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Orange Polska S.A.

Earnings Release Feb 12, 2020

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Current Report (3/2020) Orange Polska S.A., Warsaw, Poland 12 February, 2020

Pursuant to Article 17(1) of the Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 on market abuse (market abuse regulation) and repealing Directive 2003/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Directives 2003/124/EC, 2003/125/EC and 2004/72/EC, the Management Board of Orange Polska S.A. hereby provides selected financial and operating data related to the activities of the Orange Polska Capital Group ("the Group", "Orange Polska") for 4Q and full year 2019.

Disclosures on performance measures, including adjustments, are presented in the Note 3 to IFRS Consolidated Financial Statements of the Orange Polska Group for the year ended 31 December 2019 (available at http://orange-ir.pl/results-center/results/2019).

In 2019 Orange Polska reports the second consecutive year of EBITDAaL* growth driven by increase in revenues and continued strong cost optimisations. 2020 objectives confirm growth ambitions

key figures
(PLN million)
4Q 2019
(IFRS16)
4Q 2018
comparable
basis
(IFRS16)
Change 4Q 2018
reported
(IAS17)
2019
(IFRS16)
2018
comparable
basis
(IFRS16)
Change 2018
reported
(IAS17)
revenue 2,999 2,923 +2.6% 2,930 11,406 11,087 +2.9% 11,101
EBITDAaL** 707 686 +3.1% n/a 3,006 2,809 +7.0% n/a
EBITDAaL
margin**
23.6% 23.5% +0.1p.p. n/a 26.4%
25.3%
+1.1p.p. n/a
operating income -155 n/a n/a*** 64 416 n/a n/a*** 345
net income/loss -186 n/a n/a*** -15 91 n/a n/a*** 10
capex** 700 767 -8.7% 813 2,140 2,114 +1.2% 2,250
organic cash
flow**
334 327 +2.1% 351 737 411 +79.3% 453

* For 2018 the growth refers to adjusted EBITDA. Both adjusted EBITDA (until 2018) and EBITDAaL (from 2019) are key measures of operating profitability used by the Management Board

** EBITDAaL (EBITDA after Leases) is management's new principal financial indicator of operating performance using IFRS16 figures. Since the adoption of IFRS16, EBITDA is considered less representative of operating performance because it excludes operating expenses due to leases. Operating income is considered less representative of operating performance owing to the impact of changes in asset lives. At the same time, to preserve consistency, certain other alternative performance measures (capex, organic cash flow and net debt) were slightly amended. Unaudited figures were provided for 2018 for comparative purposes including estimation of EBITDAaL. More information is presented in the Note 3 to the financial statements for FY 2019.

*** Year-on-year evolution of operating income and net income is not comparable because of the changes in accounting standards. Starting from 2019 Orange Polska applied a new accounting standard IFRS16 without restatement of comparative periods. Data for FY and 4Q 2018 were prepared under previous accounting standard IAS17.

KPI ('000) 4Q 2019 4Q 2018 Change
convergent customers (B2C) 1,369 1,236 +10.8%
mobile accesses (SIM cards) 15,284 14,805 +3.2%
post-paid 10,237 9,922 +3.2%
pre-paid 5,047 4,883 +3.4%
fixed broadband accesses (retail) 2,607 2,560 +1.8%
o/w fibre 520 366 +42.1%
fixed voice lines (retail) 3,109 3,407 -8.7%

Highlights:

