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First Quarter - 2006 Earnings Release |
Portugal Telecom |
Table of Contents |
01 | Financial highlights | 4 | ||
02 | Operating highlights | 6 | ||
03 | Consolidated income statement | 9 | ||
04 | Capex | 16 | ||
05 | Cash flow | 17 | ||
06 | Consolidated balance sheet | 18 | ||
07 | Employees | 23 | ||
08 | Wireline | 24 | ||
09 | Domestic mobile | 28 | ||
10 | Brazilian mobile | 30 | ||
11 | Multimedia | 32 | ||
12 | Other international investments | 35 | ||
13 | First quarter key events and recent developments | 37 | ||
14 | Major holdings | 40 | ||
15 | Basis of presentation | 41 | ||
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First Quarter - 2006 Earnings Release |
Lisbon, Portugal, 18 May 2006
Portugal Telecom announced today its results for the first quarter ending 31 March 2006.
In the first quarter of 2006, consolidated operating revenues amounted to Euro 1,566 million. EBITDA reached Euro 587 million, equivalent to a margin of 37.5% . EBITDA minus Capex reached Euro 425 million. Net income for the period amounted to Euro 211 million, equivalent to an increase of 15.6% over the same period of last year. Net debt reached Euro 3,678 million at the end of March 2006.
PTs financial results have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as from 1 January 2005.
Table 1 _ Consolidated Financial Highlights | Euro million | |||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Operating revenues | 1,565.6 | 1,452.1 | 7.8% | 1,715.4 | (8.7%) | |||||
Operating costs, excluding D&A | 978.2 | 833.1 | 17.4% | 1,005.1 | (2.7%) | |||||
EBITDA (1) | 587.4 | 619.0 | (5.1%) | 710.3 | (17.3%) | |||||
Income from operations | 289.9 | 385.6 | (24.8%) | 409.6 | (29.2%) | |||||
Net income | 210.9 | 182.5 | 15.6% | 293.4 | (28.1%) | |||||
Capex | 162.5 | 166.8 | (2.6%) | 361.1 | (55.0%) | |||||
Capex as % of revenues (%) | 10.4 | 11.5 | (1.1pp) | 21.1 | (10.7pp) | |||||
EBITDA minus Capex | 424.9 | 452.2 | (6.0%) | 349.1 | 21.7% | |||||
Net debt | 3,678.4 | 3,984.5 | (7.7%) | 3,672.5 | 0.2% | |||||
EBITDA margin (2) (%) | 37.5 | 42.6 | (5.1pp) | 41.4 | (3.9pp) | |||||
Net debt / EBITDA (x) | 1.6 | 1.6 | (0.0x) | 1.3 | 0.3x | |||||
EBITDA / net interest (x) | 11.7 | 11.6 | 0.0x | 10.2 | 1.5x | |||||
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Operating revenues increased by 7.8% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 1,566 million, underpinned by PTM and Vivos contribution to consolidated operating revenues. Wireline and TMNs operating revenues were negatively impacted by the reduction of interconnection rates in the amount of Euro 9 million and Euro 21 million respectively. Excluding this impact, wireline operating revenues would have decreased by 2.3% y.o.y, while TMN operating revenues would have increased by 0.9% y.o.y.
EBITDA reached Euro 587 million in the first quarter of 2006, a decrease of 5.1% y.o.y, equivalent to an EBITDA margin of 37.5% . The Euro 32 million reduction in EBITDA resulted from the negative impact of lower interconnection rates (Euro 11 million) and the one-off reversal of a provision relating to a receivable from Angola Telecom (Euro 23 million) last year. Excluding both of these impacts, EBITDA would have increased by 0.4% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006.
Income from operations decreased by 24.8% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 290 million, equivalent to a margin of 18.5% .
Net income increased by 15.6% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 211 million.
Capex decreased by 2.6% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 162 million, equivalent to 10.4% of operating revenues, as a result of the 30.4% y.o.y decrease in Vivos contribution to consolidated capex, which was partially offset by the increase in domestic capex.
EBITDA minus Capex decreased by 6.0% y.o.y to Euro 425 million in the first quarter of 2006, equivalent to 27.1% of operating revenues. Approximately 83% of PTs EBITDA minus Capex was generated by its domestic businesses (wireline, TMN and PTM).
Free cash flow increased from Euro 22 million in the first quarter of 2005 to Euro 73 million in the first quarter of 2006, primarily due to the increase in operating cash flow and the reduction in payments related to post retirement benefits, resulting from the higher level of curtailments in the first quarter of 2005.
Net debt remained stable at Euro 3,678 million. The free cash flow of Euro 73 million generated in the period was offset by: (1) the equity swaps contracted over 7.4 million PT shares in the first quarter of 2006, with a notional value of Euro 62 million, and (2) the currency translation effects on foreign currency debt totalling Euro 17 million, mainly related to Real denominated debt.
Net exposure to Brazil amounted to R$ 7,607 million, or Euro 2,881 million at the Euro/Real exchange rate prevailing at the end of the first quarter of 2006. As at 31 March 2006, assets denominated in Reais in PTs consolidated balance sheet represented approximately 35% of total assets and PTs share of Vivos net debt amounted to Euro 659 million.
As at 18 May 2006, PT had entered into equity swap contracts to acquire PT shares, equivalent to 1.83% of its share capital. PT had entered into these equity swaps as part of the share programme approved in April 2005, which was interrupted as a result of the tender offer launched by Sonaecom on 6 February 2006.
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On 21 April 2006, PTs shareholders approved at the AGM the payment of a cash dividend of Euro 0.475 per share for the fiscal year 2005, representing an increase of 35.7% over the previous year. The dividend will be paid on 19 May 2006. At the same meeting, shareholders approved a share capital increase in the amount of Euro 338,656,950, through the incorporation of share issuance premiums, legal reserves and share cancellation special reserve. On 11 May 2006, PT executed the public deed for this share capital increase. Shareholders also approved at the AGM, a share capital reduction to Euro 395,099,775, to be carried out through a reduction in the par value of PT shares to Euro 35 cents. Upon the completion of this share capital reduction, which is still to be executed, PTs distributable reserves should increase by approximately Euro 1,072 million. Pro-forma distributable reserves at the end of March 2006 amounted to Euro 1,246 million, assuming the dividend payment (Euro 536 million), the share buyback already executed (Euro 164 million) and the share capital restructuring (Euro 1,080 million).
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Table 2 _ Key Performance Indicators | ||||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Customer base ('000) | ||||||||||
Wireline | 4,447 | 4,426 | 0.5% | 4,478 | (0.7%) | |||||
Mobile | 35,456 | 32,045 | 10.6% | 35,117 | 1.0% | |||||
Pay-TV | 1,472 | 1,456 | 1.1% | 1,479 | (0.5%) | |||||
Broadband (ADSL retail + cable) | 965 | 770 | 25.3% | 933 | 3.3% | |||||
Wireline | ||||||||||
Main lines ('000) | 4,447 | 4,426 | 0.5% | 4,478 | (0.7%) | |||||
PSTN/ISDN | 3,670 | 3,914 | (6.2%) | 3,769 | (2.6%) | |||||
Carrier pre-selection | 597 | 508 | 17.6% | 575 | 3.8% | |||||
ADSL retail | 613 | 451 | 35.9% | 585 | 4.8% | |||||
ADSL wholesale | 55 | 45 | 21.7% | 51 | 7.3% | |||||
Unbundled local loops | 109 | 16 | n.m. | 72 | 51.1% | |||||
Net additions ('000) | (31) | 49 | n.m. | 7 | n.m. | |||||
PSTN/ISDN | (99) | (34) | 191.9% | (63) | 57.1% | |||||
Carrier pre-selection | 22 | 23 | (3.8%) | 17 | 30.6% | |||||
ADSL retail | 28 | 71 | (60.7%) | 38 | (26.5%) | |||||
ADSL wholesale | 4 | 5 | (27.4%) | 4 | (4.8%) | |||||
Unbundled local loops | 37 | 7 | n.m. | 29 | 27.2% | |||||
Pricing plans ('000) | 2,163 | 1,199 | 80.4% | 1,795 | 20.5% | |||||
Total traffic (million of minutes) | 3,491 | 3,809 | (8.3%) | 3,641 | (4.1%) | |||||
ARPU (Euro) | 32.2 | 33.8 | (4.7%) | 32.5 | (0.9%) | |||||
Domestic mobile TMN | ||||||||||
Customers ('000) | 5,318 | 5,087 | 4.6% | 5,312 | 0.1% | |||||
Net additions ('000) | 6 | 33 | (82.7%) | 97 | (94.1%) | |||||
MOU (minutes) | 117 | 117 | 0.1% | 123 | (5.1%) | |||||
ARPU (Euro) | 20.5 | 22.7 | (9.8%) | 22.2 | (7.8%) | |||||
Data as % of service revenues (%) | 12.8 | 11.2 | 1.6pp | 13.6 | (0.8pp) | |||||
CCPU (1) (Euro) | 10.6 | 11.4 | (6.8%) | 11.4 | (7.1%) | |||||
ARPU minus CCPU (Euro) | 9.9 | 11.4 | (12.8%) | 10.8 | (8.5%) | |||||
Brazilian mobile Vivo | ||||||||||
Customers ('000) | 30,138 | 26,959 | 11.8% | 29,805 | 1.1% | |||||
Net additions ('000) | 333 | 416 | (19.9%) | 964 | (65.5%) | |||||
MOU (minutes) | 67 | 82 | (17.7%) | 74 | (9.1%) | |||||
ARPU (R$) | 25.4 | 28.8 | (11.9%) | 29.0 | (12.3%) | |||||
Data as % of service revenues (%) | 7.0 | 5.5 | 1.6pp | 6.2 | 0.8pp | |||||
CCPU (1) (R$) | 15.0 | 15.4 | (2.3%) | 17.4 | (13.9%) | |||||
ARPU minus CCPU (R$) | 10.4 | 13.4 | (22.9%) | 11.5 | (10.1%) | |||||
Multimedia PT Multimedia | ||||||||||
Homes passed ('000) | 2,695 | 2,579 | 4.5% | 2,666 | 1.1% | |||||
Bi-directional ('000) | 2,576 | 2,459 | 4.8% | 2,547 | 1.1% | |||||
Pay-TV customers ('000) | 1,472 | 1,456 | 1.1% | 1,479 | (0.5%) | |||||
Pay-TV net additions ('000) | (7) | 7 | n.m. | (6) | 18.7% | |||||
Cable broadband accesses ('000) | 352 | 319 | 10.2% | 348 | 1.0% | |||||
Cable broadband net additions ('000) | 3 | 14 | (75.8%) | 7 | (50.2%) | |||||
Pay-TV blended ARPU (Euro) | 28.3 | 27.9 | 1.5% | 27.5 | 3.1% | |||||
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Table 3 _ Consolidated Income Statement (1) | Euro million | |||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Operating revenues | 1,565.6 | 1,452.1 | 7.8% | 1,715.4 | (8.7%) | |||||
Wireline | 491.5 | 512.4 | (4.1%) | 500.6 | (1.8%) | |||||
Domestic mobile TMN | 337.9 | 345.5 | (2.2%) | 374.3 | (9.7%) | |||||
Brazilian mobile Vivo (1) | 523.2 | 397.3 | 31.7% | 620.0 | (15.6%) | |||||
Multimedia PT Multimedia | 160.1 | 152.6 | 4.9% | 157.5 | 1.7% | |||||
Other | 52.8 | 44.2 | 19.5% | 63.0 | (16.1%) | |||||
Operating costs, excluding D&A | 978.2 | 833.1 | 17.4% | 1,005.1 | (2.7%) | |||||
Wages and salaries | 180.6 | 162.8 | 10.9% | 169.4 | 6.6% | |||||
Post retirement benefits | 16.2 | 22.4 | (27.7%) | (88.6) | n.m. | |||||
Direct costs | 202.2 | 210.4 | (3.9%) | 233.3 | (13.3%) | |||||
Costs of telecommunications | 117.9 | 132.5 | (11.0%) | 150.3 | (21.6%) | |||||
Programming costs | 36.6 | 34.4 | 6.3% | 35.9 | 1.8% | |||||
Directories | 19.1 | 20.7 | (7.7%) | 19.9 | (4.1%) | |||||
Other | 28.6 | 22.8 | 25.7% | 27.1 | 5.5% | |||||
Costs of products sold | 135.0 | 110.1 | 22.6% | 185.1 | (27.0%) | |||||
Marketing and publicity | 36.4 | 32.7 | 11.0% | 62.0 | (41.4%) | |||||
Support services | 57.4 | 44.3 | 29.7% | 71.6 | (19.8%) | |||||
Maintenance and repairs | 41.6 | 38.1 | 9.3% | 38.9 | 6.9% | |||||
Supplies and external expenses | 192.8 | 161.2 | 19.6% | 212.9 | (9.4%) | |||||
