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Tele2 Interim / Quarterly Report 2020

Feb 2, 2021

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2020

Tele2 Full Year and Fourth Quarter Report

Q4 2020 HIGHLIGHTS

  • End-user service revenue of SEK 4.8 billion declined by 2% compared to Q4 2019 on an organic basis due to negative impact from the pandemic.
  • Revenue of SEK 6.9 billion, a decline by 3% compared to Q4 2019 on an organic basis.
  • Underlying EBITDAaL of SEK 2.3 billion increased by 3% organically compared to Q4 2019 despite the pandemic impact, driven by strong performance in the Baltics and cost savings.
  • Net profit from total operations of SEK 4.1 billion increased by SEK 3.2 billion compared to Q4 2019. The increase was mainly due to translation differences in Luxembourg of SEK 3.3 billion, with no impact on equity (see Note 3).
  • Full year 2020 results delivered on guidance with underlying EBITDAaL growth of 2% (guidance of roughly flat) and capex excluding spectrum and leases of SEK 2.7 billion (guidance of SEK 2.5-3.0 billion).
  • The Board of Directors proposes an ordinary dividend of SEK 6.00 per share, a 9% increase from last year.
  • Financial guidance for the mid-term reiterated. Issuing 2021 guidance of roughly flat end-user service revenue and 2-4% growth in underlying EBITDAaL compared to 2020, assuming international roaming at a similar level to 2020. Capex excluding spectrum and leasing assets expected to be SEK 2.8–3.3 billion in 2021.

Key financial data

SEK million Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Organic
%
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
Continuing operations
End-user service revenue 4,809 4,909 -2% 19,184 19,466 -1%
Revenue 6,884 7,163 -3% 26,554 27,203 -2%
Operating profit 3,557 1,125 7,371 3,812
Profit after financial items 3,444 1,004 6,855 3,367
Underlying EBITDAaL 2,348 2,298 3% 9,239 9,043 2%
Capex excluding spectrum and leases 879 705 2,717 2,387
Operating cash flow 1,469 1,593 6,523 6,656
Operating cash flow, rolling 12 months 6,523 6,656
Equity free cashflow 872 1,225 4,799 4,159
Equity free cash flow, rolling 12 months 4,799 4,159
Total operations
Net profit 4,118 943 7,408 5,134
Earnings per share after dilution (SEK) 5.95 1.36 10.71 7.24
Equity free cashflow 885 1,484 4,879 4,840
Economic net debt to underlying
EBITDAaL
2.6x 2.5x

Continuing and discontinued operations

Figures presented in this report refer to Q4 (October-December) 2020 and continuing operations unless otherwise stated. Figures shown in parentheses refer to the comparable periods in 2019. Discontinued operations include the former operations, primarily in Germany, Croatia and Kazakhstan. See Note 10.

Non-IFRS measures

This report contains certain non-IFRS measures which are defined and reconciliated to the closest reconcilable line items in the section Non-IFRS measures on page 28. Note that organic growth rates exclude effects from currency movements. For further definitions of industry terms and acronyms, please refer to the Investor section at www.tele2.com.

CEO LETTER – Q4 2020

As we close the final quarter of a challenging year, I feel inspired by the resilience and flexibility of Tele2. At the onset of the pandemic, the company quickly shifted focus and managed to grow underlying EBITDAaL for the full year despite the pandemic. While successfully mitigating near term headwinds, we also executed on initiatives that will bring long term benefits such as the launch of 5G, the business transformation program, annual price adjustments in Sweden consumer and consolidation of the Swedish B2B unit. In January 2021, we presented a new extended leadership team with two new appointments representing key strategic focus areas Sweden B2B and Technology.

While our experience from 2020 gives us confidence that we are well equipped to handle the challenges in the year ahead, we do not expect to go back to business as usual yet. As it is now clear that we will have to continue living with the pandemic for some time this year, we expect EUSR to be roughly flat in 2021 and underlying EBITDAaL to grow 2-4% on a Group level. This assumes that international roaming remains at very low levels for most of the year. We will compensate for the lack of meaningful EUSR growth by reducing cost as we ramp up the business transformation program. We will also continue to invest into growth initiatives offsetting some of the cost savings realized in Sweden. We expect the program to deliver a run-rate of roughly half the three-year target of SEK 1 billion of cost savings by the end of 2021, which should translate to a SEK 250 million impact during the year in addition to what was realized in 2020.

One thing that the pandemic has made clear is how important telecommunications services are to both businesses and consumers. Even after the pandemic is behind us, our role as an essential part of society will remain and we should benefit from increasing demand for connectivity. So even though we face near-term challenges, we have full confidence in our mid-term strategy. We therefore reiterate our mid-term guidance of low single-digit EUSR growth, mid-single-digit underlying EBITDAaL growth and capex excluding spectrum and leases of SEK 2.8-3.3bn annually. This guidance includes a return to sustainable growth in Sweden consumer driven by price and volume growth in mobile postpaid and fixed broadband. It includes continued delivery in the Baltics, offsetting initial decline in Sweden B2B which should stabilize gradually. Underlying EBITDAaL growth will be further supported by the business transformation program which is set to end 2022 with a run-rate of at least SEK 1 billion in cost reduction.

The capex guidance includes the full rollout of 5G in all our markets and Remote-PHY in Sweden. After securing spectrum and finalizing the vendor procurement process we will now, together with Telenor, roll out a nationwide 5G radio access network in Sweden. We see both Remote-PHY and 5G as investments into customer satisfaction as these upgrades allows us to provide our customers with more of what they want such as increased speed and coverage, lower latency and increased capacity. These two major network upgrades will support our more-for-more strategy for years to come as they are monetized through increased pricing power and customer loyalty.

Due to recent regulatory developments, the rollout will be done in a shorter amount of time than originally planned. On one hand this may cause us to exceed the guided capex range slightly in a single year, but on the other hand we will return to low capex levels faster, we will not spend more capex in total than originally planned, and we will be able to provide 5G services faster which means that we can also monetize them faster. Even during the peak rollout period, the network sharing arrangements will allow Tele2 to spend significantly less capex than most of our peers and remain one of the most capital efficient operators in Europe.

I feel inspired by the resilience and flexibility of Tele2. "

In April 2020, Tele2 became the first telco in the Nordics and the Baltics to be climate neutral in its own operations. Following that, we conducted comprehensive analysis of our past and future sustainability efforts, including input from over 9,000 employees, consumers, B2B customers and investors. Based on that, we have launched a new sustainability strategy with clearly defined focus areas and an ambition to lead in sustainability. With this strategy in place, we can make a significant sustainability impact while also increasing internal efficiency, find new business opportunities and win more customers.

Despite headwinds from the pandemic, Tele2 remains a cash generative company and we intend to distribute that cash to shareholders. For this year, the Board proposes an ordinary dividend of SEK 6.00 per share (SEK 4.1 billion), paid out in two tranches in May and October 2021. In addition, with continued growth in underlying EBITDAaL we remain committed to maintain leverage within the target range of 2.5-3.0x.

During 2021 we will continue to mitigate the effects of the ongoing pandemic, but we will also focus on the crucial strategic opportunities and challenges ahead to deliver on our mid-term guidance after the pandemic is over. We will continue executing on the FMC more-for-more strategy and optimize our brand portfolio to bring Sweden consumer back to growth. We will be more dynamic in our approach to the Swedish B2B market and push where we need to, but pull back where it does not make financial sense. We will continue executing on the business transformation program and invest in our network to maintain our 5G leadership. I feel confident in our ability to succeed and exceed expectations as we apply the same resilience to 2021 as we did in 2020.

Kjell Johnsen

President and Group CEO

Financial overview

Analysis of revenue

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Organic
%
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
Mobile 1,443 1,427 1% 5,726 5,651 1%
- Postpaid 1,193 1,160 3% 4,721 4,567 3%
- Prepaid 250 268 -7% 1,005 1,085 -7%
Fixed 1,455 1,508 -3% 5,840 6,092 -4%
- Fixed broadband 677 640 6% 2,653 2,516 5%
- Digital TV 707 777 -9% 2,878 3,186 -10%
- Cable & Fiber 424 451 -6% 1,693 1,835 -8%
- DTT 283 326 -13% 1,185 1,351 -12%
- Fixed telephony & DSL 71 90 -21% 309 390 -21%
Landlord & Other 171 176 -3% 694 706 -2%
Sweden Consumer 3,069 3,111 -1% 12,260 12,450 -2%
Sweden Business 969 1,061 -9% 3,889 4,177 -7%
Baltics 771 738 8% 3,035 2,839 8%
End-user service revenue 4,809 4,909 -2% 19,184 19,466 -1%
Operator revenue 593 653 -8% 2,341 2,511 -7%
Equipment revenue 1,483 1,600 -7% 5,029 5,225 -4%
Revenue 6,884 7,163 -3% 26,554 27,203 -2%

End-user service revenue decreased by 2% organically due to headwinds related to the pandemic including loss of international roaming revenue.