  • The second consecutive year of operating profitability growth: 2019 EBITDAaL (EBITDA after Leases) up 7% year-on-year (guidance met) reflecting:
    • Revenue growth
    • Continued strong cost optimisations: indirect costs down 7% year-on-year in 2019
    • Record high PLN 271 million gains on asset disposals
  • 2019 EBITDAaL excluding gains on asset disposals up 4.5% year-on-year
  • 4Q EBITDAaL up 3.1% year-on-year and 15.4% year-on-year ex. gains on asset disposals
  • 2019 revenues up 2.9% year-on-year (reported revenue growth for the first time in 13 years), reflecting:
    • Strong growth rate of convergence, IT/IS (incl. first year of consolidation of BlueSoft) and equipment revenues
    • Improving trend in mobile-only revenues, reflecting lower erosion of post-paid customer base and gradual improvement in ARPO trend
    • Ongoing pressure on legacy areas
  • Strong commercial performance in convergence, fibre and mobile services:
    • 11% year-on-year growth of B2C convergent customers, +38k net adds in 4Q
    • 42% year-on-year growth of fibre customers, +47k net adds in 4Q (the highest ever quarterly result)
    • 3.3% year-on-year growth of post-paid mobile handsets, +76k net adds in 4Q
  • 2019 Capex at PLN 2140 million, +1% year-on-year, consistent with strategy
  • 4.2 million households connectable with fibre at the end of December (219k added in 4Q)
  • 2019 Organic Cash Flow at PLN 737 million driven by sale of assets and sale of instalment receivables
  • To better capture economic transformation of fixed asset base EBITDAaL definition from 2020 will exclude gains on asset disposals
    • Management guides for EBITDAaL in 2020 to be higher vs 2019 on comparable basis
  • Unchanged approach to dividends: As we prioritise investments in long-term value creation and also taking into account that we are just in front of 5G spectrum auction, the management will not recommend paying any dividend in 2020 (in line with strategy)

Commenting on 2019 performance, Jean-François Fallacher, Chief Executive Officer, said:

"Orange Polska's turnaround is progressing well. I am very pleased to say that we managed to sustain growth in 2019: our operating profitability performance measure (EBITDAaL) increased for the second consecutive year. Moreover, we also report growing revenues for the first time in 13 years. We deliver on our commitments because we are very consistent in the execution of our strategy. This achievement would not be possible without the concerted efforts of our entire organisation.

2019 saw a changing landscape in the Polish telecom market, with operators implementing a 'more for more' approach. We are pleased that our value-based strategy has been well received by Orange Polska customers. Net additions in post-paid handset offers were better than in 2018, and churn rate was lower. In this context, it is very important to note that we improved our position in NPS (Net Promoter Score) in 2019, vindicating our customer-centric focus.

With net customer additions of 47,000, Q4 was by far the best quarter ever for our fibre offer. After growing more than 40% last year, our fibre customer base now accounts for 20% of fixed broadband base. These outstanding results indicate that there is a big appetite for this technology and that customers appreciate the superiority of fibre. It allows us to regain market share, especially in big cities. Building our fibre network means investing in future-proof technology that will serve us for decades to come.

We are confident that 2020 will be another year of growth for Orange Polska. We will continue to execute our value strategy in all business areas. But it will also be a year of challenges, coming mainly from the external inflationary environment. This motivates us to implement more efficiency improvements to boost our capacity for growth in the years to come. In 2020 we will also work intensively on our new strategy, which we will present to the market in due course"

Financial Review

2019 revenues up by 2.9% year-on- year driven by convergence, ICT and equipment

Revenues totalled PLN 11,406 million in 2019 and were up year-on-year 2.9% or PLN 319 million. It was the first growth reported by the company in 13 years despite continued structural pressure on legacy business lines (retail and wholesale fixed telephony).

There were five main factors influencing this revenue trend. Firstly, high growth of revenues from convergent services (20% year-on-year) driven by customer growth and upsell of new services. Secondly, revenues from mobile-only and fixed broadband-only services decline (5.3% year-onyear) mainly as a result of migration to convergence and market competition. However combined revenues of these three categories were up 1.4% year-on-year in 2019. Thirdly, revenues from IT and integration services grew 30% year-on-year, thanks to a combination of continued strong organic growth (16% year-on-year) and the consolidation of newly acquired subsidiary BlueSoft (a contribution of PLN 86 million for the period of June-December). Fourthly, revenues from equipment sales advanced by 11% year-on-year reflecting our commercial push on handset sales. Finally, other revenues grew 44% year-on-year as a result of the development of our energy resale business.

