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RNS Number : 8454D
BT Group PLC
02 February 2018
GENERAL TEXT AMMENT
The following amendments have been made to the 'Third quarter
results' announcement released on 2 February 2018 at 0700 under RNS
No 7127D.
On page one, the words 'reciprocal wholesale' have been deleted
from the third bullet under Strategic and in Gavin Patterson's
quote the words 'reciprocal wholesale' have been replaced with TV
.
All other details remain unchanged.
The full amended text is shown below
BT Group plc
Results for the third quarter to 31 December 2017
2 February 2018
BT Group plc (BT.L) today announced its results for the third
quarter to 31 December 2017.
Key developments for the quarter
Strategic:
-- Openreach to deliver FTTP to 3m premises by the end of 2020;
sets course to reach 10m homes and businesses by mid-2020s with the
right conditions
-- Continued improvement in customer experience metrics; Group
NPS(1) up 5.5 points and Right First Time up 3.6%
-- BT TV customers to access premium sport and entertainment content under TV deal with Sky
-- Triennial valuation of the BT Pension Scheme is proceeding
and constructive discussions continue with the Trustee. We are
appealing the court decision against changing the index used for
pension increases from RPI for Section C members
-- Transformation programme and restructuring initiatives on track
Operational:
-- Openreach fibre connections at record high of 600,000, with
superfast fibre broadband passing 27.4m UK premises
-- BT Consumer revenue generating units per customer increased
3% to 2.02, with ARPU up 5% to GBP41.3
-- Mobile postpaid net additions of 235,000, with low churn of
1.2%; monthly mobile postpaid ARPU down 2% to GBP26.2
-- Average BT Sport viewing increased 23% year on year; best quarterly performance since launch
-- Order intake, on a rolling 12-month basis, up 12% to
GBP3,591m for Business and Public Sector, down 38% to GBP1,257m for
Wholesale and Ventures and down 25% to GBP3,732m for Global
Services, reflecting market conditions
Financial:
-- Reported revenue down 3% to GBP5,970m and underlying(2) revenue down 1.5%
-- Adjusted(2) EBITDA decreased 2% to GBP1,826m, reflecting
investment in mobile devices and customer experience, along with
higher business rates and pension costs, partly offset by cost
savings
-- Net cash inflow from operating activities of GBP1,596m up
GBP81m, and normalised free cash flow(2) of GBP702m up GBP96m
mainly due to working capital phasing
-- Full year outlook maintained
Gavin Patterson, Chief Executive, commenting on
the results, said
"Our third quarter financial results are broadly
in line with our expectations and we remain confident
in our outlook for the full year. We continue to
improve our customer experience metrics across the
Group, with our sixth successive quarter of improved
customer perception.
"We continue to work closely with the UK Government,
Ofcom and our customers to expand the deployment
of fibre and Openreach recently announced plans
to accelerate our FTTP deployment to three million
premises by the end of 2020.
"We agreed a TV deal with Sky that will deliver
market leading sports and entertainment channels
to our BT TV platform by early 2019, reinforcing
our strategic goal of being the best provider in
the UK of converged network services.
"The triennial valuation of the BT Pension Scheme
is proceeding and constructive discussions continue
with the BTPS Trustee. We still expect to complete
the valuation in the first half of the 2018 calendar
year. Our aim remains to deliver fair, flexible
and affordable pensions to all of our employees.
"We are delivering against our strategy, capitalising
on opportunities and responding to market challenges
with a robust set of actions. Looking ahead, we're
confident in the steps we are taking to improve
the performance of BT for all our stakeholders."