  • Sweden Consumer decreased by 1%, driven by mobile prepaid and digital TV where the decline was elevated due to COVID-19. This offset continued growth in fixed broadband, driven by both volume and price, and mobile postpaid where the effect of price adjustments along with a larger customer base compensated for lower roaming.
  • Sweden Business decreased by 9%, due to continued price pressure in the market, loss of roaming revenue and decline in legacy fixed services.
  • Baltics showed strong growth of 8% organically despite a second lockdown during the quarter. This was driven by strong ASPU (Average Spend Per User) growth due to continued successful monetization of data consumption.

Total revenue decreased by 3% organically. Lower operator revenue was mainly explained by reduced termination rates charged between operators. Equipment revenue declined due to lower equipment sales in Sweden Consumer and Sweden Business.

Analysis of income statement

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Revenue 6,884 7,163 26,554 27,203
Underlying EBITDAaL 2,348 2,298 9,239 9,043
Reversal lease depreciation and interest 313 343 1,245 1,266
Underlying EBITDA 2,661 2,640 10,484 10,309
Items affecting comparability 1,963 -104 1,844 -711
EBITDA 4,624 2,536 12,329 9,598
Depreciation/amortization -1,322 -1,390 -5,269 -5,220
- of which amortization of surplus from acquisitions -301 -305 -1,203 -1,199
- of which lease depreciation -299 -320 -1,182 -1,185
- of which other depreciation/amortization -722 -765 -2,883 -2,836
Impairment -1 -469
Result from shares in associated companies and
joint ventures
255 -20 311 -97
Operating profit 3,557 1,125 7,371 3,812
Net interest and other financial items -112 -121 -517 -445
Income tax 1,032 -251 378 -936
Net profit 4,476 753 7,233 2,431

Underlying EBITDAaL increased by 3% organically as the effect of declining revenue and a negative impact of approximately SEK 70 million from the pandemic was offset by continued strong growth in the Baltics and cost reduction in Sweden. The cost savings were primarily related to the business transformation program initiated in 2020.

Items affecting comparability of SEK 1,963 (-104) million included SEK 2,033 million related to translation differences, recycled from the income statement in conjunction with the closure of the operation in Luxembourg, with no impact on total assets or equity. Items affecting comparability also included restructuring costs of SEK -54 (-101) million, incurred in the ongoing business transformation program. Refer to Note 3 for more detail.

Operating profit increased to SEK 3,557 (1,125) million, with stronger underlying EBITDA and contribution from shares in associated companies, as well as inflated items affecting comparability.

Income tax of SEK 695 million included a positive effect of SEK 1,280 million related to the translation differences in Luxembourg mentioned above. Refer to Note 3 for more detail.

Analysis of cash flow statement

SEK million Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Continuing operations
Underlying EBITDA 2,661 2,640 10,484 10,309
Items affecting comparability 1,963 -104 1,844 -711
Amortization of lease liabilities -272 -283 -1,168 -1,124
Capex paid -729 -616 -2,704 -3,289
Changes in working capital -414 -318 -337 -44
Net financial items paid -86 -81 -467 -408
Taxes paid -254 -42 -916 -686
Other cash items -1,998 29 -1,937 112
Equity free cash flow 872 1,225 4,799 4,159
Equity free cash flow, rolling 12 months1) 4,799 4,159
Total operations
Equity free cash flow, continuing operations 872 1,225 4,799 4,159
Equity free cash flow, discontinued operations 13 259 80 681
Equity free cash flow 885 1,484 4,879 4,840

1) Reconciliation of equity free cash flow rolling 12 months are presented in an excel document (Q4 2020-financials to the market) on Tele2's website www.tele2.com.

Capex paid increased to SEK -729 (-616) million due to increased investments into the network, IT investments related to the business transformation program and higher customer equipment capex in Sweden in connection with the digitalization of the analogue TV service.

Changes in working capital of SEK -414 (-318) million turned negative due to timing of equipment receivables in Sweden following seasonally high equipment sales.

Taxes paid increased to SEK -254 (-42) million due to repaid preliminary tax in Sweden in Q4 2019.

Other cash items includes a reversal of the SEK 2,033 million (included in items affecting comparability) related to the closure of the former operations in Luxembourg as the cash impact is neutral.

Equity free cash flow from continuing operations of SEK 872 (1,225) million in the quarter decreased due to higher capex paid, higher negative change in working capital and higher taxes paid. Over the last twelve months, SEK 4.8 billion was generated, equivalent to roughly SEK 7 per share.

Analysis of financial position

Total operations
SEK million
Dec 31
2020
Dec 31
2019
Bonds 21,175 20,305
Commercial papers 1,100
Financial institutions and other liabilities 3,954 3,912
Cash and cash equivalents -970 -448
Other adjustments -217 -164
Economic net debt 23,942 24,705
Lease liabilities 5,327 6,111
Net debt 29,269 30,816
Underlying EBITDAaL, rolling 12 months1) 9,239 9,702
Economic net debt to Underlying EBITDAaL 2.6x 2.5x
Unutilized overdraft facilities and credit lines 8,560 8,716

1) Includes all operations owned and controlled by Tele2 at the end of each reporting period.

Economic net debt of SEK 23.9 billion (24.7 billion at year-end 2019) was reduced by SEK 0.8 billion during 2020, driven by cash generation in the business and proceeds of SEK 2.0 billion from the sale of Tele2 Croatia, fully covering the total shareholder remuneration of SEK 6.2 billion.

Economic net debt to underlying EBITDAaL (financial leverage) of 2.6x (2.5x year end 2019) was within the leverage target range of 2.5-3.0x at the end of December.

Financial guidance

Financial guidance

Tele2 AB provides the following guidance for continuing operations in constant currencies.

Full-year 2021

The guidance for 2021 includes an assumption that international roaming will be at a similar level to 2020.

  • Group end-user service revenue roughly flat compared to 2020.
  • Group underlying EBITDAaL growth of 2-4% compared to 2020.
  • Capex excluding spectrum and leasing assets of SEK 2.8–3.3 billion.

Mid-term

  • Low single-digit growth of end-user service revenue.
  • Mid-single-digit growth of underlying EBITDAaL.
  • Annual capex excluding spectrum and leasing assets of SEK 2.8–3.3 billion during the roll-out of 5G and Remote-PHY.

Dividend

For the financial year 2020, the Board of Directors of Tele2 AB has decided to recommend to the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 22, 2021 that an ordinary dividend of SEK 6.00 be paid per ordinary A and B share, in two equal tranches in May and October, 2021.

Financial policy

  • Tele2 will seek to operate within a range for economic net debt to underlying EBITDAaL of between 2.5–3.0x, and to maintain investment grade credit metrics.
  • Tele2's policy will aim to maintain target leverage by distributing capital to shareholders through:
    • An ordinary dividend of at least 80 percent of equity free cash flow, and,
    • Extraordinary dividends and/or share repurchases, based on remaining equity free cash flow, proceeds from asset sales and re-leveraging of underlying EBITDAaL growth.

Group summary

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Organic
%
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
END-USER SERVICE REVENUE
Sweden 4,038 4,171 -3% 16,149 16,627 -3%
Lithuania 420 392 11% 1,631 1,502 10%
Latvia 226 217 8% 901 857 6%
Estonia 125 129 1% 503 480 6%
Total 4,809 4,909 -2% 19,184 19,466 -1%
REVENUE
Sweden 5,569 5,890 -5% 21,601 22,415 -4%
Lithuania 760 703 12% 2,812 2,656 7%
Latvia 369 366 4% 1,424 1,402 3%
Estonia 214 226 -2% 819 813 2%
Internal sales, elimination -28 -23 23% -102 -84 21%
Total 6,884 7,163 -3% 26,554 27,203 -2%
UNDERLYING EBITDAaL
Sweden 1,942 1,901 2% 7,608 7,515 1%
Lithuania 263 240 13% 1,043 957 10%
Latvia 138 131 9% 556 526 7%
Estonia 42 46 -4% 173 162 8%
Other -38 -21 81% -140 -117 20%
Total 2,348 2,298 3% 9,239 9,043 2%
CAPEX
Sweden 756 595 27% 2,399 2,035 18%
Lithuania 48 51 -4% 120 139 -12%
Latvia 42 27 61% 104 122 -14%
Estonia 33 32 4% 93 90 5%
Other 0 -100% 2 -100%
Capex excluding spectrum and leases 879 705 25% 2,717 2,387 14%
Spectrum 0 68
Right-of-use assets (leases) 602 552 1,182 1,306
Total 1,481 1,257 3,899 3,761
of which:
– Network 456 332 1,301 1,144
– IT 242 212 740 740
– Customer equipment 161 94 516 303
– Other 21 67 159 201
Capex excluding spectrum and leases 879 705 2,717 2,387

Overview by segment

Sweden

In Sweden, the good momentum in consumer fixed broadband and mobile postpaid end-user service revenue continued in the quarter. However, it did not fully compensate for the headwinds from the pandemic as commercial activity was affected by the second wave of COVID-19. EUSR decreased by -3% driven by COVID-19 related headwinds and continued price pressure within Sweden Business. The COVID-19 headwinds were mainly related to loss of international roaming revenue but also lower activity within mobile prepaid and loss of revenue from churn of premium TV packages in previous quarters.