In 4Q alone, revenues were up 2.6% or PLN 76 million year-on-year. It was mainly supported by three factors. Firstly, trend in mobile-only service revenues improved (a decline of 3.1% year-onyear versus a decline of 5.2% year-on-year for 9M 2019) as a result of value pricing strategy. Secondly, equipment revenues advanced 16% year-on-year (the highest increase of all quarters of 2019) as a result of very good reception of our Christmas offers by customers. Thirdly,

revenues from IT and integration services grew 20% year-on-year as a result of 2.7% organic growth (despite a high comparable base of 4Q 2018) and PLN 38 million contribution of BlueSoft.

Commercial performance reflects focus on value

Our commercial activity is mainly focused on delivering a package of mobile and fixed services, which we define as convergence. It is our competitive edge, it increases customer loyalty and allows us to upsell more services, winning a higher share of household media and telecom budgets.

In 2019 our B2C convergent customer base increased by 133,000 and 11% year-on-year. At the end of December, 62% of our B2C broadband customers were convergent versus 57% a year ago. In B2C mobile handset customer base, penetration of convergence increased to 50% versus 46% at the end of December 2018. The total number of services used by B2C convergent customers exceeded 5.6 million, which implies that on average every customer uses more than four services. ARPO from convergent customers slightly increased as compared to 2018 and amounted to PLN 102.4. It was a result of our value strategy and upsell of additional services. In 4Q alone customer net additions were at 38,000, which was the second best quarterly result of last year.

Total fixed broadband customer base increased in 2019 by 47,000 and 1.8% year-on-year. The share of high-speed broadband customers increased to 41% from 34% a year ago. It was driven by growth of fibre customer base which expanded 42% year-on-year, adding 154,000 in 2019. In 4Q alone, the fibre customer base grew by 47,000, which was the highest ever quarterly result. Our non-convergent broadband customer base continues to shrink as a result of migration to convergence but also due to churn. ARPO from broadband only services was down 1.8% yearon-year mainly because of decreasing number of customers with TV service who migrate to convergence. Our pay-TV customer base continued to increase. With net additions of 51,000 in 2019, it reached 994,000 and increased 5.4% year-on-year. Already 83% of our TV services are part of convergent packages.

Total mobile post-paid customer base increased by 315,000 in 2019, or by 3.2% year-on-year. This growth rate was higher than achieved in 2018. In 4Q alone the post-paid customer base expanded by 109,000, the most in more than two years.

In handset offers, net customer additions of 250,000 in 2019 reflected good new sales volumes and successful churn management. In 2019 post-paid churn ratio stood at 2.6% compared to 2.9% in 2018. The trend in post-paid ARPO from mobile-only services improved. It declined 5.6% year-on-year in 2019 vs. a drop of 10.1% year-on-year in 2018 as a result of our value pricing strategy. In 4Q alone, this ARPO decline was contained to only 3.6% year-on-year.

In fixed voice, the net loss of lines was 298,000 with key trends broadly unchanged. The number of VoIP services is growing, as they are part of the Orange Love package. Excluding VoIP services, the loss of lines continues to reflect structural negative market trends.

EBITDAaL up 7.0% year-on-year fuelled by record high gains on sale of assets, strong cost optimisations and improvement in direct margin

EBITDAaL for 2019 came in at PLN 3,006 million and was up 7.0% year-on-year. An important growth contributor were record high gains on asset disposals (higher by PLN 79 million year-onyear). However it should be underlined that EBITDAaL grew by 4.5% year-on-year excluding this factor. This was achieved despite constant pressure on high margin legacy services and revenue growth generated by lower margin areas (including IT&Integration, equipment, energy resale). EBITDAaL has been supported by focus on value in commercial activity, monetisation of investment in fibre network and strong cost optimisations. Indirect costs (costs not directly linked to revenues) were down by almost 5% year-on-year (excluding gains on asset disposals) year and reflected mainly further savings in labour, IT&network, advertising & promotion, general costs and CRM subcontracting.

