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Tele2 — Interim / Quarterly Report 2010
Feb 8, 2011
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Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2010 Report
Q4 2010 Highlights
- Strong customer intake and EBITDA contribution in market area Russia In Q4 2010, Tele2 Russia added 755,000 (1,149,000) customers in an increasingly competitive market. EBITDA amounted to SEK 899 (695) million.
- Significant mobile revenue growth in market area Nordic Mobile revenue in Sweden grew by 12 percent, as customer demand for smartphones and data services increased during the quarter.
- Enhanced net intake in Kazakhstan, driving better customer trends in market area Central Europe & Eurasia During the quarter, Tele2 in Kazakhstan added 114,000 new customers, a sequential improvement of the total customer stock by 52 percent.
- Continued success in the business segment for market area Western Europe During the quarter, Tele2 Netherlands successfully integrated BBned into its operation, further strengthening its position in the business segment.
- The Board of Directors proposes a dividend for 2010 amounting to SEK 27 The Board of Tele2 AB decided to recommend an increase in the ordinary dividend of 56 percent to SEK 6.00 (3.85) per share in respect of the financial year 2010. The Board also decided to recommend an extraordinary dividend of SEK 21.00 (2.00).
| Q4 | FY | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEK million | 2010 | 2009 | % | 2010 | 2009 | % |
| Net Sales | 10,109 | 9,953 | 2 | 40,164 | 39,436 | 2 |
| Net Sales excluding one-off items | 10,115 | 9,954 | 2 | 39,591 | 39,420 | 0 |
| EBITDA | 2,488 | 2,263 | 10 | 10,284 | 9,394 | 9 |
| EBIT | 1,356 | 1,311 | 3 | 7,088 | 5,736 | 24 |
| EBIT excluding one-off items | 1,513 | 1,375 | 10 | 6,704 | 5,747 | 17 |
| Net Profit | 1,099 | 920 | 19 | 6,481 | 4,755 | 36 |
| Earnings per share, after dilution (SEK) | 2.47 | 2.07 | 19 | 14.63 | 10.70 | 37 |
The figures presented in this report refer to Q4 2010 and continued operations unless otherwise stated. The figures shown in parentheses refer to the comparable periods in 2009.
EBITDA Q4 2010
2,488 SEK million
Offering the Best Deal is our business
In 2010, we were successful by all our measures. Group revenue increased by 2 percent to SEK 40.2 billion, while EBITDA margin expanded to 26 (24) percent. Adjusted for currency movement revenue increased by 6 percent. Tele2 Russia exceeded 18 million customers and our new regions started to reach profitability; Tele2's value conscious customers began to benefit from the availability of more affordable smart phone handsets; we improved our handset portfolio in Sweden for the new mass market; we acquired BBned, strengthening our position and commitment as a serious long-term player to the Netherlands; lastly, Tele2 Croatia attained EBITDA break-even. Another significant milestone passed during 2010 was the 30 million customer mark and our customer base increased by 16 percent in 2010. We are proud of these results; however we are never satisfied at Tele2. That is why we look forward to making 2011 even more successful.
Nordic
In the Nordic region, the continued uptake of smartphones boosted our mobile data revenues and equipment sales. In Q4 2010, seven out of ten postpaid customers in Sweden bought a smart phone, the majority opting for a data subscription too. This development is expected to continue; we can see a greater selection of attractively priced handsets to address the prepaid market with smartphones.
During the quarter, we launched 4G services in the five major cities in Sweden. Roll-out progresses according to plan and we expect to cover more than 100 cities by year end 2011. However, we will not stop there as we will have 99 percent population coverage in 2012. We believe that 4G can provide a substitute for fixed broadband and that Tele2 will be the enabler for consumers to cut the cord.
Through the integration of Spring Mobil, Tele2 Sweden has strengthened its capabilities in the business segment. Our ambition is to grow our market share in 2011.
Tele2 Norway had a strong quarter and clawed back its price leadership position from the competition. We must never jeopardize our main focus on price; therefore, the regained number one spot will be defended.
Russia
The customer net intake in the quarter was good, taking the total customer base to 18.4 million. This surely represented a great year, as Tele2 welcomed 4 million new members in Russia. We have been able to combine a swift expansion in our 37 regions with a record high full year EBITDA contribution to the group, to the extent that Russia became our most important market area in 2010.
However, competition is increasing in the market, which means that we must stay innovative to ensure that we stand out from the crowd when it comes to our offerings. We are confident that the Best Deal will take us pass the 20 million customer mark in 2011.
Preparing ourselves for a more data centric future, be it either through data licenses or technology neutral regulation, we will continue to look for opportunities to expand our existing footprint. Our performance shows us that it makes sense to aim for greater operational leverage. In 2011, new 2G licenses will be awarded, a process in which Tele2 will take an active part.
Central Europe & Eurasia
The economies of the Baltic region continued to recover during the quarter, resulting in a more stable operational development for Tele2 despite a tough competitive environment. We have seen customer activity increase further during the quarter, which indisputably is a positive sign. However, spending on telecom services is still to grow.
Our goal is to reach cash-flow break even in our Croatian operations during 2011, we push ahead by further enhancing our network quality and capabilities, and by developing our product portfolio with even more attractive offerings.
During the quarter, we focused on improving our distribution network in Kazakhstan, which brought about a positive step change for customer net intake. The roll-out of the 2G and 3G enabled network is developing according to our business plan and we look forward to introducing the Tele2 brand to all mobile users in the country soon.
Western Europe
In Q4 2010, Tele2 closed the acquisition of the Dutch operator BBned. As a result Tele2 has increased its revenue and market share in the business segments. The demand for Tele2's triple play offering, including TV, continued and exceeded demand for dual-play offerings. Consequently, the ARPU of the broadband base continued to improve, which enhanced the financial contributions of revenue and EBITDA compared with the previous year and quarter.
Tele2 Austria remained focused on growth within the business segment by providing a superior customer experience at low price. We believe that a more concentrated product portfolio will make us more competitive and as a result lead to improved performance in our Austrian operations over time.
Tele2 is performing well. The key success factor that drives our company steadily forward is our unique corporate culture born of the people that live and maintain it. Tele2 has always been and will keep being a fast-moving challenger. It is vital for our future achievements that we keep this mindset.
Going forward our strategy is simple – Tele2 always offers the best deal.
Mats Granryd President and CEO, Tele2 AB
Financial Overview
Tele2's financial performance is driven by its relentless focus on developing mobile services on its own infrastructure, complemented in certain countries by fixed broadband services and businessto-business offerings. Mobile sales, which grew compared with the same period last year, and a greater focus on mobile services on own infrastructure have further improved Tele2's EBITDA margin. The company will concentrate on maximizing the return from fixed-line operations as their customer base continues to decline.
Net customer intake amounted to 803,000 (887,000) in Q4 2010 including the acquisition of BBned. The customer intake in mobile services amounted to 859,000 (1,045,000), of which 9,000 (25,000) were mobile internet users. This result was mainly driven by a solid performance in Tele2 Russia, Tele2 Sweden and Tele2 in Kazakhstan. During the period, Tele2 Russia's customer base grew by 755,000 (1,149,000) customers, of which 446,000 (944,000) were derived from new regions. Fixed broadband customer intake amounted to 10,000 (–10,000) customers in Q4 2010, primarily attributable to Tele2's operation in Sweden. As expected, the number of fixed telephony customers fell in Q4 2010. On December 31, 2010 the total customer base amounted to 30,883,000 (26,579,000) thanks to a prolonged success in mobile services.
Net sales including one-off items1) amounted to SEK 10,109 (9,953) million in Q4 2010.The revenue development was mainly a result of sustained success in mobile services, offset to some extent by negative sales development in fixed telephony. Exchange rate differences impacted net sales by SEK –785 million in the quarter compared to the same period last year.
EBITDA in Q4 2010 amounted to SEK 2,488 (2,263) million, equivalent to an EBITDA margin of 25 (23) percent. The EBITDA development was positively affected by better-than-expected operational progress in Tele2's Russian and Croatian mobile operations, coupled with improved result in fixed broadband services. Exchange rate differences impacted EBITDA by SEK –201 million in the quarter compared to the same period last year.
EBIT in Q4 2010 amounted to SEK 1,513 (1,375) million excluding one-off items of SEK –157 (–64) million2). Including one-off items, EBIT amounted to SEK 1,356 (1,311) million.
Profit before tax Q4 2010 amounted to SEK 1,201 (1,187) million.
Net profit in Q4 2010 amounted to SEK 1,099 (920) million in the quarter. Reported tax for Q4 2010 amounted to SEK –102 (–267) million, including valuation of deferred tax assets and other one-off items during the quarter of SEK 175 million3). Tax payment affecting cash flow amounted to SEK –160 (–205) million.
Cash flow after Capex in Q4 2010 amounted to SEK 614 (1,653) million.
CAPEX in Q4 2010 amounted to SEK 1,320 (1,017) million.
Net debt amounted to SEK 1,691 (2,171) million on December 31, 2010, or 0.16 times full-year 2010 EBITDA. Including guarantees to joint ventures, the net debt to full-year 2010 EBITDA amounted to 0.33 times. Tele2's available liquidity amounted to SEK 12,814 (12,410) million. On December 31, 2010 the 3-year syndicated loan facility was drawn in SEK. The facility allows a ratio of net liabilities (including external guarantees)/EBITDA for the Group of up to 3.0. The facility is also conditioned by an interest expense coverage ratio to be fulfilled. In December 2010, Tele2 has agreed with the lenders to prolong the maturity of the facility from February 2012 to February 2013.
Financial Guidance
Tele2's objective is to maintain a healthy balance between growth regions and more mature markets and to be established in Europe and Eurasia. The company will secure licenses through strong local connections within the business and political communities in all its markets. Tele2's core markets are characterized by:
- • An established Best Deal position.
- • The capability to reach a top 2 position, in terms of customer market share, in an individual country or region.
- • A mobile operation based on own infrastructure should return at least 35 percent EBITDA margin.
- • All operations in the group should return at least 20 percent return on capital employed (ROCE).
Tele2 Group forward looking statement
The following assumptions should be taken into account when estimating 2011 results for the Group:
- • Tele2 forecasts a corporate tax rate in the range of 26–27 percent excluding one-off items. The tax payment will affect cash flow by approximately SEK 1,000 million.
- • Tele2 forecasts a CAPEX level that will not exceed SEK 5,500 million, excluding license payments.
Tele2 Sweden forward looking statement
The following assumptions should be taken into account when estimating results for the Swedish mobile operations in 2011:
- • Tele2 expects mobile revenue to grow with high single digits.
- • Tele2 expects a similar EBITDA contribution in 2011 as in 2010 due to instalments and start up costs related to joint venture Net4Mobility.
Tele2 Norway forward looking statement
The following assumptions should be taken into account when estimating results for the Norwegian mobile operations in 2011:
• Tele2 expects an EBITDA contribution of SEK –100 million due to lower interconnect tariffs and start up costs related to joint venture Mobile Norway.
Tele2 Russia forward looking statement
Tele2 has GSM licenses in 37 regions in Russia covering approximately 61 million inhabitants. The following assumptions should be taken into account when estimating the operational performance of the total operations in Russia in 2011:
- • Subscriber base should reach 20–21 (earlier 19–20) million by YE 2011.
- • ARPU should remain stable in local currency.
- • Tele2 Russia's total EBITDA margin should evolve in the range of 36–39 (earlier 34–37) percent.
- • Capex in Russia should be approximately SEK 2,000 million by YE 2011.
Tele2 in Kazakhstan forward looking statement
The following assumptions should be taken into account when estimating the operational performance of the total operations in Kazakhstan in 2011:
- • EBITDA contribution in 2011 should be approximately SEK –500 million.
- • Capex in Kazakhstan should be in the range of SEK 1,200–1,400 million by YE 2011.
- • Tele2's operations in Kazakhstan should be able to reach breakeven within 2 years from the commercial launch, which is planned to take place in 1H 2011.
Tele2 Croatia forward looking statement
The following assumptions should be taken into account when estimating the Croatian mobile operations in 2011:
• Tele2 Croatia will reach free cash-flow break-even by 2H 2011.
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 operating segments or the acquisition of assets within Tele2's economic requirements.
In respect of the financial year 2010, the Board of Tele2 AB has decided to recommend to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) in May 2011, a total dividend payment of SEK 27.00 (5.85) per ordinary A or B share, to be comprised of an ordinary dividend of SEK 6.00 (3.85) and an extraordinary dividend of SEK 21.00 (2.00).
Balance sheet
Tele2 has a target net debt to EBITDA ratio of between 1.25 and 1.75 times over the medium term. The company'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.
| SEK million | Q4 2010 | Q4 2009 | FY 2010 | FY 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile1) | ||||
| Net customer intake (thousands) | 859 | 1,045 | 4,443 | 3,139 |
| Net sales | 6,953 | 6,390 | 26,985 | 24,619 |
| EBITDA | 1,816 | 1,663 | 7,532 | 6,605 |
| EBIT | 1,246 | 1,193 | 5,451 | 4,887 |
| CAPEX | 971 | 628 | 2,223 | 3,119 |
| Fixed broadband1) | ||||
| Net customer intake (thousands) | 10 | –10 | 32 | –11 |
| Net sales | 1,596 | 1,623 | 6,120 | 6,745 |
| EBITDA | 303 | 263 | 1,131 | 1,046 |
| EBIT | 37 | –22 | 99 | –380 |
| CAPEX | 185 | 197 | 722 | 667 |
| Fixed telephony1) | ||||
| Net customer intake (thousands) | –141 | –148 | –543 | –801 |
| Net sales | 1,090 | 1,406 | 4,741 | 5,986 |
| EBITDA | 303 | 360 | 1,400 | 1,590 |
| EBIT | 252 | 293 | 1,196 | 1,332 |
| CAPEX | 24 | 27 | 94 | 82 |
| Total | ||||
| Net customer intake (thousands) | 728 | 887 | 3,932 | 2,327 |
| Net sales2) | 10,109 | 9,953 | 40,164 | 39,436 |
| EBITDA | 2,488 | 2,263 | 10,284 | 9,394 |
| EBIT 3) | 1,356 | 1,311 | 7,088 | 5,736 |
| CAPEX | 1,320 | 1,017 | 3,651 | 4,439 |
| EBT | 1,201 | 1,187 | 6,735 | 5,236 |
| Net profit | 1,099 | 920 | 6,481 | 4,755 |
| Cash flow from operating activities | 1,777 | 2,701 | 9,610 | 9,118 |
| Cash flow after CAPEX | 614 | 1,653 | 6,007 | 4,778 |
1) Less one-off items (see sections Net sales and EBIT on pages 16 and 20)
2) Including one-off items (see Note 1) 3) Total EBIT includes result from sale of operations, impairment and other one-off items stated under the segment reporting section of EBIT (page 20)
Significant events in the quarter
- Tele2 Netherlands completed the acquisition of BBned
- Tele2 Sweden launched 4G services
- Tele2 Estonia was awarded a 4G license
- Tele2 Germany exited joint venture Plusnet and paid SEK 271 million for early termination
- Tele2 Lithuania divested its cable operations for approximately SEK 40 million
- Cecilia Lundin was appointed new director of Human Resources at Tele2 AB
Significant subsequent events
■ Administrative Court of Appeal approved Tele2's claim for a deduction of capital loss of SEK 13.3 billion, which was associated with the liquidation of SEC SA in 2001
Overview by region
Nordic
The Nordic market area delivers strong cash-flow to the Tele2 Group and is the test bed for new services.
