enero – septiembre 2004
FORM
6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
Report of Foreign Private
Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or
15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
For the month of May, 2004
Commission File
Number: 001-09531
Telefónica,
S.A.
(Translation of registrant’s name into
English)
Gran Vía, 28
28013 Madrid,
Spain
3491-459-3050
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offices)
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Telefónica,
S.A.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Quarterly Results of Telefónica Group: January- March 2004
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Quarterly
results
January
– March 2004
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
TELEFÓNICA
GROUP
Market Size
Financial Highlights
Consolidated Results
Financial Data
RESULTS BY BUSINESS
LINES
Fixed Line
Business
Telefónica
de España Group
Telefónica
Latinoamérica Group
Mobile Business
Other Business
Directories
Business
Terra Lycos
Group
Atento
Group
Content and Media
Business
Telefónica
Deutschland Group
ADDENDA
Companies included in each Financial
Statement
Key Holdings of the Telefónica
Group and its Subsidiaries
Significant Events
Changes to the Perimeter and Accounting
Criteria of Consolidation
NOTE:
The English language
translation of the consolidated financial statements originally issued in
Spanish has been prepared solely for the convenience of English speaking
readers. Despite all the efforts devoted to this translation, certain omissions
or approximations may subsist. Telefónica, its representatives and
employees decline all responsibility in this regard. In the event of a
discrepancy, the Spanish-language version prevails.
These consolidated
financial statements are presented on the basis of accounting principles
generally accepted in Spain. Certain accounting practices applied by the Group
that conform with generally accepted accounting principles in Spain may not
conform with generally accepted accounting principles in other countries.
TELEFÓNICA
GROUP
Market
Size
(Data in
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EUROPE
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AFRICA
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Spain
WIRELINE T
de España:
19,269 WIRELESS T
Móviles:
19,939
Deutschland/UK
ADSL
CONNECTIONS Grupo T
Deutschland: 320
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Morocco
WIRELESS Medi
Telecom: 2,042
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LATIN AMERICA
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Argentina
WIRELINE T
de Argentina:
4,297 WIRELESS TCP
Argentina:
1,970
El Salvador
WIRELINE T.
El Salvador:
54 WIRELESS T.
El Salvador:
270
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Brazil
WIRELINE Telesp:
12,746 WIRELESS CRT
Celular:
2,617 TeleSudeste
Cel:
3,774 TeleLeste
Celular:
1,189 Global
Telecom: 1,873 Global
Telesp Cel:
7,970 TeleCentro
Oeste: 4,452
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Chile
WIRELINE CTC
Chile:
2,563 WIRELESS CTC
Móvil:
2,500
Guatemala
WIRELINE T.
Guatemala:
36 WIRELESS T.
Guatemala: 189
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Mexico
WIRELESS TEM
México:
3,772
Peru
WIRELINE T
del Perú:
2,111
WIRELESS T
Móviles:
1,635 PAY-TV
CUSTOMERS
Cable Mágico:
370
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Puerto Rico
WIRELESS NewComm
Wireless: 167
Venezuela
WIRELINE CAN
TV:
2,760 WIRELESS CAN
TV: 2,779
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Lines in service (1) |
44,156.4 |
43,183.0 |
2.3 |
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38,398.2 |
37,410.6 |
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In Spain |
19,269.3 |
18,794.8 |
2.5 |
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19,269.3 |
18,794.8 |
2.5 |
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In other countries |
24,887.1 |
24,388.1 |
2.0 |
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19,128.9 |
18,615.8 |
2.8 |
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Cellular customers (2) |
57,138.3 |
44,248.8 |
29.1 |
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32,779.7 |
27,736.5 |
18.2 |
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In Spain |
19,938.8 |
18,693.9 |
6.7 |
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18,431.5 |
17,278.8 |
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In other countries |
37,199.5 |
25,554.8 |
45.6 |
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14,348.3 |
10,457.7 |
37.2 |
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Total (3) |
101,664.4 |
87,771.9 |
15.8 |
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65,477.3 |
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(1) Lines in service: includes all lines in service for Telefónica de España, Telefónica CTC Chile, Telefónica de Argentina, Telefónica del Perúacute;, Telesp, CanTV, Telefónica Móviles El Salvador, Telefónica Móviles Guatemala and Telefónica Deutschland. |
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(2) Cellular customers: includes all cellular customers of Telefónica Servicios Móviles España, MediTelecom, Telefónica Móvil Chile, TCP Argentina, Telefónica Móviles Perúacute;, Brasilcel (the Joint Venture with Portugal Telecom in Brazil), NewCom Wireless Puerto Rico, Telefónica Móviles Guatemala, Telefónica Móviles El Salvador, Telefónica Móviles México and CanTV Celular. |
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(3) Includes Pay TV customers of Cable Mágico in Peru. |
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TELEFÓNICA
GROUP
Financial
Highlights
The most relevant factors of
Telefónica Group results for the first quarter are the following:
• Strong
growth in all business lines as a result of the more intense commercial effort
and the stronger client orientation:
- 7.7% growth in operating revenues,
sustained by the cellular business (+20.4%).
- Total customer base exceeded 101
million clients (87.8 million in March 2003), thanks to the high levels of
commercial activity in cellular business (54.4 million managed customers,
+30.2%) and the addition of over 1.3 million new ADSL connections (ADSL
connections managed 3.0 millions as of March 31, 2004).
• Improvement
in the Group´s profitability, as a consequence of a more flexible and
efficient business model:
- Strong EBITDA growth (+10.4%) above the
increase in revenues (+7.7%).
- Consolidated EBITDA margin of 44.7%
compared with the 43.6% of the first quarter 2003.
- Telefónica de España
Group’s EBITDA increased by 4.2% and its EBITDA margin stood at 45.8%
(+1.1 percentage points over first quarter 2003 figure).
• Growing
operating free cash flow and financial strength:
- Operating free cash flow
(EBITDA-CapEx) amounted to 2,492.7 million euros (+12.4% year-on-year), driven
by the 9.5% increase in the mobile business, Telefónica de España
Group and Telefónica Latinoamérica Group.
- The Group’s CapEx increased by
3.1% due to larger investments being made in the areas of growth (cellular
business and broadband).
- Net debt reduction during the quarter
of 1,217.4 million euros, to end March at 18,017.9 million euros as of March
2004.
• Continued
slow-down in the negative impact of exchange rates:
- Assuming constant exchange rates, the
growth of revenues, EBITDA and Operating Profit would amount to 9.0%, 10.5% and
27.2%, respectively.
- The strength of Telesp and the
improvement in TASA’s operating metrics have led to a growth in
Telefónica Latinoamérica Group’s revenues and EBITDA of 8.8%
and 5.8%, respectively (+10.3% and +7.2% in constant euros, respectively).
• Net
income of 558.2 million euros compared with 543.4 million euros for the
January-March 2003 period:
- Extraordinary expense amounted to 185.7
million euros has been accounted for in the 1Q04, corresponding to the 672
redundancies accepted in the first quarter 2004 as part of the 2003-07
Redundancy Program.
- Excluding the effect of the provision
for the Redundancy Program, net income would have grown by 27% to 690 million
euros.
TELEFÓNICA
GROUP
Consolidated
Results
The results obtained by
Telefónica Group and the management report included in this report are
based on the actions carried out by the various business units in the Group and
which constitute the units over which management of these businesses is
conducted. This implies a presentation of results based on the actual management
of the various businesses in which Telefónica Group is present, instead
of adhering to the legal structure observed by the participating companies.
In this sense, income
statements are presented by business, which basically implies that each line of
activity participate in the companies that the Group holds in the corresponding
business, regardless of whether said holding has already been transferred or
not, even though it might be the final intent of Telefónica, S.A. to do
so in the future.
It should be emphasized
that this presentation by businesses in no case alters the total results
obtained by Telefónica Group. These results are incorporated from the
date of effective acquisition of the holding.
Starting first quarter
2004, Telefónica Empresas results will be included in Telefónica
de España Group and Telefónica Latinoamérica Group results.
In that sense, Telefónica Data España and Telefónica
Soluciones results will be incorporated within Telefónica de
España Group, whereas Telelefónica Data in Latin America and TIWS
will be incorporated in Telefónica Latinoamérica Group results.
Finally, Telefónica Deutschland Group results will be incorporated to
Other Companies in Telefónica S.A. accounts.
The results obtained by
Telefónica Group during the first quarter of 2004 are characterized by
the strong performance in operations (operating revenues +7.7%), the higher
profitability (44.7% EBITDA margin, +1.1 percentage points compared with 1Q03),
the sustained increase in operating free cash flow (EBITDA-CapEx +12.4%) and
the reduction in net debt (18,017.9 million euros in comparison with 19,235.3
million euros at December 2003).
The strong behaviour of the business
lines is reflected in the solid growth of operating revenues. All business lines
increased in terms of revenues (except for the Content and Media business, due
to the removal of Antena 3TV from the consolidation perimeter) through the
results obtained by the more intense commercial efforts and the stronger client
oriented organization.
Operating Free cash flow (EBITDA-CapEx)
for the first three months of the year stood at 2,492.7 million euros compared
with the 2,218.2 million euros of the same period in 2003. All business lines
grew and this cash flow generation increased despite the higher CapEx over the
period (+3.1%), due to the greater investment effort in growing businesses
(mobile telephony and broadband).
Telefónica Group’s total
customer base as of March 31st, 2004 rose to 101.6 million, 15.8%
more than in March 2003 and 2.9% more than in December 2003. The Group´s
managed customer base rose to 96.1 million (+16.4% year on year and +2.9%
compared with the end of 2003). As in previous quarters, this growth came from
the cellular and broadband businesses. Thus, the Telefónica
Móviles managed customer base amounted to 54.4 million, with net adds
over the past twelve months of 12.6 million and of 2.3 million in the first
three months of 2004. ADSL connections recorded 3.0 million, with a year-on-year
growth of 77.6% (almost 2.2 million in Europe and over 0.8 million in Latin
America).
The slow-down of the negative impact of
exchange rates on the consolidated accounts of the Telefónica Group
continues, in line with the decreasing trend of 2003. Their impact on the first
quarter 2004 is relatively small (-1.2 percentage points in revenues, -0.1
percentage points in EBITDA and +2.0 percentage points in Operating Profit).
Operating revenues for
Telefónica Group recorded a solid growth rate of 7.7% on those obtained
in the first quarter of 2003 to reach 6,959.0 million euros. Exchange rates
fluctuations deducted 1.2 percentage points from total growth in March,
compared with the -6.6 percentage points in December 2003. Excluding this effect
and the changes in the consolidation perimeter (deducting 1.3 percentage points
to the growth compared with the contribution of 0.5 percentage points in
December), revenues would have presented a 10.3% year-on-year growth.
In terms of business lines, the mobile
telephony business made the highest contribution to consolidated revenues in
absolute terms as of March with 2,647.9 million euros (+20.4% year-on-year).
Moreover, it is the highest contributor to the Group´s revenues in relative
terms. Revenues increased primarily due to service revenues and to the sale of
handsets. In terms of operators, it must be underlined Telefónica
Móviles España (+17.4%), VIVO (+43.4% in local currency) and
Telefónica Móviles México (+43.8% in local currency).
Telefónica Latinoamérica
Group is the second contributor to the Telefónica Group’s
consolidated revenues, totaling 1,630.1 million euros in the first three months
of the year, up 8.8% on those registered in January-March 2003. This growth rate
would increase to 10.3% in constant euros. The higher revenues in local currency
of Telesp (+21.5%), TASA (+15.4%) and Telefónica Empresas América
(+20.4%) offset the lower revenues in local currency of CTC Chile (-10.2%) and
Telefónica del Perú (-2.0%).
Operating revenues for Telefónica
de España Group (2,635.1 million euros) recorded year-on-year growth of
1.7% primarily due to Telefónica España parent company. In that
respect, the increases in Internet and Broadband Services (+33.0%) and Wholesale
Services (+9.4%), more than offset the lower revenues from Traditional Services
(-4.7%).
As of March 2004, the geographical areas
breakdown is as follows: Spain continued to represent almost two third of total
revenues, although its contribution decreased by 1.5 percentage points to 61.3%
over the past year in favour of Latin America (33.7% compared with 32.2% in
March 2003). By countries, it is important to highlight the higher contribution
of Brazil (17.9% as of March 31st, 2004 compared with 15.1% as of
March 31st of the previous year).
Telefónica Group’s total
operating costs during the first quarter of the year reached 4,014.0 million
euros, showing a 5.0% growth compared with the same period of the previous
year. This growth in total costs vs the decline registered in 2003 (2003/2002
-5.1%) can partly be explained by the more intense commercial activity in the
main business lines, particularly in mobile telephony (+26.3% vs first quarter
2003) and in Telefónica Latinoamérica Group (+12.5% vs
January-March 2003). To a lesser extent, it is also due to the lower impact of
the exchange rates (deducting 6.8 percentage points in December and 2.0
percentage points in March) and to the changes in the consolidation perimeter
(-2.7 percentage points as of March and only +0.2 percentage points in
December). Thus, in comparable terms, i.e. removing both effects, the
year-on-year growth in total operating costs would have reached 9.7%.
The higher expenses in the cellular
business were due to the increase in commercial costs due to the increased
commercial activity in the main markets and, therefore, the higher number of
handset purchases. In the Telefónica Latinoamérica Group, the
increased fixed-to-mobile interconnection and long distance costs recorded by
Telesp explain this performance.
The total operating costs of
Telefónica de España Group, however, fell by 1.4% with regard to
the first three months of 2003, despite the greater commercial effort (external
services up 12.4%), due to the decline in personnel expenses to reflect the
savings of employees joining the Redundancy Program in 2003.
Cumulative bad debt as of March 2004,
measured by the bad debt to revenues ratio (excluding prepaid revenues), stood
at 1.5%, a 0.4 percentage points improvement compared to March 2003.
Telefónica de España Group (0.6% of revenues) and the cellular
business (1.1% of revenues) recorded a year-on-year improvement of 0.5
percentage points and 0.4 percentage points, respectively. It must be underlined
TASA’s bad debt to revenues ratio of around 1% (below 3% in March 2003).
In Telesp, the bad debt to revenues ratio remained stable compared with March
last year at 3.9% and in CTC Chile it worsened by 0.4 percentage points to 3.8%.
This evolution of revenues and operating
costs has placed Telefónica Group’s consolidated EBITDA at
3,112.2 million euros, 10.4% up on that obtained in the same period 2003. The
year-on-year EBITDA growth rate would drop to 9.7% if we exclude the variations
in the exchange rates and the changes in the consolidation perimeter. The
consolidated EBITDA margin amounted to 44.7% in comparison with 43.6% a year
ago, due to the generalized improvements in all business lines (Terra Lycos
Group +17.6 percentage points, directory business +7.2 percentage points and
Content and Media business +5.4 percentage points), offsetting the drops in the
mobile business and Telefónica Latinoamérica Group.
