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Tele2 Earnings Release 2013

Oct 22, 2013

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Good progress in mobile business

| INTERIM REPORT | January–September 2013

Q3 2013 HIGHLIGHTS

Stable net intake for the Group

■ Net intake was 206,000 (691,000) in the quarter, of which 263,000 (807,000) mobile customers. Net sales amounted to SEK 7,529 (7,649) million, of which mobile services represented SEK 5,481 (5,325) million, corresponding to a growth rate of 3 percent. EBITDA in Q3 2013 amounted to SEK 1,523 (1,771) million, equivalent to an EBITDA margin of 20 (23) percent. EBITDA for mobile services amounted to SEK 990 (1,115) million.

Steady operational performance in Tele2 Sweden

■ Tele2 Sweden added 60,000 (34,000) mobile customers in the quarter. Mobile net sales in Sweden contracted by 1 percent, as a result of lower smartphones sales in Q3 2013. Underlying mobile service revenue (excluding operator revenues and hardware sales) grew by 1 percent in the quarter. The mobile EBITDA contribution in the quarter was SEK 760 (828) million, equivalent to a stable EBITDA margin of 30 (33) percent.

Strong customer intake within mobile for Tele2 Netherlands

■ Tele2 Netherlands continued its marketing push within the mobile segment, accelerating its customer intake to 56,000 (51,000) customers and taking the total mobile customer base to 640,000 (423,000). Mobile net sales amounted to SEK 463 (234) million and underlying mobile service revenue grew by 74 percent in Q3 2013. In the quarter, the company secured a long-standing agreement with T-Mobile Netherlands for passive network sharing combined with an extension of the successful MVNO agreement.

Good progress in network roll-out for Tele2 Norway

Net sales Q3 2013

7,529

EBITDA Q3 2013

1,523

SEK million

SEK million

■ Tele2 Norway added 5,000 (16,000) mobile customers in the quarter. The network rollout continued full speed ahead, now covering approximately 72 percent of the population. The underlying mobile service revenue growth was 2 percent in Q3 2013.

Robust revenue growth in Tele2 Kazakhstan

■ In the quarter, Tele2 Kazakhstan introduced several measures, such as moving from a fixed dealer commission to revenue sharing schemes, in order to attract better quality customers. A short-term negative outcome of the changed commission scheme was lower gross additions in the quarter. Net intake amounted to -14,000 (589,000) and the total customer base was 3,148,000 (3,051,000) on September 30, 2013. Mobile net sales grew by 32 percent in Q3 2013 amounting to SEK 357 (270) million. Underlying mobile service revenue grew by 48 percent. Thanks to improved operational scale and lower interconnect levels, EBITDA losses were reduced to SEK -34 (-102) million.

Revised financial guidance

■ Tele2 has revised its financial guidance for 2014-2015 leading to a deviation from its earlier guidance for the years 2013-2015. As a result of the sale of Tele2 Russia and the revised guidance, dividend for 2013 is expected to be around SEK 4.40. For further information see page 4.

Q3 9M
SEK million 2013 2012 % 2013 2012 %
Net sales 7,529 7,649 –2 22,303 22,869 –2
Net sales excluding exchange rate differences 7,529 7,663 –2 22,303 22,540 –1
EBITDA 1,523 1,771 –14 4,529 4,796 –6
EBITDA excluding exchange rate differences 1,523 1,798 –15 4,529 4,767 –5
EBIT 225 341 1,606 1,399
EBIT excluding one-off items (see Note 2) 675 879 2,051 1,954
Net profit/loss –194 283 486 760
Earnings per share, after dilution (SEK) –0.43 0.63 1.09 1.70

The figures presented in this report refer to Q3 2013 and continuing operations unless otherwise stated.

The figures shown in parentheses refer to the comparable periods in 2012.

CEO comment

Last quarter I shared my thoughts about Tele2 - a challenger in a challenged industry. The trends we had already identified are intact, but they are now occurring at an accelerated pace: customers are moving from pay-as-you-go to bucket price plans sooner and faster than anticipated and pricing plans are shifting from voice to data as customers' user behaviour changes. Although we see this as a positive trend in the longer term, this causes a faster transition and leads to higher operational costs and further price pressure in the short run. For those reasons, combined with the deterioration of fixed line services, we have revised our guidance.

Despite this changing landscape, we will keep a steady course and avoid strategy flipflopping. We will continue to embrace the shift from voice to data with a sharp focus on mobile, provide easy-to-use services and grow revenue through increased usage. The underlying and enduring data usage trends are still laying the foundation for our business in the future. Likewise, we keep the same focus on our four major markets.

In Tele2 Norway, the network roll-out is going according to plan and will enable us to significantly lessen our costs and dependency on a roaming partner. The auction for technology neutral licenses is now scheduled for December and we believe that the terms and conditions of the process are fair.

In the Netherlands, crucial jigsaw pieces are in place. The strategic partnership with

T-Mobile Netherlands, according to which we will share network components and extend the MVNO agreement for 5 years, is a key milestone. The staffing of the new mobile organization is progressing full speed ahead, as industry specialists show a keen interest in joining us. Furthermore, we have now chosen our vendors.

Tele2 Kazakhstan pushes on to catch up with competitors on network reach and quality. In that respect, we have made further steps forward during the quarter and now cover 84 percent of the population. To improve the general quality of the customer base and drive churn down, Tele2 Kazakhstan modified its commission structure from a fixed dealer commission to revenue sharing schemes. The short-term effect was quite dramatic, but a change was needed to trigger healthier development.

Tele2 Sweden is making good progress in several areas of importance. The efforts to bring Comviq up to speed on the postpaid side are now bearing fruit. More and more prepaid customers upgrade to postpaid, thereby "staying within the family". The 4G movement

"Our industry is undergoing a pivotal transition which is happening faster than expected and we have to adapt even more quickly to the new conditions that characterise our environment. Because the underlying trends – and our strategy – are unchanged, I keep seeing good opportunities ahead of us."

is as strong as ever, and Tele2 Sweden is accelerating the migration of customers to data centric bucket plans and LTE enabled phones.

The Baltic region demonstrates once again the extremes of the industry. Lithuania continues to excel and dominate its market, while Estonia is struggling in an overly competitive market. The Latvian market is also tough, but our management has been able to navigate difficult waters and gain further market shares. All in all, the region remains stable.

In parallel, we will continue to invest selectively into improving our access and customer relations capabilities. Those are our key assets, at a time when customer expectations on service are constantly increasing. Customer service is a focus area

where we have a good opportunity to leapfrog ahead of competition. In that respect, customer operations continue their upward trend across our footprint. In Q3 2013, our results in terms of customer service satisfaction were better compared to the same period last year in each country. This is an encouraging trend, but we still have some distance to go until we hit World Class Performance Levels in all markets. We expect further leverage from operational upgrades that are in progress.

Our industry is undergoing a pivotal transition which is happening faster than expected and we have to adapt even more quickly to the new conditions that characterise our environment. Because the underlying trends – and our strategy – are unchanged, I keep seeing good opportunities ahead of us.

Mats Granryd, President and CEO

SIGNIFICANT EVENTS | Q3 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

■ Tele2 Netherlands and T-Mobile signed a 10-year contract on site sharing and agreed on a national 2G and 3G MVNO partnership for 5 years

■ Tele2 hosted an analyst and journalist meeting

in Amsterdam to discuss Tele2's operational development in the country with a focus on mobile

■ Elinor Skogsfors was appointed new EVP of Human Resources at Tele2 AB

■ Tele2 Netherlands announced the results of the network procurement for the 4G roll-out in the country

■ An impairment loss was recognized in Croatia amounting to SEK –454 (–250) million (see Note 2)

■ Tele2 announced changes to its revolving credit facility agreement with a syndicate of eleven banks (see Note 3)

Financial Overview

Tele2's financial performance is driven by a persistent focus on developing mobile services on own infrastructure, complemented in certain countries by fixed broadband services and businessto-business offerings. Mobile net sales, which grew compared to the same period last year, and greater efforts to develop mobile services on own infrastructure have had a positive impact on Tele2's EBITDA. The Group will concentrate on maximizing the return from fixed-line operations, as their customer base continues to decline.

Net customer intake amounted to 206,000 (691,000) in Q3 2013. The customer intake in mobile services amounted to 263,000 (807,000). This development was mainly driven by a good customer intake in Tele2 Sweden, Tele2 Netherlands, Tele2 Lithuania and Tele2 Croatia whose customer bases grew by 60,000 (34,000), 56,000 (51,000), 54,000 (38,000) and 50,000 (33,000) customers respectively. The fixed broadband customer base decreased by –18,000 (-16,000) customers in Q3 2013, primarily attributable to Tele2's operations in the Netherlands. As expected, the number of fixed telephony customers fell in Q3 2013. On September 30, 2013 the total customer base amounted to 15,349,000 (15,328,000).

Net sales in Q3 2013 amounted to SEK 7,529 (7,649) million. The net sales development was mainly a result of sustained performance in mobile services, with a growth of 3 percent compared to the same period last year, and negative net sales development within consumer fixed broadband and fixed telephony.

EBITDA in Q3 2013 amounted to SEK 1,523 (1,771) million, equivalent to an EBITDA margin of 20 (23) percent. The EBITDA development was affected by expansion costs in the mobile segment, tougher competition in the fixed broadband segment and a decreasing fixed telephony customer base.

EBIT in Q3 2013 amounted to SEK 675 (879) million excluding oneoff items. Including one-off items, EBIT amounted to SEK 225 (341) million. The EBIT development was negatively impacted by the impairment of Tele2 Croatia amounting to SEK -454 (-250) million (Note 2).

Profit before tax in Q3 2013 amounted to SEK 40 (245) million.

Net profit/loss in Q3 2013 amounted to SEK -194 (283) million. Reported tax for Q3 2013 amounted to SEK -234 (38) million. Tax payment affecting cash flow amounted to SEK -31 (-178) million.

Cash flow after CAPEX in Q3 2013 amounted to SEK 495 (1,702 including Tele2 Russia) million mainly affected by mobile network rollouts in Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway and Kazakhstan.

CAPEX in Q3 2013 amounted to SEK 954 (868) million, driven principally by further network expansion in Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway and Kazakhstan.

Net debt amounted to SEK 8,346 (15,988) million on September 30, 2013, or 1.40 times 12-month rolling EBITDA. Tele2's available liquidity amounted to SEK 12,213 (11,855) million (see Note 3 for further information on financial debt).

EBITDA/EBITDA margin

Net sales

Financial Guidance 2013

Tele2's objective is to maintain a healthy balance between growth regions and more mature markets and to be an established actor in Europe and Eurasia. Tele2's core markets should be characterized in the longer term by:

  • The capability to reach a top 2 position in terms of customer market share in an individual country.
  • A mobile operation based on own infrastructure should return at least 35 percent EBITDA margin excluding equipment sales.
  • All operations in the Group should have at least 20 percent return on capital employed (ROCE).

Revised longer term financial guidance

Over the last six months the trends that Tele2 have identified are occurring at an accelerated pace. Customers are moving from pay-as-you-go tariffs to bucket price plans faster than sooner anticipated and their focus is shifting from voice to data, as user behaviour changes. In the long term this is a positive development as it will enable operators to charge for data specifically. In the medium term, however, this will lead to higher operational costs and further price pressure since Tele2 will have to spend more time and effort into moving its customers to the next generation of mobile services. As a result of those trends and the deterioration of fixed line services, Tele2's forecast will be lowered for 2014-2015 leading to a deviation from its earlier provided guidance for the years 2013-2015.

