Title: The financial results of the second quarter of 2005
1- The financial results of the second quarter of
2005 - 15 July 2005
2Financial results in brief. Q2
3Financial results in brief. HY1
4Results by business segments
1) with The Eltel Group eliminated
5Revenue history
- Fast growth of Internet, IT and data
communications revenue - Slowdown in growth of mobile revenue
- Low sales revenue of mobile handsets.
6EBITDA history
- The EBITDA margin of fixed communications has
improved - Margin of mobile communications is strongly
influenced by higher volumes of traffic between
the networks.
7Financial results in brief. Investments and
depreciation
- The Elion Group invested 6.3 million euros. The
majority of investment has been in the
development of broadband services. - The EMT Group invested 2.4 million euros. The
majority of investment was made in order to
ensure the quality of technological
infrastructure.
8Financial results in brief. Cash flow
Dividends were paid out in June 2005. Despite
70.5 mln EUR dividend payment, the Group has
continuously strong financial position. Up to 6.4
mln EUR acquisition is planned to take place in
Q3 2005.
9Dividends
- The AGM decided to pay dividends 0.51 EUR per
share for year 2004. - Dividends were paid out on 16th June 2005.
- The total amount of the dividend payment in 2005
was 70.5 mln EUR. - Tax on dividends in 2005 amounts to 22.3 mln
EUR, which is lower by 2.2 mln EUR than in 2004
due to lower income tax rate in Estonia (26/74 in
2004 24/76 in 2005).
10Headcount
11Fixed voice communications. Market shares
- Active marketing by cable TV operators and other
fixed service providers has caused some decrease
in market shares of Elion. - Elion has still dominant position in all major
call categories.
12Elion Group. Customers
- Some decline in the number of main lines has
continued. Still, with bundled offers and free
installation campaigns Elion has slowed down the
process. - Fast growth of the number of permanent Internet
connections continues. Y-to-Y growth at end June
2005 was 53.
13Elion Group. Revenues
) 2004 with the Eltel Group eliminated
- Revenue growth from IT and data communications
accelerated in Q2 2005. - In Q2 2005, additional revenues from Internet,
IT and data communications compensated decline in
voice communications revenue.
14Elion digital TV broadcasting
- In April 2005, Elion started to offer digital
television services. - Vision to reach half of Estonian homes with
digital television by the year 2010. - In 2005 main focus to new residential areas, in
2006 digital TV broadcasting for ADSL customers. - Different transmission technologies are tested
FTTU (PON - Passive Optical Network), coaxial
cable, CAT5, ADSL. - Digital TV package includes now 40 digital TV
channels, 14 analogue TV channels and 15 radio
channels, customer can add up to 25 digital TV
channels for extra fee.
15Purchase of IT-provider Microlink
- In May 2005, Elion Enterprises announced its
intention to purchase 95 of the shares of
MicroLink AS, the leading Baltic IT services
company. MicroLink Estonia AS will continue
independently in Elion group, MicroLink
operations in Latvia will be sold to Lattelekom
SIA and MicroLink operations in Lithuania to
Lietuvos Telekomas AB. - The aim of the acquisition of MicroLink Estonia
is to reinforce the market position of Elion and
MicroLink in the Estonian IT market and to offer
customers the broadest selection of IT services
and integrated IT communications solutions. - Transition of the shares will take place after
approval of the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian
Competition Boards. The value of the MicroLink
Estonia is less than 6.4 million euros for Elion.
- MicroLink (www.microlink.com) is the largest
Baltic IT services company whose business
interests include system integration and
infrastructure solutions software development
ERP and business solutions data communications
and networking central systems and datacentre
solutions systems management and maintenance
end-user PC services and support full IT
outsourcing.
- The group has 553 employees and is present in
all three Baltic countries. MicroLink's 2003/2004
financial year net revenue was 52.4 million euros
and net profit 22.4 million euros. MicroLink is
the only Baltic IT company, whose business areas
and technology solutions cover more than 90 of
IT needs of modern private and public
organizations.Transition of the shares will take
place after approval of the Estonian, Latvian and
Lithuanian Competition Boards. The value of the
MicroLink Estonia is less than 100 million kroons
(less than 6.4 million euros) for Elion.
16Mobile communications. Market shares
- Number of active SIM-cards continues to grow.
- Mobile penetration in Estonia was 99 at end-June
2005. - EMT has maintained its 47 market share by number
of active SIM-cards.
17AS EMT. Customers and ARPU
- The mobile number portability requirement was
implemented from 1st January 2005. As the result
of the first six months, net movements of EMTs
customers were positive. - In order to remain competitive, EMT has launched
new packages, corrected tariffs. Free call
minutes and free handsets are offered for certain
customer categories as a part of marketing tools. - Still, ARPU in June 2005 was higher than in March
2005.
18AS EMT. Revenues
- Double-digit growth from domestic calls and
roaming - Some slowdown in growth rate of SMS-revenues
- Lower termination tariffs since March-April 2005
have slowed down growth of IC revenues and
expenses - Continuous decline of monthly fees.
19Share price developments
- 14 April 2004 TeliaSonera announced its cash
offer. - 14 April 2004 Proposal for 2003 profit
distribution released. - 15 April 2004 Q1 2004 results were released.
- 8 June 2004 Dividend list was fixed.
- 10 June 2004 The cash offer ended.
- 14 July 2004 Q2 2004 results were released.
- 14 October 2004 Q3 2004 results were released.
- 23 December 2004 TeliaSonera increased its
holding over 50. - 4 February 2005 Preliminary results for 2004
released. - 22 April 2005 Q1 2005 results released.
- 22 April 2005 Proposal for 2004 profit
distribution - 2 June 2005 Dividend list was fixed.