Telefónica de España
Group, the main contributor to the consolidated EBITDA with 1,206.3 million
euros (38.8% of the total), recorded a year-on-year EBITDA growth of 4.2%. The
EBITDA margin stood at 45.8%, 1.1 percentage points higher than in March 2003
due to the aforementioned effect of the Redundancy Plan.
The cellular business, showed a
year-on-year growth of 12.2% in euros during the first quarter of 2004 to
1,140.1 million euros. In turn, EBITDA margin declined 3.1 percentage points
year on year to 43.1%, due to the strong commercial activity of the quarter (net
adds over six times that of the same period 2003). This performance was
explained by Telefónica Móviles España (EBITDA margin 55.1%
in 1Q03 to 53.3% in 1Q04) and by the higher losses of Telefónica
Móviles México.
Telefónica Latinoamérica
Group totaled 722.8 million euros in January-March 2004, 5.8% more than in the
same period of 2003. In terms of EBITDA margin, a year-on-year decline of 1.3
percentage points, to 44.3%, is due to the fall in the margins in some
operators. In this sense, Telesp’s EBITDA margin dropped to 44.0%,
compared with 49.0% a year ago.
At the end of the quarter, 70.8% of
consolidated EBITDA came from Spain, almost the same percentage as in March
2003. Latin America represented a 28.4%, 1.6 percentage points less than twelve
months ago because of the more negative contribution of Mexico. Like in the case
of revenues, Brazil increased its contribution to consolidated EBITDA to 17.8%
(16.5% one year ago).
The operating profit during the
January-March 2004 period grew by 29.1% year-on-year to total 1,624.9 million
euros. This performance was explained by the 10.4% growth in EBITDA and the 4.7%
drop in amortization. Assuming constant exchange rates and excluding changes in
the consolidation perimeter, amortization would have dropped to 3.0% and the
operating profit would have grown by 25.4%.
The negative results of
associates recorded a year-on-year reduction of 36.2 million euros (-71.7%)
to reach -14.3 million euros in the first three months of the year. This
significant improvement is mainly due to the merger of Vía Digital with
Sogecable and the consolidation of this Company since July 2003, the lower
losses attributed to IPSE 2000, Medi Telecom and Terra Lycos Group and the
better results of Pearson.
Total net financial costs reached
215.4 million euros in the first quarter of 2004, including a positive impact of
19.3 million euros from the appreciation of the Argentine peso. Excluding this
effect, the financial results rose to 234.7 million euros, which meant a drop of
43.2% vs the comparable financial results for 2003 (413.0 million euros). This
drop in financial results was due to the 14.7% decrease in average net debt and
the reduction of its average cost as a result of the drop in interest rates in
the euro and in the Brazilian real.
The free cash flow generated by
Telefónica Group during the first quarter of 2004 was 1,745.3 million
euros, of which 224.0 million euros were devoted to financial investments (net
of real estate divestiture) and 196.7 million euros to cancelation of
commitments acquired by the Group, derived basically from the headcount
reduction plan. Thus, free cash flow after financial investments and dividend
payments, which corresponds to the one available for debt reduction was 1,324.6
million euros.
Net debt of Telefónica
Group at the end of March 2004 stood at 18,017.9 million euros. The reduction of
1,217.4 million euros with respect to the consolidated debt at the end of 2003
(19,235.3 million euros) arose mainly from the generation of free cash flow
after financial investments and dividend payments (1,324.6 million euros).
Likewise, there was, a 153.2 million euros increase due to the currencies
movements effect on the non-euro denominated debt (mainly due to the
appreciation of the euro against the dollar), as well as 46.0 million euros due
to the changes in consolidation and other effect on financial statements.
Goodwill amortization in the
first quarter rose by 2.5% compared to the same period of 2003 to 105.5 million
euros due to the incorporation of Sogecable in July 2003 and the increase in
mobiles in Brazil after the purchase of TCO in May 2003.
Extraordinary results as of March
2004 were negative in 268.4 million euros vs the -31.5 million euros recorded in
the first quarter of 2003. This increase was mostly due to the extraordinary
provision of 185.7 million euros associated to the acceptance of 672 layoffs of
the 2,362 requests to join Telefónica de España 2003-07 Redundancy
Program. The remaining requests are currently being assessed. In the case of all
requests being accepted the cumulative provision for 2004 wouldl amount to 672.5
million euros. Furthermore, other extraordinary negative results have been
accrued, such as the updating the provisions for redundancies in 2003 (2003-2007
Redundancy Program) and those from the previous Redundancy Program at
Telefónica de España (-39.4 million euros), the restructuring at
Lycos (-16.4 million euros) and the provision of any eventual negative economic
consequences that could arise from the arbitration award between Uniprex and the
Radio Blanca Group (-31.4 million euros).
It is important to note that the
income before taxes grew by 23.5% compared with the January-March period
of the previous year, reaching 1,021.2 million euros.
The provision for tax for the
first three months of the year reached 387.8 million euros, although this will
mean a very reduced cash outflow for the Group due to compensation of negative
tax bases obtained in previous years.
The results attributed to minority
interests deduct 75.1 million euros to the net income in the first quarter
of 2004, in comparison with the –19.8 million euros of the same period of
2003. The lower losses of Terra Lycos Group and the higher stake in the Company,
together with the participation of minority interests in the positive net
results of VIVO and in the fixed telephony operators of Latin America,
particularly CTC Chile and Telesp justify the increase of this item over the
past twelve months.
The net income amounted to 558.2
million euros over the first three months of 2004, a 2.7% increase with regard
to the same period of 2003.
The CapEx of Telefónica
Group for the first quarter of the year rose to 619.5 million euros, which
implies a 3.1% year over year increase (+3.7% in constant euros and excluding
changes in consolidation). The mobile business (+24.7%, 223.0 million euros)
explains this evolution due to the progress in the rollout of Telefónica
Móviles España´s UMTS network and the GSM network in Mexico
and Argentina. However, it should be noted that there is a strong cyclical
component to the investment, so that this performance cannot be extrapolated to
the full year.
The investments in growth and
transformation accounted for 48.7% of the total as of March 2004 (31.1% in
March 2003), in line with the Company's objective to focus investments towards
areas of growth (broadband and mobile telephony).
Finally, the average workforce of
Telefónica Group in the first quarter totaled 149,804 employees, 3,408
less than in the same period a year ago.
TELEFÓNICA
GROUP
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Operating revenues |
6,959.0 |
6,458.9 |
7.7 |
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EBITDA |
3,112.2 |
2,819.1 |
10.4 |
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Operating profit |
1,624.9 |
1,258.1 |
29.1 |
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Income before taxes |
1,021.2 |
827.0 |
23.5 |
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Net income |
558.2 |
543.4 |
2.7 |
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Net income per share |
0.113 |
0.107 |
4.8 |
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Avg. Num. of shares, millions (1) |
4,955.9 |
5,057.0 |
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(1) Weighted average number of shares in the period adjusted by free capital increases funded by reserves, that mean a change in the number of shares that did not produce any variation of equity structure, as if they were done at the beginning of the first period presented. That relates the two capital increases funded by a charge on freely disposable reserves, recorded with the Mercantile Register on February 18, 2003 and on April 24, 2003. Moreover, the number of shares in 2003 is affected by the capital reduction by amortization of treasury stock shares, from April 11, 2003, when the AGM was held, and that was recorded with the Mercantile Register on June 10, 2003. Accordingly, there was an average number of shares outstanding at the end of the period of 4,955,891,361 |
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|
|
REVENUES |
|
EBITDA |
|
OPERATING PROFIT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 2004 |
Mar 2003 |
% Chg |
|
Mar 2004 |
Mar 2003 |
% Chg |
|
Mar 2004 |
Mar 2003 |
% Chg |
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
Telefónica de España Group |
2,635.1 |
2,590.0 |
1.7 |
|
1,206.3 |
1,158.2 |
4.2 |
|
575.4 |
482.5 |
19.3 |
|
|
Telefónica Latinoamérica Group |
1,630.1 |
1,498.2 |
8.8 |
|
722.8 |
683.4 |
5.8 |
|
310.6 |
255.1 |
21.8 |
|
|
Cellular Business |
2,647.9 |
2,199.9 |
20.4 |
|
1,140.1 |
1,016.5 |
12.2 |
|
758.4 |
640.5 |
18.4 |
|
|
Directories Business |
77.9 |
66.7 |
16.9 |
|
17.4 |
10.0 |
73.1 |
|
12.2 |
3.6 |
242.0 |
|
|
Terra Lycos Group |
133.7 |
114.5 |
16.7 |
|
0.7 |
(19.6) |
c.s. |
|
(21.2) |
(39.0) |
(45.7) |
|
|
Atento Group |
134.0 |
122.5 |
9.4 |
|
19.4 |
13.6 |
42.0 |
|
9.4 |
(0.2) |
c.s. |
|
|
Content & Media Business |
273.8 |
372.3 |
(26.5) |
|
41.8 |
36.7 |
13.9 |
|
34.7 |
22.0 |
57.7 |
|
|
Other companies |
186.9 |
208.0 |
(10.2) |
|
(34.7) |
(60.1) |
(42.3) |
|
(67.2) |
(100.4) |
(33.1) |
|
|
Eliminations |
(760.4) |
(713.2) |
6.6 |
|
(1.5) |
(19.7) |
(92.5) |
|
12.7 |
(5.9) |
c.s. |
|
|
Group |
6,959.0 |
6,458.9 |
7.7 |
|
3,112.2 |
2,819.1 |
10.4 |
|
1,624.9 |
1,258.1 |
29.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TELEFONICA GROUP |
|
|
|
|
|
CAPEX BY BUSINESS LINES |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telefónica de España Group |
262.6 |
296.6 |
(11.5) |
|
|
Telefónica Latinoamérica Group |
102.6 |
117.2 |
(12.5) |
|
|
Cellular Business |
223.0 |
178.7 |
24.7 |
|
|
Directories Business |
3.6 |
2.0 |
76.8 |
|
|
Terra Lycos Group |
5.1 |
28.3 |
(82.0) |
|
|
Atento Group |
2.9 |
2.4 |
22.8 |
|
|
Content & Media Business |
5.6 |
10.5 |
(46.8) |
|
|
Other companies & Eliminations |
14.2 |
(34.8) |
c.s. |
|
|
Group |
619.5 |
600.9 |
3.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TELEFONICA GROUP |
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
6,959.0 |
6,458.9 |
7.7 |
|
|
Internal expend capitalized in fixed assets (1) |
95.5 |
102.2 |
(6.5) |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(3,896.9) |
(3,695.4) |
5.5 |
|
|
Supplies |
(1,584.5) |
(1,439.2) |
10.1 |
|
|
Personnel expenses |
(1,080.0) |
(1,166.0) |
(7.4) |
|
|
Subcontracts |
(1,106.1) |
(985.3) |
12.3 |
|
|
Taxes |
(126.3) |
(105.0) |
20.3 |
|
|
Other net operating income (expense) |
(45.5) |
(46.6) |
(2.4) |
|
|
EBITDA |
3,112.2 |
2,819.1 |
10.4 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(1,487.3) |
(1,560.9) |
(4.7) |
|
|
Operating profit |
1,624.9 |
1,258.1 |
29.1 |
|
|
Profit from associated companies |
(14.3) |
(50.6) |
(71.7) |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
(215.4) |
(246.2) |
(12.5) |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill |
(105.5) |
(102.9) |
2.5 |
|
|
Extraordinary net income (expense) |
(268.4) |
(31.5) |
n.s. |
|
|
Income before taxes |
1,021.2 |
827.0 |
23.5 |
|
|
Income taxes |
(387.8) |
(263.8) |
47.0 |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
633.4 |
563.2 |
12.5 |
|
|
Minority interests |
(75.1) |
(19.8) |
279.4 |
|
|
Net income |
558.2 |
543.4 |
2.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average shares (millions) (2) |
4,955.9 |
5,057.0 |
(2.0) |
|
|
Net income per share |
0.113 |
0.107 |
4.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Including work in process. |
|
|
|
|
|
(2) Weighted average number of shares in the period adjusted by free capital increases funded by reserves, that mean a change in the number of shares that did not produce any variation of equity structure, as if they were done at the beginning of the first period presented. That relates the two capital increases funded by a charge on freely disposable reserves, recorded with the Mercantile Register on February 18, 2003 and on April 24, 2003. Moreover, the number of shares in 2003 is affected by the capital reduction by amortization of treasury stock shares, from April 11, 2003, when the AGM was held, and that was recorded with the Mercantile Register on June 10, 2003. Accordingly, there was an average number of shares outstanding at the end of the period of 4,955,891,361 |
|
|
|
|
|
TELEFONICA GROUP |
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscribed shares not paid-in |
-- |
253.9 |
n.s |
|
|
Long-term assets |
44,123.2 |
48,641.2 |
(9.3) |
|
|
Start up expenses |
525.5 |
465.9 |
12.8 |
|
|
Intangible net assets |
7,536.3 |
7,519.0 |
0.2 |
|
|
Fixed net assets |
23,985.7 |
26,330.2 |
(8.9) |
|
|
Investment |
12,075.7 |
14,326.0 |
(15.7) |
|
|
Goodwill on consolidation |
6,022.4 |
6,455.7 |
(6.7) |
|
|
Deferred expenses |
508.1 |
790.0 |
(35.7) |
|
|
Current assets |
11,236.9 |
11,591.9 |
(3.1) |
|
|
Inventories |
458.0 |
694.4 |
(34.0) |
|
|
Accounts receivable |
5,962.5 |
5,808.4 |
2.7 |
|
|
Short-term investments |
3,908.5 |
3,511.7 |
11.3 |
|
|
Cash and banks |
481.0 |
948.8 |
(49.3) |
|
|
Others |
426.8 |
628.7 |
(32.1) |
|
|
Assets = Liabilities |
61,890.6 |
67,732.8 |
(8.6) |
|
|
Shareholder's equity |
17,166.5 |
17,672.7 |
(2.9) |
|
|
Minority interests |
4,483.6 |
5,691.1 |
(21.2) |
|
|
Badwill on consolidation |
7.8 |
10.8 |
(27.6) |
|
|
Deferred income |
617.8 |
916.0 |
(32.6) |
|
|
Provisions for risks and expenses |
7,729.4 |
7,758.2 |
(0.4) |
|
|
Long-term debt |
17,558.2 |
21,422.9 |
(18.0) |
|
|
Accrued taxes payable |
795.6 |
1,511.6 |
(47.4) |
|
|
Short-term debt including current maturities |
5,354.5 |
4,648.0 |
15.2 |
|
|
Interest payable |
281.7 |
365.2 |
(22.9) |
|
|
Other creditors |
7,895.5 |
7,736.2 |
2.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financial Data |
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated net debt (1) |
18,017.9 |
21,502.3 |
(16.2) |
|
|
Consolidated debt ratio (2) |
43.9% |
45.5% |
(1.6 p.p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Net debt: Long-term debt + Short-term debt including current maturities - Short-term and Long-term finantial investments - Cash and banks |
|
|
(2) Debt ratio: Net debt / (Shareholders' equity + Minority interests + Deferred income + Accrued taxes payable + Net debt) |
|
|
|
|
|
TELEFONICA GROUP |
|
|
|
|
FREE CASH FLOW AND CHANGE IN DEBT |
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I |
Cash flows from operations |
3,024.4 |
2,833.0 |
6.8 |
|
|
II |
Extraord. payments related to operating activities and commitm. |
(231.9) |
(189.0) |
|
|
|
III |
Net interest payment (1) |
(361.9) |
(394.0) |
|
|
|
IV |
Payment for income tax |
(32.5) |
(34.6) |
|
|
|
A=I+II+III+IV |
Net cash provided by operating activities |
2,398.1 |
2,215.4 |
8.2 |
|
|
B |
Payment for investment in fixed and intangible assets |
(826.8) |
(773.0) |
|
|
|
C=A+B |
Net free cash flow after CAPEX |
1,571.3 |
1,442.4 |
8.9 |
|
|
D |