Sweden
Mobile In Q4 2010, Tele2 Sweden delivered a record high revenue growth with net sales increasing by 12 percent to SEK 2,241 (2,002) million. Tele2 Sweden had a strong growth in the mobile postpaid segment and added 65,000 (51,000) mobile voice and mobile internet customers in the fourth quarter. The revenue growth was driven by a solid intake in the postpaid segment, to which smartphones greatly contributed, combined with increased usage of data as well as Minutes of Use. Tele2 Sweden achieved a total mobile net intake of 20,000 (20,000) customers due to seasonally high churn in the prepaid base.
The smartphone trend that could be observed in the Swedish market in previous quarters persisted. In Q4 2010, inexpensive smartphones were introduced to the market and became more available to Tele2's customers in both the postpaid and prepaid segments.
Tele2 Sweden added 20,000 (15,000) mobile internet customers in the postpaid segment during the quarter. In total, Tele2 Sweden added 3,000 (13,000) mobile internet customers due to seasonally high churn in the prepaid base. As a result, Tele2 Sweden achieved a mobile internet customer base of 361,000 (274,000). Moreover, improved price plans and increased usage contributed to growing mobile internet ARPU to 128 (117) SEK.
Tele2 Sweden had an EBITDA margin of 30 (33) percent in the quarter. As a result, Tele2 Sweden achieved an EBITDA margin of 33 (34) percent for 2010. The decrease is mainly due to higher expansion costs when acquiring postpaid customers with smartphones and customer operation costs meant to increase quality in all touch points. The EBITDA-margin includes costs associated with the SUNAB and Net4Mobility joint venture. Total costs for SUNAB and Net4Mobility amounted to SEK –134 (–105) million in Q4 2010. The mobile operations in Sweden reported a MoU of 245 (235) and a blended ARPU of SEK 183 (181).
In Q4 2010, MoU increased to 295 (283) in the postpaid segment and ARPU was stable at SEK 234 (232). In the prepaid voice segment, Tele2 Sweden defended its market-leading position and delivered an EBITDA margin of 52 (51) percent.
In the fourth quarter Tele2 Sweden commercially launched 4G offers to the consumer and business customers, while the roll-out continued at a rapid pace all over the country. Faster mobile connections allow the customers to do everything they are used to via the fixed ADSL connection but over the mobile 4G network. Furthermore, Tele2 Sweden kept pushing sales activities for the latest product Home telephony via the mobile network. This product enables the customer to keep the home phone but over the mobile network, a simple and cost effective solution for all parties.
In the business segment the continued focus on integrated services led to the acquisition of a number of customers for whom the product Communication as a Service was especially important. The customer segmentation within the business segment generated an increased net sales and ARPU development during the quarter and the customer base continued to grow as the domestic economy strengthened.
Fixed Broadband In Q4 2010, Tele2 Sweden experienced strong ADSL, VoIP, LAN and Citylink sales, which resulted in an increased customer intake of 18,000 (1,000).
Fixed Telephony Despite a continued decrease in demand for
fixed telephony services, Tele2 Sweden increased its EBITDA margin to 23 (20) percent during the fourth quarter.
Norway
Tele2 Norway FY 2010 net sales decreased by –8 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales decreased by –6 percent. Net sales in Q4 2010 decreased by –6 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales increased by 1 percent.
Mobile Tele2 Norway delivered revenue of SEK 647 (667) million. The revenue development originated from a good customer intake within the mobile segment, as Tele2 Norway added 10,000 (3,000) customers despite strong competition in the marketplace. However, exchange rate and termination rates impacted the overall revenue negatively compared to the same period last year. When measured in local currency, revenue showed a growth by 5 percent. Tele2 Norway reached an EBITDA contribution of SEK 28 (46) million in Q4 2010. During the quarter, Mobile Norway, Tele2 Norway's joint venture with Network Norway, invoiced Tele2 Norway SEK –15 million for costs related to the roll-out of the third Norwegian network.
The EBIT result, SEK 12 (18) million, was negatively impacted by Tele2 Norway's share of the result from Mobile Norway in Q4 2010 of SEK –9 (–24) million.
Tele2 Norway kept delivering on the Best Deal focusing on strengthening its price position and increasing quality perception. The fierce competition within the post-paid segment persisted during the quarter. The business segment continued to progress positively during the quarter.
Fixed Telephony Fixed telephony showed a satisfying development of revenue and profitability, but a stronger SEK towards NOK had some negative repercussion in the fourth quarter. Fixed telephony had an EBITDA contribution of SEK 14 (20) million in Q4 2010. This was achieved through intensified efforts to bring costs down and keep improving the quality of the overall customer stock.
Russia
The Russian operation is Tele2's most significant growth engine. The company has GSM licenses in 37 regions covering approximately 61 million inhabitants.
Tele2 Russia FY 2010 net sales increased by 35 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales increased by 36 percent. Net sales in Q4 2010 increased by 24 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales increased by 32 percent.
Mobile Tele2 Russia's strategy is to have a balanced approach to rolling out new regions while maintaining a stable profitability in the more mature regions. The overall market's response in the quarter has been in line with the business plan. The total customer base grew by 755,000 (1,149,000), of which the new regions represented 446,000 (944,000) customers. Over the last 12 months, Tele2 Russia's customer base has grown by almost 4.0 million new users, proving that there is a solid demand for the company's services despite lower customer activity in the market and the introduction of 3G services by the competition.
The total customer base amounted to 18,438,000 (14,451,000) at the end of Q4 2010. The turnover of the total customer base was stable during the quarter despite increased competition. Tele2 Russia will maintain its effort to be best in class in customer retention and continue to work with commission structure to the retail channels to further enhance the quality of the customer intake.
Despite an impact from customer base growth in new regions with lower initial service usage, MoU for the total operations increased by 5 percent compared to Q4 2009, amounting to 238 (227). ARPU amounted to SEK 49 (51) or RUB 219 (216), in spite of a strong customer intake in new regions. The general pricing environment remained highly competitive throughout the Tele2 Russia footprint.
Tele2 Russia continued to deliver good financial performance. The EBITDA margin development was robust, driven by stable operational trends in the more mature regions and early scale benefits in the new regions. EBITDA in the mature regions amounted to SEK 939 (889) million, equivalent to a margin of 44 (45) percent. EBITDA in the new regions amounted to SEK –40 (–194) million. Capex in the quarter amounted to SEK 632 (441) million. The investment level is expected to increase in 2011.
Tele2 Russia will keep looking for possibilities to carefully expand its operations through new licenses as well as by complementary acquisitions.
Central Europe and Eurasia
Tele2's Baltic operations will remain focused on generating a strong cash flow contribution as the economy in the region stabilizes. Tele2's Croatian operation is a strong challenger as it offers the Best Deal in both mobile telephony and mobile internet. Tele2's Kazakhstan operation is the latest growth opportunity for the market area.
Estonia
Tele2 Estonia FY 2010 net sales decreased by –13 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales decreased by –3 percent. Net sales in Q4 2010 decreased by –8 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales increased by 3 percent.
Mobile In the fourth quarter, the Estonian economy continued to recover. However, the situation remained challenging. Customer confidence being still relatively weak, the telecoms spending did not grow compared to last year.
In spite of this challenging context, Tele2 Estonia managed to maintain a solid price position and stable market share, while improving quality perception on the market. Tele2's revenues in local currency increased by 3 percent compared to Q4 2009, mainly driven by hardware sales and evolving mobile internet business.
Tele2 continued to roll out its HSPA-enabled 3G network in rural areas and by the end of 2010 Tele2's 3G network reached more than 1 million people in Estonia, covering 60 percent of the territory. The expansion of the 3G network will enable Tele2 to offer the best priced mobile internet services for larger customer segments. Mobile internet has been the fastest growing segment throughout the year.
At the end of the quarter, Tele2 was awarded a 4G (2.6 MHz) license.
Lithuania
Tele2 Lithuania FY 2010 net sales decreased by –22 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales decreased by –13 percent. Net sales in Q4 2010 decreased by –20 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales decreased by –10 percent. Mobile The Lithuanian economy further stabilized during Q4 2010 and GDP is projected to slowly grow in 2011.
During the fourth quarter, Tele2 Lithuania continued to expand its market share both in the postpaid consumer and business segments and added 43,000 (6,000) new customers. Total customer intake
amounted to 1,000 (–60,000) due to seasonally high churn in the prepaid segment. Mobile internet sales also increased steadily in the fourth quarter. Tough price competition persisted into Q4 2010, affecting the ARPU level negatively. Reduced capital expenditures improved the cash flow contribution during the quarter.
Tele2 Lithuania will keep focusing on growing its market share in the business segment, benefiting from general price sensitivity among private companies and state-owned organizations. Furthermore, Tele2 will capitalize on the broadband sales growth momentum in 2011.
In Q4 2010 Tele2 Lithuania announced that it sold its Lithuania cable operation for approximately SEK 40 million.
Latvia
Tele2 Latvia FY 2010 net sales decreased by –22 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales decreased by –13 percent. Net sales in Q4 2010 decreased by –18 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales decreased by –8 percent.
Mobile Throughout Q4 2010, customer activity in Latvia continued to increase, indicating that the economic climate has stabilized. Higher customer activity on the Latvian market resulted inTele2's best quarter concerning mobile handset sales and web sales volumes. Likewise, sales of mobile internet services proved to be good during the quarter.
Nevertheless, Q4 2010 was still marked by strong price pressure and intense competition across all customer segments.
During Q4 2010, Tele2 Latvia continued to focus on customer satisfaction, price leadership and service quality to meet customer needs, thereby introducing new web self-care channels. On the network side, Tele2 Latvia worked steadily on strengthening infrastructure in terms of coverage, capacity, performance and development of 3G capabilities. New feederless base station technologies were introduced during the quarter, which will contribute to decreasing costs.
Tele2 Latvia will keep maintaining its price leadership position and concentrate its efforts on increasing market share in the postpaid and business customer segments, while defending its position in prepaid. By doing so, Tele2 aims to hold its best deal position on the market.
Croatia
Tele2 Croatia FY 2010 net sales increased by 4 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales increased by 15 percent. Net sales in Q4 2010 decreased by –3 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales increased by 10 percent.
Mobile The improved EBITDA contribution was driven by a continued momentum in growing domestic revenue market share within the Croatian market. With the launch of its 21Mbps network, Tele2 Croatia is poised to be one of the leading mobile data service providers in the country, thereby increasing quality perception and overall customer satisfaction. Gross margins have improved with the continued rollout of own network infrastructure, reducing Tele2 Croatia's dependency on National roaming.
The customer base has now reached 738,000 (598,000) customers. Despite seasonal increase in prepaid churn resulting from its Q3 2010 visiting customers, Tele2 Croatia had a very successful Christmas marketing campaign which was the key driver in maintaining a positive net customer growth performance in Q4 2010.
Kazakhstan
Mobile Tele2 in Kazakhstan continued to prepare for the launch of the Tele2 brand planned for 1H of 2011. In that respect, the main activities consisted in swapping out the old equipment and in rolling out the new 2G and 3G enabled network. Tele2 in Kazakhstan also worked intensively on establishing good relationships with the regional distributors and on widening its distributor network throughout the country to support massive growth after the launch.
114 000 new customers were added to Tele2 in Kazakhstan's customer base during the quarter, as a result of intensified efforts in the field of distribution, marketing and sales activities.
The company has managed to negotiate interconnect rate cuts with the two largest competitors. The support from the Ministry of communications and Antimonopoly committee was very helpful in this process. Tele2 in Kazakhstan will continue to negotiate even lower Mobile Termination Rates in 2011 and 2012.
Western Europe
Tele2's operations in Western Europe lead the Group in business to business services and consumer fixed broadband.
Netherlands
On October 5, 2010, Tele2 closed the acquisition of the Dutch operator BBned for SEK 462 million. BBned primarily provides broadband telecommunication services in the consumer, business and wholesale segments. As a result of the acquisition, Tele2 was able to increase its revenue and market share, adding 64,000 consumer and 11,000 business broadband customers to its base. During Q4 2010, BBned conducted a reorganization, which impacted the EBITDA negatively due to a provision for severance payments.
Tele2 Netherlands FY 2010 net sales decreased by –12 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales decreased by –2 percent. Net sales in Q4 2010 decreased by –1 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales increased by 11 percent.
Mobile During Q4 2010, Tele2 Netherlands continued to focus on post-paid offerings. Although the total mobile base declined, the focus on postpaid subscriptions enabled Tele2 Netherlands to improve its overall margin levels for the full year and in the fourth quarter in particular.