Tele2's revised guidance is as follows:

  • Tele2 expects to reach a total revenue in year 2015 of between SEK 32.5 - 33.5 (earlier at least 35.6) billion for the Group.
  • Tele2 expects to reach an EBITDA in year 2015 of between SEK 6.7 - 7.3 (earlier at least 8.3) billion for the Group.
  • Each operation in the Group should return at least 20 percent on capital employed (ROCE) over the long term.
  • Positive operational development over the next 3 years will be predominantly driven by a strong mobile development in Sweden, the Netherlands, Norway and Kazakhstan.
  • As a result of the sale of Tele2 Russia and the current guidance, dividend for 2013 is recommended to be around SEK 4.40 per share.

Tele2 is highly committed to its challenger strategy: embracing the shift from voice to data, providing easy-to-use services and growing revenue through increased usage. All activities driven by the company are aiming at further strengthening its market position through this strategy. Tele2 will continue to invest selectively in improving its access and customer relations capabilities. The company will keep focusing on balancing revenue growth with margins.

47%
Share of Group
based on net sales
18%
Share of Group
based on net sales
8%
Share of Group
based on net sales
6%
Share of Group
based on net sales
SEK million Group1) Sweden Norway Netherlands Kazakhstan
Net sales 10,100 to 10,300 3,900 to 4,000
(earlier 4,200 to 4,300)
1,600 to 1,700 1,350 to1,450
(earlier 1,450 to1,550)
EBITDA 2,900 to 3,100 80 to 90 (earlier 70 to 80) –50 to –75 –100 to –200
Cash flow Capex 5,700 2) 900 to 1,000
excluding license costs
1,500 to 1,700
(earlier 2,000 to 2,5002))
550 to 650
Other The tax payment will
affect cash flow by approx
imately SEK –250 million.
The mobile operations
should reach EBITDA
break-even 3 years after
the commercial launch of
4G/LTE services.
Tele2 expects to reach a
long-term mobile customer
market share of 30 percent.
EBITDA break-even is
expected during Q4 2013.

Tele2's mobile operations The following assumptions should be taken into account when estimating the 2013 results:

1) Total operations.

2) Whereof licences in the Netherlands for 4G/LTE SEK 1,400 million.

Shareholder remuneration

Tele2 will seek to pay a progressive ordinary dividend of 50 percent or more of net income excluding one-off items. Extraordinary dividends and the authority to purchase Tele2's own shares will be sought when the anticipated total return to shareholders is deemed to be greater than the achievable returns from the deployment of the capital within the Group's operations or the acquisition of assets within Tele2's economic requirements.

Balance sheet

Tele2 has a target net debt to EBITDA ratio of between 1.25 and 1.75 times over the medium term. The Group's longer term financial leverage should be in line with the industry and the markets in which it operates, and reflect the status of its operations, future strategic opportunities and contingent liabilities.

Financial summary

SEK million Note Q3 2013 Q3 2012 9M 2013 9M 2012 FY 2012
Mobile1)
Net customer intake (thousands) 263 807 1,031 2,148 2,492
Net sales 5,481 5,325 15,949 15,388 20,920
EBITDA 990 1,115 2,903 2,854 3,687
EBIT 425 517 1,267 908 1,173
CAPEX 6 652 610 3,127 1,760 2,570
Fixed broadband1)
Net customer intake (thousands) –18 –16 –64 –45 –69
Net sales 1,227 1,326 3,786 4,220 5,566
EBITDA 291 346 881 1,036 1,357
EBIT 74 129 229 354 450
CAPEX 148 130 400 449 584
Fixed telephony1)
Net customer intake (thousands) –39 –100 –220 –339 –541
Net sales 528 674 1,694 2,203 2,865
EBITDA 168 250 527 754 966
EBIT 150 221 463 673 857
CAPEX 24 10 52 31 45
Total
Net customer intake (thousands) 206 691 747 1,764 1,882
Net sales 7,529 7,649 22,303 22,869 30,742
EBITDA 1,523 1,771 4,529 4,796 6,240
EBIT 2) 2 675 879 2,051 1,954 2,533
CAPEX 6 954 868 3,989 2,639 3,746
EBT 40 245 1,154 1,041 1,422
Net profit –194 283 486 760 976
Cash flow from operating activities,
continued operations 1,357 1,771 3,570 3,957 4,967
Cash flow from operating activities, total operations 1,357 2,778 4,293 6,864 8,679
Cash flow after CAPEX, continued operations 6 495 1,102 –342 1,785 1,684
Cash flow after CAPEX, total operations 495 1,702 65 3,541 4,070

1) Excluding one-off items (see section EBIT on page 19).

2) Total EBIT includes result from sale of operations and other one-off items stated under the segment reporting section of EBIT (page 20).

Sweden 41% Latvia 3%
Netherlands 18% Estonia 2%
Norway 14% Austria 4%
Kazakhstan 5% Germany 3%
Croatia 5% Other 1%
Lithuania 4%

Overview by country

NET SALES LESS EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS

Total 7,529 7,649 –2% 22,303 22,869 –2%
FX effects –14 329 –1%
operations 7,529 7,663 –2% 22,303 22,540 –1%
Continued
Other 38 70 –46% 113 256 –56%
Germany 213 230 –7% 641 708 –9%
Austria 313 332 –6% 938 1,002 –6%
Estonia 182 231 –21% 502 647 –22%
Latvia 230 268 –14% 685 741 –8%
Lithuania 334 311 7% 953 885 8%
Croatia 372 362 3% 1,001 940 6%
Kazakhstan 357 255 40% 979 622 57%
Norway 1,029 1,133 –9% 3,131 3,401 –8%
Netherlands 1,383 1,282 8% 4,063 3,869 5%
Sweden 3,078 3,189 –3% 9,297 9,469 –2%
Q3 Q3* Growth YTD YTD* Growth
2013 2012 2013 2012

* Adjusted for fluctuations in exchange rates.

Sweden

Mobile In Q3 2013, mobile net sales amounted to SEK 2,506 (2,522) million. The underlying mobile service revenue growth was 1 percent. Total customer base was 3,803,000 (3,795,000) and the EBITDA contribution reached SEK 760 (828) million in the quarter.

The postpaid segment was characterized by increased activity in consumer pricing compared to the previous quarter. Bucket price plans continued to gain ground in the market. During the quarter, the underlying trend of shifting from pre- to postpaid stabilised as bucket pricing overall contributed to reducing the difference between pre- and postpaid. The smartphone installed base in the postpaid segment reached 83 percent at the end of the quarter. The share of 4G enabled handsets sold was 81 percent, confirming the demand of high speed data, and a campaign focusing on the move from 3G to 4G was released to strengthen this trend. The product "extra-sim" was launched in order to make it easier for customers to use their bucket subscriptions on more than one device.

The introduction of Real Time Rating during Q3 2013 enabled Tele2 Sweden to further develop the purchase experience and to capture new revenue streams based on the increase of data consumption. In September 2013, 58 percent of the customers who reached their limits purchased extra data buckets.

The Comviq brand kept rolling out its distribution concept together with Reitan Convenience nationwide, which was well received by customers and will enable sales to a wider audience. Tele2 Sweden also opened its 54th Tele2 Store, further strengthening the presence of the Tele2 brand in the Swedish market.

Tele2 Sweden continued to leverage on the combined 2G and 4G networks in the joint venture Net4Mobililty, which covers 99 percent of the population and is the most extensive 4G network in the country. During the quarter, Tele2 Sweden continued the roll-out of both LTE800 and LTE1800, which will further strengthen the network in terms of 4G capacity and coverage.

In the business segment, Tele2 Sweden saw healthy growth, mainly driven by Cloud PBX solutions, both in the SME and the large enterprise segments. In general, however, the Swedish market showed slow customer movements compared to the same period last year.

EBITDA LESS EXCHANGE RATE FLUCTUATIONS

2013 2012 2013 2012
Q3 Q3* Growth YTD YTD* Growth
Sweden 900 966 –7% 2,590 2,506 3%
Netherlands 271 399 –32% 909 1,170 –22%
Norway 55 107 –49% 138 221 –38%
Kazakhstan –34 –97 65% –131 –285 54%
Croatia 48 34 41% 73 51 43%
Lithuania 109 110 –1% 359 339 6%
Latvia 72 92 –22% 220 263 –16%
Estonia 43 62 –31% 124 180 –31%
Austria 77 97 –21% 243 251 –3%
Germany 18 70 –74% 106 234 –55%
Other –36 –42 14% –102 –163 37%
Continued
operations 1,523 1,798 –15% 4,529 4,767 –5%
FX effects –27 1% 29 –1%
Total 1,523 1,771 –14% 4,529 4,796 –6%

Fixed broadband The fixed broadband customer base had a stable development in Q3 2013. The EBITDA contribution in the quarter was SEK 49 (35) million.

Fixed telephony The EBITDA contribution in the quarter amounted to SEK 61 (89) million. Tele2 Sweden saw, as expected, a continued decrease in demand for fixed telephony as a consequence of the increased demand for mobile bucket price plans.

The Netherlands

In Q3 2013, Tele2 Netherlands reached various important milestones on its path to becoming a 4G-only mobile network operator. The company secured a long-standing agreement with T-Mobile Netherlands for passive network sharing combined with an extension of the successful MVNO agreement. During the quarter, Tele2 Netherlands maintained its high mobile intake. In the business segment, one of the largest Dutch banks signed a long-term contract with the company for fixed broadband access.

Mobile In Q3 2013, Tele2 Netherlands pursued its mobile growth and delivered a net sales of SEK 463 (234). The quarter showed a continuous trend of customers preferring postpaid over prepaid subscriptions. With a net intake of 56,000 (51,000) customers the company strengthened its position as the largest independent MVNO in the Dutch market. In September, Tele2 Netherlands started to distribute 4G ready SIMs to new customers, preparing their future migration to the company's own mobile network. As a result of further marketing push, EBITDA amounted to SEK -22 (5) million.

MNO project The choice of a 4G-only network roll-out is unique in the world. It provides Tele2 Netherlands with a legacy-free and future-proof mobile network. Q3 2013 saw several highlights in Tele2 Netherlands' MNO project. Not only did Tele2 Netherlands announce its choice for NSN (RAN), Huawei (Core) and Mavenir Systems (IMS/Voice over LTE platform) as the main three network vendors, but the company also secured a ten-year passive network sharing agreement with T-Mobile. This means that Tele2 Netherlands can use the antenna locations of T-Mobile throughout the

Netherlands, guaranteeing the possibility of efficiently rolling out a nationwide 4G network.

Fixed Broadband The initial investment of Tele2 Netherlands in several FttH (Fibre to the Home) projects and the expansion of the VDSL footprint enabled the company to be more competitive in the residential market, offering clients higher speeds. However, continued strong competition resulted in both further customer losses and lower ARPU in Q3 2013.

The mobile network roll-out also created an important synergy with the company's fixed operations. While expanding its own fiber backhaul to the new antenna sites, Tele2 Netherlands will also enlarge its fiber footprint by connecting to city fiber distribution points.

In the business market Tele2 added important new customers, amongst which ABN-AMRO, one of the Dutch leading banks.

Norway

Mobile Tele2 Norway had a net intake of 5,000 (16,000) in the quarter, leading to a total customer base of 1,126,000 (1,121,000).

In Q3 2013, Tele2 Norway reported net sales of SEK 974 (1,117) million. The decrease was mainly due to the reduction of termination rates affecting net sales negatively with SEK -125 million. Adjusted for this, the underlying mobile service revenue was up 2 percent in the quarter.