Improvements, mainly within B2B, support functions and the technology organization, were executed through the business transformation program resulting in annualized run-rate savings of SEK 250 million at the end of the quarter. Savings totaled SEK 50 million in the quarter and SEK 95 million within the year.

Underlying EBITDAaL increased by 2% as the negative impact from the pandemic of roughly SEK 50 million was offset by continued execution of the business transformation program and somewhat lower commercial spend.

Capex excluding spectrum and leases increased by SEK 162 million due to 5G related network investments, IT investments related to the business transformation program and temporarily higher customer equipment capex in connection with the digitalization of the analogue TV service.

Financials
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Organic
%
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
End-user service revenue 4,038 4,171 -3% 16,149 16,627 -3%
Revenue 5,569 5,890 -5% 21,601 22,415 -4%
Underlying EBITDA 2,211 2,188 8,676 8,614
Underlying EBITDAaL 1,942 1,901 2% 7,608 7,515 1%
Underlying EBITDAaL margin 35% 32% 35% 34%
Capex
Network 362 283 1,073 927
IT 221 167 681 649
Customer equipment 159 92 508 299
Other 15 52 137 161
Capex excluding spectrum and leases 756 595 2,399 2,035
Right-of-use-assets (leases) 506 390 987 1,073
Capex 1,262 984 3,387 3,109
Capex excluding spectrum and leases / revenue 14% 10% 11% 9%

Sweden Consumer

We continued to execute on our Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) strategy with 270,000 customers now on FMC offers. During the quarter we saw intensified competition in the mobile market with a higher level of promotions primarily in the premium segment. We saw good traction with new broadband and TV offers which we launched during black Friday. In TV we secured attractive linear and streamed content rights through a multi-year deal with TV4.

Mobile postpaid net intake was negative as we scaled back market activity somewhat while competition intensified. We saw the full impact from the price adjustments made earlier in the year. However, this was partly offset by headwinds from the pandemic, primarily international roaming and continued decline within mobile prepaid, resulting in mobile EUSR growth of 1%.

Fixed broadband EUSR grew by 6% driven by strong net intake aided by the digital switch made in Q3 and higher ASPU on the back of backbook price adjustments made earlier in the year.

The decline in TV EUSR continued but at a lower rate than previous quarters as the EUSR from premium sports packages is back. However, total EUSR from premium sports packages declined compared to Q4 2019 as some customers cancelled the service in Q2 and Q3 2020 during the sports lockdown caused by the pandemic.

Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
RGUs (in thousands) Net intake RGU base
Mobile -28 -29 2,956 2,962 0%
– Postpaid -10 11 1,931 1,875 3%
– Prepaid -18 -41 1,025 1,088 -6%
Fixed -16 -4 2,122 2,177 -3%
– Fixed broadband 8 10 911 873 4%
– Digital TV -13 -10 979 1,022 -4%
– Cable & Fiber -2 1 662 665 0%
– DTT -11 -11 317 357 -11%
– Fixed telephony & DSL -11 -4 232 282 -18%
Total RGUs -44 -34 5,079 5,139 -1%
Addressable fixed footprint 116 24 3,521 3,314 6%
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Organic
%
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
ASPU (SEK)
Mobile 162 160 1% 161 159 1%
– Postpaid 205 207 -1% 207 206 0%
– Prepaid 81 81 0% 79 81 -3%
Fixed 228 231 -1% 226 231 -2%
– Fixed broadband 249 246 1% 248 247 0%
– Digital TV 239 252 -5% 240 255 -6%
– Cable & Fiber 213 226 -6% 213 231 -8%
– DTT 293 300 -3% 293 298 -2%
– Fixed telephony & DSL 100 105 -6% 100 107 -6%
Revenue (SEK million)
Mobile 1,443 1,427 1% 5,726 5,651 1%
– Postpaid 1,193 1,160 3% 4,721 4,567 3%
– Prepaid 250 268 -7% 1,005 1,085 -7%
Fixed 1,455 1,508 -3% 5,840 6,092 -4%
– Fixed broadband 677 640 6% 2,653 2,516 5%
– Digital TV 707 777 -9% 2,878 3,186 -10%
– Cable & Fiber 424 451 -6% 1,693 1,835 -8%
– DTT 283 326 -13% 1,185 1,351 -12%
– Fixed telephony & DSL 71 90 -21% 309 390 -21%
Landlord & Other 171 176 -3% 694 706 -2%
End-user service revenue 3,069 3,111 -1% 12,260 12,450 -2%
Operator revenue 175 204 676 818
Equipment revenue 559 637 1,989 2,104
Revenue 3,803 3,951 -4% 14,926 15,372 -3%

Sweden Business

During the quarter we merged the SME and Large Enterprise units to allow for better coordination, and consolidated the Sweden Business and Sweden Consumer support functions to increase efficiency.

Competition remained intense during the quarter driving price pressure for both new sales and renewals. In Large Enterprise we continue our efforts to modernize the product portfolio and saw increased handset and accessories sales as a result, opening up opportunities for more bundling and cross-selling in 2021. In SME we continued customer migration to our target IT architecture which we expect to give enhanced customer experience and improve commercial capabilities in upselling, cross-selling and internal efficiency. Positive mobile net intake was driven by new contracts within Large Enterprise. New contracts signed include HCL, Wallenstam, Upplands-Bro Kommun and Haninge Kommun.

Total EUSR declined by 9% driven by continued decline in legacy fixed services, price pressure and headwinds from the pandemic. The decline in wholesale revenue was primarily related to lower roaming.

Sweden Business

Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
RGUs (in thousands) Net intake RGU base
Mobile (excluding IoT)
– Postpaid 11 3 947 920 3%
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Organic
%
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
ASPU (SEK)
Mobile (excluding IoT)
– Postpaid 139 163 -15% 145 165 -12%
Revenue (SEK million)
Mobile 466 502 -7% 1,866 1,974 -5%
Fixed 238 271 -12% 980 1,113 -12%
Solutions 265 288 -8% 1,043 1,090 -4%
End-user service revenue 969 1,061 -9% 3,889 4,177 -7%
Operator revenue 29 40 119 131
Equipment revenue 517 569 1,684 1,736
Revenue 1,515 1,671 -9% 5,692 6,044 -6%

Sweden Wholesale

Financials
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Organic
%
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
Operator revenue 250 266 978 986
Internal sales 1 1 5 13
Revenue 251 268 -6% 984 999 -2%

Baltics

Lithuania

Due to the continued pandemic, Lithuania went into a second nationwide lockdown during the quarter. Despite the lockdown, Tele2 Lithuania managed to return to pre-quarantine levels of equipment sales mainly due to Christmas campaigns and digital sales. International roaming revenue and prepaid intake continued to be affected negatively by the pandemic.

The net intake of -5,000 mobile RGUs in the quarter was mainly driven by seasonal churn in mobile prepaid.

Upselling in connection with contract renewals drove an ASPU increase of 11% compared to Q4 2019.

End-user service revenue increased by 11% driven by growth in ASPU. Underlying EBITDAaL increased by 13% driven by higher end-user service revenue and strong contribution from equipment sales.

Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
RGUs (in thousands) Net intake RGU base
Mobile -5 -7 1,884 1,895 -1%
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Organic
%
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
ASPU (EUR)
Mobile 7.2 6.5 11% 6.9 6.3 9%
Revenue (SEK million)
End-user service revenue 420 392 11% 1,631 1,502 10%
Operator revenue 65 61 262 250
Equipment revenue 260 235 869 859
Internal sales 15 14 50 44
Revenue 760 703 12% 2,812 2,656 7%
Underlying EBITDA 281 257 1,111 1,019
Underlying EBITDAaL 263 240 13% 1,043 957 10%
Underlying EBITDAaL margin 35% 34% 37% 36%
Capex 74 53 177 157
Capex excluding spectrum and leases 48 51 120 139
Capex excluding spectrum and leases / revenue 6% 7% 4% 5%

Latvia

Due to the global pandemic, Latvia went into a second nationwide lockdown during the quarter which impacted commercial activity in the stores. International roaming revenues and prepaid intake continued to be affected negatively by the pandemic.

The net intake of -6,000 mobile RGUs in the quarter was driven by seasonal churn in mobile prepaid while mobile postpaid saw positive momentum. Mobile ASPU increased by 6% in local currency driven by growth in mobile broadband and continued data monetization.

End-user service revenue increased by 8% in local currency, driven by ASPU growth and positive net intake in mobile postpaid. Underlying EBITDAaL increased by 9%, primarily driven by higher end-user service revenue.

Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
RGUs (in thousands) Net intake RGU base
Mobile -6 -8 970 954 2%
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Organic
%
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
ASPU (EUR)
Mobile 7.5 7.1 6% 7.4 7.1 5%
Revenue (SEK million)
End-user service revenue 226 217 8% 901 857 6%
Operator revenue 42 49 177 195
Equipment revenue 92 95 309 330
Internal sales 9 5 38 20
Revenue 369 366 4% 1,424 1,402 3%
Underlying EBITDA 149 141 599 565
Underlying EBITDAaL 138 131 9% 556 526 7%
Underlying EBITDAaL margin 37% 36% 39% 38%
Capex 70 34 176 227
Capex excluding spectrum and leases 42 27 104 122
Capex excluding spectrum and leases / revenue 11% 7% 7% 9%

Estonia

Tele2 Estonia continued to be affected by headwinds from the pandemic during the quarter, primarily related to international roaming revenue, equipment sales and mobile prepaid volumes.

