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Telia Lietuva

Quarterly Report Jul 20, 2023

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Interim Report January-June 2023

Telia Lietuva, AB

Telia Lietuva, AB | Interim Report January-June 2023

Table of Content

Management Report

Financial Statements

Management Report

CEO comment

Historical milestone was reached during the second quarter of 2023. Telia Lietuva has completed the upgrade of its entire mobile network with Ericsson equipment and covered 99 per cent of Lithuania's population with 5G broadband. This early coverage of the entire country will not only benefit the population but also help Lithuania stand out in the international context.

5G connectivity today is much more than just faster internet. Its availability has become an indicator of how well-developed countries are and reaching 99 per cent 5G coverage has put us among Europe's elite. For each of us, this opens new spaces to work, opportunities to dive into virtual reality from any corner of Lithuania, or maybe even to see a robot delivering groceries rolling into our backyard. With such a well-developed 5G network, Lithuania is much more attractive to investors and developers of future technologies.

Lithuania's 5G success story is also special because it was "written" in record time. Protracted negotiations with neighboring countries on 5G frequencies pushed Lithuania into the last European 5G wagon, and commercial frequency auctions were only held in fall of 2022. Nevertheless, Telia Lietuva prepared in advance and on the very first day of the 5G switch-on in September 2022, 80 per cent of the country's population was immediately able to use next-generation connectivity on the Company's network.

Telia Lietuva currently has 1,650 mobile 5G base stations in Lithuania and for the time being shows unwavering leadership in 5G deployment in Lithuania.

New 5G connectivity is up to 10 times more energy efficient in terms of the amount of data it transmits, which is particularly important in view of the ever-increasing volume of data and our goal of achieving zero CO2 emissions in its operations by 2030.

In June, we introduced Voice over Wi-Fi technology - a novelty on the Lithuanian market. The service provides the possibility to make voice calls where the mobile network signal is weak or is not available.

Voice over Wi-Fi and other latest IT and telco technologies as well as the most modern equipment were employed by the Company to ensure an interrupted connectivity and operation of 1,200 workplaces media centre during the historic NATO summit in Vilnius in July 2023.

The number of DDoS attacks on state and private institutions during the NATO summit once again reveals the importance of cyber security solutions provided by Telia Lietuva.

Rapid deployment of 5G network and growing usage of mobile data using both 4G and 5G connectivity led to a double-digit increase in revenue from billed mobile communication services. Revenue from IT services continues to surge, too. Lower energy prices and successful control of other expenses resulted in record high EBITDA for the second quarter of 2023.

At the Annual General Meeting shareholders approved a pay-out of EUR 0.06 dividend per share (in total EUR 34.9 million) for the year 2022. Also, shareholders re-elected members of the Board for a new 2-year term and appointed Deloitte Lietuva as the Company auditor for the years 2023 and 2024. In June, members of the Board re-elected Dan Strömberg as Chair of the Board.

Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters CEO of Telia Lietuva

What is Telia Lietuva?

By combining fixed and mobile connection, we provide people and businesses in Lithuania with the most advanced telecommunications, TV and IT services and solutions. Throughout Lithuania, our team of 2,000 professionals provides services to residents, enterprises, public sector institutions and non-governmental organizations. We are also a service provider to other local and international telecommunications operators.

We are a part of the international Telia Company Group, operating in the Nordic and Baltic countries. By working together, and sharing experiences and ideas, we provide millions of customers in seven countries with more opportunities and quality.

Telia Company owns 88.15 per cent of Telia Lietuva shares. Since 2000, Telia Lietuva shares are traded on Nasdaq Vilnius Stock Exchange (symbol – TEL1L). In total, Telia Lietuva has more than 14 thousand shareholders.

Telia Lietuva was conferred "Prime" status at the specialized ISS-oekom corporate rating, which indicates that the company's shares are considered a sustainable investment.

Being the largest telecommunications operator in Lithuania, we are designated by Communication Regulatory Authority (CRA) of Lithuania, as an operator with significant market power (SMP) in 5 telecommunications markets:

  • voice call termination on the mobile network,
  • calls termination on individual public telephone networks provided at a fixed location,
  • wholesale local access provided at a fixed location,
  • wholesale central access for mass market products,
  • wholesale high quality data transmission services via terminating segment.

Telia Lietuva has a limited activities electronic money institution license issued by the Bank of Lithuania. The license grants the right to issue electronic money and provide payment services as set out in Article 5 of the Payments Law of the Republic of Lithuania.

Together with other largest Lithuanian telecommunications operators, Bitė Lietuva and Tele2, we have established the not-for-profit organization VšĮ Numerio Perkėlimas, which administers a central database for ensuring telephone number portability in Lithuania. The Company has no other investments into subsidiaries or associates and has no branches or representative offices.

Our activities are certified for compliance with the following ISO standards: IT Management (ISO 20000), Information Security Management (ISO 27001), Quality Management (ISO 9001), Environmental Management (ISO 14001) and Occupational Health & Safety (ISO 45001).

Telia Lietuva, AB is a public company (joint-stock company) incorporated on 6 February 1992. The Company is headquartered in Vilnius, the capital of the Republic of Lithuania. Address of its registered office is Saltoniškių str. 7A, LT-03501, Vilnius, Lithuania. Our other offices are in Kaunas and Šiauliai.

Financial highlights of Q2 2023

Telia Lietuva operating model is based on customers' segment. The Company's operations are managed and reported by the following segments: business and residential customers. Business customers segment (B2B) implies telecommunication and IT services, equipment sale and customer care for large, medium and small business, public institutions and enterprises, local and international telecommunication operators. Residential customers segment (B2C) implies telecommunication and TV services to private individuals. Other operations include operations of Technology and Support units of the Company. The financial statements of the Company have been prepared according to the International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union.

Revenue grew by 2.2%

and amounted to EUR 113.1 million (2022: EUR 110.7 million)

EUR 35 million of dividends

were paid for the year 2022 (EUR 0.06 per shares)

Adjusted EBITDA up by 11% to

EUR 41.6 million (2022: EUR 37.5 million)

EBITDA increased by 9.2%

and amounted to EUR 41 million (2022: EUR 37.5 million)

Capital investments amounted to EUR 14.5 million (2022: EUR 18.6 million)

Profit for the period went

up by 10.6% to EUR 15.6 million (2022: EUR 14.1 million)

Free cash flow decreased by

48.8% and amounted to EUR 19.8 million (2022: EUR 38.6 million)

Financial highlights of H1 2023

Revenue grew by 7.2%

and amounted to EUR 230.5 million (2022: EUR 214.9 million)

Adjusted EBITDA up by 13.6%

to EUR 83 million (2022: EUR 73.1 million)

EBITDA increased by 11.3%

and amounted to EUR 81.5 million (2022: EUR 73.2 million)

Capital investments

amounted to EUR 30.6 million (2022: EUR 31.9 million)

Profit for the period went

up by 21.2% to EUR 31.8 million (2022: EUR 26.3 million)

Financial figures

January -
June
January -
June
January -
June
(in thousands of EUR unless otherwise stated) 2023 2022 Change (%) 2021
Revenue 230,471 214,901 7.2 201,293
Adjusted EBITDA excluding non-recurring items 83,003 73,067 13.6 68,034
Adjusted EBITDA margin excluding non-recurring items (%) 36.0 34.0 33.8
EBITDA 81,496 73,206 11.3 68,787
EBITDA margin (%) 35.4 34.1 34.2
Operating profit (EBIT) excluding non-recurring items 40,441 31,391 28.8 29,494
EBIT margin excluding non-recurring items (%) 17.5 14.6 14.7
Operating profit (EBIT) 38,934 31,530 23.5 30,247
EBIT margin (%) 16.9 14.7 15.0
Profit before income tax 36,306 30,408 19.4 29,290
Profit before income tax margin (%) 15.8 14.1 14.6
Profit for the period 31,829 26,272 21.2 25,381
Profit for the period margin (%) 13.8 12.2 12.6
Earnings per share (EUR) 0.055 0.045 21.2 0.044
Number of shares (thousand) 582,613 582,613 - 582,613
Share price at the end of period (EUR) 1.895 1.935 (2.1) 2.01
Market capitalisation
at the end of period
1,104,052 1,127,356 (2.1) 1,171,052
Total assets 611,442 606,167 0.9 592,754
Shareholders' equity 325,063 298,065 9.1 298,627
Cash flow from operations 62,986 71,550 (12.0) 56,606
Operating free cash flow 19,794 38,647 (48.8) 34,760
Capital investments (CAPEX) 30,649 31,909 (3.9) 31,012
Net debt 114,856 117,218 (2.0) 92,485

Operating figures

30-06-2023 30-06-2022 Change (%) 30-06-2021
Mobile service subscriptions, in total (thousand) 1,611 1,582 1.8 1,409

Post-paid (thousand)
1,288 1,265 1.8 1,136

Pre-paid (thousand)
323 317 1.9 273
Broadband Internet connections, in total (thousand) 427 424 0.7 417

Fiber-optic (FTTH/B) (thousand)
314 309 1.6 300

Copper (DSL, VDSL) (thousand)
113 115 (1.7) 117
TV service customers (thousand) 258 254 1.6 254
Fixed telephone lines in service (thousand) 188 215 (12.6) 246
Number of personnel (headcounts) 1,979 2,050 (3.5) 2,124
Number of full-time employees 1,855 1,904 (2.6) 1,963

Financial ratios*

30-06-2023 30-06-2022 30-06-2021
Return on capital employed (%) 16.1 13.3 14.8
Return on average assets
(%)
11.5 9.9 10.8
Return on shareholders' equity (%) 18.9 18.0 17.8
Operating cash flow to sales (%) 28.7 32.5 29.6
Capex (excl. mobile licenses) to sales (%) 17.3 21.8 14.9
Net debt to EBITDA ratio 0.74 0.82 0.71
Gearing ratio (%) 35.3 39.3 32.9
Debt to equity ratio (%) 38.0 51.1 48.1
Current ratio (%) 54.7 65.3 91.6
Rate of turnover of assets** (%) 74.4 69.0 68.5
Equity to assets ratio (%) 53.2 49.2 50.4
Price to earnings (P/E) ratio 17.8 19.5 20.4

Notes: *Description of financial ratios and their calculation is provided at https://www.telia.lt/eng/investors/financial-results

Revenue

(in thousands of EUR) April -
June
2023
April -
June
2022
Change (%)
Fixed services 52,067 48,879 6.5
Voice telephony services 11,067 10,952 1.1
Internet services 18,821 17,425 8.0
Datacom and network capacity services 4,516 4,515 0.0
TV services 9,339 9,395 (0.6)
IT services 6,447 4,809 34.1
Other services 1,877 1,783 5.3
Mobile services 39,967 38,081 5.0
Billed services 37,878 34,012 11.4
Other mobile service 2,089 4,069 (48.7)
Equipment 21,034 23,729 (11.4)
Total 113,068 110,689 2.1

Enterprises

Consumers

Fixed services

20.7%

Mobile services

34.6%

Revenue breakdown for H1 2023

(in thousands of EUR) January -
June
2023
January -
June
2022
Change (%)
Fixed services 102,935 95,840 7.4
Voice telephony services 21,265 20,724 2.6
Internet services 37,215 34,286 8.5
Datacom and network capacity services 8,978 8,922 0.6
TV services 18,673 19,011 (1.8)
IT services 12,428 9,288 33.8
Other services 4,376 3,609 21.3
Mobile services 79,712 73,211 8.9
Billed services 74,326 65,383 13.7
Other mobile service 5,386 7,828 (31.2)
Equipment 47,822 45,850 4.3
Total 230,469 214,901 7.2

Revenue

Revenue increase was mainly driven by a double-digit growth in revenue from billed mobile communication and IT services.

During January-June of 2023, the number of post-paid mobile communication service subscriptions increased by 10 thousand, while the number of pre-paid service subscription went down by 3 thousand. Over the last 12 months, the total number of active mobile subscriptions went up by 29 thousand. Larger customer base, 99 per cent of Lithuania's population being covered by the 5G network and continuously growing usage of mobile data led to stable double-digit growth of revenue from billed mobile services.