Tele2 Norway reached an EBITDA contribution of SEK 49 (101) million in Q3 2013, equalling an EBITDA margin of 5 (9) percent. The EBITDA margin was negatively impacted by lower termination rates, partly counteracted by lower national roaming costs as a higher share of traffic is produced in Tele2 Norway's own net.

Sales campaigns for all brands focused on bucket plans including "all you can eat" voice and SMS subscriptions. All brands aimed to increase the share of fixed fee subscriptions in order to secure revenue streams. At the end of the quarter 75 percent of Tele2's and One Call's customers had fixed fee subscriptions.

Along with bucket pricing and fixed fee subscriptions one of the key customer trends in Norway is a very high smartphone penetration driving the demand for more data included in the buckets. "All you can eat" voice and SMS subscriptions lead to less price differentials and more transparency in end-user prices. Tele2 Norway believes that customer service will be an important factor of differentiation in the future and in Q3 2013 the company reached worldclass customer service according to international benchmarks of customer satisfaction.

Traffic volume steadily increased to Tele2 Norway's own network during the quarter and the network roll-out continued to progress according to plan, covering 72 percent of the population at the end of Q3 2013. The 4G/LTE upgrade is on-going with a primary focus on the largest cities and urban areas. Tele2 is currently roaming with two partners in Norway. Both contracts expire in 2014, and negotiations aimed at selecting one roaming partner started during the quarter.

The framework for the upcoming 4G/LTE frequency auction was announced in August, and the frequencies will most likely be available from the 1st of January 2014. The licenses will be valid until December 2033.

Fixed telephony Fixed telephony showed a stable development of net sales and profitability during Q3 2013. Fixed telephony had an EBITDA contribution of SEK 4 (11) million in the quarter. Tele2 Norway reported an EBITDA margin of 8 (17) percent in Q3 2013.

Kazakhstan

Mobile In Q3 2013, Tele2 Kazakhstan continued to focus on revenue growth and on improving the quality of its customer base. Revenue market share reached 9 (6) percent at the end of the quarter.

Net sales amounted to SEK 357 (270) million, growing by 32 percent compared to the same period last year. The underlying mobile service revenue increased by 48 percent in the quarter.

Tele2 Kazakhstan had a net intake of -14,000 (589,000). The negative net intake in Q3 2013 was due to continued higher churn. In the quarter Tele2 Kazakhstan introduced several measures, such as moving from a fixed dealer commission to revenue sharing schemes, in order to attract better quality customers. A short-term negative outcome of the changed commission scheme was lower gross additions in the quarter.

The gross margin development saw further improvement in the quarter compared to the same period last year thanks to a better interconnect environment and data revenue growth. The company will keep working towards getting more competitive interconnect levels in the country to lay the foundation for even more attractively priced offerings in the market.

Tele2 Kazakhstan continued its rapid network extension in Q3 2013. During the quarter the number of base stations increased by more than 150, reaching a total population coverage of 84 percent. Tele2 Kazakhstan focused on expanding network coverage and improving network quality in all regions of the country.

Additionally, Tele2 Kazakhstan launched 7 new stores providing a full range of customer services.

Croatia

Mobile Tele2 Croatia, recognised by customers as the best value operator in the market, continued to focus on profitable growth and on strengthening its market position during the quarter.

Driven by strong marketing campaigns in the postpaid segment as well as a good tourist season, Tele2 Croatia delivered further growth in terms of net intake in Q3 2013, continuously augmenting its customer base.

Tele2 Croatia ended the quarter with a net intake of 50.000 (33,000) customers and net sales increased by 4 percent to SEK 372 (357) million compared to Q3 2012. EBITDA development improving steadily in the quarter and amounted to SEK 48 (34) million. Despite that, an impairment loss was recognized in Croatia amounting to SEK -454 (-250) million (see Note 2).

Lithuania

Mobile Tele2 Lithuania showed good performance during Q3 2013. Despite fierce competition, Tele2 Lithuania further strengthened its market leadership position by adding 54,000 (38,000) new customers during the quarter, handling the prepaid to postpaid migration efficiently.

Net sales increased by 10 percent to SEK 334 (303) million compared to the same period last year due to improved customer intake and better customer base management, despite the negative impact derived from lower interconnect rates.

In Q3 2013, Tele2 Lithuania had a healthy EBITDA margin of 33 (35) percent, as a result of successful acquisition and retention management, leading to low churn rates.

The company was able to further enhance its quality perception, reaching the best score of 70 percent among the other mobile operators in August 2013.

Due to intensified price pressure from competition, Tele2 Lithuania will focus on further improving its retention activities. Furthermore, the company will continue to aggressively grow its market share in the business segment, benefiting from general price sensitivity among private companies and state-owned organizations.

Tele2 Lithuania successfully upgraded 65 percent of its network through a network swap of old equipment. The rest of the network will be upgraded by the end of Q1 2014. The upgrade will then enable Tele2 Lithuania to provide all possible network services including 2G, 3G and 4G.

Latvia

Mobile Tele2 Latvia showed stabilizing financial performance during Q3 2013. Despite fierce competition, Tele2 Latvia further strengthened its market leadership position by adding 24,000 (21,000) new customers year on year, also handling the prepaid to postpaid migration efficiently.

In Q3 2013, the EBITDA margin amounted to 31 (34) percent, affected by continuous strong competition in the market.

Tele2 Latvia launched several services unique on the Latvian market - music streaming, credit check, software protection and others to ensure future revenue growth and customer satisfaction. During the quarter Tele2 Latvia also deployed new best-in-class customer care solutions.

Tele2 Latvia successfully upgraded 95 percent of its network through a network swap of old equipment. The remaining part of the network will be upgraded by the end of the year. By running an advanced mobile technology platform, Tele2 Latvia will be able to provide all possible services including 2G, 3G and 4G in the country.

The company will continue to keep its active position in the market while maintaining its focus on efficiency, customer satisfaction and future development, and ensuring a smooth transition to the euro currency as of 2014.

Estonia

Mobile Tele2 Estonia showed satisfactory financial performance during Q3 2013 under very difficult market conditions.

Net sales increased by 10 percent to SEK 163 million compared to SEK 148 in Q2 2013, as Tele2 Estonia carried out price changes for both data and voice services. As an example, Internet pricing without data bucket was modified from price per MB to price per day. Those changes were well received in the market.

The mobile customer base grew by 7,000 customers (11,000) due to better customer base management, and despite the negative impact derived from mobile number portability results.

As a consequence, Tele2 Estonia sequentially improved its EBITDA by 18 percent compared to Q2 2013.

Tele2 Estonia is participating in the auction for three licenses in the 800 MHz bandwidth. The process is expected to be finalized by the end of this year or at the beginning of 2014.

Tele2 Estonia successfully upgraded the first part of its network through a network swap of old equipment. The rest of the network will be upgraded by the end of Q2 2014. The upgrade will then enable Tele2 Estonia to provide all possible network services including 2G, 3G and 4G to Estonian customers.

Austria

Tele2 Austria showed sequentially stable EBITDA in Q3 2013 due to net sales in line with expectations and consistent cost management. The company will maintain its efforts to find alternatives for growth within the field, for instance, of convergent solutions for mobile and fixed in the business segment.

Tele2 Austria continued to work on improving customer satisfaction, with an average result of 85 percent in the quarter.

Fixed broadband The up-selling to higher bandwidths products in different channels continued with good conversion rates. In addition to the retention campaigns this contributed to securing a customer base and net sales higher than forecasted.

Fixed telephony Successful up- and cross-selling campaigns to higher ARPU products drove good performance in the quarter.

Germany

In Q3 2013, Tele2 Germany showed stabilizing results in the fixed and broadband segments. Furthermore, Tele2 Germany showed a stronger performance in the acquisition of new mobile customers, supporting its transition from a fixed centric to a fixed and mobile service provider.

Mobile During the quarter, the expansion of the mobile product portfolio and the roll-out of sales channels and activities catered to the important demand of mobile voice-only users as well as the increasing demand of smartphone users. As a consequence, the mobile customer base showed an accelerated growth throughout the quarter.

Net sales grew by 58 percent to SEK 82 (52) million. EBITDA amounted to SEK -25 (2) million, impacted by marketing expenses related to the launch of the new mobile initiative.

Fixed Broadband The fixed broadband segment continued to achieve a better-than-planned customer base development. Thus Tele2 Germany managed to maintain a financial performance above expectations, which was mainly driven by the strong profitability of the ADSL wholesale customers.

Fixed Telephony The general decline of the fixed market in Germany persisted in Q3 2013.

Nevertheless, Tele2 Germany was able to keep high levels of cash flow in that segment. The trend of fixed telephony customers migrating to higher ARPU fixed-via-mobile products also continued throughout the quarter.

Other Items

Risks and uncertainty factors

Tele2's operations are affected by a number of external factors. The risk factors considered to be most significant to Tele2's future development are operating risks, such as the availability of frequencies and telecom licences, operations in Kazakhstan, network sharing with other parties, integration of new business models, destructive price competition, changes in regulatory legislation, and financial risks such as currency risk, interest risk, liquidity risk and credit risk. In addition to the risks described in Tele2's annual report for 2012 (see Directors' report and Note 2 of the report for a detailed description of Tele2's risk exposure and risk management), no additional significant risks are estimated to have developed.

COMPANY DISCLOSURE

Tele2 AB (publ) Annual General Meeting 2014

The 2014 Annual General Meeting will be held on May 13, 2014 in Stockholm. Shareholders wishing to have a matter considered at the Annual General Meeting should submit their proposals in writing to [email protected] or to the Company Secretary, Tele2 AB (publ), P.O. Box 62, SE-164 94 Kista, Sweden, at least seven weeks before the Annual General Meeting for the proposal to be included in the notice to the meeting. Further details on how and when to register will be published in advance of the Annual General Meeting.

Nomination committee for the 2014 Annual General Meeting

In accordance with the resolution of the 2013 Annual General Meeting, Cristina Stenbeck has convened a Nomination Committee consisting of members appointed by the largest shareholders in

Tele2 (wishing to appoint a member). The Nomination Committee is comprised of Cristina Stenbeck appointed by Investment AB Kinnevik; Åsa Nisell appointed by Swedbank Robur funds; Hans Ek appointed by SEB Investment Management. The members of the Committee will appoint the Committee Chairman at their first meeting. Information about the work of the Nomination Committee can be found on Tele2's corporate website at www.tele2.com. Shareholders wishing to propose candidates for election to the Board of Directors of Tele2 AB (publ) should submit their proposal in writing to [email protected] or to the Company Secretary, Tele2 AB (publ), P.O. Box 62, SE 164 94 Kista, Sweden.

Other

Tele2 will release the financial and operating results for the period ending December 31, 2013 on February 7, 2014.

Stockholm, October 22, 2013

Tele2 AB

Mats Granryd President and CEO

Review Report

This interim report has not been subject to review by the Company's auditors.

Q3 2013 PRESENTATION

Tele2 will host a presentation - with the possibility to join through a conference call – for the global financial community at 10:00 am CEST (09:00 am BST/04:00 am EDT) on Tuesday, October 22, 2013. The presentation will be held in English and also made available as an audiocast on Tele2's dedicated Q3 2013 website, http://reports.tele2.com/2013/Q3.

Dial-in information

To ensure that you are connected to the conference call, please dial in a few minutes before the start of the conference call to register your attendance.

