Telecom Argentina Sa Class B · BCBA:TECO2

Telecom Argentina Sa Class B — FY2017 Earnings Presentation

32 slides from Telecom Argentina Sa Class B's earnings presentation, March 2018

  1. Slide 1: Telecom Argentina Earnings Release FY2017

    TELECOM ARGENTINA Earnings Release March 2018 FY2017

  2. Slide 2: Disclaimer

    This presentation may include statements that could constitute forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, the Company’s and it’s management expectations for the Company’s future performance, revenues, income, earnings per share, capital expenditures, dividends, liquidity and capital

  3. Slide 3: Agenda

    AG E N DA MACRO AND INDUSTRY OVERVIEW VISION & STRATEGY BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIALS THE MERGER Q&A 2

  4. Slide 4: Agenda: Macro and Industry Overview

    AG E N DA MACRO AND INDUSTRY OVERVIEW VISION & STRATEGY BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIALS THE MERGER Q&A 3

  5. Slide 5: Macro: High reserves accumulation, amidst increases of FX rates

    EXTERNAL FRONT A central element of the Central Bank’s policy MACRO: HIGH during 2017 was the accumulation of RESERV ES international reserves. In this regard, international reserves experienced an A C C U M U L AT I O N , CENTRAL BANK RESERVES (Billion U$S) 55.1 increase of almost U$S 15.8Bn during

  6. Slide 6: Macro: Increases in activity consolidate, but inflation may take longer to decline

    DOMESTIC ACTIVITY & MACRO: INCREASES INFLATION IN ACTIVIT Y C O N S O L I D AT E , B U T  HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION Revised official figures as of 4Q17 Overall household consumption continues to show a I N F L AT I O N M AY TA K E 3.5% 4.0% 4.2% 4.0% strong recovery from past year levels. Nonetheless,

  7. Slide 7: Agenda: Vision & Strategy

    AG E N DA MACRO AND INDUSTRY OVERVIEW VISION & STRATEGY BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIALS THE MERGER Q&A 6

  8. Slide 8: Vision & Strategy

    VISION & Leader in solutions and convergent connectivity services, with an agile ST R AT E GY structure and focused on our customers VALUED ADDED PROPOSAL COVERAGE CONVERGENT SYSTEMS & & CLIENT EXPERIENCE NETWORK CAPACITY SERVICES COMPANY TRANSFORMATION 7

  9. Slide 9: Agenda: Business Highlights

    AG E N DA MACRO AND INDUSTRY OVERVIEW VISION & STRATEGY BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIALS THE MERGER Q&A 8

  10. Slide 10: FY17 Highlights

    FY17 14 Highlights Revenues P$ 65.2 bn +22% YoY +P$ 11.9 bn P$ 41.0 bn +34% YoY +P$ 10.4 bn +34% YoY +39% YoY EBITDA P$ 19.4 bn +P$ 4.9 bn P$ 15.2 bn +P$ 4.2 bn Fixed Voice ARBU: $ 152.3 +56% YoY Cable TV and Broadband ARPU Broadband ARPU: $ 359.6 +33% YoY ARPU: $ 796.3 +41% YoY Mobile ARPU: $ 142.3

  11. Slide 11: Revenues Breakdown

    REVENUES BREAKDOWN MOBILE SERVICES T E LE COM REVENUES +22% INTERNET +57% In P$ Million 5% 5% 34,289 17,048 12% 28,049 10,832 FY16 FY17 53% FY16 FY17 25% FIXED SERVICES FIXED VOICE +33% + INTERNET Mobile Fixed Voice + Internet +35% Handsets & Equipments Data Paraguay 19,797 16,220 14,923 12,004 FY16

  12. Slide 12: Mobile in Argentina: Capturing Value

    MOBILE SUBSCRIBERS DATA PENETRATION DATA USAGE In Million MOBILE IN Monthly unique users in million MBOU/ MONTH ARGENTINA : 19.5 19.0 +14% +75% 9.7 C APTURING VALUE In P$ Million 8.6 6,4 6.6 33% 35% 1,813 1,038 FY16 FY17 Prepaid Postpaid FY16 FY17 FY16 FY17 SERVICE REVENUES BROWSING ARPU Browsing Vo

  13. Slide 13: Mobile 4G Evolution

    MOBILE 4G EVOLUTION QO 4G COVERAGE (1) 4G CLIENTS ® 4G TRAFFIC Millions of 4G clients % 4G data traffic over the total data traffic Cll, 173 x2.9 xl8 Location with 4G coverage . t id across the country. 5.5 1.9 im — fe) Dec-15 Dec-16 Dec-17 85% | 22 [ ] ; ; i] ; ; ; ; ] ‘i q = 4G clients average dat

  14. Slide 14: Fixed – Home Convergence Strategy

    FIXED SERVICES SUBS UBB SUBS evolution ARNET + VOICE evolution FIXED – HOME +106% YoY +220% CO N V E RG E N C E Lines in Service: 3.8 mm ST R AT E GY P U S H E S UBB OFFER Internet Access: 1.7 mm HOME CONVERGENCE STRATEGY FY16 FY17 VOICE ARBU BROADBAND ARPU & CHURN FIXED DATA +28% +23% 387.7 In P$ M

  15. Slide 15: Revenues Breakdown Pay TV Services Cablevisión

    REVENUES BREAKDOWN PAY TV SERVICES +31% CABLEVISIÓN 24,589 3% REVENUES 6% 4,099 18,750 In P$ Million 2,412 20,490 16,338 31% 50% FY16 FY17 Cable TV Premium TV 10% INTERNET Cable TV Premium TV Internet Mobile Other +67% 12,865 7,697 FY16 FY17 14

  16. Slide 16: Fixed Services

    UNIQUE SUBSCRIBERS SUBSCRIBERS DISTRIBUTION Number of subs in thousand 10% 10% F I X E D S E RV I C E S 3,918 46% 49% 3,912 44% 41% FY16 FY17 FY16 FY17 Cable TV Bundled Broadband INTERNET SUBSCRIBERS Number of subs in thousand 2,335 2,183 +7% YoY FY16 FY17 15

  17. Slide 17: Fixed Services

    CABLE TV SUBSCRIBERS CABLEVISIÓN FLOW SUBSCRIBERS Number of subs in million Number of subs in thousand 687.8 F I X E D S E RV I C E S 3,528 3,503 254.5 4.5 1.4 FY16 FY17 FY16 FY17 Flow Box Flow App TOTAL ARPU & CHURN PREMIUM SUBSCRIBERS 0.4 1000 887 +44% 900 0.35 800 0.3 625 700 600 0.25 500 0.2 400

  18. Slide 18: Capex: Network Deployment to Improve Capacity and Quality

    CAPEX EVOLUTION C A P E X: N E T WO R K D E P LOY M E N T TO Million of P$ -2% I M P R O V E C A PA C I T Y 11,386 11,143 FTTH DEPLOYMENT AND QUALIT Y In available commercial zones 4Q 3,687 +22% 4,505 FY16 FY17 1Q17 2Q17 3Q17 4Q17 % REVENUES 21% 17% Between 2018-2020 Telecom will invest U$S Million

  19. Slide 19: Agenda: Financials

    AG E N DA MACRO AND INDUSTRY OVERVIEW VISION & STRATEGY BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIALS THE MERGER Q&A 18

  20. Slide 20: Consolidated Results: Revenues and EBITDA

    REVENUES EBITDA SERVICE REVENUE GROWTH IFRS, Million of P$, Percentage ∆ OF SERVICE REVENUES IFRS, Million of P$, Percentage ∆ OF REVENUES +22% IN ARGENTINA: +26% IN ARGENTINA: +23% IN PARAGUAY: +21% +34% CO N S O L I DAT E D IN PARAGUAY: +13% 65,186 19,356 R E S U LTS 53,240 4Q 17,923 14,424 4Q

  21. Slide 21: Consolidated Results: Operating and Net Income

    OPERATING INCOME NET INCOME (Attributable to Telecom) IFRS, Million of P$, Percentage IFRS, Million of P$, Percentage CO N S O L I DAT E D 3G / 4G Disposal and In million of P$ FY16 FY17 ∆$ R E S U LTS Period D&A Spectrum Amortization impairment of PP&E Total Operating Income $ 7,843 $ 12,112 $ 4,26

  22. Slide 22: Free Cash Flow, Net Financial Position

    FCF IFRS, Million of P$. Last 12 months F R E E C A S H F LOW, OPERATING FREE CASH FLOW NET FINANCIAL 19,356 11,143 1,163 POSITION 5,892 9,376 4,192 3,260 EBITDA Capex ∆ WK & 2,400 others 189 341 FCF GENERATION Net Debt Operating Taxes Net Interest FX Dividend Net Debt FY16 Free Cash & Others Variat

  23. Slide 23: Consolidated Results: Cablevisión Revenues and EBITDA

    REVENUES EBITDA IFRS, Million of P$, Percentage IFRS, Million of P$, Percentage +34% +39% CO N S O L I DAT E D 40,952 15,155 R E S U LTS 30,571 4Q 11,174 4Q 3,893 +34% 10,931 8,334 +41% 2,753 20,125 7,295 14,226 4,694 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 % REVENUES EBITDA EVOLUTION 33% 36% 36% 37

  24. Slide 24: Consolidated Results: Cablevisión Operating and Net Income

    OPERATING INCOME NET INCOME IFRS, Million of P$, Percentage (Attributable to Cablevisión) IFRS, Million of P$, Percentage In million of P$ FY16 FY17 ∆$ Operating Income $ 8,343 $ 11,169 $ 2,826 CO N S O L I DAT E D +34% 11,169 Other Income $ 103 $ 29 -$ 74 Financial Results -$ 2,374 -$ 2,612 -$ 237

  25. Slide 25: Free Cash Flow, Net Financial Position

    FCF F R E E C A S H F LOW, IFRS, Million of P$. Last 12 months NET FINANCIAL OPERATING FREE CASH FLOW 15,115 11,681 POSITION 2,034 1,606 5,470 6,936 2,669 113 6,451 EBITDA Capex ∆ WK & 823 others Net Debt Operating Taxes Net Interest FX Dividend Net Debt FY16 Free Cash & Others Variations Payments2

  26. Slide 26: Agenda: The Merger

    AG E N DA MACRO AND INDUSTRY OVERVIEW VISION & STRATEGY BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIALS THE MERGER Q&A 25

  27. Slide 27: Transaction Summary and Capital Ownership

    TRANSACTION SUMMARY T R A N S AC T I O N  Telecom Argentina S.A. incorporated Cablevisión S.A. in an all stock transaction S U M M A RY A N D  Telecom issued 1,184.5 mm new shares for Cablevisión S.A. shareholders C A P I TA L  All resulting company share classes have equal economic and voting ri

  28. Slide 28: Key Figures

    REVENUES FY17 – U $ S m m ( 1 ) EBITDA FY17 – U $ S m m ( 1 ) +63% +78% KEY FIGURES 6,404 3,933 2,082 2,471 1,168 914 + + EBITDA margin 30% 37% 33% COMBINED REVENUES BREAKDOWN (FY17)) COMBINED CLIENTS B Y S E G M E N T I N A R G E N T I N A Devices 8% Fixed BB 19% Fixed Voice 8% 3.8mm 4.1mm Pay TV s

  29. Slide 29: Combined Figures as of December 31, 2017

    CO M B I N E D In U$Smm – FY17 T E O (1) C V S A (2) C o m b i n e d (3) FIGURES AS OF Revenues 3,933 2 ,47 1 6,4 0 4 DECEMBER 31, EBITDA 1,168 914 2,082 2017 Gross Debt 656 585 1,241 Net Debt 175 346 521 Capex 672 705 1,377 R a t i o s (4) Gross Debt / EBITDA 0.63x 0.72 x 0.67x Net Debt / EBITDA 0.

  30. Slide 30: Merger: Next Steps

    NEXT STEPS M E RG E R BACK END FRONT END NETWORK F U Preferred Network, N SAP integration, CRM implementation, C Capex Optimization, T New ERP platform, Big Data, I O Deployment of new sites N Processes integrationS Customer Centric S and fiber optic P A R T N E R S Significant cost synergies potent

  31. Slide 31: Agenda: Q&A

    AG E N DA MACRO AND INDUSTRY OVERVIEW VISION & STRATEGY BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS FINANCIALS THE MERGER Q&A 30

  32. Slide 32: Investor Relations Contact

    Investor Relations Contact Telephone: (5411) 4968 3628 E-mail: relinver@teco.com.ar

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