Fixed Broadband The demand for Tele2's triple play offering, including TV, persisted and proved to outweigh the demand for dualplay offerings. As a result, the ARPU of the broadband base kept improving, which enhanced the financial contribution in terms of revenue and EBITDA compared to the previous year and quarter. Despite the competitive pressure from cable operators and the fact that the regulation of OPTA to enable competitors to resell analogue cable service was overthrown by the relevant court, the broadband base remained stable.
Tele2 Netherlands continued to successfully prolong existing customer contracts and to acquire new customers. Furthermore, the company completed the delivery of some large fixed data networks for newly acquired customers. However, the business segment should be considered as a highly competitive market, in which prices are currently under pressure.
Fixed Telephony The fixed telephony market kept declining in favour of bundled broadband offerings. Tele2 Netherlands continued its efforts to up- and cross-sell its own bundled offerings to its fixed telephony customer base.
Germany
Tele2 Germany FY 2010 net sales decreased by –30 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales decreased by –23 percent. Net sales in Q4 2010 decreased by –28 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales decreased by –19 percent.
Fixed Broadband net growth remained on a low level, continuing to show signs of market saturation. The incumbents and cable operators applied promotional pricing activities, whereas Tele2 Germany continued focusing on profitability rather than market share and customer retention rather than customer acquisition. With its retention strategy, the company once more succeeded in stabilizing the customer base during the quarter.
Towards the end of Q4 2010, Tele2 sold its shares in Plusnet and got an early termination of the Joint Venture. Tele2 will continue to sell its broadband services based on a wholesale agreement which gives Tele2 more flexibility as well as more favourable commercial conditions. As a result of the transaction, the broadband operation will have a positive EBITDA contribution in 2011.
Fixed Telephony Tele2 Germany remained the largest CPS (Carrier-Pre-Selection) provider in the market with a market share of over 40 percent. By sticking to its customer retention strategy, the customer base developed significantly above plan with continuously decreasing churn rates. The EBITDA margin for fixed line in Q4 2010 was at 42 (34) percent. The company`s cross-selling activities developed positively. Whilst the CPS market moved relatively slowly, Tele2 Germany successfully launched a new call by call prefix to better address the remaining narrowband market.
Austria
Austria continued to report a healthy financial performance in the last quarter of 2010. Likewise, the full year profitability showed an improvement of the EBITDA margin, which increased from 17 percent in 2009 to 21 percent in 2010. For the top line development, Tele2 Austria kept emphasizing its focus on growth within the business segment by providing the business community with a superior customer experience at low price.
Tele2 Austria FY 2010 net sales decreased by –20 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales decreased by –11 percent. Net sales in Q4 2010 decreased by –22 percent compared to the same period last year. Adjusted for currency movement net sales decreased by –12 percent.
Fixed Broadband During Q4 2010, Tele2 Austria was able to gain market shares in the business segment from competition over all product lines. More particularly, data network services showed healthy revenue development. In addition, the customer satisfaction in Tele2 Austria's business segment improved in the quarter. Quite importantly, Tele2 Austria scored higher than the customer satisfaction scores of its main competitors. In the residential segment, Tele2 Austria focused on retaining its customer base by emphasising a value based segmentation through retention campaigns and by following a churn prediction model.
Fixed Telephony In the business segment, the voice revenue was still in decline during the quarter, mainly due to less usage and lower prices. Despite market pressure from the incumbent, the business customer churn was lower than predicted. Additionally, the share of residential and SME customers on contracts increased significantly through cross- and up selling of new voice packages within the CPS customer base.
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 other telecom licenses, operations in Russia and Kazakhstan, network sharing with other parties, integration of new business models, changes in regulatory legislation, legal proceedings, economic climate 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 2009 (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 2011
The 2011 Annual General Meeting will be held on May 16, 2011 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 2011 Annual General Meeting
A Nomination Committee of major shareholders in Tele2 AB (publ) has been formed in accordance with the resolution of the 2010 Annual General Meeting. The Nomination Committee is comprised of Cristina Stenbeck on behalf of Investment AB Kinnevik, Ramsay Brufer on behalf of Alecta, Peder Hasslev on behalf of AMF Pension and Åsa Nisell on behalf of Swedbank Robur Fonder. 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
The annual report 2010 is expected to be released on the 1 April, 2011 and available on www.tele2.com.
Tele2 will release the financial and operating results for the period ending March 31, 2011 on April 19, 2011.
Stockholm, February 8, 2011
Tele2 AB
President and CEO
| Mike Parton Chairman |
Lars Berg |
|---|---|
| Mia Brunell Livfors | Jere Calmes |
| John Hepburn | Erik Mitteregger |
| John Shakeshaft | Cristina Stenbeck |
| Mats Granryd |
Review Report Introduction
We have reviewed the interim report for Tele2 AB (publ) for the period January 1–December 31, 2010. The Board of Directors and the President are responsible for the preparation and presentation of this full year report in accordance with IAS 34 and the Annual Accounts Act. Our responsibility is to express a conclusion on this full year report based on our review.
Scope of Review
We conducted our review in accordance with the Standard on Review Engagements (SÖG) 2410, Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity. A review consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review has a different focus and is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with Standards on Auditing in Sweden RS and other generally accepted auditing practices in Sweden. The procedures performed in a review do not enable us to obtain a level of assurance that would make us aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Therefore, the conclusion expressed based on a review does not give the same level of assurance as a conclusion expressed based on an audit.
Conclusion
Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the full year report is not, in all material respects, prepared for the Group in accordance with IAS 34 and the Annual Accounts Act, and for the Parent Company in accordance with the Annual Accounts Act.
Stockholm, February 8, 2011 Deloitte AB
Jan Berntsson Authorized Public Accountant
Result Meeting
Tele2 will host a conference call, with an interactive presentation, for the global financial community at,10.00 am CET (09.00 am UK time/04.00 am NY time) on Tuesday, February 8, 2011. The conference call will be held in English and also available as audiocast on Tele2's website, www.tele2.com.
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 (0)8 505 598 53 UK: +44 (0) 203 043 24 36 US: +1 866 458 40 87
Contacts
Mats Granryd President & CEO Telephone: + 46 (0)8 5620 0060
Lars Nilsson CFO Telephone: + 46 (0)8 5620 0060
Lars Torstensson
Group Director, 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 5620 0060 www.tele2.com
Visit our website: www.tele2.com
Appendices
Income statement Comprehensive income Change in shareholders' 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 LEADING TELECOM OPERATORS, ALWAYS PROVIDING THE BEST DEAL. We have 31 million customers in 11 countries. Tele2 offers mobile services, fixed broadband and 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 2010, we had net sales of SEK 40.2 billion and reported an operating profit (EBITDA) of SEK 10.3 billion.
Income statement
| SEK million | Note | 2010 Full year |
2009 Full year |
2010 Q4 |
2009 Q4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CONTINUING OPERATIONS | |||||
| Net sales | 1, 14 | 40,164 | 39,436 | 10,109 | 9,953 |
| Operating expenses | –33,055 | –33,720 | –8,599 | –8,622 | |
| Result from shares in associated companies and joint ventures | 3, 8 | –74 | –98 | –149 | –38 |
| Other operating income | 14 | 207 | 460 | 44 | 113 |
| Other operating expenses | –154 | –342 | –49 | –95 | |
| Operating profit, EBIT | 7,088 | 5,736 | 1,356 | 1,311 | |
| Interest income/costs | 1, 2 | –497 | –358 | –190 | –9 |
| Exchange rate differences, external | 104 | 3 | 71 | –61 | |
| Exchange rate differences, intragroup | 178 | –80 | 12 | –30 | |
| Other financial items | –138 | –65 | –48 | –24 | |
| Profit after financial items, EBT | 6,735 | 5,236 | 1,201 | 1,187 | |
| Tax on profit | 1, 4 | –254 | –481 | –102 | –267 |
| NET PROFIT FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS | 6,481 | 4,755 | 1,099 | 920 | |
| DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS | |||||
| Net profit from discontinued operations | 8 | 447 | –46 | 404 | 184 |
| NET PROFIT | 6,928 | 4,709 | 1,503 | 1,104 | |
| ATTRIBUTABLE TO | |||||
| Equity holders of the parent company | 6,926 | 4,673 | 1,504 | 1,096 | |
| Minority interest | 2 | 36 | –1 | 8 | |
| NET PROFIT | 6,928 | 4,709 | 1,503 | 1,104 | |
| Earnings per share (SEK) | 7 | 15.70 | 10.61 | 3.40 | 2.49 |
| Earnings per share, after dilution (SEK) | 7 | 15.64 | 10.59 | 3.38 | 2.48 |
| FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS | |||||
| Earnings per share (SEK) | 7 | 14.69 | 10.72 | 2.49 | 2.08 |
| Earnings per share, after dilution (SEK) | 7 | 14.63 | 10.70 | 2.47 | 2.07 |
Comprehensive income
| 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEK million | Full year | Full year | Q4 | Q4 |
| Net profit | 6,928 | 4,709 | 1,503 | 1,104 |
| OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME | ||||
| Exchange rate differences | –2,780 | –1,370 | –203 | 396 |
| Exchange rate differences, tax effect | –1,504 | –565 | –229 | 184 |
| Reversed cumulative exchange rate differences from divested companies | –50 | –138 | –7 | –127 |
| Withholding tax | –12 | –19 | –3 | –19 |
| Cash flow hedges | 46 | –6 | 25 | –4 |
| Cash flow hedges, tax effect | –12 | – | –6 | 1 |
| Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax | –4,312 | –2,098 | –423 | 431 |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD | 2,616 | 2,611 | 1,080 | 1,535 |
| ATTRIBUTABLE TO | ||||
| Equity holders of the parent company | 2,614 | 2,579 | 1,081 | 1,526 |
| Minority interest | 2 | 32 | –1 | 9 |
| TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD | 2,616 | 2,611 | 1,080 | 1,535 |
Change in shareholders'equity
| Dec 31, 2010 | Dec 31, 2009 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attributable to | Attributable to | |||||||||
| SEK million | Note | equity holders of the parent company |
minority interests |
Total share holders' equity |
equity holders of the parent company |
minority interests |
Total share holders' equity |
|||
| Shareholders' equity, January 1 | 28,402 | 63 | 28,465 | 28,151 | 50 | 28,201 | ||||
| Effect of restatement | 11 | 358 | – | 358 | 204 | – | 204 | |||
| Adjusted shareholders' equity, January 1 | 28,760 | 63 | 28,823 | 28,355 | 50 | 28,405 | ||||
| Costs for stock options | 7 | 54 | – | 54 | 25 | – | 25 | |||
| New share issues | 7 | 74 | – | 74 | 4 | – | 4 | |||
| Sale of own shares | 7 | 256 | – | 256 | – | – | – | |||
| Repurchase of own shares | 7 | – | – | – | –1 | – | –1 | |||
| Dividends | 7 | –2,580 | – | –2,580 | –2,202 | –4 | –2,206 | |||
| Purchase of minority | 8 | –306 | –62 | –368 | – | –15 | –15 | |||
| Comprehensive income for the period | 2,614 | 2 | 2,616 | 2,579 | 32 | 2,611 | ||||