Mobile net intake was slightly negative, mainly driven by seasonal churn in mobile prepaid. Mobile ASPU increased by 1% as continued monetization of higher data consumption in the consumer segment was offset by lower ASPU within the business segment and lower revenue from international roaming.

End-user service revenue increased by 1%, driven by ASPU growth. Underlying EBITDAaL decreased by 4% primarily due to higher spend on sales and marketing during the quarter.

Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Organic
%
RGUs (in thousands) Net intake RGU base
Mobile -1 -2 437 437 0%
Organic
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Organic
%
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
%
ASPU (EUR)
Mobile 8.8 8.8 1% 8.7 8.2 6%
Revenue (SEK million)
End-user service revenue 125 129 1% 503 480 6%
Operator revenue 32 32 130 131
Equipment revenue 54 63 178 196
Internal sales 2 2 8 6
Revenue 214 226 -2% 819 813 2%
Underlying EBITDA 59 75 237 226
Underlying EBITDAaL 42 46 -4% 173 162 8%
Underlying EBITDAaL margin 20% 20% 21% 20%
Capex 75 186 159 267
Capex excluding spectrum and leases 33 32 93 90
Capex excluding spectrum and leases / revenue 15% 14% 11% 11%

Associated companies

Associated companies are accounted for in accordance with the equity method. This means that Tele2's share of the company's profit or loss after tax is reported under Operating profit, along with amortization of the Group surplus values.

The Netherlands

Tele2 owns 25% of T-Mobile Netherlands. This section shows 100% of the company, as reported by Deutsche Telecom1).

During Q3 2020 T-Mobile Netherlands (TMNL) continued to attract new customers across all services except mobile communications prepaid. Revenue increased by 1% despite continued roaming headwinds and decline within the business segment.

EBITDAaL increased by 7%, mainly driven by the successful execution of synergies from the merger between TMNL and Tele2 Netherlands.

During Q3 2020, TMNL paid EUR 200 million, the first of two equal payments, for spectrum in the 700, 1,400 and 2,100 MHz bands acquired in July 2020 (not included in Cash capex in the table below).

In October 2020, TMNL announced its intention to acquire the MVNO Simpel. The acquisition was approved by the authorities and closed in December, 2020.

Jul-Sep Jul-Sep Sep 30 Sep 30 Organic
2020 2019 2020 2019 %
Customers (in thousands) Net intake Customer base
Fixed Network
- Fixed Network Access Lines 661 601 10%
- Broadband Customers 647 586 10%
Mobile Communications
- Contract 62 80 5,368 5,106 5%
- Prepaid -42 -7 393 422 -7%
Total mobile 5,761 5,528 4%
Jul-Sep
2020
Jul-Sep
2019
Organic
%
Jan-Sep
2020
Jan-Sep
2019
Organic
%
ARPU (EUR) 15 16 -6% 15 16 -6%
Contract 16 17 -6% 16 17 -6%
Prepaid 3 3 0% 3 3 0%
Financials (EUR million)2)
Service revenue - Mobile communications 278 277 0% 814 793 3%
Product view 484 479 1% 1,441 1,398 3%
- Fixed network 95 90 6% 287 270 6%
- Mobile communications 390 390 0% 1,154 1,129 2%
Segment view 484 479 1% 1,441 1,398 3%
- of which Consumer 358 353 1% 1,071 1,034 4%
- of which Business 96 97 -1% 292 292 0%
Total revenue 484 479 1% 1,441 1,398 3%
EBITDA 163 153 7% 482 437 10%
EBITDAaL 141 132 7% 419 372 13%
EBITDAaL margin 29% 28% 29% 27%
Cash capex (before spectrum) 74 58 28% 217 183 19%

1) As reported by Deutsche Telekom in the financial results for the third quarter 2020 on November 12, 2020 (except net debt, which reflects the TMNL position and includes intragroup debt). Definitions and accounting rules may differ from Tele2 Group reporting. Net debt is reported on a bi-annual basis with a quarter lag. Net debt as of June 30, 2020 can be found in the Tele2 Q3 2020 report or Q4 2020 excel sheet.

2) Financials are adjusted for special factors.

Other items

Tele2's operations are affected by a number of external factors. The current spread of COVID-19 makes the importance of the services we provide greater than ever before. Nevertheless, this global pandemic adds uncertainty to our financial performance in the short term. As a consequence of the pandemic, we increased our bad debt provisions in Q1 2020. So far, realized credit losses have not increased materially, but we believe it is still too early to release these provisions as the pandemic is not over. As our business model is resilient, the valuation of our segments (which equals our cash generating units) shows no need for impairment, and when evaluating the credit market, we conclude that we have the ability to comfortably fund our business.

In the long term, the risk factors considered to be most significant to Tele2's future development are spectrum auctions, regulation, market competitiveness and changing technology, strategy implementation and integration, network and IT infrastructure and quality, data protection and cyber security, external relationships, suppliers and joint ventures, customer churn, recruitment of skilled personnel, geopolitical conditions, environmental costs, corruption and unethical business practices and financial risks such as currency risk, interest risk, liquidity risk, credit risk, risks related to tax matters and impairment of assets. Please refer to Tele2's 2019 Annual Report (Administration report and Note 2) for a detailed description of Tele2's risk exposure and risk management.

Risks and uncertainty factors Events after the reporting period

As announced on January 12, 2021, Tele2 has made changes to its Leadership Team. The Group's Leadership Team is described at Tele2's website, www. tele2.com, under the Governance section.

On January 19, 2021, Tele2 and Telenor bought 100 MHz in the Swedish 3.5GHz spectrum auction through its network joint venture Net4Mobility. The spectrum is valid until December 31, 2045, and was purchased for SEK 665.5 million, of which 50 percent will be funded by Tele2.

Financial calendar

Tele2 will release its financial and operating results for the period ending March 31, 2021 on April 22, 2021.

The Annual Report for 2020 will be released on March 25, 2021 and will be available on www.tele2.com.

Auditors' review report

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

Board's assurance

The Board of Directors and CEO declare that the interim report provides a fair overview of the parent company's and Group's operations, their financial position and performance, and describes material risks and uncertainties facing the parent company and other companies in the Group.

Stockholm, February 2, 2021 Tele2 AB

Carla Smits-Nusteling Chairman

Deputy Chairman

Andrew Barron Anders Björkman Cynthia Gordon

Eva Lindqvist Georgi Ganev Lars-Åke Norling

Kjell Johnsen President and CEO

Q4 2020 PRESENTATION

Tele2 will host a presentation, with the possibility to join through a conference call, for the global financial community at 10:00 am CET (09:00 am GMT/04:00 am EST) on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. The presentation will be held in English and also made available as a webcast on Tele2's website: www.tele2.com.

This information is information that Tele2 AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and the Securities Markets Act. The information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact persons set out below, at 07:00 am CET on February 2, 2021.

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Contacts Appendices

Condensed consolidated income statement Condensed consolidated comprehensive income Condensed consolidated balance sheet Condensed consolidated cash flow statement Condensed consolidated statement of changes in equity Parent company Notes Non-IFRS measures

Condensed consolidated income statement

SEK million Note Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Revenue 2, 3 6,884 7,163 26,554 27,203
Cost of services provided and equipment sold 2, 3 -4,015 -4,321 -15,098 -16,427
Gross profit 2,870 2,842 11,456 10,776
Selling expenses 2, 3 -1,106 -1,059 -4,467 -4,288
Administrative expenses 2, 3 -504 -649 -2,087 -2,590
Result from shares in associated companies and joint ventures 4 255 -20 311 -97
Other operating income 3 2,098 65 2,350 292
Other operating expenses 3 -56 -54 -193 -281
Operating profit 3 3,557 1,125 7,371 3,812
Interest income 8 8 23 29
Interest expenses -111 -118 -491 -483
Other financial items -10 -11 -49 10
Profit after financial items 3,444 1,004 6,855 3,367
Income tax 3 1,032 -251 378 -936
Net profit, continuing operations 4,476 753 7,233 2,431
Net profit discontinued operations 10 -358 190 175 2,703
Net profit, total operations 4,118 943 7,408 5,134
Continuing operations
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent company 4,476 753 7,233 2,431
Net profit, continuing operations 4,476 753 7,233 2,431
Earnings per share (SEK) 8 6.50 1.10 10.51 3.54
Earnings per share, after dilution (SEK) 8 6.46 1.09 10.45 3.52
Total operations
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent company 4,118 943 7,408 5,004
Non-controlling interests 0 131
Net profit, total operations 4,118 943 7,408 5,134
Earnings per share (SEK) 8 5.98 1.37 10.76 7.28
Earnings per share, after dilution (SEK) 8 5.95 1.36 10.71 7.24