Provisions | 61.2 | 6.2 | n.m. | 76.4 | (20.0%) | |||||
Taxes other than income taxes | 47.6 | 37.2 | 27.9% | 46.2 | 3.0% | |||||
Other operating costs | 7.2 | 7.6 | (5.1%) | (2.2) | n.m. | |||||
EBITDA | 587.4 | 619.0 | (5.1%) | 710.3 | (17.3%) | |||||
Depreciation and amortisation | 297.5 | 233.4 | 27.5% | 300.6 | (1.1%) | |||||
Income from operations | 289.9 | 385.6 | (24.8%) | 409.6 | (29.2%) | |||||
Other expenses (income) | 4.0 | 17.7 | (77.5%) | 83.6 | (95.2%) | |||||
Work force reduction programme costs | 0.5 | 15.3 | (96.5%) | 76.9 | (99.3%) | |||||
Losses (gains) on disposal of fixed assets | (0.8) | 0.6 | n.m. | 1.1 | n.m. | |||||
Other non-recurring costs | 4.2 | 1.8 | 129.5% | 5.6 | (25.1%) | |||||
Income before financ. & inc. taxes | 285.9 | 367.9 | (22.3%) | 326.0 | (12.3%) | |||||
Financial expenses (income) | 21.8 | 58.6 | (62.8%) | (118.5) | n.m. | |||||
Net interest expenses | 50.2 | 53.2 | (5.5%) | 69.6 | (27.8%) | |||||
Net foreign currency losses (gains) | (9.0) | (9.6) | (6.1%) | 5.9 | n.m. | |||||
Net losses (gains) on financial assets | (9.7) | 7.6 | n.m. | (26.4) | (63.2%) | |||||
Equity in losses (earnings) of affiliates | (23.1) | (6.9) | 235.3% | (188.1) | (87.7%) | |||||
Other financial expenses | 13.4 | 14.3 | (6.4%) | 20.4 | (34.4%) | |||||
Income before income taxes | 264.1 | 309.3 | (14.6%) | 444.5 | (40.6%) | |||||
Provision for income taxes | (41.6) | (105.8) | (60.7%) | (139.0) | (70.1%) | |||||
Income from continued operations | 222.5 | 203.5 | 9.3% | 305.5 | (27.2%) | |||||
Income from discontinued operations | 0.0 | (0.9) | (100.0%) | (16.0) | (100.0%) | |||||
Income applicable to minority interests | (11.6) | (20.2) | (42.4%) | 4.0 | n.m. | |||||
Consolidated net income | 210.9 | 182.5 | 15.6% | 293.4 | (28.1%) | |||||
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Consolidated Operating Revenues
Table 4 _ Consolidated Operating Revenues - Contribution by Segment (1) | Euro million | |||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Wireline | 491.5 | 512.4 | (4.1%) | 500.6 | (1.8%) | |||||
Domestic mobile TMN | 337.9 | 345.5 | (2.2%) | 374.3 | (9.7%) | |||||
Brazilian mobile Vivo (1) | 523.2 | 397.3 | 31.7% | 620.0 | (15.6%) | |||||
Multimedia PT Multimedia | 160.1 | 152.6 | 4.9% | 157.5 | 1.7% | |||||
Other | 52.8 | 44.2 | 19.5% | 63.0 | (16.1%) | |||||
Total operating revenues | 1,565.6 | 1,452.1 | 7.8% | 1,715.4 | (8.7%) | |||||
Consolidated operating revenues increased by 7.8% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 1,566 million, reflecting the higher contribution from Vivo, due to the appreciation of the Real during the period, PTM and other businesses. On a constant currency basis, consolidated operating revenues would have decreased by 1.3% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006, primarily due to the lower contribution from wireline and domestic mobile revenues, which were impacted by the reduction in interconnection rates.
Consolidated operating revenues from the wireline business decreased by 4.1% to Euro 492 million in the first quarter of 2006, as a result of the decline in traffic revenues and lower fixed-to-mobile interconnection rates (Euro 9 million). Net wireline revenues, calculated as operating revenues less direct costs, decreased by 0.8% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 439 million, reflecting the decrease in traffic revenues, which was partially offset by the growth in ADSL and pricing plans.
The contribution to consolidated operating revenues from the mobile businesses rose by 3.8pp y.o.y to 55.0% in the first quarter of 2006, despite the strong reduction in interconnection rates in Portugal. Fixed-to-mobile and mobile-to-mobile interconnection rates registered an average annual reduction of 27.7% and 28.4% respectively, with both reaching Euro 0.125 per minute for TMN in January 2006. Interconnection rates will continue to fall by Euro 0.50 cents per quarter until a level of Euro 0.11 per minute has been reached in October 2006. The impact of lower interconnection rates on TMNs revenues in the first quarter of 2006 amounted to Euro 21 million. Vivo represented 33.4% of consolidated operating revenues in the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 6.1pp over the first quarter of 2005, primarily as a result of the 32.5% y.o.y appreciation of the Real against the Euro during the period.
PTM operating revenues increased by 4.9% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 160 million, as a result of the strong increase in Pay-TV and cable Internet revenues, which rose by 7.9% in the period, underpinned by the higher penetration of broadband services and the take-up of the digital package Funtastic Life.
In the first quarter of 2006, operating revenues from other businesses increased by Euro 9 million to Euro 53 million, mainly as a result of the increase in external revenues posted by Mobitel (call centre company in Brazil), partially explained by the appreciation of the Real against the Euro during the period, and PT Contact (call centre company in Portugal), as well as by the increase in revenues of Cabo Verde Telecom. On a constant currency basis, operating revenues from other businesses would have increased by 9.9% y.o.y to Euro 49 million in the first quarter of 2006.
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Table 5 _ Consolidated Operating Revenues Standalone Revenues by Segment (1) | Euro million | |||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Wireline | 530.9 | 553.0 | (4.0%) | 540.0 | (1.7%) | |||||
Domestic mobile TMN | 356.5 | 374.3 | (4.8%) | 397.5 | (10.3%) | |||||
Brazilian mobile Vivo (1) | 523.2 | 397.3 | 31.7% | 620.0 | (15.6%) | |||||
Multimedia PT Multimedia | 160.7 | 152.6 | 5.3% | 157.8 | 1.9% | |||||
Other and eliminations | (5.8) | (25.1) | (77.0%) | 0.1 | n.m. | |||||
Total operating revenues | 1,565.6 | 1,452.1 | 7.8% | 1,715.4 | (8.7%) | |||||
The difference in the growth rates of the standalone revenues and the contribution to consolidated revenues of the domestic mobile business is related to the decline in fixed-to-mobile interconnection rates during the period in analysis. TMNs standalone revenues were negatively impacted by Euro 21 million, as a result of lower interconnection rates.
EBITDA
Table 6 _ EBITDA by Business Segment (1) | Euro million | |||||||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | Margin | 4Q05 | q.o.q | Margin | ||||||||
Wireline | 246.9 | 271.0 | (8.9%) | 46.5 | 360.0 | (31.4%) | 66.7 | |||||||
Domestic mobile TMN | 155.6 | 168.8 | (7.8%) | 43.7 | 166.5 | (6.5%) | 41.9 | |||||||
Brazilian mobile Vivo (1) | 139.7 | 142.2 | (1.7%) | 26.7 | 124.1 | 12.6% | 20.0 | |||||||
Multimedia PT Multimedia | 50.3 | 44.8 | 12.3% | 31.3 | 51.5 | (2.4%) | 32.6 | |||||||
Other | (5.2) | (7.7) | (33.0%) | n.m. | 8.1 | n.m. | n.m. | |||||||
Total EBITDA | 587.4 | 619.0 | (5.1%) | 37.5 | 710.3 | (17.3%) | 41.4 | |||||||
EBITDA margin (%) | 37.5 | 42.6 | (5.1pp) | 41.4 | (3.9pp) | |||||||||
EBITDA decreased by 5.1% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 587 million, equivalent to an EBITDA margin of 37.5% . The Euro 32 million reduction in EBITDA is explained by the negative impact of lower interconnection rates (Euro 11 million) and the one-off reversal of a provision relating to a receivable from Angola Telecom (Euro 23 million) booked in the first quarter of 2005. Excluding both of these impacts, EBITDA would have increased by 0.4% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006.
In the first quarter of 2006, the EBITDA of the wireline business decreased by 8.9% y.o.y to Euro 247 million. Adjusting for the one-off impact of the receivable from Angola Telecom booked in the first quarter of 2005, wirelines EBITDA would have remained stable in the first quarter of 2006 against the same period of last year.
PTMs contribution to consolidated EBITDA improved by 1.3pp y.o.y to 8.6% in the first quarter of 2006, underpinned by top line growth, resulting from the increase in ARPU, and margin improvement in the period.
The contribution to consolidated EBITDA from the mobile businesses remained stable at 50.3% in the first quarter of 2006, with the decrease in TMNs EBITDA being offset by the increase in the contribution from Vivo to consolidated EBITDA. The impact of lower interconnection rates on TMNs EBITDA amounted to Euro 11 million in the first quarter of 2006. Adjusting for the negative impact of lower fixed-to-mobile rates, TMNs EBITDA would have decreased by 1.2% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006, as a result of the increase in the costs related to 3G, including content
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costs. The reduction in Vivos EBITDA in the first quarter of 2006, on a constant currency basis, was driven mainly by the increase in provisions, call centre costs and outsourcing costs.
Consolidated Operating Costs
Table 7 _ Consolidated Operating Costs (1) | Euro million | |||||||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | % Rev. | 4Q05 | q.o.q | % Rev. | ||||||||
Wages and salaries | 180.6 | 162.8 | 10.9% | 11.5 | 169.4 | 6.6% | 9.9 | |||||||
Post retirement benefits | 16.2 | 22.4 | (27.7%) | 1.0 | (88.6) | n.m. | n.m. | |||||||
Direct costs | 202.2 | 210.4 | (3.9%) | 12.9 | 233.3 | (13.3%) | 13.6 | |||||||
Telecommunication costs | 117.9 | 132.5 | (11.0%) | 7.5 | 150.3 | (21.6%) | 8.8 | |||||||
Programming costs | 36.6 | 34.4 | 6.3% | 2.3 | 35.9 | 1.8% | 2.1 | |||||||
Directories | 19.1 | 20.7 | (7.7%) | 1.2 | 19.9 | (4.1%) | 1.2 | |||||||
Other | 28.6 | 22.8 | 25.7% | 1.8 | 27.1 | 5.5% | 1.6 | |||||||
Costs of products sold | 135.0 | 110.1 | 22.6% | 8.6 | 185.1 | (27.0%) | 10.8 | |||||||
Marketing and publicity | 36.4 | 32.7 | 11.0% | 2.3 | 62.0 | (41.4%) | 3.6 | |||||||
Support services | 57.4 | 44.3 | 29.7% | 3.7 | 71.6 | (19.8%) | 4.2 | |||||||
Supplies and external expenses | 192.8 | 161.2 | 19.6% | 12.3 | 212.9 | (9.4%) | 12.4 | |||||||
Provisions | 61.2 | 6.2 | n.m. | 3.9 | 76.4 | (20.0%) | 4.5 | |||||||
Taxes other than income taxes | 47.6 | 37.2 | 27.9% | 3.0 | 46.2 | 3.0% | 2.7 | |||||||
Other operating costs | 48.8 | 45.7 | 6.9% | 3.1 | 36.7 | 33.1% | 2.1 | |||||||
Operating costs, excluding D&A | 978.2 | 833.1 | 17.4% | 62.5 | 1,005.1 | (2.7%) | 58.6 | |||||||
Depreciation and amortisation | 297.5 | 233.4 | 27.5% | 19.0 | 300.6 | (1.1%) | 17.5 | |||||||
Total operating costs | 1,275.7 | 1,066.5 | 19.6% | 81.5 | 1,305.8 | (2.3%) | 76.1 | |||||||
Consolidated operating costs amounted to Euro 1,276 million in the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 19.6% y.o.y, mainly as a result of the appreciation of the Real against the Euro and higher commercial activity across all businesses. On a constant currency basis, operating costs would have increased by 7.4% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006.