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY, END OF PERIOD | 28,872 | 3 | 28,875 | 28,760 | 63 | 28,823 |
Balance sheet
| SEK million | Note | Dec 31, 2010 | Dec 31, 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSETS | |||
| FIXED ASSETS | |||
| Goodwill | 8 | 10,010 | 10,179 |
| Other intangible assets | 3,191 | 2,234 | |
| Intangible assets | 13,201 | 12,413 | |
| Tangible assets | 15,130 | 15,344 | |
| Financial assets | 3, 8 | 1,141 | 596 |
| Deferred tax assets | 4 | 3,200 | 4,502 |
| FIXED ASSETS | 32,672 | 32,855 | |
| CURRENT ASSETS | |||
| Materials and supplies | 273 | 201 | |
| Current receivables | 6,478 | 6,255 | |
| Short-term investments | 112 | 114 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 834 | 1,312 | |
| CURRENT ASSETS | 7,697 | 7,882 | |
| ASSETS | 40,369 | 40,737 | |
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | |||
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||
| Attributable to equity holders of the parent company | 28,872 | 28,760 | |
| Minority interests | 3 | 63 | |
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 28,875 | 28,823 | |
| LONG-TERM LIABILITIES | |||
| Interest-bearing liabilities | 1,692 | 3,188 | |
| Non-interest-bearing liabilities | 851 | 731 | |
| LONG-TERM LIABILITIES | 2,543 | 3,919 | |
| SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES | |||
| Interest-bearing liabilities | 1,256 | 443 | |
| Non-interest-bearing liabilities | 7,695 | 7,552 | |
| SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES | 8,951 | 7,995 | |
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 40,369 | 40,737 |
Cash flow statement*
| Note | 2010 Full year |
2009 Full year |
2010 Q4 |
2010 Q3 |
2010 Q2 |
2010 Q1 |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,450 | 9,079 | 2,311 | 2,733 | 3,065 | 2,341 | 2,560 | 2,499 |
| 4 | –740 | –883 | –160 | –152 | –195 | –233 | –205 | –98 |
| 1 | –100 | 922 | –374 | 39 | 52 | 183 | 346 | 186 |
| 9,610 | 9,118 | 1,777 | 2,620 | 2,922 | 2,291 | 2,701 | 2,587 | |
| –1,065 | ||||||||
| 1,522 | ||||||||
| –302 | ||||||||
| 94 | ||||||||
| 103 | ||||||||
| –1,170 | ||||||||
| 4,350 | 8,164 | 91 | 1,616 | 1,779 | 864 | 1,981 | 1,417 | |
| –2,806 | –5,872 | –1,095 | –1,290 | 746 | –1,167 | –1,332 | –1,564 | |
| 7 | –2,580 | –2,202 | – | – | –2,580 | – | – | – |
| 7 | 74 | 4 | – | 19 | 53 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 7 | 256 | – | 141 | 115 | – | – | – | – |
| 7 | – | –1 | – | – | – | – | – | –1 |
| 8 | 241 | – | 100 | 51 | 90 | – | – | – |
| – | –4 | – | – | – | – | – | –3 | |
| –4,815 | –8,075 | –854 | –1,105 | –1,691 | –1,165 | –1,329 | –1,567 | |
| –465 | 89 | –763 | 511 | 88 | –301 | 652 | –150 | |
| 1,312 | 1,250 | 1,513 | 1,072 | 993 | 1,312 | 683 | 1,021 | |
| –13 | –27 | 84 | –70 | –9 | –18 | –23 | –188 | |
| 834 | 1,312 | 834 | 1,513 | 1,072 | 993 | 1,312 | 683 | |
| 8 8 |
–3,603 6,007 –1,510 53 –200 –5,260 |
–4,340 4,778 –845 848 3,383 –954 |
–1,163 614 –469 146 –200 –1,686 |
–923 1,697 –95 –1 15 –1,004 |
–909 2,013 –136 –83 –15 –1,143 |
–608 1,683 –810 –9 – –1,427 |
–1,048 1,653 –167 511 –16 –720 |
* including discontinued operations (Note 8)
Number of customers
| Number of customers | Net intake | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2009 | 2009 | ||
| by thousands | Note | Dec 31 | Dec 31 | Full year | Full year | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 |
| Sweden | |||||||||||
| Mobile | 9 | 3,607 | 3,363 | 212 | 205 | 20 | 103 | 74 | 15 | 20 | 107 |
| Fixed broadband | 486 | 444 | 42 | 11 | 18 | 15 | –3 | 12 | 1 | 7 | |
| Fixed telephony | 651 | 746 | –95 | –71 | –21 | –20 | –13 | –41 | –17 | –17 | |
| 4,744 | 4,553 | 159 | 145 | 17 | 98 | 58 | –14 | 4 | 97 | ||
| Norway | |||||||||||
| Mobile | 9 | 497 | 466 | 31 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Fixed broadband | – | – | – | –7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Fixed telephony | 103 | 120 | –17 | –13 | –5 | –4 | –4 | –4 | – | –4 | |
| 600 | 586 | 14 | –12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | – | 3 | 3 | ||
| Russia | |||||||||||
| Mobile | 9 | 18,438 | 14,451 | 3,987 | 2,947 | 755 | 1,170 | 1,113 | 949 | 1,149 | 1,100 |
| 18,438 | 14,451 | 3,987 | 2,947 | 755 | 1,170 | 1,113 | 949 | 1,149 | 1,100 | ||
| Estonia | |||||||||||
| Mobile | 9 | 468 | 447 | 21 | –23 | –4 | 7 | 7 | 11 | –12 | 3 |
| Fixed telephony | 11 | 13 | –2 | –3 | – | –1 | –1 | – | –1 | –1 | |
| 479 | 460 | 19 | –26 | –4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | –13 | 2 | ||
| Lithuania | |||||||||||
| Mobile | 9 | 1,685 | 1,608 | 77 | –65 | 1 | 40 | 34 | 2 | –60 | 22 |
| Fixed broadband | 44 | 44 | – | 3 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Fixed telephony | 2 | 3 | –1 | –1 | – | –1 | – | – | – | –1 | |
| 1,731 | 1,655 | 76 | –63 | 1 | 39 | 34 | 2 | –59 | 22 | ||
| Latvia | |||||||||||
| Mobile | 9 | 1,027 | 1,058 | –31 | –36 | –25 | 8 | 5 | –19 | –19 | 5 |
| Fixed telephony | – | 1 | –1 | –1 | – | – | –1 | – | – | –1 | |
| 1,027 | 1,059 | –32 | –37 | –25 | 8 | 4 | –19 | –19 | 4 | ||
| Croatia | |||||||||||
| Mobile | 9 | 738 | 598 | 140 | 122 | 1 | 81 | 32 | 26 | –18 | 70 |
| 738 | 598 | 140 | 122 | 1 | 81 | 32 | 26 | –18 | 70 | ||
| Kazakhstan | |||||||||||
| Mobile | 332 | – | 67 | – | 114 | 1 | –48 | – | – | – | |
| 332 | – | 67 | – | 114 | 1 | –48 | – | – | – | ||
| Netherlands | |||||||||||
| Mobile | 9 | 338 | 399 | –61 | –19 | –13 | –16 | –16 | –16 | –18 | –8 |
| Fixed broadband | 510 | 418 | 17 | 50 | –3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 15 | |
| Fixed telephony | 233 | 307 | –74 | –82 | –17 | –19 | –20 | –18 | –17 | –20 | |
| 1,081 | 1,124 | –118 | –51 | –33 | –31 | –33 | –21 | –27 | –13 | ||
| Germany | |||||||||||
| Fixed broadband | 116 | 139 | –23 | –38 | –5 | –4 | –6 | –8 | –6 | –8 | |
| Fixed telephony | 1,182 | 1,468 | –286 | –562 | –83 | –60 | –50 | –93 | –90 | –170 | |
| 1,298 | 1,607 | –309 | –600 | –88 | –64 | –56 | –101 | –96 | –178 | ||
| Austria | |||||||||||
| Fixed broadband | 130 | 134 | –4 | –30 | – | – | 4 | –8 | –14 | –5 | |
| Fixed telephony | 285 | 352 | –67 | –68 | –15 | –17 | –21 | –14 | –23 | –14 | |
| 415 | 486 | –71 | –98 | –15 | –17 | –17 | –22 | –37 | –19 | ||
| TOTAL | |||||||||||
| Mobile | 9 | 27,130 | 22,390 | 4,443 | 3,139 | 859 | 1,404 | 1,208 | 972 | 1,045 | 1,306 |
| Fixed broadband | 1,286 | 1,179 | 32 | –11 | 10 | 15 | –2 | 9 | –10 | 10 | |
| Fixed telephony | 2,467 | 3,010 | –543 | –801 | –141 | –122 | –110 | –170 | –148 | –228 | |
| 30,883 | 26,579 | 3,932 | 2,327 | 728 | 1,297 | 1,096 | 811 | 887 | 1,088 | ||
| Acquired companies | 8 | 372 | – | 75 | 32 | – | 265 | – | – | ||
| Divested companies | – | –84 | – | – | – | – | – | –84 | |||
| Changed method of calculation | 9 | – | 318 | – | – | – | – | – | –249 | ||
| TOTAL | 30,883 | 26,579 | 4,304 | 2,561 | 803 | 1,329 | 1,096 | 1,076 | 887 | 755 |
Net sales
| 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2009 | 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEK million | Note | Full year | Full year | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 |
| Sweden | |||||||||
| Mobile | 10, 11 | 8,701 | 8,008 | 2,311 | 2,297 | 2,137 | 1,956 | 2,040 | 2,043 |
| Fixed broadband | 13 | 1,531 | 1,471 | 392 | 379 | 379 | 381 | 377 | 361 |
| Fixed telephony | 1,773 | 1,909 | 423 | 437 | 453 | 460 | 476 | 471 | |
| Other operations | 140 | 264 | 36 | 25 | 37 | 42 | 52 | 49 | |
| 12,145 | 11,652 | 3,162 | 3,138 | 3,006 | 2,839 | 2,945 | 2,924 | ||
| Norway | |||||||||
| Mobile | 2,618 | 2,616 | 647 | 640 | 672 | 659 | 667 | 659 | |
| Fixed broadband | 8 | 194 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| Fixed telephony | 413 | 482 | 94 | 98 | 105 | 116 | 120 | 117 | |
| 3,039 | 3,292 | 743 | 740 | 779 | 777 | 790 | 778 | ||
| Russia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 10,296 10,296 |
7,600 7,600 |
2,685 2,685 |
2,720 2,720 |
2,654 2,654 |
2,237 2,237 |
2,155 2,155 |
1,918 1,918 |
|
| Estonia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 1 | 872 | 998 | 217 | 212 | 230 | 213 | 236 | 247 |
| Fixed telephony | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Other operations | 51 | 56 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | |
| 931 | 1,065 | 231 | 229 | 245 | 226 | 251 | 265 | ||
| Lithuania | |||||||||
| Mobile | 1,306 | 1,674 | 322 | 336 | 329 | 319 | 404 | 413 | |
| Fixed broadband | 24 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | |
| Fixed telephony | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | |
| 1,331 | 1,704 | 328 | 342 | 336 | 325 | 411 | 420 | ||
| Latvia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 1,270 | 1,636 | 303 | 313 | 317 | 337 | 369 | 399 | |
| 1,270 | 1,636 | 303 | 313 | 317 | 337 | 369 | 399 | ||
| Croatia Mobile |
1,346 | 1,296 | 335 | 383 | 331 | 297 | 346 | 342 | |
| 1,346 | 1,296 | 335 | 383 | 331 | 297 | 346 | 342 | ||
| Kazakhstan | |||||||||
| Mobile | 119 | – | 37 | 38 | 44 | – | – | – | |
| 119 | – | 37 | 38 | 44 | – | – | – | ||
| Netherlands | |||||||||
| Mobile | 859 | 1,014 | 210 | 206 | 218 | 225 | 232 | 245 | |
| Fixed broadband | 3,340 | 3,529 | 911 | 788 | 795 | 846 | 879 | 869 | |
| Fixed telephony | 1,064 | 1,429 | 239 | 248 | 271 | 306 | 327 | 338 | |
| Other operations | 12 | 595 | 675 | 216 | 123 | 125 | 131 | 151 | 155 |
| 5,858 | 6,647 | 1,576 | 1,365 | 1,409 | 1,508 | 1,589 | 1,607 | ||
| Germany Fixed broadband |
313 | 436 | 71 | 75 | 79 | 88 | 98 | 103 | |
| Fixed telephony | 1,132 | 1,670 | 255 | 261 | 285 | 331 | 367 | 389 | |
| Other operations | 12 | 70 | 72 | 20 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 16 |
| 1,515 | 2,178 | 346 | 358 | 379 | 432 | 481 | 508 | ||
| Austria | |||||||||
| Fixed broadband | 930 | 1,123 | 219 | 226 | 235 | 250 | 269 | 271 | |
| Fixed telephony | 373 | 522 | 83 | 88 | 97 | 105 | 121 | 122 | |
| Other operations | 12 | 277 | 322 | 66 | 67 | 73 | 71 | 77 | 83 |
| 1,580 | 1,967 | 368 | 381 | 405 | 426 | 467 | 476 | ||
| Other | |||||||||
| Other operations | 12–14 | 931 | 1,295 | 192 | 202 | 245 | 292 | 338 | 306 |
| TOTAL | 931 | 1,295 | 192 | 202 | 245 | 292 | 338 | 306 | |
| Mobile | 27,387 | 24,842 | 7,067 | 7,145 | 6,932 | 6,243 | 6,449 | 6,266 | |
| Fixed broadband | 6,146 | 6,780 | 1,601 | 1,475 | 1,497 | 1,573 | 1,633 | 1,612 | |
| Fixed telephony | 4,764 | 6,026 | 1,096 | 1,135 | 1,213 | 1,320 | 1,413 | 1,441 | |
| Other operations | 2,064 | 2,684 | 542 | 454 | 508 | 560 | 647 | 624 | |
| 40,361 | 40,332 | 10,306 | 10,209 | 10,150 | 9,696 | 10,142 | 9,943 | ||
| Internal sales, elimination | 10–14 | –770 | –912 | –191 | –211 | –199 | –169 | –188 | –205 |
| 39,591 | 39,420 | 10,115 | 9,998 | 9,951 | 9,527 | 9,954 | 9,738 | ||
| One-off items | 1 | 573 | 16 | –6 | –9 | 588 | – | –1 | 76 |
| TOTAL | 40,164 | 39,436 | 10,109 | 9,989 | 10,539 | 9,527 | 9,953 | 9,814 |
Internal sales
| SEK million | Note | 2010 Full year |
2009 Full year |
2010 Q4 |
2010 Q3 |
2010 Q2 |
2010 Q1 |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | |||||||||
| Mobile | 10, 11 | 227 | 131 | 70 | 78 | 42 | 37 | 38 | 34 |
| Fixed broadband | 13 | 14 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 |
| Fixed telephony | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Other operations | 23 | 120 | 1 | – | 7 | 15 | 12 | 21 | |
| 264 | 275 | 73 | 80 | 52 | 59 | 56 | 60 | ||
| Norway | |||||||||
| Fixed telephony | 23 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | |
| 23 | 32 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | ||
| Russia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 154 | 60 | 39 | 42 | 55 | 18 | 16 | 25 | |
| 154 | 60 | 39 | 42 | 55 | 18 | 16 | 25 | ||
| Estonia | |||||||||
| Other operations | 51 | 56 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | |
| 51 | 56 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 15 | ||
| Lithuania | |||||||||
| Mobile | 12 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |
| Fixed telephony | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 12 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Latvia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 9 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | |
| 9 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Netherlands | |||||||||