Condensed consolidated comprehensive income

SEK million Note Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
NET PROFIT 4,118 943 7,408 5,134
Components not to be reclassified to net profit
Pensions, actuarial gains/losses 5 40 58 -104
Pensions, actuarial gains/losses, tax effect -1 -8 -12 22
Components not to be reclassified to net profit/loss 4 32 46 -82
Components that may be reclassified to net profit
Translation differences in foreign operations -292 -233 -184 197
Tax effect on above 8 -4 -29
Reversed cumulative translation differences from divested companies 3, 10 -1,832 16 -1,480 -247
Tax effect on above 3, 10 -1,280 -1,438 -168
Translation differences in associated companies 4 -350 -197 -278 150
Translation differences -3,754 -406 -3,384 -98
Hedge of net investments in foreign operations 164 96 129 -51
Tax effect on above -35 -21 -28 11
Reversed cumulative hedge from divested companies 10 -143 721
Tax effect on above 10 41 -169
Hedge of net investments 129 75 -1 512
Exchange rate differences -3,626 -331 -3,385 414
Profit arising on changes in fair value of hedging instruments 8 19 27 29
Reclassified cumulative profit/loss to income statement -4 -8 -21 -14
Tax effect on cash flow hedges -1 -3 -1 1
Cash flow hedges 3 8 5 16
Components that may be reclassified to net profit/loss -3,623 -322 -3,380 429
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD, NET OF TAX -3,619 -290 -3,334 347
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD 499 653 4,074 5,482
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent company 499 652 4,074 5,502
Non-controlling interests 0 -21
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME FOR THE PERIOD 499 653 4,074 5,482

Condensed consolidated balance sheet

SEK million
Note
Dec 31
2020
Dec 31
2019
ASSETS
Goodwill 29,651 29,744
Other intangible assets 17,269 18,397
Intangible assets 46,921 48,140
Tangible assets 7,540 7,900
Right-of-use assets 5,349 5,713
Shares in associated companies and joint ventures
4
7,018 6,983
Other financial assets
5
737 756
Capitalized contract costs 493 374
Deferred tax assets 245 330
Non-current assets 68,303 70,197
Inventories 824 710
Current receivables 5,174 5,715
Cash and cash equivalents
6
970 448
Current assets 6,968 6,874
Assets classified as held for sale
10
140 2,713
TOTAL ASSETS 75,411 79,784
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Attributable to equity holders of the parent company 32,751 34,805
Equity
8
32,751 34,805
Interest-bearing liabilities
5
27,234 27,752
Non-interest-bearing liabilities 4,311 4,360
Non-current liabilities 31,545 32,112
Interest-bearing liabilities
5
4,881 5,066
Non-interest-bearing liabilities 5,679 6,379
Current liabilities 10,561 11,445
Liabilities directly associated with assets classified as held for sale
10
554 1,421
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 75,411 79,784

Condensed consolidated cash flow statement

Total operations Note Oct-Dec Oct-Dec Full year Full year
SEK million 2020 2019 2020 2019
Operating activities
Net profit 4,118 943 7,408 5,134
Adjustments for non-cash items in net profit -1,826 1,791 1,750 4,760
Changes in working capital -406 -271 -342 -179
Cash flow from operating activities 1,886 2,463 8,816 9,716
Investing activities
Additions to intangible and tangible assets -729 -665 -2,749 -3,607
Acquisition and sale of shares and participations 9 -45 -379 2,098 4,310
Other financial assets, lending 0 3 -3 -0
Cash flow from investing activities -773 -1,042 -654 703
Financing activities
Proceeds from loans 1,538 -51 3,402 3,981
Repayments of loans -2,163 -28 -4,837 -7,639
Dividends paid 8 -4,304 -1,513 -6,198 -7,153
Cash flow from financing activities -4,929 -1,592 -7,633 -10,811
Net change in cash and cash equivalents -3,816 -171 529 -392
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period 4,800 607 448 404
Exchange rate differences in cash and cash equivalents -14 11 -7 436
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the period 6 970 448 970 448

Condensed consolidated statements of changes in equity

Total operations
SEK million
Note Dec 31, 2020
Attributable to equity holders of the parent company
Share
capital
Other paid-in
capital
Hedge
reserve
Translation
reserve
Retained
earnings
Total Non
controlling
interests
Total
equity
Equity at January 1 863 27,378 -207 3,306 3,465 34,805 34,805
Net profit 7,408 7,408 7,408
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax 4 -3,384 46 -3,334 -3,334
Total comprehensive income for the period 4 -3,384 7,454 4,074 4,074
Other changes in equity
Share-based payments 8 65 65 65
Share-based payments, tax effect 8 5 5 5
Dividends 8 -6,198 -6,198 -6,198
Equity at end of the period 863 27,378 -202 -78 4,791 32,751 32,751
Total operations
SEK million
Note Dec 31, 2019
Attributable to equity holders of the parent company
Share
capital
Other paid-in
capital
Hedge
reserve
Translation
reserve
Retained
earnings
Total Non
controlling
interests
Total
equity
Equity at January 1 863 27,378 -734 3,252 5,576 36,334 28 36,362
Net profit 5,004 5,004 131 5,134
Other comprehensive income for the period, net of tax 527 54 -82 499 -152 347
Total comprehensive income for the period 527 54 4,921 5,502 -21 5,482
Other changes in equity
Share-based payments 8 102 102 102
Share-based payments, tax effect 8 19 19 19
Dividends 8 -7,153 -7,153 -7,153
Divestment of non-controlling interest 10 -7 -7
Equity at end of the period 863 27,378 -207 3,305 3,465 34,805 34,805

Parent company

Condensed income statement

SEK million Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Revenue 4 12 34 41
Administrative expenses -40 -32 -165 -155
Other operating expenses 3 -4 6 -98
Operating loss -33 -24 -124 -212
Dividend from group company 22,000
Interest revenue and similar income 33 35 146 149
Interest expense and similar costs 11 6 -1,201 -432
Profit/loss after financial items 11 17 20,820 -495
Appropriations, group contribution 1,290 275 1,290 275
Tax on profit/loss -459 -120 -205 -15
Net profit/loss 841 171 21,906 -235

Condensed balance sheet

SEK million Note Dec 31
2020
Dec 31
2019
ASSETS
Financial assets 5 69,110 47,291
Non-current assets 69,110 47,291
Current receivables 1,551 5,391
Cash and cash equivalents 0 8
Current assets 1,551 5,399
TOTAL ASSETS 70,661 52,690
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES
Restricted equity 8 5,848 5,848
Unrestricted equity 8 37,392 21,611
Equity 43,240 27,460
Interest-bearing liabilities 5 21,497 21,644
Non-current liabilities 21,497 21,644
Interest-bearing liabilities 5 5,530 3,367
Non-interest-bearing liabilities 393 220
Current liabilities 5,923 3,586
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES 70,661 52,690

Notes

NOTE 1 ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS

The interim financial information for the Group for the twelve and three month period ended December 31, 2020 has been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard (IAS) 34 Interim Financial Reporting as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Swedish Annual Accounts Act, and for the parent company in accordance with the Swedish Annual Accounts Act and RFR 2 Reporting for legal entities and other statements issued by the Swedish Financial Reporting Board. In all respects other than those described below, Tele2 has presented the financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2020 in accordance with the accounting policies and principles applied in the 2019 Annual Report. The description of these principles and definitions is found in Note 1 in the Annual Report 2019. Disclosures as required by IAS 34 p. 16 A are presented both in the financial statements and notes as well as in other parts of the interim report.

The amendments to IFRSs applicable from January 1, 2020 have no effects to Tele2's financial reports for the twelve month period ended December 31, 2020.

From January 1, 2020 Tele2 changed the measure of segment profit/loss to underlying EBITDAaL, please refer to the section Non-IFRS measures for the definition. In addition, the definition for operating cash flow (OCF) has been changed and is calculated as underlying EBITDAaL less capex excluding spectrum and leases.

Figures presented in this report refer to October 1 – December 31 (Q4), 2020 and continuing operations unless otherwise stated. Figures shown in parentheses refer to the comparable periods in 2019.

