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Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG / Key word(s): Quarter Results
06 November2012 Telefónica Deutschland releases Third Quarter 2012 Results MUNICH. Telefónica Deutschland released a good set of results for the three months ending 30 th September 2012 after its recent IPO, with continued trading momentum in the postpaid segment that translated into strong revenue growth and acceleration in the profitability of the business, including strong FCF generation. 'I am pleased with the performance of the business, which clearly reflects our strategy of mobile data monetization in the postpaid segment' says René Schuster, CEO of Telefónica Deutschland. 'After our recent IPO, I am convinced that we are raising our profile further, and we will continue the successful growth story of Telefónica Deutschland in Germany in the long term.' Third quarter operational and financial highlights: – Solid increase of mobile postpaid base (+10.3% year-on-year) to account for 51.7% of the base at the end of September leveraging trading momentum across segments and improved churn to 1.4%. – Stable year-on-year ARPU performance as a result of the improved customer mix and successful data monetization. – Sound wireless service revenues performance at 5.6% year-on-year, with mobile data revenues growing 14.2% to reach 43.7% of wireless service revenues. – Continued sequential OIBDA performance at 12.5% year-on-year growth and margin progression to 25.7% (+1.9 percentage points year-on-year). – Increased investments in the network , improving 3G data capacity and accelerating LTE network rollout, targeting 15% of German population coverage by end of 2012. – Strong Operating Cash Flow generation of 484 million euros up to September 2012 that translated into Free Cash Flow of 549 million euros and a net debt position of 1,058 million euros at the end of the period.
At the end of September 2012, Telefónica Deutschland had 25.3 million customer accesses , a year-on-year increase of 4.1%. Main commercial highlights for the third quarter of 2012 in the mobile segment include: – New 'O 2 Loop' tariffs in the prepaid segment launched from 7 th August. – New 'O 2 Blue' propositions from 14 th September, including LTE enhanced speed option in the XL tariff. – iPhone 5 launch from 21 st September, with satisfactory pre-order figures and executed sales.
Mobile postpaid
segment continued being the main contributor of customer growth across retail and partner channels, adding 171 thousand accesses in the third quarter of 2012 to reach 9.9 million on the back of strong gross additions and reduced churn at 1.4% (-0.2 percentage points, year-on-year). Continued demand for smartphones, mainly through 'O
2
My Handy' model (more than 95% of total handset sales in the third quarter) and new commercial propositions under 'O
2
Blue' portfolio for the consumer segment and 'O
2
on' for the SME/Soho segment, were the main drivers for this performance.
The mobile prepaid segment added 109 thousand accesses in the third quarter of 2012, including O 2 core and partner brands, particularly after the launch of 'O 2 Loop' tariffs in August. Mobile ARPU evolution remained solid, with a 1.7% increase year-on-year in the first nine months of 2012 (+0.3% in the third quarter), on the back of the improved customer mix and successful data monetization, with mobile data ARPU performance outweighing voice ARPU. Retail fixed broadband accesses declined by 61 thousand in the third quarter of 2012 in a slowing market. Telefónica Deutschland financial performance Telefónica Deutschland revenues reached 3,871 million euros in the first nine months of the year 2012, a 4.5% year-on-year growth (+4.1% in the third quarter).
Wireless service revenues
stood at 2,359 million euros, showing a sound performance over the previous year (+8.1% up to September 2012; +5.6% in the third quarter). The slowdown in wireless service revenues growth from the first half of the year is on the back of an exceptionally strong third quarter of 2011 (+9.1% year-on-year, excluding the impact of mobile termination rate cuts). In 2012, in the postpaid segment, we have seen lower trading volumes than in 2011 and postpaid ARPU, despite being stable quarter-on-quarter, is below outstanding levels of the third quarter of 2011.
