TDC : Financial Statement 2016 Q4 highlights â
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Q4 highlights
• EBITDA decline of 10.4% YoY driven by the development in Denmark (-13.3% YoY); Norway
up 4.5% YoY
• Revenue and GP growth in mobility services; Consumer mobile ARPU up by
DKK 5 (4.5%) YoY
• Loss of 16k broadband customers vs. Q3 in Consumer and Business due to pressure from
competing infrastructure, loss of large customers as well as clean-up
• TDC repurchased bonds and thereby reduced gross debt by EUR 350m (DKK 2.6bn);
positive impact on cash interest from 2017
• TDC Business acquired another cloud-based communications provider and launched new
broadband portfolio with improved flexibility and functionalities
2016 FY performance
• Better financial performance than expected with EBITDA (DKK 8,488m > DKK 8,400m) and
EFCF (DKK 2,082m > DKK 1,700m)
• Strong EBITDA growth in Norway driven by Get (10.1% YoY)
• Reported GP trend improved during 2016 in Denmark (-7.6% Q1 YoY and -5.0% Q4 YoY),
driven by mobility services
• Group opex up by 2.4% due to strategic investments (TDC and YouSee brand, IT merger and
B2B simplification)
• Strategy execution well underway: brand merger, TDC Sweden divestment, new TV set-top
box, TDC Skype for Business and gigaspeed roll-out
• Customer satisfaction has been flattish by a year with many changes; Telmore is back at
delivering best in class customer experience
2017 guidance and 2018 ambitions
• 2017: EBITDA > DKK 8.3bn; EFCF: Stable or moderate growth; DPS: DKK 1.05
• 2018: ambitions unchanged on cash flow and customer satisfaction
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