In 4Q alone, EBITDAaL increased 3.1% year-on-year and as much as 15.4% year-on-year excluding gains of asset disposals. Such robust growth was driven by good trend in the direct margin and very strong impact of cost optimisations. Indirect costs were down 11% year-on-year in 4Q with savings generated almost in all cost categories.

Bottom line reflects strong EBITDAaL and restructuring provision for the new Social Plan

Net income for 2019 was PLN 91 million, a growth from PLN 10 million reported in 2018. Bottom line improved despite it was impacted by PLN 181 million provision for the impact of employment termination programs. The improvement was driven by growth of EBITDAaL and PLN 93 million lower depreciation (mainly a consequence of extension of useful life of certain assets).

Organic Cash Flow reflects higher proceeds from asset disposals

Organic cash flow for 2019 was PLN 737 million, an improvement of PLN 326 million versus 2018. The growth was driven by PLN 344 million higher proceeds from sale of assets (mainly owing to sale of Nowogrodzka/Barbary real estate complex). Cash capital expenditures at PLN 2,267 million were up PLN 106 million year-on-year mainly as a result of different phasing of payments to capex suppliers. This growth was partly offset by higher working capital release supported by sale of selected receivables arising from sales of mobile handsets in instalments (PLN 291 million).

Commenting on 2019 results, Maciej Nowohoński, Chief Financial Officer, said:

"We delivered on our financial objectives in 2019. Despite constant pressure on our legacy business, we managed to grow our EBITDAaL. Gains on asset disposals reached a record high in 2019; however I am especially pleased that EBITDAaL increased as much as 4.5% year-on-year even if we exclude this factor. This resulted both from better revenue evolution (the first increase in many years) and a continuation of strong cost optimisation efforts. Revenues were boosted by value-accretive commercial actions as well as successful development of ICT business. Efficiency savings in indirect costs are being driven by the transformation of business processes in all our areas of operations.

In 2020 we expect further growth of revenues and EBITDAaL. Both convergence and monoservice revenues will be supported by our 'more for more' strategy. In ICT we will work to monetise the benefits of our recent acquisition. Our growth ambitions also require that we find additional efficiencies to withstand continued structural decline in legacy services and expected cost inflation.

In line with the priorities set in the Orange.one strategy, the management will once again recommend not paying a dividend in 2020. We will continue to invest in rolling out our fibre network at full speed, and there is a 5G spectrum auction just around the corner.

Over the past few years Orange Polska has been rapidly evolving from an incumbent operator to a modern telco. On the one hand, between 2016 and 2019 we invested more than PLN 2.5 billion in a fibre network roll-out that will create value for many years to come. On the other hand, in the same timeframe we disposed of assets with a market value close to PLN 1 billion, mainly a result of our legacy status. Assets amounting to a similar value still remain to be sold in the years to come. To better capture this transformation of the fixed asset base we decided to revise reporting of the two alternative performance measures (APMs). From 2020, capex will be reported net of the proceeds from asset disposals – we will call it economic capex (eCapex). Consequently, EBITDAaL definition will also exclude gains on asset disposals."

Orange Polska 2020 guidance

The Management Board of Orange Polska hereby publishes the Company's guidance for the fullyear 2020.

From 2020 reporting we will revise definitions of capex and EBITDAaL alternative performance measures. Capex will be presented net of the proceeds from asset disposals and will be named economic capex (eCapex). Consequently, EBITDAaL will exclude gains on asset disposals.

This change reflects better transformation of Orange Polska fixed asset base which has been rapidly evolving over the past few years and will do so in the future. We invest in assets essential for our future value creation (fibre and mobile network) and dispose assets no longer necessary for our core operations. Economic benefits of this transformation will be shifted from EBITDAaL to Capex.

2019 EBITDAaL (comparable base) 2020 EBITDAaL guidance
PLN 2,735 million Growth versus 2019

The management forecasts that EBITDAaL will grow in 2020 on comparable basis. The growth factors are expected to be unchanged versus previous year. We anticipate further growth of convergence, improving trends on mono services, continued value focus in commercial activity, growth of IT & integration revenues and further cost optimisation. We also expect further pressure on high margin legacy services (retail and wholesale fixed telephony).