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Third quarter Nine months
to to
31 December 31 December
2017 2017
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GBPm Change(3) GBPm Change(3)
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Reported measures
Revenue 5,970 (3)% 17,756 (1)%
Profit before tax 660 25% 1,744 (9)%
Basic earnings per share 5.0p 32% 13.2p (14)%
Net cash inflow from
operating activities 1,596 GBP81m 4,181 GBP(402)m
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Adjusted measures
Change in underlying(2)
revenue excluding transit (1.5)% (0.9)%
Adjusted(2) EBITDA 1,826 (2)% 5,422 (3)%
Adjusted(2) profit
before tax 818 (1)% 2,398 (4)%
Adjusted(2) basic
earnings per share 6.4p (3)% 19.1p (6)%
Normalised free cash
flow(2) 702 GBP96m 1,947 GBP(1)m
Net debt(2) 8,923 GBP(58)m
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(1) Group NPS measures Net Promoter Score in our retail
businesses and Net Satisfaction in our wholesale businesses
(2) See Glossary on page 2
(3) Measured against the comparative period in the prior
year
Group results for the third quarter to 31 December 2017
Third quarter Nine months
to 31 December to 31 December
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2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change
GBPm GBPm % GBPm GBPm %
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Revenue
- reported 5,970 6,128 (3) 17,756 17,940 (1)
- adjusted(1) 5,979 6,126 (2) 17,779 17,954 (1)
- change in underlying(1)
revenue excluding
transit (1.5) (0.9)
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EBITDA
- reported 1,722 1,624 6 4,931 5,148 (4)
- adjusted(1) 1,826 1,870 (2) 5,422 5,576 (3)
Operating profit
- reported 854 729 17 2,306 2,529 (9)
- adjusted(1) 958 975 (2) 2,797 2,957 (5)
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Profit before tax
- reported 660 526 25 1,744 1,914 (9)
- adjusted(1) 818 826 (1) 2,398 2,501 (4)
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Basic earnings per
share
- reported 5.0p 3.8p 32 13.2p 15.4p (14)
- adjusted(1) 6.4p 6.6p (3) 19.1p 20.4p (6)
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Capital expenditure 878 852 3 2,571 2,432 6
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Normalised free cash
flow(1) 702 606 16 1,947 1,948 -
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Net debt(1) 8,923 8,981 GBP(58)m
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Customer-facing unit results
Adjusted(1) Adjusted(1) Normalised
revenue EBITDA free cash flow(1)
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Third quarter 2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change 2017 2016 Change
to
31 December GBPm GBPm % GBPm GBPm % GBPm GBPm %
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BT Consumer 1,261 1,262 - 250 260 (4) 114 162 (30)
EE 1,357 1,311 4 259 277 (6) 128 141 (9)
Business and
Public Sector 1,125 1,190 (5) 362 393 (8) 317 302 5
Global Services 1,266 1,398 (9) 143 40 258 30 (115) 126
Wholesale and
Ventures 506 528 (4) 189 211 (10) 138 151 (9)
Openreach 1,286 1,284 - 641 676 (5) 332 362 (8)
Other 1 2 (50) (18) 13 (238) (357) (397) 10
Intra-group
items (823) (849) 3 - - - - - -
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Total 5,979 6,126 (2) 1,826 1,870 (2) 702 606 16
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(1) See Glossary
n/m = not meaningful
Glossary of alternative performance measures
Adjusted Before specific items
Free cash flow Cash generated from operations (after
capital expenditure) excluding pension
deficit payments and after interest, tax
and non-current asset investments
Net debt Loans and other borrowings (both current
and non-current), less current asset investments
and cash and cash equivalents. Currency
denominated balances within net debt are
translated to Sterling at swapped rates
where hedged
Normalised free Free cash flow before specific items and
cash flow the cash tax benefit of pension deficit
payments
Specific items Items that in management's judgement need
to be disclosed separately by virtue of
their size, nature or incidence. Further
information is provided in note 1 on page
23
Underlying Excludes specific items, foreign exchange
movements and the effect of acquisitions
and disposals. Further information is
provided in note 2 on page 23
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Reconciliations to the most directly comparable IFRS measures
are in Additional Information on pages 23 to 25. Our commentary
focuses on the trading results on an adjusted basis. Unless
otherwise stated in the commentary, 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. Further information is provided in note 1 on
page 23.
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