Netflix Inc (NFLX) SEC Filing 10-K Annual report for the fiscal year ending Thursday, December 31, 2015

Exhibit 99.1

January 19, 2016

Fellow shareholders,

On January 1st, just a few hours after the quarter closed, we crossed 75 million members. Our quarter-end 74.76 million members put us at over 17 million net additions for the year, showing how much the world is embracing Internet TV. We think we’ll grow by over 6 million members in Q1 given our expansion of Netflix to virtually everywhere but China. We bring great stories from all over the world to people all over the world. Our summary results and Q1 forecast are below.



(in millions except per share data and Streaming Content Obligations)	Q4 '14			Q1 '15			Q2 '15			Q3 '15			Q4 '15			Q1 '16 Forecast
Total Streaming:
Revenue	$	1,305		$	1,400		$	1,481		$	1,581		$	1,672		$	1,813
Contribution Profit	$	178		$	247		$	248		$	277		$	270		$	302
Contribution Margin	13.6		%	17.7		%	16.7		%	17.5		%	16.2		%	16.7		%
Paid Memberships	54.48			59.62			62.71			66.02			70.84			77.19
Total Memberships	57.39			62.27			65.55			69.17			74.76			80.86
Net Additions	4.33			4.88			3.28			3.62			5.59			6.10

US Streaming:
Revenue	$	917		$	985		$	1,026		$	1,064		$	1,106		$	1,160
Contribution Profit	$	257		$	312		$	340		$	344		$	379		$	416
Contribution Margin	28.0		%	31.7		%	33.1		%	32.4		%	34.3		%	35.9		%
Paid Memberships	37.70			40.32			41.06			42.07			43.40			45.40
Total Memberships	39.11			41.40			42.30			43.18			44.74			46.49
Net Additions	1.90			2.28			0.90			0.88			1.56			1.75

International Streaming:
Revenue	$	388		$	415		$	455		$	517		$	566		$	653
Contribution Profit (Loss)	$	(79	)	$	(65	)	$	(92	)	$	(68	)	$	(109	)	$	(114	)
Contribution Margin	-20.3		%	-15.6		%	-20.2		%	-13.1		%	-19.2		%	-17.5		%
Paid Memberships	16.78			19.30			21.65			23.95			27.44			31.79
Total Memberships	18.28			20.88			23.25			25.99			30.02			34.37
Net Additions	2.43			2.60			2.37			2.74			4.04			4.35

Total (including DVD):
Operating Income	$	65		$	97		$	75		$	74		$	60		$	50
Net Income*	$	83		$	24		$	26		$	29		$	43		$	11
EPS*	$	0.19		$	0.05		$	0.06		$	0.07		$	0.10		$	0.03

Free Cash Flow	$	(78	)	$	(163	)	$	(229	)	$	(252	)	$	(276	)
EBITDA	$	110		$	140		$	119		$	123		$	111
Shares (FD)*	432.5			433.8			436.1			437.6			438.3
Streaming Content Obligations** ($B)	9.5			9.8			10.1			10.4			10.9
*EPS and shares adjusted for 7-for-1 stock split. Q4'14 Net Income/EPS includes a $39m / $0.10 benefit from a tax accrual release related to resolution of tax audit. Q4'15 Net Income/EPS includes a $13m / $0.03 benefit from a tax accrual release related to resolution of tax audits.
**Corresponds to our total known streaming content obligations as defined in our financial statements and related notes in our most recently filed SEC Form 10-K



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