| Fixed broadband | 12 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| Other operations | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
| 20 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | ||
| Other | |||||||||
| Other operations | 12-14 | 237 | 434 | 50 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 85 | 82 |
| 237 | 434 | 50 | 59 | 62 | 66 | 85 | 82 | ||
| TOTAL | |||||||||
| Mobile | 10 | 402 | 223 | 114 | 125 | 103 | 60 | 59 | 70 |
| Fixed broadband | 26 | 35 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | |
| Fixed telephony | 23 | 40 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Other operations | 319 | 614 | 66 | 76 | 84 | 93 | 112 | 118 | |
| TOTAL | 770 | 912 | 191 | 211 | 199 | 169 | 188 | 205 |
EBITDA
| SEK million | Note | 2010 Full year |
2009 Full year |
2010 Q4 |
2010 Q3 |
2010 Q2 |
2010 Q1 |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | |||||||||
| Mobile | 10, 11 | 2,803 | 2,661 | 669 | 748 | 722 | 664 | 652 | 681 |
| Fixed broadband | 10, 13 | 24 | 77 | –2 | 16 | –1 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| Fixed telephony | 10 | 416 | 387 | 98 | 106 | 105 | 107 | 93 | 107 |
| Other operations | 29 | 59 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | |
| 3,272 | 3,184 | 781 | 872 | 829 | 790 | 763 | 829 | ||
| Norway | |||||||||
| Mobile | 122 | 180 | 28 | 4 | 51 | 39 | 46 | 58 | |
| Fixed broadband | 10 | 2 | – | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Fixed telephony | 64 | 64 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 17 | |
| 196 | 246 | 42 | 22 | 74 | 58 | 68 | 76 | ||
| Russia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 3,573 | 2,473 | 899 | 1,011 | 944 | 719 | 695 | 596 | |
| 3,573 | 2,473 | 899 | 1,011 | 944 | 719 | 695 | 596 | ||
| Estonia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 1 | 218 | 290 | 50 | 52 | 60 | 56 | 63 | 74 |
| Other operations | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | –1 | 1 | –1 | |
| 219 | 292 | 51 | 52 | 61 | 55 | 64 | 73 | ||
| Lithuania | |||||||||
| Mobile | 450 | 591 | 96 | 124 | 118 | 112 | 125 | 143 | |
| Fixed broadband | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Fixed telephony | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | –1 | |
| 455 | 598 | 97 | 125 | 120 | 113 | 128 | 143 | ||
| Latvia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 398 | 527 | 88 | 99 | 102 | 109 | 108 | 132 | |
| 398 | 527 | 88 | 99 | 102 | 109 | 108 | 132 | ||
| Croatia | |||||||||
| Mobile | –21 | –244 | 3 | 14 | 3 | –41 | –53 | –43 | |
| –21 | –244 | 3 | 14 | 3 | –41 | –53 | –43 | ||
| Kazakhstan | |||||||||
| Mobile | –173 | – | –74 | –54 | –45 | – | – | – | |
| –173 | – | –74 | –54 | –45 | – | – | – | ||
| Netherlands | |||||||||
| Mobile | 162 | 127 | 57 | 36 | 38 | 31 | 27 | 36 | |
| Fixed broadband | 2 | 1,037 | 926 | 260 | 233 | 283 | 261 | 227 | 249 |
| Fixed telephony | 2 | 307 | 344 | 48 | 81 | 89 | 89 | 84 | 82 |
| Other operations | 12 | 229 | 215 | 68 | 50 | 58 | 53 | 52 | 54 |
| 1,735 | 1,612 | 433 | 400 | 468 | 434 | 390 | 421 | ||
| Germany | |||||||||
| Fixed broadband | –89 | –134 | – | –28 | –29 | –32 | –23 | –20 | |
| Fixed telephony | 449 | 627 | 107 | 121 | 103 | 118 | 126 | 158 | |
| Other operations | 12 | –3 | 3 | –2 | –1 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 357 | 496 | 105 | 92 | 74 | 86 | 105 | 138 | ||
| Austria | |||||||||
| Fixed broadband | 144 | 169 | 44 | 39 | 25 | 36 | 44 | 52 | |
| Fixed telephony | 164 | 167 | 36 | 49 | 39 | 40 | 36 | 42 | |
| Other operations | 12 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 328 | 344 | 83 | 94 | 66 | 85 | 82 | 95 | ||
| Other | |||||||||
| Other operations | 2, 12, 13 | –55 | –134 | –20 | 24 | –9 | –50 | –87 | –19 |
| –55 | –134 | –20 | 24 | –9 | –50 | –87 | –19 | ||
| TOTAL | |||||||||
| Mobile | 7,532 | 6,605 | 1,816 | 2,034 | 1,993 | 1,689 | 1,663 | 1,677 | |
| Fixed broadband | 1,131 | 1,046 | 303 | 264 | 286 | 278 | 263 | 318 | |
| Fixed telephony | 1,400 | 1,590 | 303 | 372 | 353 | 372 | 360 | 405 | |
| Other operations | 221 | 153 | 66 | 81 | 55 | 19 | –23 | 41 | |
| TOTAL | 10,284 | 9,394 | 2,488 | 2,751 | 2,687 | 2,358 | 2,263 | 2,441 |
EBIT
| SEK million | Note | 2010 Full year |
2009 Full year |
2010 Q4 |
2010 Q3 |
2010 Q2 |
2010 Q1 |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | |||||||||
| Mobile | 10 | 2,137 | 2,075 | 461 | 581 | 581 | 514 | 476 | 520 |
| Fixed broadband | 10, 13 | –293 | –275 | –79 | –61 | –82 | –71 | –71 | –49 |
| Fixed telephony | 10 | 376 | 332 | 86 | 97 | 95 | 98 | 79 | 92 |
| Other operations | –19 | 2 | 7 | –11 | –10 | –5 | –5 | –6 | |
| 2,201 | 2,134 | 475 | 606 | 584 | 536 | 479 | 557 | ||
| Norway | |||||||||
| Mobile | 87 | 90 | 12 | – | 42 | 33 | 18 | 36 | |
| Fixed broadband | 10 | –16 | – | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Fixed telephony | 60 | 53 | 13 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | |
| 157 | 127 | 25 | 16 | 65 | 51 | 37 | 53 | ||
| Russia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 2,770 | 1,822 | 688 | 822 | 720 | 540 | 529 | 419 | |
| 2,770 | 1,822 | 688 | 822 | 720 | 540 | 529 | 419 | ||
| Estonia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 1 | 151 | 217 | 32 | 37 | 43 | 39 | 44 | 55 |
| Other operations | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | –1 | – | – | |
| 152 | 219 | 33 | 37 | 44 | 38 | 44 | 55 | ||
| Lithuania | |||||||||
| Mobile | 357 | 491 | 74 | 99 | 96 | 88 | 100 | 118 | |
| Fixed broadband | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| Fixed telephony | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | –1 | |
| 358 | 493 | 74 | 99 | 97 | 88 | 101 | 117 | ||
| Latvia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 313 | 427 | 67 | 79 | 79 | 88 | 82 | 107 | |
| 313 | 427 | 67 | 79 | 79 | 88 | 82 | 107 | ||
| Croatia | |||||||||
| Mobile | –134 | –353 | –25 | –13 | –26 | –70 | –81 | –71 | |
| –134 | –353 | –25 | –13 | –26 | –70 | –81 | –71 | ||
| Kazakhstan | |||||||||
| Mobile | –376 | – | –114 | –134 | –128 | – | – | – | |
| –376 | – | –114 | –134 | –128 | – | – | – | ||
| Netherlands | |||||||||
| Mobile | 146 | 118 | 51 | 32 | 35 | 28 | 25 | 34 | |
| Fixed broadband | 2 | 436 | 36 | 101 | 95 | 135 | 105 | 66 | 13 |
| Fixed telephony | 2 | 237 | 264 | 29 | 65 | 70 | 73 | 66 | 63 |
| Other operations | 12 | 159 | 163 | 30 | 39 | 49 | 41 | 39 | 42 |
| 978 | 581 | 211 | 231 | 289 | 247 | 196 | 152 | ||
| Germany | |||||||||
| Fixed broadband | –101 | –173 | –4 | –31 | –32 | –34 | –35 | –29 | |
| Fixed telephony | 404 | 574 | 97 | 112 | 91 | 104 | 108 | 146 | |
| Other operations | 12 | –3 | 3 | –2 | –1 | – | – | 2 | – |
| 300 | 404 | 91 | 80 | 59 | 70 | 75 | 117 | ||
| Austria | |||||||||
| Fixed broadband | 46 | 47 | 19 | 15 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 23 | |
| Fixed telephony | 119 | 108 | 27 | 38 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 28 | |
| Other operations | 12 | –10 | –28 | –4 | –2 | –5 | 1 | –6 | –9 |
| 155 | 127 | 42 | 51 | 23 | 39 | 32 | 42 | ||
| Other | |||||||||
| Other operations | 2, 12, 13 | –170 | –234 | –54 | 1 | –39 | –78 | –119 | –31 |
| –170 | –234 | –54 | 1 | –39 | –78 | –119 | –31 | ||
| TOTAL | |||||||||
| Mobile | 5,451 | 4,887 | 1,246 | 1,503 | 1,442 | 1,260 | 1,193 | 1,218 | |
| Fixed broadband | 99 | –380 | 37 | 21 | 29 | 12 | –22 | –40 | |
| Fixed telephony | 1,196 | 1,332 | 252 | 325 | 300 | 319 | 293 | 343 | |
| Other operations | –42 | –92 | –22 | 26 | –4 | –42 | –89 | –4 | |
| 6,704 | 5,747 | 1,513 | 1,875 | 1,767 | 1,549 | 1,375 | 1,517 | ||
| One-off items | 384 | –11 | –157 | 17 | 527 | –3 | –64 | 116 | |
| TOTAL | 7,088 | 5,736 | 1,356 | 1,892 | 2,294 | 1,546 | 1,311 | 1,633 |
EBIT, cont.
| Specification of items between Ebitda and Ebit |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEK million | Note | 2010 Full year |
2009 Full year |
2010 Q4 |
2010 Q3 |
2010 Q2 |
2010 Q1 |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
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| EBITDA | 10,284 | 9,394 | 2,488 | 2,751 | 2,687 | 2,358 | 2,263 | 2,441 | |||
| Impairment of goodwill | – | –5 | – | – | – | – | –5 | – | |||
| Sale of operations | –2 | 7 | – | –2 | – | – | –29 | 40 | |||
| Acquisition costs | 8 | –16 | –29 | – | –3 | –10 | –3 | –29 | – | ||
| Sale of shares in joint ventures | 8 | –247 | – | –247 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Other one-off items in result from shares in joint ventures |
3 | 127 | – | 96 | 31 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Other one-off items | 1, 2 | 522 | 16 | –6 | –9 | 537 | – | –1 | 76 | ||
| Total one-off items | 384 | –11 | –157 | 17 | 527 | –3 | –64 | 116 | |||
| Depreciation/amortization and other impairment |
–3,626 | –3,549 | –977 | –885 | –941 | –823 | –850 | –898 | |||
| Result from shares in associated companies and joint ventures |
46 | –98 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 14 | –38 | –26 | |||
| EBIT | 7,088 | 5,736 | 1,356 | 1,892 | 2,294 | 1,546 | 1,311 | 1,633 |
CAPEX
| SEK million | Note | 2010 Full year |
2009 Full year |
2010 Q4 |
2010 Q3 |
2010 Q2 |
2010 Q1 |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | |||||||||
| Mobile | 158 | 252 | 20 | 38 | 28 | 72 | 66 | 60 | |
| Fixed broadband | 13 | 210 | 165 | 76 | 54 | 49 | 31 | 46 | 32 |
| Fixed telephony | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |
| Other operations | 15 | 20 | 6 | – | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | |
| 397 | 446 | 103 | 94 | 83 | 117 | 120 | 96 | ||
| Norway | |||||||||
| Mobile | 14 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |
| Fixed broadband | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | –1 | 1 | |
| Fixed telephony | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | |
| 16 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Russia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 1,495 | 2,232 | 632 | 429 | 332 | 102 | 441 | 707 | |
| 1,495 | 2,232 | 632 | 429 | 332 | 102 | 441 | 707 | ||
| Estonia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 59 | 110 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 19 | |
| 59 | 110 | 15 | 12 | 19 | 13 | 22 | 19 | ||
| Lithuania | |||||||||
| Mobile | 110 | 165 | 32 | 22 | 35 | 21 | 20 | 47 | |
| Fixed broadband | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 112 | 169 | 33 | 22 | 35 | 22 | 22 | 48 | ||
| Latvia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 94 | 154 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 26 | 21 | |
| 94 | 154 | 35 | 24 | 16 | 19 | 26 | 21 | ||
| Croatia | |||||||||
| Mobile | 115 | 194 | 64 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 47 | 35 | |
| 115 | 194 | 64 | 21 | 14 | 16 | 47 | 35 | ||
| Kazakhstan | |||||||||
| Mobile | 169 | – | 168 | – | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 169 | – | 168 | – | 1 | – | – | – | ||
| Netherlands | |||||||||
| Mobile | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Fixed broadband | 472 | 448 | 94 | 155 | 109 | 114 | 129 | 96 | |
| Fixed telephony | 55 | 46 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 9 | |
| Other operations | 42 | 33 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 7 | |
| 578 | 533 | 121 | 186 | 135 | 136 | 154 | 113 | ||
| Germany | |||||||||
| Fixed broadband | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | |
| Fixed telephony | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | ||
| Austria | |||||||||
| Fixed broadband | 34 | 46 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 20 | 10 | |
| Fixed telephony | 20 | 24 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | |
| Other operations | 11 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | |
| 65 | 83 | 23 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 18 | ||
| Other | |||||||||
| Other operations | 13 | 544 | 505 | 120 | 153 | 132 | 139 | 147 | 109 |
| 544 | 505 | 120 | 153 | 132 | 139 | 147 | 109 | ||
| TOTAL | |||||||||
| Mobile | 2,223 | 3,119 | 971 | 552 | 453 | 247 | 628 | 891 | |
| Fixed broadband | 722 | 667 | 185 | 215 | 168 | 154 | 197 | 141 | |
| Fixed telephony | 94 | 82 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 25 | 27 | 16 | |
| Other operations | 612 | 571 | 140 | 166 | 150 | 156 | 165 | 121 | |
| TOTAL | 3,651 | 4,439 | 1,320 | 956 | 793 | 582 | 1,017 | 1,169 | |
capex, cont.