Dial-in numbers

Sweden: +46 8 505 564 74 UK: +44 203 364 5374 US: +1 855 753 2230

CONTACTS

Mats Granryd President & CEO Telephone: +46 (0)8 562 000 60

Lars Nilsson CFO Telephone: +46 (0)8 562 000 60

Lars Torstensson EVP, Group Corporate Communication Telephone: + 46 (0)8 5620 0042

Tele2 AB

Company registration nr: 556410-8917 Skeppsbron 18 P.O. Box 2094 SE-103 13 Stockholm Sweden Tel + 46 (0)8 562 000 60 www.tele2.com

VISIT OUR WEBSITE: www.tele2.com

APPENDICES

Income statement Comprehensive income Change in equity Balance sheet Cash flow statement Number of customers Net sales Internal sales EBITDA EBIT CAPEX Key ratios Parent company Notes

TELE2 IS ONE OF EUROPE'S FASTEST GROWING TELECOM OPERATORS, ALWAYS PROVIDING CUSTOMERS WITH WHAT THEY NEED FOR LESS.

We have 15 million customers in 10 countries. Tele2 offers mobile services, fixed broadband and fixed telephony, data network services, cable TV and content services. Ever since Jan Stenbeck founded the company in 1993, it has been a tough challenger to the former government monopolies and other established providers. Tele2 has been listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm since 1996. In 2012, we had net sales of SEK 31 billion and reported an operating profit (EBITDA) of SEK 6 billion.

Income statement

SEK million Note 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Full year
2013
Q3
2012
Q3
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Net sales 22,303 22,869 30,742 7,529 7,649
Cost of services sold 2 –13,941 –14,309 –19,159 –4,995 –4,786
Gross profit 8,362 8,560 11,583 2,534 2,863
Selling expenses 2 –4,887 –4,875 –6,554 –1,674 –1,563
Administrative expenses 2 –1,936 –2,361 –3,144 –652 –962
Result from shares in associated companies –14 –3 –7 –3 –4
Other operating income 145 150 190 42 40
Other operating expenses –64 –72 –93 –22 –33
Operating profit, EBIT 1,606 1,399 1,975 225 341
Interest income/costs 3 –301 –374 –494 –123 –130
Other financial items 4 –151 16 –59 –62 34
Profit after financial items, EBT 1,154 1,041 1,422 40 245
Income tax 5 –668 –281 –446 –234 38
NET PROFIT/LOSS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS 486 760 976 –194 283
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Net profit from discontinued operations 10 13,935 1,939 2,288 23 697
NET PROFIT/LOSS 14,421 2,699 3,264 –171 980
ATTRIBUTABLE TO
Equity holders of the parent company 14,421 2,699 3,264 –171 980
Earnings per share (SEK) 9 32.40 6.07 7.34 –0.39 2.20
Earnings per share, after dilution (SEK) 9 32.19 6.04 7.30 –0.40 2.19
FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS
ATTRIBUTABLE TO
Equity holders of the parent company 486 760 976 –194 283
Earnings per share (SEK) 9 1.10 1.71 2.20 –0.42 0.64
Earnings per share, after dilution (SEK) 9 1.09 1.70 2.18 –0.43 0.63

Comprehensive income

SEK million Note 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Full year
2013
Q3
2012
Q3
Net profit/loss 14,421 2,699 3,264 –171 980
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
Components not to be reclassified to net profit/loss
Pensions, actuarial gains/losses 8 –49 8
Pensions, actuarial gains/losses, tax effect –2 8 –2
Total components not to be reclassified to net profit/loss 6 –41 6
Components that may be reclassified to net profit/loss
Exchange rate differences –96 –584 –358 –271 –487
Exchange rate differences, tax effect 5 –44 –891 1,857 30 –527
Reversed cumulative exchange rate differences
from divested companies
10 1,717 16 16 –17
Cash flow hedges 92 –28 –37 8 –47
Cash flow hedges, tax effect –20 7 1 –2 12
Total components that may be reclassified to net profit/loss 1,649 –1,480 1,479 –252 –1,049
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax 1,655 –1,480 1,438 –246 –1,049
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD 16,076 1,219 4,702 –417 –69
ATTRIBUTABLE TO
Equity holders of the parent company 16,076 1,219 4,702 –417 –69

Change in equity

Sep 30, 2013 Sep 30, 2012 Dec 31, 2012
Attributable to Attributable to Attributable to
SEK million Note equity
holders of
the parent
company
non
controlling
interests
Total
equity
equity
holders of
the parent
company
non
controlling
interests
Total
equity
equity
holders of
the parent
company
non
controlling
interests
Total
equity
Equity, January 1 20,426 3 20,429 21,449 3 21,452 21,449 3 21,452
Net profit for the period 14,421 14,421 2,699 2,699 3,264 3,264
Other comprehensive income
for the period, net of tax
1,655 1,655 –1,480 –1,480 1,438 1,438
Total comprehensive income
for the period
16,076 16,076 1,219 1,219 4,702 4,702
Other changes in equity
Share-based payments 9 7 7 34 34 50 50
Share-based payments,
tax effect
9 10 10
Sale of own shares 9 6 6 6 6
Dividends 9 –3,163 –3,163 –5,781 –5,781 –5,781 –5,781
Redemption of shares 9 –12,474 –12,474
Purchase of non-controlling
interests
9 –1 –1
EQUITY, END OF PERIOD 20,882 2 20,884 16,927 3 16,930 20,426 3 20,429

Balance sheet

SEK million
Note
Sep 30, 2013 Sep 30, 2012 Dec 31, 2012
ASSETS
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
Goodwill
2
9,329 10,012 10,174
Other intangible assets
2
5,097 5,417 5,540
Intangible assets 14,426 15,429 15,714
Tangible assets
2
11,497 17,636 18,079
Financial assets
3
103 92 105
Deferred tax assets
5
3,012 2,498 4,263
NON-CURRENT ASSETS 29,038 35,655 38,161
CURRENT ASSETS
Inventories 339 414 473
Current receivables 7,969 8,519 8,823
Current investments 50 54 59
Cash and cash equivalents
8
1,024 632 1,673
CURRENT ASSETS 9,382 9,619 11,028
ASSETS 38,420 45,274 49,189
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
EQUITY
Attributable to equity holders of the parent company 20,882 16,927 20,426
Non-controlling interests 2 3 3
9
EQUITY
20,884 16,930 20,429
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
Interest-bearing liabilities
3
6,158 12,132 13,240
Non-interest-bearing liabilities
5
563 1,717 933
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 6,721 13,849 14,173
CURRENT LIABILITIES
Interest-bearing liabilities
3
3,280 4,560 4,272
Non-interest-bearing liabilities 7,535 9,935 10,315
CURRENT LIABILITIES 10,815 14,495 14,587
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 38,420 45,274 49,189

Cash flow statement

(Total operations)

SEK million Note 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Full year
2013
Q3
2013
Q2
2013
Q1
2012
Q4
2012
Q3
2012
Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Operating profit
2 15,753 4,129 5,653 248 13,926 1,579 1,524 1,317 1,429
Adjustments for non-cash items
in operating profit –10,032 3,917 5,071 1,286 –12,426 1,108 1,154 1,414 1,300
Financial items paid –314 –235 –598 –132 –69 –113 –363 –6 –170
Taxes paid –370 –492 –989 –31 –7 –332 –497 –178 –112
Cash flow from operations
before changes in working capital
5,037 7,319 9,137 1,371 1,424 2,242 1,818 2,547 2,447
Changes in working capital –744 –455 –458 –14 –63 –667 –3 231 –257
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES 4,293 6,864 8,679 1,357 1,361 1,575 1,815 2,778 2,190
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital expenditure in intangible
and tangible assets, CAPEX 6 –4,228 –3,323 –4,609 –862 –905 –2,461 –1,286 –1,076 –1,417
Cash flow after CAPEX 65 3,541 4,070 495 456 –886 529 1,702 773
Acquisition and sale of shares
and participations 10 17,232 –230 –246 –52 17,392 –108 –16 1 –7
Other financial assets 13 30 31 1 8 4 1 2 2
Cash flow from investing activities 13,017 –3,523 –4,824 –913 16,495 –2,565 –1,301 –1,073 –1,422
CASH FLOW AFTER INVESTING ACTIVITIES 17,310 3,341 3,855 444 17,856 –990 514 1,705 768
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Change of loans, net 3 –2,264 1,987 2,498 –159 –1,876 –229 511 –2,256 5,594
Dividends 9 –3,163 –5,781 –5,781 –3,163 –5,781
Redemption of shares 9 –12,474 –12,474
Other financing activities 9 –94 6 6 –94 2
Cash flow from financing activities –17,995 –3,788 –3,277 –159 –17,513 –323 511 –2,256 –185
NET CHANGE IN CASH AND
CASH EQUIVALENTS
–685 –447 578 285 343 –1,313 1,025 –551 583
Cash and cash equivalents
at beginning of period 1,673 1,026 1,026 740 386 1,673 632 1,147 546
Exchange rate differences in cash
and cash equivalents 36 53 69 –1 11 26 16 36 18
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
AT END OF THE PERIOD
8 1,024 632 1,673 1,024 740 386 1,673 632 1,147

Number of customers

Number of customers Net intake
2013 2012
2013 2012 Jan 1– Jan 1– 2012 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012
by thousands Note Sep 30 Sep 30 Sep 30 Sep 30 Full year Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2
Sweden
Mobile 3,803 3,795 46 71 33 60 20 –34 –38 34 58
Fixed broadband 472 486 –12 12 10 –2 3 –13 –2 3 4
Fixed telephony 1 289 454 –52 –90 –203 –15 –16 –21 –113 –27 –29
4,564 4,735 –18 –7 –160 43 7 –68 –153 10 33
Netherlands
Mobile 640 423 162 96 151 56 49 57 55 51 32
Fixed broadband 385 438 –36 –37 –54 –12 –10 –14 –17 –13 –6
Fixed telephony 114 149 –27 –33 –41 –6 –10 –11 –8 –8 –12
1,139 1,010 99 26 56 38 29 32 30 30 14
Norway
Mobile 1 1,126 1,121 23 55 70 5 22 –4 15 16 23
Fixed telephony 70 84 –11 –8 –11 –3 –4 –4 –3 –2 –3
1,196 1,205 12 47 59 2 18 –8 12 14 20
Kazakhstan
Mobile 1 3,148 3,051 547 1,680 2,041 –14 309 252 361 589 759
3,148 3,051 547 1,680 2,041 –14 309 252 361 589 759
Croatia
Mobile 839 798 85 88 44 50 13 22 –44 33 43
839 798 85 88 44 50 13 22 –44 33 43
Lithuania
Mobile 1,865 1,788 82 67 62 54 16 12 –5 38 20
Fixed telephony –2 –2 –2
1,865 1,788 82 65 60 54 16 12 –5 36 20
Latvia
Mobile 1,075 1,042 32 23 24 24 11 –3 1 21 11
1,075 1,042 32 23 24 24 11 –3 1 21 11
Estonia
Mobile 514 520 8 16 2 7 2 –1 –14 11 3
Fixed telephony 4 5 –1 –3 –3 –1 –1
518 525 7 13 –1 7 1 –1 –14 11 2
Austria
Fixed broadband 120 129 –7 –5 –7 –2 –2 –3 –2 –1 –2
Fixed telephony 173 196 –18 –35 –40 –5 –6 –7 –5 –7 –9
293 325 –25 –40 –47 –7 –8 –10 –7 –8 –11
Germany
Mobile 156 97 46 52 65 21 13 12 13 14 17
Fixed broadband 73 85 –9 –15 –18 –2 –3 –4 –3 –5 –3
Fixed telephony 483 667 –111 –168 –241 –10 –76 –25 –73 –54 –87
712 849 –74 –131 –194 9 –66 –17 –63 –45 –73
TOTAL
Mobile 13,166 12,635 1,031 2,148 2,492 263 455 313 344 807 966
Fixed broadband 1,050 1,138 –64 –45 –69 –18 –12 –34 –24 –16 –7
Fixed telephony 1,133 1,555 –220 –339 –541 –39 –113 –68 –202 –100 –141
TOTAL NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS
AND NET INTAKE 15,349 15,328 747 1,764 1,882 206 330 211 118 691 818
Acquired companies 10 14 14
Changed method of calculation 1 –844 –844
TOTAL NUMBER OF CUSTOMERS
AND NET CHANGE 15,349 15,328 –97 1,778 1,896 206 –514 211 118 691 818

