23.10.2014, 4399 Zeichen

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Earnings 23.10.2014
Vienna, 23 October 2014: Today the Telekom Austria Group (VSE: TKA, OTC US: TKAGY) announces its results for the first nine months of 2014, ending 30 September 2014.
Highlights
> Group revenue decline improves to -4.5% supported by better trends in Austria in Q3 as well as strong growth in Belarus and the Additional Markets segment
> Subsidy-driven equipment revenues support revenue trends in CEE
> EUR 110.6 mn negative regulatory effects on Group revenues
> Group EBITDA comparable margin improves to 34.6% driven by lower OPEX in Austria and strong margin in Belarus
> Austria:
> Continuously improving ARPU trends in 2014 driven by high-value focus

> 75.7% and 23.4% cuts in SACs and SRCs respectively drive margin improvement to 33.0%
> CEE:
> Continued strong performance in Belarus on the back of inflation-linked price increases in 2013 and 2014 (FX development better than expected) and higher data usage
> Macro and regulatory factors (e.g. higher frequency usage fee in Croatia) and fierce competition drive other CEE markets
> Merger of mobilkom liechtenstein with Telecom Liechtenstein completed on 27 August 2014 results in a positive one-off effect on EBITDA comparable of EUR 26.8 mn
> Group outlook for FY 2014 unchanged: Revenues of approx. -3.5%, CAPEX* of EUR 650 - 700 mn, intended dividend of EUR 0.05/share
in EUR million Q32014 Q32013 %change 1-9M2014 1-9M2013 %change Revenues 1,048.7 1,036.0 1.2% 2,987.7 3,128.3 -4.5% EBITDA comparable 414.6 357.9 15.8% 1,034.0 1,025.1 0.9% Operating income 200.0 121.5 64.7% -22.6 344.7 n.m. Net income 127.8 51.3 149.2% -190.0 159.2 n.m.
Cash flow generated from operations 300.6 295.5 1.7% 674.0 789.5 -14.6% Earnings per share (in EUR) 0.27 0.10 183.9% -0.47 0.31 n.m. Free cash flow per share (in EUR) 0.37 0.30 23.4% 0.47 0.69 -30.8% Capital expenditures 143.6 167.6 -14.4% 472.5 493.0 -4.2%
in EUR million 30 Sept 2014 31 Dec 2013 %change Net debt 3,530.9 3,695.8 -4.5% Net debt / EBITDA comparable (12 months) 2.7 2.9 -5.1%
All financial figures are based on IFRS; if not stated otherwise, all

comparisons are given year-on-year. EBITDA comparable is defined as net income excluding financial result, income tax expense, depreciation and amortisation, restructuring and impairment charges. * Does not include investment in spectrum and acquisitions
Kind regards, Telekom Austria Group Investor Relations Team
Further information about the results can be found here: http://www.telekomaustria.com/en/ir/interim-results
The earnings release can be found here: http://cdn1.telekomaustria.com/final/en/media/pdf/results-qu3...
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issuer: Telekom Austria AG Lassallestrasse 9 A-1020 Wien mail: investor.relations@telekomaustria.com WWW: www.telekomaustria.com/ir sector: Telecommunications ISIN: AT0000720008 indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ATX

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