Realisation of this guidance will be monitored by the Company on an ongoing basis. Should there occur material deviation from the forecast, the Company will make a revision to the forecast and immediately publish it in the form of a current report.

Reconciliation of operating performance measure to financial statements

Disclosures on performance measures, including adjustments, are presented in the Note 3 to IFRS Consolidated Financial Statements of the Orange Polska Group for the year ended 31 December 2019 (available at http://orange-ir.pl/results-center/results/2019).

in PLNm 4Q 2019
IFRS16
4Q 2018
IAS17
2019
IFRS16
2018
IAS17
Operating income -155 6
4
416 345
Add-back of depreciation, amortisation and impairment of property, plant
and equipment and intangible assets
698 647 2,448 2,541
Interest expense on lease liabilities -15 -1 -50 -4
Estimation of IFRS 16 impact on operating leases for 2018 - -6* - -26*
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment financed by finance lease in
2018
- -12 - -41
Adjustment for the impact of employment termination programs 176 -5 181 -5
Adjustment for costs related to acquisition and integration of new
subsidiaries
3 - 10 -
Adjustment for the impact of deconsolidation of subsidiaries - -1 1 -1
EBITDAaL (EBITDA after Leases) 707 686* 3,006 2,809*

* Data constitutes company's best estimate and was provided for comparative purposes

Forward-looking statement

This press release contains forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, statements regarding anticipated future events and financial performance with respect to our operations. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. They often include words like 'believe', 'expect', 'anticipate', 'estimated', 'project', 'plan', 'adjusted' and 'intend' or future or conditional verbs such as 'will,' 'would,' or 'may.' Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from expected results include, but are not limited to, those set forth in our Registration Statement, as filed with the Polish securities and exchange commission, the competitive environment in which we operate, changes in general economic conditions and changes in the Polish and/or global financial and/or capital markets. Forward-looking statements represent management's views as of the date they are made, and we assume no obligation to update any forward-looking statements for actual events occurring after that date. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on our forwardlooking statements.

Orange Polska's Management Board are pleased to invite you to the Company's 4Q and full year 2019 results presentation.

13th February 2020 Start: 11.00 CET

Venue address:

Orange Polska S.A. Aleje Jerozolimskie 160, (Conference room – ground floor) 02-326 Warsaw, Poland

The presentation will also be available via a live webcasthttp://infostrefa.tv/orange and via a live conference call

Time:

11:00 (Warsaw) 10:00 (London) 05:00 (New York)

Dial in numbers:

Conference Code: 411064

Poland: 48 22 124 49 59 Canada: 1 587 855 1318 Germany: 49 30 25 555 323 Russia: 7 495 283 98 58 United Kingdom: 44 203 984 9844 United States: 1 718 866 4614

Orange Polska Group Consolidated

Disclosures on performance measures are presented in the Note 3to IFRS Consolidated Financial Statements of the Orange Polska Group for the year ended 31 December2019 (available at http://orange-ir.pl/results-center/results/2019)