Net sales

SEK million 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Full year
2013
Q3
2013
Q2
2013
Q1
2012
Q4
2012
Q3
2012
Q2
Sweden
Mobile 7,485 7,417 10,002 2,508 2,540 2,437 2,585 2,522 2,516
Fixed broadband 1,066 1,089 1,440 334 349 383 351 359 365
Fixed telephony 653 880 1,141 203 218 232 261 281 295
Other operations 99 86 120 35 33 31 34 27 33
9,303 9,472 12,703 3,080 3,140 3,083 3,231 3,189 3,209
Netherlands
Mobile 1,235 632 920 463 417 355 288 234 213
Fixed broadband 1,981 2,312 3,043 646 650 685 731 709 790
Fixed telephony 420 504 662 135 142 143 158 151 173
Other operations 428
4,064
491
3,939
644
5,269
139
1,383
141
1,350
148
1,331
153
1,330
150
1,244
169
1,345
Norway
Mobile 2,945 3,314 4,467 974 989 982 1,153 1,117 1,137
Fixed broadband 4 4 1 2
Fixed telephony 196 240 316 59 67 70 76 75 81
Other operations 4 2 2
3,145 3,558 4,787 1,035 1,056 1,054 1,229 1,193 1,220
Kazakhstan
Mobile 979 663 957 357 333 289 294 270 228
979 663 957 357 333 289 294 270 228
Croatia
Mobile 1,001 961 1,321 372 333 296 360 357 337
1,001 961 1,321 372 333 296 360 357 337
Lithuania
Mobile 960 907 1,213 336 329 295 306 306 310
960 907 1,213 336 329 295 306 306 310
Latvia
Mobile 693 763 1,044 234 221 238 281 265 258
693 763 1,044 234 221 238 281 265 258
Estonia
Mobile 450 614 825 163 148 139 211 207 211
Fixed telephony 8 5 7 3 2 3 2 1 2
Other operations 44 39 54 16 14 14 15 17 12
502 658 886 182 164 156 228 225 225
Austria
Fixed broadband 608 658 874 204 202 202 216 209 222
Fixed telephony 143 173 228 46 47 50 55 52 58
Other operations 187 188 251 63 62 62 63 61 63
938 1,019 1,353 313 311 314 334 322 343
Germany
Mobile 222 132 192 82 74 66 60 52 44
Fixed broadband 131 157 205 43 43 45 48 48 53
Fixed telephony 288 432 549 88 97 103 117 123 147
641 721 946 213 214 214 225 223 244
Other
Other operations 115 256 324 40 36 39 68 70 85
115 256 324 40 36 39 68 70 85
TOTAL
Mobile 15,970 15,403 20,941 5,489 5,384 5,097 5,538 5,330 5,254
Fixed broadband 3,786 4,220 5,566 1,227 1,244 1,315 1,346 1,326 1,432
Fixed telephony 1,708 2,234 2,903 534 573 601 669 683 756
Other operations 877 1,060 1,393 295 286 296 333 325 362
22,341 22,917 30,803 7,545 7,487 7,309 7,886 7,664 7,804
Internal sales, elimination –38 –48 –61 –16 –11 –11 –13 –15 –17
TOTAL 22,303 22,869 30,742 7,529 7,476 7,298 7,873 7,649 7,787

Internal sales

2013 2012 2012 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012
SEK million Jan 1–Sep 30 Jan 1–Sep 30 Full year Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2
Sweden
Mobile 6 3 5 2 1 3 2
6 3 5 2 1 3 2
Netherlands
Other operations 1 2 2 1 1 1
1 2 2 1 1 1
Norway
Fixed telephony 14 31 38 6 4 4 7 9 12
14 31 38 6 4 4 7 9 12
Lithuania
Mobile 7 6 8 2 3 2 2 3 2
7 6 8 2 3 2 2 3 2
Latvia
Mobile 8 6 8 4 2 2 2 2 2
8 6 8 4 2 2 2 2 2
Other
Other operations 2 2
2 2
TOTAL
Mobile 21 15 21 8 6 7 6 5 4
Fixed telephony 14 31 38 6 4 4 7 9 12
Other operations 3 2 2 2 1 1 1
TOTAL 38 48 61 16 11 11 13 15 17

EBITDA

SEK million Note 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Full year
2013
Q3
2013
Q2
2013
Q1
2012
Q4
2012
Q3
2012
Q2
Sweden
Mobile 2 2,249 2,121 2,869 760 757 732 748 828 637
Fixed broadband 2 88 79 93 49 19 20 14 35 12
Fixed telephony 2 188 255 327 61 62 65 72 89 90
Other operations 65 51 76 30 18 17 25 14 27
2,590 2,506 3,365 900 856 834 859 966 766
Netherlands
Mobile –46 –6 –34 –22 –2 –22 –28 5 –11
Fixed broadband 637 786 1,040 192 216 229 254 248 265
Fixed telephony 107 177 235 35 38 34 58 60 59
Other operations 211 231 308 66 69 76 77 73 80
909 1,188 1,549 271 321 317 361 386 393
Norway
Mobile 111 197 169 49 35 27 –28 101 81
Fixed broadband 1 1 1
Fixed telephony 23 32 44 4 9 10 12 11 11
Other operations 4 2 2
138 230 214 55 44 39 –16 112 93
Kazakhstan
Mobile –131 –304 –387 –34 –52 –45 –83 –102 –105
–131 –304 –387 –34 –52 –45 –83 –102 –105
Croatia
Mobile 73 51 60 48 22 3 9 34 10
73 51 60 48 22 3 9 34 10
Lithuania
Mobile 359 345 432 109 133 117 87 106 118
359 345 432 109 133 117 87 106 118
Latvia
Mobile 220 269 358 72 69 79 89 90 91
220 269 358 72 69 79 89 90 91
Estonia
Mobile 96 160 205 33 28 35 45 51 55
Fixed telephony 3 1 2
Other operations 25 22 31 9 6 10 9 9 10
124 182 236 43 36 45 54 60 65
Austria
Fixed broadband 147 149 197 48 45 54 48 58 43
Fixed telephony 81 95 123 26 26 29 28 31 32
Other operations 15 11 13 3 6 6 2 6 3
243 255 333 77 77 89 78 95 78
Germany
Mobile –28 21 15 –25 –5 2 –6 2 7
Fixed broadband 9 21 26 2 3 4 5 5 8
Fixed telephony 125 195 237 41 39 45 42 59 65
106 237 278 18 37 51 41 66 80
Other
Other operations –102 –163 –198 –36 –25 –41 –35 –42 –70
–102 –163 –198 –36 –25 –41 –35 –42 –70
TOTAL
Mobile 2,903 2,854 3,687 990 985 928 833 1,115 883
Fixed broadband 881 1,036 1,357 291 283 307 321 346 329
Fixed telephony 527 754 966 168 176 183 212 250 257
Other operations 218 152 230 74 74 70 78 60 50
TOTAL 4,529 4,796 6,240 1,523 1,518 1,488 1,444 1,771 1,519

EBIT

SEK million Note 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Full year
2013
Q3
2013
Q2
2013
Q1
2012
Q4
2012
Q3
2012
Q2
Sweden
Mobile 2 1,487 1,268 1,780 497 508 482 512 596 320
Fixed broadband 2 –145 –153 –219 –28 –59 –58 –66 –43 –67
Fixed telephony 2 169 225 288 57 54 58 63 79 80
Other operations 24 18 32 14 6 4 14 3 15
1,535 1,358 1,881 540 509 486 523 635 348
Netherlands
Mobile –69 –28 –64 –29 –11 –29 –36 –2 –15
Fixed broadband 281 412 545 74 97 110 133 130 133
Fixed telephony 94 164 219 30 34 30 55 56 55
Other operations 160 177 237 49 52 59 60 56 61
466 725 937 124 172 170 212 240 234
Norway
Mobile –228 –116 –253 –76 –72 –80 –137 –2 –25
Fixed broadband 1 1 1
Fixed telephony 20 29 39 3 8 9 10 10 10
Other operations 3 1 2
–205 –86 –213 –72 –64 –69 –127 8 –14
Kazakhstan
Mobile –295 –556 –691 –93 –106 –96 –135 –190 –189
–295 –556 –691 –93 –106 –96 –135 –190 –189
Croatia
Mobile –10 –45 –65 21 –6 –25 –20 –22
–10 –45 –65 21 –6 –25 –20 –22
Lithuania
Mobile 269 217 259 80 102 87 42 63 76
269 217 259 80 102 87 42 63 76
Latvia
Mobile 133 97 142 49 43 41 45 35 30
133 97 142 49 43 41 45 35 30
Estonia
Mobile 26 62 67 8 5 13 5 18 21
Fixed telephony 3 2 1
Other operations 15 14 19 5 4 6 5 6 6
44 76 86 15 10 19 10 24 27
Austria
Fixed broadband 90 82 109 28 27 35 27 39 20
Fixed telephony 59 69 86 19 19 21 17 21 25
Other operations 1 –5 –8 –1 1 1 –3 –2
150 146 187 46 47 57 41 60 43
Germany
Mobile –46 9 –2 –32 –11 –3 –11 –1 2
Fixed broadband 3 12 14 1 2 2 3 5
Fixed telephony 118 186 225 39 36 43 39 55 63
75 207 237 7 26 42 30 57 70
Other
Other operations –111 –185 –227 –42 –25 –44 –42 –53 –73
–111 –185 –227 –42 –25 –44 –42 –53 –73
TOTAL
Mobile 1,267 908 1,173 425 452 390 265 517 198
Fixed broadband 229 354 450 74 66 89 96 129 92
Fixed telephony 463 673 857 150 152 161 184 221 233
Other operations 92 19 53 26 38 28 34 12 7
2,051 1,954 2,533 675 708 668 579 879 530
One-off items 2 –445 –555 –558 –450 3 2 –3 –538 –18
TOTAL 1,606 1,399 1,975 225 711 670 576 341 512

EBIT, cont.