Wages and salaries increased by 10.9% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 181 million and represented 11.5% of consolidated operating revenues. On a constant currency basis, wages and salaries would have increased by 3.1% y.o.y, with the 3.9% y.o.y decline in wireline being offset by Mobitel, the call centre business in Brazil, which posted a 35.1% y.o.y increase in wages and salaries in local currency, due to the incorporation of 2,625 additional employees over the past year.
Post retirement benefits costs decreased by 27.7% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 16 million in the first(PRBs) quarter of 2006. This decline of Euro 6 million is primarily related to the higher level of pension fund assets resulting from the capital appreciation of the fund and the contributions made during 2005 and 2006.
Direct costs decreased by 3.9% y.o.y to Euro 202 million in the first quarter of 2006. This cost item represented 12.9% of consolidated operating revenues. Telecommunications costs, which are the main component of direct costs, decreased by 11.0% to Euro 118 million in the first quarter of 2006, primarily due to lower wireline traffic volumes and lower fixed-to-mobile and mobile-to-mobile interconnection rates in Portugal. Telecommunications costs accounted for 7.5% of consolidated operating revenues. Programming costs increased by 6.3% y.o.y to
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Euro 37 million, primarily as a result of the launch of PTMs digital offer in the second quarter of 2005 and the introduction of a new premium content movie channel.
Costs of products sold increased by 22.6% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 135 million, primarily due to the appreciation of the Real against the Euro (Euro 22 million) and to higher commercial activity at Vivo. On a constant currency basis, costs of products sold would have increased by 2.5% y.o.y in the period.
Marketing and publicity costs increased by 11.0% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 36 million, as a result of the appreciation of the Real against the Euro (Euro 4 million). On a constant currency basis, marketing and publicity costs would have decreased by 2.2% y.o.y in the period, with the increase in wireline (Euro 2 million) being more than offset by the decrease in TMN (Euro 3 million).
Support services costs rose by 29.7% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 57 million due to an increase across all businesses, as a result of the outsourcing of certain additional functions and higher call centre costs related to increased commercial activity. On a constant currency basis, support services costs would have increased by 12.8% y.o.y in the period. This cost item represented 3.7% of consolidated operating revenues.
Supplies and external expenses increased by 19.6% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 193 million, primarily as a result of the appreciation of the Real against the Euro (Euro 19 million). On a constant currency basis, supplies and external expenses would have increased by 7.9% y.o.y in the period, primarily as a result of the increase in commissions at Vivo and TMN. Supplies and external expenses accounted for 12.3% of consolidated operating revenues.
Provisions increased from Euro 6 million in the first quarter of 2005 to Euro 61 million in the first quarter of 2006. The increase in this cost item is primarily related with the increases of Euro 27 million and Euro 29 million in the wireline business and Vivo respectively. The increase in wireline is primarily related to the reversal of a provision in the first quarter of 2005 for a receivable from Angola Telecom (Euro 23 million) that had been fully provided for in previous years. The increase in Vivo is mainly explained by the impact of the appreciation of the Real against the Euro (Euro 11 million) and a higher level of bad debt provisioning. In the first quarter of 2006, provisions accounted for 3.9% of consolidated operating revenues.
Taxes other than income taxes, which mainly includes indirect taxes and spectrum fees (TMN and Vivo), increased from Euro 37 million in the first quarter of 2005 to Euro 48 million in the first quarter of 2006, of which Euro 9 million relates to the Real appreciation during the period. On a constant currency basis, taxes other than income taxes would have increased by 4.6% y.o.y in the period, due to the impact on spectrum fees of the growth in the mobile customer base in Portugal and particularly in Brazil.
Depreciation and amortisation costs rose by 27.5% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 297 million, mainly due to the increase of Euro 56 million in the contribution of Vivo to consolidated D&A. The increase in Vivos D&A costs is primarily related to: (1) the impact of the Real appreciation against the Euro (Euro 32 million), and (2) the higher level of capex in 2005 related to network expansion and coverage. This cost item accounted for 19.0% of consolidated operating revenues.
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Net Income
Net income increased by 15.6% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 211 million, primarily as a result of the reduction in the income taxes cost item.
Workforce reduction programme costs amounted to Euro 1 million in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to Euro 15 million in the same period of last year. The cost recorded in 2005 was related with the reduction of 80 employees in the wireline business.
Net interest expenses decreased by 5.5% y.o.y to Euro 50 million in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to Euro 53 million in the first quarter of 2005. This decrease is primarily explained by: (1) the reduction in the average cost of debt to 5.5% in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to 6.0% in the same period of 2005, and (2) the decrease in average net debt in the period. These effects were partially offset by the impact of the Real appreciation against the Euro (Euro 4 million). On a constant currency basis, net interest expenses would have decreased by 13.8% y.o.y. Excluding Brazil, the average cost of debt was 3.5% in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to 4.5% in the same period of 2005, benefiting from the increase in the fair value of the equity option associated with the December 2006 convertible bond, amounting to Euro 5 million. Adjusting for this effect, the cost of debt excluding Brazil was 4.2% .
Net foreign currency gains amounted to Euro 9 million in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to Euro 10 million in the first quarter of 2005. In the first quarter of 2006, this cost item included mainly foreign currency gains related to Vivos US Dollar debt not swapped to Reais and to accounts payable to fixed asset suppliers (denominated in US Dollars).
Net gains on financial assets amounted to Euro 10 million in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to net losses of Euro 8 million in the first quarter of 2005. This cost item included mainly gains and losses on certain derivative contracts, namely: (1) equity swap contracts on PTM shares (net gains of Euro 12 million in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to net gains of Euro 8 million in the first quarter of 2005); (2) Vivos free-standing cross currency derivatives (net losses of Euro 3 million in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to net losses of Euro 15 million in the first quarter of 2005), and (3) PTs free-standing interest rate derivatives (net gains of Euro 3 million in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to net gains of Euro 1 million in the same period of last year).
Equity accounting in earnings of affiliated companies in the first quarter of 2006 amounted to Euro 23 million, as compared to Euro 7 million in the first quarter of 2005. This cost item included mainly PTs share in the earnings of Unitel in Angola (Euro 19 million), CTM in Macau (Euro 4 million) and Médi Télécom in Morocco (Euro 2 million), totalling Euro 25 million. The improvement in this item of Euro 16 million is primarily explained by the increase in the earnings of Unitel (from Euro 7 million to Euro 19 million).
Other financial expenses amounted to Euro 13 million in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to Euro 14 million in the first quarter of 2005 and included mainly banking services, commissions, financial discounts and other financing costs.
Provision for income taxes decreased to Euro 42 million in the first quarter of 2006 from Euro 106 million in the first quarter of 2005, primarily as a result of the recognition of a tax benefit amounting to Euro 53 million. Adjusting for this one-off effect in 2006, the provision for income taxes would have decreased by 10.4%, due to the decrease in taxable income in the period.
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Discontinued operations include the results of companies that have been disposed during the reportable periods, and the after-tax gains obtained with the sale of these investments. Having announced the disposal of Lusomundo Serviços (PTMs media business) and PrimeSys, these businesses were reported as discontinued operations in the first quarter of 2005, in accordance with IFRS rules. As a result, the earnings of these companies were included in this item during 2005 until the effective date of the disposals, which were concluded on 25 August in the case of Lusomundo Serviços and on 25 November in the case of PrimeSys.
Income applicable to minority interests decreased to Euro 12 million in the first quarter of 2006, from Euro 20 million in the same period of last year, primarily as a result of the decrease in income applicable to minority interests of Vivo subsidiaries, from Euro 10 million to Euro 1 million.
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Table 8 _ Capex by Business Segment (1) | Euro million | |||||||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | % Rev. | 4Q05 | q.o.q | % Rev. | ||||||||
Wireline | 44.2 | 42.2 | 4.8% | 8.3 | 80.4 | (45.0%) | 14.9 | |||||||
Domestic mobile TMN | 22.5 | 18.8 | 19.4% | 6.3 | 66.2 | (66.0%) | 16.6 | |||||||
Brazilian mobile Vivo (1) | 53.3 | 76.5 | (30.4%) | 10.2 | 149.3 | (64.3%) | 24.1 | |||||||
Multimedia PT Multimedia | 33.7 | 15.9 | 111.5% | 21.0 | 44.5 | (24.3%) | 28.2 | |||||||
Other | 8.8 | 13.3 | (34.1%) | n.m. | 20.7 | (57.7%) | n.m. | |||||||
Total capex | 162.5 | 166.8 | (2.6%) | 10.4 | 361.1 | (55.0%) | 21.1 | |||||||
Total capex decreased by 2.6% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 162 million, primarily as a result of a decrease in Vivos contribution to consolidated capex, despite the impact of Euro 13 million related to the appreciation of the Real against the Euro. On a constant currency basis, capex would have decreased by 10.7% y.o.y. Total capex was equivalent to 10.4% of consolidated operating revenues.
Wireline capex increased by 4.8% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 44 million, equivalent to a capex to operating revenues ratio of 8.3% . Wireline capex was directed towards the continued investment in broadband, the increase in investment related to the cable business and client-related capex for the corporate customers.
TMNs capex increased by 19.4% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 22 million, equivalent to 6.3% of operating revenues, primarily as a result of the acceleration of 3G capex, which in the first quarter of 2006 represented approximately 70% of TMNs network capex.
PTs share of Vivos capex decreased by 30.4% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 53 million, corresponding to 10.2% of operating revenues. Vivos capex, in local currency, decreased by 47.4% y.o.y, primarily due to the decrease in network-related capex. Vivos capex in the first quarter of 2006 was primarily related to: (1) coverage expansion and rollout of 1xRTT and EV-DO technologies, and (2) improvement in the consolidation and rationalisation of billing, CRM and ERP information systems.
PTMs capex increased from Euro 16 million in the first quarter of 2005 to Euro 34 million in the first quarter of 2006, primarily as a result of: (1) the increase in homes passed and the restructuring of the access network architecture in order to provide greater bandwidth; (2) the increase in terminal equipment relative to the digitalisation programme, and (3) the acquisition of new movie catalogues in the audiovisuals business.
Other capex totalled Euro 9 million in the first quarter of 2006, as compared to Euro 13 million in the same period of last year. This item includes capex related to fully consolidated businesses not included in the main segments as well as capex of the instrumental companies.