2018 2019
amounts in PLN millions 1Q 1Q 2Q 2Q 3Q 3Q 4Q 4Q FY FY 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q FY
Income statement comparable
basis
(IFRS16)*
reported
(IAS17)
comparable
basis
(IFRS16)*
reported
(IAS17)
comparable
basis
(IFRS16)*
reported
(IAS17)
comparable
basis
(IFRS16)*
reported
(IAS17)
comparable
basis
(IFRS16)*
IFRS16 IFRS16 IFRS16 IFRS16 IFRS16
Revenues
Mobile services only 688 686 682 680 690 687 676 673 2,736 2,726 640 646 660 652 2,598
Fixed services only 627 629 628 620 610 602 596 590 2,461 2,441 569 552 540 531 2,192
Narrowband 287 285 275 274 265 263 257 255 1,084 1,077 244 233 224 216 917
Broadband 232 232 233 232 230 229 226 225 921 918 219 213 211 211 854
B2B Network Solutions 108 112 120 114 115 110 113 110 456 446 106 106 105 104 421
Convergent services B2C 291 291 316 316 336 336 353 353 1,296 1,296 369 384 399 406 1,558
Equipment sales 351 351 307 307 336 336 410 410 1,404 1,404 367 352 359 477 1,555
IT and integration services 112 112 134 144 127 138 216 225 589 619 147 163 224 269 803
Wholesale 579 579 571 572 576 576 582 582 2,308 2,309 560 568 585 565 2,278
Mobile wholesale 312 312 329 329 332 332 334 334 1,307 1,307 310 324 323 330 1,287
Fixed wholesale 188 188 176 176 176 176 176 176 716 716 177 169 186 157 689
Other 79 79 66 66 68 68 72 72 285 285 73 75 76 78 302
Other revenues 62 60 68 65 80 77 97 91 307 293 126 94 103 99 422
Total revenues 2,710 2,708 2,706 2,704 2,755 2,752 2,930 2,923 11,101 11,087 2,778 2,759 2,870 2,999 11,406
Labour expenses** (432) (431) (397) (395) (370) (368) (383) (383) (1,582) (1,577) (403) (377) (361) (349) (1,490)
External purchases (1,549) (1,491) (1,529) (1,470) (1,582) (1,518) (1,789) (1,721) (6,449) (6,200) (1,570) (1,555) (1,590) (1,799) (6,514)
- Interconnect expenses (448) (447) (471) (471) (470) (469) (460) (460) (1,849) (1,847) (446) (461) (478) (442) (1,827)
- Network and IT expenses (148) (146) (152) (157) (148) (150) (160) (162) (608) (615) (148) (152) (142) (148) (590)
- Commercial expenses (578) (578) (551) (551) (562) (561) (743) (743) (2,434) (2,433) (583) (578) (589) (764) (2,514)
- Other external purchases (375) (320) (355) (291) (402) (338) (426) (356) (1,558) (1,305) (393) (364) (381) (444) (1,582)
Other operating incomes & expenses (51) (46) (33) (31) (58) (56) (77) (70) (219) (203) (54) (55) (62) (8) (179)
Impairment of receivables and contract assets (23) (23) (41) (41) (46) (46) (52) (52) (162) (162) (32) (27) (39) (40) (138)
Gains on disposal of assets*** 19 19 3 3 93 93 77 77 192 192 5 44 218 4 271
Amortization and impairment of right-of-use assets (67) (66) (70) (74) (277) (71) (67) (77) (85) (300)
Interest expense on lease liabilities (10) (13) (14) (14) (51) (10) (12) (13) (15) (50)
Adjusted EBITDA 674 709 792 706 2,881
EBITDAaL (EBITDA after Leases) 659 691 773 686 2,809 643 710 946 707 3,006
% of revenues 24.9% 24.3% 26.2% 25.6% 28.7% 28.1% 24.1% 23.5% 26.0% 25.3% 23.1% 25.7% 33.0% 23.6% 26.4%
Depreciation, amortisation and impairment of property, plant and equipment and
intangibles assets
(641) (636) (617) (647) (2,541) (583) (575) (592) (698) (2,448)
Add-back of interest expense on lease liabilities 10 12 13 15 50
Adjustment for the impact of employment termination programs** 0 0 0 5 5 2 (6) (1) (176) (181)
Adjustment for the costs related to acquisition and integration of new subsidiaries 0 (3) (4) (3) (10)
Adjustment for the impact of deconsolidation of subsidiaries*** (1) 0 0 0 (1)
Operting income / (loss) 33 73 175 64 345 71 138 362 (155) 416
% of revenues 1.2% 2.7% 6.4% 2.2% 3.1% 2.6% 5.0% 12.6% -5.2% 3.6%
Finance costs, net (86) (87) (61) (71) (305) (74) (68) (88) (68) (298)
- Interest expense on lease liabilities (10) (12) (13) (15) (50)
- Other Interest expenses, net (excl. Interest expense on lease liabilities) (62) (54) (54) (52) (222) (50) (45) (55) (50) (200)
- Discounting expense (24) (33) (7) (19) (83) (14) (11) (20) (3) (48)
Income tax 3 (2) (23) (8) (30) 1 (15) (50) 37 (27)
Consolidated net income / (loss) (50) (16) 91 (15) 10 (2) 55 224 (186) 91