According to the Company statistics, currently one fourth of smart gadgets connected to Telia Lietuva network supports the next generation connectivity and from the beginning of 2023 usage of 5G mobile data in the Company's network has tripled accounting for the tenth of the total mobile data flow.

Revenue from other mobile services for the first half of 2023 compared with the same period a year ago went down by 31.2 per cent due to mobile interconnect prices regulation and lower stream of revenue from incoming mobile roaming services.

During the first 6 months of 2023, the number of fixed telephony lines eased by 12 thousand, while over the last 12 months it went down by 27 thousand. Revenue from voice transit service during January-June of 2023 was 14.5 per cent higher than a year ago and compensated decline of 13.6 per cent in revenue from retail voice telephony services caused by lower number of fixed telephony customers.

The Company introduced a new service – Voice over Wi-Fi. The service provides a possibility to make voice calls where signal of mobile network is weak or does not reach.

During January-June of 2023, the number of broadband Internet access users over fiber-optic network using FTTH/B technologies increased by 1 thousand, while the number of broadband Internet service users over the copper DSL connections went down by 1 thousand. Over the last 12 months, the number of Internet connections over the fiber-optic network increased by 5 thousand, while the number of copper DSL connections eased by 2 thousand. Over the year, the total net increase in number of broadband Internet users was 3 thousand.

By employing the Company's 5G network covering 99 per cent of population speedy Internet with fixed wireless access solution is available even in remote and rural areas.

The number of television service users during the first half of 2023 went up by 1 thousand, while over the last 12 months – by 4 thousand. The number of subscribers has recovered after the cut off of Russian TV channels in spring 2022, while Telia Play service became available to anyone via any screen regardless of access provider.

Revenue from IT services continuously showed a doubledigit growth. Telia Lietuva was providing communication and IT services during the NATO summit in Vilnius in July 2023.

Equipment sale growth was fueled by strong demand for flagship mobile gadgets introduced in 2023 and implementation of some business customers' projects.

Revenue from other services consists of the nontelecommunication services such as lease of premises, discount refunds and other.

Gain or loss from sale of property, plant and equipment, as well as gain or loss on currency exchange is recorded at net value as other gain (loss).

Market information

According to the Reports of the Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA), the Lithuanian electronic communications market in terms of revenue in the first quarter of 2023 eased by 0.1 per cent compared with the fourth quarter of 2022, while compared with the first quarter of 2022 increased by 5.8 per cent and amounted to EUR 205.2 million..

Telia Lietuva remains the largest telecommunications' service provider in Lithuania with the market share (in term of revenue) of 39 per cent for the first quarter of 2023 (38.1 per cent a year ago).

Source: Report of the Communications Regulatory Authority

Mobile communications subscribers (per 100 inhabitants)

Market information

Telia Lietuva market shares in terms of revenue for Q1 2023 (%)

Market penetration as of 31 March 2023

134.4

Fixed telephony lines (per 100 households)

15.0

Broadband Internet access (per 100 households)

54.3

Pay-TV subscribers (per 100 households)

41.7

(in thousands of EUR) April -
June
2023
April -
June
2022
Change (%) January -
June
2023
January -
June
2022
Change (%)
Cost of goods and services (42,292) (44,388) (4.7) (88,743) (84,714) 4.8
Operating expenses (30,322) (29,254) 3.7 (60,754) (57,633) 5.4
Employee related (15,518) (14,468) 7.3 (30,543) (29,065) 5.1
Other (14,804) (14,786) 0.1 (30,211) (28,568) 5.8
Non-recurring expenses (800) (261) 207.0 (1,532) (403) 281.9
Operating expenses (excl. non-recurring expenses) (29,522) (28,993) 1.8 (59,215) (57,230) 3.5
Employee related (15,284) (14,295) 6.9 (29,996) (28,795) 4.2
Other (14,238) (14,698) (3.1) (29,219) (28,435) 2.8

Equipment sale was the main reason for increase in cost of goods and services for the first half of 2023 compared with the same period a year ago. Employee related expenses in 2023 are higher than in 2022 due to annual salaries' increase. During January-June 2023, expenses for energy were by 5.6 per cent lower, while marketing expenses were by the fourth higher that a year ago.

During April-June 2023, the total number of employees (headcount) decreased by 28 – from 2,007 to 1,979. In terms of full-time employees (FTE), the total number of employees decreased by 28 – from 1,883 to 1,855. Over the last 12 months total number of employees went down by 71 and in terms of number of full-time employees – by 49.

Non-recurring expenses for the second quarter and the first half of 2023 were comprised from one-off redundancy payouts of EUR 234 thousand (2022: EUR 98 thousand) and EUR 547 thousand (EUR 270 thousand), respectively, and nonrecurring other expenses related to transformation program of EUR 566 thousand (EUR 88 thousand) and EUR 992 thousand (EUR 133 thousand), respectively.

Earnings

The profit tax rate in Lithuania is 15 per cent. Following the provisions of the Law on Corporate Profit Tax regarding tax relief for investments in new technologies, the profit tax relief for the year 2023 amounted to EUR 1.8 million (2022: EUR 1.8 million).

(in thousands of EUR) April -
June
2023
April -
June
2022
Change (%) January -
June
2023
January -
June
2022
Change (%)
EBITDA 40,981 37,519 9.2 81,496 73,206 11.3
Margin (%) 36.2 33.9 35.4 34.1
Depreciation and amortisation (21,354) (20,926) 2.0 (42,562) (41,676) 2.1
Operating profit (EBIT) 19,627 16,593 18.3 38,934 31,530 23.5
Margin (%) 17.4 15.0 16.9 14.7
Non-recurring expenses (800) (261) 207.0 (1,539) (403) 281.9
Gain (loss) on sale of property 164 294 (44.3) 32 542 (94.1)
Adjusted EBITDA excluding non-recurring items 41,617 37,485 11.0 83,003 73,067 13.6
Margin (%) 36.8 33.9 36.0 34.0
EBIT excluding non-recurring items 20,263 16,559 22.4 40,441 31,391 28.8
Margin (%) 17.9 15.0 17.5 14.6
(in thousands of EUR) April -
June
2023
April -
June
2022
Change (%) January -
June
2023
January -
June
2022
Change (%)
Profit before income tax 18,075 16,144 12.0 36,306 30,408 19.4
Margin (%) 16.0 14.6 15.8 14.1
Income tax (2,490) (2,051) 21.4 (4,477) (4,136) 8.2
Profit for the period 15,585 14,093 10.6 31,829 26,272 21.2
Margin (%) 13.8 12.7 13.8 12.2

Financial position

As of 30 June 2023, the total non-current assets amounted to 82.3 per cent (78.8 per cent a year ago), the total current assets – to 17.7 per cent (20.9 per cent), whereof cash alone represented 1.4 per cent (5.8 per cent) of total assets. At the end of June 2023, shareholders' equity amounted to 53.2 per cent of the total assets (49.2 per cent a year ago).

To ensure sufficient liquidity, in January 2023, the Company had signed an agreement regarding revolving credit facility with Telia Company AB that provides the Company with the possibility to borrow any amount up to total limit of EUR 50 million for 3 or 6 months within 2 business days. In May 2023, the borrowing limit was increased up to EUR 65 million. During the first half of 2023, the Company in total had borrowed EUR 65 million from Telia Company.

(in thousands of EUR) 30-06-2023 30-06-2022 Change (%)
Total assets 611,442 606,167 0.9
Non-current assets 503,170 477,771 5.3
Current assets 106,416 126,884 (16.1)
whereof cash and cash equivalents 8,771 34,968 (74.9)
Assets for sale 1,856 1,512 22.8
Shareholders' equity 325,063 298,065 9.1
(in thousands of EUR) 30-06-2023 31-12-2022 30-06-2022
Loans from banks 30,000 30,000 30,000
Loans from Telia Company AB 65,000 - -
Liabilities under reverse factoring agreements 28,627 83,548 122,027
Liabilities under financial lease agreements - - 159
Borrowings 123,627 113,548 152,186
Cash and cash equivalents 8,771 7,099 34,968
Net debt 114,856 106,449 117,218
Net debt to equity (Gearing) ratio (%) 35.3 32.4 39.3

The Company participates in reverse factoring or Supplier Invoice Financing (SIF) program where suppliers' invoices are paid by the banks within 7 days for an agreed fee which is covered by supplier. The Company does not pay any credit fees and does not provide any additional collateral or guarantee to the banks. The Company pays to the banks full invoice amount in up to one-year period (actual term depends on few variables agreed between all three parties). Due to increase of Euribor interest rate the payment to the banks terms has shortened and that led to decrease in total amount of liabilities under reverse factoring agreements and had a negative impact on the Company's cash flow.

On 27 April 2023, the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders allocated from the Company's distributable profit of EUR 142 million to allocate EUR 35 million for the payment of dividends for the year 2022, i.e. EUR 0.06 dividend per share, and carry forward to the next financial year an amount of EUR 107 million as retained earnings (undistributed profit).. In May 2023, dividends for the year 2022 were paid to the shareholders of the Company.

Till August 2022, to avoid negative interest rate charged for the Company's residuals at the banks the Company was granting loans to the largest shareholder of the Company, Telia Company AB, for up to 3 months at a zero-interest rate. The lent funds were available to the Company on demand within 2 business days. As of 30 June 2022, the total amount of lending to the Parent company amounted to EUR 15 million.

Capital investments and cash flow

During Q2 of 2023, the total capital investments amounted to EUR 14.5 million (EUR 18.6 million a year ago).

(in thousands of EUR) January -
June
2023
January -
June
2022
Change (%)
Fixed network 10,344 8,402 23.1
Mobile network 7,795 10,646 (26.8)
IT systems and infrastructure 5,451 7,649 (28.7)
Transformation program 6,713 4,995 34.4
Other 346 217 59.4
Total capital investments 30,649 31,909 (3.9)
Capital investments to revenue ratio (%) 13.3 14.8

Major upgrade of the Company's radio access network (RAN) that started in 2021 is completed. Almost 1,650 of the Company's base stations were upgraded with Ericsson equipment that supports 5G connection. Now Telia Lietuva 5G network covers 99 per cent of the country's population. Further 5G roll-out will continue with the deployment of ultra-highspeed base stations at existing sites.

According to the latest Communication Regulatory Authorities measurement data, the average mobile data download speed in Telia Lietuva network remains the highest in the country amounting to 193 Mbps (143.1 Mbps a year ago).

By the end of June 2023, the Company had 969 thousand households passed (959 thousand a year ago), or 65 per cent of the country's households, by the fiber-optic network.

The Company continues its business transformation program by migrating customers, finance and business management from legacy systems into new SAP based ones.

Net cash flow from operating activities for the first half of 2023 was EUR 63 million (2022: EUR 71.6 million) although due to payments for earlier made capital investments operating free cash flow (operating cash flow excluding capital investments) for January-June 2023 amounted to EUR 19..8 million (EUR 38.6 million a year ago).

Investment into subsidiaries / associates

As of 30 June 2023, the Company had the following entity as associate of the Company:

VšĮ Numerio Perkėlimas, a joint not-for-profit organization, established together with Lithuanian telecommunication companies (UAB Bitė Lietuva and UAB Tele2 holding a 25 per cent stakes each), from 1 January 2016 in cooperation with UAB Mediafon administers the central database to ensure telephone number portability in Lithuania. Stake in VšĮ Numerio Perkėlimas is not for public trade.

The Company has no branches or representative offices.

Name of the
company
Date of registration, code, name of
Register of Legal Entities
Contact details The Company's share
in the share capital
of the entity (%)
The Company's
share of votes (%)
VšĮ Numerio
Perkėlimas
5 September 2014,
code 3033 86211,
State Enterprise Center
of Registers
Jogailos str. 9,
LT-
01116 Vilnius,
Lithuania
- 50.00

Share capital and shareholders

The authorised capital of the Company amounts to 168,957,810.02 euro and consists of 582,613,138 ordinary registered shares with a nominal value of 0.29 euro each. The number of the Company's shares that provide voting rights during the General Meeting is 582,613,138.

582,613,138 ordinary registered shares of Telia Lietuva, AB (ISIN code LT0000123911) are listed on the Main List of Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange (code: TEL1L). Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange is a home market for the Company's shares.