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Table 9 _ EBITDA minus Capex by Business Segment (1) | Euro million | |||||||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | % Rev. | 4Q05 | q.o.q | % Rev. | ||||||||
Wireline | 202.7 | 228.7 | (11.4%) | 38.2 | 279.5 | (27.5%) | 51.8 | |||||||
Domestic mobile TMN | 133.2 | 150.0 | (11.2%) | 37.4 | 100.4 | 32.7% | 25.3 | |||||||
Brazilian mobile Vivo (1) | 86.5 | 65.7 | 31.6% | 16.5 | (25.1) | n.m. | (4.1) | |||||||
Multimedia PT Multimedia | 16.6 | 28.8 | (42.5%) | 10.3 | 7.0 | 138.2% | 4.4 | |||||||
Other | (14.0) | (21.1) | (33.7%) | n.m. | (12.6) | 10.8% | n.m. | |||||||
Total EBITDA minus Capex | 424.9 | 452.2 | (6.0%) | 27.1 | 349.1 | 21.7% | 20.4 | |||||||
EBITDA minus Capex decreased by 6.0% y.o.y to Euro 425 million in the first quarter of 2006. On a combined basis, the domestic businesses accounted for approximately 83% of total EBITDA minus Capex.
Table 10 _ Free Cash Flow | Euro million | |||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
EBITDA minus Capex | 424.9 | 452.2 | (6.0%) | 349.1 | 21.7% | |||||
Non-cash items included in EBITDA: | ||||||||||
Post retirement benefit costs | 16.2 | 22.4 | (27.7%) | (88.6) | n.m. | |||||
Non-current provisions, tax prov. & other non-cash items | 2.7 | (13.1) | n.m. | (25.4) | n.m. | |||||
Change in working capital | (161.1) | (213.7) | (24.6%) | 123.5 | n.m. | |||||
Operating free cash flow | 282.6 | 247.8 | 14.0% | 358.7 | (21.2%) | |||||
Acquisition of financial investments | 0.0 | (1.6) | n.m. | (10.4) | n.m. | |||||
Disposals(1) | 0.0 | 0.0 | n.m. | 202.1 | n.m. | |||||
Interest paid | (115.4) | (66.5) | 73.4% | (41.7) | 176.6% | |||||
Payments related to PRBs (2) | (91.8) | (139.9) | (34.3%) | (158.7) | (42.1%) | |||||
Income taxes paid by certain subsidiaries | (17.0) | (10.7) | 59.5% | (38.6) | (55.8%) | |||||
Other cash movements | 14.9 | (7.3) | n.m. | 15.3 | (2.6%) | |||||
Free cash flow | 73.3 | 21.8 | 236.3% | 326.8 | (77.6%) | |||||
In the first quarter of 2006, operating free cash flow rose by 14.0% y.o.y to Euro 283 million, primarily as a result of the lower investment in working capital. The investment in working capital in the first quarter of 2006 was mainly related to: (1) a decrease of Euro 93 million in accounts payable to fixed assets suppliers, mainly in Vivo and TMN, in connection with the payment of the higher level of capex in the fourth quarter of 2005, and (2) a decrease of Euro 58 million in accounts payable to trade suppliers, mainly in the wireline business and TMN, due to the higher level of commercial expenditures in the fourth quarter of 2005.
Free cash flow increased from Euro 22 million in the first quarter of 2005 to Euro 73 million in the first quarter of 2006, primarily due to the increase in operating free cash flow and the reduction in payments related to post retirement benefits, in connection with the higher level of curtailments in the first quarter of 2005. These positive effects in free cash flow were partially offset by the increase in interest paid, which in the first quarter of 2006 included both the interest paid on the Eurobonds issued in 2005 and the interest on the Eurobond repaid in February 2006.
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Table 11 _ Consolidated Balance Sheet (1) | Euro million | |||
31 March 2006 | 31 December 2005 | |||
Current assets | 4,800.9 | 6,168.0 | ||
Cash and equivalents | 2,529.3 | 3,911.8 | ||
Accounts receivable, net | 1,616.0 | 1,647.7 | ||
Inventories, net | 189.5 | 170.3 | ||
Taxes receivable | 185.2 | 203.8 | ||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 280.9 | 234.3 | ||
Non-current assets | 10,801.0 | 10,475.1 | ||
Accounts receivable, net | 20.5 | 20.5 | ||
Prepaid expenses | 3.2 | 3.4 | ||
Taxes receivable | 124.3 | 117.2 | ||
Financial investments | 533.3 | 521.7 | ||
Intangible assets, net | 3,951.1 | 3,601.6 | ||
Tangible assets, net | 4,052.6 | 4,062.0 | ||
Deferred taxes | 1,377.0 | 1,387.8 | ||
Other non-current assets | 738.9 | 760.8 | ||
Total assets | 15,601.9 | 16,643.1 | ||
Current liabilities | 3,956.6 | 4,947.5 | ||
Short-term debt | 1,628.2 | 2,415.6 | ||
Accounts payable | 987.1 | 1,129.9 | ||
Accrued expenses | 654.9 | 707.9 | ||
Deferred income | 211.5 | 208.2 | ||
Taxes payable | 229.1 | 237.2 | ||
Current provisions and other liabilities | 246.0 | 248.7 | ||
Non-current liabilities | 8,439.0 | 9,113.5 | ||
Medium and long-term debt | 4,579.6 | 5,168.6 | ||
Accounts payable | 4.8 | 6.1 | ||
Taxes payable | 33.2 | 30.9 | ||
Deferred income | 1.9 | 0.4 | ||
Accrued post retirement liability | 2,560.8 | 2,635.9 | ||
Deferred taxes | 346.0 | 334.9 | ||
Non-current provisions and other liabilities | 912.7 | 936.6 | ||
Total liabilities | 12,395.6 | 14,061.0 | ||
Equity before minority interests | 2,086.9 | 1,828.4 | ||
Minority interests | 1,119.4 | 753.7 | ||
Total shareholders' equity | 3,206.3 | 2,582.1 | ||
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity | 15,601.9 | 16,643.1 | ||
The decrease in assets and liabilities in the first quarter of 2006 is primarily related to the repayment of the February 2006 Eurobond, amounting to Euro 900 million.
The net exposure (assets minus liabilities) to Brazil amounted to R$ 7,607 million as at 31 March 2006 (Euro 2,881 million at the Euro/Real exchange rate prevailing as at 31 March 2006). The assets denominated in Brazilian Reais in the balance sheet as at 31 March 2006 amounted to Euro 5,442 million, equivalent to approximately 35% of total assets. Approximately 95% of PTs net exposure (assets minus liabilities) to Brazil is accounted for by the 50% stake in Vivo.
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The gearing ratio [net debt / (net debt + shareholders equity)] decreased to 53.4% as at 31 March 2006, which compares with 58.7% as at 31 December 2005, while the shareholders equity plus long-term debt to total assets ratio increased to 49.9% from 46.6% . As at 31 March 2006, the net debt to EBITDA ratio was 1.6 times and EBITDA cover was 11.7 times.
Consolidated Net Debt
Table 12 _ Change in Net Debt | Euro million | |||
1Q06 | 4Q05 | |||
Net debt (initial balance) | 3,672.5 | 3,924.5 | ||
Less: free cash flow | 73.3 | 326.8 | ||
Translation effect on foreign currency debt | 17.2 | (0.9) | ||
Acquisitions of treasury shares / equity swaps (1) | 62.1 | 75.6 | ||
Net debt (final balance) | 3,678.4 | 3,672.5 | ||
Change in net debt | 6.0 | (252.1) | ||
Change in net debt (%) | 0.2% | (6.4%) | ||
Consolidated net debt as at 31 March 2006 remained stable at Euro 3,678 million. The free cash flow of Euro 73 million generated in the period was offset by: (1) the equity swaps contracted in the first quarter of 2006 over 7.4 million PT shares with a notional amount of Euro 62 million, and (2) the currency translation effects on foreign currency debt totalling Euro 17 million, mainly related to Real denominated debt.
Table 13 _ Consolidated Net Debt | Euro million | |||||||
31 March 2006 | 31 December 2005 | Change | Change (%) | |||||
Short-term | 1,628.2 | 2,415.6 | (787.5) | (32.6%) | ||||
Bank loans | 500.8 | 407.8 | 93.1 | 22.8% | ||||
Bonds | 0.0 | 899.5 | (899.5) | (100.0%) | ||||
Exchangeable bonds | 385.6 | 390.3 | (4.7) | (1.2%) | ||||
Other loans | 553.3 | 589.7 | (36.4) | (6.2%) | ||||
Liability with equity swaps on own shares (1) | 164.1 | 102.0 | 62.1 | 60.8% | ||||
Financial leases | 24.3 | 26.2 | (1.9) | (7.3%) | ||||
Medium and long-term | 4,579.6 | 5,168.6 | (589.1) | (11.4%) | ||||
Bank loans | 1,204.8 | 1,773.9 | (569.1) | (32.1%) | ||||
Bonds | 3,149.4 | 3,138.0 | 11.3 | 0.4% | ||||
Other loans | 2.5 | 31.2 | (28.7) | (92.0%) | ||||
Financial leases | 222.9 | 225.5 | (2.5) | (1.1%) | ||||
Total debt | 6,207.7 | 7,584.2 | (1,376.5) | (18.1%) | ||||
Cash and equivalents | 2,529.3 | 3,911.8 | (1,382.5) | (35.3%) | ||||
Net debt | 3,678.4 | 3,672.5 | 6.0 | 0.2% | ||||
As at 31 March 2006, 73.8% of total debt was medium and long-term, while 66.1% of total debt was at fixed rates. As at 31 March 2006, 82.3% of total debt was denominated in Euros, 2.1% in US Dollars and 15.4% in Brazilian Reais. As at 31 March 2006, the only loans with rating triggers (if PT is downgraded to BBB+/Baa1) were four EIB loans totalling Euro 378 million, including two loans of Euro 250 million drawn down in February 2005. PTs rating was lowered to BBB+ by S&P and to Baa1 by Moodys on 8 March 2006. Since the rating revision, PT has renegotiated the terms and conditions of the EIB loans, with current rating now being accepted by the Bank. In addition, PT has fully
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underwritten and available commercial paper lines amounting to Euro 875 million, of which Euro 552 million had been drawn down as at 31 March 2006.
PT also has stand-by facilities amounting to Euro 900 million, of which Euro 75 million had been drawn down as at 31 March 2006. The 50% share of Vivos net debt, proportionally consolidated by PT, amounted to Euro 659 million as at 31 March 2006. Approximately 90% of Vivos net debt is either Real denominated or has been swapped into Reais.
Table 14 _ Net Debt Maturity Profile | Euro million | |||
Maturity | Net debt | Notes | ||
2006 | (1,035.9) | Net cash position, including a Euro 390 million Exchangeable Bond issued in December 2001 | ||
2007 | 563.8 | |||
2008 | 302.0 | |||
2009 | 1,024.7 | Includes a Euro 880 million Eurobond issued in April 1999 | ||
2010 | 225.5 | |||
2011 | 121.3 | |||
2012 | 1,194.4 | Includes a Euro 1,000 million Eurobond issued in March 2005 | ||
2013 | 61.3 | |||
2014 | 35.4 | |||
2015 and following | 1,185.9 | Includes a Euro 500 million Eurobond issued in March 2005 (matures in 2017) | ||
and a Euro 500 million Eurobond issued in June 2005 (matures in 2025) | ||||
Total | 3,678.4 | |||
On 21 February 2006, PT repaid the Euro 900 million Eurobond issued in February 2001. PTs average cost of debt and maturity in the first quarter of 2006 was 5.5% and 8.5 years respectively, including loans obtained in Brazil and denominated in Reais. Excluding Brazilian debt, PTs average cost of debt and maturity was 3.5% and 9.5 years respectively. The average cost of debt benefited from the positive change in the fair value of the equity option associated with the December 2006 convertible bond, amounting to Euro 5 million. Adjusting for this effect, the cost of debt excluding Brazil was 4.2% .
Table 15 _ Debt Ratings | ||||||
Current | Outlook | Last change | ||||
Standard & Poor's | BBB+ | Negative | 08 March 2006 | |||
Moody's | Baa1 | Negative | 08 March 2006 | |||
Post Retirement Benefits
As at 31 December 2005, the projected benefit obligations (PBO) of PTs post retirement benefits including pensions, healthcare obligations and salaries to pre-retired and suspended employees amounted to Euro 5,152 million. The PBO was computed based on a discount rate of 4.5% for pensions and healthcare obligations, and 3.5% for the obligations related to the payment of salaries to pre-retired and suspended employees. PTs post retirement benefits plans are closed to new participants, covering approximately 33,200 employees (27% still in service) in the case of pensions and approximately 28,700 employees (30% still in service) in the case of healthcare obligations.