Cash received from sale of Real State |
143.2 |
37.0 |
|
|
|
E |
Net payment for financial investment |
(367.2) |
(462.9) |
|
|
|
F |
Dividends paid (2) |
(22.7) |
(21.9) |
|
|
|
G=C+D+E+F |
Free cash flow after dividends |
1,324.6 |
994.6 |
33.2 |
|
|
H |
Effects of exchange rate changes on net debt |
153.2 |
(423.2) |
|
|
|
I |
Effects on net debt of changes in consolidation and others |
(46.0) |
386.9 |
|
|
|
J |
Net debt at beginning of period |
19,235.3 |
22,533.1 |
|
|
|
K=J-G+H+I |
Net debt at end of period |
18,017.9 |
21,502.3 |
(16.2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Including cash received from dividends paid by subsidiaries that are not under full consolidation method. |
|
|
(2) Dividends paid by Telefónica S.A. and dividend payments to minoritaries from subsidiaries that are under full consolidation method. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TELEFONICA GROUP |
|
|
|
RECONCILIATIONS OF CASH FLOW AND EBITDA MINUS CAPEX |
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EBITDA |
3,112.2 |
2,819.1 |
10.4 |
|
|
- CAPEX accrued during the period (EoP exchange rate) |
(619.5) |
(600.9) |
|
|
|
- Extraordinary payments related to operating activities and commitments |
(231.9) |
(189.0) |
|
|
|
- Net interest payment |
(361.9) |
(394.0) |
|
|
|
- Payment for income tax |
(32.5) |
(34.6) |
|
|
|
- Investment in working capital |
(295.1) |
(158.2) |
|
|
|
= Net Free Cash Flow after Capex |
1,571.3 |
1,442.4 |
8.9 |
|
|
+ Cash received from sale of Real Estate |
143.2 |
37.0 |
|
|
|
- Net payment for financial investment |
(367.2) |
(462.9) |
|
|
|
-Dividends paid |
(22.7) |
(21.9) |
|
|
|
= Free Cash Flow after dividends |
1,324.6 |
994.6 |
33.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: At the Investor Conference held in October 2003, the concept expected "Free Cash Flow" 2003-2006 was introduced to reflect the amount of cash flow available to remunerate Telefónica S.A. Shareholders, to protect solvency levels (financial debt and commitments), and to accomodate strategic flexibility. |
|
|
The differences with the caption "Net Free Cash Flow after Capex" included in the table presented above, are related to "Free Cash Flow" being calculated before payments related to commitments (workforce reductions and guarantees) and after dividend payments to minoritaries, due to cash recirculation within the Group. |
|
|
|
Jan - Mar 2004 |
Jan - Mar 2003 |
|
|
|
Net Free Cash Flow after Capex |
1,571.3 |
1,442.4 |
|
|
|
+ Payments related to cancellation of commitments |
196.7 |
136.0 |
|
|
|
- Dividend payments to minoritaries |
(22.7) |
(21.9) |
|
|
|
= Free Cash Flow |
1,745.3 |
1,556.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TELEFONICA GROUP |
|
|
NET FINANCIAL DEBT AND COMMITMENTS |
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt |
17,558.2 |
|
|
|
Short term debt including current maturities |
5,354.5 |
|
|
|
Cash and Banks |
(481.0) |
|
|
|
Short and Long-term financial investments (1) |
(4,413.7) |
|
|
A |
Net Financial Debt |
18,017.9 |
|
|
|
Guarantees to IPSE 2000 |
557.7 |
|
|
|
Guarantees to Sogecable |
80.0 |
|
|
|
Guarantees to Newcomm |
49.9 |
|
|
B |
Commitments related to guarantees |
687.6 |
|
|
|
Gross commitments related to workforce reduction (2) |
5,225.3 |
|
|
|
Value of associated Long-term assets (3) |
(651.7) |
|
|
|
Taxes receivable (4) |
(1,357.8) |
|
|
C |
Net commitments related to workforce reduction |
3,215.8 |
|
|
A + B + C |
Total Debt + Commitments (5) |
21,921.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Financial Debt / EBITDA |
1.4x |
|
|
|
Total Debt + Commitments/ EBITDA |
1.7x |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Short term investments and certain investments in financial assets with a maturity profile longer than one year, whose amount is included in the caption "Investment" of the Balance Sheet. |
|
|
(2) Mainly in Spain, except 69.9 million euros related to the provision of pension fund liabilities of corporations outside Spain. This amount is detailed in the caption "Provisions for Contingencies and Expenses" of the Balance Sheet, and is the result of adding the following items: "Provision for Pre-retirement, Social Security Expenses and Voluntary Severance", "Group Insurance", "Technical Reserves", and "Provisions for Pension Funds of Other Companies". |
|
|
(3) Amount included in the caption "Investment" of the Balance Sheet, section "Other Loans". Mostly related to investments in fixed income securities and long-term deposits that cover the materialization of technical reserves of the Group insurance companies. |
|
|
(4) Net present value of tax benefits arising from the future payments related to workforce reduction commitments. |
|
|
(5) Calculation based on twelve months rolling EBITDA, that is from April 2003 to March 2004. |
|
|
TELEFONICA GROUP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
EXCHANGES RATES APPLIED |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P&L (1) |
|
Balance Sheet and CapEx (2) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 2004 |
Mar 2003 |
% Var |
Mar 2004 |
Mar 2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
US Dollar / Euro |
1.249 |
1.073 |
|
1.222 |
1.090 |
|
|
Argentinean Peso / Euro |
3.631 |
3.395 |
|
3.496 |
3.179 |
|
|
Chilean Peso / Euro |
770.141 |
784.894 |
|
753.500 |
797.035 |
|
|
Brasilian Real / Euro |
3.619 |
3.739 |
|
3.555 |
3.653 |
|
|
Peruvian Nuevo Sol / Euro |
4.324 |
3.730 |
|
4.231 |
3.788 |
|
|
Mexican Peso / Euro |
13.936 |
11.552 |
|
13.635 |
11.731 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) These exchange rates are used to convert the P&L accounts of the Group foreign subsidiaries from local currency to euros. P&L accounts for subsidiaries that use inflation adjusted accounting criteria (México, Chile, Perú, Colombia and Venezuela), are first converted to US dollars at the closing exchange rate, and then the conversion into euros is made according to the average exchange rate. |
|
|
(2) Exchange rates as of 31/03/04 and 31/03/03. |
|
|
|
RESULTS
BY BUSINESS LINES
Fixed Line
Business
TELEFÓNICA
DE ESPAÑA GROUP
The financial results of
Telefónica de España Group during the first quarter of the year,
within the new management perimeter, reflected the intensification of the
Company marketing push, as well as the ongoing effort being made in terms of
efficiency and cost restraint, the main line of which being the workforce
reduction scheme (2003-2007) implemented through a Redundancy Program. On
completion of the enrolment period to the Redundancy Program for the year 2004,
a total of 2,362 employees had submitted a request to join it.
As a result of this dual effort made by
the company in achieving increased operating growth and profitability, over the
first quarter of 2004 Telefónica de España Group registered a 1.7%
growth in revenues and a 4.2% growth in EBITDA compared with the same period of
the previous year.
The main progress made over the quarter
in terms of developing the company’s commercial program is as follows:
• The launch of Imagenio Service
once the corresponding administrative authorization was obtained. Imagenio
offers integrated voice and audiovisual services (TV, video on demand, music,
etc.) and broadband Internet access. The service will be deployed progressively,
initially covering the metropolitan areas of Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante.
• “Alta Gratis”
(“Free Subscription”) promotion during the week of March 8th to
14th, consisting of the removal of the Telefónica de España PSTN
connection fee for all subscriptions made during this period. The success of
this marketing initiative has resulted in 128,000 subscription requests, of
which 105,000 were installed by the end of March, which is almost one third all
subscriptions made over the quarter.
• The positive acceptance of the
access+traffic modular plans (“Combinados”) is also important to
note, which amounted to 383,983 plans sold by the end of March, an increase of
over 200,000 compared with those sold in December 2003.
• ADSL products portfolio has been
extended with the launching of a new semi-flat rate offering, which is to be
commercialized at 29.9 euros per month, enabling unlimited Internet access on
weekends, and weekdays from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. next day.
• Launching of the 24h flat-rate
plan for narrowband Internet access in February.
Among the most significant regulatory
issues to have occurred to date are:
• As of April 1st, the monthly fee
for PSTN lines increased by 4.35% to 13.17 euros per month, while certain fees
for international calls were selectively decreased by 2.15% overall. These
reductions have been particularly notable in calls made to the countries of
origin of the immigrant population living in Spain. The aforementioned
adjustment to international fees already makes up to 0.19% of the total 2%
Price-Cap reduction planned for the whole of 2004. These measures will have no
impact on Telefónica de España results until the second quarter of
2004.
• The cost of the Universal
Service for 2002 was set by the Spanish regulatory body (CMT) at 110 million
euros, representing approximately 50% of the amount calculated by
Telefónica. The CMT concluded that this cost was not a competitive
disadvantage for the Company and as such Telefónica de España
should not receive any compensation for it.
• The new Wholesale access offer
to the Subscriber Loop (OBA: Oferta de acceso al Bucle de Abonado) was approved
on March 31st, 2004, the most significant points of which being the revoking of
the current “retail-minus” pricing scheme for the wholesale ADSL
access service. According to this scheme a discount (around 40%) was
automatically applied over Telefónica de España retail prices to
wholesale prices to date. The OBA specifies that from now on Telefónica
de España must provide the CMT with sufficient notice of any new pricing
or services schemes for retail ADSL services. According to this information, the
regulatory body will decide in each case on the need to modify the pricing or
service scheme of the corresponding wholesale services. Furthermore, new loop
rental prices were also established for both the fully unbundled access and the
shared access, these being set at 11.35 euros per month and 3 euros per month,
respectively (leading to 7.9% and 14.0% reductions on previous prices). This
decline in prices was partly offset by the increase of the one-time connection
fee for both, the fully unbundled access by 11.8% and the shared access by
11.7%.
• The CMT has set a compensation
of 4.79 euro cents per minute to Public Use Telephony providers for the
toll-free calls, which did not generate revenue streams to these providers and
did induce interconnection costs. This decision affects TTP (Telefónica
Telecomunicaciones Públicas) positively in relation with toll-free calls
to competitors’ numbering, and will take effect on August
1st.
In regard to the financial and operating
results of Telefónica de España Group, it is important to note
that its quarterly results will be given from now on according to the new
management perimeter, including Telefónica Empresas business in Spain,
along with its corresponding pro-forma data from the previous year.
The distribution of revenues
corresponding to Telefónica de España parent company has also been
adapted to this new management perimeter, including revenues from
Telefónica Empresas’ businesses in Spain. Parent company’s
revenues are grouped into four main sections:
• Traditional Services:
This includes the revenues for access, voice traffic and other traditional
services such as Intelligent Network, sale of handsets and maintenance services.
• Internet and Broadband
Services: This includes all revenues related to Narrowband and Broadband
Internet activities devoted to the retail market.
• Data and Solutions
Business: This section includes data and solutions services for businesses
and revenues from circuit rental to clients (not included in the wholesale
segment). Excluded from this section are revenues from ADSL service provision in
terms of both connectivity and value-added services.
• Wholesale Business: This
includes all types of services sold to domestic or international operators in
terms of both voice and data, including the wholesale ADSL service.
Telefónica de España
Group’s operating revenues amounted to 2,635.1 million euros during
the first quarter of the year, representing a 1.7% growth in comparison with the
same period of the previous year. Telefónica de España parent
company, as the single most important contributor, provided 2,527.8 million
euros of revenues, with a year-on-year growth of 0.7%. The affiliates Telyco and
TTP (Telefónica Telecomunicaciones Públicas), with strong revenues
growth, contributed significantly to Telefonica de España Group’s
revenues growth.
• Traditional voice services
revenues decreased by 85.4 million euros, being Internet and broadband services
those that most contribute to consolidated revenues growth with 63.0 million
euros. Finally, Data and Solutions and Wholesale services contributed positively
to growth with 13.0 and 27.0 million euros, respectively.
• The Traditional Services, which
totalled 1,730.8 million euros, decreased by 4.7% in comparison with the same
period of the previous year, maintaining the same performance as in 2003.
Revenues from Client Network Access
amounted to 720.1 million euros, a 2.4% decrease compared to the figures
recorded for the same quarter of the previous year, as a result of the drop in
access market share. The estimated access market share of Telefónica de
España at the end of the first quarter of 2004 was 89.9%, having lost 0.5
percentage points in comparison with December 2003 and 2.2 percentage points
with regard to the same quarter of the previous year.
It is also important to note that 28,594
PSTN and ISDN basic access lines were lost in the quarter, compared to the loss
of 36,348 lines in the last quarter of 2003 and the 96,968 lines lost in the
first quarter of 2003, thanks to the recent “Alta Gratis”
(“Free Subscription”) promotion mentioned above. The positive
progress in the loss of access, together with the aforementioned PSTN monthly
fee increase last April 1st, will lead over the forthcoming months an
improvement in access revenues over total revenues.
Effective revenues from voice usage
decreased by 7.6% to 785.0 million euros as a result of the negative evolution
of the total voice market that, according to our estimations contracted by 3.5%,
and the loss of voice traffic market share to 26.6% (1.1 percentage points
higher than that of December 2003).
The estimated total volume of minutes
processed by the Telefónica de España network during the quarter
amounted to 32,760 million, experiencing a decline of 6.4%. Total outgoing
traffic (including Internet), representing 57.0% of all traffic, amounted to
18,685 million minutes and fell by 15.8%. Outgoing traditional traffic stood at
12,609 million, a year-on-year drop of 9.8% as a result of the aforementioned
negative market evolution and share loss. It is important to note that traffic
continued showing signs of weakness during the first quarter of 2004, with a
0.1% drop in fixed-to-mobile traffic to reflect a change in trend with regard
the evolution recorded over the previous year. Local traffic fell by 13.1%,
provincial traffic by 7.7% and DLD traffic by 9.3%. International traffic was
the only type to uphold a positive trend over the quarter, with a 2.4% growth.
The number of outgoing minutes to the Internet amounted to 6,076 million and
continued to show a negative year-on-year variation of 26.0%, mainly as a result
of switched Internet traffic cannibalization by broadband ADSL services.
Finally, incoming traffic rose by 10.0% to 14,076 million minutes.
The deceleration of net gain in
preselected lines must also be noted, as preselected lines increased by only
51,924 lines in comparison with the 122,678 lines increase in the last quarter
of 2003. The net gain figure of preselected lines in the first quarter is the
lowest ever since the launching of this service.
In regard to Value-Added Services, Voice
Mailbox and Caller ID services should be noted. By the end of March 2004 the
number of services activated amounted to 11,652,387 and 7,073,834 respectively,
showing a positive trend over the quarter. The growing acceptance of the Text
messaging service continued, the number of text messages having increased by
10,9% compared with the previous quarter.
• Internet and Broadband Services
contributed with 254.0 million euros to the consolidated revenues, a 33.0%
increase in relation to the same period of the previous year.
Telefónica de España
continued to develop the Broadband business through the mass deployment of ADSL
to reach a total of 1,847,313 ADSL connections in service. In the first quarter,
ADSL net gain was 186,863 net accesses were added in the first quarter, 4.4%
more than the figure recorded in the first quarter of 2003. The number of retail
ADSL accesses at the end of the quarter was 1,194,288 growing by 11,6% in
comparison with those recorded as of December 2003 to obtain a 48.1% share of
total estimated broadband access market.
Value Added Services on the retail ADSL
service continued to perform soundly, reaching a total of 503,310 services sold.
Of these, “ADSL Solutions” should be highlighted as they have
recorded a 16.1% growth in comparison with December 2003, up to a total of
118,064 units (39,382 Net-Lan Solutions: head-offices and remote accesses). The
service “Mantenimiento Integral ADSL” (ADSL Comprehensive
Maintenance) also presents strong growth reaching 38,000 clients.
Hence, revenues from the
Telefónica de España retail broadband service grew 62.4% to reach
180.3 million euros.
Narrowband Internet revenues continued
to drop by 7.8% to 73.6 million euros, basically due to the lower volume of
Internet traffic recorded over the quarter.
• Data and Solutions Services,
which are corporate client segment oriented, continue under a deep
transformation process, presenting strong declines in traditional services such
as X-25, ATM or traditional Frame Relay connectivity, offset by those based on
IP technology. Overall, these services increased their revenues by 6.1% to reach
228.3 million euros. The greatest contribution to these revenues came from the
planning and operation of virtual private networks, representing 55.1% of this
segment’s revenues and growing at a year-on-year rate of
1.7%.
On the other hand, corporate Solutions
and Value-Added Services segment recorded a 24.7% growth, representing 25.4% of
total Data and Solutions revenues. Circuit rental and broadcasting business
followed a downwards trend, with a 4.9% drop in revenues to 34.0 million euros
as a result of a reduction in prices, the decrease in the demand and migration
to other types of access services such as ADSL.
• Wholesale Services contributed
with 314.7 million euros to consolidated revenues, a 9.4% increase in relation
to the same period of the previous year. Domestic interconnection revenues,
which presented a 7.7% growth on the back of fixed-to-mobile interconnection
revenues growth and flat fixed-to-fixed interconnection revenues, amounted for
28.6% of wholesale revenues. In addition to this, the solid growth of wholesale
ADSL service must also be noted, growing by 46.6% to reach 52.3 million euros.
Telefónica de España
Group’s operating expenses experienced a year-on-year decrease of
0.4% to 1,454.7 million euros. Among other items comprising operating expenses,
it should be noted the 10.0% reduction in personnel expenses in comparison with
the same period of the previous year, totalling 539.4 million euros. This
behaviour of operating expenses is the result of the staff joining the 2003-2007
Redundancy Program in the Telefónica de España parent
company.
Telefónica de España
parent company headcount (former perimeter) as of March 31sr
2004 reaches 34,464 persons, with a reduction of 752 employees
during the first quarter of the year. However, considering the new management
perimeter, the total number of employees of Telefónica de España
parent company reaches 36,344.
Supplies expenses, amounting to 610.8
million euros, grew by 4.0%, partly determined by a 1.7% increase in
interconnection expenses at Telefónica de España, that, in turn,
were affected by two opposite trends: the drop in fixed-to-mobile
interconnection prices and the increase in interconnection expenses for
Intelligent Network and 118XY services. The growth in Telyco expenses associated
to the handset sale business also had a significant impact on supplies expenses.
Expenses for external services &
others grew by 12.4% to 269.3 million euros, primarily because of the
aforementioned greater commercial activity over the quarter and the increase in
general expenses associated to the real estate program.
Telefónica de España
Group’s EBITDA amounted to 1,206.3 million euros, up 4.2%
year-on-year. The Group’s EBITDA margin reached 45.8% (1.4 percentage
points higher than that of full year 2003 and 1.1 percentage points higher than
in the first quarter 2003). Telefónica de España parent company's
EBITDA amounted to 1,204.1 million euros (up 4.3% year-on-year).
Telefónica de España
Group’s operating profit was 19.3% higher than that of the previous
year, amounting to 575.4 million euros in the first quarter of 2004 as a result
of the positive evolution of EBITDA and the 6.6% decrease in amortization and
depreciation.
During the first quarter of 2004
Telefónica de España Group accounted for an extraordinary
provision totalling 173.0 million euros in relation to the redundancy program.
CapEx by Telefónica de
España Group dropped by 11.5% to 262.6 million euros to reach a CapEx
over Revenues ratio of 10.0%, reflecting Telefónica de
España’s aim to progress in its transformation process towards a
more flexible and less capital-intensive company. It is important to note that,
given the seasonal nature of the investments, this decrease cannot be
extrapolated to the year as a whole.
Operating free cash flow, defined
as EBITDA minus Capex, amounted to 943.8 million euros, up by 9.5% on the same
period of 2003.
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TELEFÓNICA DE ESPAÑA |
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|
|
|
SELECTED OPERATING DATA |
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|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equivalent lines (1) |
19,269.8 |
18,794.8 |
2.5 |
|
|
PSTN Lines |
15,022.9 |
15,361.6 |
(2.2) |
|
|
ISDN equivalent basic access |
1,836.5 |
1,763.7 |
4.1 |
|
|
ISDN equivalent primary accesses y 2/6 equivalent accesses |
538.8 |
528.4 |
2.0 |
|
|
Fully unbundled local loops |
24.3 |
5.0 |
381.1 |
|
|
ADSL connections |
1,847.3 |
1,136.1 |
62.6 |
|
|
Telefónica de España retail ADSL |
1,194.3 |
742.2 |
60.9 |
|
|
Traffic (minutes in millions) (2) |
32,760.0 |
34,997.0 |
(6.4) |
|
|
Employees (units) |
36,344 |
42,435 |
(14.4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) (x 1) - ISDN Basic accesses (x 2) - ISDN Primary access (x 30) - 2/6 Accesses (x 30) - ADSL Lines (x1). |
|
|
(2) January - March cumulative data. |
|
|
TELEFÓNICA DE ESPAÑA PARENT COMPANY |
|
|
|
|
OPERATING REVENUES |
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Traditional Services |
1,730.8 |
1,816.2 |
(4.7) |
|
|
Client network access (1) |
720.1 |
737.8 |
(2.4) |
|
|
Voice usage (Net total) (2) |
785.0 |
849.6 |
(7.6) |
|
|
Local |
197.1 |
213.6 |
(7.7) |
|
|
Provincial |
62.7 |
66.6 |
(5.8) |
|
|
Domestic long distance |
110.2 |
116.8 |
(5.6) |
|
|
International long distance |
58.7 |
58.5 |
0.3 |
|
|
Fixed to mobile |
283.9 |
305.9 |
(7.2) |
|
|
IRIS and others (3) |
72.2 |
88.3 |
(18.2) |
|
|
Handsets sales and maintenance |
166.7 |
174.8 |
(4.6) |
|
|
Other business lines (4) |
58.9 |
54.1 |
9.0 |
|
|
Internet and Broadband Services |
254.0 |
191.0 |
33.0 |
|
|
Narrowband |
73.6 |
79.9 |
(7.8) |
|
|
Broadband (retail) |
180.3 |
111.1 |
62.4 |
|
|
Data and Solutions Services |
228.3 |
215.3 |
6.1 |
|
|
Corporate networks (5) |
170.4 |
168.8 |
0.9 |
|
|
Solutions |
57.9 |
46.4 |
24.7 |
|
|
Wholesale Services |
314.7 |
287.7 |
9.4 |
|
|
National interconnection |
89.9 |
83.5 |
7.7 |
|
|
Wholesale ADSL (Megabase, Megavía and GigADSL) |
52.3 |
35.7 |
46.6 |
|
|
International operators services |
71.8 |
71.9 |
(0.2) |
|
|
Other national operators services (6) |
100.7 |
96.5 |
4.4 |
|
|
Total operating revenues |
2,527.8 |
2,510.1 |
0.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: Starting first quarter 2004, Telefónica Data España and Telefónica Soluciones results will be incorporated within Telefónica de España Group. 2003 figures are proforma for the benefit of comparison. |
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(1) Revenues derived from monthly and connection fees (PSTN, Public Use Telephony, ISDN and Corporate Services), public telephone booths and network services. |
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|
(2) Voice usage net of discounts, foreign participation (international long distance) and payments to Intelligent Network providers. |
|
|
(3) Services included: Intelligent Network services, Special Valued Services and others. |
|
|
(4) Special Projects, Services agency and others. (Broadcasting included) |
|
|
(5) Included leased circuits, VPN and delicated internet access. |
|
|
(6) Services included: Commercial wholesale services (access, carrier and maintenance), wholesale leased circuits, other IP services and ULL. |
|
|
TELEFÓNICA DE ESPAÑA PARENT COMPANY |
|
|
|
|
OPERATING REVENUES - PROFORMA 2003 |
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan - Mar |
Jan - Jun |
Jan - Sep |
Jan- Dec |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Traditional Services |
1,816.2 |
3,664.3 |
5,453.6 |
7,243.3 |
|
|
Client network access (1) |
737.8 |
1,489.6 |
2,224.0 |
2,950.0 |
|
|
Voice usage (Net total) (2) |
849.6 |
1,709.2 |
2,539.0 |
3,366.1 |
|
|
Local |
213.6 |
420.2 |
603.0 |
816.9 |
|
|
Provincial |
66.6 |
132.5 |
195.2 |
259.5 |
|
|
Domestic long distance |
116.8 |
232.8 |
341.9 |
461.6 |
|
|
International long distance |
58.5 |
122.5 |
190.2 |
243.9 |
|
|
Fixed to mobile |
305.9 |
623.5 |
945.7 |
1,257.9 |
|
|
IRIS and others (3) |
88.3 |
177.9 |
263.1 |
326.3 |
|
|
Handsets sales and maintenance |
174.8 |
353.7 |
523.4 |
706.0 |
|
|
Other business lines (4) |
54.1 |
111.8 |
167.2 |
221.1 |
|
|
Internet and Broadband Services |
191.0 |
399.0 |
610.6 |
849.0 |
|
|
Narrowband |
79.9 |
149.6 |
216.4 |
291.9 |
|
|
Broadband (retail) |
111.1 |
249.4 |
394.3 |
557.1 |
|
|
Data and Solutions Services |
215.3 |
443.0 |
679.8 |
928.6 |
|
|
Corporate networks (5) |
168.8 |
345.1 |
527.1 |
705.4 |
|
|
Solutions |
46.4 |
97.9 |
152.7 |
223.3 |
|
|
Wholesale Services |
287.7 |
600.1 |
914.8 |
1,256.7 |
|
|
National interconnection |
83.5 |
175.3 |
260.4 |
356.6 |
|
|
Wholesale ADSL (Megabase, Megavía and GigADSL) |
35.7 |
74.8 |
115.0 |
166.1 |
|
|
International operators services |
71.9 |
148.1 |
233.6 |
309.3 |
|
|
Other national operators services (6) |
96.5 |
201.9 |
305.8 |
424.7 |
|
|
Total operating revenues |
2,510.1 |
5,106.3 |
7,658.9 |
10,277.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: Starting first quarter 2004, Telefónica Data España and Telefónica Soluciones results will be incorporated within Telefónica de España Group. 2003 figures are proforma for the benefit of comparison. |
|
|
(1) Revenues derived from monthly and connection fees (PSTN, Public Use Telephony, ISDN and Corporate Services), public telephone booths and network services. |
|
|
(2) Voice usage net of discounts, foreign participation (international long distance) and payments to Intelligent Network providers. |
|
|
(3) Services included: Intelligent Network services, Special Valued Services and others. |
|
|
(4) Special Projects, Services agency and others. (Broadcasting included). |
|
|
(5) Included leased circuits, VPN and delicated internet access. |
|
|
(6) Services included: Commercial wholesale services (access, carrier and maintenance), wholesale leased circuits, other IP services and ULL. |
|
|
|
|
|
TELEFÓNICA DE ESPAÑA GROUP |
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT |
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
2,635.1 |
2,590.0 |
1.7 |
|
|
Internal expend capitalized in fixed assets (1) |
29.9 |
41.2 |
(27.6) |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(1,454.7) |
(1,460.6) |
(0.4) |
|
|
Other net operating income (expense) |
(4.0) |
(12.5) |
(68.4) |
|
|
EBITDA |
1,206.3 |
1,158.2 |
4.2 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(631.0) |
(675.7) |
(6.6) |
|
|
Operating profit |
575.4 |
482.5 |
19.3 |
|
|
Profit from associated companies |
(0.3) |
(0.4) |
(39.4) |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
(99.5) |
(117.1) |
(15.0) |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill |
(0.8) |
(0.7) |
24.3 |
|
|
Extraordinary net income (expense) |
(198.7) |
(3.0) |
n.s. |
|
|
Income before taxes |
276.0 |
361.3 |
(23.6) |
|
|
Income taxes |
(86.1) |
(104.4) |
(17.5) |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
190.0 |
257.0 |
(26.1) |
|
|
Minority interests |
(0.0) |
(0.0) |
(5.0) |
|
|
Net income |
189.9 |
256.9 |
(26.1) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: Starting first quarter 2004, Telefónica Data España and Telefónica Soluciones results will be incorporated within Telefónica de España Group. 2003 figures are proforma for the benefit of comparison. |
|
|
(1) Including work in process. |
|
|
|
|
|
TELEFÓNICA DE ESPAÑA GROUP |
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT - PROFORMA 2003 |
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Jan - Mar |
Jan - Jun |
Jan - Sep |
Jan- Dec |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
2,590.0 |
5,282.9 |
7,946.7 |
10,695.4 |
|
|
Internal expend capitalized in fixed assets (1) |
41.2 |
83.8 |
120.8 |
174.6 |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(1,460.6) |
(2,983.7) |
(4,506.6) |
(6,048.7) |
|
|
Other net operating income (expense) |
(12.5) |
(40.1) |
(56.6) |
(58.9) |
|
|
EBITDA |
1,158.2 |
2,343.0 |
3,504.4 |
4,762.4 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(675.7) |
(1,337.1) |
(1,992.8) |
(2,638.8) |
|
|
Operating profit |
482.5 |
1,005.9 |
1,511.6 |
2,123.6 |
|
|
Profit from associated companies |
(0.4) |
(0.6) |
(0.7) |
(0.9) |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
(117.1) |
(228.4) |
(340.1) |
(447.5) |
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|
Amortization of goodwill |
(0.7) |
0.2 |
0.2 |
(2.8) |
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Extraordinary net income (expense) |
(3.0) |
18.7 |
21.5 |
(1,374.1) |
|
|
Income before taxes |
361.3 |
795.8 |
1,192.5 |
298.2 |
|
|
Income taxes |
(104.4) |
(226.4) |
(340.5) |
(18.1) |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
257.0 |
569.4 |
852.0 |
280.1 |
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Minority interests |
(0.0) |
(0.1) |
(0.0) |
(0.0) |
|
|
Net income |
256.9 |
569.4 |
851.9 |
280.1 |
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Note: The incorporation of the assets corresponding to Telefónica Empresas into Telefónica de España Group in 2004, implies the presentation of Telefónica de España Group proforma financial statements for fiscal year 2003, under the same criteria, for the benefit of comparisons. In February 27th, 2004, the company notified the main metrics of these proforma financial statements for fiscal year 2003 under the new consolidation perimeter. The final definition of the assets to be incorporated to Telefónica de España Group makes these metrics to vary slightly with respect to the ones previously presented (-4.4 million euros in revenues and -10.4 million euros in EBITDA), a change that does not imply modifications in neither Telefónica de España Group nor Telefónica Group published accounts in the above mentioned fiscal year. |
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(1) Including work in process. |
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RESULTS
BY BUSINESS LINES
Fixed Line
Business
TELEFÓNICA
LATINOAMÉRICA GROUP
As of this quarter, the quarterly
results of Telefónica Latinoamérica Group are presented according
to their new business perimeter, including the businesses of Telefónica
Empresas America and of TIWS, the unit responsible for assisting operators,
managing the Group’s international services and the network supporting
them as a whole. The corresponding pro forma results for the previous year are
also presented.
In this first quarter, the negative
effect of exchange rates on Telefónica Latinoamérica accounts was
drastically reduced, given that appreciation of the US dollar versus the euro
over recent months caused all Latin American currencies to reduce their
year-on-year depreciation levels against the euro, and even the Brazilian real
and the Chilean peso recorded levels of appreciation in comparison with the same
period of 2003.
Telefónica Latinoamérica
operating revenues, which amounted to 1,630.1 million euros, showed
growth of 10.3% in constant currency at the end of the first quarter (+8.8% in
current euros), primarily due to the 21.5% rise in revenues in local currency of
Telesp, promoted by the increase in the revenues of new businesses (SMP,
long-distance outside Sao Paulo), higher revenues obtained in local telephony
through tariff increases in July 2003 and through greater fixed-to-mobile
traffic and the increase in ADSL revenues, associated to the higher number of
users. To a lesser extent, the growth in revenues also reflects the increase in
revenues of TASA (+15.4% in local currency) due to the recovery of total traffic
per line, primarily encouraged by the increase in Internet traffic and
accelerated ADSL rollout, and the growth of Telefónica Empresas
América operators’ revenues (+20.4% in constant euros). On the
other hand, CTC and Telefónica del Perú revenues recorded drops
over the period (-10.2% and –2.0% in local currency,
respectively).
The total operating expenses of
Telefónica Latinoamérica stood at 941.1 million euros, a
year-on-year growth of 13.3% in constant euros (12.5% in current euros)
basically as a result of the increase in expenses at Telesp due to greater
fixed-to-mobile and long distance interconnection costs, and the increase in
costs linked to the growth of the Internet business (ADSL and
i-Telefónica). As a result of this evolution, consolidated EBITDA
stood at 722.8 million euros with a year-on-year growth rate of 7.2% in constant
euros, reduced to 5.8% in current euros as a result of the forex effect.
Telefónica Latinoamérica
depreciation and amortization amounted to 412.2 million euros, a 2.1% drop in
constant euros. The good performance of EBITDA and the level of depreciation and
amortization led the operating profit to reach 310.6 million euros, a
growth of 22.8% in constant terms.
On the other hand, extraordinary results
amounted to 8.9 million euros compared with the negative 41.5 million euros of
the previous year. In 2004, this item is to include income from seizures and
severance payments in continuation with the program started at TdP in 2003, and
adjustments due to lower value of materials at Telesp, partly offset by the
extraordinary revenues of TASA obtained through the sale of scrap.
Financial results increased by 277.4% to
stand at –51.1 million euros, mostly due to lower positive exchange
differences recorded over the quarter (mainly by the Argentinean companies,
which produced a positive effect of 132.4 million euros in the first quarter of
2003). Excluding the effect of exchange rate differences, net financial expenses
for Telefónica Latinoamérica fell by 33.8% due to lower financial
expenses associated to lower average debt at both holding company and operators
level.
These results, together with a tax
provision of 73.9 million euros and minority interests of 32.2 million euros,
led to a 118.0% growth in net income to reach 140.1 million
euros.
Telefónica
Latinoamérica’s CapEx amounted to 102.6 million euros, a
year-on-year decrease of 18.5% in constant euros (12.5% in current euros). This
evolution reflects the control of CapEx implemented by the fixed operators and
by Telefónica Empresas América, particularly notable over these
initial months of the year. Telefónica Latinoamérica’s
operating free cash flow (EBITDA-CapEx) amounted to 620.2 million euros in the
first quarter, a 12.5% growth in constant euros (9.5% in current euros). The
contribution of Telesp with 339.1 million euros is particularly noteworthy in
terms of operating free cash flow (EBITDA-CapEx) evolution.
As of March 31, Telefónica
Latinoamérica managed 21.7 million of equivalent lines, a year-on-year
growth of 0.7%, mainly due to the increase in ADSL connections that recorded a
year-on-year increase of 71.6% through the significant efforts made by all
operators in terms of the broadband business. Hence, at the end of the quarter,
ADSL connections (853,275) accounted for 3.9% of equivalent lines, compared with
the 2.3% twelve months beforehand. Traditional lines in service dropped by 1.0%
due to the fall in lines at CTC (-8.0%) and Telesp (-1.5%), which was not offset
by the significant growth in lines at TdP (+9.2%) and the slight increase at
TASA (+0.4%).
The headcount at the fixed telephony
operators (including subsidiaries) amounted to 23,411 employees, which was 4.3%
less than the previous year following the workforce-restructuring program
carried out by Telesp in 2003.
TELESP
Telesp ended March with 12.7 million
lines in service (traditional + ADSL) to remain virtually unchanged with respect
to that of a year ago (-0.1%), as the increase recorded in broadband (+48.3%)
practically offsets the 1.5% reduction in lines in service.
Despite the drop recorded in the global
long-distance market, Telesp was able to increase its estimated market share
with respect to the previous year in terms of Interstate long distance from Sao
Paulo (+9 percentage points to 50% at the end of March) and international long
distance from Sao Paulo (+8 percentage points to 41% at the end of March), while
Intrastate long distance stood at 87% at the end of March (at similar levels to
those of the previous year). The good performance of SMP is also important to
note (a carrier must be chosen as of January in long distance calls from mobile
phones), leading to additional long-distance revenues since July 2003.
The ADSL business exceeded half a
million clients (518,175 connections as of March 31), recording a net gain in
the quarter of 33,782 connections (up by 110.8% year on year). This was mostly
due to the new service portfolio launched in September 2003, adapted more
closely to client requirements by increasing the range of connection speeds. The
good performance of Telesp’s ISP, i-Telefónica, continued with over
1.5 million users and an estimated traffic market share similar to that of
December 2003.
Telesp's operating revenues
during the first quarter of 2004 of 896.4 million euros registered at
year-on-year growth of 21.5% in local currency, driven by both the increase in
traditional services (+20.0%, providing 93.6% of operating revenues), due to the
increase in outgoing long distance revenues (+45.6%) as a result of new
businesses (SMP, long distance outside Sao Paulo), higher revenues obtained in
local traffic and monthly fees (+18.0%) due to the increase in tariffs applied
in July 2003 and to the greater fixed-to-mobile traffic, and higher revenues
from the Internet business (Narrowband + Broadband), which increased by 62.4% in
local currency, particularly ADSL revenues (+89.0%) associated to the larger
number of users.
Operating expenses rose by 35.1% in
local currency compared with the previous year, mainly as a result of the
increase in interconnection expenses (+54.0%) to reflect the higher revenues
from fixed-to-mobile and long distance traffic. Personnel expenses dropped by
13.9% in local currency thanks to the lower average workforce compared to the
previous year due to the two layoff processes implemented during 2003. Expenses
for external services grew by 25.4% in local currency due to both greater
activity (ADSL, i-Telefónica, co-billing, new product marketing expenses,
etc.) and to the indexing of certain contracts.
The provision for bad debts remained
stable compared to the previous year in 3.9% over revenues (excluding prepaid
revenues), thanks to the implementation of stricter entrance filters.
With this evolution in operating
revenues and expenses, in the first quarter of 2004 Telesp had an EBITDA
of 394.3 million euros with year-on-year growth of 9.2% in local currency. The
EBITDA margin stood at 44.0%, 5.0 percentage points below that of a year ago and
affected by the higher growth of businesses with a smaller margin
(Fixed-to-mobile traffic, long distance outside Sao Paulo and SMP).
CapEx at March stood at 55.2
million euros, with a year-on-year reduction of 32.0% in local currency thanks
to the optimization and reprogramming of certain projects due to their strategic
and profitable nature.
Operating free cash flow
(EBITDA–CapEx) amounted to 339.1 million euros, a 20.8% growth in
local currency with regard to the first quarter of 2003 as a result of the
growth in EBITDA and the decrease in CapEx.
At the end of March, Telesp had 7,177
employees, with a ratio of 1,776 lines per employee (+14.7%).
TELEFÓNICA
DE ARGENTINA
The consolidation of the stable economic
situation in Argentina continued over the first quarter of 2004 following the
sharp deterioration suffered in 2002. The evolution of the main macroeconomic
parameters, particularly the appreciation of the peso against the dollar (9.0%
average year-on-year exchange rate appreciation), together with management
efforts adapted to a context of greater activity and increased consumer
spending, led to the strong recovery of plant and traffic operating indicators
that even registered similar values to those reached in 2001, the year prior to
the crisis.
The plant of traditional lines, 4.2
million, increased slightly with respect to 2003 (+0.4%) as a result of the
recovery in demand, which was reflected in the number of gross adds (up by 64.0%
year on year). Many of the lines that were disconnected during the crisis were
reactivated through the “recupero line”, with around 60,000 lines
remaining susceptible of migration to this product. The good performance of the
plant was accompanied by the recovery of total traffic per line that increased
by 10.0% in relation to 2003, mainly driven by the increase in prepaid (+18.9%
including the prepaid plant and prepaid cards) and Internet (+14%) traffic. Also
of particular note during the quarter was accelerated ADSL rollout, which was
reflected by a net gain of 15,410 lines over the three months, the greatest
quarterly gain recorded by TASA, to reach 84,746 ADSL lines in service (compared
with 38,335 in March 2003), giving the company a 7 percentage point increase in
its estimated broadband market share in the Southern region (69%).
As a result of the good performance of
the operating variables of plant and traffic with respect to 2003, TASA’s
operating revenues rose by 15.4% in local currency year on year to 192.1
million euros, despite the freezing of tariffs since January 2002. It must be
noted that the establishing of agreements with operators for mutual invoicing
applying CER (inflation indexing of wholesale offerings) as of June 2003 had an
impact on the strong year-on-year growth. Without this effect, revenues would
have risen by 10.7% year on year. Revenues from traditional services (93.7% of
the total), grew by 13.8%, while revenues from the Internet business (Narrowband
+ Broadband) increased by 45.7%.
The significant increase in activity and
sales has led to a 14.1% increase in operating expenses in local currency,
although TASA did not abandon the aggressive cost reduction and control policy
applied since the start of the crisis. Of particular note was the effective
management of bad debts, which has led to debt recovery being maximized and to
ensuring that profitable clients are maintained. Hence, the bad debt provision
as a percentage of revenues (excluding prepaid revenues) for the year stood at
around 1%.
The positive evolution in operating
variables, combined with the ongoing policy of cost containment, enabled TASA to
achieve EBITDA of 114.9 million euros in the year, an increase of 16.2%
in local currency on that of the first quarter of 2003. The EBITDA margin was
0.5 percentage points higher than in 2003, reaching 59.8%.
Furthermore, it is important to note
that investment for the year is focused primarily on ADSL. In the first
quarter, TASA’s investments also tripled year on year, considering the low
level of investment in 1Q03. The CapEx to revenues ratio reached 7.8% in local
currency. Thanks to the increase in EBITDA, the company achieved an operating
free cash flow (EBITDA-CapEx) of 99.3 million euros, 5.1% higher in local
currency than that of the same period in 2003.
At the end of March, TASA had 7,970
employees, with a ratio of 539 lines per employee (a year-on-year increase of
2.8%).
Finally, is should be noted that the
contract documents and transfer agreement governing the rate system of
Telefónica de Argentina, S.A. envisage the possibility of adjusting the
rates applied by Telefónica de Argentina, S.A. to its customers if
extraordinary events arise that were not initially foreseen. Accordingly, in
view of the trend in Argentina’s economy, Telefónica de Argentina,
S.A. presented a proposal to the Argentine government in recent months to
reestablish the rate system by indexing rates to the monthly variation in
Argentina’s CPI or using another type of formula should there be a
significant variance between the trend in the price of the U.S. dollar and the
aforementioned variation in the CPI. Nevertheless, no definitive decision
regarding the claims made by the Company’s proposal has yet been taken by
the Argentine government.
TELEFÓNICA
CTC CHILE
On May 4th, the Chilean regulatory body
(Subtel) published the tariff decree for the forthcoming 5 years, the main
amendments to which included the increase in the number of tariff areas and time
slots and the increase in the average monthly fee and access charge tariffs by
7.0% and 39.0% respectively, along with the reduction in the measured local
service established at 14.4%.
For CTC, this decree does not imply a
solution to the tariff structure problems that have arisen since the enactment
of the previous decree in 1999. The company is assessing the effect of applying
this new tariff structure on the business, as well as any legal measures to be
taken.
CTC’s results for this first
quarter of 2004 were marked by its significant growth in the mobile market. The
increase in business was also assisted by the significant reduction in mobile
tariffs, with the consequent replacement of fixed traffic by mobile traffic.
The number of traditional lines in
service stood at 2.4 million, a year-on-year drop of 8.0% due to the
disconnection of lines with bad debt problems recorded in 2003. The 16.0% growth
of the Prepaid plant must be noted, particularly the increase in Full Variable
lines (to 134,603 lines), influenced by the migration of regular lines with
problems of bad debt.
Despite the 8.4% squeeze in the DLD
market compared to March 2003, CTC increased its share by 4.6 percentage points
in the last twelve months to reach a 43.6% market share. The ILD market grew by
1.5% over the same period, CTC obtaining a 32.5% share.
In terms of Broadband, the number of
ADSL connections at the end of March was 143,108, more than double that of 2003,
having recorded a net gain over the quarter of 17,846 connections, 50.0% more
than in the same period of 2003.
The volume of accumulated
revenues as of March stood at 203.6 million euros, of which 93.8% were
from the Traditional Business, reduced by 12.0% in local currency. Total
revenues were reduced by 10.2% year-on-year in local currency, although
excluding the impact of the reduction of CPP tariffs started in January, the
variation would be -5.7%, influenced by both the lower number of lines in
service and the smaller amount of Local and Long-Distance traffic. Furthermore,
the negative adjustment of tariffs through the decreased Whole Price Index has
had an added negative effect.
The Internet business (Narrowband +
Broadband) grew substantially to obtain 29.3% more revenues year-on-year in
local currency.
In order to counteract this negative
trend in revenues, CTC is implementing a strict cost control plan. The operating
expenses registered are 11.1% below that of the previous year in local currency,
as a result of the reduction in management expenses. Additionally, the 28.0%
drop in interconnection expenses associated with the reduction in traffic and
the with the drop in fixed-to-mobile tariffs must also be noted. Bad debt levels
increased slightly year-on-year, recording a bad debt provision 3.8% of revenues
(excluding prepaid revenues). These factors led to an 8.8% drop in EBITDA
in local currency compared with the previous year to 90.7 million as a result of
the fall in revenues not offset by cost control.
CapEx for the quarter focused on
the expansion of ADSL and grew by 5.4% in local currency with respect to the
first quarter of 2003, a trend that will be moderated over forthcoming months.
As a result of the evolution of EBITDA and CapEx, the Company’s
operating free cash flow (EBITDA–CapEx) dropped by 11.1% in local
currency in comparison with the same quarter of 2003 to stand at 75.3 million
euros.
TELEFÓNICA
DEL PERÚ
Telefónica del Perú
continued to record a strong year-on-year growth of its equivalent lines
(+12.4%), as a result of both the increase in traditional lines (+9.2% to 2.0
million), encouraged by the marketing of new tariff plans as of March 2003, and
the growth in broadband connections (+146.3% to 107,246), which recorded a net
gain in the quarter of 16,557 connections (+80.9% year over year).
The company ended the first quarter of
2004 with revenues totaling 247.3 million euros, a 2.0% drop in local
currency compared with the same period of the previous year, given that the
63.3% growth of revenues from the Internet business (Narrowband + Broadband) in
local currency was unable to offset the 4.3% drop in revenues from the
traditional business, contributing 94.3% of the total. This was affected by the
poorer performance of the long distance business due to the effects of
competition, as well as the reduction in revenues from traffic and fees in local
telephony (-7.4%), affected by the impact of migrations to new plans that
represent 52.7% of the traditional plant. The decrease in ARPU as a result of
the launch of tariff plans was offset by the significant growth of lines in
service that considerably counteracted the negative impact on revenues.
The long distance business, the revenues
of which fell by 16.7% in local currency, still suffered the effects of
competition and interconnection rates (payments made to other operators for
outgoing international traffic). At the end of March, DLD and ILD market shares
stood at 73.2% and 60.5% respectively, an increase in the share with regard to
the previous year (+6.2 percentage points and 10.9 percentage points,
respectively).
The expense control policy resulted in a
1.2% reduction in total operating expenses in local currency, mostly as a result
of a 1.0% decrease in personnel expenses due to the laying off of staff with
higher salaries than those being appointed. The company continued to improve its
bad debt levels, registering a provision of 3.0% on revenues (excluding prepaid
revenues) compared with the 3.2% of the same period in 2003.
Despite the control of expenses and as a
result of the reduction in revenues, the company’s EBITDA fell by
3.1% in local currency to stand at 106.7 million euros.
Investment control led to CapEx
of 7.9 million euros, a 17.4% drop in local currency, leading to the generation
of an operating free cash flow (EBITDA-CapEx) of 98.7 million
euros.
The operator’s workforce amounted
to 3,195 employees, a year-on-year drop of 5.4% (total employees, including
subsidiary employees, stood at 5,044), bring the productivity ratio to 661 lines
per employee, 18.8% more than in the first quarter of 2003.
TELEFÓNICA
EMPRESAS AMÉRICA
Telefónica Empresas
América continued to focus on the segment of large companies with global
responsibility on the data communications and corporate solutions businesses.
This management unit includes Telefónica Empresas operations in America:
Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia.
Operating revenues totaled 105.8
million euros, continuing along a stable path of growth (+15.2% compared with
2003) and doubling the EBITDA margin on revenues (11.6% versus the 5.7% of the
same period in 2003) due to both a growth in scale and improved resource
management. Combined with a restrictive CapEx policy aimed at growth,
Telefónica Empresas América was able to generate an operating
free cash flow (EBITDA–CapEx) of 6.9 million euros in the first
quarter of 2004.
The positive evolution of
Telefónica Empresas Brazil is important to note, representing one third
of total revenues and achieving a substantial year-on-year growth rate in local
currency in terms of both revenues (+32.4%) and EBITDA (+73.7%), obtaining an
EBITDA margin of 21.5%, almost 5 percentage points above that of the last
quarter 2003.
Argentina, Chile and Peru all generated
positive operating free cash flows and Chile is particularly worth noting, with
an accumulated EBITDA margin at March of 29.4%.
In Mexico, the U.S. and Colombia,
revenues totaled 19.9 million euros (+50.2% compared with 2003), with a 15
percentage point improvement in the EBITDA margin, recording a negative 2.7
million euros EBITDA with respect to the negative 3.8 million euros in the same
period of 2003.
Regarding products, the increase in
revenues for Hosting / ASP and Solutions must be noted, rising to 65% and 42%,
respectively (in constant currency). These lines are the ones with the greatest
added value within the Telefónica Empresas América value chain,
providing our clients with an integral range of communication solutions.
TELEFÓNICA
INTERNACIONAL WHOLESALE SERVICES (TIWS)
Over the past year, TIWS has made a
significant effort to improve efficiency and reduce costs. In this regard,
despite having increased revenues by 7.6% with regard to the same period
in 2003, operating expenses were reduced by 15.8%, mostly due to the drop in
external service expenses (-21.1%) and supplies (-19.9%).
Hence, TIWS’ EBITDA during
the first quarter stood at 7.2 million euros, compared with a negative EBITDA of
0.2 million euros during the first quarter of 2003, a 22.1 percentage point
improvement on the margin over revenues. With a CapEx of 3.1 million
euros (up 117.0% over the year) in the first quarter of 2004, the generation of
operating free cash flow (EBITDA-CapEx) was positive in 4.2 million
euros.
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TELEFÓNICA LATINOAMÉRICA GROUP |
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SELECTED OPERATING DATA |
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|
Unaudited figures (Thousands) |
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|
|
|
|
|
March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telesp |
|
|
|
|
|
Lines (1) |
12,745.7 |
12,762.8 |
(0.1) |
|
|
PSTN Lines |
11,136.4 |
11,180.2 |
(0.4) |
|
|
ISDN equivalent accesses |
29.1 |
34.2 |
(14.9) |
|
|
2/6 Accesses for PBX and Ibercom |
1,062.0 |
1,199.1 |
(11.4) |
|
|
ADSL connections |
518.2 |
349.3 |
48.3 |
|
|
Employees (units) (2) |
7,177 |
8,245 |
(13.0) |
|
|
Traffic (millions of minutes) (3) |
20,830.9 |
20,173.1 |
3.3 |
|
|
Telefonica de Argentina |
|
|
|
|
|
Lines (1) * |
4,297.4 |
4,234.3 |
1.5 |
|
|
PSTN Lines |
4,132.0 |
4,115.4 |
0.4 |
|
|
ISDN equivalent accesses |
6.6 |
6.1 |
8.2 |
|
|
2/6 Accesses for PBX and Ibercom |
74.1 |
74.5 |
(0.5) |
|
|
ADSL connections |
84.7 |
38.3 |
121.1 |
|
|
Employees (units) (2) |
7,970 |
8,070 |
(1.2) |
|
|
Traffic (millions of minutes) (3) |
9,035.8 |
8,117.4 |
11.3 |
|
|
Telefonica CTC Chile |
|
|
|
|
|
Lines (1) * |
2,562.7 |
2,696.3 |
(5.0) |
|
|
PSTN Lines |
2,270.6 |
2,487.2 |
(8.7) |
|
|
ISDN equivalent accesses |
93.4 |
92.2 |
1.4 |
|
|
2/6 Accesses for PBX and Ibercom |
55.5 |
50.9 |
9.1 |
|
|
ADSL connections |
143.1 |
66.1 |
116.6 |
|
|
Employees (units) (2) |
3,220 |
3,140 |
2.5 |
|
|
Traffic (millions of minutes) (3) |
5,582.0 |
5,793.3 |
(3.6) |
|
|
Telefonica del Perú |
|
|
|
|
|
Lines (1) |
2,111.2 |
1,878.0 |
12.4 |
|
|
PSTN Lines |
1,970.0 |
1,800.0 |
9.4 |
|
|
ISDN equivalent accesses |
34.0 |
34.5 |
(1.3) |
|
|
2/6 Accesses for PBX and Ibercom |
-- |
-- |
n.s. |
|
|
ADSL connections |
107.2 |
43.5 |
146.3 |
|
|
Employees (units) (2) |
5,044 |
5,016 |
0.6 |
|
|
Traffic (millions of minutes) (3) |
3,230.9 |
3,259.5 |
(0.9) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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TELEFÓNICA LATINOAMÉRICA GROUP |
|
|
|
|
|
Lines (1) |
21,717.1 |
21,571.4 |
0.7 |
|
|
PSTN Lines |
19,509.0 |
19,582.8 |
(0.4) |
|
|
ISDN equivalent accesses |
163.1 |
166.9 |
(2.3) |
|
|
2/6 Accesses for PBX and Ibercom |
1,191.7 |
1,324.4 |
(10.0) |
|
|
ADSL connections |
853.3 |
497.2 |
71.6 |
|
|
Employees (units) (4) |
23,411 |
24,471 |
(4.3) |
|
|
Traffic (millions of minutes) (3) |
38,739.0 |
37,343.2 |
3.7 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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* In 2003, number of lines is affected by internal reclassification in line with 2003 criteria, homogeneous within the operators. |
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(1) PSTN (including Public Use Telephony) (x 1) - ISDN Basic access (x 2) - ISDN Primary access (x 30) - 2/6 Accesses (x 30) - ADSL Lines (x1) and Cablemoden (in Perú). |
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(2) Calculated with the wireline company staff of the fixed telephone operator (OTF) and the subsidiaries that are consolidated by the full integration method. |
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(3) Including total invoiced incoming and outgoing traffic: Local, PUTs (except at Telesp in 2002, not available), DLD and ILD. January-March accumulated data. |
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(4) Calculated with the wireline company staff of the fixed telephone operator (OTF) and the subsidiaries that are consolidated by the full integration method. Does not included the employees of Telefónica Empresas América and those of TIWS. As of 31/03/04 day were 2.383 and 251 respectively. |
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TELEFÓNICA LATINOAMÉRICA GROUP |
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SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA |
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Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
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January - March |
|
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|
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|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
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|
|
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|
|
Telesp |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues (1) |
896.4 |
714.1 |
25.5 |
|
|
EBITDA |
394.3 |
349.6 |
12.8 |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
44.0% |
49.0% |
(5.0 p.p.) |
|
|
Telefonica de Argentina |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
192.1 |
178.1 |
7.9 |
|
|
EBITDA |
114.9 |
105.7 |
8.7 |
|
|
EBITDA margin (2) |
59.8% |
59.4% |
0.5 p.p. |
|
|
Telefonica CTC Chile |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
203.6 |
221.5 |
(8.1) |
|
|
EBITDA |
90.7 |
97.1 |
(6.6) |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
44.5% |
43.8% |
0.7 p.p. |
|
|
Telefonica del Perú |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
247.3 |
292.4 |
(15.4) |
|
|
EBITDA |
106.7 |
127.6 |
(16.4) |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
43.1% |
43.6% |
(0.5 p.p.) |
|
|
Telefónica Empresas América |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
105.8 |
91.9 |
15.2 |
|
|
EBITDA |
12.3 |
5.2 |
134.8 |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
11.6% |
5.7% |
5.9 p.p. |
|
|
TIWS |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
33.7 |
31.3 |
7.6 |
|
|
EBITDA |
7.2 |
(0.2) |
c.s. |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
21.5% |
(0.7%) |
22.1 p.p. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Note: EBITDA before management fees. Data for Telefónica de Argentina include the ISP business of Advance, while those of Telefónica del Perú includes CableMágico. |
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(1) Net of international accounting payments, homogeneous within Latin America operators. Criteria applied retroactively in 2003. |
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(2) Net of fixed to mobile interconnection. |
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TELEFÓNICA LATINOAMÉRICA GROUP |
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CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT |
|
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|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
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|
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|
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January - March |
|
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|
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|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
1,630.1 |
1,498.2 |
8.8 |
|
|
Internal expend capitalized in fixed assets (1) |
9.5 |
10.3 |
(8.2) |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(883.1) |
(785.4) |
12.4 |
|
|
Other net operating income (expense) |
(33.7) |
(39.7) |
(15.2) |
|
|
EBITDA |
722.8 |
683.4 |
5.8 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(412.2) |
(428.4) |
(3.8) |
|
|
Operating profit |
310.6 |
255.1 |
21.8 |
|
|
Profit from associated companies |
(0.5) |
6.3 |
c.s. |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
(51.1) |
(13.5) |
277.4 |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill |
(21.7) |
(23.4) |
(7.1) |
|
|
Extraordinary net income (expense) |
8.9 |
(41.5) |
c.s. |
|
|
Income before taxes |
246.2 |
182.9 |
34.6 |
|
|
Income taxes |
(73.9) |
(92.5) |
(20.1) |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
172.2 |
90.3 |
90.7 |
|
|
Minority interests |
(32.2) |
(26.1) |
23.4 |
|
|
Net income |
140.1 |
64.3 |
118.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: Starting first quarter 2004, Telefónica Data in Latin America and TIWS results will be incorporated in Telefónica Latinoamérica Group. 2003 figures are proforma for the benefit of comparison. |
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(1) Including work in process. |
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TELEFÓNICA LATINOAMÉRICA GROUP |
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT - PROFORMA 2003 |
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
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|
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2003 |
|
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|
|
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|
|
Jan - Mar |
Jan - Jun |
Jan - Sep |
Jan- Dec |
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
1,498.2 |
3,132.7 |
4,921.5 |
6,744.9 |
|
|
Internal expend capitalized in fixed assets (1) |
10.3 |
22.2 |
34.5 |
47.4 |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(785.4) |
(1,650.9) |
(2,583.8) |
(3,548.5) |
|
|
Other net operating income (expense) |
(39.7) |
(80.3) |
(119.8) |
(142.5) |
|
|
EBITDA |
683.4 |
1,423.8 |
2,252.4 |
3,101.3 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(428.4) |
(877.3) |
(1,338.7) |
(1,805.7) |
|
|
Operating profit |
255.1 |
546.5 |
913.7 |
1,295.6 |
|
|
Profit from associated companies |
6.3 |
2.3 |
1.0 |
2.5 |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
(13.5) |
129.1 |
(71.8) |
(228.6) |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill |
(23.4) |
(46.6) |
(68.8) |
(91.1) |
|
|
Extraordinary net income (expense) |
(41.5) |
(47.0) |
(84.8) |
(128.1) |
|
|
Income before taxes |
182.9 |
584.4 |
689.3 |
850.3 |
|
|
Income taxes |
(92.5) |
(247.4) |
(275.0) |
(169.7) |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
90.3 |
337.0 |
414.3 |
680.7 |
|
|
Minority interests |
(26.1) |
(48.8) |
(74.0) |
(122.1) |
|
|
Net income |
64.3 |
288.2 |
340.3 |
558.5 |
|
|
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|
|
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(1) Including work in process. |
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RESULTS
BY BUSINESS LINES
Mobile
Business
Telefónica Móviles
obtained net income of 423.3 million euros in first quarter 2004, an increase of
17.9% compared to the same period of 2003.
The year’s first quarter saw
strong commercial activity in the main areas of operation despite the typical
seasonal fluctuations of the business in the period. The companies managed by
Telefónica Móviles achieved net adds of over 2.3 million in first
quarter 2004 vs. 383 thousand in first quarter 2003, with the consequent impact
on commercial costs. Telefónica Móviles ended March 2004 with 54.4
million managed customers, 30.2% more than in March 2003 and 5% more than in
December 2003.
Including the customers from
BellSouth’s Latin American
operators[1], whose acquisition was
agreed in March, Telefónica Móviles would have more than 66
million managed customers.
Key aspects of these results are listed
below:
• Solid growth in operating
revenues of 20.2% year-over-year, to 2,560.5 million euros in first quarter
2004. Assuming constant exchange rates and excluding the impact of changes in
the consolidation perimeter, revenues would have grown 19.5% in first quarter
2004 year-over-year.
By components, service revenues (2,270
million euros) advanced 15.1% vs. first quarter 2003, boosted by the
operators’ larger customer base and the increase in traffic. Handset sales
(290 million euros) rose 84% year-over-year, due to the stronger commercial
activity in first quarter 2004.
Telefónica Móviles
España obtained operating revenue of 1,882.5 million euros in first
quarter 2004, a year-over-year increase of 17.4%.
Operating revenues from consolidated
Latin American operators showed a year-over-year increase of 29.6% in euros and
accounted for 26% of Group revenues in first quarter 2004. Excluding the impact
of exchange rates and the incorporation of TCO into the Group’s
consolidation perimeter, these revenues would have shown growth of 25.8% vs.
first quarter 2003.
- Increase of 12.6% in consolidated
EBITDA vs. first quarter 2003 to 1,118.6 million euros. Excluding the impact
of exchange rates and changes in the Group’s consolidation perimeter,
consolidated EBITDA would have grown 8.7%.
The EBITDA margin was 43.7% vs. 46.7% in
first quarter 2003 due to the higher commercial costs recorded in first quarter
2004, in line with the increased commercial activity (+52% growth in
consolidated companies vs. first quarter 2003).
Telefónica Móviles
España obtained EBITDA of 1,002.7 million euros in first quarter 2004,
13.4% higher than in first quarter 2003, leaving an EBITDA margin of
53.3%.
EBITDA for the Group’s
consolidated Latin American subsidiaries, in euros, was virtually unchanged vs.
first quarter 2003 due to the commercial efforts made during the period.
Assuming constant exchange rates and excluding the incorporation of TCO into the
Group’s consolidation perimeter, these companies’ EBITDA would have
declined 28.3%, mainly due to the higher operating losses recorded in Mexico.
• In first quarter 2004,
consolidated CapEx amounted to 213 million euros, a 43% year-over-year
increase, due to higher CapEx deriving from the rollout of Telefónica
Móviles España’s UMTS network and the GSM networks in
Argentina and Mexico.
Regarding the evolution of the Mobile
Business of Telefonica Group (including Telefónica Móvil
Chile), the operating revenues totalled 2,647.9 million euros as of March 2004,
a year-over-year increase of 20.4% compared to the same period last year. On the
other hand, EBITDA reached 1.140,1 million euros, a year-over-year increase of
12.2%.
SPAIN
The Spanish cellular market had an
estimated 38.3 million customers at the end of March 2004, 11% more than a year
ago, leading to an estimated penetration rate of 89.6%, more than 7 p.p. higher
than in March 2003.
Against this backdrop, Telefónica
Móviles España ended March 2004 with a total of 19.9 million
customers (+6.7% vs. first quarter 2003), with net adds for the quarter of 278
thousand customers, virtually the same as in first quarter 2003.
Regarding prepaid to contract
migrations, in the first quarter 2004 there were close to 310 thousand
migrations (+25% vs. the same period of 2003), the second highest figure in the
Company’s history after the one registered in the fourth quarter 2003.
This has helped the weight of the contract segment within Telefónica
Móviles España’s total customer base to continue growing, to
41.7% (36.4% in first quarter 2003).
On the other hand, the volume of handset
upgrades registered in first quarter 2004 was 848 thousand, similar to first
quarter 2003. Customer loyalty efforts have centred on the contract segment,
where there were over 570 thousand handset upgrades in first quarter 2004 (+6.6%
vs. first quarter 2003).
All this led to an increase of 17.5% in
commercial activity (including the sum of gross additions, migrations and
handset upgrades) vs. first quarter 2003.
We would also underscore the increase in
the weighting of portability initiatives in commercial activity in first quarter
2004, after the introduction of more automatic exchange processes at the end of
2003. TME has a positive cumulative portability balance despite aggressive
competition in this area.
The commercial effort was accompanied by
solid growth in usage and revenues. In first quarter 2004, traffic carried on
TME’s networks was close to 9,865 million air minutes, a year-over-year
increase of 17%.
As for customer usage ratios, the high
MOU growth recorded in the last five quarters continued in first quarter 2004.
MOU for first quarter 2004 was 116 minutes, 9% higher than in first quarter 2003
but 2% lower than in fourth quarter 2003 due to seasonal factors. By segments,
we would highlight the stability of prepaid MOU despite the Company’s
intensive migration activity. Growth in contract MOU continued to increase (+1%
vs. first quarter 2003).
As for short messages, the
Company’s networks carried a total of 2,355 million SMS in first quarter
2004 (+10% vs. first quarter 2003). Of this, 32% were related to content access
and value added services. With respect to other kinds of data services, we would
underline the steady growth of Multimedia Messaging, i-mode services and the
larger number of users of GPRS technology services.
In the area of corporate services, we
would highlight that more than 600 large companies have signed up for the
MoviStar Intranet service with TME.
Overall, total data revenues in first
quarter 2004 exceeded 230 million euros (+17% vs first quarter 2003), which
represents a year-over-year increase of 10% in quarterly data ARPU to 3.9 euros,
extending the growth trend in this indicator seen in recent quarters. Of total
data revenues generated, 26.8% came from non person-to-person SMS services.
Accordingly, average revenue per user
and month (ARPU) continued to show solid growth, with a year-over-year increase
of 7% in first quarter 2004 to 29.5 euros despite including the full impact of
the reduction in termination fees approved at the end of 2003. Although
traditional seasonal factors usually cause ARPU to decline in the first quarter
of the year compared to the fourth quarter of the previous year, this time the
decline was only 2%. By segments, prepaid ARPU performed very positively,
showing year-over-year growth for the second consecutive quarter (+2.7%).
Contract ARPU was virtually stable, only declining 0.6%, despite the larger
weighting of residential customers due to the flow of migrations from
prepaid.
Alongside the performance of traffic and
revenues, continued efforts to streamline expenses and CapEx resulted in solid
financial results:
• Operating revenues in
first quarter 2004 were 1,882.5 million euros (+17.4% vs. first quarter 2003).
This performance was underpinned by growth in both service revenues (+13.4%) and
handset sales (+75.4%), the latter fuelled by the increased commercial activity
and to timing differences in stocks in the distribution network compared to last
year.
Due to this last factor, the pace of
growth in revenues recorded in first quarter 2004 is likely to ease in coming
quarters, in line with the target of achieving year-over-year growth of over 9%
for the whole of 2004.
• Despite an increase of over 17%
in commercial activity, the weight of subscriber acquisition and retention costs
over operating revenues in first quarter 2004 stood at 8.3%, 1 p.p. more than a
year ago.
• EBITDA in first quarter
2004 reached 1,002.7 million euros, an increase of 13.4% vs. first quarter 2003.
This represents an EBITDA margin of 53.3%, keeping Telefónica
Móviles España as one of the sector’s most efficient
companies.
The 1.9 p.p. declines in the margin
compared to first quarter 2003 was due mainly to increased commercial activity
and the larger weighting of handset sales. Also, since March 1st, in
line with the commercial launch of Oficin@ Movistar UMTS, the fee for using the
UMTS spectrum has no longer been capitalized nor have the other expenses related
to this technology, with the consequent effect on EBITDA (3.8 million euros),
and UMTS-related expenses capitalised up to now have started being depreciated,
with an 4.5 million euros impact on depreciation.
• CapEx in first quarter
2004 totalled 137 million euros, an increase of 23% on the same quarter of last
year due to the efforts being made to roll out the new UMTS
network.
MOROCCO
Médi Telecom ended March with
2.042 million customers, a year-over-year increase above 21%. The customer base
contracted slightly in first quarter 2004 after the sharp volume of customer
acquisition in 4Q03 and the decline in prepaid recharge promotions in the
period.
Nonetheless, both revenues and EBITDA
continue to advance, driven by traffic growth and cost control. Revenues grew by
17% year-over-year in first quarter 2004 and EBITDA by 64%, to 31 million euros.
More noteworthy was the 43% EBITDA margin for the period, far higher than in any
quarter of last year.
The positive performance of operating
results and the cutback in CapEx enabled operating free cash flow
(EBITDA–CapEx) to exceed 25 million euros, more than 76% of the total
generated in 2003.
The Company estimates than in the coming
quarters, especially during summer, there will be an increase in commercial
activity.
LATIN
AMERICA
Brazil
The Brazilian cellular market continued
to grow rapidly in first quarter 2004 despite the typical seasonal fluctuations
of the business in this period. Against this backdrop, Vivo has led the growth
of the market in general and in the regions where it operates, with an estimated
average share of net adds of 49% in first quarter 2004. Accordingly, its market
share was virtually unchanged from December 2003 at 45% for Brazil as a whole
and an average of 56% in its areas of operation.
Vivo ended March 2004 with 21.875
million customers, capturing more than 1.2 million customers in first quarter
2004. We would highlight the strong commercial activity in TCP and TCO's areas
of operations, with VIVO achieving 815 thousand net adds.
Vivo reached the 22 million customers
mark in the first week of April.
Despite strong growth in recent months,
mobile telephony penetration in Vivo’s areas of operation at the end of
first quarter 2004 was 30%, well below figures for other markets with similar
per capita income indicating the high growth potential that still exists in the
regions where Vivo operates.
Total MOU in first quarter 2004 was 93
minutes (-10% vs. previous quarter), while total ARPU was 35 reais (-10% vs.
previous quarter). This performance was shaped by seasonal factors typical of
the year’s first quarter, traffic promotions of gross adds during the
Christmas campaign and the impact of the sharp growth in the customer
base.
Figures for first quarter 2004 are not
comparable with first quarter 2003 due to the incorporation of TCO to the
consolidation perimeter and the migration to SMP.
The sustained growth in the contribution
of data services should also be mentioned, as these represented 4.4% of
VIVO’s service revenues, more than double the weighting in first quarter
2003.
As regards VIVO’s results,
operating revenues in first quarter 2004 including TCO’s results
from May 1st,, 2003 showed growth in local currency of 43% vs. first
quarter 2003, driven by service revenues (+40%) and the increased commercial
activity. Excluding TCO’s contribution, operating revenues would have
grown 16.8% vs first quarter 2003.
Despite the stronger commercial
activity, improvements in efficiency and economies of scale enabled the company
to obtain an EBITDA margin after management fees of 40.2%, with absolute growth,
in local currency, in EBITDA of 45% vs. first quarter 2003 (17%
ex-TCO).
Mexico
First quarter 2004 featured intense
commercial activity in the Mexican market, where Telefónica
Móviles México has consolidated its position as the second-largest
cellular operator and made progress towards its goal of achieving critical mass
in customers.
We would also highlight the progress in
the rollout of the GSM network, extending coverage to 112 cities in March vs. 96
in December 2003.
Thanks to the efforts made in first
quarter 2004 –including the extension of the Christmas campaign into the
first few days of January– Telefónica Móviles México
achieved net adds of 318 thousand customers, well above first quarter 2003 net
adds (11 thousand) and higher than the combined total for the first nine months
of 2003.
The operator ended March with a customer
base of close to 3.8 million (+9% vs. previous quarter and +55.3% vs. first
quarter 2003). Growth was driven by gross adds of GSM customers, who now
represent 38% of the total customer base, 12 p.p. more than in December
2003.
In line with the strong growth of the
customer base, MOU in first quarter 2004 was 61 minutes, while ARPU reached 174
Mexican pesos (-21.2% vs. first quarter 2003). Comparisons of MOU and ARPU with
first quarter 2003 and 4Q03 are affected by the rapid growth of the customer
base and seasonal factors.
Against this backdrop, operating
revenues in local currency increased by 43.8% in first quarter 2004 vs.
first quarter 2003, boosted by higher service revenues (+21% vs. first quarter
2003) and handset sales. Meanwhile, the costs deriving from the increased
commercial activity and the rollout of the GSM network led to an EBITDA
loss of 47.3 million euros in first quarter 2004.
CapEx in first quarter 2004
totalled 26 million euros, with CapEx committed up to 31 March 2004 of 255
million euros.