From January 2011, the Company's shares are included into the trading lists of Berlin Stock Exchange (Berlin Open Market (Freiverkehr), Frankfurt Stock Exchange (Open Market (Freiverkehr), Munich Stock Exchange and Stuttgart Stock Exchange. Telia Lietuva share's symbol on German stock exchanges is ZWS.

Since 1 December 2000, the Company and SEB Bankas AB (code 1120 21238), Konstitucijos ave. 24, LT-01103 Vilnius, have an agreement on accounting of the Company's securities and services related to the accounting of securities.

During January-June 2023, the Company's share price on Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange decreased by EUR 0.09 or 4.5 per cent. The shares' turnover, compared to the first six months of 2022, went down by 63.9 per cent. The Company's market capitalisation as on 30 June 2023 was EUR 1,104 million (2022: EUR 1,127 million).

Information on trading in Telia Lietuva shares on Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange during January-June 2023:

Currency Opening
price
Highest
price
Lowest price Last price Average
price
Turnover
(units)
Turnover
EUR 1.985 2.05 1.885 1.895 1.980 1,547,327 3,064,394

Share capital and shareholders

Shareholders, holding more than 5 per cent of the share capital and votes, as on 30 June 2023:

Name of the shareholder (name
of the enterprise, type and
registered office address, code
in the Register of Enterprises)
Number of ordinary
registered shares
owned by the
shareholder
Share of the share
capital (%)
Share of votes
given by the shares
owned by the right
of ownership (%)
Share of votes held
together with
persons acting in
concert (%)
Telia Company AB,
169 94 Solna, Sweden,
code 556103-4249
513,594,774 88.15 88.15 -
Other shareholders 69,018,364 11.85 11.85 -
Total: 582,613,138 100.00 100.00 -

Trading in the Company's shares on Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange since beginning of listing

Treasury stocks

The Company has no treasury stocks. The Company has never acquired any shares from the management of the Company.

Source: Nasdaq Vilnius

The total number of shareholders on the shareholders' registration day (20 April 2023) for the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, which was held on 27 April 2023, was 14,710.

Dividends

In 2017, the Board of the Company approved dividend policy which provides that the Company must maintain the net debt to EBITDA ratio not higher than 1.5 and to pay out up to 80 per cent of free cash flow as dividend. Each year the Company pays dividends although there was no officially approved dividend policy until 2017.

On 25 May 2023, the Company paid out to the shareholders an amount of EUR 35 million of dividends or EUR 0.06 per share for the year 2022. In accordance with the relevant legislation, dividends were paid to the shareholders who were on the Shareholders' List of the Company on the dividend record day, 12 May 2023, i.e. the tenth business day after the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Dividends to all shareholders were paid in cash.

Dividends paid to legal entities (residents and non-residents) were subject to withholding Corporate income tax of 15 per cent and dividends paid to natural persons (residents and non-residents) were subject to withholding Personal income tax of 15 per cent.

Information about the Company's dividend pay-out during the last five years (in EUR thousand unless otherwise stated):

Year Profit for
the period
Earnings per
share (EUR)
Dividends paid Dividend per
share (EUR)
Dividends to
profit ratio (%)
2018 54,700 0.094 46,609 0.08 85.2
2019 54,726 0.094 52,435 0.09 95.8
2020 55,866 0.096 58,261 0.10 104.2
2021 56,808 0.098 58,261 0.10 102.0
2022 56,398 0.097 34,957 0.06 62.0

Information about related party transactions

Following the International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU, the parties related to the Company are the Company's subsidiaries, associates, companies that belong to Telia Company Group and management team of the Company. Transactions with related parties are carried out based on the arm's length principle.

The Company through its largest shareholder, Telia Company AB, is related to Telia Company Group that provides telecommunication services in Nordic and Baltic countries. The main buyers and providers of telecommunications and other services to the Company based on earlier signed agreements are Telia Company AB (Sweden), Telia Eesti AS (Estonia), LMT (Latvia), Telia Finland Oyj (Finland), Telia Norge AS (Norway), Telia Finance AB (Sweden) and Telia Global Services Lithuania, UAB (Lithuania).

Following an agreement with Telia Company AB regarding Revolving Credit Facility signed on 10 January 2023 and amended on 15 May 2023, the Company during January-June 2023 had borrowed EUR 65 million from its Parent company.

In May 2023, the Company paid-out to Telia Company an amount of EUR 30.8 million as dividend for the year 2022.

Information about new related party transactions entered by the Company during 2023:

Related party Transaction Value
Telia Company AB, code On 19-01-2023, Telia Company provided a loan for 3 months to Telia Lietuva at
556103-4249, 169 94 interest rate of 3 months Euribor + 1.2 per cent margin. On 19-04-2023 the loan was EUR 10 million
Solna,
Sweden
prolonged till 19-07-2023.
On 28-02-2023, Telia Company provided a loan for 3 months to Telia Lietuva at
interest rate of 3 months Euribor + 1.2 per cent margin. On 31-05-2023 the loan was EUR 10 million
prolonged till 31-08-2023.
On 28-03-2023, Telia Company provided a loan for 3 months to Telia Lietuva at
interest rate of 3 months Euribor + 1.2 per cent margin. On 28-06-2023 the loan was EUR 10 million
prolonged till 28-09-2023.
On 24-05-2023, Telia Company provided a loan for 3 months to Telia Lietuva at EUR 35
million
interest rate of 3 months Euribor + 1.2 per cent margin.

Information about related party transactions

Information about volumes of the Company's transactions with related parties during January-June 2023 (in EUR thousand):

Telecommunication and other services
Telia
Company
Group:
Sales Purchase
Telia
Company
AB
(Sweden)
1 6,325
Telia
Asset
Finance
AB
(Sweden)
- 1,958
Telia
Försäkring
AB
(Sweden)
3,203 27
Telia
Sverige
AB
(Sweden)
145 (418)
Latvijas
Mobilais
Telefons
SIA
(Latvia)
112 57
Telia
Eesti
AS
(Estonia)
100 (23)
Telia
Finland
Oyj
(Finland)
159 54
Telia
Global
Services
Lithuania,
UAB
499 458
Other 31 95
4,250 8,533

Information about related party transactions is provided in Note 21 of the Company's Financial Statements for the six months' period ended 30 June 2023. Following the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania requirements, information about related party transaction concluded starting from 1 January 2018 is placed on the Company's website www.telia.lt.

Research and development activities

In 2023, the Company continues to develop and improve existing services and digitalize the customer's experience.

In June 2023, the Company launched a new service – Voice over Wi-Fi. The service provides a possibility to make voice calls where signal from mobile base stations is weak or does not reach. Voice over Wi-Fi is free of charge to customers of the Company and is available to Android devices supporting such a feature. Later it will be available on Apple devices, too.

Risk management

The Company's Risk management policy describes the risk as uncertainty that might significantly influence the Company's goals and level of achievement of expected results. The Company distinguishes the following risks: risk of business discontinuation, security risk, reputational risk, financial risk, regulatory risk, ethics and sustainability risk as well as operational risk.

The Company's risk management is based on the requirements of ISO 31000 standard and COSO (Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission) Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) system. The Company has a business-oriented risk management process, following which potential threats to business are indicated and plans for prevention of business discontinuity and crises situation management are set. Risk management is fully integrated into business planning and control processes.

The risk management includes internal and external environment of the Company, distinguishing, but not limiting to, the following main risk management areas of internal environment: finance management, information management, information technologies, resources management, revenue assurance, services and customer care, personnel, processes management, strategy and network management, as well as external environment: ecology, economic conditions, competition, political, sociocultural, technology, legal and regulatory, suppliers and customers.

By combining related areas, the Company has a set of rules and best practices for risk management in such areas as resource risk management, network risk management, revenue assurance risk management, services and customer care risk management, information risk management, business relations, reputation and market risk management, legal risk management and corruption risk management.

The Company's activities expose it to the following financial risks: market risk (including foreign exchange risk, and cash flow and fair value interest rate risk), credit risk, liquidity risk. The Group's Financial Management Policy focuses on the unpredictability of financial markets and seeks to minimise potential adverse effects of the financial performance of the Company.

The Company's exposure to foreign exchange risk is not substantial as Telia Lietuva operates in the euro zone and majority of services are provided to residents and businesses in Lithuania as well as majority of services and goods are purchased from local or euro zone suppliers. Certain foreign exchange risk exposure arises from the Company's international activities with foreign telecommunication operators and suppliers from outside the euro zone and is primarily related to settlements in US Dollars. The Company's trade payables and trade receivables in foreign currency are short-term and insignificant in comparison with settlements in euro. The Company manages foreign exchange risk by minimising the net exposure to open foreign currency position, therefore no foreign exchange hedging instruments is used.

Starting from 2022, the Company's income and operating cash flows became dependent of changes in market interest rates. The outstanding EUR 30 million loan provided by SEB Bank, Danske Bank and Nordea Bank shall be repaid in May 2024. Interest rates of this syndicated loan are set semi-annually and are based on a 6 months EURIBOR interest rate. During the first half of 2023, the Company had borrowed in total EUR 65 million from its parent company, Telia Company AB. Interest rate are set based on 3 or 6 months EURIBOR interest rate. The Company does not use any interest rate hedging tools.

The Company is a part of reverse factoring or Supplier Invoice Financing (SIF) program where suppliers' invoices are paid by third party banks within 7 days for an agreed fee which is covered by supplier. The Company does not pay any credit fees and does not provide any additional collateral or guarantee to the banks. The Company pays banks full invoice amount in up to one-year period. The actual term depends on few variables agreed between all three parties. The one of the variables is EURIBOR interest rate which started to grow in spring of 2022 and consequently caused shortening of the term and had negative impact on the Company working capital and cash flow. To mitigate the impact of rising interest rate the Company is in the process of renegotiating conditions of SIF program.

The Company's financial assets' exposure to credit risk is related to cash deposits and trade receivables. Credit risk of cash deposits is managed by limiting the cash exposure to financial institutions with lower than A (according to Fitch or equivalent by Standard & Poor's or Moody's) long-term credit ratings. As of 30 June 2023, majority (92 per cent) of the Company's cash was held in A+ rated banks.

The Company has a Participation Agreement with Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) for customer receivables. Under agreement SEB acquired the rights to the cash flows for certain pools of Telia Lietuva's receivables from the sales of handsets to residential customers. The objective of the agreement is to improve the Company's working capital by achieving derecognition of the receivables by transferring the risk related to the receivables to SEB with the use of the so called "passthrough" rules in IFRS 9 Financial instruments.

To manage credit risk of trade receivables the Company checks the creditworthiness of all customers (business and residential) before signing any new contracts, except for low value contracts, e.g., additional TV packaged or other value-added services (VAS). Customers' invoices payment control consists of a few various reminders starting with a notification before due date and then additional reminders after due date are sent. Services are limited after 20 days past due, and contract is terminated, and penalties issued after 50 days past due. Residential customers' bad debts after sending additional reminding letters are sold or handed over to external bad debt collection agencies for debt recovery.

Liquidity risk relates to the availability of sufficient funds for the Company debt service, capital expenditure, working capital requirement and dividend pay-out. Prudent liquidity risk management implies maintaining sufficient level of cash and cash equivalents. The goal of the Company's liquidity risk management is to ensure that minimum liquidity position (calculated as cash and cash equivalents plus undrawn committed credit facilities) should at any time exceed the level of 2 per cent of the annual revenue. During January-June of 2023, the Company's liquidity position on average amounted to 2.7 per cent of the annual revenue, except for 30 June 2023, when liquidity position felt below 2 per cent due to higher volume of invoices paid at the end of quarter.

Risk management

To mitigate liquidity risk, the Company in January 2023 had signed an agreement with the largest shareholder of the Company, Telia Company AB, regarding Revolving Credit Facility that provides the Company with the possibility to borrow any amount up to total limit of EUR 65 million for 3 or 6 months within 2 business days.

The Company's financial risk management is carried out by employees of Finance unit of the Company under Telia Company Group policies in close co-operation with Telia Company Group Treasury. More information about the Company's financial risk management is provided in Note 3 of the Company's Financial Statements for the year ended 31 December 2022.

Security and integrity are of highest priority to Telia Company Group including Telia Lietuva. As a part of that we constantly evaluate and assess all partners and suppliers. We always oversee the construction and operation of our networks, and we are constantly focused on security and that applies to all suppliers. In 2020, Telia Lietuva has entered a strategic partnership with Ericsson (Sweden) to modernize its mobile network for rollout of 5G technology and phasing out in the Company's radio access network used Huawei equipment starting from 2021. As of 30 June 2023, the phasing out of Huawei equipment from the Company's mobile network is completed.

Starting from 2022, the Company was facing the specific negative impact from raising energy prices as the Company is providing electricity-based means of communication and services. To mitigate the risk of rising energy prices the Company has hedged some of its electricity contracts. Also, high inflation in the country caused increase in prices of some services and goods purchased by the Company. The instability of international supply chains initially caused by COVID-19 and in 2022 was affected by the breakout of the war in Ukraine, is settling down.

Plans and forecasts

To satisfy increased demand for cloud computing services, the Company had purchased a 2-hectare land plot near Vilnius, where it will build a new data center. The Company plans to invest EUR 10 million into construction of the largest data centre in the country. At the same time, the Company will continue renovations and expansion of the existing data centers.

People

Number of Telia Lietuva employees at the end of period Telia Lietuva's most valuable resource is our people. We

strive to have the most engaged employees. Without our ability to identify, hire and retain the best people, we would lose some of our unique culture and competitive edge.

People Policy defines the Company's expectations of the employees as well as what expectations our employees shall have of each other and on the Company as their employer. The policy does not form part of any employee's contract of employment and may change from time to time at the discretion of the Company.

The Telia Code of Conduct is designed to inspire and guide us in our everyday work, serving as our ethical compass as we travel forward. The Telia Code applies to Telia employees, board members, members of our extended workforce – such as suppliers, consultants, freelance and temporary workers – and anyone else who works or provides services for or on behalf of Telia.

The People Policy covers the following areas:

  • Addictive substances
  • Child labor and forced labor
  • Disclosure of conflicting interests
  • Freedom of association and collective bargaining
  • Integrity
  • Non-discrimination, equal opportunity and diversity
  • Recruitment
  • Terms of employment and working hours
  • Total remuneration
  • Travel

Any Telia Company employee who suspects violations of the Code of Conduct or People Policy must speak up and raise the issue primarily to their line manager, and secondly to the Human Resources unit, to the Ethics and Compliance Office, or through the Speak-Up Line.

The protection and improvement of the health, safety and well-being of everyone who works for or with the Company, is a guiding principle in all our operations. This definition includes our employees, contractors, suppliers and visitors. Our common approach is built on promoting good health, well-being and safe work conditions, preventing occupational risks and ill health, and rapidly reacting to injuries and unsafe conditions. This applies to both physical and psycho-social work aspects.

The Company's occupational health and safety (OHS) management system covers all requirements of ISO 45001 standard. The certificate of compliance with Occupational health and safety (ISO 45001) standard was obtained by the Company in October 2017.

The Company's objective is to maximize the effectiveness of remuneration programs to attract, retain and motivate high calibre staff needed to maintain and improve the success of the business and support the change journey of becoming a new generation telecom company. The aim of Remuneration Policy and the associated remuneration practices is to support the strategic direction and objectives of the Company.

While counting full-time employees, the number of parttime employees is recalculated into full-time employees, and this number does not include employees on maternity/paternity leave.

People

The Remuneration Policy sets out the following principles:

  • Competitiveness and positioning
  • Job levelling
  • Compliance
  • Cost effectiveness and administrative efficiency
  • Performance orientation
  • Equal opportunity

The Company applies the total remuneration approach, which means that when making remuneration comparisons with market levels and in communicating the value of remuneration to stakeholders, the emphasis is placed on the total value of the remuneration, not on the individual components. The Company offers different remuneration components to its employees differentiated based on types of businesses, functions, roles and markets. The remuneration may consist of one or more of the following components:

  • Fixed base pay
  • Short-term annual variable pay
  • Functional variable pay
  • the Company may introduce long-term incentive programs (such as share-based);
  • other financial and non-financial benefits such as additional health insurance, pension plans, etc.

The remuneration of all employees is assessed once a year. In 2023, the remuneration was increased to 80 per cent of the Company employees on average by 9.6 per cent and annual bonuses amounting to roughly one monthly salary on average were paid to all employees of the Company who worked in the Company for at least 3 months in 2022 and who did not receive sales incentive pays.

According to the policy, the remuneration structure and levels for the members of the Company's Management Team are supervised and governed by the Remuneration Committee of the Company and are approved by the Board.

The Company provides additional health insurance to all employees and offers to employees pension savings at 3rd tier pension funds. We also have Collective Bargaining Agreement and Social needs fund. More information about these can be found in Sustainability overview part of the Annual and Sustainability report for the year 2022..

Employee breakdown by gender and units as of 30 June 2023

Telia Lietuva, AB | Interim Report January-June 2023 26

Corporate Governance

Corporate governance

According to the By-Laws of the Company, the governing bodies of the Company are the General Shareholder's Meeting, the Board and the CEO. The Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Companies provides that Lithuanian companies at their discretion could have either two (Supervisory Council and Board) or only one collegial governing body. There is no Supervisory Council in the Company.

The decisions of the General Meeting made regarding the matters of competence of the General Meeting, are binding upon the Shareholders, the Board, the CEO and other officials of the Company. The Shareholders of the Company that at the end of the date of the record of the General Meeting are shareholders of the Company have the right to participate in the General Meeting. The date of record of the General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Company is the fifth business day prior to the General Meeting or the repeated General Meeting. The person, participating in the General Meeting and having the right to vote, must deliver his/her identification proving document. In case the person is not a shareholder he/she is to present a document, proving his/her right to vote at the General Meeting.

Following the By-laws, the Board of the Company consists of six members who are elected for the term of two years and jointly act as a managing body of the Company. The Board represents the shareholders and performs supervision and control functions. The members of the Board are elected by the General Meeting in accordance with the procedure established by the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania. The Chair of the Board is elected by the Board from its members for two years. The Board institutes two Committees: Audit and Remuneration. Three members of the Board comprise each committee.

The By-laws of the Company provide that the Board of Telia Lietuva:

  • is responsible for the strategic direction of the Company;
  • considers and approves the strategy of the Company, the annual and interim reports of the Company, the structure of the Company's governance and positions of the employees, the positions to which employees shall be hired through a contest, and nominees to such positions, nominees to the positions directly reporting to the CEO, remuneration and dismissal from the positions, regulations of branches and representative offices of the Company, general principles (procedure) of payment of bonuses to Company's employees;
  • sets the information, which shall be held the commercial secret and confidential information of the Company;
  • analyses and assesses materials provided by the CEO concerning the strategy implementation, activities and financial status of the Company;
  • adopts decisions to become incorporator or participant of other legal entities, acquisition or disposal by the Company of the shares of other companies, acquisition, transfer, lease of any assets or business, assumption of new debt obligations, when the amount of the transactions exceeds EUR 1.6 million (excl. VAT);
  • adopts decisions concerning the annual financial statements of the Company and a draft of profit (loss) distribution that are proposed by the CEO and presents these drafts to the General Meeting;
  • adopts decisions on transactions with related parties as prescribed by the Law and transactions that has a significant impact on the Company, its finances, assets, liabilities;
  • is responsible for convocation of General Meetings in a timely manner.

Corporate governance

The Board elects and recalls the CEO of the Company, sets his remuneration and other conditions of the employment agreement, approves his office regulations, induces and applies penalties to him. The CEO is the Head of the Company. The Head of the Company is a one-man management body of the Company and, within his scope of authority, organizes the day-to-day operation of the Company. An employment agreement with the CEO is signed by the Chair of the Board or other person, authorized by the Board. The remuneration of the CEO comprises a fixed salary and bonuses (premiums), payable contingent on the results of the Company's activities and performance of the CEO. The Work Regulations that are approved by CEO define the duties and authority of CEO and other officers of the Company in more details.

The By-laws of the Company provides that CEO of Telia Lietuva:

  • supervises the day-to-day operation and ensure the implementation of the Company's Business Plan;
  • prepares annual financial statements and annual report of the Company;
  • prepares a draft decision on the allocation of dividends;
  • reports on the current operations of the Company at each meeting of the Board;
  • performs the functions delegated to him by the Board and implement decisions adopted by the General Meeting;
  • represents or procures the representation of the Company before companies, authorities, organizations, courts, arbitration and in relations with any third party;
  • opens or closes accounts with banking institutions and dispose of the funds therein;
  • executes the Company's transactions pursuant to the By-laws, decisions of the General Meeting and the Board;
  • issues authorizations to other persons to perform his functions within the scope of his authority;
  • issues procurations;
  • issues internal documents regulating the work of the administration, and other structural units;
  • appoints and dismisses employees of the Company, signs, amends and terminates on behalf of the Company employment agreements with employees of the Company (except where, in cases provided in these By-laws, Board approval is required);
  • determines employees' salaries and bonuses (except where, in cases provided in these By-laws, Board approval is required); presents the procedure for payment of bonuses to the Board for approval;
  • ensures the protection and increases of the Company's assets, normal working conditions, and protection of commercial secrets;
  • represents or gives another person a power of attorney to represent the Company in general meetings of shareholders of other companies in which the Company has invested;
  • approves, amends and supplements the work regulations of the administration;
  • provides reports to the Shareholders and the Board on major events that are relevant to the Company's activities;
  • complies with legal requirements when concluding transactions with related parties;
  • executes other functions, ascribed to the competence of the head of a Company in the valid legal acts.

The Company essentially follows a recommendatory Corporate Governance Code for the Companies Listed on Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange (hereinafter 'the Governance Code') adopted in August 2006, amended in December 2009 and newly worded from January 2019. The Company does not have a Supervisory Council, but supervision functions set by the Law on Companies of the Republic of Lithuania are performed by the Board, which is a non-executive managing body of the Company and is comprised from 4 representatives of the largest shareholder, Telia Company, and 2 independent members of the Board. The Company does not have a Nomination Committee as its functions are performed by the Remuneration Committee.

The Company prepared the disclosure of compliance with the principles and recommendation set by the Governance Code in Telia Lietuva, AB Corporate governance reporting form for the year ended 31 December 2022, which is available at the Company's webpage www.telia.lt.

Shareholders' rights

None of the shareholders of the Company have any special controlling rights. Rights of all shareholders are equal. As of 30 June 2023, the number of the Company's shares that provide voting rights during the General Meeting of Shareholders amounted to 582,613,138. One ordinary registered share of the Company gives one vote in the General Meeting of Shareholders.

The Company is not aware of any agreements between the shareholders that could limit transfer of securities and/or their ability to exercise their voting rights.

Shareholders' meetings

The Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders, that was held on 16 March 2023:

  • taking into consideration that two members of the Board has resigned in 2022, for the current term of the Board has elected Dan Strömberg and Leda Iržikevičienė (both proposed by Telia Company AB) to the Board of the Company,
  • authorized CEO of the Company to conclude the agreement with UAB Deloitte Lietuva for the audit of the Company's financial statements and the assessment of the annual report for the year 2022, establishing the payment for services as agreed between the parties but in any case, not more than EUR 161 thousand (VAT excluded).

The Annual General Meeting held on 27 April 2023 decided to:

  • approve of the Company's annual financial statements for the year 2022 and presentation of the Company's annual report for the year 2022,
  • allocate the Company's profit for the year 2022,
  • approve the Company's Remuneration Report for the year 2022,
  • elect UAB Deloitte Lietuva as the Company's auditor for the year 2023 and 2024,
  • re-elect the Company's Board members for a new 2 years' term..

Corporate governance

Procedure for amending the Company's By-laws

The Company's By-laws provide that the By-laws of the Company can be amended upon the initiative of the Board or Shareholders, whose shares grant them no less than 1/20 of the whole votes. The decision on amendment of the Bylaws shall be taken by the 2/3 majority of the votes of participants of the General Meeting. In case the General Meeting takes the decision to amend the By-laws of the Company the whole text of the amended By-laws shall be drawn and signed by the person, authorized by the General Meeting.

The Board Activities

On 16 March 2023, to substitute two members of the Board that have resigned from the Board during the fourth quarter of 2022, the shareholders elected two new members of the Board – Dan Strömberg (CEO of Telia Lietuva till 28 February 2023) and Leda Iržikevičienė (an independent member) – to the Board of the Company.

On 27 April 2023, upon termination of the current twoyear's term of the Board, the shareholders re-elected all members of the Board for the new two-year's term till 27 April 2025. All re-elected members of the Board are regarded as non-executive members of the Board, and Leda Iržikevičienė and Mindaugas Glodas are regarded as independent members of the Board..

On 27 April 2023, the shareholders decided to allocate EUR 25,000 for tantiems (annual payment) for the year 2022 to two independent members of the Board: Dovilė Grigienė (resigned from the Board on 15 December 2022) – EUR 7,500 and Mindaugas Glodas – EUR 17,500.

On 20 June 2023, the Board re-elected Dan Strömberg as a Chair of the Board and appointed members of the Audit and Remuneration Committees. Agneta Wallmark, a member of the Board representing Telia Company AB, and both independent members of the Board – Leda Iržikevičienė and Mindaugas Glodas – were appointed to the Audit Committee. Claes Nycander and Hannu-Matti Mäkinen, both representing Telia Company, and Mindaugas Glodas, an independent member of the Board, will be members of the Remuneration Committee. Agneta Wallmark was re-elected as Chair of the Audit committee and Claes Nycander – Chair the Remuneration committee.

During January-June 2023, four ordinary and one extraordinary meetings of the Board were held. Ordinary meetings were convened according to the preliminary approved schedule of the Board meetings, while extraordinary meeting was held for appointment of new CEO and convocation of the Extraordinary General Meeting of shareholders. During all Board meetings there was quorum prescribed by legal acts. All meeting were chaired by the then Chair of the Board.

During its meetings the Board, besides the ongoing follow up of the Company's business plan implementation and supervision of transformation program approved:

  • financial statements for the 12 months of 2022 and 3 months of 2023,
  • financial statements and the annual report for the year ended 31 December 2022,
  • appointment of new CEO of the Company and Head of Sales and Customer Care,
  • convocation of the Extraordinary and Annual General Meetings of Shareholders and agendas of the Meetings,
  • proposal of profit allocation for the year 2022,
  • Remuneration Report for the year 2022,
  • payment of annual bonuses for the year 2022,
  • Chair of the Board, members of the Audit and Remuneration Committees and Chairs of the committees,
  • amendment of the Revolver Credit Facility agreement with Telia Company for short-term borrowing,
  • million,
  • updates of the Company's Policies.

— agreements that value exceeds a threshold of EUR 1.6

The Board on a regular base considered reports of the Audit and Remuneration Committees as well as reports of the Company's management.

The Remuneration Committee of the Company shall make recommendations to the Board on how to create a competitive compensation structure that will help attract and retain key management talent, assure the integrity of the Company's compensation and benefit practices, tie compensation to performance and safeguard the interests of all shareholders. The Remuneration Committee reviews and establishes the general compensation goals and guidelines for the Company's employees and the criteria by which bonuses are determined, reviews and makes recommendation for compensation for executives and management, plans for executive development and succession, supports the Chair of the Board in the recruitment of CEO and supports CEO in recruitment of the managers directly reporting to CEO.

During the first half of 2023, two meetings of the Remuneration Committee were held. The following issues were considered during these meetings:

  • evaluation of the Company's Management team members' performance and approval of variable pay amounts for Management team for the year 2022,
  • base salary review for Management team members,
  • variable pay KPI's for the year 2023,
  • Variable pay procedure update,
  • draft of Remuneration Report for the year 2022,
  • Management team succession plan.

All members of the Committee attended all meetings of the Committee. The meetings of the Committee were chaired by Chair of the Committee, Claes Nycander.

Information about the Board members' attendance of the meetings in 2023 (number of attended/to be attended meetings):

Meeting attendance
Name, surname Position Board Audit
Committee
Remuneration
Committee
Tantiemes
for
2022 paid-out
in 2023 (EUR)
Dan
Strömberg
Chair of the Board, member of the
Board from 16 March 2023
3/3 -
Claes
Nycander
Member of the Board, Chair of the
Remuneration Committee
5/5 2/2 -
Agneta
Wallmark
Member of the Board, Chair of the
Audit Committee
5/5 2/2 -
Hannu-Matti
Mäkinen
Member of the Board, member of
the Remuneration Committee
5/5 2/2 -
Leda
Iržikevičienė
Member of the Board from
16 March 2023, member of the Audit
Committee
3/3 2/2 -
Mindaugas
Glodas
Member of the Board, member of
the Audit and Remuneration
Committees
5/5 2/2 2/2 17,500
Dovilė
Grigienė
Member of the Board and member
of the Audit Committee till
15 December 2022
- 7,500

Corporate governance

The purpose of the Audit Committee is to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities. The Audit Committee reviews the financial reporting process, the system of internal control and management of financial risks, the audit process, and the Company's process for monitoring compliance with laws and regulations and its internal orders.

During January-June of 2023, two meetings of the Audit Committee were held, during which the following issues were considered:

  • the report by external auditors regarding the financial statements for the year 2022,
  • election of the Company's audit enterprise for the years 2023 and 2024,
  • internal audit and risk management reports,
  • internal audit plan for the year 2023,
  • draft of audited financial statements and the Annual Report for the year 2022,
  • the draft of Profit allocation statements for the year 2022 (dividends and tantiemes),
  • related party transaction increase of Revolving Credit Facility limit,
  • report of GREC (Governance, Risk, Ethics and Compliance) meeting,
  • update on funding and liquidity.

All members of the Committee attended all meetings of the Committee. Both meetings were chaired by Chair of the Committee, Agneta Wallmark.

Member of the Board since 29 April 2014, re-elected for the two-year terms on 29 April 2015, 27 April 2017, 26 April 2019, 27 April 2021 and 27 April 2023 (nominated by Telia Company AB), Chair of the Remuneration Committee.

Education: Uppsala University (Sweden), Master of Business and Administration; Stanford University Palo Alto (U.S.A.), Master of Science in Electrical Engineering; Institute of Technology at University of Linköping (Sweden), Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, and University of Linköping (Sweden), Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.

Employment – Telia Company AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 556103-4249, Vice President & Head of Chief Operating Officer Office & member of LED (Lithuania, Estonia, Denmark) Management at Common Products and Services (CPS).

Current Board Assignments:

  • TT-Netværket P/S, Amager Strandvej 60, 2300 København S, Denmark, code 34230625, Chair of the Board;
  • Board;

— Telia Company Danmark A/S, Holmbladsgade 139, 2300 København S, Denmark, code 18530740, Chair of the

Members of the Board

  • Telia Mobile Holding AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 556855-9040, Chair of the Board;
  • Telia Nättjänster Norden AB, Mårbackagatan 11, 123 43 Farsta, Sweden, code 556459-3076, Chair of the Board;
  • Telia Towers AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 559196- 5164, member of the Board;
  • Telia Towers Finland Oy, Pasilan asema-aukio 1, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland, code 2933075-9, member of the Board;
  • Telia Towers Norway AS, Lørenfaret 1 A, 0585 Oslo, Norway, code 921589298, member of the Board;
  • Svenska UMTS-Nät AB, Warfvinges Väg 45 4tr, 11251 Stockholm, Sweden, code 556606-7996, Chair of the Board;
  • Svenska UMTS-licens AB, Warfinges Väg 45, 112 51 Stockholm, Sweden, code 556606-7772, Chair of the Board;
  • Telia Eesti AS, Mustamäe tee 3, 15033 Tallinn, Estonia, code 10234957, member of the Supervisory Council;
  • Latvijas Mobilais Telefons (LMT) SIA, Ropažu iela 6, Rīga, LV-1039 Latvia, code 50003050931, member of the Supervisory Council.

Claes Nycander has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Claes Nycander

(born in 1963)

Chair of the Board, member of the Board since 16 March 2023, re-elected for the two year's term on 27 April 2023 (nominated by Telia Company AB).

Education: IHM/Stockholm University (Sweden), Finance and IHM Business School (Sweden), Marketing.

Employment – Telia Company AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 556103-4249, Senior Vice President & Head of cluster Lithuania, Estonia and Denmark (LED) till 1 August 2023.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

  • Telia Eesti AS, Mustamäe tee 3, 15033 Tallinn, Estonia, code 10234957, Chair of the Supervisory Council,
  • SIA Tet, Dzirnavu iela 105, Rīga, LV-1011, Latvia, code 40003052786, member the Supervisory Council

Dan Strömberg has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Dan Strömberg (born in 1958)

Agneta Wallmark (born in 1960)

Hannu-Matti Mäkinen

(born in 1970)

Members of the Board

Member of the Board since 25 April 2018, re-elected for the two-year terms on 26 April 2019, 27 April 2021 and 27 April 2023 (nominated by Telia Company AB), Chair of the Audit Committee.

Education: Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden), B. Sc. Econ with special focus on Accounting and Finance and Stockholm University (Sweden), LL M with special focus on Tax and Economics.

Employment – Telia Company AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 556103-4249, Vice President, Head of Group Treasury.

Current Board assignments:

  • Telia Försäkring AB (Telia Insurance), 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 516401-8490, Chair of the Board;
  • Swedish Pension Fund of Telia, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, member of the Board;
  • Andra AP-fonden, Östra Hamngatan 26, 404 24 Gothenburg, Sweden, member of the Board & member of Risk Committee;
  • Skandia Life Insurance (Mutual), Lindhagensgatan 86, 112 18 Stockholm, Sweden, code 516406-0948, Chair of Nomination Committee for General Council elections.

Agneta Wallmark has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Member of the Board since 25 April 2018, re-elected for the two-year terms on 26 April 2019, 27 April 2021 and 27 April 2023 (nominated by Telia Company AB), member of the Remuneration Committee.

Education: University of Arizona (U.S.A), College of Law, LL.M (Master of Laws) in International Trade Law, and University of Lapland (Finland), School of Law, LL. B (Bachelor of Laws) and LL.M (Master of Laws) in Finnish and EU-Law.

Employment – Telia Company AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 556103-4249, Chief Legal Counsel, Telia Asset Management.

Current Board Assignments:

  • Telia Finland Oyj, PL 106, FI-0051 Sonera, Finland, code 1475607-9, member of the Board;
  • Tilts Communications A/S, Holmbladsgade 139, 2300 København, Denmark, code 17260642, member of the Board;
  • Tet SIA, Dzirnavu iela 105, Rīga, LV-1011 Latvia, code 40003052786, member of the Supervisory Council;
  • Valokuitunen Oy, Hämeentie 15, 00500 Helsinki, Finland, code 3101706-7, member of the Board;
  • Telia Towers AB, 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 559196- 5164, Chair of the Board;
  • Telia Towers Finland Oy, Pasilan asema-aukio 1, FI-00520 Helsinki, Finland, code 2933075-9, Chair of the Board;
  • Telia Towers Sweden AB (Sweden), 169 94 Solna, Sweden, code 559162-3342, Chair of the Board;
  • Telia Towers Norway AS, Lørenfaret 1 A, 0585 Oslo, Norway, code 921589298, Chair of the Board.

Hannu-Matti Mäkinen has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Leda Iržikevičienė (born in 1973)

Mindaugas Glodas

(born in 1972)

Independent member of the Board since 16 March 2023, re-elected for the two year's term on 27 April 2023 (as independent member of the Board nominated by Telia Company AB), member of the Audit Committee..

Education: Baltic Management Institute (Lithuania), Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA), and Vilnius University (Lithuania), Bachelor's degree in business administration and Master's degree in business administration

Employment – OP Corporate Bank plc Lithuanian branch, Konstitucijos ave. 29, LT-08105 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 302535257, Country Manager

Involvement in activities of other entities :

— Association 'Lyderė', Jogailos g. 9, LT-01116 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 304439065, member of the Board.

Leda Iržikevičienė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Members of the Board

Independent member of the Board since 25 April 2018, re-elected for the two-year terms on 26 April 2019, 27 April 2021 and 27 April 2023 (as independent member of the Board nominated by Telia Company AB), member of the Audit and Remuneration Committees.

Education: University of Antwerp, Centre for Business Administration UFSIA (Belgium), Master of Business Administration (MBA), and Vilniaus University, Faculty of Economics (Lithuania), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA).

Employment:

  • NRD Companies AS, Løkketangen 20 B, 1337 Sandvika, Norway, code 921985290, General Manager;
  • Norway Registers Development AS, Løkketangen 20 B, 1337 Sandvika, Norway, code 985221405, General Manager;
  • Norway Registers Development AS Lithuanian branch, Gynėjų g. 14, LT-01109 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 304897486, General Manager.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

  • Association Žinių Ekonomikos Forumas, Saulėtekio al. 15, LT-10221, Vilnius, Lithuania, code 225709520, member of the Council;
  • Lithuanian National Committee for UNICEF, Aušros Vartų g. 3, LT- 01304 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 191588169, Chair of the Board;
  • Association INFOBALT, A. Goštauto g. 8-313, LT-01108 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 122361495, member of the Board and Vice President;
  • MB Vox Proxima, Perkūno g. 32, Gilužių k., LT-14195 Vilniaus r., Lithuania, code 303481474, member of partnership (50 per cent);
  • UAB Privacy Partners Group, Smolensko g. 6, LT-03201 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 302415083, shareholder (39 per cent).

Mindaugas Glodas has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva.

Governing structure of Telia Lietuva valid from 1 July 2022

Dan Strömberg, CEO of the Company from 4 July 2018, has resigned from the office as of 28 February 2023, and the Board has appointed Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters as a new CEO of Telia Lietuva from 1 March 2023. Until then Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters was Head of Sales & Customer Care of Telia Lietuva. On 16 March 2023, Dan Strömberg was elected to the Board of the Company and became Chair of the Board.

From 1 March 2023, Lina Bandzinė was appointed as a new Head of Sales & Customer Care of Telia Lietuva.

Management Team

Head of Enterprise (B2B) from 6 June 2019.

Education – Catholic University of Lublin in Poland, Master of Psychology and studies in Marketing.

He is not involved in activities of other entities. Daniel Karpovič has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Daniel Karpovič (born in 1982)

Head of Consumer (B2C) from 1 July 2022.

Education – Stockholm School of Economics in Riga (Latvia), Bachelor degree in Economics and Business Administration.

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Elina Dapkevičienė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva, AB and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 percent of the share capital of any company.

Elina Dapkevičienė (born in 1983)

CEO from 1 March 2023.

Education: Maastricht University (The Netherlands), Doctor of Law; BPP Law School, London (United Kingdom), law conversion studies, juris doctor equivalent; Oxford University (United Kingdom), MPhil in International Relations; London School of Economics (United Kingdom), Bachelor of Science in International Relations.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

  • Vilnius University Institute of International Relations and Political Science, Vokiečių g. 10-403, Vilnius, Lithuania, code 125745184, member of the Board of Trustees,
  • Association Investors' Forum, Totorių str. 5-21, LT-01121 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 224996640, member of the Board.

Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters (born in 1978)

Head of Sales & Customer Care from 1 March 2023.

Education – Mykolas Romeris University (Lithuania), Master's degree in Law and Management, and Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania), Bachelor's degree in Business Management

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Lina Bandzinė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva, AB and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 percent of the share capital of any company.

Lina Bandzinė (born in 1981)

Head of Technology from 18 August 2014.

Education – Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (Lithuania), Bachelor's degree in Engineering Informatics and Master's degree in Engineering Informatics.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

— AB Litgrid, Karlo Gustavo Emilio Manerheimo g. 8, LT - 05131 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 302564383, an independent member of the Board

Andrius Šemeškevičius has 8,761 shares of Telia Lietuva that accounts to 0.0015 per cent of the total number of the Company's shares and votes. He has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Management Team

Head of Finance from 4 July 2022.

Education: Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), Bachelor of Business Administration and MBA, Finance and Banking.

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Daina Večkytė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Andrius Šemeškevičius (born in 1976)

Daina Večkytė (born in 1971)

Head of Digital & Analytics from 1 September 2022.

Education: Vilnius University (Lithuania), Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems and Master's degree in Management Information Systems; KTH / Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Master's degree in ICT Entrepreneurship.

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Diana Gold has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva, AB and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 percent of the share capital of any company.

Diana Gold (born in 1982)

Head of People and Engagement from 1 June 2014.

Education: Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), Master of Business Administration; Baltic Management Institute (BMI) (Lithuania), Executive Master of Business Administration.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

— Association of Personnel Management Professionals, Galvydžio g. 5, LT-08236 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 300563101, Chair of the Board.

Ramūnas Bagdonas has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva. He has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Ramūnas Bagdonas (born in 1974)

Head of Legal and Corporate Affairs from 25 January 2019.

Education – Vilnius University (Lithuania), Law Master's degree.

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Daiva Kasperavičienė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva. She has no shareholdings that exceed 5 percent of the share capital of any company.

Management Team

Head of Communication from 1 January 2019.

Education: Vilnius University (Lithuania), Bachelor's degree in Communication and Information, and Vilnius University, Institute of International Relations and Political Science (Lithuania), Master's degree in Political Science.

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Birutė Eimontaitė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva. She has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Daiva Kasperavičienė (born in 1968)

Birutė Eimontaitė

(born in 1983)

Head of Marketing from 1 July 2022.

Education: Kaunas Technology University (Lithuania), Bachelor of Business Administration (following Norwegian Business School BI program) and Master in Economics studies.

She is not involved in activities of other entities. Vaida Jurkonienė has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva and has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Vaida Jurkonienė (born in 1971)

Head of Business Assurance & Transformation from 15 December 2017.

Education: Baltic Management Institute (BMI) (Lithuania), Executive Master of Business Administration; Kaunas Technology University (Lithuania), Bachelor of Management of Production and Master of Marketing.

Involvement in activities of other entities:

  • Member of the Cyber Security Council (Lithuania)
  • Association INFOBALT, A. Goštauto g. 8-313, LT-01108 Vilnius, Lithuania, code 122361495, Deputy Chair of Cybersecurity Committee.

Vytautas Bučinskas has no direct interest in the share capital of Telia Lietuva. He has no shareholdings that exceed 5 per cent of the share capital of any company.

Vytautas Bučinskas (born in 1974)

Sustainability overview

How we understand sustainability?

Sustainability material impact areas:

Other key areas of sustainability:

  • Human rights
  • Children's rights
  • Freedom of expression and surveillance privacy
  • Diversity, inclusion and well-being
  • Responsible sourcing
  • Anti-bribery and corruption

Three key areas of impact remain in focus:

  • climate and circular economy
  • digital inclusion
  • privacy and security

Of course, the remaining areas of impact are inseparable from responsible business operations.

Sustainable activities are impossible without the following key elements:

  • support and commitment of the Company's Board and management in pursuit of creation of long-term sustainable value for shareholders, actively heading the agenda of our sustainable activities;
  • employee involvement and creation of appropriate conditions for all employees to contribute to the positive impact of digital technologies;
  • implementation of high business ethics and compliance requirements.

More about Sustainability Governance see in Telia Company Annual and Sustainability report.

Sustainability highlights first half of 2023

Solar panels installed

in 20 additional mobile sites (project ongoing in 2023)

In 2023, according to the Sustainable brand index report Lithuanian consumers have named

Telia as Lithuania's most sustainable telecoms brand

Digital skills development initiatives for children and youth, small and medium-sized enterprises, etc. this year have reached

around 59,000 people in Lithuania

Continuous support to

Ukraine via our services and sponsorship

Environment: key achievements & future goals

  • Ongoing focus on refurbished devices sales
  • 20 solar panels installed in mobile

sites as per plan and ongoing opportunities identification to spread the scale on other buildings

Implemented possibility to sign a contract online while ordering fixed equipment (by instalments) from online shop

13 electric cars delivered, and 3 charging stations

constructed. Plan for the year to have over 100 charging stations to be constructed for the new electric car fleet (115 new EV)

Halve emission

in our own operations

  • Reduce emissions related to the use of sold and leased products by 29%
  • Engage with suppliers, making sure that suppliers representing 72%of emissions have set science-based targets

84% of our own and network operations materials must be reused or recycled

Climate-neutral value chain by

2030, by at least halving emissions and offsetting the rest (base year: 2018)

— Reduce CO2 emissions in own operations (scope 1 and 2) by 90%

Net Zero by 2040, aligned

with the requirements of the new Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) Net-Zero

Standard (External approval of target pending)

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Priority groups of Telia's digital inclusion project:

Digital inclusion: our goals

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Updated goal was set early in 2023 is to reach 2 million people in all of Telia's markets via various digital inclusion initiatives by 2025. The goal is to help them gain valuable knowledge, skills, access to educational information, and to include them in the technology market, etc.

In 2023, Telia Lietuva digital skills development initiatives for children and youth, small and medium-sized enterprises, etc. this year have reached almost 59,000 people.

In 2023, Telia created the Centre of Digital Progress, with a mission to develop people's and business resilience to digital threats and empower society to use technology for progress.

The goal is to strengthen the country's digital immunity via strengthening society's ability to identify digital threats as well as increase innovative digital skills, that empower the use of technology for the future.

New project:

Centre of Digital Progress

Every year, the Social Employment Agency implements the international "DUOday" initiative, which aims to change attitudes about the opportunities for people with disabilities to work and to open up more opportunities for these people to integrate into the labor market. On May 25 we invited people with disabilities to try out 13 different job positions, from a shop consultant to a data migration manager for mobile services.

In preparation for Pride Month, we have been actively engaging our colleagues via our internal channels - sharing intranet articles and inviting them to join various activities. In our main office (Saltoniškių str. 7A) we had decorated speed gate & piano in the foyer in Pride colors. Also, Telia employees joined the 'Vilnius Pride' march.

We have updated Telia's Code of Conduct, which is designed to guide all employees, managers and board members – as well as all staff working in Telia's operations such as contractors, consultants and freelancers. It also influences our third-party relationships and contractual agreements. The Telia Code of Conduct is designed to inspire and guide us in our everyday work, serving as our ethical compass as we travel forward.

In the creative ideas contest "Phonebooths are back" organized by Telia, the commission selected winners from more than 130 applications and will give 15 used payphone booths as gifts. They will soon turn into art galleries in Vilnius, information centers on the seashore, a cinema, a workplace for dreamers on the roof, a bus stop for children, and many more great ideas which will be implemented this year by the competition winners.

