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Proximus Sa — Q1 2019 Earnings Presentation

63 slides from Proximus Sa's earnings presentation, 2019

  1. Slide 1: Proximus Group Results Q1 2019

    Proximus Group Results Q1 2019

  2. Slide 2: Cautionary Statement

    Cautionary Statement “This communication might include some forward-looking statements, without limitation, regarding Proximus’ financial or operational results, certain strategic plans or objectives, macro-economic trends, regulation, future market conditions and other risk factors. These forward-l

  3. Slide 3: Table of Content

    3 Table of Content • Group P 4 • Appendix P 40 • Consumer P 19 • Reporting Changes • Pricing • Tango • Enterprise P 29 • Spectrum • Shareholder structure • Wholesale P 36 • Headcount • Contacts • BICS P 37 Note • The financials results of Proximus Group are reported under the accounting standards IF

  4. Slide 4: Key figures Q1

    GROUP 4 Key figures Q1 +25,000 +29,000 Domestic revenue +2.2% YoY Mobile Postpaid Tuttimus & Bizz -2.2% YoY Domestic cards All-in -0.9% YoY excl. Terminals EBITDA +8,000 +7,000 € 112m Fixed Internet TV customers DM + 2.8% YoY FCF YTD’19 customers EBITDA + 1.3% YoY (€ 143M excl. acquisitions)

  5. Slide 5: Fixed customer base

    GROUP Fixed customer base 5 5 Customer Market Net adds Park base share 2,025 2,032 2,041 2,057 2,065 +41K 46.3 Broadband 15 17 YoY 46.3 % Customer growth 7 9 8 % Broadband and TV in ‘000 +2.0% supported by dual -0.3pp Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 YoY brand strategy in highly competitive setting. 1,

  6. Slide 6: Growing Mobile customer base

    GROUP Growing Mobile customer base 6 Postpaid Market share 4,831 4,838 4,842 4,838 4,824 stable YoY +25k in Q1 Mobile Cards Park (‘000, excl. 45 32 32 +134K YoY, i.e. +3.4% M2M) 25 25 Postpaid net adds 39.2 -27 Prepaid net adds -32 -39 -36 -39 Prepaid % Mobile park excl. M2M -141K YoY, i.e. -15.3% Q

  7. Slide 7: Increasingly convergent customer base in premium family segment

    GROUP Increasingly convergent customer base 7 in premium family segment +134,000 YoY Continued growth for …driving higher Tuttimus/Bizz All-in subscribers Tuttimus/Bizz All-in… 4P customer base +40,000 YoY Subscribers (‘000) HH/SO (in ‘000) 4-Play households 2,977 2,948 +0.8€ YoY Average ARPH 4P 697

  8. Slide 8: Q1'19 Group Revenue

    GROUP 8 Q1’19 Group Revenue (M€ & YoY %) 1,440 1,452 1,440 1,475 1,415 319 340 347 341 319 -0.1% YoY 1,121 1,112 1,094 1,134 1,096 Domestic revenue -2.2% YoY; -0.9% excl. Terminal sales Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 Domestic Consumer: -3.1% YoY Enterprise: 1.6% YoY Wholesale: -10.8% YoY + Value accr

  9. Slide 9: Domestic revenue by product nature

    GROUP 9 Domestic revenue by product nature Q1’18: €1,121M Fixed Data / Internet ICT 9 ICT TV 3 Advanced Business Services 1 Mobile Postpaid -0.9% YoY BICS -1 Tango Q1 excl. Terminals -5 Mobile Prepaid (YoY evolution) -5 Fixed Services -5 Wholesale (incl FTR impact) -7 Other & other segment (incl. im

  10. Slide 10: Group direct margin +1.1%

    GROUP 10 Group direct margin +1.1% • Domestic +0.9%, incl. 10 -6 2 2 926 916 2 € -2M impact from lowered Fixed Termination rates + Consumer +0.3% Q1 Domestic: +0.9% +2.8% (M€) + Enterprise +4.2% Group : +1.1% - Wholesale -14.8% DM Consumer Enterprise Wholesale Other BICS DM Underlying Underlying Q1'

  11. Slide 11: Stable Group expenses

    GROUP 11 Stable Group expenses Domestic non-workforce -2.3% 462 -1 2 463 • Lower commercial spend • Ongoing cost efficiencies Domestic workforce +0.9%, slightly Q1 -0.3% +4.1% down when excluding ICT (M€) acquisitions. +0.1% BICS expenses up 4.1% YoY, driven by TeleSign workforce expenses. Q1'18 Dom

  12. Slide 12: Domestic EBITDA +2.2% YoY

    GROUP 12 Domestic EBITDA +2.2% YoY 8 -2 3 428 419 Underlying EBITDA increase driven by higher direct margin Q1 and lower non workforce (M€) expenses, partially offset by higher workforce costs. Underlying Direct Workforce Non Underlying EBITDA Margin Costs Workforce EBITDA Q1'18 Costs Q1'19 +2.2% +2

  13. Slide 13: Group EBITDA +2.1% YoY

    GROUP 13 Group EBITDA + 2.1% YoY 13 9 0 463 453 Underlying Group EBITDA increase driven by Proximus’ Domestic operations. Q1 (M€) Underlying Domestic BICS Underlying EBITDA EBITDA Q1'18 Q1'19 +2.1% Q’s (M€) 453 489 468 455 463 Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19

  14. Slide 14: Net income (Group share)

    GROUP 14 Net income (Group share) 14 € 134m net income in Q1’19, up by 8.6% YoY • Increase in underlying EBITDA main driver. YTD (M€) +8.6% • Lower net finance cost 3 -5 2 134 following bond 9 1 -1 124 replacement by € 400M EIB loan mid-March’18, at low interest. • Q1’19 Tax expenses at €52M, ETR of

  15. Slide 15: Capex Q1'19 stable YoY

    GROUP 15 Capex Q1’19 stable YoY 323 Proximus invested 238 238 227 221 € 219M in Q1’19, Spectrum* spectrum-related Capex 219 Capex excl. spectrum (M€) capex excluded. Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 Spectrum Capex excl. Spectrum * Following a law change and Proximus Luxembourg spectrum meeting the cond

  16. Slide 16: FCF

    GROUP 16 FCF € 112 M Q1’19, or € 143M excluding cash-out related to acquired subsidiaries YTD 21 143 -30 (M€) 26 112 9 -8 11 -5 3 78 6 84 FCF YTD'18 Acquisitions FCF YTD'18 Underlying Income tax Interests payments ELP beneficiaries Cash AP/AR/Inventory Other FCF YTD'19 Acquisitions FCF YTD'19 2018 n

  17. Slide 17: Sound financial position

    GROUP 17 Sound financial position 6.2 Yrs Net Debt DEC Net Debt MAR Average debt duration 2018 FCF Dividends Other 2019 Net Debt (YTD, M€) 1.79% 112 -1 2 Weighted average coupon -2,030 -2,143 Credit ratings: Standard & Poor’s A, Moody’s A1, both stable outlook Investment loans Liquidity end Q1’19: •

  18. Slide 18: Guidance 2019

    GROUP 18 Guidance 2019 2019 expectations FY18 FY19 FY19 Q119 Nearly stable Domestic Guidance metric revenue excluding Actuals Guidance Revised Guidance Actuals terminals. Domestic underlying revenue €4,460m nearly stable Domestic underlying revenue excluding terminals €4,153m nearly stable -0.9% Sta

  19. Slide 19: Consumer results

    Consumer results

  20. Slide 20: Consumer

    CONSUMER 20 Consumer -3.1% Lower mobile device sales and decreasing inbound Revenue weighing on revenue, (M€, YoY) 730 724 714 735 708 without Direct Margin impact. Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 -13.9% Cost of Margin benefitting from Sales higher digital adoption in (M€, YoY) 174 161 163 185 150 the

  21. Slide 21: Revenue split by nature

    CONSUMER 21 Revenue split by nature €M Highlights 730 -3.1% 708 Terminals: lower sales in declining reselling business of 66 -18.4% standalone mobile devices 54 31 26 Others: incl. lower customer reminder fees (following law change mid-2018) 28 28 Tango: stable revenue 223 -2.4% 218 Mobile Services:

  22. Slide 22: Fixed Services

    CONSUMER 22 Fixed Services 1,861 1,868 1,877 1,894 1,901 Internet +40,000 customers Broadband and TV customer bases improving (000) Broadband lines 15 17 thanks to dual-brand strategy. 7 9 8 +2.1% YoY Stable Fixed Services revenue with Fixed Voice Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 erosion compensated by

  23. Slide 23: Mobile service revenue

    CONSUMER 23 Mobile service revenue Lower MSR driven by Mobile service revenue (M €) & YoY variance Blended mobile ARPU (€) & YoY variance • Prepaid erosion -2.4% 23.3 • Lower inbound revenue 22.5 23.0 23.3 22.5 Stable YoY 228 230 21.0 21.5 21.8 21.1 20.9 -0.7% 223 222 218 YoY +74,000 Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'

  24. Slide 24: Postpaid Prepaid

    CONSUMER 24 Postpaid Prepaid Stable revenue on YoY growing customer base Revenue erosion on lower base and ARPU decrease Revenue (M€ & YoY) Revenue (M€ & YoY) -0.3% -23.4% 207 211 205 20 21 19 17 203 202 15 Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 ARPU (€ & YoY variance) ARPU (€ &

  25. Slide 25: X-Play view

    X-Play view

  26. Slide 26: Growing convergence revenue drives slightly higher HH/SO revenue

    CONSUMER 26 Growing convergence revenue drives slightly higher HH/SO revenue 83% Consumer revenue +0.3% generated by HH/SO X-Play HH revenue 588 590 588 590 € 590M 77 79 113 117 167 72 68 176 1-Play Mobile-only Consumer Fixed-only 168 162 2-Play Revenue Convergent 3-Play € 708M 4-Play 334 +3.9% 347

  27. Slide 27: Continued 4-Play upselling, at higher ARPU and low churn

    CONSUMER 27 Continued 4-Play upselling, at higher ARPU and low churn +2.0% 711 721 731 737 YoY 697 4-Play RGUs 3 50 00 3 00 00 growth & 2 50 00 EOP (000) 10 10 2 00 00 5 1 50 00 14 13 2.78 on average 1 00 00 5 00 0 0 Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 Low 4P churn +1.2% of X-Play ARPH (€) 4.1% & YoY 65.9

  28. Slide 28: Enterprise Results

    Enterprise Results

  29. Slide 29: Enterprise

    ENTERPRISE 29 Enterprise +1.6% Revenue: +1.6% YoY Revenue (M€, YoY) Higher revenue from ICT, Advanced 351 351 347 364 357 Business Services and Mobile services more than offsetting erosion in legacy services. Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 -3.9% Cost of Sales (M€, YoY) 115 113 120 110 106 Direct marg

  30. Slide 30: Revenue

    ENTERPRISE 30 Revenue Q1’19 Enterprise revenue +1.6% YoY 3 -1 -2 + Solid mobile customer 8 357 growth drives +2.3% Mobile 351 -4 2 Service revenue + ICT benefitting from the contribution of acquired companies Q1 + Advanced Business Services (M€) - Pressure on legacy Fixed +1.6% Voice - Less low-marg

  31. Slide 31: Fixed Voice

    ENTERPRISE 31 Fixed Voice Steady erosion -9.1% in Fixed Voice customer base Fixed voice revenue (M€) & YoY variance 53 51 49 49 49 + (Limited) price indexation on 1 Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 January 2019 567 559 549 541 531 - Erosion in Fixed Voice park Voice line loss/gain & - Decrease in traff

  32. Slide 32: Fixed Data

    ENTERPRISE 32 Fixed Data + 1.0% Fixed data revenue +1.0% Fixed data revenue + Increasing revenue from flagship (M€) & YoY variance 61 62 62 61 62 VPN solution + Growing P2P Fiber park for business Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 customers - Ongoing outphasing and migration 134 133 133 131 131 1 53 of

  33. Slide 33: Mobile Services

    ENTERPRISE 33 Mobile Services + 2.3% Mobile service revenue Mobile service revenue (M€) & YoY variance Postpaid excl. M2M growth & EOP (000) +2.3% 1,021 1,028 1,048 999 1,010 Solid revenue growth from subscriptions 77 80 80 80 78 11 11 11 19 +4.9%YoY 7 Postpaid cards Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 Q1

  34. Slide 34: ICT

    ENTERPRISE 34 ICT Successful strategy of expanding portfolio, moving the company Strengthened ICT portfolio, including from pure connectivity towards digital transformation solutions for acquisition of small-sized, highly specialized companies. its professional customers. Solid revenue driver: +6.7%

  35. Slide 35: Advanced Business Services

    ENTERPRISE Advanced 35 Business Services Strong increase following the acquisition of Mediamobile in November 2018 +50.2% 7 8 10 6 5 Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 About Mediamobile Mediamobile specializes in providing real-time traffic information for car navigation systems. The acquisition strength

  36. Slide 36: Wholesale

    WHOLESALE 36 Wholesale Wholesale results reflect regulation impact, with lowered Fixed Termination Rates since 01/01/19. Furthermore, the margin was impacted by the revenue erosion of traditional wholesale services, and the effect from lowered Wholesale roaming rates. The lower FTR and downward-rene

  37. Slide 37: BICS Results

    BICS Results

  38. Slide 38: BICS segment result

    BICS 38 BICS segment result +8.9% +3.1% +0.5% -0.1% -3.9% Revenue nearly stable. Revenue (M€) & YoY In line with the ongoing market variance 319 340 347 341 319 trend, BICS’ revenue mix moved further from Voice to Data. Q1'18 Q2'18 Q3'18 Q4'18 Q1'19 +18.8% +18.5% +14.5% +3.9% +2.8% 24.7% DM/Revenue

  39. Slide 39: Non-Voice and Voice BICS results

    Non-Voice Voice BICS 39 Higher SMS A2P volumes, supported by TeleSign Voice margin supported by the development of Cloud in this growing market numbers and TeleSign Mobile Identity services +40.8% -0.5% +32.0% +27.0% -5.0% -6.1% -5.3% +18.6% +12.4% -13.6% Non Voice Voice Revenue Revenue (M€) 93 100

  40. Slide 40: Appendix

    Appendix • Reporting Changes P 41 • Pricing P 51 • Tango P 57 • Spectrum P 58 • Headcount P 61 • Shareholder structure P 62 • Contacts P 63

  41. Slide 41: Reporting changes 2019

    Reporting changes 2019 proz€imus

  42. Slide 42: Proximus Reporting 2019

    APPENDIX 42 Proximus Reporting 2019 Changes versus the 2018 reporting: 1 2 3 IFRS 15 IFRS 16 Reporting structure • All figures of 2019 and the • Applying IFRS 16 as from • Simplified Consumer comparable base of 2018 2019, opting for the revenue structure reflecting are under IFRS 15. simplified tran

  43. Slide 43: All reported figures are under the IFRS 15 standard

    APPENDIX 43 All reported figures are under the IFRS 15 standard 1 Main impact on the Consumer segment: • Shift from Services to Terminals Revenues in case of joint-offer • Timing impact: the relative standalone value of the joint offer devices is recognized when the device is sold (contract inceptio

  44. Slide 44: IFRS 16 standard on lease accounting

    APPENDIX 44 IFRS 16 standard on lease accounting 2.1 Main changes for Proximus relate to lease-in1 (cars, buildings, network, shops, …) IAS 17 : 2 models From 1. Finance Lease: in balance sheet (Capex & lease liabilities) and cost in depreciation & interest 2. Operating Lease: not in balance sheet a

  45. Slide 45: IFRS 16 impact on performance measures

    APPENDIX 45 IFRS 16 impact on Proximus’ performance measures (PM) 2.2 No restatement of the prior year was done. However, to allow for a meaningful year-on-year comparison, and the consistency of performance measures, Proximus adjusted its performance measures. 2.3 2.4 Balance sheet P&L Financial Po

  46. Slide 46: Balance sheet changes

    APPENDIX 46 Balance sheet changes 2.3 Dec-18, IAS 17 OB 2019, IFRS 16 What changed? Assets 8,671 8,956 Goodwill 2,470 2,470 Intangible assets 1,154 1,154 Property, plant and equipment 3,054 3,054 Right of use assets - 285 Non-current assets (increasing) Contract costs 116 116 • Recognition of right

  47. Slide 47: P&L changes

    APPENDIX 47 P&L changes 2.4 2019Q1, IAS 17 2019Q1, IFRS 16 What changed? EBITDA (*) 455 477 Previous operating lease expenses D&A - 255 - 276 (mainly opex) replaced by lease- EBIT 200 201 depreciation and interest Net finance expense - 11 - 11 EBT 189 189 Neglectable impact on EBT Income taxes - 52

  48. Slide 48: Net Financial position

    APPENDIX 48 Net Financial position 2.5 Dec-18, IAS 17 OB 2019, IFRS 16 What changed? Investments, cash and cash equivalents 344 344 Derivatives 5 5 Assets 349 349 Non-current liabilities1 - 2,263 - 2,475 Current liabilities1 - 234 - 307 Liabilities - 2,497 - 2,782 Lease liability increase leading to

  49. Slide 49: Cash flow changes

    APPENDIX 49 Cash flow changes 2.6 Cash flow statement 2019Q1, IAS 17 2019Q1, IFRS 16 What changed? EBITDA underlying 463 463 Interest payments of LT debts - 12 - 12 Income tax payments - 5 - 5 Change in Business working capital (excl. AP Capex) - 36 - 36 Payments to ELP beneficiaries - 15 - 15 Other

  50. Slide 50: Reporting structure changes

    APPENDIX 50 Reporting structure changes 3 Consumer segment Before Before Now Now Total Consumer revenue Other Operating Income Fixed Net Revenue Fixed Services Of Which X-Play Revenue Voice Data (Internet & Data Connectivity) Service Revenue TV From Fixed Fixed Terminals (excl. TV) From Mobile Postp

