Elisa Oyj — Earnings Release 2021

Apr 21, 2021

Elisa’s Interim Report Q1 2021

Elisa’s Interim Report Q1 2021

ELISA CORPORATION INTERIM REPORT RELEASE 21 APRIL 2021 AT 8:30 AM

First quarter 2021 financial highlights

· Revenue increased by EUR 13m to EUR 482m, mainly due to the camLine
acquisition, Elisa Viihde Viaplay cooperation and growth in equipment sales.
· Mobile service revenue increased by 0.9 per cent to EUR 210m.
· EBITDA grew by EUR 4m to EUR 170m.
· EBIT increased by EUR 3m to EUR 102m.
· Comparable cash flow decreased by EUR 13m to EUR 60m, mainly due to negative
NWC change.
· Mobile post-paid ARPU was at the previous quarter’s level, EUR 19.5 (19.3).
· Mobile post-paid churn decreased to 18.3 per cent (19.8 in previous
quarter).
· The number of post-paid mobile subscriptions increased by 27,100 from the
previous quarter.
· Due to seasonality, prepaid subscriptions decreased by 17,400 during the
quarter.
· The number of fixed broadband subscriptions decreased by 31,400 during the
quarter, mainly due to a reporting change.

Key indicators

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EUR million 1Q21 1Q20 Δ % 2020
Revenue 482 468 2.9% 1,895
EBITDA 170 166 2.4% 685
Comparable EBITDA 170 166 2.4% 685
EBIT 102 99 3.1% 409
Comparable EBIT 102 99 3.1% 415
Profit before tax 99 95 4.5% 398
Comparable PBT 99 95 4.5% 399
EPS, EUR 0.51 0.49 4.7% 2.05
Comparable EPS, EUR 0.51 0.49 4.7% 2.05
Capital expenditure 53 51 4.1% 266
Net debt 1,164 1,117 4.2% 1,207
Net debt / EBITDA[1)] 1,7 1,7 1.6% 1,8
Gearing ratio, % 92.3% 91.9% 101.9%
Equity ratio, % 41.1% 42.4% 39.1%
Cash flow  50 73 -30.9% 300
Comparable Cash flow[2)] 60 73 -17.3% 351

[1)] (Interest-bearing debt – financial assets) / (four previous quarters’
comparable EBITDA). [2)] 1Q21, excluding investments in shares.

Additional key performance indicators are available at elisa.com/investors
(Elisa Operational Data.xlsx).

CEO Veli-Matti Mattila: A good quarter in challenging circumstances

Elisa continued its good development. Revenue increased by 3 per cent from the
previous year, to EUR 482 million. EBITDA improved by 2 per cent, to
EUR 170 million, and earnings per share by 5 per cent, to EUR 0.51. Despite
increased restrictions and lockdowns due to COVID-19 and nearly all of Elisa’s
personnel working remotely, we achieved a strong result in the first quarter.

The 5G market is developing well, and we are continuing our leadership position
in 5G. Elisa has the most extensive 5G network in Finland, now covering over
2.5 million Finns in over 80 towns and cities. We estimate that by 2023, data
traffic over the 5G network will exceed that of 4G.

Our entertaining video services customer base has surpassed 600,000 paying
households. We successfully launched a new digital subscription service to let
customers stream audiobooks and read e-books. The Elisa Kirja service now
includes both transactional and subscription modes and provides the largest
selection of Finnish literature.

In accordance with our strategy to grow digital businesses internationally,
Elisa acquired a minority share in sedApta Group, an industrial software
provider specialising in innovative IT solutions for digital supply chains and
smart manufacturing. SedApta has over 1,000 manufacturing industry customers,
increasing the global customer base for Elisa's AI, ML and SmartFactory
solutions.

Elisa is the first telecom operator in the world to receive the significant six
-star certificate in the EFQM Global Award assessment, based on our determined
work to develop quality and the customer experience.

Elisa's mission is a sustainable future through digitalisation. The essence of
our corporate responsibility is to promote a secure digital environment,
equality, ethical business, and action on climate change. For the second
consecutive year, Elisa is the most sustainable brand in the industry, according
to Finnish consumers in the Sustainable Brand Index 2021.

We will continue to focus strongly on continuous improvement of the customer
experience and quality. Increasing productivity, expanding our digital services
internationally and creating value with data, as well as our strong investment
capability, continue to lay a solid foundation for creating value competitively
in the future.

Outlook and guidance for 2021

An uncertain macroeconomic environment is still prevailing in Finland.
Competition in the Finnish telecommunications market remains keen.

Full-year revenue is estimated to be slightly higher than in 2020. Mobile data
and digital services are expected to increase revenue. Full-year comparable
EBITDA is anticipated to be at the same level or slightly higher than in 2020.
Capital expenditure is expected to be a maximum of 12 per cent of revenue.

Elisa is continuing its productivity improvement development, for example by
increasing automation and data analytics in different processes, such as
customer interactions, network operations and delivery. Additionally, Elisa’s
continuous quality improvement measures will increase customer satisfaction and
efficiency, and reduce costs.

Elisa's transformation into a provider of exciting, new and relevant services
for its customers is continuing. Long-term revenue growth and profitability
improvement will derive from growth in the mobile data market, as well as
digital online and ICT services.

Disclosure procedure

Elisa is adopting the disclosure procedure enabled by the Standard 5.2b
published by the Finnish Financial Supervision Authority. This is a summary of
Elisa’s Interim Report Q1 2021 and the complete report is attached as a pdf-file
to this release and is also available on our website at
elisa.com/investors (https://elisa.com/corporate/investors/)

ELISA CORPORATION

Additional information:

Mr Veli-Matti Mattila, CEO, tel. +358 10 262 2635
Mr Jari Kinnunen, CFO, tel. +358 10 262 9510
Mr Vesa Sahivirta, IR Director, tel. +358 50 520 5555

Distribution:

Nasdaq Helsinki
Principal media
elisa.com

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