Wireline revenues stood at 1,036 million euros (-3.1% year-on-year; -3.4% in the third quarter), a stable performance quarter-on-quarter in a competitive market. Operating expenses amounted to 2,980 million euros, a year-on-year increase of 2.1% (+1.6% in the third quarter), lower than revenue growth. Main drivers for the January-to-September 2012 period were: – Supplies growing 6.2% year-on-year (+8.4% in the third quarter), due to strong demand of smartphones and increased mobile interconnection expenses on higher usage of voice services. – Personnel expenses increase of 2.7% year-on-year to 337 million euros. The increase in the third quarter was +6.9%, due to general increase in salaries from July 1 st and the change in the mix of our employee base towards the commercial areas. – Other expenses decrease of 3.5% year-on-year (-9.1% in the third quarter) to 1,074 million euros, with savings in commercial activity compensating higher infrastructure operating expenses and Group management fees. As a result, Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization (OIBDA) reached 936 million euros in the first nine months of the year 2012 (+12.4% year-on-year; +12.5% in the third quarter). OIBDA margin for the first nine months of the year was 24.2% (25.7% in the third quarter), a year-on-year increase of 1.7 and 1.9 percentage points, respectively. OIBDA excluding management fees totaled 986 million euros in the nine months to September 2012 (+13.2% year-on-year); accelerating to 14.1% in the third quarter. OIBDA margin continued its sequential positive performance, growing 2.0 percentage points year-on-year to 25.5% in the first nine months of the year 2012 (+2.4 percentage points in the third quarter to 27.2%). This strong performance was mainly the result of mobile data revenue growth benefitting from scale, as well as further efficiencies in the commercial area offsetting higher growth-related costs in infrastructure. Depreciation&amortization amounted to 832 million euros in the first nine months of the year 2012, a year-on-year increase of 4.3% (-1.4% in the third quarter), mainly driven by the amortization of LTE spectrum licenses that were acquired in 2010, but activated for commercial service from 1 st July 2011 and past investments made on the network. Operating income amounted to 104 million euros in the January-September 2012 period (55 million euros in the third quarter), which is a significant improvement over previous year's period at 35 million euros (13 million euros in the third quarter). Net financial income for the January-September 2012 period was 2.8 million euros, while in the third quarter it turned to an expense of 1.7 million euros due to the different pre-IPO activities during the quarter that resulted into a net debt position at the end of September. Income Tax was positive in 1.5 million euros in the first nine months of the year 2012 as compared to the negative figure of 1.8 million euros accrued in the same period of 2011, attributable to a change in determination of recoverability of deferred taxes. As a result, net profit for the January-September 2012 period amounted to 108 million euros, a significant improvement over the previous year at 37 million euros. CapEx in the first nine months of the year 2012 amounted to 452 million euros, an increase of 21.3% year-on-year (+40.2% in the third quarter), supporting future growth with accelerated investment in the development of the LTE network and increase of capacity in the 3G network, in line with Company's expectations, and with a different phasing of investments than in 2011. Operating Cash Flow (OIBDA-CapEx) increased 5.1% year-on-year to reach 484 million euros, and this translated into Free Cash Flow of 549 million euros in the January-September 2012 period, with a positive working capital contribution of 62 million euros. The different silent factoring agreements of 'O 2 My Handy'-related customer receivables had a net positive impact of 199 million euros in the January-September 2012 period. The net financial debt stood at 1,058 million euros at the end of September, 2012, with a leverage ratio of 0.85x. APPENDIX – DATA TABLES
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(1) For better comparability with future financial information, the current number of shares in the Company of 1,116,945,400 has been used.
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(1) Smartphone penetration is calculated based on the number of customers with a smallscreen tariff (e.g., for smartphones) divided by the total mobile customer base, less M2M and customers with a bigscreen tariff (e.g., for Surfsticks, Dongles, Tablets).
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(1) In 2012 as part of the pre-IPO dividend payment claim of EUR7.2bn an existing capital promise in the amount of EUR2.9bn has been set-off .
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(1) Full impact of silent factoring of EUR199m (EUR48m from silent factoring deal in March 2012 and EUR151m from silent factoring deal in September).
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(1) Net financial debt defined as Intercompany loans plus financial lease liabilities minus cash & cash equivalents minus capital promise.
Further information:
Victor J. García-Aranda, Head of Investor Relations
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| Language: | English | |
| Company: | Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG | |
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| Phone: | +49 (0)89 24 42 0 | |
| Internet: | www.telefonica.de | |
| ISIN: | DE000A1J5RX9 | |
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