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Table 16 _ Change in Gross Unfunded Obligations | Euro million | |
1Q06 | ||
Gross unfunded obligations (initial balance) | 2,635.9 | |
PRBs | 16.2 | |
Curtailment cost | 0.5 | |
Contributions and payments | (91.8) | |
Gross unfunded obligations (final balance) | 2,560.8 | |
Change in gross unfunded obligations | (75.1) | |
Change in gross unfunded obligations (%) | (2.8%) | |
Post retirement benefits costs (PRBs) decreased by Euro 6 million in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 16 million, as a result of the higher level of pension fund assets resulting from the capital appreciation of the fund and the contributions made during 2005 and 2006. During the first quarter of 2006, the payments and contributions made related to post retirement benefits totalled Euro 92 million.
Table 17 _ Payments and Contributions | Euro million | |
1Q06 | ||
Regular contributions | 31.0 | |
Contributions related to curtailments (1) | 14.6 | |
Salary payments (pre-retired and suspended employees) | 37.7 | |
Regular healthcare payments | 8.5 | |
Payments related to PRBs | 91.8 | |
Shareholders Equity (excluding Minority Interests)
As at 31 March 2006, shareholders' equity excluding minority interests amounted to Euro 2,087 million, an increase of Euro 259 million during the first quarter of 2006.
Table 18 _ Change in Shareholders Equity (excluding Minority Interests) | Euro million | |
1Q06 | ||
Equity before minority interests (initial balance) | 1,828.4 | |
Net income | 210.9 | |
Currency translation adjustments (1) | 96.5 | |
Acquisition of treasury shares (2) | (62.1) | |
Changes in FV of financial instruments used for hedging and investments available for sale | 13.2 | |
Shareholders' equity before minority interests (final balance) | 2,086.9 | |
Change in equity before minority interests | 258.5 | |
Change in equity before minority interests (%) | 14.1% | |
Pursuant to Portuguese legislation, the amount of distributable reserves is determined according to the standalone financial statements of the company prepared in accordance with Portuguese GAAP. Distributable reserves increased from Euro 720 million at year-end 2005 to Euro 866 million as at 31 March 2006, corresponding to 95% of net income generated in the period under PGAAP amounting to Euro 146 million.
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Distributable reserves may be negatively impacted by a depreciation of the Euro/Real exchange rate. Taking into account the level of PTs exposure to Brazil as at 31 March 2006, such depreciation would only have a negative impact on distributable reserves if the Real were to depreciate against the Euro beyond Euro/Real 4.0.
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Table 19 _ Number of Employees and Productivity Ratios | ||||||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | D y.o.y | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | |||||||
Wireline | 7,795 | 8,523 | (728) | (8.5%) | 7,682 | 1.5% | ||||||
Domestic mobile TMN | 1,174 | 1,141 | 33 | 2.9% | 1,184 | (0.8%) | ||||||
Brazilian mobile Vivo (1) | 3,035 | 3,106 | (71) | (2.3%) | 3,042 | (0.2%) | ||||||
Multimedia PT Multimedia | 1,341 | 1,267 | 74 | 5.8% | 1,388 | (3.4%) | ||||||
Other (2) | 18,655 | 16,274 | 2,381 | 14.6% | 19,094 | (2.3%) | ||||||
Total group employees | 32,000 | 30,311 | 1,689 | 5.6% | 32,389 | (1.2%) | ||||||
Domestic market | 13,310 | 13,951 | (641) | (4.6%) | 13,100 | 1.6% | ||||||
International market (2) | 18,690 | 16,360 | 2,330 | 14.2% | 19,289 | (3.1%) | ||||||
Fixed lines per employee | 570 | 519 | 51 | 9.8% | 583 | (2.1%) | ||||||
Mobile cards per employee | ||||||||||||
TMN | 4,530 | 4,458 | 72 | 1.6% | 4,487 | 1.0% | ||||||
Vivo | 4,965 | 4,340 | 625 | 14.4% | 4,899 | 1.4% | ||||||
At the end of March 2006, the number of staff employed by PT totalled 32,000 employees, of which 41.6% were present in Portugal. In the wireline business, the ratio of fixed lines per employee improved by 9.8% y.o.y to 570 lines reflecting the ongoing workforce rationalisation programme, while in TMN the ratio of mobile cards per employee rose by 1.6% to 4,530 cards. At the end of March 2006, the total number of staff employed by Vivo decreased by 2.3% y.o.y to 6,070 employees, with the ratio of mobile cards per employee increasing by 14.4% y.o.y to 4,965 cards.
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Table 20 _ Wireline Income Statement (1) | Euro million | |||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Operating revenues | 530.9 | 553.0 | (4.0%) | 540.0 | (1.7%) | |||||
Services rendered | 516.1 | 540.3 | (4.5%) | 521.3 | (1.0%) | |||||
Sales | 7.5 | 7.6 | (0.6%) | 10.2 | (26.1%) | |||||
Other operating revenues | 7.3 | 5.1 | 42.7% | 8.5 | (13.5%) | |||||
Operating costs, excluding D&A | 284.0 | 282.1 | 0.7% | 180.0 | 57.8% | |||||
Wages and salaries | 69.5 | 72.3 | (3.9%) | 70.2 | (1.0%) | |||||
Post retirement benefits | 16.1 | 22.3 | (27.9%) | (88.7) | n.m. | |||||
Direct costs | 83.5 | 101.6 | (17.8%) | 88.5 | (5.6%) | |||||
Costs of telecommunications | 65.0 | 80.5 | (19.2%) | 67.8 | (4.2%) | |||||
Directories | 19.1 | 20.7 | (7.9%) | 19.9 | (4.1%) | |||||
Other | (0.5) | 0.4 | n.m. | 0.7 | n.m. | |||||
Costs of products sold | 8.2 | 8.9 | (7.9%) | 12.8 | (35.5%) | |||||
Marketing and publicity | 10.0 | 7.7 | 30.0% | 8.4 | 18.8% | |||||
Support services | 35.5 | 34.2 | 3.8% | 39.3 | (9.6%) | |||||
Supplies and external expenses | 31.4 | 28.7 | 9.4% | 40.1 | (21.8%) | |||||
Provisions | 8.9 | (17.7) | n.m. | (4.6) | n.m. | |||||
Other operating costs | 20.7 | 24.0 | (13.4%) | 14.0 | 48.1% | |||||
EBITDA | 246.9 | 271.0 | (8.9%) | 360.0 | (31.4%) | |||||
Depreciation and amortisation | 83.5 | 86.3 | (3.3%) | 97.9 | (14.8%) | |||||
Income from operations | 163.4 | 184.6 | (11.5%) | 262.0 | (37.6%) | |||||
EBITDA margin | 46.5% | 49.0% | (2.5pp) | 66.7% | (20.2pp) | |||||
Capex | 44.2 | 42.2 | 4.8% | 80.4 | (45.0%) | |||||
Capex as % of revenues | 8.3% | 7.6% | 0.7pp | 14.9% | (6.6pp) | |||||
EBITDA minus Capex | 202.7 | 228.7 | (11.4%) | 279.5 | (27.5%) | |||||
Operating revenues decreased by 4.0% y.o.y to Euro 531 million (Euro 22 million) in the first quarter of 2006, primarily as a result of lower traffic revenues. Excluding the impact of lower fixed-to-mobile interconnection rates of Euro 9 million, operating revenues would have decreased by 2.3% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006. Net wireline revenues, calculated as operating revenues less direct costs, decreased by 0.8% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 439 million.
Retail revenues fell by 8.0% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 310 million, with the increase in ADSL not being sufficient to offset the decrease in fixed charges and traffic revenues, including fixed-to-mobile revenues (Euro 17 million), which registered a significant reduction over the previous quarters. Fixed charges decreased by 3.2% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006, primarily as a result of the decrease in access revenues due to line loss, which more than offset the 17.8% increase in revenues from pricing plans. In the first quarter of 2006, pricing plans represented already 10.4% of fixed charges. The 23.5% y.o.y decrease in traffic revenues was the result of volume declines and lower ARPM, particularly of fixed-to-mobile minutes. The decrease in fixed-to-mobile tariffs had a negative impact on traffic revenues of Euro 9 million in the first quarter of 2006. The growing percentage of flat rate pricing plans has also had a dilutive impact on traffic revenues as these are exchanged for fixed charges. Fixed charges accounted for 54.0% of retail revenues in the first quarter of 2006, up from 51.3% in the same period of last year. In terms of ADSL, revenues increased by 28.0% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 42 million, underpinned by strong customer growth.
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Table 21 _ Wireline Operating Revenues (1) | Euro million | |||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Retail | 309.8 | 336.8 | (8.0%) | 315.7 | (1.9%) | |||||
Fixed charges | 167.3 | 172.9 | (3.2%) | 168.3 | (0.6%) | |||||
Traffic | 97.5 | 127.5 | (23.5%) | 102.7 | (5.0%) | |||||
ADSL retail | 42.0 | 32.8 | 28.0% | 41.2 | 1.9% | |||||
ISP and other | 3.1 | 3.6 | (15.1%) | 3.5 | (13.4%) | |||||
Wholesale | 113.6 | 112.5 | 1.0% | 111.8 | 1.7% | |||||
Traffic | 47.8 | 52.6 | (9.2%) | 54.1 | (11.7%) | |||||
Leased lines | 44.1 | 42.2 | 4.6% | 36.9 | 19.7% | |||||
Other | 21.7 | 17.8 | 22.4% | 20.8 | 4.3% | |||||
Data & corporate | 61.9 | 57.8 | 7.0% | 58.6 | 5.6% | |||||
VPN and circuits | 44.8 | 43.9 | 2.1% | 36.5 | 23.0% | |||||
Network management, outsourcing & IT | 11.0 | 8.8 | 25.6% | 16.7 | (34.1%) | |||||
Other | 6.0 | 5.1 | 17.5% | 5.4 | 11.0% | |||||
Other wireline revenues | 45.6 | 45.9 | (0.8%) | 53.9 | (15.4%) | |||||
Other services and operating revenues | 8.8 | 6.1 | 45.1% | 11.4 | (23.1%) | |||||
Sales of telecom equipment | 7.5 | 7.6 | (0.6%) | 10.2 | (26.1%) | |||||
Telephone directories | 28.2 | 30.8 | (8.4%) | 29.3 | (4.0%) | |||||
Portals | 1.1 | 1.6 | (28.2%) | 3.0 | (62.0%) | |||||
Total operating revenues | 530.9 | 553.0 | (4.0%) | 540.0 | (1.7%) | |||||
Data & corporate revenues increased by 7.0% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 62 million. IP VPN solutions, online backup security services and long-term outsourcing contracts continued to register solid growth. The new range of pricing plans introduced for the SME segment in 2005 has also helped underpin usage.
Wholesale revenues increased by 1.0% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 114 million, mainly as a result of the increase in leased lines and in other wholesale revenues, offsetting the decrease in traffic revenues, as a result of the drop in the price of international mobile interconnection and the decrease in transit traffic. The number of ULL lines reached 109 thousand at the end of March 2006, an increase of 37 thousand in the first quarter of 2006.
EBITDA decreased by 8.9% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 247 million, equivalent to a margin of 46.5% . In the first quarter of 2005, EBITDA was positively impacted in the amount of Euro 23 million by the reversal of a bad debt provision for international traffic in Angola, which had been fully provided for in previous years. Excluding this impact, EBITDA would have remained flat in the first quarter of 2006 against the same period of last year, as a result of the ongoing cost rationalisation efforts and the reduction in PRBs.
Capex amounted to Euro 44 million in the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 4.8% y.o.y and equivalent to 8.3% of operating revenues. Capex was mainly directed towards: (1) the continued investment in broadband both in terms of coverage and customer bandwidth; (2) the increase in investment related to the cable business, and (3) client-related capex as a result of the strong growth in corporate outsourcing contracts. EBITDA minus Capex in the first quarter of 2006 amounted to Euro 203 million.