| Additional cash flow information | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2009 | 2009 | |
| SEK million | Full year | Full year | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Q4 | Q3 |
| CAPEX according to cash flow statement | 3,603 | 4,340 | 1,163 | 923 | 909 | 608 | 1,048 | 1,065 |
| This year unpaid CAPEX and paid CAPEX | ||||||||
| from previous year | 12 | –8 | 168 | 11 | –142 | –25 | –38 | 76 |
| Sales price in cash flow statement | 36 | 107 | –11 | 22 | 26 | –1 | 7 | 28 |
| CAPEX according to balance sheet | 3,651 | 4,439 | 1,320 | 956 | 793 | 582 | 1,017 | 1,169 |
Key ratios
| CONTINUING OPERATIONS Net sales 40,164 39,436 38,330 39,082 38,596 Number of customers (by thousands) 30,883 26,579 24,018 22,768 23,618 EBITDA 10,284 9,394 8,227 6,721 6,179 EBIT 7,088 5,736 2,906 1,740 970 EBT 6,735 5,236 1,893 1,009 405 Net profit/loss 6,481 4,755 1,758 –78 –186 KEY RATIOS EBITDA margin, % 26.0 23.8 21.4 17.1 16.0 EBIT margin, % 17.6 14.5 7.6 4.5 2.5 VALUE PER SHARE (SEK) Earnings 14.69 10.72 3.91 0.05 –0.14 Earnings after dilution 14.63 10.70 3.91 0.05 –0.14 TOTAL (INCLUDING DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS) Shareholders' equity 28,875 28,823 28,405 27,010 29,172 Shareholders' equity after dilution 28,894 28,823 28,415 27,054 29,186 Total assets 40,369 40,737 47,337 48,809 66,213 Cash flow from operating activities 9,610 9,118 7,896 4,350 3,847 Cash flow after CAPEX 6,007 4,778 3,288 –819 –1,673 Available liquidity 12,814 12,410 17,248 25,901 5,963 Net debt 1,691 2,171 4,952 5,198 15,311 Investments in intangible and tangible assets, CAPEX 3,651 4,439 4,623 5,198 5,365 Investments in shares, short-term investments etc 1,742 –3,357 –2,255 –11,444 1,616 KEY RATIOS Equity/assets ratio, % 72 71 60 55 44 Debt/equity ratio, multiple 0.06 0.08 0.17 0.19 0.52 Return on shareholders' equity, % 24.0 16.4 8.9 –5.6 –11.2 Return on shareholders' equity after dilution, % 24.0 16.4 8.9 –5.6 –11.2 Return on capital employed, % 23.6 17.6 12.9 2.0 –5.4 Average interest rate, % 10.0 6.9 6.2 5.2 4.2 VALUE PER SHARE (SEK) Earnings 15.70 10.61 5.53 –3.50 –8.03 Earnings after dilution 15.64 10.59 5.53 –3.50 –8.03 |
SEK million | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholders' equity | 65.44 | 65.31 | 63.93 | 60.67 | 64.96 | |
| Shareholders' equity after dilution 65.23 65.18 63.90 60.70 64.95 |
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| Cash flow from operating activities 21.78 20.71 17.80 9.78 8.66 |
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| Dividend, ordinary 6.001) 3.85 3.50 3.15 1.83 |
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| 21.001) Extraordinary dividend 2.00 1.50 4.70 – |
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| Market price at closing day 139.60 110.20 69.00 129.50 100.00 |
1) Proposed dividend
Parent company
Income statement
| 2010 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|
| SEK million | Full year | Full year |
| Net sales | 48 | 32 |
| Administrative expenses | –120 | –79 |
| Operating profit/loss, EBIT | –72 | –47 |
| Dividend from group company | 13,000 | – |
| Exchange rate difference on financial items | 48 | 153 |
| Net interest expenses and other financial items | –392 | –205 |
| Profit/loss after financial items, EBT | 12,584 | –99 |
| Tax on profit/loss | 99 | –185 |
| NET PROFIT/LOSS | 12,683 | –284 |
BALANCE SHEET
| SEK million | Note | Dec 31, 2010 | Dec 31, 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASSETS | |||
| FIXED ASSETS | |||
| Financial assets | 23,414 | 30,985 | |
| FIXED ASSETS | 23,414 | 30,985 | |
| CURRENT ASSETS | |||
| Current receivables | 14,601 | 15 | |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 3 | 4 | |
| CURRENT ASSETS | 14,604 | 19 | |
| ASSETS | 38,018 | 31,004 | |
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | |||
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | |||
| Restricted equity | 7 | 17,533 | 17,459 |
| Unrestricted equity | 7 | 19,978 | 8,420 |
| SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY | 37,511 | 25,879 | |
| LONG-TERM LIABILITIES | |||
| Interest-bearing liabilities | 426 | 4,984 | |
| LONG-TERM LIABILITIES | 426 | 4,984 | |
| SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES | |||
| Interest-bearing liabilities | 39 | 85 | |
| Non-interest-bearing liabilities | 42 | 56 | |
| SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES | 81 | 141 | |
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 38,018 | 31,004 |
Notes
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS
For the Group, the interim report has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34 and the Swedish Annual Accounts Act, and for the parent company in accordance with the Swedish Annual Accounts Act and the Swedish Financial Reporting Board recommendation RFR 2 Reporting for legal entities and its statements (December 2010).
From Q4 2010, with prospective effect, revenues from customer agreements including the delivery of mobile phones or other equipment without the debit of any specific enhanced subscription fees are allocated to the individual components in the agreement. Before, they were recognized when the total service was provided (for additional information please refers to the 2009 Annual Report). The changed principle means that revenues that can be allocated to the equipment are recognized at the delivery of the equipment to the customer and revenues from other subscription charges are recognized in the period covered by the charge. Prior periods have not been restated since it is impracticable to determine the effect on these.
During Q4 2010, with retroactive effect, Datametrix Integration has been transferred to segment Sweden. In addition adjustment has been made retroactively in segment Other from net sales to other operating income. For additional information please refer to Note 13 and Note 14 respectively.
From Q3 2010, with retroactive effect, the international carrier business is reported in the segment Other. For additional information please refer to Note 12.
In segment Sweden from January 1, 2010 sales with enhanced subscriptions fees are regarded as instalment payments and the accounting of revenues has been adjusted accordingly. Previous periods have been recalculated. For additional information please refer to Note 11.
From Q1 2010, with retroactive effect, the internal sale between mobile and fixed broadband/telephony is reported in segment Sweden. For additional information please refer to Note 10.
Revised IFRS 3 and IAS 27 concerning business acquisition
In the revised IFRS 3, all acquisition related costs (transaction costs) are to be recognized as expenses in the period in which they arise, and shall no longer be capitalized as a part of the acquisition value for the acquired business. Also the definition of a business combination has been clarified.
The revised IFRS 3 also allows the use of the so called full goodwill method. This means that the minority interest and goodwill are reported at fair value at the time of acquisition.
According to the revised IFRS 3 a conditional purchase price shall be reported, both initially as well as in the following periods, at fair value with any subsequent revaluation to be reported in the income statement. Previously a provision for conditional purchase price was initially reported at a value that corresponded to the company's best estimate of the likely outcome. Subsequent changes in the provision, except for the discount effect, were reported against goodwill.
The revised IFRS 3 standard effects acquisitions of a controlling interest in a company where Tele2 already holds an equity interest. The revised accounting standard requires Tele2 to adjust the carrying value of the previously held equity interest to fair value at acquisition. Any gain or loss shall be recorded in the income statement. The revised IFRS 3 standard is applied prospectively.
The revised IAS 27 clarifies that changes in a parent company's share in the subsidiary, where the parent company retains the control, shall be reported as a transaction within equity. This means that these types of changes shall not result in recognition of profit or loss in the income statement. Nor shall the transaction cause any changes of the subsidiary's net assets (including goodwill). The previous standard gave no guidance on how changes in the parent company's participating interest should be accounted for. The revised standard is applied prospectively and will result in changes compared to the previous principles.
Choice of accounting principle for put options
When choosing and applying its accounting principles, Tele2 has chosen the following principle for reporting of put options in connection with business combinations, where put options give the minority owner a right to sell its shares or part of its shares to Tele2 in a company in which Tele2 is the majority stockholder. The chosen method means that initially, at the business combination, a minority interest is recognized. This minority interest is then immediately reclassified as a financial liability. The financial liability is recognized at its fair value at each reporting date, with the changes reported within financial items in profit or loss.
An alternative method, not chosen by Tele2, would be to report both a minority interest and a financial liability with opposite booking of the liability initially directly to shareholders' equity and the following changes in the liability's fair value reported in profit and loss. Another additional alternative is to on a current basis report a minority interest which is reclassified as a financial liability at each reporting period. The difference between the reclassified minority interest and the fair value of the financial liability is reported as a change of the minority interest within equity.
Other new and amended IFRS standards and IFRIC interpretations
The other new or amended IFRS standards and IFRIC interpretations, which became effective January 1, 2010, have had no material effect on the consolidated financial statements.
Tele2 has, in all other respects, presented its interim report in accordance with the accounting principles and calculation methods used in the 2009 Annual Report. Definitions are found in the 2009 Annual Report.
NOTE 1 Net sales
In Q3 2010, net sales in Estonia have been decreased by SEK 18 million related to the settlement of a court dispute regarding excessive mobile termination fees during the years 2006-2007.
In Q2 2010, net sales and cash flow in Germany has been increased by SEK 588 million due to a reached settlement with Deutsche Telekom regarding several legal disputes dated back to 2003 (e.g. regarding verbal ordering procedures). The positive effect has been reported as a one-off item. Income tax regarding this settlement has affected the income statement negatively in Q2 2010 with SEK 73 million.
In Q4 2009 Tele2 made a settlement with TeliaSonera related to interconnect disputes, and the solved dispute affected the cash flow positively by SEK 340 million and the interest income by SEK 60 million, but did not affect EBIT. In addition an interest cost has affected Q2 2010 negatively by SEK 43 million.
In Q3 2009, net sales in segment Other were increased by SEK 76 million related to a settlement with another operator. The positive effect was reported as a one-off item.
In Q2 2009, net sales in Sweden were decreased by SEK 59 million related to the revaluation of reserves. The negative effect was reported as a one-off item.
NOTE 2 Operating and financial expenses
In Q4 2010 the USD 220 million bond issued on the US market has been repaid, which resulted in a termination fee of SEK 116 million reported as interest expense.
In Q2 2010 Sweden has been negatively affected by SEK 51 million, due to the ruling from the Administrative Court of Appeal in June 2010 regarding price on whole and split copper cable. The negative effect has been reported as a one-off item.
Due to telecom regulatory changes Netherlands has in Q2 2010 been positively affected by SEK 79 million mainly in the fixed broadband and fixed telephony business.
In Q1 2010 segment Other has been negatively affected with SEK 22 million associated with termination payment, including pension costs and social security cost, to former President and CEO Harri Koponen.
| NOTE 3 | Result from shares in associated companies |
|---|---|
| and joint ventures |
| 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEK million | Note | Full year | Full year | Q4 | Q4 |
| Valuation of loss carry forward in Svenska UMTS-nät |
96 | – | 96 | – | |
| Valuation of previously held shares in Spring Mobil in connection to acquisition |
|||||
| of remaining shares | 8 | 31 | – | – | – |
| Sale of shares in Plusnet | 8 | –247 | – | –247 | – |
| Other | 46 | –98 | 2 | –38 | |
| Total | –74 | –98 | –149 | –38 |
NOTE 4 Taxes
In Q4 2010 net taxes were positively affected by SEK 175 million as a result of a valuation of deferred tax assets in Germany.
In Q3 2010 net taxes were positively affected by SEK 1,049 (1,071) million as a result of a valuation of deferred tax assets related to holding companies in Luxembourg of SEK 895 (1,071) million and for Netherlands of SEK 154 million.
In Q3 2009 Tele2 Sweden received a negative tax ruling, mainly regarding a deduction for contribution to its subsidiary Tele2 Norway for the write off of an MVNO-agreement. The declined deductions affected the tax cost negatively by SEK 209 million in Q3 2009, but had no cash flow effects.
In Q1 2009 SEK 186 million as well as SEK 10 million were expensed regarding the S.E.C. dispute and other tax disputes respectively. Total tax and interest paid in Q1 2009, related to tax disputes, amounted to
SEK 395 million out of which SEK 163 million was already provisioned for in 2005. The tax dispute is presented in Note 15 of the 2009 Annual Report.
NOTE 5 Contingent liabilities
| 2010 | 2009 | |
|---|---|---|
| SEK million | Dec 31 | Dec 31 |
| Tax dispute, S.E.C. SA liquidation | – | 4,354 |
| Other disputes | 258 | – |
| Guarantee related to joint ventures | ||
| -Svenska UMTS-nät, Sweden | 1,260 | 1,745 |
| -Mobile Norway, Norway | 199 | 80 |
| Total contingent liabilities | 1,717 | 6,179 |
At January 21, 2011 the Administrative Court of Appeal has approved Tele2's claim for a deduction of a capital loss of SEK 13.3 billion (tax effect of SEK 4,354 million including interest), which was associated with the liquidation of SEC SA in 2001. The decision by the Administrative Court of Appeal will not lead to reduced tax payments since the capital loss has been deducted against earlier years' profits.
Tele2 is the defendant in an arbitration regarding a dispute relating to a Share Option Agreement and related issues where the claimant has put forward claims of USD 38 (SEK 258) million. We estimate that the arbitration award will be announced during the second half of 2011. Based on current information, our assessment is that it is more likely than not that we will win.
Additional contractual commitments and liabilities related to joint ventures are stated in Note 31 and Note 32 in the Annual Report for 2009.
NOTE 6 Transactions with related parties
Apart from transactions with Transcom and joint ventures no other significant related party transactions have been carried out during 2010. Related parties are presented in Note 39 of the 2009 Annual Report.
NOTE 7 Shares and convertibles
| Dec 31, 2010 | Dec 31, 2009 | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of outstanding shares, basic | 443,262,339 | 440,381,339 |
| Number of shares in own custody | 3,701,000 | 5,798,000 |
| Number of shares, weighted average | 441,229,755 | 440,355,339 |
| Number of shares after dilution | 445,111,903 | 441,506,048 |
| Number of shares after dilution, weighted average | 442,920,782 | 441,272,717 |
DIVIDEND
Tele2's Board of Directors intends to propose an increase of the ordinary dividend with 56 percent to SEK 6.00 per share in respect of the financial year 2010 to the Annual General Meeting in 2011 and an extraordinary dividend of SEK 21.00 per share.