NOTE 2 REVENUE AND SEGMENTS

Revenue per segment

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Sweden 5,569 5,890 21,601 22,415
Lithuania 760 703 2,812 2,656
Latvia 369 366 1,424 1,402
Estonia 214 226 819 813
Total including internal sales 6,913 7,186 26,656 27,287
Internal sales, elimination -28 -23 -102 -84
TOTAL 6,884 7,163 26,554 27,203

Internal sales

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Sweden 2 1 6 13
Lithuania 15 14 50 44
Latvia 9 5 38 20
Estonia 2 2 8 6
TOTAL 28 23 102 84

Revenue split per category

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Sweden Consumer
End-user service revenue 3,069 3,111 12,260 12,450
Operator revenue 175 204 676 818
Equipment revenue 559 637 1,989 2,104
Total 3,803 3,951 14,926 15,372
Sweden Business
End-user service revenue 969 1,061 3,889 4,177
Operator revenue 29 40 119 131
Equipment revenue 517 569 1,684 1,736
Total 1,515 1,671 5,692 6,044
Sweden Wholesale
Operator revenue 250 266 978 986
Internal sales 1 1 5 13
Total 251 268 984 999
Lithuania
End-user service revenue 420 392 1,631 1,502
Operator revenue 65 61 262 250
Equipment revenue 260 235 869 859
Internal sales 15 14 50 44
Total 760 703 2,812 2,656
Latvia
End-user service revenue 226 217 901 857
Operator revenue 42 49 177 195
Equipment revenue 92 95 309 330
Internal sales 9 5 38 20
Total 369 366 1,424 1,402
Estonia
End-user service revenue 125 129 503 480
Operator revenue 32 32 130 131
Equipment revenue 54 63 178 196
Internal sales 2 2 8 6
Total 214 226 819 813
Internal sales, elimination -28 -23 -102 -84
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
End-user service revenue 4,809 4,909 19,184 19,466
Operator revenue 593 653 2,341 2,511
Equipment revenue 1,483 1,600 5,029 5,225
TOTAL 6,884 7,163 26,554 27,203

Underlying EBITDAaL

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Sweden 1,942 1,901 7,608 7,515
Lithuania 263 240 1,043 957
Latvia 138 131 556 526
Estonia 42 46 173 162
Other -38 -21 -140 -117
TOTAL 2,348 2,298 9,239 9,043

NOTE 3 OPERATING PROFIT AND TAX

Reconciling items to reported operating profit/loss

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Underlying EBITDAaL 2,348 2,298 9,239 9,043
Reversal lease depreciation and interest 313 343 1,245 1,266
Underlying EBITDA 2,661 2,640 10,484 10,309
Acquisition costs 0 -1 -6 -72
Restructuring costs -54 -101 -261 -570
Disposal of non-current assets 2,016 -7 2,002 -10
Other items affecting comparability 5 109 -59
Items affecting comparability 1,963 -104 1,844 -711
EBITDA 4,624 2,536 12,329 9,598
Depreciation/amortization -1,322 -1,390 -5,269 -5,220
Impairment -1 -469
Result from shares in associated
companies and joint ventures
Operating profit
255
3,557
-20
1,125
311
7,371
-97
3,812

Acquisition costs

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Com Hem, Sweden 3 2 3 -52
Other -3 -3 -9 -20
Acquisition costs1) 0 -1 -6 -72

1) Reported as other operating expenses.

Restructuring costs

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Redundancy costs -16 -73 -120 -417
Other employee and consultancy costs -24 -16 -69 -97
Exit of contracts and other costs -14 -13 -73 -56
Restructuring costs -54 -101 -261 -570
Reported as:
– Cost of services provided -22 -11 -52 -134
– Selling expenses -21 -21 -130 -203
– Administrative expenses -10 -69 -79 -233

Disposal of non-current assets

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Recycled translation differences 2,033 2,033
Other -17 -7 -31 -10
Disposal of non-current assets2) 2,016 -7 2,002 -10

2) Reported as other operating income and other operating expenses.

The translation reserve includes all exchange differences arising from the translation of financial statements from foreign operations that have prepared their financial statements in a currency other than the currency in which the Group's financial statements are presented (SEK). As of December 31, 2019 accumulated translation reserves related to the operations in Luxembourg amounted to SEK 3,308 million. Tele2 has gradually reduced its operations in Luxembourg and has completed the shut down of operational activities in its entirety as of Q4 2020. There are no longer any operations or staff left in Luxembourg, and the companies concerned are dormant and Tele2 has divested or otherwise terminated the business carried out through Luxembourg. Furthermore, Tele2 will begin a winding-up process. Against this background, the Luxembourg business has been considered to be disposed of in Q4 and thus the accumulated translation differences of SEK 3,313 million relating to those activities have been recycled to the income statement of which SEK 2,033 million is included in Other operating income and SEK 1,280 million in Income tax.

Other items affecting comparability

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Provision for roaming dispute, Sweden 5 -54
Provision for legal dispute, Sweden 109
Adjustment of expected credit loss rate,
Lithuania
0 18
Incentive program: adjustment of
performance level
-0 -24
Total 5 109 -59
Reported as:
– Costs of services provided 5 109 -57
– Selling expenses 0 11
– Administrative expenses -0 -13

In Q3 2020, a provision was released related to a legal dispute in Sweden where we have now reached an agreement.

Impairment

In 2019, an impairment of SEK 469 million was recognized, largely related to goodwill in Estonia. Please refer to Note 12 in the 2019 Annual Report for further information.

NOTE 4 SHARES IN ASSOCIATED COMPANIES AND JOINT VENTURES

SEK million Dec 31
2020
Dec 31
2019
T-Mobile Netherlands
Cost at January 1 6,976
Investments 6,904
Share of profit for the year 313 -78
Exchange rate differences -278 150
Total T-Mobile Netherlands 7,011 6,976
Other associated companies and joint ventures 7 7
Total shares in associated companies and joint ventures 7,018 6,983

NOTE 5 FINANCIAL ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

As of the date of this report, Tele2 has a credit facility with a syndicate of ten banks maturing in 2024.

In November 2020, Tele2 issued SEK 1.5 billion of seven year bonds. The issuance was divided in a floating rate tranche of SEK 1.0 billion with a coupon of STIBOR 3m +1.03 percentage points and a fixed rate tranche of SEK 500 million with a coupon of 1.125 percent. The notes have been issued under Tele2's EMTN program and are listed for trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

In June 2020, Tele2 issued SEK 1.7 billion of five year bonds. The issuance was divided in a floating rate tranche of SEK 1.2 billion with a coupon of STIBOR 3m +1.2 percentage points and a fixed rate tranche of SEK 500 million with a coupon of 1.375 percent. The notes have been issued under Tele2's EMTN program and are listed for trading on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.

Tele2's financial assets consist mainly of receivables from end customers, other operators and resellers as well as cash and cash equivalents. Tele2's financial liabilities consist mainly of loans, bonds, lease liabilities and accounts payables. For the category "Liabilities to financial institutions and similar liabilities" the reported value amounted on December 31, 2020 to SEK 24,669 (December 31, 2019: 24,899) million and the fair value to SEK 25,537 (December 31, 2019: 25,652) million.

During 2020, no transfers were made between the different levels in the fair value hierarchy and no significant changes were made to valuation techniques, inputs used or assumptions.

Parent company

During the second and third quarter of 2020, Group internal company restructurings were carried out, with the subsidiary Com Hem AB merging with Tele2 Sverige AB and the subsidiaries Com Hem Sweden AB and Tele2 Holding AB merging with the parent company Tele2 AB. As a result of the restructuring, Tele2 AB's shares in subsidiaries increased by SEK 22 billion with a corresponding increase in net debt to Group companies. The transaction has had no effect on the Group's financial statements. Since then, Tele2 AB has received dividends from subsidiaries, which reduced the debt to Group companies.

NOTE 6 RELATED PARTIES

Tele2's share of cash and cash equivalents in joint operations (Svenska UMTS-nät AB and Net4Mobility HB, Sweden and SIA Centuria, Latvia), for which Tele2 has limited disposal rights was included in the Group's cash and cash equivalents and amounted at December 31, 2020 to SEK 36 million (December 31, 2019: SEK 65 million). Other transactions with joint operations and other related parties are presented in Note 37 of the 2019 Annual Report.

NOTE 7 CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

Total operations
SEK million
Dec 31
2020
Dec 31
2019
Tax deduction exchange loss 350
Total contingent liabilities 350

In Q4 2020, a provision was made related to the tax deduction on exchange losses on loans to Tele2 Kazakhstan, previously reported as contingent liability. It is presented under discontinued operations for Tele2 Kazakhstan, please refer to Note 10.

NOTE 8 EQUITY, NUMBER OF SHARES AND INCENTIVE PROGRAMS

Number of shares

Dec 31
2020
Dec 31
2019
Total number of shares 690,341,597 690,341,597
Number of treasury shares -1,714,023 -2,411,044
Number of outstanding shares 688,627,574 687,930,553
Number of outstanding shares, weighted average 688,392,123 687,532,589
Number of shares after dilution 692,609,831 691,192,229
Number of shares after dilution, weighted average 691,924,160 690,751,970

As a result of share rights in the LTI 2017 being exercised during Q2 2020, Tele2 delivered 683,346 B-shares in treasury shares to the participants in the program. As a result of early vesting of the LTI 2017-2019 being exercised in Q1 2020, Tele2 delivered 13,675 B-shares in treasury shares to some of the participants in the program at a weighted average share price of SEK 137.62. In Q1 and Q3 2020, 20,517 and 18,788 respectively of class A shares were reclassified into class B shares. Changes in shares during previous year are stated in Note 25 in the 2019 Annual Report.

Outstanding share right programs

Dec 31
2020
Dec 31
2019
LTI 2020 1,499,975
LTI 2019 1,313,475 1,395,024
LTI 2018 1,168,807 1,154,334
LTI 2017 712,318
Total outstanding share rights 3,982,257 3,261,676

All outstanding long-term incentive programs (LTI 2018, LTI 2019 and LTI 2020) are based on the same structure, except for that LTI 2020 have an operating cash flow performance measure. Additional information regarding the objective, conditions and requirements related to the LTI programs is stated in Note 33 of the 2019 Annual Report. During 2020, the total cost including social security costs for the long-term incentive programs (LTI) amounted to SEK 95 (145) million before tax, whereof items affecting comparability SEK 0 (45) million.

LTI 2020

At the Annual General Meeting held on May 11, 2020, the shareholders approved a retention and performance-based incentive program (LTI 2020) for senior executives and other key employees in the Tele2 Group. Subject to fulfilment of certain retention and performance-based conditions during the periods January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2022 (the "Cash flow Measurement Period") and April 1, 2020 – March 31, 2023 (the "TSR Measurement Period") and the participant maintaining the invested shares at the release of the interim report for January – March 2023 and, with certain exceptions, maintaining the employment within the Tele2 Group, each right entitles the participant to receive one Tele2 share free of charge. Total costs before tax for outstanding rights in the incentive program are expensed over the three year vesting period. These costs are expected to amount to SEK 120 million, of which social security costs amount to SEK 42 million. To ensure the delivery of Class B shares under the program, the Annual General Meeting decided to authorize the Board of Directors to resolve on a directed share issue of a maximum of 3,000,000 Class C shares and subsequently to repurchase the Class C shares. The Board of Directors has not yet used its mandate.

The Extraordinary General Meeting held on September 11, 2020, resolved to deliver Class B shares under LTI 2020 by authorizing the Board to resolve on transfer of own Class B shares to the participants under LTI 2020 and to the participants in other outstanding equity-related incentive programs. In addition, the EGM resolved that Kjell Johnsen, new president and CEO of the Tele2 Group, shall be included as participant in LTI 2020 and entitled to receive the same rights under LTI 2020 as the CEO was entitled to pursuant to the resolution by the AGM on 11 May, 2020.

LTI 2017

The exercise of the share rights in LTI 2017 was conditional upon the fulfilment of certain retention and performance-based conditions, measured from April 1, 2017 until March 31, 2020. The outcome of these performance conditions was in accordance with below and the outstanding 683,346 share rights have been exchanged for shares in Tele2 during Q2 2020.

Series Retention and performance
based conditions
Minimum
hurdle (20%)
Stretch targets
(100%)
Performance
outcome
Allotment
Series A Total Shareholder Return
Tele2 (TSR)
>=0% 86.0% 100%
Series B Average Normalized Return
on Capital Employed (ROCE)
5.5% 8% 15.2% 100%
Series C Total Shareholder Return
Tele2 (TSR) compared to
a peer group
>0% >=10% 91.4% 100%

Dividend

To the Annual General Meeting on April 22, 2021, Tele2's Board of Directors proposes for the financial year 2020 an ordinary dividend of SEK 6.00 per share (SEK 4.1 billion), to be paid in two equal tranches in May and October 2021.

The Annual General Meeting held on May 11, 2020 resolved on a dividend of SEK 5.50 (4.40) per share in respect of the financial year 2019 to be paid in two equal tranches during 2020. This corresponded to a total of SEK 3,788 (3,026) million distributed to the shareholders on May 18, 2020 and October 7, 2020. In addition, the Extraordinary General Meeting held on September 11, 2020 resolved on an extraordinary dividend of SEK 3.50 per share amounting to SEK 2,410 million which was paid along with the second tranche of the ordinary dividend on October 7, 2020.

NOTE 9 BUSINESS ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTMENTS

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

SEK million Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Acquisitions
Mobile payments, Lithuania -4 -13
Other minor acquisitions -6
Total acquisition of shares and
participations
-4 -6 -13
Divestments
Tele2 Kazakhstan -0 2,343
Tele2 Netherlands -375 1,981
Tele2 Croatia -5 2,039
Tele2 Germany -39 -39
Earn out settlement Tele2 Austria -1 99
Other minor divestments -0 6
Total sale of shares and participations -45 -375 2,104 4,323
TOTAL CASH FLOW EFFECT -45 -379 2,098 4,310

Information on acquisitions and divestments made in 2019 is provided in the 2019 Annual Report in Note 15 and Note 36, respectively. For information on the discontinued operations in Croatia and in Germany, please refer to Note 10.

NOTE 10 DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Tele2 Germany

On December 3, 2020 Tele2 announced the agreement to sell its German business to the Tele2 Germany management for an enterprise value of up to EUR 22.8 million, dependent upon the financial performance of the business until the end of 2024, and on December 11, 2020 the divestment was completed. On December 31, 2020 the estimated fair value of the future cash flows amounted to SEK 140 million. The fair value estimate is sensitive to changes in key assumptions supporting the expected future cash flows for Tele2 Germany. A deviation from the current assumptions regarding the fair value would impact the earn-out asset. A capital loss of SEK -25 million, or SEK 157 million in capital gain excluding negative exchange rate differences recycled from other comprehensive income, is reported. Tele2 Germany is reported separately under discontinued operations in the income statement, with a retrospective effect on previous periods.

Tele2 Croatia

On May 31, 2019 Tele2 announced the agreement to sell its Croatian business to United Group, and on March 3, 2020 the divestment was completed. The net proceeds to Tele2 was SEK 2.0 billion. A capital gain of SEK 0.2 billion, or SEK 0.4 billion excluding exchange rate differences recycled from other comprehensive income, is reported. Tele2 Croatia is reported separately under discontinued operations in the income statement, with a retrospective effect on previous periods.

Tele2 Kazakhstan

Tele2 was notified in April 2019 that the Swedish Tax Agency has rejected Tele2's claim for a deduction of an exchange loss related to a conversion of a shareholder loan to the joint venture MTS in Kazakhstan from USD to Kazakh Tenge in connection with the establishment of Tele2's previous joint venture in Kazakhstan. After appealing the decision, the Administrative court has in December 2020 partly ruled in favour of Skatteverket. The remaining additional tax claim amounts to SEK 241 million and a tax surcharge and interest of SEK 114 million. Tele2 will appeal the decision to the Administrative Court of appeal. Based on the ruling in the Administrative Court it is Tele2's and its advisors opinion that, it is uncertain whether Tele2 ultimately will succeed in the dispute. Consequently, a provision of SEK 355 million has been recognized in Q4 2020 under discontinued operations.

Net assets at the time of divestment

SEK million Croatia
Mar 3, 2020
Germany
Dec 11, 2020
Total
Other intangible assets 166 2 168
Tangible assets 835 1 837
Right-of-use assets 476 4 480
Financial assets 119 0 120
Capitalized contract costs 36 36
Deferred tax assets 54 12 66
Inventories 91 4 95
Current receivables 857 123 980
Cash and cash equivalents 32 39 71
Non-current provisions -142 -142
Non-current interest-bearing liabilities -1,139 -3 -1,142
Current interest-bearing liabilities -133 -1 -135
Current non-interest-bearing liabilities -505 -137 -643
Divested net assets 747 44 791
Capital gain, excluding sales costs 584 163 748
Sales price 1,332 207 1,539
Price adjustments, non-cash -207 -207
Repayment of loans 739 739
Less: cash in divested operations -32 -39 -71
TOTAL CASH FLOW EFFECT 2,039 -39 1,999

Income statement

All discontinued operations are included below. Tele2 Germany was divested on December 11, 2020. Tele2 Croatia was divested on March 3, 2020. Tele2 Netherlands and Tele2 Kazakhstan were divested in 2019. In Q3 2020, a positive effect of SEK 51 million was recognized related to the sold operation in the Netherlands, reflecting revised provisions connected to the transaction. The positive effect related to Austria refers to final settlement with Hutchison Drei Austria GmbH (Three Austria) for an earn-out attached to the divestment in 2017. Tele2 received the payment in January 2020.

Discontinued operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Revenue 60 677 690 4,269
Cost of services provided and
equipment sold
-26 -390 -339 -2,396
Gross profit 35 287 350 1,873
Selling expenses -5 -98 -74 -514
Administrative expenses -11 -100 -99 -366
Other operating income 0 2 2 12
Other operating expenses 0 -2 -1 -4
Operating profit 19 89 179 1,000
Interest income 0 0 0 3
Interest expenses -17 -3 -19 -97
Other financial items 1 -145
Profit after financial items 2 87 160 762
Income tax from the operation -6 -24 -51 -181
Net profit from the operation -4 63 110 580
Profit/loss on disposal of operation
including sales costs and cumulative
exchange rate gain
-17 127 286 1,786
– of which Germany -25 -25
– of which Croatia 2 247
– of which Netherlands, sold 2019 6 -0 55 61
– of which Kazakhstan, sold 2019 -0 1,598
– of which Austria, sold 2017 -0 91 8 91
– of which Norway, sold 2015 37 37
Income tax from capital gain -337 -221 337
– of which Germany 0
– of which Croatia 116
– of which Netherlands, sold 2019 47
– of which Kazakhstan, sold 2019 -337 -337 290
NET PROFIT -358 190 175 2,703
Attributable to:
Equity holders of the parent company
Non-controlling interests
-358
190
0
175
2,573
131
NET PROFIT -358 190 175 2,703
Earnings per share (SEK) -0.52 0.27 0.25 3.74
Earnings per share, after dilution (SEK) -0.52 0.27 0.25 3.72

Balance sheet

Assets and liabilities associated with assets held for sale as of December 31, 2020 refer to earnouts and provisions for price adjustments and similar for divested operations. As of December 31, 2019, the now divested Tele2 Croatia is also included.

Discontinued operations
SEK million
Dec 31
2020
Dec 31
2019
ASSETS
Other intangible assets 167
Intangible assets 167
Tangible assets 823
Right-of-use assets 468
Financial assets 123 115
Capitalized contract costs 37
Deferred tax assets 53
Non-current assets 123 1,663
Inventories 62
Current receivables 16 979
Current investments 9
Current assets 16 1,050
Assets classified as held for sale 140 2,713
LIABILITIES
Interest-bearing liabilities 149 734
Non-current liabilities 149 734
Interest-bearing liabilities 63 129
Non-interest-bearing liabilities 341 559
Current liabilities 405 687
Liabilities directly associated with assets
classified as held for sale
554 1,421

Cash flow statement

Discontinued operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
Cash flow from operating activities 13 338 143 1,142
Cash flow from investing activities -45 -424 2,058 4,004
Cash flow from financing activities 0 -26 -31 849
Net change in cash and cash equivalents -31 -112 2,170 5,995

NOTE 11 EVENTS AFTER THE END OF THE FOURTH QUARTER

As announced on January 12, 2021, Tele2 has made changes to its Leadership Team. The Group's Leadership Team is described at Tele2s website, www. tele2.com, under the Governance section.

On January 19, 2021, Tele2 and Telenor bought 100 MHz in the Swedish 3.5Ghz spectrum auction through its network joint venture Net4Mobility. The spectrum is valid until December 31, 2045, and was purchased for SEK 665.5 million, of which 50 percent will be funded by Tele2.

Non-IFRS measures

This report contains certain financial measures that are not defined by IFRS but are used by Tele2 to assess the financial performance of the business. These measures are included in the report as they are considered important supplementary measures of operating performance and liquidity. They should not be considered a substitute to Tele2's financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS. Tele2's definitions of these measures are described below, but other companies may calculate non-IFRS measures differently and these measures are therefore not always comparable to similar measures used by other companies.

EBITDA

Tele2 considers EBITDA to be a relevant measure to present profitability aligned with industry standard.

EBITDA: Operating profit/loss before depreciation/amortization, impairment as well as results from shares in associated companies and joint ventures.

Underlying EBITDA

Tele2 considers underlying EBITDA to be a relevant measure to present in order to illustrate the profitability of the underlying business, and as these are used by management to assess the performance of the business.

Underlying EBITDA: EBITDA excluding items affecting comparability.

Items affecting comparability: Disposals of non-current assets and transactions from strategic decisions, such as capital gains and losses from sales of operations, acquisition costs, integration costs due to acquisition or merger, restructuring programs from reorganizations as well as other items that affect comparability.

Underlying EBITDAaL and underlying EBITDAaL margin

Tele2 considers underlying EBITDAaL and the related margin to be relevant measures of the business performance since underlying EBITDAaL includes the cost of leased assets (depreciation and interest), which is not included in underlying EBITDA according to IFRS 16.

Underlying EBITDAaL: Underlying EBITDA as well as lease depreciation and lease interest costs according to IFRS 16.

Underlying EBITDAaL margin: Underlying EBITDAaL in relation to revenue excluding items affecting comparability.

Continuing operations Oct-Dec Oct-Dec Full year Full year
SEK million 2020 2019 2020 2019
Operating profit 3,557 1,125 7,371 3,812
Reversal:
Result from shares in associated companies and joint ventures -255 20 -311 97
Depreciation and amortization 1,322 1,391 5,269 5,689
EBITDA 4,624 2,536 12,329 9,598
Reversal, items affecting comparability:
Acquisition costs -0 1 6 72
Restructuring costs 54 101 261 570
Disposal of non-current assets -2,016 7 -2,002 10
Other items affecting comparability -5 -109 59
Total items affecting comparability -1,963 104 -1,844 711
Underlying EBITDA 2,661 2,640 10,484 10,309
Lease depreciation -299 -320 -1,182 -1,185
Lease interest costs -14 -23 -63 -81
Underlying EBITDAaL 2,348 2,298 9,239 9,043
Revenue 6,884 7,163 26,554 27,203
Revenue excluding items affecting comparability 6,884 7,163 26,554 27,203
Underlying EBITDAaL margin 34% 32% 35% 33%

Non-IFRS measures – Capex paid and capex

Tele2 considers capex paid relevant to present as it provides an indication of how much the company invests organically in intangible and tangible assets to maintain and expand its business. Tele2 believes that it is relevant to present capex to provide a view on how much Tele2 invests organically in intangible and tangible assets as well as in right-of-use assets (lease) to maintain and grow its business that is not dependent on the timing of cash payments.

Capex paid: Cash paid for the additions to intangible and tangible assets net of cash proceeds from sales of intangible and tangible assets.

Capex: Additions to intangible assets, tangible assets and right-of-use assets (lease) that are capitalized on the balance sheet.

SEK million Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
TOTAL OPERATIONS
Additions to intangible and tangible assets -729 -662 -2,750 -3,610
Sale of intangible and tangible assets -0 -4 1 3
Capex paid -729 -665 -2,749 -3,607
This period's unpaid capex and reversal of paid capex from previous period -151 -114 16 758
Reversal received payment of sold intangible and tangible assets 0 4 -1 -3
Capex intangible and tangible assets -879 -776 -2,734 -2,852
Additions to right-of-use assets -602 -585 -1,204 -1,509
Capex -1,481 -1,361 -3,938 -4,361
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Additions to intangible and tangible assets -729 -613 -2,705 -3,292
Sale of intangible and tangible assets -0 -4 1 2
Capex paid -729 -616 -2,704 -3,289
This period's unpaid capex and reversal of paid capex from previous period -150 -92 -11 837
Reversal received payment of sold intangible and tangible assets 0 4 -1 -2
Capex intangible and tangible assets -879 -705 -2,717 -2,455
Additions to right-of-use assets -602 -552 -1,182 -1,306
Capex -1,481 -1,257 -3,899 -3,761

Non-IFRS measures – Operating cash flow

Tele2 considers operating cash flow a relevant measure to present as it gives an indication of the profitability of the underlying business while also taking into account the investments needed to maintain and grow the business.

Operating cash flow: Underlying EBITDAaL less capex excluding spectrum and leases.

Continuing operations
SEK million
Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Jan-Sep
2020
Jan-Sep
2019
Underlying EBITDAaL 2,348 2,298 9,239 9,043
Capex excluding spectrum and leases -879 -705 -2,717 -2,387
Operating cash flow 1,469 1,593 6,523 6,656

Non-IFRS measures – Equity free cash flow

Tele2 considers equity free cash flow to be relevant to present as it provides a view of funds generated from operating activities that also includes investments in intangible and tangible assets. Management believes that equity free cash flow is meaningful to investors because it is the measure of the Group's funds available for acquisition related payments, dividends to shareholders, share repurchases and debt repayment.

Equity free cash flow: Cash flow from operating activities less capex paid and amortization of lease liabilities.

SEK million Oct-Dec
2020
Oct-Dec
2019
Full year
2020
Full year
2019
TOTAL OPERATIONS
Cash flow from operating activities 1,886 2,463 8,816 9,716
Capex paid -729 -665 -2,749 -3,607
Amortization of lease liabilities -272 -313 -1,188 -1,269
Equity free cash flow 885 1,484 4,879 4,840
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
Cash flow from operating activities 1,873 2,125 8,672 8,572
Capex paid -729 -616 -2,704 -3,289
Amortization of lease liabilities -272 -283 -1,168 -1,124
Equity free cash flow 872 1,225 4,799 4,159

Non-IFRS measures – Net debt and economic net debt

Tele2 believes that net debt is relevant to present as it is useful to illustrate the indebtedness, financial flexibility, and capital structure. Furthermore, economic net debt is considered relevant as it excludes lease liabilities, and thereby consistently can be put in relation to underlying EBITDAaL when measuring financial leverage.

Net debt: Interest-bearing non-current and current liabilities excluding provisions, less cash and cash equivalents, current investments, restricted cash and derivatives. Net debt includes equipment financing from Q2 2020.

Economic net debt: Net debt excluding lease liabilities. Prior to the completion of the Kazakhstan divestment, also liabilities to Kazakhtelecom, liability for earn-out obligation in Kazakhstan and loan guaranteed by Kazakhtelecom are excluded.

Total operations
SEK million
Dec 31
2020
Dec 31
2019
Interest-bearing non-current liabilities 27,234 27,752
Interest-bearing current liabilities 4,881 5,066
Reversal equipment financing -139
Reversal provisions -1,660 -1,774
Cash & cash equivalents, current investments and restricted funds -970 -448
Derivatives -217 -154
Net debt for assets classified as held for sale 513
Net debt 29,269 30,816
Reversal:
Lease liabilities -5,327 -6,111
Economic net debt 23,942 24,705

Organic

Tele2 believes that organic growth rates are relevant to present as they exclude effects from currency movements but include effects from divestments and acquisitions as if these occurred on the first day of each reporting period and are therefore providing an indication of the underlying performance.

Organic growth rates: Calculated at constant currency, meaning that comparative figures have been recalculated using the currency rates for the current period, but including effects from divestments and acquisitions as if these occurred on the first day of each reporting period.

Reconciliation of figures are presented in an excel document (Q4 2020-financials to the market) on Tele2's website www.tele2.com.