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BT Group PLC Amended 3rd Quarter Results (8454D)

02/02/2018 6:32pm

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RNS Number : 8454D

BT Group PLC

02 February 2018

GENERAL TEXT AMMENT

The following amendments have been made to the 'Third quarter results' announcement released on 2 February 2018 at 0700 under RNS No 7127D.

On page one, the words 'reciprocal wholesale' have been deleted from the third bullet under Strategic and in Gavin Patterson's quote the words 'reciprocal wholesale' have been replaced with TV .

All other details remain unchanged.

The full amended text is shown below

BT Group plc

Results for the third quarter to 31 December 2017

2 February 2018

BT Group plc (BT.L) today announced its results for the third quarter to 31 December 2017.

Key developments for the quarter

Strategic:

-- Openreach to deliver FTTP to 3m premises by the end of 2020; sets course to reach 10m homes and businesses by mid-2020s with the right conditions

-- Continued improvement in customer experience metrics; Group NPS(1) up 5.5 points and Right First Time up 3.6%

   --     BT TV customers to access premium sport and entertainment content under TV deal with Sky 

-- Triennial valuation of the BT Pension Scheme is proceeding and constructive discussions continue with the Trustee. We are appealing the court decision against changing the index used for pension increases from RPI for Section C members

   --     Transformation programme and restructuring initiatives on track 

Operational:

-- Openreach fibre connections at record high of 600,000, with superfast fibre broadband passing 27.4m UK premises

-- BT Consumer revenue generating units per customer increased 3% to 2.02, with ARPU up 5% to GBP41.3

-- Mobile postpaid net additions of 235,000, with low churn of 1.2%; monthly mobile postpaid ARPU down 2% to GBP26.2

   --     Average BT Sport viewing increased 23% year on year; best quarterly performance since launch 

-- Order intake, on a rolling 12-month basis, up 12% to GBP3,591m for Business and Public Sector, down 38% to GBP1,257m for Wholesale and Ventures and down 25% to GBP3,732m for Global Services, reflecting market conditions

Financial:

   --     Reported revenue down 3% to GBP5,970m and underlying(2) revenue down 1.5% 

-- Adjusted(2) EBITDA decreased 2% to GBP1,826m, reflecting investment in mobile devices and customer experience, along with higher business rates and pension costs, partly offset by cost savings

-- Net cash inflow from operating activities of GBP1,596m up GBP81m, and normalised free cash flow(2) of GBP702m up GBP96m mainly due to working capital phasing

   --     Full year outlook maintained 
 
 Gavin Patterson, Chief Executive, commenting on 
  the results, said 
  "Our third quarter financial results are broadly 
  in line with our expectations and we remain confident 
  in our outlook for the full year. We continue to 
  improve our customer experience metrics across the 
  Group, with our sixth successive quarter of improved 
  customer perception. 
 
  "We continue to work closely with the UK Government, 
  Ofcom and our customers to expand the deployment 
  of fibre and Openreach recently announced plans 
  to accelerate our FTTP deployment to three million 
  premises by the end of 2020. 
 
  "We agreed a TV deal with Sky that will deliver 
  market leading sports and entertainment channels 
  to our BT TV platform by early 2019, reinforcing 
  our strategic goal of being the best provider in 
  the UK of converged network services. 
  "The triennial valuation of the BT Pension Scheme 
  is proceeding and constructive discussions continue 
  with the BTPS Trustee. We still expect to complete 
  the valuation in the first half of the 2018 calendar 
  year. Our aim remains to deliver fair, flexible 
  and affordable pensions to all of our employees. 
 
  "We are delivering against our strategy, capitalising 
  on opportunities and responding to market challenges 
  with a robust set of actions. Looking ahead, we're 
  confident in the steps we are taking to improve 
  the performance of BT for all our stakeholders." 
======================================================================== 
                                  Third quarter         Nine months 
                                        to                   to 
                                    31 December          31 December 
                                       2017                 2017 
============================   ==================  =================== 
                                 GBPm   Change(3)     GBPm   Change(3) 
============================   ======  ==========  =======  ========== 
 Reported measures 
 Revenue                        5,970        (3)%   17,756        (1)% 
 Profit before tax                660         25%    1,744        (9)% 
 Basic earnings per share        5.0p         32%    13.2p       (14)% 
 Net cash inflow from 
  operating activities          1,596      GBP81m    4,181   GBP(402)m 
=============================  ======  ==========  =======  ========== 
 
 Adjusted measures 
 Change in underlying(2) 
  revenue excluding transit                (1.5)%               (0.9)% 
 Adjusted(2) EBITDA             1,826        (2)%    5,422        (3)% 
 Adjusted(2) profit 
  before tax                      818        (1)%    2,398        (4)% 
 Adjusted(2) basic 
  earnings per share             6.4p        (3)%    19.1p        (6)% 
 Normalised free cash 
  flow(2)                         702      GBP96m    1,947     GBP(1)m 
 Net debt(2)                                         8,923    GBP(58)m 
=============================  ======  ==========  =======  ========== 
 