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Table 22 _ Wireline Operating Data | ||||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Main lines ('000) | 4,447 | 4,426 | 0.5% | 4,478 | (0.7%) | |||||
PSTN/ISDN | 3,670 | 3,914 | (6.2%) | 3,769 | (2.6%) | |||||
Carrier pre-selection | 597 | 508 | 17.6% | 575 | 3.8% | |||||
ADSL retail | 613 | 451 | 35.9% | 585 | 4.8% | |||||
ADSL wholesale | 55 | 45 | 21.7% | 51 | 7.3% | |||||
Unbundled local loops | 109 | 16 | n.m. | 72 | 51.1% | |||||
Net additions ('000) | (31) | 49 | n.m. | 7 | n.m. | |||||
PSTN/ISDN | (99) | (34) | 191.9% | (63) | 57.1% | |||||
Carrier pre-selection | 22 | 23 | (3.8%) | 17 | 30.6% | |||||
ADSL retail | 28 | 71 | (60.7%) | 38 | (26.5%) | |||||
ADSL wholesale | 4 | 5 | (27.4%) | 4 | (4.8%) | |||||
Unbundled local loops | 37 | 7 | n.m. | 29 | 27.2% | |||||
Pricing plans ('000) | 2,163 | 1,199 | 80.4% | 1,795 | 20.5% | |||||
ARPU (Euro) | 32.2 | 33.8 | (4.7%) | 32.5 | (0.9%) | |||||
Subscription and voice | 27.3 | 29.7 | (7.9%) | 27.9 | (2.1%) | |||||
Data | 4.9 | 4.1 | 19.2% | 4.6 | 6.6% | |||||
Call completion rate (%) | 99.8 | 99.8 | 0.0pp | 99.7 | 0.1pp | |||||
Faults per 100 access lines (no.) | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.2pp | 4.0 | (0.8pp) | |||||
Total data communication accesses ('000) | 36 | 36 | (1.1%) | 36 | (1.6%) | |||||
Corporate web capacity sold (Mbps) | 18,394 | 7,675 | 139.7% | 14,664 | 25.4% | |||||
Number of leased lines ('000) | 15 | 16 | (9.5%) | 15 | (2.4%) | |||||
Capacity (equivalent to 64 kbps) ('000) | 108 | 186 | (41.9%) | 186 | (41.9%) | |||||
Digital (%) | 93.8 | 96.0 | (2.2pp) | 96.3 | (2.5pp) | |||||
PT continued to lead the market in Portugal in terms of total minutes of outgoing traffic, number of access lines and ADSL lines, notwithstanding the significant increase in competition. This performance has been achieved as a result of the successful implementation of customer loyalty initiatives based on product differentiation and innovation, competitive pricing offers, customer care and quality of service.
Total main lines decreased by 31 thousand in the first quarter of 2006. The reduction in PSTN/ISDN lines outweighed the net additions of ADSL retail and ULL that totalled 28 thousand and 37 thousand respectively in the period. Total main lines in the wireline business reached 4,447 thousand at the end of March 2006, of which 3,670 thousand were PSTN/ISDN, 613 thousand were ADSL retail, 55 thousand were ADSL wholesale and 109 thousand were ULL.
ADSL retail continued to grow steadily in the first quarter of 2006, with the total number of customers reaching 613 thousand. In the first quarter of 2006, PT launched a new prepaid offer with no obligatory recharges, aimed at accelerating the migration of customers from dial-up to broadband Internet. This service has been having a strong initial pick-up, having reached 12 thousand customers at the end of the quarter. PTs instant messenger service, which allows for PC2PC and PC2Phone calls, had over 470 thousand users at the end of March 2006.
The growth in pricing plans remained strong, with the number of pricing plans increasing by 368 thousand in the first quarter of 2006 to 2,163 thousand. In the fourth quarter of 2005, PT introduced new flat rate pricing plans for various time slots during the day, including a monthly flat rate for on-net fixed-to-fixed calls.
Total ARPU (voice and data) decreased by 4.7% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 32.2. Subscription and voice ARPU (PSTN/ISDN less dial-up Internet) decreased by 7.9% y.o.y to Euro 27.3, as a result of declining traffic revenues, and data ARPU (ADSL plus dial-up Internet)
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increased by 19.2% y.o.y, representing already 15.1% of total ARPU in the first quarter of 2006. ADSL ARPU was Euro 24.6 in the first quarter of 2006, which compares to Euro 27.3 in the same period of last year. The dilution in ADSL ARPU is explained by the increasing take-up of the prepaid product, which represented 23.2% of total ADSL customers at the end of the first quarter of 2006.
PT remains the leading operator in the corporate data and integrated solutions market in Portugal. In this business segment, Internet capacity sales increased by 139.7% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006, as a result of the expansion of ADSL. Total data communication accesses decreased by 1.1% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006.
Table 23 _ Wireline Traffic Breakdown | Million of minutes | |||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Total traffic | 3,491 | 3,809 | (8.3%) | 3,641 | (4.1%) | |||||
Retail | 1,459 | 1,677 | (13.0%) | 1,551 | (5.9%) | |||||
F2F domestic | 1,000 | 1,149 | (13.0%) | 1,051 | (4.8%) | |||||
F2M | 185 | 208 | (10.7%) | 202 | (8.0%) | |||||
International | 98 | 95 | 3.1% | 104 | (6.3%) | |||||
Other | 176 | 225 | (21.5%) | 194 | (9.1%) | |||||
Wholesale | 2,032 | 2,132 | (4.7%) | 2,091 | (2.8%) | |||||
Internet | 312 | 563 | (44.6%) | 369 | (15.6%) | |||||
Total originat. traffic in the fixed network | 2,339 | 2,781 | (15.9%) | 2,499 | (6.4%) | |||||
Originated MOU (minutes / month) | 210 | 236 | (11.1%) | 217 | (3.3%) | |||||
Retail MOU (minutes / month) | 151 | 166 | (9.2%) | 163 | (7.5%) | |||||
F2F domestic MOU (minutes / month) | 90 | 97 | (8.0%) | 92 | (2.6%) | |||||
Total traffic fell by 8.3% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006, on the back of the decline of 13.0% in retail traffic and of 4.7% in wholesale traffic. The latter was mainly impacted by the 44.6% decrease in dial-up Internet traffic as a result of the continued growth of broadband customers. F2F domestic traffic fell by 13.0% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006. Retail MOU, which excludes carrier pre-selection lines, fell by 9.2% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to 151 minutes. International traffic increased by 3.1% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006, as a result of the strong increase in the number of calling cards.
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Table 24 _ Domestic Mobile Income Statement (1) | Euro million | |||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Operating revenues | 356.5 | 374.3 | (4.8%) | 397.5 | (10.3%) | |||||
Services rendered | 325.7 | 343.9 | (5.3%) | 347.2 | (6.2%) | |||||
Billing | 263.6 | 263.7 | (0.1%) | 280.4 | (6.0%) | |||||
Interconnection | 62.1 | 80.2 | (22.5%) | 66.8 | (7.0%) | |||||
Sales | 28.9 | 28.9 | (0.0%) | 47.9 | (39.7%) | |||||
Other operating revenues | 1.9 | 1.4 | 29.6% | 2.4 | (21.1%) | |||||
Operating costs, excluding D&A | 200.8 | 205.4 | (2.2%) | 230.9 | (13.0%) | |||||
Wages and salaries | 14.3 | 14.4 | (0.5%) | 10.8 | 33.5% | |||||
Direct costs | 71.7 | 79.5 | (9.8%) | 74.4 | (3.6%) | |||||
Costs of telecommunications | 63.7 | 73.0 | (12.7%) | 66.5 | (4.2%) | |||||
Other | 8.0 | 6.5 | 22.8% | 7.9 | 1.5% | |||||
Costs of products sold | 36.6 | 36.2 | 1.0% | 53.5 | (31.7%) | |||||
Marketing and publicity | 5.1 | 8.5 | (39.9%) | 11.0 | (53.8%) | |||||
Support services | 8.1 | 7.0 | 15.5% | 15.4 | (47.8%) | |||||
Supplies and external expenses | 44.6 | 40.0 | 11.5% | 35.6 | 25.2% | |||||
Provisions | 3.0 | 4.8 | (38.5%) | 10.3 | (71.3%) | |||||
Other operating costs | 17.6 | 15.2 | 16.1% | 20.0 | (11.9%) | |||||
EBITDA | 155.6 | 168.8 | (7.8%) | 166.5 | (6.5%) | |||||
Depreciation and amortisation | 55.8 | 50.8 | 10.0% | 51.9 | 7.5% | |||||
Income from operations | 99.8 | 118.1 | (15.5%) | 114.6 | (12.9%) | |||||
EBITDA margin | 43.7% | 45.1% | (1.5pp) | 41.9% | 1.8pp | |||||
Capex | 22.5 | 18.8 | 19.4% | 66.2 | (66.0%) | |||||
Capex as % of revenues | 6.3% | 5.0% | 1.3pp | 16.6% | (10.3pp) | |||||
EBITDA minus Capex | 133.2 | 150.0 | (11.2%) | 100.4 | 32.7% | |||||
Operating revenues decreased by 4.8% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 356 million, primarily as a result of the impact on service revenues of lower interconnection rates. Billing revenues remained flat at Euro 264 million in the first quarter of 2006, with the growth in customers being offset by the lower average revenue per minute. The sharp decline in interconnection revenues is primarily related to the reduction in interconnection rates, both fixed-to-mobile and mobile-to-mobile, over the past quarters. The interconnection rate cut in the beginning of January 2006 to Euro 0.125 per minute, led to an average decline of 28.1% in interconnection rates in the first quarter of 2006. As a result, interconnection revenues fell by 22.5% y.o.y, causing service revenues to decrease by 5.3% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 326 million. Excluding the impact of lower interconnection rates of Euro 21 million, operating revenues would have increased by 0.9% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006.
EBITDA amounted to Euro 156 million in the first quarter of 2006, a decrease of 7.8% y.o.y (Euro 13 million), primarily as a result of: (1) the strong reduction in interconnection rates, which impacted EBITDA by Euro 11 million in the quarter, and (2) costs related to the rollout of 3G, including content costs. EBITDA margin in the first quarter of 2006 stood at 43.7% .
Capex amounted to Euro 22 million in the first quarter of 2006, equivalent to 6.3% of operating revenues. Capex was primarily directed towards network capacity and coverage, including the rollout of 3G (70% of network capex), and improvements in quality of service and customer care. EBITDA minus Capex decreased by 11.2% to Euro 133 million, equivalent to 37.4% of operating revenues.
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Table 25 _ Domestic Mobile Operating Data | ||||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Customers ('000) | 5,318 | 5,087 | 4.6% | 5,312 | 0.1% | |||||
Net additions ('000) | 6 | 33 | (82.7%) | 97 | (94.1%) | |||||
MOU (minutes) | 117 | 117 | 0.1% | 123 | (5.1%) | |||||
ARPU (Euro) | 20.5 | 22.7 | (9.8%) | 22.2 | (7.8%) | |||||
Customer bill | 16.6 | 17.4 | (4.8%) | 17.9 | (7.6%) | |||||
Interconnection | 3.9 | 5.3 | (26.2%) | 4.3 | (8.6%) | |||||
ARPM (Euro cents) | 17.6 | 19.5 | (9.9%) | 18.1 | (2.9%) | |||||
Data as % of service revenues (%) | 12.8 | 11.2 | 1.6pp | 13.6 | (0.8pp) | |||||
SARC (Euro) | 51.4 | 62.9 | (18.3%) | 51.3 | 0.2% | |||||
CCPU (1) (Euro) | 10.6 | 11.4 | (6.8%) | 11.4 | (7.1%) | |||||
ARPU minus CCPU (Euro) | 9.9 | 11.4 | (12.8%) | 10.8 | (8.5%) | |||||
TMN continues to build on its leading position in the Portuguese mobile market by introducing new and more appealing services. Following the acceleration of the rollout of 3G coverage and services in Portugal in 2005, TMN launched recently HSDPA, which represents a first step in the development of mobile broadband services. TMNs HSDPA data cards currently allow for broadband Internet access with speeds of up to 1.8Mbps. The take-up of 3G grew strongly in the quarter, with the number of 3G customers reaching 485 thousand at the end of March 2006.