*2018 comparable basis includes the following effects resulting from developments in 2019:

(1) In 2019 we made certain changes in grouping of revenue categories between IT & integration services and other lines to better reflect business performance. 2018 figures were adjusted for comparability.

(2) Impact of deconsolidation of subsidiaries

(3) Introduction of EBITDAaL as new measure of operating profitability under IFRS16 resulting in changes in certain cost categories

** Labour expenses exclude adjustment due to employment termination program and some costs related to acquisition and integration of new subsidiaries

*** Gains on disposal of assets exclude impact of deconsolidation of subsidiaries

Orange Polska Group key performance indicators

2018 2019
Customer base (in thousands) 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q
Convergent customers 1,376 1,436 1,483 1,547 1,592 1,628 1,656 1,697
o/w B2C 1,090 1,137 1,178 1,236 1,276 1,307 1,331 1,369
o/w B2B 287 298 304 311 316 321 325 329
Fixed telephony accesses
PSTN 2,738 2,623 2,527 2,426 2,322 2,228 2,140 2,046
VoIP 875 918 953 981 1,006 1,031 1,046 1,063
Total retail main lines 3,613 3,541 3,480 3,407 3,328 3,259 3,186 3,109
o/w B2C convergent 678 718 755 755 778 800 807 825
o/w B2C PSTN convergent 110 104 100 54 44 38 31 27
o/w B2C VoIP convergent 568 614 655 701 734 762 776 799
Fixed broadband access
ADSL 1,278 1,238 1,200 1,149 1,098 1,056 1,017 958
VHBB (VDSL+Fibre) 724 767 807 869 921 961 998 1,063
o/w VDSL 476 481 484 503 522 527 525 543
o/w Fibre 248 286 324 366 399 434 473 520
Wireless for fixed 475 502 522 542 557 565 574 586
Retail broadband - total 2,477 2,506 2,530 2,560 2,576 2,582 2,589 2,607
o/w B2C convergent 1,090 1,137 1,178 1,236 1,276 1,307 1,331 1,369
TV client base
IPTV 359 386 410 435 455 476 495 521
DTH (TV over Satellite) 515 514 511 508 503 496 484 473
TV client base - total 875 900 921 943 958 972 979 994
o/w B2C convergent 597 641 680 725 758 788 802 828
Mobile accesses
Post-paid
Mobile Handset 7,310 7,358 7,416 7,498 7,553 7,611 7,672 7,748
Mobile Broadband 1,164 1,104 1,052 989 934 895 865 831
M2M 1,273 1,328 1,385 1,436 1,483 1,534 1,591 1,658
Total postpaid 9,747 9,790 9,853 9,922 9,970 10,040 10,128 10,237
o/w B2C convergent 2,085 2,183 2,259 2,369 2,434 2,486 2,528 2,589
Total pre-paid 4,621 4,694 4,761 4,883 4,867 4,924 5,012 5,047
Total 14,368 14,484 14,614 14,805 14,837 14,964 15,140 15,284
Wholesale customers
WLR 507 487 467 437 408 381 354 328
Bitstream access 165 156 151 144 137 133 129 128
LLU 87 83 80 76 73 69 66 63
Quarterly ARPO in PLN per month 2018 2019
1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q
Convergent services B2C 100.8 102.4 103.0 101.9 101.4 101.9 103.4 102.8
Fixed services only - voice 36.6 36.4 36.2 36.5 36.3 36.2 36.2 36.3
Fixed services only - broadband 56.5 56.6 56.4 56.0 55.5 54.9 55.2 56.0
Mobile services only 21.9 21.7 21.7 20.9 20.0 20.1 20.3 20.0
Postpaid excl M2M 29.1 28.7 29.0 27.7 26.9 27.0 27.1 26.7
Mobile Handset 31.0 30.5 30.5 29.5 28.6 28.7 28.9 28.5
Mobile Broadband 19.0 18.3 17.7 17.0 16.4 15.9 15.4 14.3
Prepaid 11.9 12.3 12.6 12.2 11.4 11.6 12.1 11.9
Mobile wholesale (convergent + mono) 7.2 7.6 7.6 7.6 7.1 7.5 7.4 7.5
2018 2019
Other mobile operating statistics 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q
Number of smartphones (thousands) 6,886 7,006 7,223 7,447 7,521 7,658 7,778 7,857
AUPU (in minutes)
post-paid 353.9 349.7 344.6 353.3 357.9 356.6 349.5 354.3
pre-paid 162.0 166.3 164.1 163.6 161.9 163.0 158.8 158.6
blended 285.8 284.7 279.9 284.7 286.5 285.8 279.3 281.8
Quarterly mobile customer churn rate (%)
post-paid 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.4 2.8
pre-paid 14.6 11.3 10.4 8.9 10.8 10.2 10.7 10.2
SAC post-paid (PLN) 75.2 79.9 95.8 116.1 82.4 99.1 94.8 116.6
SRC post-paid (PLN) 39.7 29.5 35.8 45.8 43.9 43.1 45.7 60.9
Employment structure of Group as reported 2018 2019
Active full time equivalents (end of period) 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q
Orange Polska 14,372 13,730 13,492 13,197 13,077 12,429 12,219 12,034
50% of Networks 348 345 347 348 355 353 351 342
Total 14,720 14,075 13,839 13,545 13,432 12,782 12,570 12,376

