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Tele2 Ab Class A — Q3 2013 Earnings Presentation

69 slides from Tele2 Ab Class A's earnings presentation, Oct 22, 2013

  1. Slide 1: Third Quarter 2013

    THIRD QUARTER 2013 Tele2 AB October 22, 2013

  2. Slide 2: Agenda

    Agenda About Q3 2013 Financial review Concluding remarks 2

  3. Slide 3: Tele2 Group highlights Q3

    Tele2 Group highlights Q3 Customer intake Net sales Net mobile customer intake Total net sales amounted to of 263,000 leading to a total SEK 7.5 billion and mobile customers base of 15.3 net sales grew by 3% YoY to million SEK 5.5 billion EBITDA CAPEX EBITDA amounted to SEK Further investment to 1.5

  4. Slide 4: Reasons for a new outlook

    Reasons for a new outlook 1 2 3 Shift from “pay as you Shift from voice to data Faster deterioration of go” to bucket pricing quicker than anticipated fixed line services more rapid than expected Resulting in change of long-term guidance 4

  5. Slide 5: New guidance on Group level

    New guidance on Group level 2015 Previous Net sales [SEK billion] 32.5-33.5 At least 35.6 EBITDA [SEK billion] 6.7-7.3 At least 8.3  Dividend indication to pay at least SEK 4.40 for 2013  Shareholder remuneration and balance sheet policies unchanged 5

  6. Slide 6: Strategy unchanged

    Strategy unchanged Owning customer Scale and efficiency relationship is Access is our core are key to our crucial to securing business profitability our position in the value chain We are not here to flip-flop 6

  7. Slide 7: Sweden

    Sweden Focus  Build on increasing mobile demand from consumers and businesses  Continue with mobile network build-out supported by household / corporate fiber strategy  Ensure market share growth predominantly in the business segment Population  Continue to build on shift from “pay as 9.6 millio

  8. Slide 8: Q3 financial highlights Tele2 Sweden

    Q3 financial highlights Tele2 Sweden  Mobile customer net intake was 60,000 customers, of which 41,000 postpaid customers  Net sales amounted to SEK 3,078 million and EBITDA amounted to SEK 900 million  Underlying mobile service net sales (excl. interconnect and hardware sales) increased by 1% 

  9. Slide 9: Q3 operational highlights Tele2 Sweden

    Q3 operational highlights Tele2 Sweden Comviq Tele2 – Residential Network Operations  Successful national  Tele2 stores roll-out –  Data usage more than launch of ToGo total of 54 stores in Q3 doubles when customers  Strong brand positioning  Shift from “pay as you go” move from 3G to 4G  New

  10. Slide 10: Comviq is gaining market traction

    Comviq is gaining market traction Gained No 1 Price Position Online Sales is performing Fastpris product successful, now 31% of Comviq is soon delivering growth by itself portfolio 10

  11. Slide 11: Customer experience improvements

    Customer experience improvements  Application for iPhone and Android launched in the beginning of October  Improved customer experience - Usage dashboard - Data Upsales - Prepaid Refill - Invoice information 11

  12. Slide 12: Sales channel expansion

    Sales channel expansion Successful national launch of Comviq To Go - over 100 stores Tele2 Store # 54 opened in 50 cities nation-wide Q1 13 Q2 13 Q3 13 Q1 13 Q2 13 Q3 13 30 108 108 46 51 54 stores stores stores stores stores stores Sales 12

  13. Slide 13: Smartphone market development

    Smartphone market development SALES OF TOP TEN MOBILE PHONES SMARTPHONE INSTALLED BASE TELE2 SWEDEN (Q3 2013) 100% 90% 4G 80% 70% 4G 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% 4G 4G Smart Feature 4G 4G 4G SHARE OF HANDSETS BEING 4G ENABLED TELE2 SWEDEN (Q3 2013) 81% including iPhone5 4G enabled Not 4G enabled 55% e