Tele2 has, in Q2 2010, paid to the shareholders a dividend for 2009 of SEK 5.85 per share, of which the ordinary dividend amounts to SEK 3.85 per share and the extraordinary dividend amounts to SEK 2.00 per share. This corresponds to a total of SEK 2,580 million, of which ordinary dividend SEK 1,698 million and extraordinary dividend SEK 882 million.
NEW SHARE ISSUE, CANCELLATION AND REPURCHASE OF SHARES
As a result of 1,153,000 and 944,000 stock options in the incentive program 2007-2010/2012 being exercised during Q3-Q4 2010 respectively, Tele2 has sold shares in own custody of 1,153,000 and 944,000 resulting in an increase of shareholders' equity of SEK 141 and 115 million respectively.
As a result of 20,000, 557,000 and 207,000 stock options in the incentive program 2006-2009/2011 being exercised during Q1-Q3 2010 respectively, Tele2 has issued new shares resulting in an increase of shareholders' equity of SEK 2, 53 and 19 million respectively.
RECLASSIFICATION
In Q1 and Q3 2010, 4,140,326 and 1,520 class A shares have been reclassified into class B shares in Tele2.
In order to ensure delivery of shares under the incentive program 2007-2010/2012 Tele2 has, in Q2 2010, reclassified 2,529,000 Class C shares to Class B shares.
INCENTIVE PROGRAM 2010
The Annual General Meeting on May 17, 2010, approved an incentive programme for allocation to senior executives and other key employees in the Tele2 Group.
The incentive program (the Plan) includes a total of 142 senior executives and other key employees within the Tele2 Group. The participants in the Plan are required to own shares in Tele2. These shares could either be shares already held or shares purchased on the market in connection with notification to participate in the Plan. Thereafter the participants were granted, free of charge, retention rights and performance rights on the terms stipulated below.
For each share under the Plan, the participants will be granted retention rights and performance rights by the company. Subject to fulfilment of certain retention and performance based conditions during the period April 1, 2010 - March 31, 2013 (the measure period), the participant maintaining the employment within the Tele2 Group at the date of the release of the interim report January - March 2013 and subject to the participant maintaining the invested shares, 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 retention and performance shares being allotted in order to treat the shareholders and the participants equally. The participant's maximum profit per right in the Plan is limited to SEK 529, five times the average closing share price of the Tele2 Class B shares during February 2010 (SEK 105.90).
The rights are divided into Series A rights retention shares, Series B rights performance shares and Series C rights performance shares. The shares to be received by the employee depend on the fulfilment of certain defined retention and performance based conditions during the Measure Period as follows:
- Series A rights Tele2's total shareholder return (TSR) on the Tele2 shares, with a minimum hurdle exceeding 0 percent during the Measure Period.
- Series B rights Average normalized return of capital employed (ROCE), with a minimum hurdle of 15 percent during the Measure Period and a stretch target of 18 percent.
- Series C rights TSR compared with a peer group including Elisa, KPN, Millicom, Mobistar, MTS – Mobile Telesystems, Telenor, TeliaSonera, Turkcell and Vodafone during the Measure Period with TSR being better than the average TSR for the peer group as a minimum hurdle and TSR being 10 percentage points better than the average TSR for the peer group as a stretch target.
The determined levels of the retention and performance based conditions are minimum hurdle and stretch target with a linear interpolation applied between those levels. The minimum hurdle constitutes the minimum level which must be exceeded in order to enable exercise of the rights. If the minimum hurdle is not reached all respective rights to retention and performance shares in that series lapse. If a stretch target is met all retention rights and performance rights remain exercisable in that series. If the minimum hurdle is reached the number of rights exercisable will be 20 percent for the Series B and C rights and 100 percent for the A rights.
To ensure the delivery of Class B shares under the Plan, the Annual General Meeting decided that maximum 1,180,000 Class C shares held by the company after reclassification into Class B shares may be transferred to the participants under the Plan.
The Plan comprises a total number of 196,280 shares and the following number of rights for the different Groups: a) 8,000 shares and 7 rights (1 Series A, 3 Series B and 3 Series C) per invested share for the CEO, b) 32,000 shares and 6 rights (1 Series A, 2.5 Series B and 2.5 Series C) per invested share for other senior executives and other key employees (8 persons) and c) 156,280 shares and 4 rights (1 Series A, 1.5 Series B and 1.5 Series C) per invested share for other participants (133 persons).
| Number of share rights | 2010 Jun 9–Dec 31 |
|---|---|
| Allocated June 9, 2010 | 873,120 |
| Forfeited | –4,000 |
| Total outstanding share rights | 869,120 |
Total costs before tax for outstanding rights in the incentive program are expensed as they arise over a three-year period, and these costs are expected to amount to SEK 61 million.
The estimated average fair value of the granted rights was SEK 78.60 on the grant date, June 9, 2010. The calculation of the fair values was carried out by external analysts. The following variables were used:
| Serie A | Serie B | Serie C | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Expected annual turnover of personnel | 7,0% | 7,0% | 7,0% |
| Expected value reduction parameter fulfilment | – | 50% | – |
| Weighted average share price | 115.49 | 115.49 | 115.49 |
| Expected life | 2.87 years | 2.87 years | 2.87 years |
| Expected value reduction parameter market condition |
70% | – | 35% |
INCENTIVE PROGRAM 2009
| Number of share rights | 2010 Jan 1–Dec 31 |
Cumulative from start |
|---|---|---|
| Allocated June 1, 2009 | 656,160 | |
| Outstanding as of January 1, 2010 | 648,160 | |
| Allocated Q2 2010, compensation for dividend | 20,184 | 20,184 |
| Forfeited | –122,972 | –130,972 |
| Total outstanding share rights | 545,372 | 545,372 |
The Plan comprised a total number of 140,040 shares and the following number of rights for the different Groups: a) 8,000 shares and 7 rights per invested share for the CEO, b) 36,000 shares and 6 rights per invested share for other senior executives and other key employees (9 persons) and c) 96,040 shares and 4 rights per invested share for other participants (62 persons).
INCENTIVE PROGRAM 2008
| Number of share rights | 2010 Jan 1–Dec 31 |
Cumulative from start |
|---|---|---|
| Allocated May 30, 2008 | 384,400 | |
| Allocated October 24, 2008 | 56,000 | |
| Allocated December 19, 2008 | 186,872 | |
| Allocated Q2 2009, compensation for dividend | 25,165 | |
| 652,437 | ||
| Outstanding as of January 1, 2010 | 492,549 | |
| Allocated Q2 2010, compensation for dividend | 14,372 | 14,372 |
| Forfeited | –114,469 | –274,357 |
| Total outstanding share rights | 392,452 | 392,452 |
INCENTIVE PROGRAM 2007
| Total outstanding stock options | 432,000 | 432,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Exercised | –2,097,000 | –2,097,000 |
| Forfeited | –21,000 | –1,023,000 |
| Outstanding as of January 1, 2010 | 2,550,000 | |
| Allocated August 28, 2007 | 3,552,000 | |
| Number of options | 2010 Jan 1–Dec 31 |
Cumulative from start |
The exercise of the stock options is conditional upon the fulfilment of certain performance conditions, measured from July 1, 2007 until June 30, 2010. The Board has established that the outcome of these decided performance conditions are in accordance with below.
| Performance conditions | Minimum (50%) |
Target (100%) |
Outcome | Outcome of incentive program |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average normalised Return on Capital Employed (ROCE) |
7% | 14.5% | 15.5% | 100% |
| Total Shareholder Return compared to a peer group (TSR) |
> 0% | ≥ 5% | 38.9% | 100% |
The exercise price has been adjusted from SEK 124 at December 31, 2009 to SEK 122 due to a compensation for the extraordinary dividend paid during 2010.
Weighted average share price at date of exercise for stock options has during 2010 amounted to SEK 139.21.
INCENTIVE PROGRAM 2006
| Stock options | Warrants | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Cumulative | 2010 | Cumulative | |
| Number of options | Jan 1–Dec 31 | from start | Jan 1–Dec 31 | from start |
| Allocated March 7, 2006 | 1,504,000 | 752,000 | ||
| Outstanding as of January 1, 2010 | 904,000 | – | ||
| Forfeited | – | –570,000 | – | –752,000 |
| Exercised | –784,000 | –814,000 | – | – |
| Total outstanding | 120,000 | 120,000 | – | – |
Weighted average share price at date of exercise for stock options has during 2010 amounted to SEK 121.69 (105.39).
A total bonus of SEK 5 million has been paid in connection with exercise during 2009-2010, as a compensation for the extraordinary dividend of SEK 6.20 and 8.20 paid 2008–2010.
NOTE 8 Business acquisitions and divestments Acquisitions and divestments of shares and participations affecting cash flow are the following.
| 2010 | |
|---|---|
| SEK million | Jan 1 –Dec 31 |
| Acquisitions | |
| BBned, Netherlands | –471 |
| Spring Mobil, Sweden | –67 |
| Kazakhstan | –534 |
| Rostov, Russia | –274 |
| Other acquisitions | –25 |
| –1,371 | |
| Capital contribution to joint venture companies | –139 |
| –139 | |
| Total acquisitions | –1,510 |
| Divestments | |
| Plusnet, Germany | –271 |
| Settlements of previous years' discontinued operations | 323 |
| Settlements of previous years' other divestments | 1 |
| Total divestments | 53 |
| TOTAL CASH FLOW EFFECT | –1,457 |
ACQUISITIONS BBned, Netherlands
On October 5, 2010 Tele2 acquired 100 percent of the Dutch operator BBned for SEK 462 million. The acquisition has affected Tele2's net sales in the segment Netherlands year-to-date by SEK 197 million, EBITDA by SEK 12 million and net profit by SEK –48 million.
BBned is a provider of fixed telephony and broadband services in the Netherlands, active in retail, business and wholesale segment. BBned operates on the business market with its brand BBeyond and on the consumer market with its brands Alice and InterNLnet.
Goodwill in connection with the acquisition is related to Tele2's expectation that BBned will strengthen Tele2's position and improve Tele2's distribution in the Dutch market. Tele2 will benefit from the synergies that exist between Tele2 and BBned given the similarity between BBned's and Tele2's operations. Tele2's expectation is that the transaction will contribute positively to the company's growth opportunities.
Total acquisition costs of SEK 7 million have been reported in the income statement.
Spring Mobil, Sweden
On July 23, 2010 Tele2 acquired the remaining 50 percent of the shares in the Swedish company Spring Mobil for SEK 81 million. The acquisition has affected Tele2's net sales in the segment Sweden yearto-date by SEK 84 million, EBITDA by SEK 6 million and net profit by SEK 13 million including a positive effect of SEK 31 million described below.
As a result of Tele2 receiving controlling interest, by the acquisition, Spring Mobil is no longer reported according to the equity method but instead according to the purchase method. As described in the Accounting principles, a revised accounting standard requires Tele2 to adjust the previously held shares of 50 percent to fair value, as a result of the acquisition of additional shares, and report the difference in the income statement (result from shares in associated companies and joint ventures). Accordingly a positive effect has been reported in Q3 2010 of SEK 31 million. Fair value of the previously 50 percent owned shares has been based on the purchase price of the additional acquired shares.
Spring Mobil operates on the Swedish business market with socalled One Phone solutions. Goodwill in connection with the acquisition is related to Tele2's expectation that Spring Mobil complements Tele2's existing product portfolio and will improve Tele2's position in the corporate market. As a wholly owned subsidiary, Tele2 can fully benefit from the synergies that exist between Tele2 and Spring Mobil and the transaction will contribute positively to the company's growth opportunities.
Total acquisition costs of SEK 3 million have been reported in the income statement.
Kazakhstan
On March 17, 2010 Tele2 acquired 51 percent of mobile operator NEO in Kazakhstan for SEK 545 million. Tele2 has in addition committed to a capital injection of SEK 360 million, of which SEK 251 million has been paid by Tele2, and additional SEK 241 million by the minority owner. The acquisition has affected Tele2's net sales in the segment Kazakhstan year-to-date by SEK 119 million, EBITDA by SEK –173 million and net profit by SEK –538 million.
NEO operates a 900 MHz GSM license in Kazakhstan with a population of approximately 16.2 millions. Tele2 owns 51 percent of the shares with a call option to buy the remaining 49 percent from December 14, 2014. The other shareholder Asianet Holding B.V. has a put option to sell its shares to Tele2 from December 14, 2011. The exercise price of both options is the fair market value of the shares at the date of exercise.
Goodwill in connection with the acquisition was recognized in accordance with the so called full-goodwill method and is related to
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Tele2's expectations of strengthening this operation using its solid experience as a leading mobile challenger. The acquisition will provide the potential of synergies given the proximity and similarity of the Kazakhstan asset to other Tele2 operations as well as from the replication of Tele2's successful operational model, including the successful brand and product strategies used in the Russian market.
Total acquisition costs of SEK 35 million have been reported in the income statement, whereof SEK 29 million was reported in Q4 2009.
Rostov, Russia
In January 2010, Tele2 acquired the remaining 12.5 percent of the shares in the subsidiary Tele2 Rostov in Russia for SEK 366 million, of which SEK 92 million will be paid in Q1 2013. This was the last minority stake in Tele2 Russia and as a result of this acquisition Tele2 now owns 100 percent of its Russian operation. As described in the Accounting principles, a revised accounting standard requires Tele2 to record the effect of a change in the parent company's shares in a subsidiary, when the parent company retains control, within equity. The Rostov acquisition has resulted in a decrease in equity of SEK 306 million.
Other acquisitions
Other acquisitions of SEK 25 million relates to final payment in August 2010 of previous year acquisition of shares in Tele2 Izhevsk.