Responsible business

Financial Statements

Statement of profit or loss and other comprehensive income

April

June
January –
June
Notes 2023 2022 2023 2022
Revenue 3 113,069 110,689 230,471 214,901
Cost of goods and services 4 (42,292) (44,388) (88,743) (84,714)
Employee related expenses (15,518) (14,468) (30,543) (29,065)
Other operating expenses 5 (14,804) (14,786) (30,211) (28,568)
Other income - - - -
Other gain / (loss) –
net
6 526 472 522 652
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment of fixed assets and
assets classified as held for sale 11 (21,354) (20,926) (42,562) (41,676)
Operating profit 19,627 16,593 38,934 31,530
Gain/loss from investment activities - - - -
Finance income 583 393 1,099 642
Finance costs (2,135) (842) (3,727) (1,764)
Finance and investment activities –
net
7 (1,552) (449) (2,628) (1,122)
Profit before income tax 18,075 16,144 36,306 30,408
Income tax 8 (2,490) (2,051) (4,477) (4,136)
Profit for the year 15,585 14,093 31,829 26,272
Other comprehensive income:
Other comprehensive income for the period - - - -
Total comprehensive income for the period 15,585 14,093 31,829 26,272
Profit and comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the Parent 15,585 14,093 31,829 26,272
Non-controlling interests - - - -
Basic and diluted earnings per share for profit attributable to
the equity holders of the Company (expressed in EUR per
share) 9 0.027 0.024 0.055 0.045

Statement of financial position

As at 30 June As at
31 December
Notes 2023 2022
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment 11 261,801 269,653
Goodwill 12 26,769 26,769
Intangible assets 12 142,067 142,650
Right-of-use assets 13 44,822 44,995
Costs to obtain contract 14 5,402 5,498
Contract asset 613 537
Trade and other receivables 16,740 17,440
Finance lease receivables 4,956 4,027
503,170 511,569
Current assets
Inventories 15 17,838 14,461
Contract asset 1,109 1,266
Trade and other receivables 72,595 69,929
Current income tax assets - -
Finance lease receivables 6,103 6,129
Cash and cash equivalents 16 8,771 7,099
106,416 98,884
Assets classified as held for sale 1,856 594
Total assets 611,442 611,047
EQUITY
Company
LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
Current liabilities
As at 30 June As at
31 December
Notes 2023 2022
EQUITY
Capital and reserves attributable to equity holders of the
Company
Issued capital 17 168,958 168,958
Legal reserve 18 16,896 16,896
Retained earnings 139,209 142,337
Equity attributable to owners of the Company 325,063 328,191
Non-controlling interests - -
Total equity 325,063 328,191
LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings 19 - 30,000
Lease liabilities 19 41,617 42,121
Deferred tax liabilities 17,593 17,874
Deferred revenue and accrued liabilities 19,505 20,261
Contract liability - -
Provisions 20 13,146 13,179
91,861 123,435
Current liabilities
Trade, other payables and accrued liabilities 52,762 59,600
Current income tax liabilities 1,469 261
Borrowings 19 123,627 83,548
Contract liability 2,606 2,389
Lease liabilities 19 14,054 13,623
Provisions 20 - -
194,518 159,421
Total liabilities 286,379 282,856
Total equity and liabilities 611,442 611,047

Telia Lietuva, AB | Financial Statements for the 6 months' period ended 30 June 2023 48

Statement of changes in equity

Share
capital
Legal
reserve
Retained
earnings
Total
equity
Balance at 1 January 2022 168,958 16,896 144,200 330,054
Profit for the year - - 26,272 26,272
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of income tax - - - -
Total comprehensive income for the year - - 26,272 26,272
Dividends paid for 2021 - - (58,261) (58,261)
Balance at 30 June 2022 168,958 16,896 112,211 298,065
Balance at 1 January 2023 168,958 16,896 142,337 328,191
Profit for the year - - 31,829 31,829
Other comprehensive income for the year, net of income tax - - - -
Total comprehensive income for the year - - 31,829 31,829
Dividends paid for 2023 - - (34,957) (34,957)
Balance at 30 June 2023 168,958 16,896 139,209 325,063

Statement of cash flows

January –
June
January –
June
Notes 2023 2022 Notes 2023 2022
Operating activities Investing activities
Profit for the year 31,829 26,272 Purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangible
Adjustments for: assets (44,116) (37,837)
Income tax expenses recognized in profit or loss 8 4,477 4,136 Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment and
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment charge 5, 11 43,803 42,691 intangible assets
Proceeds from / repayments for finance sublease receivables
924 4,934
Other gain / (loss) –
net
6 (710) (771) Net cash used in investing activities 2,986 1,147
Interest income 7 (1,099) (642) (40,206) (31,756)
Interest expenses 7 3,693 1,716 Financing activities
Repayment of borrowings
19
(100,460) (47,584)
Changes in working capital (excluding the effects of Proceeds from borrowings
19
122,345 45,109
acquisition and disposal of subsidiaries): Increase (decrease) in lease liabilities
Inventories / Assets held for sale (3,390) (1,261) (8,036) (5,860)
Trade and other receivables (2,654) 192 Dividends paid to shareholders (34,957) (58,261)
Decrease/(increase) in contract assets 81 84 Net cash received in financing activities (21,108) (66,595)
Decrease/(increase) in contract costs 96 (323)
Trade, other payables and accrued liabilities, deferred tax Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 1,672 (26,801)
liability (5,586) 4,268
Increase/(decrease) in contract liabilities 217 (56) Movement in cash and cash equivalents
Increase/(decrease) in deferred revenue and accrued
liabilities (756) (11) At the beginning of the financial year 7,099 61,769
Increase/(decrease) in provisions 20 (33) (12) Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 1,672 (26,801)
Cash generated from operations 69,968 76,283 At
the
end
of
the
financial
year
16
8,771 34,968
Interest paid (3,567) (1,690)
Interest received 135 102
Income taxes paid (3,550) (3,145)
Net cash generated by operating activities 62,986 71,550

1 General information

Telia Lietuva, AB (hereinafter – the Company) is a public company (joint-stock company) incorporated on 6 February 1992. The Company is domiciled in Vilnius, the capital of the Republic of Lithuania. Address of its registered office is Saltoniškių str. 7A, LT-03501, Vilnius, Lithuania.

The Company's shares are traded on Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange from 16 June 2000. Nasdaq Vilnius stock exchange is a home market for the Company's shares. From January 2011, the Company's shares are included into the trading lists of the Berlin Stock Exchange, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Munich Stock Exchange, and the Stuttgart Stock Exchange.

Notes to the financial statements

30 June 2023 31 December 2022
Number of
shares
% Number of
shares
%
Telia Company AB (publ), Sweden 513,594,774 88.15 513,594,774 88.15
Other shareholders 69,018,364 11.85 69,018,364 11.85
582,613,138 100.00 582,613,138 100.00

The shareholders' structure of the Company was as follows:

The investments included in the Company's financial statements are indicated below:

Ownership interest in %
Country of
incorporation
30 June
2023
31 December
2022
Profile
Lithuania 50% 50% A
non-profit
organization
established
by
Lithuanian
telecommunications
operators
administers
central
database
to
ensure
telephone
number
portability

As at 30 June 2023 and 31 December 2022, the Company had no investments in subsidiaries.

The Company has a limited activities electronic money institution license issued by the Bank of Lithuania. The license grants the right to issue electronic money and provide payment services as set out in Article 5 of the Payments Law of the Republic of Lithuania.

The number of full-time employees of the Company as at 30 June 2023 amounted to 1,855 (31 December 2022: 1,954).

The Company's principal activity is provision of telecommunications, TV and IT services to business and residential customers in the Republic of Lithuania.

The Communication Regulatory Authority (CRA) of Lithuania has designated the Company together with its related legal entities as an operator with significant market power (SMP) in 5 telecommunications markets. Following the provisions of the Law on Electronic Communications of the Republic of Lithuania the Company is obliged to provide access to other undertakings, to follow obligation of non-discrimination, obligation of transparency, obligations of price control and cost accounting, obligation of accounting separation. Also, to publish public offer regarding the access.

2 Basic of preparation

Theses financial statements for the period ended 30 June 2023 are not audited. Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2022 are audited by the external auditor Deloitte Lietuva UAB.

The interim financial statements for the three months' period ended 30 June 2023 are prepared in accordance with the International Financial Accounting Standards, as adopted by the European Union, includes IAS 34. In all material respects, the same accounting principles have been followed as in the preparation of financial statements for 2022.

The presentation currency is euro. The financial statements are presented in thousands of euro, unless indicated otherwise.

The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention.

4 Cost of goods and services

April –
June
January –
June
2023 2022 2023 2022
Mobile
services
39,967 38,081 79,712 73,211
Equipment
sales
revenue
21,034 23,729 47,822 45,850
Internet
services
18,821 17,425 37,215 34,286
Voice
telephony
services
11,067 10,952 21,265 20,724
TV
services
9,339 9,395 18,673 19,011
IT
services
6,447 4,809 12,428 9,288
Data
communication
and
network
capacity
services
4,516 4,515 8,978 8,922
Other
services
1,878 1,783 4,378 3,609
Total 113,069 110,689 230,471 214,901

3 Revenue

April –
June
January –
June
2023 2022 2023 2022
Costs
of
goods
and
services
purchased
27,779 29,307 60,648 56,150
Network's
interconnection
11,196 11,118 21,604 21,171
Network
capacity
costs
3,317 3,963 6,491 7,393
Total 42,292 44,388 88,743 84,714

6 Other gain (loss)

April –
June
January –
June
2023 2022 2023 2022
Energy,
premises
and
transport
costs
3,874 4,594 8,316 8,630
Marketing
expenses
3,906 3,640 8,065 7,223
Consultations
and
other
services
from
Group
3,093 3,040 5,829 5,644
Maintenance
and
other
services
1,925 1,715 3,847 3,325
Impairment
of
accounts
receivable
365 275 968 969
Other
expenses
1,641 1,522 3,186 2,777
Total 14,804 14,786 30,211 28,568

5 Other operating expenses

April –
June
January –
June
2023 2022 2023 2022
Gain
on
sales
of
property,
plant
and
equipment
524 515 749 859
Loss
on
sales
of
property,
plant
and
equipment
(5) (48) (39) (88)
Other
gain
(loss)
7 5 (188) (119)
Total 526 472 522 652

April

June
January –
June
2023 2022 2023 2022
Gain/loss
from
investments
in
subsidiaries
and
associates
- - - -
Interest
income
from
instalments
amortisation
152 183 307 384
Interest
income
on
finance
leases
353 153 649 154
Interest
income
on
cash
and
cash
equivalents
71 55 135 102
Other
finance
income
7 2 8 2
Finance
income
583 393 1,099 642
Interest
expenses
on
leases
(748) (639) (1,481) (1,389)
Interest
expenses
on
borrowings
(1,366) (178) (2,212) (327)
Foreign
exchange
gain
(loss)
on
financing
activities
1 (2) (2) (15)
Other
finance
costs
(22) (23) (32) (33)
Finance
costs
(2,135) (842) (3,727) (1,764)
Financial
and
investment
activities

net
(1,552) (449) (2,628) (1,122)

7 Financial and investment activities

As at 1 January 2009, amendments to Law on Corporate Profit Tax came into effect which provides tax relief for investments in new technologies. As a result, the Company's calculated profit tax relief amounts for 2023 to EUR 1.8 million (2022: EUR 1.8 million). Investments in new technologies are capitalised as property, plant and equipment, and their depreciation is deductible for tax purposes, therefore, the tax relief does not create any deferred tax liability.

The tax authorities may at any time inspect the books and records within 3 years from the end of the year when tax declaration was submitted and may impose additional tax assessments with penalty interest and penalties.

The Company's management is not aware of any circumstances, which may give rise to a potential material liability in this respect.

8 Income tax

April –
June
January –
June
2023 2022 2023 2022
Current
tax
expenses
2,486 2,464 4,758 4,833
Deferred
tax
change
4 (413) (281) (697)
Total 2,490 2,051 4,477 4,136

The tax expenses for the period comprise current and deferred tax.

Profit for 2023 is taxable at a rate of 15 per cent in accordance with Lithuanian regulatory legislation on taxation (2022:

15
per
cent).

April – June June
2023 2022 2022
Net
profit
15,585 14,093 31,829 26,272
Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue
(thousands) 582,613 582,613 582,613 582,613
Basic
earnings
per
share
(EUR)
0.027 0.024 0.055 0.045

9 Earnings per share

11 Property, plant and equipment

The depreciation, amortisation and impairment charge in the statement of profit or loss items:

January –
June
2023 2022
Depreciation
of
property,
plant
and
equipment
(Note
11)
24,174 26,515
Impairment
of
property,
plant
and
equipment
(Note
11)
11 282
Amortisation
of
intangible
assets
(Note
12)
13,166 9,641
Impairment
of
intangible
assets
(Note
12)
- -
Amortisation
of
right-of-use-asset
(Note
13)
5,211 5,238
Total 42,562 41,676
Impairment
of
assets
classified
as
held
for
sale
- -
Total 42,562 41,676

Basic earnings per share are calculated by dividing the net profit (loss) for the period by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period. The Company has no dilutive potential ordinary shares and therefore diluted earnings per share are the same as basic earnings per share. The weighted average number of shares for both reporting periods amounted to 582,613 thousand.