(1) Group NPS measures Net Promoter Score in our retail businesses and Net Satisfaction in our wholesale businesses

(2) See Glossary on page 2

(3) Measured against the comparative period in the prior year

Group results for the third quarter to 31 December 2017

 
                                       Third quarter                Nine months 
                                       to 31 December              to 31 December 
===========================  ==========================  =========================== 
                                2017     2016    Change     2017     2016     Change 
                                GBPm     GBPm         %     GBPm     GBPm          % 
===========================  =======  =======  ========  =======  =======  ========= 
 Revenue 
 - reported                    5,970    6,128       (3)   17,756   17,940        (1) 
 - adjusted(1)                 5,979    6,126       (2)   17,779   17,954        (1) 
 - change in underlying(1) 
  revenue excluding 
  transit                                         (1.5)                        (0.9) 
===========================  =======  =======  ========  =======  =======  ========= 
 EBITDA 
 - reported                    1,722    1,624         6    4,931    5,148        (4) 
 - adjusted(1)                 1,826    1,870       (2)    5,422    5,576        (3) 
 Operating profit 
 - reported                      854      729        17    2,306    2,529        (9) 
 - adjusted(1)                   958      975       (2)    2,797    2,957        (5) 
===========================  =======  =======  ========  =======  =======  ========= 
 Profit before tax 
 - reported                      660      526        25    1,744    1,914        (9) 
 - adjusted(1)                   818      826       (1)    2,398    2,501        (4) 
===========================  =======  =======  ========  =======  =======  ========= 
 Basic earnings per 
  share 
 - reported                     5.0p     3.8p        32    13.2p    15.4p       (14) 
 - adjusted(1)                  6.4p     6.6p       (3)    19.1p    20.4p        (6) 
===========================  =======  =======  ========  =======  =======  ========= 
 Capital expenditure             878      852         3    2,571    2,432          6 
===========================  =======  =======  ========  =======  =======  ========= 
 Normalised free cash 
  flow(1)                        702      606        16    1,947    1,948          - 
===========================  =======  =======  ========  =======  =======  ========= 
 Net debt(1)                                               8,923    8,981   GBP(58)m 
===========================  =======  =======  ========  =======  =======  ========= 
 

Customer-facing unit results

 
                           Adjusted(1)              Adjusted(1)                Normalised 
                             revenue                   EBITDA               free cash flow(1) 
=================  =======================  =======================  ========================== 
 Third quarter       2017    2016   Change    2017    2016   Change     2017     2016    Change 
  to 
 31 December         GBPm    GBPm        %    GBPm    GBPm        %     GBPm     GBPm         % 
=================  ======  ======  =======  ======  ======  =======  =======  =======  ======== 
 BT Consumer        1,261   1,262        -     250     260      (4)      114      162      (30) 
 EE                 1,357   1,311        4     259     277      (6)      128      141       (9) 
 Business and 
  Public Sector     1,125   1,190      (5)     362     393      (8)      317      302         5 
 Global Services    1,266   1,398      (9)     143      40      258       30    (115)       126 
 Wholesale and 
  Ventures            506     528      (4)     189     211     (10)      138      151       (9) 
 Openreach          1,286   1,284        -     641     676      (5)      332      362       (8) 
 Other                  1       2     (50)    (18)      13    (238)    (357)    (397)        10 
 Intra-group 
  items             (823)   (849)        3       -       -        -        -        -         - 
=================  ======  ======  =======  ======  ======  =======  =======  =======  ======== 
 Total              5,979   6,126      (2)   1,826   1,870      (2)      702      606        16 
=================  ======  ======  =======  ======  ======  =======  =======  =======  ======== 
 

(1) See Glossary

n/m = not meaningful

Glossary of alternative performance measures

 
 Adjusted         Before specific items 
 
 Free cash flow   Cash generated from operations (after 
                   capital expenditure) excluding pension 
                   deficit payments and after interest, tax 
                   and non-current asset investments 
 
 Net debt         Loans and other borrowings (both current 
                   and non-current), less current asset investments 
                   and cash and cash equivalents. Currency 
                   denominated balances within net debt are 
                   translated to Sterling at swapped rates 
                   where hedged 
 
 Normalised free  Free cash flow before specific items and 
  cash flow        the cash tax benefit of pension deficit 
                   payments 
 
 Specific items   Items that in management's judgement need 
                   to be disclosed separately by virtue of 
                   their size, nature or incidence. Further 
                   information is provided in note 1 on page 
                   23 
 
 Underlying       Excludes specific items, foreign exchange 
                   movements and the effect of acquisitions 
                   and disposals. Further information is 
                   provided in note 2 on page 23 
================  ================================================= 
 

Reconciliations to the most directly comparable IFRS measures are in Additional Information on pages 23 to 25. Our commentary focuses on the trading results on an adjusted basis. Unless otherwise stated in the commentary, revenue, operating costs, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), operating profit, profit before tax, net finance expense, earnings per share (EPS) and normalised free cash flow are measured before specific items. Further information is provided in note 1 on page 23.

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