  14. Slide 14: Continued growth in bucket price segment

    Continued growth in bucket price segment SHARE OF CUSTOMER STOCK ON BUCKET SHARE OF ”BLOCKED” CUSTOMERS WHO PRICE PLANS HAVE PURCHASED EXTRA DATA 1,300 60% Thousands 1,200 50% 1,100 40% 1,000 900 30% 800 20% 700 10% 600 500 0% 58% purchased extra data Customer stock Percentage customers bucket price

  15. Slide 15: Mobile data

    Mobile data INCREASE IN 4G USAGE CONTINUING MB  Data usage more than doubles when a customer shifts from 3G to 4G  Continued roll-out of 800/1800 MHz  Strengthen our 3G network to further enhance customer experience Sep-11 Mar-12 Sep-12 Mar-13 Sep-13 3G 4G 2G 15

  16. Slide 16: Continue to gain market shares in B2B

    Continue to gain market shares in B2B  Continued good performance of mobile soft switch “Tele2 Växel”  Increased interest from the Large Enterprise segment  Renewed frame agreement secured with “Kammarkollegiet” for Communication-as-a-service and operator products  Roaming packages still perform

  17. Slide 17: Customer satisfaction

    Customer satisfaction END-USER SATISFACTION 100% Comments  Positive end-user satisfaction trend for all 90% business areas: Tele2 Residential, Tele2 Business and Comviq 80%  Strengthened capabilities within Work Force Management 70%  Significantly improved system for quality management (training,

  18. Slide 18: Tele2 Sweden forward looking statement

    Tele2 Sweden forward looking statement The following assumptions should be taken into account when estimating the operational performance of the Swedish mobile operations in 2013:  Tele2 expects total revenue of between SEK 10,100 to 10,300 million  Tele2 expects EBITDA of between SEK 2,900 to 3,1

  19. Slide 19: Norway

    Norway Focus  Roll-out of the country’s 3rd mobile network including LTE/4G  Maintain world-class customer service  From “pay as you go” to bucket-price subscriptions Population 5 million Tele2 Norway Mobile operator #3 in Norway in terms of subscribers and revenue Represents 14% of total Group n

  20. Slide 20: Q3 financial highlights Tele2 Norway

    Q3 financial highlights Tele2 Norway  Customer net intake was 2,000 customers  Tele2 Norway reported total net sales of SEK 1,029 million, of which SEK 974 million was mobile sales  Underlying mobile service revenue (excl. interconnect and hardware sales) increased by 2%  Tele2 Norway reached an

  21. Slide 21: Q2 operational highlights Tele2 Norway

    Q2 operational highlights Tele2 Norway Customer Trends Network Operations Customer Operations  Bucket pricing facilitates  Push 4G roll-out with  World-class customer increase in data usage focus on city and urban service  Increased smartphone areas  Customer satisfaction penetration  Traffic

  22. Slide 22: Customer trends

    Customer trends MIGRATION FROM ”PAY AS YOU GO” TO FIXED PRICE SUBSCRIPTIONS* High smartphone penetration 600,000 80% 71% 73% 75% No. of customers  Increased penetration of 3G 900 phones 500,000 64% 68%  9/10 of all new handsets sold are smartphones 61% 60% 400,000 53% 300,000 40% 200,000 20% 100,0

  23. Slide 23: Network operations

    Network operations SITES READY 2,000  Network roll-out progressing according to 1,600 plan 1,200  Major contract for coverage in Oslo 800 Subway and Oslo Airport (OSL) signed 400  4G/LTE upgrade on-going, focus on 0 largest cities Jul-11 Jul-12 Jul-13 Jan-11 Jan-12 Jan-13 Apr-11 Apr-12 Apr-13 Oct

  24. Slide 24: World-class customer service

    World-class customer service END-USER SATISFACTION Comments 100%  Solid CuVo performance matching Q2 90% level of 84% (almost world-class level at 85%), despite very challenging vacation 80% period  Improved planning and support 70% processes across customer service and commercial brands 60%  Upg

  25. Slide 25: Tele2 Norway forward looking statement

    Tele2 Norway forward looking statement The following assumptions should be taken into account when estimating the operational performance of the Norwegian mobile operations in 2013:  Tele2 expects total revenue of between SEK 3,900 to 4,000 million (earlier 4,200 to 4,300)  Tele2 expects EBITDA of

  26. Slide 26: Netherlands

    Netherlands Focus  Continue to push 4G network roll-out  Grow mobile operations  Increase footprint of high bandwidth products Population 16.8 million Tele2 Netherlands Leading the Group in B2B and making transition to full MNO Represents 18% of total Group net sales in Q3 2013

  27. Slide 27: Q3 financial highlights Tele2 Netherlands

    Q3 financial highlights Tele2 Netherlands  Mobile net adds of 56,000 customers, resulting in a total net intake of 38,000 customers  Net sales amounted to SEK 1,383 million of which SEK 463 million was mobile sales  Underlying mobile service revenue (excl. interconnect and hardware sales) increas

  28. Slide 28: Q3 operational highlights Tele2 Netherlands

    Q3 operational highlights Tele2 Netherlands Tele2 – Business Tele2 – Residential Network operations  Large Enterprise  Fixed broadband  Site sharing contracts signed under pressure due to agreement with TMNL  Mobile portfolio under competitive  All fundamentals in development environment place

  29. Slide 29: Increase new business in B2B segment

    Increase new business in B2B segment Won several new Large deals in the corporate Enterprises market Fixed Mobile Success of our Hosted Voice Convergence proposition lies in ease of use Developing next steps in cloud SME solutions extending our fixed and segment mobile future 29

  30. Slide 30: Broadband under pressure

    Broadband under pressure YoY BROADBAND CUSTOMER BASE Customer base declining due to pressure from both cable and incumbent:  Aggressive promotions  Larger high speed internet coverage  Decrease in price levels Main challenge  Improve coverage on high speed internet portfolio Increase high speed

  31. Slide 31: MVNO still going strong

    MVNO still going strong CUSTOMER NET ADDITIONS (x1000) GROWTH TELE2 BASE YoY 90 700 Thousands 600 40 500 -10 400 Q112 Q212 Q312 Q412 Q113 Q213 Q3 300 -60 200 -110 100 0 -160 Tele2 KPN Vodafone T-Mobile Tele2 is the only company that has shown continuous growth in the last 6 quarters 31

  32. Slide 32: Principles of site sharing with T-Mobile NL

    Principles of site sharing with T-Mobile NL Antenna 2G T- 3G X T-Mobile core Mobile 4G network 4G X base station X Tele2 Backhaul base Tele2 core station network RRH*  Passive sharing of infrastructure and antennas  Sharing of backhaul, power and field services is optional  Majority of sites will

  33. Slide 33: Network procurement done

    Network procurement done  Selected as a result of commercial RAN offer and competitive capabilities  First RAN installed in Q4 2013  Selected due to experience and capabilities Core  Equipment delivered and installation has started  Selected due to references, flexibility IMS/Voice over and exp

  34. Slide 34: Roll-out development

    Roll-out development FIRST TELE2 4G SITE CONSTRUCTED ON ROLL-OUT AUGUST 20 IN HEERHUGOWAARD WEEKLY DEVELOPMENT End of Q3 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Site leases Civil works started  Approx. 3,500 sites for initial roll-out  Priority to achieve full coverage  Competitive capacity, speed and quality

  35. Slide 35: Customer operations

    Customer operations END-USER SATISFACTION Comments 100%  Performance still lagging behind rest of 90% footprint  Upgraded Customer Operation 80% management team onboard  Specific improvements of processes 70% frustrating for customers (suspension, high usage etc.) 60%  Pinpointed improvements of

  36. Slide 36: Tele2 Netherlands forward looking statement

    Tele2 Netherlands forward looking statement The following assumptions should be taken into account when estimating the operational performance of the Dutch mobile operations in 2013:  Expected revenue of SEK 1,600 to 1,700 million  Tele2 expects EBITDA of between SEK -50 to -75 million  Tele2 exp

  37. Slide 37: Central Europe and Eurasia

    Central Europe and Eurasia Focus  Market share growth in Kazakhstan  Efficiency improvements in the Baltics  Growth and profitability improvements in Croatia  Ensure stable financial performance in Germany and Austria  Growth in mobile services in Germany Population 118 million Represents 27% o

  38. Slide 38: Q3 highlights Tele2 Germany and Tele2 Austria

    Q3 highlights Tele2 Germany and Tele2 Austria Tele2 Germany:  Continued growth of mobile customer base*, now reaching 156,000 customers after the launch of additional mobile services  EBITDA margin of 8% (22% excluding launch of mobile as a service provider) Tele2 Austria:  Stable EBITDA performa

  39. Slide 39: Mobile services Germany

    Mobile services Germany MOBILE CUSTOMER BASE AND CUSTOMER INTAKE Comments Mobile* 300 25  Multi-host business model with Vodafone and 250 20 Eplus as partners 200  Significant increase of brand awareness and 15 150 attractiveness after commercial launch 10 100  Strong focus on roll-out of sales c

  40. Slide 40: Q3 financial highlights Tele2 Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania

    Q3 financial highlights Tele2 Estonia, Tele2 Latvia and Tele2 Lithuania Tele2 Estonia: Tele2 Latvia: Tele2 Lithuania:  Intensive price competition  Strong net intake of 24,000  After achieving revenue continued resulting in low customers despite tough market share leadership in EBITDA margin of 2

  41. Slide 41: Q3 highlights Tele2 Croatia

    Q3 highlights Tele2 Croatia  Positive net intake in postpaid and prepaid segments, total mobile net intake of 50,000 customers  Net sales development of 4%  Strong EBITDA of SEK 48 million and reaching 13% margin, however this is partly driven by positive impact from Visitor Roaming business CUST

  42. Slide 42: Q3 financial highlights Tele2 Kazakhstan

    Q3 financial highlights Tele2 Kazakhstan  Net intake -14,000 customers due to changed commission structure from fixed dealer commission to revenue sharing schemes  Mobile net sales grew by 32% and amounted to SEK 357 million  Improved profitability and traffic balance contributed to an EBITDA mar

  43. Slide 43: Q3 operational highlights Tele2 Kazakhstan

    Q3 operational highlights Tele2 Kazakhstan Mobile Network operations Market/Commercial  Expand network coverage  Revenue market share at  Focus on network cell 9% in Q2 2013 on track availability, optimization  Expected 4th player and quality improvement ALTEL market entry in Q4  Building fiber

  44. Slide 44: Commercial focus

    Commercial focus PLP (PRICE LEADERSHIP PERCEPTION) 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0% 2013-02 2013-03 2013-04 2013-05 2013-06 2013-07 2013-08 2013-09 TELE2 Op. 1 Op. 2 Op. 3 Op. 4 Tele2 established a strong PLP position in the market during 2013 44

  45. Slide 45: Commercial focus

    Commercial focus  Strong growth and demand for mobile data services  All dealers moved to a revenue share commission scheme from August 15th to ensure higher quality of gross intake Monobrand stores:  As of today we have opened a total of 53 (11 in Q3 2013) monobrand stores across all regions in

  46. Slide 46: Network operations

    Network operations POPULATION COVERAGE % 90%  After a massive roll-out and 80% after achieving 84% population coverage in 2012, 70% our current focus is to go for coverage in smaller cities 60% and villages, roads and recreational areas. 50% 40%  This roll-out type improves service quality, but ca

  47. Slide 47: World-class customer service

    World-class customer service END-USER SATISFACTION 100% Comments  Stable CuVo performance at high levels, 90% despite growth  Contact Center Platform upgraded to 80% improve agent level performance 70%  Very positive result from Group operational/process review 60% 50% Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2