Net assets at the time of acquisition
Fair value of assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities included in the acquired operations are stated below.
| SEK million | BBned | Spring Mobil | Kazakhstan | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Customer agreements | 150 | 45 | 373 | 568 |
| Licenses | – | 10 | 594 | 604 |
| Software | – | 9 | 26 | 35 |
| Trademarks | 5 | 17 | – | 22 |
| Tangible assets | 278 | 119 | 401 | 798 |
| Financial assets | – | 1 | 48 | 49 |
| Material and supplies | 2 | – | 7 | 9 |
| Current receivables | 146 | 73 | 64 | 283 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 6 | 14 | 11 | 31 |
| Long-term liabilities | –74 | –107 | –999 | –1,180 |
| Short-term liabilities | –175 | –101 | –371 | –647 |
| Minority interest | – | – | –527 | –527 |
| Acquired net assets | 338 | 80 | –373 | 45 |
| Goodwill | 50 | 12 | 918 | 980 |
| Fair value of equity interest | ||||
| at acquisition | – | –46 | – | –46 |
| Purchase price shares | 388 | 46 | 545 | 979 |
| Payment for debt in acquired companies | 74 | 35 | – | 109 |
| 462 | 81 | 545 | 1,088 | |
| Exchange rate differences | 15 | – | – | 15 |
| Less: cash in acqired companies | –6 | –14 | –11 | –31 |
| NET EFFECT ON GROUP CASH ASSETS | 471 | 67 | 534 | 1,072 |
The information above and the pro forma below are to be viewed as preliminary.
The put option in Kazakhstan is measured to its fair value and the minority interest within equity has been reclassified to an interest bearing financial liability. Fair value of the 49 percent minority interest, SEK 527 million, has been determined based on the purchase price of Tele2's 51 percent interest in Kazakhstan, SEK 545 million. More details about the accounting policy applied can be found in the section Accounting principles and definitions.
In the balance sheet for Kazakhstan there is an interest-free loan from the former owner. At the time of the acquisition the nominal value of the liability was SEK 561 million and the fair value was SEK 265 million.
At the time of the acquisition BBned, Spring Mobil and Kazakhstan had tax losses carried forward. In the purchase price allocation, deferred tax asset relating to the tax loss carried forward has been reported to the extent they offset the deferred tax liability.
DIVESTMENTS Plusnet, Germany
On December 23, 2010 Tele2 sold its 32.5 percent ownership in the joint venture Plusnet in Germany and at the same time made an early termination of the joint venture agreement. Tele2 Germany has paid in net SEK 271 million and report a capital loss of SEK 247 million.
Tele2 Germany currently develops its network independent service portfolio for the residential market and has yearly paid an operational expenditure of approximately SEK 160 million and a capital expenditure of approximately SEK 20 million to the joint venture. By exiting the joint venture agreement Tele2 will save a total of approximately SEK 600 million, offsetting the cost for terminating the agreement early. As a result of the completion of the transaction Tele2 Germany will enter into a new vendor agreement based on commercial terms with QSC for xDSL and telephony services.
Other divestments
Other cash flow changes include settlements of purchase prices in the amount of SEK 1 million, for divestments that have not been classified as discontinued operations.
Divestment after closing day
On December 15, 2010 Tele2 sold its cable TV operation in Lithuania for SEK 42 million. The sale was approved by the regulatory authorities on February 3, 2011 and is expected to be closed in mid February with a capital gain of SEK 4 million. The sold operation is immaterial and has consequently not been reported as assets held for sale at December 31, 2010.
PRO FORMA
The table below shows how the acquired and divested companies and operations at December 31, 2010 should have affected Tele2's net sales and result if they had been acquired or divested before January 1, 2010.
| Full Year 2010 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tele2 | Acquired and divested operations | ||||||||
| SEK million | Group1) | Kazakhstan | Spring Mobil | BBned | Plusnet | pro forma | |||
| Net sales | 40,164 | 46 | 135 | 594 | – | 40,939 | |||
| EBITDA | 10,284 | –36 | 24 | 101 | 140 | 10,513 | |||
| Net profit/loss | 6,481 | –122 | –14 | –23 | 387 | 6,709 | |||
| 1) Continued operation |
DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS
Discontinued operations include settlements of sales costs and price adjustments for discontinued operations sold during previous years, of which SEK 417 (178) million refers to a positive outcome from a dispute in the divested operation in Switzerland with a positive effect on both income statement and cash flow. In addition 2009 includes the, during 2009, divested mobile operation in France.
| Discontinued operation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | |
| SEK million | Full year | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 | Full year | Q4 | Q3 |
| Income statement | ||||||||
| Net sales | – | – | – | – | – | 1,092 | 177 | 278 |
| Profit/loss before tax | 453 | 410 | 29 | –5 | 19 | –17 | 196 | –461 |
| Taxes | –6 | –6 | – | – | – | –29 | –12 | –17 |
| Net profit/loss | 447 | 404 | 29 | –5 | 19 | –46 | 184 | –478 |
| Cash flow statement | ||||||||
| Operating activities | – | – | – | – | – | 198 | 52 | –9 |
| Investing activities | 323 | 418 | –9 | –79 | –7 | 814 | 534 | 2 |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents |
323 | 418 | –9 | –79 | –7 | 1,012 | 586 | –7 |
NOTE 9 Number of customers
As a way of standardizing reporting both internally and externally, Tele2 decided in 2009 to change its principles for calculating the number of active customers in its mobile prepaid base. As of June 30, 2009, Tele2 considers a customer inactive if the customer has not used its mobile service in 3 months, instead of as earlier 3 to 13 months. Previous periods were not adjusted retroactively. In Q3 2009, additional adjustments were done to the customer base in Russia and Lithuania to reach conformity with the new principle.
In Q2 and Q3 2009, the one-time effect was a net increase of 567,000 and a net decrease of -249,000 respectively in the reported customer base. The large positive effect that the changed principle had on the Russian customer base was mainly related to the fact that the 3 months period was previously calculated from the time of the payment and not (as the new definition) from the last outgoing call. The table below presents how the customer base was affected by the changed definition in each country.
| Number of customers at June 30, 2009 | Q3 2009 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousands | Before | Changed definition |
After | Additional change1) |
| Sweden | 3,436 | –200 | 3,236 | – |
| Norway | 458 | –2 | 456 | – |
| Russia | 11,120 | 1,261 | 12,381 | –179 |
| Estonia | 488 | –32 | 456 | – |
| Lithuania | 1,897 | –181 | 1,716 | –70 |
| Latvia | 1,084 | –12 | 1,072 | – |
| Croatia | 773 | –227 | 546 | – |
| Netherlands | 465 | –40 | 425 | – |
| Number of customers | 19,721 | 567 | 20,288 | –249 |
1) Additional change due to the new principle decided in Q2 2009
NOTE 10 Sales between mobile and fixed within segment Sweden
Previously, in the segment specification for Sweden, effects from mobile traffic terminated in the fixed access network and traffic in the fixed access network terminated in the mobile access network were not reported since they were related to traffic within the same company. From Q1 2010, with retroactive effect, the internal sale between mobile and fixed broadband/telephony has been reported for Tele2 Sweden. Segment Sweden has been adjusted with the following amounts.
INTERNAL SALES
| Internal sales | 77 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 109 | 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mobile | 77 | 17 | 15 | 23 | 22 | 109 | 23 |
| SEK million | 2009 Full year |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
2009 Q2 |
2009 Q1 |
2008 Full year |
2008 Q4 |
EBITDA and EBIT
| SEK million Mobile |
Full year 77 |
Q4 17 |
Q3 15 |
Q2 23 |
Q1 22 |
Full year 109 |
Q4 23 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fixed broadband | –31 | –7 | –6 | –9 | –9 | –40 | –10 |
| Fixed telephony | –46 | –10 | –9 | –14 | –13 | –69 | –13 |
| EBITDA and EBIT | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
NOTE 11 New revenue recognition principle Multiple deliveries
With prospective effect, revenues from customer agreements including the delivery of mobile phones or other equipment, without the debit of any specific enhanced subscription fees, are allocated to the individual components in the agreement. Before, the revenue was recognized when the total service was provided the customer. The changed principle means that revenues that can be allocated to the equipment are recognized at the delivery of the equipment to the customer and revenues from other subscription charges are recognized in the period covered by the charge. Prior periods have not been restated since it is impracticable to determine the effect on these. The change has had a positive effect on net sales in Q4 2010 of SEK 87 million.
Enhanced fees
In Sweden the sale of phones and computers via so called enhanced subscription fee has increased. Enhanced fees are an offering for the customer to pay explicitly for the equipment during a period of 12 to 24 months. This change in customer offering has led to a revaluation of how much cash flow can be allocated to equipment such as mobile phones etc.
In segment Sweden from January 1, 2010 sales with enhanced subscription fees are regarded as instalment payments and the accounting of the revenues reflect that. Hence both the cost and the revenue from the equipment are accounted for at the time it is supplied to the customer. Previously the cost was taken up front and the revenue was recognized when the total services were provided. Previous periods have been recalculated and the effects on the financial statements are presented below.
INCOME STATEMENT
| Net profit/loss | 154 | 55 | 49 | 27 | 23 | 43 | 32 | 112 | 49 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tax | –55 | –20 | –17 | –10 | –8 | –15 | –11 | –40 | –17 |
| Net sales, mobile | 209 | 75 | 66 | 37 | 31 | 58 | 43 | 152 | 66 |
| SEK million | 2009 Full year |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
2009 Q2 |
2009 Q1 |
2008 Full year |
2008 Q4 |
2007 Full year |
2006 Full year |
BALANCE SHEET
| Equity and liabilities | 358 | 303 | 254 | 227 | 204 | 161 | 49 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shareholders' equity | 358 | 303 | 254 | 227 | 204 | 161 | 49 |
| Assets | 358 | 303 | 254 | 227 | 204 | 161 | 49 |
| Deferred tax assets | –127 | –107 | –90 | –80 | –72 | –57 | –17 |
| Accrued income | 485 | 410 | 344 | 307 | 276 | 218 | 66 |
| Assets | |||||||
| SEK million | Dec 31 | Sep 30 | Jun 30 | Mar 31 | Dec 31 | Dec 31 | Dec 31 |
| 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 |
CASH FLOW STATEMENT
| Cash flow from operating activities |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change in working capital |
–209 | –75 | –66 | –37 | –31 | –58 | –43 | –152 | –66 |
| Cash flow from opera tions, less paid taxes |
209 | 75 | 66 | 37 | 31 | 58 | 43 | 152 | 66 |
| SEK million | 2009 Full year |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
2009 Q2 |
2009 Q1 |
2008 Full year |
2008 Q4 |
2007 Full year |
2006 Full year |
NOTE 12 International Carrier is moved to segment Other
From Q3 2010, the international carrier business is reported in segment Other as a result of the business having been moved into the central group functions. Previously this operation was reported in the respective country except for Sweden where it was reported in segment Other together with the other group central functions.
Previous periods have been recalculated retroactively and the effects on Other operations in the financial statements are presented below.
NET SALES
| Tele2 Group | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elimination of internal sales |
53 | 28 | 25 | 205 | 42 | 49 | 61 | 53 |
| Other | 253 | 105 | 148 | 578 | 177 | 148 | 112 | 141 |
| Austria | –127 | –53 | –74 | –348 | –108 | –90 | –65 | –85 |
| Germany | –149 | –65 | –84 | –364 | –95 | –88 | –89 | –92 |
| Netherlands | –30 | –15 | –15 | –71 | –16 | –19 | –19 | –17 |
| SEK million | H1 | Q2 | Q1 | Full year | Q4 | Q3 | Q2 | Q1 |
| 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 |
INTERNAL SALES
| Tele2 Group | –53 | –28 | –25 | –205 | –42 | –49 | –61 | –53 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | –11 | –5 | –6 | –42 | –9 | –11 | –13 | –9 |
| Germany | –32 | –18 | –14 | –135 | –26 | –32 | –40 | –37 |
| Netherlands | –10 | –5 | –5 | –28 | –7 | –6 | –8 | –7 |
| SEK million | 2010 H1 |
2010 Q2 |
2010 Q1 |
2009 Full year |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
2009 Q2 |
2009 Q1 |
EBITDA and EBIT
| Tele2 Group | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Other | 3 | –3 | 6 | 44 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 12 |
| Austria | –5 | –2 | –3 | –27 | –3 | –7 | –9 | –8 |
| Germany | –1 | 3 | –4 | –20 | –4 | –6 | –4 | –6 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| SEK million | 2010 H1 |
2010 Q2 |
2010 Q1 |
2009 Full year |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
2009 Q2 |
2009 Q1 |
NOTE 13 Datametrix Integration is moved to segment Sweden
From Q4 2010, the business for IP-based switchboard solutions to major companies is reported in segment Sweden as a result of part of the business having been moved into the Swedish fixed broadband operation. Previously this part of the operation was reported in segment Other.
Previous periods have been recalculated retroactively and the effects on segment Sweden (fixed broadband) in the financial statements are presented below. Segment Other (Other operations) has been affected with opposite sign.
| SEK million | 2010 Jan 1– Sep 30 |
2010 Q3 |
2010 Q2 |
2010 Q1 |
2009 Full year |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
2009 Q2 |
2009 Q1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden, fixed broadband |
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| Net sales | 60 | 16 | 22 | 22 | 71 | 22 | 15 | 19 | 15 |
| Internal sales | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| EBITDA | –18 | –7 | –7 | –4 | –9 | –1 | –3 | –1 | –4 |
| EBIT | –19 | –7 | –7 | –5 | –10 | –1 | –4 | –1 | –4 |
| CAPEX | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | – | – | – |
NOTE 14 Internal sale from central functions
During Q4 2010, reallocation has been done in segment Other between net sales and other operating revenues concerning central functions. Previous periods have been recalculated retroactively and the effects in segment Other in the financial statements are presented below.
| SEK million | 2010 Jan 1– Sep 30 |
2010 Q3 |
2010 Q2 |
2010 Q1 |
2009 Full year |
2009 Q4 |
2009 Q3 |
2009 Q2 |
2009 Q1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net sales, total | –263 | –91 | –95 | –77 | –314 | –75 | –93 | –41 | –105 |
| Elimination of internal sale |
230 | 82 | 79 | 69 | 276 | 64 | 78 | 66 | 68 |
| Net sales, external | –33 | –9 | –16 | –8 | –38 | –11 | –15 | 25 | –37 |
| Other operating revenues |
33 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 38 | 11 | 15 | –25 | 37 |
| EBITDA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |