Telefonica SA TEF - Financial Highlights January-March2017 (8482E)

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RNS Number : 8482E

Telefonica SA

11 May 2017

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

   --        Main financial and operational metrics growing. 

(R) Continued customer base quality improvement: LTE (1.7x y-o-y), smartphones (+18%), FTTx and cable (+21%) and mobile contract (+5%).

(R) Revenues (EUR13,132m) were up 5.0% vs. January-March 16 (+1.5% organic driven by service revenues +1.7%).

(R) Mobile data revenues maintained double-digit growth (+13.5% y-o-y organic) and accounted for 58% of mobile service revenues (+5.4 p.p. y-o-y organic).

(R) OIBDA (EUR4,021m) grew 4.8% y-o-y in the quarter (+1.3% organic). OIBDA margin stood at 30.6% and remained stable y-o-y.

(R) Underlying OIBDA excluded EUR88m in restructuring costs and reached EUR4,109m (+6.5% y-o-y).

(R) Operating cash flow (OIBDA-CapEx excluding spectrum; EUR2,404m) growth accelerated in the quarter to 12.1% y-o-y (+15.0% in underlying terms to EUR2,492m).

   (R)     Net income reached EUR779m (+42.2% y-o-y) and earnings per share stood at EUR0.14 (+48.8%). 
   --        Progress in the Company's transformation. 
   (R)     Infrastructure 39.9m premises passed with FTTx and cable; LTE coverage 64% (88% in Europe). 
   (R)     New customer relationship model based on cognitive intelligence, a pioneer in the sector. 
   --        Focus on deleverage. 

(R) Free cash flow totalled EUR599m, reflecting seasonality, and improved by EUR530m vs. January-March 2016.

   (R)     Net debt stood at EUR48,766m at the end of March 2017. 
   --        The Company reiterates its guidance and dividend announced for 2017. 

-- T. España: service revenues fell by 1.5% organic y-o-y and OIBDA by 2.4%; while operating cash flow

(OIBDA-CapEx) growth accelerated to +8.3%.

-- T. Brasil accelerated the growth rate of revenues (+1.6% y-o-y organic), OIBDA (+7.5%) and operating cash flow (+21.6%).

-- In T. Deutschland, OIBDA growth (+1.4% y-o-y organic) and margin expansion (+1.4 p.p.) continued, while operating cash flow returned to grow (+7.7%), reflecting incremental synergies.

-- T. UK reinforced its position as a leading mobile operator in the market (contract customers +2% y-o-y), with growth in revenues and OIBDA (+2.1% and +0.6% y-o-y organic, respectively).

-- T. Hispanoamérica: solid revenue (+9.2% y-o-y organic) and OIBDA (+6.2%) pace of growth, with a significant operating cash flow increase (+23.6%).

Comments from José María Álvarez-Pallete, Executive Chairman:

"First quarter results reflected a further step forward in our business model, which is focused on the pursuit of sustainable growth. The differential quality of our asset portfolio enables us to offer differential services, which translated into improvements in our results; in particular: i) the growth in main financial metrics, including the positive impact of foreign exchange rates in the quarter; ii) the savings obtained from synergy capture and process simplification; and iii) the strengthening of our balance sheet and the strong free cash flow growth, 9x higher vs. January-March 2016. In addition, we have announced the launch of AURA, a new, more innate and simple customer relationship model, a pioneer in the area of cognitive intelligence.

At the same time, the results are aligned with our expectations and allow us to reiterate the guidance set for 2017".

 
 TELEFÓNICA 
 SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA 
  Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) 
                                                                January-March             % Chg 
 
                                                                          2017      Reported      Organic 
 
 
 Revenues                                                               13,132           5.0          1.5 
 Telefónica España                                             3,066         (2.6)        (2.6) 
 Telefónica Deutschland                                             1,771         (4.7)        (4.7) 
 Telefónica UK                                                      1,601         (8.6)          2.1 
 Telefónica Brasil                                                  3,165          30.2          1.6 
 Telefónica Hispanoamerica                                          3,285           7.6          9.2 
 Other companies & eliminations                                            244         (8.6)        (3.3) 
   Telxius                                                                 188          36.4          5.4 
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 OIBDA                                                                   4,021           4.8          1.3 
 Telefónica España                                             1,143         (8.6)        (2.4) 
 Telefónica Deutschland                                               400           2.0          1.4 
 Telefónica UK                                                        416         (9.8)          0.6 
 Telefónica Brasil                                                  1,104          37.2          7.5 
 Telefónica Hispanoamerica                                            904           4.4          6.2 
 Other companies & eliminations                                             53        (15.8)       (44.7) 
   Telxius                                                                  92          n.m.         14.3 
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 OIBDA margin                                                            30.6%    (0.1 p.p.)   (0.0 p.p.) 
 Telefónica España                                             37.3%    (2.4 p.p.)     0.1 p.p. 
 Telefónica Deutschland                                             22.6%      1.5 p.p.     1.4 p.p. 
 Telefónica UK                                                      26.0%    (0.4 p.p.)   (0.4 p.p.) 
 Telefónica Brasil                                                  34.9%      1.8 p.p.     1.9 p.p. 
 Telefónica Hispanoamerica                                          27.5%    (0.8 p.p.)   (0.8 p.p.) 
 
 
 Operating Income (OI)                                                   1,570           3.6          5,2 
 
 
 Net income attributable to equity holders of the Parent                   779          42.2 
 Basic and diluted earnings per share (euros)                             0.14          48.8 
 
 
 CapEx                                                                   1,621         (4.4)        (8.4) 
 Telefónica España                                               333        (22.7)       (22.7) 
 Telefónica Deutschland                                               208         (5.1)        (4.2) 
 Telefónica UK                                                        225          17.1         30.8 
 Telefónica Brasil                                                    397          14.1       (11.0) 
 Telefónica Hispanoamerica                                            430         (6.8)        (9.0) 
 Other companies & eliminations                                             28        (36.6)       (35.2) 
   Telxius                                                                  13        (37.1)       (41.6) 
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 Spectrum                                                                    4         140.7        161.3 
 Telefónica España                                                 -             -            - 
 Telefónica Deutschland                                                 0          n.m.         n.m. 
 Telefónica UK                                                          -             -            - 
 Telefónica Brasil                                                      -             -            - 
 Telefónica Hispanoamerica                                              3          n.m.         n.m. 
 
 
 OpCF (OIBDA-CapEx)                                                      2,400          12.0          8.9 
 Telefónica España                                               810         (1.2)          8.3 
 Telefónica Deutschland                                               192          11.0          7.7 
 Telefónica UK                                                        191        (29.1)       (21.0) 
 Telefónica Brasil                                                    707          54.7         21.6 
 Telefónica Hispanoamerica                                            474          17.3         23.6 
 Other companies & eliminations                                             26          30.0       (52.9) 
   Telxius                                                                  79          n.m.         35.0 
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   - Reconciliation included in the excel spreadsheets. 
 Notes: 
 - Since the second quarter of 2016 Telefónica's operations in the United Kingdom are 
  no longer reported as discontinued operations and all its assets and liabilities have ceased 
  to be reported as "held for sale", and have been reclassified back into full consolidation, 
  in compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). For comparative purposes, 
  the results of Telefónica Group of the first quarter of 2016 are reported following the 
  same criteria. 
 - 2016 and 2017 reported figures include hyperinflationary adjustments in Venezuela in both 
  years. 
 - OIBDA and OI are presented before brand fees and management fees. 
 - Telxius financials are fully reported in Other Companies & Eliminations in T. Group since 
  1 January, 2017, reflecting the final integration into Telxius of the mobile communications 
  towers transferred from T. España, T. Deutschland, T. Brasil and T. Hispanoamérica 

  segments and the international submarine fiber optic cable (which was already being reported 
  within Other Companies and Eliminations). As a consequence, 2017 reported figures for these 
  segments follow the same criteria. In addition, 2016 segment results have been revised to 
  reflect the different dates of asset integration into Telxius, affecting T. España (since 
  1 January, 2016), T. Deutschland (since 1 May, 2016), T. Brasil (since 1 April, 2016) and 
  T. Hispanoamérica (T. Perú since 1 April 2016 and T. Chile since 1 May 2016). Organic 
  y-o-y changes on segments reflect all the charges related to the towers transferred to Telxius 
  since 1 January 2016. The results of the segments do not include intra-group capital gains 
  resulting from the transfer of towers to Telxius in 2016. 
 - Organic criteria: Assumes constant exchange rates as of 2016 (average FX in 2016), excludes 
  the impact from hyperinflation in Venezuela in both years and considers constant perimeter 
  of consolidation. In OIBDA and OI terms, excludes write-downs, capital gains/losses from the 
  sale of companies, tower sales, material non-recurring impacts and restructuring costs. CapEx 
  also excludes investment in spectrum. 
 

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