Total net additions in the first quarter of 2006 reached 6 thousand, reflecting the high level of postpaid customer net additions of 38 thousand and net disconnections of 32 thousand prepaid customers. Total customers grew by 4.6% y.o.y, reaching 5,318 thousand at the end of March 2006. Postpaid customers increased by 14.2% y.o.y, with the weight of prepaid decreasing to 82% of total customers.
ARPU fell by 9.8% in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 20.5, primarily as a result of the decrease of 9.9% y.o.y in ARPM, reflecting the reduction in interconnection rates. Adjusting for the reduction in interconnection rates, ARPU would have decreased by 3.9% y.o.y. Customer ARPU fell by 4.8% y.o.y, as a result of lower prices due to continued competition and the launch of the low cost brands in the Portuguese market. MOU remained flat at 117 minutes in the first quarter of 2006, with the growth in outgoing usage compensating the decrease in incoming traffic per customer.
Data services continued to underpin ARPU performance, with data revenues already accounting for 12.8% of service revenues in first quarter of 2006, up from 11.2% in the same period of last year. The increase in data service revenues is primarily related to the strong growth of non-SMS data revenues, which increased by 25.1% y.o.y and accounted for 22.3% of total data revenues in the period. TMN launched recently a mobile TV service, in partnership with PT Multimedia, which gives access to 21 channels, including news, music and sports. The number of SMS messages in the first quarter of 2006 reached 806 million, corresponding to approximately 106 messages per month per active SMS user. The number of active SMS users reached 48% of total customers at the end of the period.
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Table 26 _ Brazilian Mobile Income Statement (1) | R$ million | |||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Operating revenues | 2,762.4 | 2,779.6 | (0.6%) | 3,425.9 | (19.4%) | |||||
Services rendered | 2,357.3 | 2,479.2 | (4.9%) | 2,752.2 | (14.3%) | |||||
Sales | 327.7 | 224.2 | 46.2% | 486.1 | (32.6%) | |||||
Other operating revenues | 77.3 | 76.2 | 1.5% | 187.6 | (58.8%) | |||||
Operating costs, excluding D&A | 2,024.7 | 1,784.6 | 13.5% | 2,764.3 | (26.8%) | |||||
Wages and salaries | 158.0 | 154.7 | 2.1% | 166.8 | (5.3%) | |||||
Direct costs (including costs of telecoms) | 233.6 | 285.0 | (18.0%) | 384.0 | (39.2%) | |||||
Costs of products sold | 475.9 | 439.0 | 8.4% | 652.5 | (27.1%) | |||||
Marketing and publicity | 92.2 | 93.2 | (1.1%) | 212.8 | (56.7%) | |||||
Support services | 224.5 | 168.6 | 33.1% | 266.5 | (15.8%) | |||||
Supplies and external expenses | 387.0 | 329.5 | 17.5% | 479.9 | (19.3%) | |||||
Provisions | 236.1 | 110.5 | 113.7% | 404.5 | (41.6%) | |||||
Other operating costs | 217.4 | 204.1 | 6.5% | 197.4 | 10.1% | |||||
EBITDA | 737.7 | 995.0 | (25.9%) | 661.6 | 11.5% | |||||
Depreciation and amortisation | 677.6 | 509.5 | 33.0% | 687.3 | (1.4%) | |||||
Income from operations | 60.1 | 485.5 | (87.6%) | (25.7) | n.m. | |||||
EBITDA margin | 26.7% | 35.8% | (9.1pp) | 19.3% | 7.4pp | |||||
Capex | 281.3 | 535.2 | (47.4%) | 856.2 | (67.1%) | |||||
Capex as % of revenues | 10.2% | 19.3% | (9.1pp) | 25.0% | (14.8pp) | |||||
EBITDA minus Capex | 456.4 | 459.7 | (0.7%) | (194.6) | n.m. | |||||
In the first quarter of 2006, Vivos operating revenues, stated in Brazilian Reais and in accordance with IFRS, decreased by 0.6 % y.o.y to R$ 2,762 million, with the increase in equipment sales of 46.2% y.o.y not being sufficient to offset the decrease in service revenues. Notwithstanding the 8.2% y.o.y increase in outgoing traffic revenues, underpinned by the customer growth and higher data revenues, service revenues decreased by 4.9% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 on the back of lower incoming traffic revenues. The reduction in interconnection revenues is primarily explained by the fixed-to-mobile to mobile-to-mobile traffic migration, which under the existing partial bill & keep system resulted in lower incoming traffic revenues.
EBITDA decreased by 25.9% y.o.y to R$ 738 million in the first quarter of 2006, mainly as a result of: (1) the decrease in the service revenues; (2) increase in provisions, related to bad debt, and (3) higher call centre and outsourcing costs, as a result of higher acquisition and retention activity. EBITDA margin fell by 9.1pp to 26.7% in the first quarter of 2006.
Capex decreased by 47.4% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to R$ 281 million, equivalent to 10.2% of revenues. Capex in the quarter was related to the investment in the: (1) coverage expansion and rollout of 1xRTT and EV-DO technologies, and (2) improvement in the consolidation and rationalisation of billing, CRM and ERP information systems. EBITDA minus Capex decreased by 0.7% y.o.y to R$ 456 million in the first quarter of 2006, due to the decrease in EBITDA described above.
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Table 27 _ Brazilian Mobile Operating Data (1) | ||||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Customers ('000) | 30,138 | 26,959 | 11.8% | 29,805 | 1.1% | |||||
Market share in areas of operation (%) | 43.5 | 49.4 | (5.9pp) | 44.4 | (0.9pp) | |||||
Net additions ('000) | 333 | 416 | (19.9%) | 964 | (65.5%) | |||||
Total churn (%) | 22.0 | 20.0 | 2.0pp | 23.0 | (1.1pp) | |||||
MOU (minutes) | 67 | 82 | (17.7%) | 74 | (9.1%) | |||||
ARPU (R$) | 25.4 | 28.8 | (11.9%) | 29.0 | (12.3%) | |||||
Data as % of service revenues (%) | 7.0 | 5.5 | 1.6pp | 6.2 | 0.8pp | |||||
SARC (R$) | 137.0 | 160.0 | (14.4%) | 148.2 | (7.5%) | |||||
CCPU (2) (R$) | 15.0 | 15.4 | (2.3%) | 17.4 | (13.9%) | |||||
ARPU minus CCPU (R$) | 10.4 | 13.4 | (22.9%) | 11.5 | (10.1%) | |||||
Total customers increased by 11.8% y.o.y to 30,138 thousand at the end of March 2006, with prepaid accounting for 80.9% of the total customer base. Customer net additions in the first quarter of 2006 totalled 333 thousand customers, with Vivos overall market share at the end of March 2006 being 43.5% in its areas of operation and 33.7% in the whole of Brazil.
The competitive environment remained intense in the first quarter of 2006, particularly in the mid-to-high segment, where some operators decreased substantially the entry level barriers. Notwithstanding, Vivos unit SARC fell by 14.4% y.o.y to R$137 in the first quarter of 2006, with the lower level of subsidisation and marketing costs, more than compensating for the higher unitary commissions.
In the first quarter of 2006, Vivo continued to promote the loyalty of its best customers, through the introduction of new retention programmes and the launch of a competitive range of modern handsets, including new offers compatible with the EV-DO technology. Data as a percentage of total service revenues was 7.0% in the first quarter of 2006, compared to 5.5% in the same period of last year. Approximately 43% of data revenues was derived from non-SMS data, such as downloads, Internet access and others.
Vivos blended MOU decreased by 17.7% y.o.y to 67 minutes, mainly due to the negative evolution of prepaid MOU. The reduction in incoming traffic impacted the prepaid segment due to tariff rebalancing, the increase in fixed-to-mobile termination prices (V-UM) and the reduction in traffic promotions. Postpaid MOU remained stable in the first quarter of 2006.
Vivos blended ARPU was R$ 25.4 in the first quarter of 2006, a decrease of 11.9% over the same period of last year, primarily as a result of the decrease in incoming traffic.
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Table 28 _ Multimedia Income Statement (1) | Euro million | |||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Operating revenues | 160.7 | 152.6 | 5.3% | 157.8 | 1.9% | |||||
Pay-TV and cable Internet | 144.4 | 133.8 | 7.9% | 134.6 | 7.3% | |||||
Audiovisuals | 16.3 | 18.7 | (12.9%) | 21.9 | (25.4%) | |||||
Other | 0.0 | 0.1 | (51.1%) | 1.3 | (97.2%) | |||||
Operating costs, excluding D&A | 110.5 | 107.8 | 2.5% | 106.3 | 3.9% | |||||
Wages and salaries | 11.8 | 11.0 | 7.3% | 11.2 | 4.9% | |||||
Direct costs | 50.0 | 50.3 | (0.5%) | 52.3 | (4.4%) | |||||
Programming costs | 36.4 | 34.4 | 5.7% | 34.7 | 4.8% | |||||
Other | 13.7 | 15.9 | (13.9%) | 17.6 | (22.5%) | |||||
Costs of products sold | 2.9 | 4.2 | (30.8%) | 1.8 | 61.4% | |||||
Marketing and publicity | 4.0 | 3.9 | 1.1% | 6.2 | (36.2%) | |||||
Support services | 12.6 | 8.2 | 53.4% | 9.1 | 38.6% | |||||
Supplies and external expenses | 20.0 | 20.4 | (2.3%) | 19.5 | 2.6% | |||||
Provisions | 3.6 | 3.1 | 14.5% | 0.1 | n.m. | |||||
Other operating costs | 5.6 | 6.6 | (15.1%) | 6.0 | (6.3%) | |||||
EBITDA | 50.3 | 44.8 | 12.3% | 51.5 | (2.4%) | |||||
Depreciation and amortisation | 24.1 | 13.8 | 74.6% | 17.0 | 41.5% | |||||
Income from operations | 26.2 | 31.0 | (15.4%) | 34.5 | (24.0%) | |||||
EBITDA margin | 31.3% | 29.3% | 1.9pp | 32.6% | (1.4pp) | |||||
Capex | 33.7 | 15.9 | 111.5% | 110.2 | (69.4%) | |||||
Capex as % of revenues | 21.0% | 10.4% | 10.5pp | 69.8% | (48.9pp) | |||||
EBITDA minus Capex | 16.6 | 28.8 | (42.5%) | (58.7) | n.m. | |||||
PTMs operating revenues increased by 5.3% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 161 million, underpinned by the increase of 7.9% y.o.y in Pay-TV and cable Internet revenues in the quarter. Audiovisuals revenues decreased by 12.9% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006, on the back of the decrease in video and cinema revenues.
PTMs EBITDA increased by 12.3% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to Euro 50 million, with EBITDA margin improving by 1.9pp y.o.y to 31.3% . The increase in EBITDA resulted from the growth in ARPU in the period. This performance was achieved against a backdrop of continued investment in the improvement of PTMs quality of service and customer care, as well as the reinforcement of the Pay-TV offer, namely through the launch of the digital offer in 2005. As a result, in the first quarter of 2006 support services expenses and programming costs increased by 53.4% and 5.7% y.o.y respectively.
PTMs capex increased from Euro 16 million in the first quarter of 2005 to Euro 34 million in the first quarter of 2006, primarily as a result of: (1) the increase in homes passed and the restructuring of the access network architecture in order to provide greater bandwidth; (2) the increase in terminal equipment relative to the digitalisation programme, and (3) the acquisition of new movie catalogues in the audiovisuals business.
