ 104,297 $ 349,653 $ 272,150

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The following table provides a reconciliation of Net income (loss) to Adjusted EBITDA.

Three Months Ended<br><br> <br>September 30, Nine Months Ended<br><br> <br>September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(unaudited) (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Net income (loss) $ 17,296 $ 16,688 $ (25,533 ) $ 5,740
Adjusted to exclude the following:
Financial expenses, net (13,960 ) 844 (13,077 ) 1,050
Tax expenses (3,460 ) 4,009 6,699 13,137
Depreciation and amortization 13,160 8,021 30,050 26,848
Share-based compensation expenses(1) 19,940 6,520 103,594 11,013
M&A costs(2) 5,918 3,973 11,507 15,412
Holdback compensation expenses 840 - 840 -
Adjusted EBITDA $ 39,734 $ 40,055 $ 114,080 $ 73,200

^1^For 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., acquisition of Connexity and going public.

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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<br><br> <br>September 30, Nine Months Ended<br><br> <br>September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(unaudited) (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Gross profit $ 107,685 $ 89,596 $ 297,429 $ 226,476
Net income (loss) $ 17,296 $ 16,688 $ (25,533 ) $ 5,740
Ratio of Net income (loss) to Gross profit 16.1 % 18.6 % -8.6 % 2.5 %
ex-TAC Gross Profit $ 126,869 $ 104,297 $ 349,653 $ 272,150
Adjusted EBITDA $ 39,734 $ 40,055 $ 114,080 $ 73,200
Ratio of Adjusted EBITDA Margin to ex-TAC Gross Profit 31.3 % 38.4 % 32.6 % 26.9 %

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The following table provides a reconciliation of Net cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow.

Three Months Ended<br><br> <br>September 30, Nine Months Ended<br><br> <br>September 30,
2021 2020 2021 2020
(unaudited) (unaudited)
(dollars in thousands) (dollars in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 26,573 $ 33,776 $ 40,553 $ 81,618
Purchases of property and equipment, including capitalized platform costs (7,099 ) (3,046 ) (28,774 ) (13,680 )
Free Cash Flow $ 19,474 $ 30,730 $ 11,779 $ 67,938

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APPENDIX: Non-GAAP Reconciliation

RECONCILIATION OF GAAP TO NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES FOR Q4 2021 and FULL YEAR 2021 GUIDANCE

(Unaudited)

The following table provides a reconciliation of Gross Profit to ex-TAC Gross Profit.

Q4 2021 FY 2021
(unaudited)
(dollars in millions)
Revenues $ 392 - 396 $ 1,363- 1,367
Traffic acquisition cost $ (159 - 161 $ (850 - 853
Other cost of revenues $ (32 - 34 $ (84 - 86
Gross Profit $ 129 - 132 $ 427 - 430
Add back: Other cost of revenues $ 32 - 34 $ 84 - 86
ex-TAC Gross Profit $ 163 - 165 $ 512 - 515

All values are in US Dollars.

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Exhibit 99.3