  48. Slide 48: Tele2 Kazakhstan forward-looking statement

    Tele2 Kazakhstan forward-looking statement The following assumptions should be taken into account when estimating the operational performance of the Kazakh mobile operations in 2013:  Tele2 expects total revenue of between SEK 1,350 to 1,450 million (earlier 1,450 to 1,550)  Tele2 expects EBITDA o

  49. Slide 49: Agenda

    Agenda About Q3 2013 Financial review Concluding remarks 49

  50. Slide 50: Group result Q3 2013

    Group result Q3 2013 SEK million Q3 2013 Q3 2012 ▲% Net sales 7,529 7,649 -1.6% EBITDA 1,523 1,771 -14.0% EBITDA margin (%) 20.2% 23.2% -2.9% Depreciation & associated companies -848 -892 -4.9% Depreciation of net sales (%) -11.2% -11.6% 0.4% One-off items -450 -538 EBIT 225 341 -34.0% Normalized EB

  51. Slide 51: Group result YTD

    Group result YTD SEK million YTD 2013 YTD 2012 FY 2012 ▲% Net sales 22,303 22,869 30,742 -2.5% EBITDA 4,529 4,796 6,240 -5.6% EBITDA margin (%) 20.3% 21.0% 20.3% -0.7% Depreciation & associated companies -2,478 -2,842 -3,707 -12.8% Depreciation of net sales (%) -11.1% -12.4% -12.0% 1.4% One-off item

  52. Slide 52: Currency movements YTD

    Currency movements YTD 2% 1% 0% -1% -2% -3% -4% -5% -6% -7% -8% -9% EUR KZT NOK Average rate: vs comparable period last year Fixing rate: vs Dec 31, 2012 EUR/EUR pegged currencies represent 39% of external sales and 45% of EBITDA 52

  53. Slide 53: Depreciation

    Depreciation Depreciation and Depreciation as a percentage of net sales SEK million 1,200 14.0% 900 13.0% 600 12.0% 300 11.0% 0 10.0% Q3'12 Q4'12 Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Depreciation Depreciation of net sales (%) 53

  54. Slide 54: Financial items

    Financial items SEK million Financial items, expensed Q3 2013 Q3 2012 YTD 2013 YTD 2012 FY 2012 Interest income/costs -123 -130 -301 -374 -494 Exchange rate differences, external -6 -18 8 -25 -20 Exchange rate differences, intragroup -11 86 -36 158 116 Other financial items -45 -34 -123 -117 -155 To

  55. Slide 55: Taxes

    Taxes SEK million Taxes, expensed Q3 2013 Q3 2012 YTD 2013 YTD 2012 FY 2012 Normal -234 -224 -668 -543 -609 One-off - 262 - 262 163 Total -234 38 -668 -281 -446 Taxes, paid Q3 2013 Q3 2012 YTD 2013 YTD 2012 FY 2012 Excluding Russia Normal -31 -15 -193 -67 -110 One-off - - - - - -31 -15 -193 -67 -110

  56. Slide 56: Cash flow

    Cash flow SEK million Q3 2013 Q3 2012 YTD 2013 YTD 2012 FY 2012 OPERATING ACTIVITIES Cash flow from operations, excl. taxes and interest 1,501 2,879 5,730 8,199 10,794 Interest paid -99 -154 -323 -388 -668 Taxes paid -31 -178 -370 -492 -989 Change in working capital -14 231 -744 -455 -458 Cash flow

  57. Slide 57: Cash flow excl. Russia

    Cash flow excl. Russia SEK million Q3 2013 Q3 2012 YTD 2013 YTD 2012 FY 2012 OPERATING ACTIVITIES Cash flow from operations, excl. taxes and interest 1,501 1,645 4,545 4,696 6,065 Interest paid -99 -78 -254 -187 -292 Taxes paid -31 -15 -193 -67 -110 Change in working capital -14 219 -528 -485 -696 C

