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BT Group plc (BT.L) today announced its results for the first quarter to 30 June 2015.
July 30th 2015
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|
First quarter to 30 June 2015 |
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|
|
£m |
Change |
Revenue1 |
|
4,278 |
(2)% |
Change in underlying revenue2 excluding transit |
|
0% |
|
EBITDA1 |
|
1,449 |
1% |
Profit before tax |
- adjusted1 |
694 |
9% |
|
- reported |
632 |
16% |
Earnings per share |
- adjusted1 |
6.7p |
3% |
|
- reported |
6.1p |
9% |
Normalised free cash flow3 |
|
106 |
£(16)m |
Net debt |
|
5,819 |
£(1,260)m |
Gavin Patterson, Chief Executive, commenting on the results, said:
“This is an exciting time at BT. We continue to invest heavily in our superfast fibre broadband network. It now reaches around 80% of all UK premises and we will work with government to help take fibre broadband to 95% of the country by the end of 2017. Our technical trials of ultrafast broadband using G.fast are progressing well; we’re on target to start large-scale customer trials this summer.
“Our mobile plans have got off to a good start with more than 100,000 consumer mobile customers signed up in the first three months. We’re also looking forward to completing our acquisition of EE, which will allow us to create a true UK digital champion, providing customers with greater choice and value and helping to deliver the UK’s connected future.
“We’re launching BT Sport Europe in the next few days, the new home of UEFA Champions League football, which is free for our BT TV customers. We are also leading the way on Ultra HD TV. Our BT Sport Ultra HD channel will be the first live sports channel in Europe offering picture quality four times that of normal high definition.
“We have also invested further in improving customer service and Openreach is running ahead of all 60 minimum service levels set by Ofcom for this year. And we are engaging with Ofcom as part of its Strategic Review of Digital Communications which offers scope for deregulation and the potential to create a more level playing field in pay-TV.
“The investments we are making in our business and customer service are building a strong platform for growth. And our financial results show we’re on track to achieve our outlook for the full year.”
Key points for the quarter:
- Underlying revenue2 excluding transit was flat, an improvement on the 1.3% decline last quarter
- Underlying operating costs4 excluding transit down 1%
- EBITDA1 up 1% and earnings per share1 up 3%
- Superfast fibre broadband available to more than 23m premises, around 80% of the UK
- 20% superfast fibre broadband take-up; new base-case assumption of reaching 28% penetration
1 Before specific items. Specific items are defined on page 3
2 Excludes specific items, foreign exchange movements and the effect of acquisitions and disposals
3 Before specific items, pension deficit payments and the cash tax benefit of pension deficit payments
4 Excludes specific items, foreign exchange movements and the effect of acquisitions and disposals, and is before depreciation and amortisation
GROUP RESULTS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER TO 30 JUNE 2015
|
First quarter to 30 June |
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|
2015 |
2014 |
Change |
|
£m |
£m |
% |
Revenue |
|
||
- adjusted1 |
4,278 |
4,354 |
(2) |
- reported |
4,360 |
4,354 |
0 |
- change in underlying revenue2 excluding transit |
|
|
0 |
EBITDA |
|
|
|
- adjusted1 |
1,449 |
1,435 |
1 |
- reported |
1,442 |
1,391 |
4 |
Operating profit |
|
|
|
- adjusted1 |
821 |
783 |
5 |
- reported |
814 |
739 |
10 |
Profit before tax |
|
|
|
- adjusted1 |
694 |
638 |
9 |
- reported |
632 |
546 |
16 |
Earnings per share |
|
||
- adjusted1 |
6.7p |
6.5p |
3 |
- reported |
6.1p |
5.6p |
9 |
Capital expenditure |
658 |
516 |
28 |
Normalised free cash flow3 |
106 |
122 |
(13) |
Net debt |
5,819 |
7,079 |
£(1,260)m |
Note: In the first quarter to 30 June 2015, reported revenue and operating costs include transit revenue and costs of £82m, being the impact of ladder pricing agreements relating to prior years following a Supreme Court judgment last year.
Line of business results1
|
Revenue |
EBITDA |
Free cash flow3 |
||||||
First quarter |
2015 |
2014 |
Change |
2015 |
2014 |
Change |
2015 |
2014 |
Change |
|
£m |
£m |
% |
£m |
£m |
% |
£m |
£m |
% |
BT Global Services |
1,543 |
1,647 |
(6) |
190 |
213 |
(11) |
(292) |
(337) |
13 |
BT Business |
749 |
762 |
(2) |
240 |
240 |
0 |
116 |
190 |
(39) |
BT Consumer |
1,074 |
1,046 |
3 |
254 |
238 |
7 |
211 |
227 |
(7) |
BT Wholesale |
530 |
525 |
1 |
140 |
126 |
11 |
117 |
11 |
n/m |
Openreach |
1,249 |
1,245 |
0 |
639 |
624 |
2 |
270 |
298 |
(9) |
Other and |
(867) |
(871) |
0 |
(14) |
(6) |
(133) |
(316) |
(267) |
(18) |
Total |
4,278 |
4,354 |
(2) |
1,449 |
1,435 |
1 |
106 |
122 |
(13) |
1 Before specific items
2 Excludes specific items, foreign exchange movements and the effect of acquisitions and disposals
3 Before specific items, pension deficit payments and the cash tax benefit of pension deficit payments
n/m = not meaningful
Notes:
- The commentary focuses on the trading results on an adjusted basis, which is a non-GAAP measure, being before specific items. Unless otherwise stated, revenue, operating costs, earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), operating profit, profit before tax, net finance expense, earnings per share (EPS) and normalised free cash flow are measured before specific items. This is consistent with the way that financial performance is measured by management and reported to the Board and the Operating Committee and assists in providing a meaningful analysis of the trading results of the group. The directors believe that presentation of the group’s results in this way is relevant to the understanding of the group’s financial performance as specific items are those that in management’s judgement need to be disclosed by virtue of their size, nature or incidence. In determining whether an event or transaction is specific, management considers quantitative as well as qualitative factors such as the frequency or predictability of occurrence. Specific items may not be comparable to similarly titled measures used by other companies. Reported revenue, reported operating costs, reported EBITDA, reported operating profit, reported profit before tax, reported net finance expense, reported EPS and reported free cash flow are the equivalent unadjusted or statutory measures.
- Trends in underlying revenue, trends in underlying operating costs, and underlying EBITDA are non-GAAP measures which seek to reflect the underlying performance of the group that will contribute to long-term sustainable growth and as such exclude the impact of acquisitions and disposals, foreign exchange movements and any specific items. We focus on the trends in underlying revenue and underlying operating costs excluding transit as transit traffic is low-margin and is significantly affected by reductions in mobile termination rates.