Telia Company AB · OMXSTO:TELIA

Telia Company AB — TeliaSonera — Q3 2004 Earnings Presentation

29 slides from Telia Company AB's earnings presentation, Oct 28, 2004

  1. Slide 1: Investor Presentation, London

    Anders Igel President and CEO October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London

  2. Slide 2: July-September 2004 Summary

    July-September 2004 Summary • Good result • Proposal regarding shareholder return • Initiatives for the future prepared – Platform for Future Growth – Measures to keep profitability – Take advantage of Eastern opportunity October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London 2

  3. Slide 3: July-September 2004 highlights

    July-September 2004 highlights • High EBITDA margin 39.8% maintained (39.4) • Sales increased 3% • Strong customer growth Y-o-Y – 1 million new customers in Nordic and Baltic countries – 11 million new customers in Eurasia, Russia and Turkey • Market positions maintained • Successful acquisitions su

  4. Slide 4: Outlook

    Outlook • Long term view unchanged compared to previous quarter • For the TeliaSonera group, the fourth quarter of 2004 is expected to show the same trends as the comparative quarter last year in terms of profitability and CAPEX October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London 4

  5. Slide 5: Shareholder return specified

    Shareholder return specified • SEK 30 billion to shareholders during 2005-2007 in addition to ordinary dividends • The board has decided to recommend to the AGM in April 2005 a distribution of approx. SEK 10 billion • Repurchase of shares through a public offering with tradable rights will be propos

  6. Slide 6: Performance during July-September 2004

    Performance during July-September 2004 October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London

  7. Slide 7: Market positions in Nordic home markets maintained

    Market positions in Nordic home markets maintained • Maintained market positions Performance and sequential margin pick up Jul-Sep 2004 in Nordic markets Sweden Mobile, sales year-on-year -2% Fixed, sales year-on-year -3% • Usage increases but price EBITDA margin 42.5% reductions limit growth in Fin

  8. Slide 8: Mobile growth continues in Baltic markets

    Mobile growth continues in Baltic markets • Stable development in Sales growth Q3 2003-Q3 2004 Estonia • Strong mobile growth in Latvia Estonia1 Mobile 13% Fixed 3% • Strong mobile customer intake in Lithuania Latvia – Significantly lower price Mobile local currency 13% 16% levels affected net sales

  9. Slide 9: Closing of Orange deal strengthens Nordic and Baltic leadership

    Closing of Orange deal strengthens Nordic and Baltic leadership • From № 4 to № 2 in Denmark Denmark Mobile subs.1 • Possibility to become Danish TDC 1.6 million New Telia DK 1.1 million customers’ № 1 choice Sonofon 1.0 million • Critical mass in Denmark #1 • Large and tangible synergies #2 #1 #1 #

  10. Slide 10: Turkcell – more customers and higher ARPU

    Turkcell – more customers and higher ARPU • Customer growth and increased usage created strong growth • Stable pricing increased ARPU of USD 15.50 (14.39) Number of customers1 (million) Sales1, 2 (USD million) TeliaSonera Share of Net income 20.9 +30% 835 17.2 640 269 218 Q2 2003 Q3 2003 Q4 2003 Q1

  11. Slide 11: 2.4 million new subscribers in MegaFon

    2.4 million new subscribers in MegaFon • MegaFon took 25% of the total Russian customer increase during Q3 and increased its market share • The TeliaSonera share of net income increased 19% Number of customers (million) Sales (USD million) TeliaSonera Share of Net income 11.5 +74% 418 271 240 227 5.