  51. Slide 51: Mobilus/Tuttimus pricing

    APPENDIX 51 Mobilus/Tuttimus pricing Including Tuttimus price increase 1 January 2019 Prices incl. VAT Mobile only NE S M Update L W XL Unlimited 1.5 GB 5 GB 10 GB Unlt. data * Unlt. sms Unlt. sms Unlt. sms Unlt. sms 120 min. Unlt. min Unlt. min Unlt. min + Unlimited Mobile data for your favourite A

  52. Slide 52: Bizz Mobile portfolio

    APPENDIX 52 Bizz Mobile portfolio Prices excl. VAT NE S M Update L W XL Unlimited 1.5 GB 5 GB 7 GB Unlt. data * Unlt. sms Unlt. sms Unlt. sms Unlt. sms 100 min. + fix Unlt. min Unlt. min Unlt. min + 600 min intl. . + Unlimited Mobile data for your favourite App Standalone price € 13 € 23 € 32 € 49 M

  53. Slide 53: Full-digital journey

    APPENDIX 53 €19.99 €24.99 Full-digital journey Worry-free connection, anytime, anywhere Pioneering in the Millennials & Gen Z segment

  54. Slide 54: €64.99 / month millennials pack

    APPENDIX 54 A pack for the A pack for specific needs the specific of millennials needs of millennials € 64.99 / month Mobile, fixed Mobile, fixed internet and TV internet and TV via Proximus via TVProximus App TV App Co-creation Co-creation with with millennials millennials

  55. Slide 55: Scarlet Fixed portfolio

    APPENDIX 55 Scarlet Fixed portfolio Positioning Scarlet as no frills brand, with very attractive pricing for ‘price seekers’ New pricing as from 1 July 19 €40 /month

  56. Slide 56: Scarlet Mobile portfolio

    APPENDIX 56 Scarlet Mobile portfolio New simplified offers as from 28 February 2019 • New simplified offers as from 28th February 2019 2 GB 3GB NEW 5GB 10€ 5GB 10€ NEW 10GB 15€ 10GB 15€

  57. Slide 57: Tango Luxembourg

    APPENDIX 57 Tango Luxembourg -3.1% Enterprise € 7M • Solid increase in service revenue, driven by a steady growth in mobile Tango Tango revenue (M €) & YoY variance postpaid base and successful Revenue execution of Fiber strategy increasing (M€) 36 35 36 39 35 Consumer the broadband base, offset by

  58. Slide 58: Spectrum

    APPENDIX 58 Spectrum Current ownership and new spectrum Expiry dates Proximus OBEL Telenet 29/11/33 800 MHz 2 x 10 2 x 10 2 x 10 Proximus OBEL Telenet 15/03/21 900 MHz 2 x 12.4 2 x 11.6 2 x 10.2 Renewal 1,800 Proximus OBEL Telenet 15/03/21 MHz 2 x 24.8 2 x 24.8 2 x 24.8 2,100 Proximus OBEL Telenet U

  59. Slide 59: Spectrum auction

    APPENDIX 59 Spectrum auction Reserved spectrum The whole process is postponed until after the May elections and will be left to the future new Government. Therefore, the timing and the final conditions of the auctions remain uncertain. Frequency band Total capacity Spectrum cap Spectrum reserved For

  60. Slide 60: Spectrum auction coverage obligations

    APPENDIX 60 Spectrum auction Coverage obligations Frequency band Obligations for existing operators Obligation for new entrant - 30% population after 3 years - 70% population after 1 year - 70% population after 6 years - 99.5% population after 2 years - 99.8% population after 8 years - 99.8% populat

  61. Slide 61: Headcount

    APPENDIX 61 Headcount Early Leave Plan & natural retirements leading to ~2,750 FTEs to leave Proximus over 2016- 2020 FTE evolution (gross outflow - not including hiring to cover business needs) 14,090 13,633 13,391 13,385 13,086 463 538 747 727 781 Proximus SA age pyramid (excl. employees opting fo

  62. Slide 62: Shareholder structure

    APPENDIX 62 Shareholder structure Total number of shares Free-float Belgian government 338,025,135 42% 54% Number of % shares % Voting % Dividend Number of Number of ~€ 8.3 Bn shares rights rights shares with shares with voting rights dividend rights Market Capitalisation* Belgian state 180,887,569

  63. Slide 63: For further information

    63 For further information Investor relations Nancy Goossens Sarah Franklin +32 2 202 82 41 +32 2 202 77 11 Director Investor Relations Investor Relations Manager E-mail: [email protected] Proximus Investor Relations website: www.proximus.com/en/investors

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