SPECIFICATION OF ITEMS BETWEEN EBITDA AND EBIT
SEK million Note 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Full year
2013
Q3
2013
Q2
2013
Q1
2012
Q4
2012
Q3
2012
Q2
EBITDA 4,529 4,796 6,240 1,523 1,518 1,488 1,444 1,771 1,519
Impairment of goodwill
and other assets
2 –454 –250 –249 –454 1 –250
Sale of operations 9 –15 –13 4 3 2 2 –16
Acquisition costs 10 –2 –2 –2
Other one-off items 2 –288 –294 –6 –288
Total one-off items –445 –555 –558 –450 3 2 –3 –538 –18
Depreciation/amortization and
other impairment
–2,464 –2,839 –3,700 –845 –806 –813 –861 –888 –991
Result from shares in associated
companies
–14 –3 –7 –3 –4 –7 –4 –4 2
EBIT 1,606 1,399 1,975 225 711 670 576 341 512

CAPEX

SEK million Note 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Full year
2013
Q3
2013
Q2
2013
Q1
2012
Q4
2012
Q3
2012
Q2
Sweden
Mobile 540 636 907 144 211 185 271 177 236
Fixed broadband 130 160 206 42 36 52 46 44 87
Fixed telephony 6 4 5 3 2 1 1 1 1
Other operations 17 24 33 5 5 7 9 4 14
693 824 1,151 194 254 245 327 226 338
Netherlands
Mobile 6 1,400 10 32 18 11 1,371 22 5 3
Fixed broadband 240 263 333 93 80 67 70 76 105
Fixed telephony 6 4 11 1 2 3 7 2
Other operations 20 18 27 8 6 6 9 6 6
1,666 295 403 120 99 1,447 108 89 114
Norway
Mobile 574 407 572 266 158 150 165 132 176
Fixed telephony 15 8 6 8 5 2 –2 1 5
589 415 578 274 163 152 163 133 181
Kazakhstan
Mobile 394 516 749 142 164 88 233 238 158
394 516 749 142 164 88 233 238 158
Croatia
Mobile 33 28 54 12 17 4 26 17 6
33 28 54 12 17 4 26 17 6
Lithuania
Mobile 66 62 82 15 22 29 20 22 24
66 62 82 15 22 29 20 22 24
Latvia
Mobile 72 44 77 41 18 13 33 12 14
72 44 77 41 18 13 33 12 14
Estonia
Mobile 30 40 71 9 11 10 31 5 22
Other operations 2 3 8 1 1 5 1 2
32 43 79 10 12 10 36 6 24
Austria
Fixed broadband 28 25 43 13 9 6 18 10 8
Fixed telephony 23 14 22 10 7 6 8 6 5
Other operations 10 8 14 5 3 2 6 4 2
61 47 79 28 19 14 32 20 15
Germany
Mobile 18 17 26 5 6 7 9 2 6
Fixed broadband 2 1 2 2 1 1
Fixed telephony 2 1 1 2
22 19 29 7 8 7 10 2 7
Other
Other operations 361 346 465 111 126 124 119 103 128
361 346 465 111 126 124 119 103 128
TOTAL
Mobile 3,127 1,760 2,570 652 618 1,857 810 610 645
Fixed broadband 400 449 584 148 127 125 135 130 201
Fixed telephony 52 31 45 24 16 12 14 10 11
Other operations 410 399 547 130 141 139 148 118 152
TOTAL 3,989 2,639 3,746 954 902 2,133 1,107 868 1,009

CAPEX, cont.

ADDITIONAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
SEK million 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Full year
2013
Q3
2013
Q2
2013
Q1
2012
Q4
2012
Q3
2012
Q2
CAPEX, continuing operations –3,989 –2,639 –3,746 –954 –902 –2,133 –1,107 –868 –1,009
CAPEX, discontinued operations –365 –1,219 –1,590 –365 –371 –361 –577
This year's unpaid CAPEX and paid CAPEX
from previous year
38 345 518 78 –20 –20 173 –3 155
Received payment of sold non-current assets 88 190 209 14 17 57 19 156 14
Paid CAPEX –4,228 –3,323 –4,609 –862 –905 –2,461 –1,286 –1,076 –1,417

Key ratios

SEK million 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012
Jan 1–Sep 30
2012 2011 2010 2009
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Net sales 22,303 22,869 30,742 29,538 30,443 32,296
Number of customers (by thousands) 15,349 15,328 15,446 13,550 12,445 12,128
EBITDA 4,529 4,796 6,240 6,760 7,083 7,154
EBIT 1,606 1,399 1,975 3,634 4,257 3,961
EBT
Net profit
1,154
486
1,041
760
1,422
976
3,681
2,741
3,855
4,121
3,707
3,446
Key ratios
EBITDA margin, % 20.3 21.0 20.3 22.9 23.7 22.2
EBIT margin, % 7.2 6.1 6.4 12.3 14.0 12.3
Value per share (SEK)
Net profit 1.10 1.71 2.20 4.63 9.34 7.21
Net profit after dilution 1.09 1.70 2.18 4.60 9.30 7.20
TOTAL
Equity 20,884 16,930 20,429 21,452 28,875 28,823
Equity after dilution 20,884 16,930 20,429 21,455 28,894 28,823
Total assets 38,420 45,274 49,189 46,864 42,085 43,005
Cash flow from operating activities 4,293 6,864 8,679 9,690 9,966 9,427
Cash flow after CAPEX 65 3,541 4,070 4,118 6,008 4,635
Available liquidity 12,213 11,855 12,933 9,986 13,254 12,520
Net debt 8,346 15,988 15,745 13,518 3,417 4,013
Investments in intangible and tangible assets, CAPEX 4,354 3,858 5,336 6,105 4,095 4,891
Investments in shares, current investments etc –17,245 200 215 1,563 1,424 –3,709
Key ratios
Equity/assets ratio, % 54 37 42 46 69 67
Debt/equity ratio, multiple 0.40 0.94 0.77 0.63 0.12 0.14
Return on equity, % 70.6 18.8 15.6 18.9 24.0 16.3
Return on equity after dilution, % 70.6 18.8 15.6 18.9 24.0 16.3
Return on capital employed, % 47.9 15.9 15.3 20.4 22.2 16.7
Average interest rate, % 5.4 6.9 6.7 6.2 7.3 5.9
Value per share (SEK)
Net profit 32.40 6.07 7.34 10.69 15.67 10.57
Net profit after dilution 32.19 6.04 7.30 10.63 15.61 10.55
Equity 46.91 38.09 45.95 48.33 65.44 65.31
Equity after dilution 46.61 37.87 45.68 48.09 65.23 65.18
Cash flow from operating activities 9.64 15.44 19.53 21.83 22.59 21.41
Dividend, ordinary 7.10 6.50 6.00 3.85
Extraordinary dividend 6.50 21.00 2.00
Redemption 28.00
Market price at closing day 82.20 119.20 117.10 133.90 139.60 110.20

Parent company

INCOME STATEMENT

2013 2012 2012
SEK million Note Jan 1–Sep 30 Jan 1–Sep 30 Full year
Net sales 34 36 49
Administrative expenses 9 –70 –104 –135
Operating loss, EBIT –36 –68 –86
Exchange rate difference on financial items 125 54 22
Net interest expenses and other financial items –197 –71 –116
Loss after financial items, EBT –108 –85 –180
Appropriations, group contribution 163
Tax on profit/loss 28 20 –5
NET LOSS –80 –65 –22

BALANCE SHEET

EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 15,556 32,554 38,466
CURRENT LIABILITIES 1,667 2,675 232
Non-interest-bearing liabilities 9 77 89 60
Interest-bearing liabilities 3 1,590 2,586 172
CURRENT LIABILITIES
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES 5,308 5,663 8,221
Interest-bearing liabilities 3 5,308 5,663 8,221
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES
EQUITY 8,581 24,216 30,013
Unrestricted equity 9 3,035 18,670 12,467
Restricted equity 9 5,546 5,546 17,546
EQUITY
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
ASSETS 15,556 32,554 38,466
CURRENT ASSETS 58 239 4,551
Cash and cash equivalents 2 3
Current receivables 9 58 237 4,548
CURRENT ASSETS
NON-CURRENT ASSETS 15,498 32,315 33,915
Financial assets 9 15,498 32,315 33,915
NON-CURRENT ASSETS
ASSETS
SEK million Note Sep 30, 2013 Dec 31, 2012 Dec 31, 2011
(see Note 9)

Notes

ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS

The interim report for the Group has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 and the Swedish Annual Accounts Act, and the interim report for the parent company has been prepared in accordance with the Swedish Annual Accounts Act and the Swedish Financial Reporting Board recommendation RFR 2 Reporting for legal entities and its statements.

New and amended IFRS standards and IFRIC interpretations

The new and amended IFRS standards and IFRIC interpretations (IFRS 13, IAS 19 and Annual Improvements), which became effective January 1, 2013, have had no material effect on the consolidated financial statements.

From January 1, 2013 the long-term incentive programs are also reported in the parent company's financial statements. The comparable periods are re-presented and the effects on the parent company's financial statements are stated in Note 9. There are no effects on the Group's financial statements.

In all other respects, Tele2 has presented its interim report in accordance with the accounting principles and calculation methods used in the 2012 Annual Report. The description of these principles and definitions is found in the 2012 Annual Report.

NOTE 1 CUSTOMERS

In Q2 2013, the mobile customer stock was negatively impacted by a one-time adjustment of -844,000 customers as a result of a changed method of calculation for number of customers so a customer with only incoming calls to its mailbox will no longer be counted as an active customer. -811,000 of the one-time adjustment related to Kazakhstan and -33,000 to Norway.

In Q4 2012, the fixed line customer stock in Sweden was negatively impacted with -87,000 customers as a result of the closing down of the dial-up internet service.

NOTE 2 OPERATING EXPENSES EBITDA

In Q2 2012, Sweden was negatively affected by SEK 25 million due to a new method for calculation of bad debt reserves, of which SEK 20 million related to mobile, SEK 3 million to fixed broadband and SEK 2 million to fixed telephony.

DEPRECIATION/AMORTIZATION AND IMPAIRMENT

In Q3 2013, an impairment loss was recognized in Croatia amounting to SEK 454 (250) million, of which goodwill SEK 0 (88) million and other fixed assets SEK 454 (162) million. The impairment loss was based on an estimated value in use of SEK 400 (800) million. Due to unsatisfactory development, Tele2 assesses that the estimated future profit levels do not support the previous book value. The negative effect has been reported as a one-off item for segment reporting purposes.

OTHER ONE-OFF ITEMS

Tele2 has been a party to arbitration proceedings in Stockholm regarding a share option agreement, which previously was reported as a contingent liability at an amount of SEK 265 million. The arbitral tribunal issued its award during Q3 2012 and the tribunal did not rule in favour of Tele2. Tele2 has paid the counterparty in accordance with the award and the operating profit for Q3 2012 was negatively affected by SEK 288 million. The negative effect has been reported as a one-off item for segment reporting purposes.

NOTE 3 FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES FINANCING

Interest-bearing liabilities
Sep 30, 2013 Dec 31, 2012
SEK million Current Non-current Current Non-current
Bonds RUB, Russia 5,555
Bonds NOK, Sweden 1,388 1,511
Bonds SEK, Sweden 1,000 3,294 3,544
Commercial papers, Sweden 473 2,377
Financial institutions 209 625 219 1,692
Put option, Kazakhstan 1,294 1,214
Other liabilities 304 851 462 938
3,280 6,158 4,272 13,240
Total interest-bearing liabilities 9,438 17,512

On October 11, 2013 Tele2 announced that together with its 12 core banks it has reduced the syndicated revolving credit facility from EUR 1.2 billion to EUR 0.8 billion. Further, the final maturity of the facility has been extended one year, to May 2018. One of the 12 banks in the syndicate chose not to participate in the new facility, making the number of banks 11. The new facility's size is more suitable for Tele2, following the sale of Tele2 Russia. On September 30, 2013 the facility was unutilized.

Under the Euro Medium-Term Note (EMTN) Program Tele2 issued the following bonds in Q1 2013:

  • on January 3, 2013 a SEK 500 million bond with one single investor. The issue has an investor put/issuer call every third month and is therefore reported as short term funding. The bond has a floating rate coupon, and is not listed.
  • on February 12, 2013 a SEK 250 million 7-year bond on the Swedish bond market with a coupon of three months STIBOR +2.45 percent. It is listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

For more detailed information concerning Tele2's financing please refer to 2012 Annual report Note 25.

The bonds in RUB have been sold as part of the sale of Tele2 Russia, see Note 10.

The Group has derivative contracts which are covered by master netting agreements. That means a right exists to set off assets and liabilities with the same party, which is not reflected in the accounting where gross accounting is applied. The value of reported derivatives at September 30, 2013 amounted on the asset side to SEK 5 (18) million and on the liabilities side to SEK 145 (209) million.

CLASSIFICATION AND FAIR VALUES

Tele2's financial assets consist mainly of receivables from end customers and resellers and cash and cash equivalents. Tele2's financial liabilities consist mainly of loans, bonds and accounts payables. Classification of financial assets and liabilities including their fair value is presented below. During the first nine months 2013, compared to yearend 2012, no transfers were made between the different levels in the fair value hierarchy and no significant changes were made to valuation techniques, inputs used or assumptions.

Sep 30, 2013
Assets and Derivative
liabilities instruments Financial
at fair value designated liabilities at Total
SEK million through
profit/loss
Loans and
receivables
for hedge
accounting
amortized
cost
reported
value
Fair value
Other financial assets 14 34 48 48
Accounts receivables 3,254 3,254 3,254
Other current receivables 643 5 648 648
Current investments 50 50 50
Cash and cash equivalents 1,024 1,024 1,024
Total financial assets 14 5,005 5 5,024 5,024
Liabilities to financial institu
tions and similar liabilities
6,989 6,989 7,117
Other interest-bearing
liabilities
1,294 145 407 1,846 1,838
Accounts payable 2,403 2,403 2,403
Other current liabilities 564 564 564
Total financial liabilities 1,294 145 10,363 11,802 11,922
Dec 31, 2012
Assets and Derivative
through Loans and for hedge amortized reported
Fair value
19 37 56 56
3,985 3,985 3,985
649 18 667 667
59 59 59
1,673 1,673 1,673
19 6,403 18 6,440 6,440
Liabilities to financial institu
14,898 14,898 14,655
1,214 209 632 2,055 2,070
3,488 3,488 3,488
1,008 1,008 1,008
1,214 209 20,026 21,449 21,221
liabilities
at fair value
profit/loss
receivables instruments
designated
accounting
Financial
liabilities at
cost
Total
value

NOTE 4 OTHER FINANCIAL ITEMS

–36
–128
12

–7
158
–125
13
2
–7
116
–166
19
2
–10
–11
–47
5

–3
–18
86
–41
8
1
–2
8 –25 –20 –6
Sep 30 Jan 1–
Sep 30
full year Q3 2012
Q3
Jan 1– 2013
2012
2012
2013

NOTE 5 TAXES

In Q4 2012, the tax expenses were negatively affected by SEK 127 million and positively affected by SEK 28 million, due to decreased tax rate in Sweden and increased tax rate in Luxembourg, respectively, from January 1, 2013.

In Q4 2012, certain intra-group loans in Luxembourg were restructured, which resulted in cumulative foreign exchange differences on the loans, reported in other comprehensive income are no longer taxable. Consequently, a deferred tax liability of SEK 2,425 million was reversed over other comprehensive income. The transaction had no cash flow or income statement effect.

In Q3 2012, net taxes were positively affected by a valuation of deferred tax assets in Austria of SEK 262 million.

NOTE 6 CAPEX

In Q1 2013, Tele2 Netherlands acquired two mobile licenses (2x10 MHz spectrum) in the 800 MHz band for SEK 1.4 billion. With the acquired spectrum in the 800 MHz band and earlier obtained spectrum in the 2,600 MHz band, the roll out is on going of the next generation 4G network, offering businesses and consumers higher speed and lower pricing for mobile broadband.

NOTE 7 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

SEK million Sep 30, 2013 Dec 31, 2012
Total contingent liabilities

Tele2 has been a party to arbitration proceedings in Stockholm regarding a share option agreement, which previously was reported as a contingent liability at an amount of SEK 265 million. The arbitral tribunal issued its award during Q3 2012 and the tribunal did not rule in favour of Tele2. The effect on Tele2´s financial statements is stated in Note 2.

Additional contractual commitments are stated in Note 29 in the Annual Report 2012.

NOTE 8 TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES

Tele2's share of liquid funds in joint ventures, for which Tele2 has limited disposal rights, amounted at each closing date to the sums stated below and was included in the Group's cash and cash equivalents.

SEK million 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012
Sep 30 Jun 30 Mar 31 Dec 31 Sep 30 Jun 30
Cash and cash equivalents
at end of the period in
joint ventures
70 40 34 65 35 33

In Q4 2012 and in first nine months 2013, frequencies and sites were transferred from Tele2 and Telenor to their joint venture Net4Mobility. The transfer did not have any material effect on Tele2's financial statements. Apart from transactions with joint ventures, no other significant related party transactions were carried out during first nine months 2013. Related parties are presented in Note 36 of the Annual Report 2012.

NOTE 9 EQUITY AND NUMBER OF SHARES

Sep 30, 2013 Dec 31, 2012
Number of shares
Outstanding 445,497,600 444,661,211
In own custody 3,285,739 4,122,128
Weighted average 445,138,263 444,504,182
After dilution 448,601,280 447,579,409
Weighted average, after dilution 448,064,238 447,146,240

DIVIDEND/REDEMPTION

In Q2 2013, Tele2 paid to its shareholders a dividend of SEK 7.10 (13.00) per share for 2012, of which the ordinary dividend amounted to SEK 7.10 (6.50) per share and the extraordinary dividend amounted to SEK 0 (6.50) per share. This corresponded to a total of SEK 3,163 (5,781) million, of which an ordinary dividend of SEK 3,163 (2,890) million and an extraordinary dividend SEK 0 (2,890) million.

As a result of the sale of Tele2 Russia in April 2013 a mandatory share redemption program of SEK 28 per share was issued during Q2 2013, equivalent to SEK 12,474 million. The redemption program implied a share split where each share was split into two shares, of which one was a redemption share. Retirement of redemption shares in own custody of SEK 92 million was transferred to unrestricted equity. A bonus issue was performed in order to increase the share capital to its prior level, SEK 561 million, through a transfer of SEK 280 million from unrestricted equity. Thereafter, the quota value of each share amounts to SEK 1.25, the same as prior to the share redemption program. In total SEK 15,637 million has been paid to the shareholders in May 2013 as dividend and redemption.

SALE OF SHARES

As a result of share rights in the LTI 2010 (2009) being exercised during Q2 2013, Tele2 delivered 836,389 (466,252) B-shares in own custody.

As a result of stock options in the LTI 2007 being exercised during Q1 and Q2 2012, Tele2 sold 37,000 and 8,000 B-shares respectively in own custody, resulting in an increase of shareholders' equity of SEK 4 and 2 million.

RECLASSIFICATION

In Q1 and Q3 2013, 15 (1,194) and 726,650 (875) class A shares respectively were reclassified into class B shares in Tele2.

In Q2 2012, the Annual General Meeting decided to reduce the restricted reserves in the parent company with SEK 12,000 million for transfer to unrestricted equity.

PURCHASE OF NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST

In February 2013, Tele2 acquired the remaining 7.76 percent of the shares in the subsidiary Officer AS in Norway for SEK 1 million.

In July 2009 and January 2010, Tele2 acquired the remaining 25.5 and 12.5 percent respectively of the shares in Tele2 Izhevsk and Tele2 Rostov in Russia. The final purchase price of SEK 3 and 90 million respectively were paid in Q1 2013.

LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PROGRAM (LTI)

Additional information related to LTI programs are presented in Note 33 of the Annual Report 2012.

LTI 2013

2013
Number of share rights Jan 1–Sep 30
Allocated June 4, 2013 1,204,128
Forfeited –40,000
Total outstanding share rights 1,164,128

During the Extraordinary General Meeting held on May 13, 2013, the shareholders approved a performance-based incentive program (the Plan) for senior executives and other key employees in the Tele2 Group. The Plan has the same structure as last year's incentive program.

The objective of the Plan is to create conditions for retaining competent employees in the Tele2 Group. The Plan has been designed based on the view that it is desirable that senior executives and other key employees within the Group are shareholders in Tele2 AB. By offering an allotment of retention rights and performance rights which are based on profits and other retention and performance-based conditions, the participants are rewarded for increasing shareholder value. Furthermore, the Plan rewards employees' loyalty and long-term growth in the Group. In that context, the Board of Directors is of the opinion that the Plan will have a positive effect on the future development of the Tele2 Group and thus be beneficial to both the company and its shareholders.

The incentive program included a total of 204 senior executives and other key employees within the Tele2 Group. In general, the participants in the Plan are required to own shares in Tele2. Thereafter, the participants were granted retention rights and performance rights free of charge. As a consequence of market conditions, employees in Kazakhstan were offered to participate in the Plan without being required to hold shares in Tele2. In such cases, the number of allotted rights has been reduced, and corresponds to 37.5 percent of the number of rights allotted for participation with a personal investment.

Subject to the fulfilment of certain retention and performance-based conditions during the period April 1, 2013 - March 31, 2016 (the measurement period), the participant maintaining employment within the Tele2 Group at the release of the interim report January - March 2016 and subject to the participant maintaining the invested shares (where applicable) during the vesting period, each right entitles the employee to receive one Class B share in the company. Dividends paid on the underlying share will increase the number of shares that each retention and performance right entitles to in order to treat the shareholders and the participants equally.

The rights are divided into Series A, Series B and Series C. The number of shares the participant will receive depends on which category the participant belongs to and on the fulfilment of the following defined conditions:

Series A Tele2's total shareholder return on the Tele2 shares (TSR) during the
measure period exceeding 0 percent as entry level.
Series B Tele2's average normalized return of capital employed (ROCE) during the
measurement period being at least 8 percent as entry level and at least
12.5 percent as the stretch target.
Series C Tele2's total shareholder return on the Tele2 shares (TSR) during the
measure period being equal to the average TSR for a peer Group including
Elisa, Iliad, Millicom International Cellular, TalkTalk Telecom Group, Tel
enor, TeliaSonera and TDC as entry level, and exceeding the average TSR
for the peer Group with 10 percentage points as the stretch target.

The determined levels of the conditions include an entry level and a stretch target with a linear interpolation applied between those levels as regards the number of rights that vests. The entry level constitutes the minimum level which must be reached in order to enable the vesting of the rights in that series. If the entry level is reached, the number of rights that vests is proposed to be 100 percent for Series A and 20 percent for Series B and C. If the entry level is not reached, all rights to retention and performance shares (as applicable) in that series lapse. If a stretch target is met, all retention rights or performance rights (as applicable) vest in that series.

The Plan comprised a total number of 281,282 shares, of which 271,282 related to employees who invested in Tele2 shares and 10,000 related to employees in Kazakhstan who chose not to invest in Tele2 shares. In total this resulted in an allotment of 1,204,128 share rights, of which 275,024 Series A, 464,552 Series B and 464,552 Series C. The participants were divided into different categories and were granted the following number of share rights for the different categories:

Share right
No of
partici
Maximum
no of
Total
At grant date pants shares A B C Tot allotment
CEO 1 8,000 1 3 3 7 56,000
Other senior exec
utives and other
key employees 10 4,000 1 2.5 2.5 6 240,000
Category 1 42 2,000 1 1.5 1.5 4 330,000
Category 2 49 1,500 1 1.5 1.5 4 243,288
Category 2, no
investment 2 1,500 0.375 0.5625 0.5625 1.5 4,500
Category 3 93 1,000 1 1.5 1.5 4 319,840
Category 3, no
investment
7 1,000 0.375 0.5625 0.5625 1.5 10,500
Total 204 1,204,128

Total costs before tax for outstanding rights in the incentive program are expensed over the three-year vesting period, and these costs are expected to amount to SEK 53 million, of which social security costs amount to SEK 10 million.

The participant's maximum profit per share right in the Plan is limited to SEK 347, five times the average closing share price of the Tele2 Class B shares during February 2013 with deduction for the dividend paid in May 2013 and redemption paid in June 2013.

The estimated average fair value of the granted rights was SEK 56.30 on the grant date, June 4, 2013. The calculation of the fair value was carried out by an external expert. The following variables were used:

Serie A Serie B Serie C
Expected annual turnover of personnel 7,0% 7,0% 7,0%
Weighted average share price 82.73 82.73 82.73
Expected life 2.88 years 2.88 years 2.88 years
Expected value reduction parameter market
condition 70% 35%

To ensure the delivery of Class B shares under the Plan, the Extraordinary General Meeting decided to authorise the Board of Directors to resolve on a directed issue of a maximum of 1,700,000 Class C shares and subsequently to repurchase the Class C shares. The Class C shares will then be held by the company during the vesting period, after which the appropriate number of Class C shares will be reclassified into Class B shares and delivered to the participants under the Plan.

LTI 2012

Number of share rights 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
Cumulative
from start
Allocated June 15, 2012 1,132,186
Outstanding as of January 1, 2013 1,078,436
Allocated, compensation for dividend 239,191 239,191
Cancelled, Russia –163,660 –163,660
Forfeited –126,822 –180,572
Total outstanding share rights 1,027,145 1,027,145

LTI 2011

Number of share rights 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
Cumulative
from start
Allocated June 17, 2011 1,056,436
Outstanding as of January 1, 2013 998,389
Allocated, compensation for dividend 216,760 294,579
Cancelled, Russia –92,041 –92,041
Exercised, Russia –44,156 –44,156
Forfeited –166,545 –302,411
Total outstanding share rights 912,407 912,407

LTI 2010

Number of share rights 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
Cumulative
from start
Allocated June 9, 2010 873,120
Outstanding as of January 1, 2013 841,373
Allocated, compensation for dividend 190,679
Forfeited –4,984 –227,410
Exercised –836,389 –836,389
Total outstanding share rights

The exercise of the share rights in LTI 2010 was conditional upon the fulfilment of certain retention and performance based conditions, measured from April 1, 2010 until March 31, 2013. The outcome of these decided performance conditions was in accordance with below and the outstanding share rights were exchanged for shares in Tele2 during Q2 2013.

Retention and performance based conditions Minimum
hurdle
(20%)
Stretch
target
(100%)
Perfor
mance
outcome
Allot
ment
Series A Total Shareholder Return Tele2 (TSR) ≥ 0% 29.4% 100%
Series B Average normalised Return on Capital
Employed (ROCE)
15% 18% 21.3% 100%
Series C Total Shareholder Return Tele2 (TSR)
compared to a peer group
> 0% ≥ 10% 19.4% 100%

Weighted average share price for share rights at date of exercise amounted to SEK 109.23 during 2013.

Reporting of LTI in the parent company

From January 1, 2013 the long-term incentive programs are also reported in the parent company's financial statements. The comparable periods are restated and the effects per December 31, 2012 amount to SEK -11 (-11) million on net profit for the year, SEK 64 (39) million on equity, SEK 8 (4) million on accrued expenses, SEK 11 (7) million on shares in group companies and SEK 61 (36) million on receivables from group companies. There are no effects on the Group's financial statements.

NOTE 10 BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTMENTS

Acquisitions and divestments of shares and participations affecting cash flow were as follows:

SEK million 2013
Jan 1–Sep 30
Acquisitions
Capital contribution to associated companies –22
Dividend received from associated companies 1
Total acquisition of shares and participations –21
Divestments
Russia 17,253
Total sale of shares and participations 17,253
TOTAL CASH FLOW EFFECT, NET 17,232

DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

On March 27, 2013 Tele2 announced the sale of its Russian operations, Tele2 Russia Group, to VTB Group. The sale was completed on April 4, 2013 after approval by regulatory authorities. The transaction including costs for central support system for the Russian operation and other transaction costs resulted in a capital gain during Q2 2013 of SEK 14.9 billion. In addition, the capital gain has been affected negatively with SEK -1.7 billion related to a reversal of exchange rate differences previously reported in other comprehensive income which was reversed over the income statement but with no effect on total equity.

The divestment has been reported separately under discontinued operations in the income statement, with a retrospective effect on previous periods.

The Russian operation reported as discontinued operations is stated below.

Income statement

2013 2012
Jan 1- Jan 1- 2012 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012
SEK million Sep 30 Sep 30 full year Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2
Net sales 3,261 9,582 12,984 3,261 3,402 3,257 3,277
Cost of services
sold –1,724 –5,057 –6,832 –1,724 –1,775 –1,720 –1,750
Gross profit 1,537 4,525 6,152 1,537 1,627 1,537 1,527
Selling expenses –402 –1,185 –1,643 –402 –458 –379 –405
Administrative
expenses –231 –610 –833 –231 –223 –187 –197
Sale of opera
tions, profit 13,238 23 13,215
Other operating
income 6 11 14 6 3 7 –1
Other operating
expenses –1 –11 –12 –1 –1 –2 –7
EBIT 14,147 2,730 3,678 23 13,215 909 948 976 917
Interest income/
costs –122 –336 –463 –122 –127 –129 –125
Other financial
items 21 –24 –62 21 –38 6 –18
EBT 14,046 2,370 3,153 23 13,215 808 783 853 774
Income tax –111 –431 –865 41 –152 –434 –156 –137
NET PROFIT 13,935 1,939 2,288 23 13,256 656 349 697 637
Earnings per
share (SEK) 31.30 4.36 5.14 0.03 29.79 1.48 0.78 1.56 1.43
Earnings per
share, after
dilution (SEK) 31.10 4.34 5.12 0.03 29.61 1.46 0.78 1.56 1.42

Cash flow statement

2013 2012
SEK million Jan 1-
Sep 30
Jan 1-
Sep 30
2012
full year
2013
Q3
2013
Q2
2013
Q1
2012
Q4
2012
Q3
2012
Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Operating profit 14,147 2,730 3,678 23 13,215 909 948 976 917
Adjustments for non-cash
items in operating profit –12,962 773 1,051 –23 –13,215 276 278 258 283
Financial items paid –69 –201 –376 –69 –175 –76 –122
Taxes paid –177 –425 –879 –177 –454 –163 –94
Cash flow from opera
tions before changes in
working capital 939 2,877 3,474 939 597 995 984
Changes in working
capital
–216 30 238 –216 208 12 51
CASH FLOW FROM
OPERATING ACTIVITIES 723 2,907 3,712 723 805 1,007 1,035
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
CAPEX paid –316 –1,151 –1,326 –316 –175 –407 –501
Cash flow after CAPEX 407 1,756 2,386 407 630 600 534
Sale of shares 17,253 –48 17,404 –103
Cash flow from invest
ing activities 16,937 –1,151 –1,326 –48 17,404 –419 –175 –407 –501
CASH FLOW AFTER
INVESTING ACTIVITIES 17,660 1,756 2,386 –48 17,404 304 630 600 534
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Changes of loans, net –1 2,831 2,810 –1 –21 –63 1,331
Other financing activities –93 –93
Cash flow from financ
ing activities –94 2,831 2,810 –94 –21 –63 1,331
NET CHANGE
IN CASH AND
CASH EQUIVALENTS 17,566 4,587 5,196 –48 17,404 210 609 537 1,865
Net sales
2013 2012
Jan 1- Jan 1- 2012 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012
SEK million Sep 30 Sep 30 full year Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2
Mobile 3,261 9,582 12,984 3,261 3,402 3,257 3,277
Net sales 3,261 9,582 12,984 3,261 3,402 3,257 3,277
EBITDA
2013 2012
Jan 1- Jan 1- 2012 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012
SEK million Sep 30 Sep 30 full year Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2
Russia
Mobile 1,189 3,501 4,744 1,189 1,243 1,239 1,199
Other
Other operations –3 –9 –24 –3 –15 –8 –3
EBITDA 1,186 3,492 4,720 1,186 1,228 1,231 1,196
Other operations 6 –5 –11
Other
Mobile 909 2,724 3,683 909 959 976 917
Russia
SEK million Sep 30 Sep 30 full year Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2
Jan 1- Jan 1- 2012 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012
2013 2012
Specification of items between EBITDA and EBIT
2013 2012
Jan 1- Jan 1- 2012 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012
SEK million Sep 30 Sep 30 full year Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2
EBITDA 1,186 3,492 4,720 1,186 1,228 1,231 1,196
Sale of
operations
13,238 23 13,215
Depreciation/
amortization
and other
impairment –277 –762 –1,042 –277 –280 –255 –279
EBIT 14,147 2,730 3,678 23 13,215 909 948 976 917

Net assets at the time of divestment

SEK million Russia
Goodwill 792
Other intangible assets 1,510
Tangible assets 6,190
Financial assets 5
Deferred tax assets 720
Inventories 23
Current receivables 688
Cash and cash equivalents 212
Deferred tax liabilities –346
Non-current interest-bearing liabilities –6,302
Current interest-bearing liabilities –1,474
Current non-interest-bearing liabilities –1,683
Divested net assets 335
Capital gain 14,955
Sales price, net sales costs 15,290
Sales costs etc, non-cash 9
Received payment for intercompany loans 2,166
Less: cash in divested operations –212
TOTAL CASH FLOW EFFECT 17,253
CAPEX
2013 2012
Jan 1- Jan 1- 2012 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012
SEK million Sep 30 Sep 30 full year Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2
Mobile 365 1,219 1,590 365 371 361 577
CAPEX 365 1,219 1,590 365 371 361 577
Additional cash flow information
2013 2012
Jan 1- Jan 1- 2012 2013 2013 2013 2012 2012 2012
Paid CAPEX –316 –1,151 –1,326 –316 –175 –407 –501
payment of sold
non-current
assets
49 144 147 49 3 143 1
Received
This year unpaid
CAPEX and paid
CAPEX from
previous year
–76 117 193 –189 75
CAPEX –365 –1,219 –1,590 –365 –371 –361 –577
SEK million Sep 30 Sep 30 full year Q3 Q2 Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2

Additional information

Number of customers Net intake
Thousands 2013
Sep 30
2012
Sep 30
2012
Dec 31
2013
Q3
2013
Q2
2013
Q1
2012
Q4
2012
Q3
2012
Q2
Mobile – 22,343 22,716 166 373 710 693
Number of
customers and
net intake
– 22,343 22,716 166 373 710 693
Divested
companies
– –22,882
Number of
customers and
net change
– 22,343 22,716 – –22,882 166 373 710 693
SEK million 2012 2011 2010 2009
Net sales 12,984 11,463 10,142 7,540
Number of customers (by thousands) 22,716 20,636 18,438 14,451
EBITDA 4,720 4,452 3,560 2,467
EBIT 3,678 3,553 2,765 1,820
EBT 3,153 3,416 2,784 1,529
Net profit 2,288 2,695 2,348 1,290
CAPEX 1,590 2,010 1,495 2,236