  58. Slide 58: Pro forma financial debt profile

    Pro forma financial debt profile Sources of funding SEK billion 20.0 17.5 14.9 15.2 15.8 15.0 12.5 10.0 8.1 7.6 7.5 5.0 2.5 0.0 -2.5 Sep'12 Dec'12 Mar'13 Jun'13 Sep'13 Revolving Credit Facility Russian bond Commercial paper Swedish bond Norwegian bond Other financing Put option Kazakhstan Cash Pro f

  59. Slide 59: Debt maturity and currency profile

    Debt maturity and currency profile Gross debt maturity profile Gross debt currency profile Gross debt SEK 8.7 billion (incl. unutilized: SEK 16.4 billion) Gross debt SEK 8.7 billion 12 0.1 1.6 10 8 3.4 6 4 3.5 2.0 2 3.2 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.4 0.1 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018< SEK NOK EUR KZT USD Bonds C

  60. Slide 60: Tele2 in Debt Capital Markets

    Tele2 in Debt Capital Markets Instrument Date of issue Maturity date Volume in MSEK * NOK Bond Feb 20, 2012 Feb 24, 2017 MNOK 1,000 1,071 NOK Bond Feb 20, 2012 Feb 24, 2015 MNOK 300 322 SEK Bond May 8, 2012 May 17, 2017 MSEK 1,500 1,500 SEK Bond May 8, 2012 May 15, 2017 MSEK 800 800 SEK PP Bond Sep

  61. Slide 61: Debt position and ratio

    Debt position and ratio Pro forma net debt / EBITDA 12 m rolling SEK billion / Ratio 20.0 2.00 17.5 1.75 3.2 3.2 15.0 1.50 12.5 1.25 10.0 1.00 15.2 15.8 7.5 14.9 0.75 5.0 0.50 8.1 7.6 2.5 0.25 0.0 0.00 Sep 2012 Dec 2012 Mar 2013 Jun 2013 Sep 2013 Pro forma net debt Ordinary dividend, proposed/paid L

  62. Slide 62: Group Financials

    Group Financials ● ● Mobile Fixed telephony ● ● Fixed broadband Other EBITDA and EBITDA margin Net sales SEK million EBITDA margin SEK million 2,000 26% 10,000 24% 8,000 1,500 22% 6,000 1,000 20% 4,000 18% 500 2,000 16% 0 14% 0 Q3'12 Q4'12 Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q3'12 Q4'12 Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 CAPEX and CA

  63. Slide 63: Customer net intake

    Customer net intake in thousands Total net intake Net intake split 800 1,000 700 800 600 600 500 400 400 200 300 0 200 -200 100 0 -400 Q3'12 Q4'12 Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q3'12 Q4'12 Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 ● Total net intake ● Mobile ● Fixed broadband ● Fixed telephony  In Q2 2013, the mobile customer stock w

  64. Slide 64: Net sales development – Per service

    Net sales development – Per service FX adjusted SEK million Mobile net sales Fixed broadband net sales 5,600 1,400 5,500 1,350 5,400 5,300 1,300 5,200 5,100 1,250 5,000 1,200 4,900 4,800 1,150 Q3'12 Q4'12 Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q3'12 Q4'12 Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Fixed telephony net sales Other operations net

  65. Slide 65: Net sales development – Mobile

    Net sales development – Mobile FX adjusted SEK million Q3 2013 year-on-year growth 6,000 5,458 5,489 5,304 5,374 5,086 5,000 854 1,078 866 Operator revenues -18% 1,042 857 857 4,000 838 Equipment revenues 27% 676 889 737 3,000 2,000 3,669 3,779 Underlying revenues 5% 3,586 3,491 3,492 1,000 0 Q3'12

  66. Slide 66: Agenda

    Agenda About Q3 2013 Financial review Concluding remarks 66

  67. Slide 67: Concluding remarks

    Concluding remarks Identified industry trends still valid Speed of change has increased Our strategic direction remains Updated guidance 67

  68. Slide 68: Q&A

    68 Q&A TELE2

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