Terms used:

ARPO – average revenue per offer

Average Usage per User (AUPU) – The average monthly total usage of minutes divided by the average number of SIM cards (excluding M2M) in a given period.

Churn rate – the number of customers who disconnect from a network divided by the weighted average number of customers in a given period.

Convergent services – Revenues from B2C convergent offers (excluding equipment sales). A convergent offer is defined as an offer combining at least a broadband access (xDSL, FTTx, cable or wireless for fixed) and a mobile voice contract (excluding MVNOs) with a financial benefit. Convergent services revenues do not include incoming and visitor roaming revenues.

Convergent services B2C ARPO – The average monthly revenues from convergent services generated by retail customers (B2C) divided by the average number of B2C convergent customers in a given period.

Fixed broadband-only services – Revenues from fixed broadband offers (excluding B2C convergent offers and equipment sales), including TV and VoIP services.

Fixed broadband-only services ARPO – The average monthly revenues from fixed broadband only services divided by the average number of accesses in a given period.

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Mobile-only services – Revenues from mobile offers (excluding consumer market convergent offers) and Machine to Machine (M2M) connectivity. Mobile-only services revenues do not include equipment sales and incoming and visitor roaming revenues.

Mobile-only services ARPO – The average monthly retail revenues from mobile only services excluding M2M connectivity, divided by the average number of SIM cards (excluding M2M) in a given period.

Mobile-only broadband ARPO – The average monthly retail revenues from SIM cards dedicated to mobile broadband access (excluding B2C convergent offers and equipment sales) divided by the average number of these SIM cards in a given period.

Mobile-only handset ARPO – The average monthly retail revenues from SIM cards dedicated to mobile handset access (excluding B2C convergent offers and equipment sales) divided by the average number of these SIM cards in a given period.

Subscriber Acquisition Cost (SAC) – Customer acquisition costs divided by the number of gross customers added during the respective period. Customer acquisition costs comprise commissions paid to distributors and net subsidies resulting from the sale of the handset.

Subscriber Retention Cost (SRC) – Customer retention costs divided by the number of customers retained during the respective period. Customer retention costs comprise commissions paid to distributors and net subsidies resulting from the sale of the handset.

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