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Table 29 _ Pay-TV and Cable Internet Operating Data | ||||||||||
1Q06 | 1Q05 | y.o.y | 4Q05 | q.o.q | ||||||
Homes passed ('000) | 2,695 | 2,579 | 4.5% | 2,666 | 1.1% | |||||
Bi-directional (broadband enabled) | 2,576 | 2,459 | 4.8% | 2,547 | 1.1% | |||||
Pay-TV customers (1) (2) ('000) | 1,472 | 1,456 | 1.1% | 1,479 | (0.5%) | |||||
Cable | 1,090 | 1,070 | 1.9% | 1,090 | 0.1% | |||||
DTH | 381 | 386 | (1.2%) | 389 | (2.0%) | |||||
Pay-TV net additions ('000) | (7) | 7 | n.m. | (6) | 18.7% | |||||
Penetration rate of cable (%) | 40.5 | 41.5 | (1.0pp) | 40.9 | (0.4pp) | |||||
Premium subscriptions (2) ('000) | 755 | 809 | (6.7%) | 774 | (2.4%) | |||||
Pay to basic ratio (%) | 51.3 | 55.6 | (4.2pp) | 52.4 | (1.0pp) | |||||
Cable broadband accesses ('000) | 352 | 319 | 10.2% | 348 | 1.0% | |||||
Cable broadband net additions ('000) | 3 | 14 | (75.8%) | 7 | (50.2%) | |||||
Blended ARPU (Euro) | 28.3 | 27.9 | 1.5% | 27.5 | 3.1% | |||||
Homes passed totalled 2,695 thousand at the end of March 2006, of which 95.6% were bi-directional and therefore broadband enabled.
Pay-TV customers totalled 1,472 thousand at the end of March 2006 (1,090 thousand cable and 381 thousand DTH subscribers), accounting for approximately 40% of the TV households in Portugal. The decrease of 7 thousand customers in the total customer base is primarily explained by the short-term impact of the change in smart cards following the introduction of the new encryption system, which was concluded in March.
Broadband customers (Netcabo) increased by 10.2% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to 352 thousand. The penetration of the Internet service among cable TV subscribers stood at 32.2% at the end of March 2006, which compares with 29.8% in the same period of last year.
In the first quarter of 2006, the Pay-TV business continued with the digitalisation programme, with total digital set top boxes reaching 570 thousand at the end of March 2006. The take-up of the 65 channels digital TV offering (Funtastic Life), which was launched in May 2005, has been strong, with total customers reaching 163 thousand at the end of March 2006.
The number of premium subscriptions decreased by 6.7% y.o.y to 755 thousand at the end of March 2006, equivalent to a pay to basic ratio of 51.3% . The decrease in premium subscriptions reflected primarily weaker macroeconomic conditions. Sport TV continued to be the main premium content sold with 416 thousand customers.
Blended ARPU of the Pay-TV and cable Internet business increased by 1.5% y.o.y to Euro 28.3 in the first quarter of 2006, reflecting the higher penetration of broadband and the take-up digital service Funtastic Life.
Following recent positive outcome of tests performed on VoIP technology, PTM intends to launch a voice offer in the late third quarter of 2006, subject to receiving the necessary regulatory approvals.
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Table 30 _ Financial Highlights of Main Assets in Africa, Brazil and Asia (1Q06) (1) (2) (3) | million | |||||||||||||||
Stake | Revenues local | y.o.y | EBITDA local | y.o.y | Margin | Revenues Euro | EBITDA Euro | |||||||||
Médi Télécom | 32.18% | 1,061.7 | 5.5% | 453.3 | 17.1% | 42.7% | 97.2 | 41.5 | ||||||||
Unitel | 25.00% | 142.7 | 57.2% | 98.2 | 52.7% | 68.8% | 118.7 | 81.7 | ||||||||
CTM | 28.00% | 483.4 | 19.9% | 198.7 | 11.5% | 41.1% | 50.3 | 20.7 | ||||||||
UOL | 29.00% | 123.0 | 13.6% | 38.0 | 73.4% | 30.9% | 46.6 | 14.4 | ||||||||
CVT | 40.00% | 1,638.6 | 17.5% | 1,030.7 | 18.7% | 62.9% | 14.9 | 9.3 | ||||||||
Timor Telecom | 41.12% | 4.6 | 18.0% | 2.1 | 67.1% | 44.3% | 3.9 | 1.7 | ||||||||
CST | 51.00% | 28,132.9 | 12.8% | 10,049.8 | 12.8% | 35.7% | 2.0 | 0.7 | ||||||||
In the first quarter of 2006, Médi Télécom revenues increased by 5.5% y.o.y to MAD 1,062 million, while EBITDA increased by 17.1% y.o.y to MAD 453 million. The total customer base increased by 29.9% y.o.y to 4,197 thousand, with net additions in the first quarter of 2006 totalling 163 thousand. MOU decreased by 9.2% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006, reaching 52 minutes. ARPU totalled MAD 85.6 in the first quarter of 2006, a decrease of 21.2% over the same period of last year, due to the increase in the subscriber base.
Unitels revenues and EBITDA grew by 57.2% and 52.7% y.o.y respectively in the first quarter of 2006, underpinned by a strong customer growth. Net additions totalled 198 thousand in the first quarter of 2006, with the total customer base reaching 1,396 thousand at the end of March 2006, an increase of 110.5% over the same period of last year. Unitels MOU decreased by 25.1% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to 141 minutes, due to the increase in the customer base. ARPU totalled USD 36.3 in the first quarter of 2006, a decrease of 27.3%, primarily as a result of the strong growth in the customer base in the period.
CTMs revenues increased by 19.9% y.o.y to MOP 483 million in the first quarter of 2006, as a result of the increase in the number of mobile and broadband customers. EBITDA improved 11.5% y.o.y, underpinned by top line growth. In the mobile division, customers increased by 10.8% y.o.y to 251 thousand in the first quarter of 2006. CTMs Mobile ARPU grew by 7.2% y.o.y to MOP 246 in the first quarter of 2006, notwithstanding increased competition.
UOLs revenues increased by 13.6% y.o.y to R$ 123 million in the first quarter of 2006, as a result of the growth in the subscriber base and in advertising revenues. EBITDA increased by 73.4% y.o.y to R$ 38 million, corresponding to an EBITDA margin of approximately 31%, underpinned by the strong growth in brand advertising and sponsored link clients coupled with a strict cost control. UOLs subscriber base totalled 1.47 million at the end of March 2006, including 637 thousand broadband customers, which represented an increase of 36% over the same period of last year. In March 2006, page views and unique visitors increased by 57% and 35% y.o.y respectively.
In Cabo Verde, CVTs revenues and EBITDA increased by 17.5% and 18.7% y.o.y respectively in the first quarter of 2006. In the wireline division, main lines fell by 1.4% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006 to 72 thousand, while in the mobile division customers increased by 24.8% y.o.y to 85 thousand, with net additions of 3 thousand. MOU reached 81 minutes, an increase of 4.8% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006. Mobile ARPU in the first quarter of 2006 was CVE 2,481, an increase of 6.0% y.o.y, notwithstanding the growth in the customer base.
In East Timor, Timor Telecoms revenues and EBITDA increased by 18.0% y.o.y and 67.1% y.o.y. respectively, mainly as a result of the increase in the number of mobile customers. In the mobile division, Timor Telecom added 2,438 customers to 35,510 at the end of March 2006. MOU decreased by 11.9% y.o.y, reaching 86 minutes, as a consequence of the increase of the customer base. Mobile ARPU was USD 32 in the first quarter of 2006, a decrease of 12.4% y.o.y over the same period of last year.
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In São Tomé e Príncipe, CSTs revenues increased by 12.8% y.o.y to STD 28,133 million in the first quarter of 2006, and EBITDA grew by 12.8% y.o.y to STD 10,050 million. In the mobile division, CST added 1,622 customers in the first quarter of 2006, bringing the total number of customers to 13,575 at the end of March 2006. MOU decreased by 5.5% y.o.y in the first quarter of 2006, reaching 82 minutes, as a result of the growth in the subscriber base. ARPU was STD 399 thousand in the first quarter of 2006, an increase of 5.1% over the same period of last year.
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Vivo Corporate Restructuring
Shareholder Remuneration
Board of Directors
- Henrique Granadeiro Chairman and CEO
- Zeinal Bava Vice-President
- Rodrigo Costa Vice-President
- Luís Pacheco de Melo CFO
- João Baptista
- António Caria
- Rui Soares
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relations. Zeinal Bava was appointed Vice-President of the Executive Committee and CEO of TMN and PT Multimedia. In addition to these positions, he continues to be responsible for Investor Relations. Rodrigo Costa was also appointed as Vice-President of the Executive Committee, and as CEO of the wireline division. Luis Pacheco de Melo was appointed CFO, while João Baptista was designated to oversee the international division. António Caria was given responsibilities for the areas of central purchasing and customer care, and Rui Soares was given the responsibility for marketing and real estate.
Tender Offer
Share Capital
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Post Retirement Benefits
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Table 31 _ Major Holdings | ||||||||
Company | Country | Business | Equity participation | Consolidation method | ||||
Wireline | Portugal | Wireline | 100.00% | Full consolidation | ||||
TMN | Portugal | Mobile | 100.00% | Full consolidation | ||||
Vivo Participações (1) | Brazil | Mobile | 31.27% | Proportional consolidation | ||||
PT Multimedia (2) | Portugal | Multimedia | 58.43% | Full consolidation | ||||
CTM | Macau | Wireline/mobile | 28.00% | Equity method | ||||
Médi Télécom | Morocco | Mobile | 32.18% | Equity method | ||||
CVT (3) | Cape Verde | Wireline/mobile | 40.00% | Full consolidation | ||||
Unitel | Angola | Mobile | 25.00% | Equity method | ||||
Timor Telecom (3) | EastTimor | Wireline/mobile | 41.12% | Full consolidation | ||||
CST | São Tomé e Príncipe | Wireline/mobile | 51.00% | Full consolidation | ||||
UOL | Brazil | ISP | 29.00% | Equity method | ||||
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Portugal Telecom has adopted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as from 1 January 2005, and the financial information for all quarters in 2005 was presented under IFRS. However, the results reported in the first quarter of 2005 were restated in subsequent quarters to reflect the following:
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This information is also avaliable on PT's
IR website http://ir.telecom
Conference Call details
Date:18 May 2006
Time:16:00 (Portugal/UK), 17:00 (CET), 11:00
(US/NY)
Telephones numbers
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If you are unable to attend the conference call
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Contacts
Zeinal Bava
Executive Board Member
zeinal.bava@telecom.pt
Luís Pacheco de Melo
Chief Financial Officer
luis.p.melo@telecom.pt
Francisco Nunes
Chief Accounting Officer
francisco.nunes@telecom.pt
Nuno Prego
Investor Relations Officer
nuno.prego@telecom.pt
Portugal Telecom
Avenida Fontes Pereira de Melo, 40
1069-300 Lisboa, Portugal
Tel.: +351 21 500 1701
Fax: +351 21 500 0800
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This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are not statements of historical fact, and reflect goals of the company's management. The words "anticipates," "believes," "estimates," "expects," "forecasts," "intends," "plans," "predicts, "projects" and "targets" and similar words are intended to identify these statements, which necessarily involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, the results of operations of the company to be achieved may be different from the company's current goals and the reader should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the company does not undertake any obligation to update them in light of new information or future developments.
The attached communication has been made public by Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A. (the Company). Investors are urged to read the Companys Solicitation/Recommendation Statement on Schedule 14D-9 when it is filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), as it will contain important information. The Solicitation/Recommendation Statement and other public filings made from time to time by the Company with the SEC are available without charge from the SECs website at www.sec.gov and at the Companys principal executive offices in Lisbon, Portugal.
Portugal Telecom is listed on the Euronext and New York Stock Exchanges. Information may be accessed on Reuters under the symbols PTC.LS and PT and on Bloomberg under the symbol PTC PL.
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