Ducts and
telecommu Other
Land and nication tangible Construction
buildings equipment fixed assets in progress Total
Six
months
ended
30
June
2022
Opening
net
book
amount
8,976 217,180 14,556 26,322 267,034
Additions - - - 21,328 21,328
Reclassifications (189) (8) - 206 9
Disposals
and
write-offs
67 (204) (12) - (149)
Transfers
from
construction
in
progress
1,136 24,611 3,470 (29,217)
Depreciation
charge
(625) (21,990) (3,900) - (26,515)
Impairment
charge
(72) (210) - - (282)
Closing
net
book
amount
9,293 219,379 14,114 18,639 261,425
At
30
June
2022
Cost 31,170 795,025 54,798 18,639 899,632
Accumulated
depreciation
(21,836) (574,008) (40,683) - (636,527)
Impairment
charge
(41) (1,638) (1) - (1,680)
Net
book
amount
9,293 219,379 14,114 18,639 261,425
Six
months
ended
30
June
2023
Opening
net
book
amount
9,776 225,343 10,943 23,591 269,653
Additions - - - 18,153 18,153
Reclassifications (1,543) 14 - (82) (1,611)
Disposals
and
write-offs
- (249) 40 - (209)
Transfers
from
construction
in
progress
1,000 21,784 1,872 (24,656)
Depreciation
charge
(654) (21,030) (2,490) - (24,174)
Impairment
charge
- (11) - - (11)
Closing
net
book
amount
8,579 225,851 10,365 17,006 261,801
At
30
June
2023
Cost 27,462 790,871 50,149 17,006 885,488
Accumulated
depreciation
(18,842) (563,940) (39,783) - (622,565)
Impairment
charge
(41) (1,080) (1) - (1,122)
Net
book
amount
8,579 225,851 10,365 17,006 261,801

10 Dividends per share

A dividend that relates to the period to 31 December 2022 was approved by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on 27 April 2023. The total amount of allocated dividend, that was paid off in May 2023, is EUR 34,957 thousand or EUR 0.06 per ordinary share.

12 Intangible assets

Other
Licenses and
software
Goodwill intangible
assets
Construction
in progress
Total
Six
months
ended
30
June
2022
Six
months
ended
30
June
2022
Opening
net
book
amount
57,492 26,769 31,242 25,291 140,794
Additions - - - 10,582 10,582
Reclassifications 7 - - (206) (199)
Disposals
and
write-offs
(24) - - - (24)
Transfers
to
other
accounts
15,572 - - (15,572) -
Amortisation
charge
(7,923) - (1,718) - (9,641)
Closing
net
book
amount
65,124 26,769 29,524 20,095 141,512
At
30
June
2022
At
30
June
2022
Cost 134,815 29,408 57,711 20,095 242,029
Accumulated
amortisation
(69,691) - (24,603) - (94,294)
Impairment
charge
- (2,639) (3,584) - (6,223)
Net
book
amount
65,124 26,769 29,524 20,095 141,512
Six
months
ended
30
June
2023
Six
months
ended
30
June
2023
Opening
net
book
amount
88,540 26,769 27,805 26,305 169,419
Additions - - - 12,494 12,494
Reclassifications - - - 94 94
Disposals
and
write-offs
(4) - (1) - (5)
Transfers
to
other
accounts
11,596 - - (11,596) -
Amortisation
charge
(11,446) - (1,720) - (13,166)
Closing
net
book
amount
88,686 26,769 26,084 27,297 168,836
At
30
June
2023
At
30
June
2023
Cost 173,723 29,408 53,122 27,297 283,550
Accumulated
depreciation
(85,037) - (27,038) - (112,075)
Impairment
charge
- (2,639) - - (2,639)
Net
book
amount
88,686 26,769 26,084 27,297 168,836

13 Right-of-use-assets

Land and Dark Equipment
premises fibre rent Other Total
Six
months
ended
30
June
2022
Opening
net
book
amount
35,765 9,662 - 697 46,124
Additions 2,292 - 2,118 247 4,657
Lease
modifications
4,170 30 - (8) 4,192
Disposals
and
write-offs
- - (2,118) - (2,118)
Amortisation
charge
(4,468) (626) - (144) (5,238)
Closing
net
book
amount
37,759 9,066 - 792 47,617
At
30
June
2022
Cost 63,127 13,268 - 1,677 78,072
Accumulated
amortisation
(25,368) (4,202) - (885) (30,455)
Net
book
amount
37,759 9,066 - 792 47,617
Six
months
ended
30
June
2023
Opening
net
book
amount
36,018 8,134 - 843 44,995
Additions 1,578 - 2,925 455 4,958
Lease
modifications
2,479 335 - 191 3,005
Disposals
and
write-offs
- - (2,925) - (2,925)
Amortisation
charge
(4,457) (539) - (215) (5,211)
Closing
net
book
amount
35,618 7,930 - 1,274 44,822
At
30
June
2023
Cost 69,649 13,268 - 2,605 85,522
Accumulated
depreciation
(34,031) (5,338) - (1,331) (40,700)
Net
book
amount
35,618 7,930 - 1,274 44,822

Contract cost assets balance roll forward:

As at 30 June As
at
31 December
2023 2022
Contract
cost
assets
at
the
beginning
of
the
period
5,498 4,837
Increase
of
contract
assets
due
to
new
contracts
within
the
year
3,520 7,430
Amortization
expense
of
costs
to
obtain
contracts
(3,616) (6,769)
Contract
cost
assets
at
the
end
of
the
period
5,402 5,498

Costs to obtain a contract are incremental costs incurred resulting in obtaining a contract with a customer, where the Company would not have incurred if the contract had not been obtained. These costs are typically external commissions paid or internal commission or bonus paid related to obtaining a new contract. The asset is amortized on a straight-line basis over the average customer life period, assessed at a portfolio level. If the Company pays a significant commission on contract renewal, the asset is amortized over the minimum contract term.

14 Costs to obtain a contract

As at 30 June As at
31 December
2023 2022
Goods
for
resale
18,801 15,017
Supplies
and
consumables
131 151
18,932 15,168
Less:
allowance
for
obsolete
inventory
(1,094) (707)
Total 17,838 14,461

15 Inventories

16 Cash and cash equivalents

As at 30 June As at
31 December
2022
2023
Cash
in
hand
and
at
bank
8,771 7,099
Short-term
investments
- -
Total 8,771 7,099

17 Share capital

The authorised share capital comprises of 582,613,138 ordinary shares of EUR 0.29 nominal value each. All shares are

fully paid up.

18 Legal reserve

A legal reserve is a compulsory reserve under Lithuanian legislation. Annual transfer of 5% of net profit, calculated in accordance with Lithuanian regulatory legislation on accounting, is compulsory until the reserve including share premium reaches 10% of the share capital. The legal reserve can be used to cover the accumulated losses. The amount of the legal reserve surplus which exceeds the size of legal reserve required by the legislation can be added to retaining earnings for the profit distributing purpose.

As at 30 June 2023 and as at 31 December 2022 legal reserve – EUR 16.9 million.

All the borrowings denominated in EUR.

In November 2021, the Company repaid a half (EUR 30 million) of a syndicated banks' loan of EUR 60 million granted in May 2017. The outstanding amount of EUR 30 million will be repaid in May 2024.

To ensure sufficient liquidity, in January 2023, the Company had signed an agreement regarding revolving credit facility with Telia Company AB that provides the Company with the possibility to borrow any amount up to total limit of EUR 65 million for 3 or 6 months within 2 business days.

Reverse factoring or Supplier Invoice Financing (SIF) is a program where invoices are paid by 3rd party banks in 7 days for the agreed fee which is covered by supplier. The Company does not pay any credit fees and does not provide any additional collateral or guarantee to the banks. Company pays banks full amount in approximately one-year period, no longer than that (actual term depends on few variables agreed between all 3 parties).

19 Borrowings

As at 30 June As at
December
2023 2022
Current
Borrowings 95,000 -
Reverse
factoring
28,627 83,548
Lease
liabilities
14,054 13,623
137,681 97,171
Non-current
(due
between
2
and
5
years)
Borrowings - 30,000
Lease
liabilities
41,617 42,121
41,617 72,121
Total
borrowings
and
lease
liabilities
179,298 169,292

20 Provisions

Closing net book amount at 31 D
Additions
Used provisions
Discounting
Closing net book amount at 30 Ji
Closing net book amount at 31 D
Additions
Used provisions
Discounting
Closing net book amount at 30 Ji
The Company leases land for
Assets
Provision for retirement
restructuring obligation Total
Closing
net
book
amount
at
31
December
2021
- 12,398 12,398
Additions - - -
Used
provisions
- (12) (12)
Discounting - - -
Closing
net
book
amount
at
30
June
2022
- 12,386 12,386
Closing
net
book
amount
at
31
December
2022
- 13,179 13,179
Additions - - -
Used
provisions
- (33) (33)
Discounting - - -
Closing
net
book
amount
at
30
June
2023
- 13,146 13,146

The Company provisions movement during January-June 2023:

The Company leases land for the construction of mobile stations. Upon expiry of the lease term the mobile stations should be disassembled and land restored so that it could be returned to the land owner in a condition it was before the lease. Similarly, the Company has telecommunication equipment installed in the premises or on the buildings leased from third parties. This equipment will have to be disassembled when the lease agreement expires. To cover these estimated future costs, assets retirement obligation has been recognized. The Company expects that assets retirement obligation will be realized later than after one year. Therefore, the whole amount of assets retirement obligation has been classified as non-current provision for other liabilities and charges.

21 Related party transactions

January –
June
2023 2022
Sales
and
purchases
from
Telia
Company
AB
and
its
subsidiaries:
Sales
of
telecommunication
and
other
services
4,250 3,939
Purchases
of
assets
and
services:
Purchases
of
services
9,166 9,692
Purchases
of
assets
1,047 58
Total
purchases
of
assets
and
services
10,213 9,750

The Company is controlled by Telia Company AB (publ), registered in Sweden, and owning 88.15% of the Company's shares and votes. The largest shareholder of Telia Company AB is the State of Sweden.

The following transactions were carried out with related parties:

Balances arising from sales/purchase of assets/services and other transaction to/from Telia Company AB and its subsidiaries:

January –
June
2023 2022
Long-term
receivables
from
related
parties
- -
Receivables
from
related
parties
332 287
Accrued
revenue
from
related
parties
451 696
Total
receivables
and
accrued
revenue
from
related
parties
783 983
Short
term
investments
- 15,000
Total
short
term
investments
- 15,000

In order to avoid negative interest rate charged for the Company's residuals at the banks and following the Board's approval the Company started to grant loans to the largest shareholder of the Company, Telia Company AB, for up to 3 months at a zero interest rate. The lent funds are available to the Company on demand within 2 business days. As at 30 June 2022, the total amount of lending to the Parent company amounted to EUR 15 million.

Borrowings
Short term borrowings

To ensure sufficient liquidity, in January 2023, the Company had signed an agreement regarding revolving credit facility with Telia Company AB that provides the Company with the possibility to borrow any amount up to total limit of EUR 65 million for 3 or 6 months within 2 business days.

In May 2023, the Company paid-out to Telia Company an amount of EUR 30.8 million as dividend for the year 2022.

January –
June
2023 2022
Borrowings 65,000 -
Short
term
borrowings
65,000 -
Payables
to
related
parties
2,553 2,130
Accrued
expenses
to
related
parties
21 10
Total
borrowings,
payables
and
accrued
expenses
to
related
parties
2,574 2,140

Confimation of responsible persons

Following Article 22 of the Law on Securities of the Republic of Lithuania and the Rules on Information Disclosure of the Bank of Lithuania, we, Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters, CEO of Telia Lietuva, AB, and Daina Večkytė, Head of Finance of Telia Lietuva, AB, hereby confirm that, to the best of our knowledge, the not audited Interim Financial Statements for the 6 months' period ended 30 June 2023, prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union, give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position, profit and cash flows of Telia Lietuva, AB, and Interim Report for the 6 months' period ended 30 June 2023 includes a fair review of the development and performance of the business and the position of the Company in relation to the description of the main risks and contingencies faced thereby.

Giedrė Kaminskaitė-Salters CEO

Daina Večkytė Head of Finance

Vilnius, 19 July 2023

Name of the Company Telia Lietuva, AB Date of registration 6 February 1992 Code of enterprise 1212 15434 LEI code 5299007A0LO7C2YYI075 Telephone number +370 5 262 1511 Fax number +370 5 212 6665 E-mail address [email protected]

Legal form public company (joint-stock company) Name of Register of Legal Entities State Enterprise Centre of Registers Registered office Saltoniškių str. 7A, LT-03501 Vilnius, Lithuania Internet address www.telia.lt

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