  12. Slide 12: High growth and improved margins in Eurasia – Fintur

    High growth and improved margins in Eurasia – Fintur • Customer growth and increased ARPU pushed up sales by 54% (In local currency sales increased 67%) • Customer growth during Q3 was 458,000, Y-o-Y +1,300,000 Number of customers (million) Sales (USD million) EBITDA1 and CAPEX 1,153 1) Excl. non-re

  13. Slide 13: Opportunities for the future

    Opportunities for the future • Platform for Future Growth • Measures to keep profitability • Take advantage of Eastern opportunity October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London

  14. Slide 14: Migration trend

    Migration trend Mobile igr ation +8.6% in Q3 M TeliaSonera group Fixed -6.3% in Q3 TeliaSonera group Migr ation Internet +14.7% in Q3 Broadband +25.1% TeliaSonera group October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London 14

  15. Slide 15: Take the lead in the migration

    Take the lead in the migration October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London 15

  16. Slide 16: TeliaSonera – Markets in different stages

    TeliaSonera – Markets in different stages Transformation New High growth Mature growth markets markets Migration phase? Nordic Baltic Turkey Russia Eurasia October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London 16

  17. Slide 17: TeliaSonera – Dual opportunities

    TeliaSonera – Dual opportunities Nordic – Baltic Turkey – Russia – Eurasia 31 234 million million Inhabitants 36 million 22 million TeliaSonera customers Approaching 100% Penetration Still low Modest Sales growth High Stable Profitability Accelerating October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London 1

  18. Slide 18: TeliaSonera – Dual opportunities

    TeliaSonera – Dual opportunities Nordic – Baltic Turkey – Russia – Eurasia Inhabitants TeliaSonera customers Create Create growth growth Exploit Exploit growth growth Penetration Keep Keep profitability profitability Enhance Enhance value value Sales growth Profitability October 28, 2004 Investor Pr

  19. Slide 19: The Nordic Baltic Opportunity

    The Nordic Baltic Opportunity October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London

  20. Slide 20: The Nordic Baltic Opportunity

    The Nordic Baltic Opportunity Platform for Create growth future growth Competitive Keep profitability Cost Levels October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London 20

  21. Slide 21: Platform for Future Growth – Focused Service Portfolio

    Platform for Future Growth – Focused Service Portfolio Legacy Mobile Internet Managed Services Mobile voice Content Residential distribution broadband Mobile data Business IP Combinations October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London 21

  22. Slide 22: Platform for future growth

    Platform for future growth Enhanced growth opportunities a rs y e y 3 Customer Service Enhancement a tel x im pro Migration Strategies Fixed Æ IP and Mobility Ap Renewed offering and pricing strategies Focused Service Portfolio, based on simplicity 22 million Customer Base – Scale Advantage – Clear

  23. Slide 23: Keep profitability

    Keep profitability • The opportunities identified enables TeliaSonera to reduce costs to completely different levels than today • Growth initiatives will be accelerated and prioritized without losing focus on actions securing competitive cost levels October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London 23

  24. Slide 24: Keep profitability

    Keep profitability Competitive Cost Levels a rs Business culture programmes 3 ye ly a te Common tools and processes implementation xim p ro Ap Telecom and IT-systems restructuring Operational improvements (marketing, channels, network, order, delivery etc) Focused Service Portfolio OPEX: SEK 52 bill

  25. Slide 25: The Eastern Opportunity

    The Eastern Opportunity October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London

  26. Slide 26: The Eastern opportunity

    The Eastern opportunity Turkey Russia Eurasia Active Board Part of TeliaSonera process Closer alliance Increase ownership if possible October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London 26

  27. Slide 27: Focus going forward

    Focus going forward • Short term Platform for – Maintain or increase market shares future growth – Synergy realizations – Acquisitions within footprint Competitive • Medium term Cost Levels – Create Platform for Future Growth – Take measures to keep profitability – Take advantage of Eastern opportun

  28. Slide 28: Forward-looking statements

    Forward-looking statements Statements made in this document relating to future status or circumstances, including future performance and other trend projections are forward-looking statements. By their nature, forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to events and

  29. Slide 29: The Nordic and Baltic telecommunications leader

    The Nordic and Baltic telecommunications leader October 28, 2004 Investor Presentation, London

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