Argentina
The growth of the Argentine mobile
market continues to accelerate, with an estimated penetration of
22%.
In this context, Unifón’s
customer base ended March 2004 at 1,970 million, with year-over-year growth of
27.4% (+8% vs. December 2003). We would highlight the growth in net adds
–more than 146 thousand customers– after the negative figure in
first quarter 2003. The level even surpassed that of 4Q03 despite the typical
seasonality of the business in the first quarter.
Customer usage indicators continued to
rise despite the growth of the customer base, with the company registering a
sharp increase in MOU (+27% vs. first quarter 2003). The growth in MOU, coupled
with larger customer base, boosted total traffic in minutes by more than 50% vs.
first quarter 2003, while ARPU registered year-over-year growth of 26%, fuelled
by the increase in MOU.
Unifon recorded a year-over-year
increase in operating revenues of 54% in pesos in first quarter 2004,
boosted by the larger customer base and increased traffic, as well as higher
handset sales.
Despite the increase in commercial
activity vs. first quarter 2003, EBITDA in pesos rose 9%, with an EBITDA
margin of 22.7%.
As in previous quarters, we would
highlight the good performance of revenues in euros (+43.8%) despite the
negative impact of exchange rates in the last 12 months.
Lastly, regarding CapEx, we would
point out that the rollout of the GSM has begun this year. Phases I and II were
completed by the end of first quarter 2004, providing coverage to nearly 9
million POPS. Commercialisation of the service was launched at the end of March
in AMBA (the Federal Capital and Greater Buenos Aires), Mendoza and Mar del
Plata.
Total CapEx for Unifón in
first quarter 2004 was 25 million euros, with CapEx committed at 31 March 2004
of 72 million euros.
Peru
The Peruvian mobile market ended first
quarter 2004 with an estimated 3.1 million customers, with penetration of 11.4%,
3 p.p. higher than at the end of first quarter 2003.
Telefónica Móviles
Perú continued with a high commercial activity in first quarter 2004,
achieving net adds of over 128 thousand customers. It continued to lead market
growth, with an estimated share of net adds of 60%. Telefónica
Móviles Perú ended first quarter 2004 with 1.6 million customers,
a year-over-year increase of 32%.
Efforts in customer acquisition led to
growth in both the contract and prepaid segments, of 7.1% and 39.2%,
respectively, vs. first quarter 2003.
It is also worth noting that at the end
of first quarter 2004, four months after the launch of the CDMA 2000 1xRTT
network, more than 15% of the customer base has a handset with this
technology.
As regards results, Telefónica
Móviles Perú’s first quarter 2004 operating revenues
in local currency showed an increase of 5.1% vs. first quarter 2003. This was
mostly due to the positive performance of revenues from outgoing traffic, which
were partially offset by lower interconnection revenues.
In line with the increase in operating
expenses deriving from the intense commercial activity, EBITDA in local
currency declined by 25.6% vs. first quarter 2003, leaving an EBITDA margin of
25.5%.
Chile
Telefónica Móvil ended
first quarter 2004 with 2.5 million customers, 32.7% higher than in first
quarter 2003. The company has once again led the growth in the market, with 230
thousand net adds in first quarter 2004 vs. 34.6 thousand in first quarter 2003,
thanks to the positive performance of GSM net adds. The success of GSM has
allowed the company to have, in less than one year, 657 thousand customers using
this technology, 26% of its total customer base, enabling it to regain nearly 2
p.p. of market share.
As regards results, year-on-year growth
in operating revenues is driven by the increase in the customer base and total
traffic. Meanwhile, due to the increased commercial activity and the reduction
in mobile interconnection tariffs, the EBITDA margin declined by 8 p.p. vs.
first quarter 2003 to 24.3%.
Guatemala and El
Salvador
The progress in customer acquisition in
Guatemala and El Salvador in first quarter 2004, underpinned by the dynamism of
both countries’ markets, led to net adds of over 55 thousand customers vs.
6 thousand in first quarter 2003. The total customer base managed by
Telefónica Móviles’ operators in Guatemala and El Salvador
at the end of March 2004 stood at 460 thousand customers (189 thousand in
Guatemala and 270 thousand in El Salvador) vs. 334 thousand in first quarter
2003.
As regards financial results, we would
highlight the 19% year-over-year increase in revenues, in euros assuming
constant exchange rates, fuelled by the growth of the customer base. Despite the
commercial effort in first quarter 2004, the EBITDA margin was 5.5 p.p. higher
than in first quarter 2003 thanks to the one-off expenses registered in first
quarter 2003.
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CELLULAR BUSINESS |
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|
SELECTED OPERATING DATA: CELLULAR CUSTOMERS |
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|
Unaudited figures (Thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mar 2004 |
% Chg 04/03 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T Móviles España |
19,939 |
6.7 |
|
|
Contract |
8,306 |
22.0 |
|
|
Prepaid |
11,633 |
(2.1) |
|
|
Brasilcel |
21,875 |
58.8 |
|
|
Contract |
4,843 |
30.2 |
|
|
Prepaid |
17,032 |
69.4 |
|
|
TCP Argentina |
1,970 |
27.4 |
|
|
Contract |
636 |
32.2 |
|
|
Prepaid |
1,334 |
25.2 |
|
|
T Móviles Perú |
1,635 |
31.9 |
|
|
Contract |
303 |
7.1 |
|
|
Prepaid |
1,331 |
39.2 |
|
|
TEM El Salvador |
270 |
18.6 |
|
|
Contract |
64 |
6.7 |
|
|
Prepaid |
206 |
22.8 |
|
|
TEM Guatemala |
189 |
78.9 |
|
|
Contract |
46 |
(1.6) |
|
|
Prepaid |
144 |
141.7 |
|
|
NewCom Wireless Puerto Rico (1) |
167 |
(4.8) |
|
|
Contract |
116 |
21.0 |
|
|
Prepaid |
51 |
(35.7) |
|
|
Telefónica Móviles México |
3,772 |
55.3 |
|
|
Contract |
222 |
(25.7) |
|
|
Prepaid |
3,550 |
66.6 |
|
|
Medi Telecom |
2,042 |
21.2 |
|
|
Contract |
131 |
7.1 |
|
|
Prepaid |
1,911 |
22.4 |
|
|
Telefónica Móvil Chile |
2,500 |
32.7 |
|
|
Contract |
440 |
0.0 |
|
|
Prepaid |
2,060 |
42.7 |
|
|
Total Managed |
54,360 |
30.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: Telefonica Cellular Business includes Telefónica Móvil Chile. |
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|
(1) In order to fulfil the commitments to develop the cellular business in Puerto Rico, Telefónica Group has the option to obtain shares respresenting 50.1% of total equity in the company. |
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|
CELLULAR BUSINESS |
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|
|
|
|
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telefónica Móviles España |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
1,882.5 |
1,603.9 |
17.4 |
|
|
EBITDA |
1,002.7 |
884.2 |
13.4 |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
53.3% |
55.1% |
(1.9 p.p.) |
|
|
Brasilian companies (1) |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
354.3 |
240.6 |
47.3 |
|
|
EBITDA |
142.4 |
95.8 |
48.7 |
|
|
EBITDA margin (1) |
40.2% |
39.8% |
0.4 p.p. |
|
|
Telefónica Móviles México |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
155.5 |
130.4 |
19.2 |
|
|
EBITDA |
(47.3) |
(4.5) |
n.s. |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
(30.4%) |
(3.4%) |
(27.0 p.p.) |
|
|
TCP Argentina |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
70.0 |
48.7 |
43.8 |
|
|
EBITDA |
15.9 |
15.6 |
1.8 |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
22.7% |
32.0% |
(9.4 p.p.) |
|
|
Telefónica Móviles Perú |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
56.9 |
62.8 |
(9.4) |
|
|
EBITDA |
14.5 |
22.6 |
(35.9) |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
25.5% |
36.0% |
(10.5 p.p.) |
|
|
Telefónica Móviles Guatemala and El Salvador |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
40.3 |
39.9 |
0.8 |
|
|
EBITDA |
5.8 |
3.5 |
63.0 |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
14.3% |
8.8% |
5.5 p.p. |
|
|
Telefónica Móvil Chile |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
88.5 |
71.2 |
24.4 |
|
|
EBITDA |
21.5 |
23.3 |
(7.7) |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
24.3% |
32.7% |
(8.4 p.p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: Telefonica Cellular Business includes Telefónica Móvil Chile. |
|
|
(1) Year over year comparision is affected by TCO incorporation from May 2003. |
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|
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|
TELEFÓNICA MÓVILES GROUP |
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
2,560.5 |
2,129.8 |
20.2 |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(1,459.1) |
(1,152.0) |
26.7 |
|
|
Other net operating income (expense) |
17.2 |
15.4 |
11.4 |
|
|
EBITDA |
1,118.6 |
993.2 |
12.6 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(358.8) |
(357.3) |
0.4 |
|
|
Operating profit |
759.8 |
635.9 |
19.5 |
|
|
Profit from associated companies |
(11.8) |
(23.7) |
(50.3) |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
(56.0) |
(78.9) |
(29.1) |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill |
(20.8) |
(21.0) |
(1.2) |
|
|
Extraordinary net income (expense) |
6.1 |
5.0 |
22.0 |
|
|
Income before taxes |
677.4 |
517.3 |
31.0 |
|
|
Income taxes |
(250.0) |
(171.2) |
46.1 |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
427.4 |
346.1 |
23.5 |
|
|
Minority interests |
(4.1) |
13.0 |
c.s. |
|
|
Net income |
423.3 |
359.1 |
17.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CELLULAR BUSINESS |
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
2,647.9 |
2,199.9 |
20.4 |
|
|
Internal expend capitalized in fixed assets (1) |
18.9 |
19.1 |
(1.2) |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(1,520.9) |
(1,194.9) |
27.3 |
|
|
Other net operating income (expense) |
(5.7) |
(7.6) |
(25.0) |
|
|
EBITDA |
1,140.1 |
1,016.5 |
12.2 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(381.7) |
(375.9) |
1.5 |
|
|
Operating profit |
758.4 |
640.5 |
18.4 |
|
|
Profit from associated companies |
(12.3) |
(23.7) |
(48.0) |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
(63.6) |
(87.6) |
(27.4) |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill |
(24.0) |
(24.1) |
(0.6) |
|
|
Extraordinary net income (expense) |
6.4 |
5.4 |
18.9 |
|
|
Income before taxes |
664.9 |
510.6 |
30.2 |
|
|
Income taxes |
(248.2) |
(169.2) |
46.7 |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
416.7 |
341.4 |
22.1 |
|
|
Minority interests |
1.7 |
15.6 |
(89.0) |
|
|
Net income |
418.4 |
357.0 |
17.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: Telefonica Cellular Business includes Telefónica Móvil Chile. |
|
|
(1) Including work in process. |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
RESULTS
BY BUSINESS LINES
Other
businesses
DIRECTORIES
BUSINESS
During the first quarter of 2004 the TPI
Group’s operating revenues increased by 16.1% to 77.4 million
euros, despite the negative performance of exchange rates in Peru. The Group's
EBITDA amounted to 17.8 million euros, 65.6% higher than the figure for
the same period of 2003. Net income rose 140.0% to 7.8 million euros.
These results are explained by:
• Good performance of TPI
España, whose advertising revenues rose by 12.9% to 34.3 million euros.
• The good behaviour of
advertising revenues at the Chilean subsidiary (Publiguias), which in local
currency rose by 9.6%.
• The decrease of 9.8% in total
revenues at TPI Peru due to the Peruvian sol depreciation vs the euro
experienced in the y-o-y comparison. However, in local currency, revenues have
increased by 4.5%. EBITDA grows 16.6% in local currency.
Once again it is important to remember
that the seasonal nature of revenues, due to accounting criteria in place once
each guide was actually published, make it so that the quarterly results are not
comparable or standardized, nor can they be extrapolated to year end.
Since the first quarter results do not
really represent the impact on the year as a whole, the TPI Group provides
forecasts in constant currency of its main financial aggregates up to year- end.
These forecasts indicate growth in TPI Group revenues of around 3-5%. This
trend, combined with a policy of cost control at all the business units, means
that the EBITDA forecast for the end of the year is expected to reflect growth
of between 9-11%.
TPI España, that includes the
revenues of Goodman Business Press, contributed 60% of the Group's revenues, and
made a positive contribution to the Group's EBITDA of 7.8 million euros. This
high percentage of revenues against a low EBITDA is due to the fact that only a
small number of directories are published in the first quarter of the year,
while nevertheless the proportional part of the company's structural costs have
to be accounted.
Revenues rose by 38.5% to 46.1 million
euros, triggered mainly by four main factors: 1) the organic growth of 5.7% and
9.9% experienced by the Yellow Pages and White Pages directories, 2) the
publication of two additional Yellow Pages directories (twelve in total) in
comparison with the same period of 2003; TPI España published eight White
Pages directories, the same number than in the same period of 2003, 3)
variations in the publication calendar of guides and, 4) strong increase
experienced in the telephony traffic business related with telephony information
services (mainly due to 11888), which revenues soared by more than nine-fold
compared to the same period of 2003.
Latin America contributed the remaining
40% of revenues and 57% of EBITDA, with TPI Peru being the biggest Latin
American contributor to both revenues and EBITDA thanks to its publication of
the Lima directory. In the first quarter, TPI Peru obtained revenues of 23.6
million euros, representing 30% of the Group's total revenues, and contributed
10.5 million euros to the Group's consolidated EBITDA.
In turn, the directories business of
the Telefónica Group, which includes the Argentinean company
Telinver, recorded during the first quarter of 2004 an increase of 16.9%
compared with the first quarter of 2003, due primarily to an improvement in the
economic situation in Argentina. Revenues amounted to 77.9 million euros and
EBITDA to 17.4 million euros, representing a year-on-year increase of
73.1%.
|
TPI - PÁGINAS AMARILLAS GROUP |
|
|
|
|
SELECTED OPERATING DATA IN SPAIN |
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Books Published |
|
|
|
|
|
Yellow Pages* |
12 |
10 |
|
|
|
White Pages |
8 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue Breakdown (1) |
46.1 |
33.3 |
38.5 |
|
|
Advertising |
34.3 |
30.4 |
12.9 |
|
|
Publishing |
27.3 |
23.9 |
14.3 |
|
|
Yellow Pages |
20.8 |
18.0 |
15.0 |
|
|
White Pages |
6.5 |
5.8 |
12.2 |
|
|
Building Directory (2) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
n.s. |
|
|
Europages (2) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
n.s. |
|
|
Internet |
5.8 |
5.3 |
9.1 |
|
|
Operator Assisted Yellow Pages |
0.9 |
0.8 |
3.5 |
|
|
Others |
0.4 |
0.4 |
(2.1) |
|
|
Telephony Traffic |
9.8 |
1.1 |
835.2 |
|
|
Operator |
1.6 |
1.4 |
9.5 |
|
|
Others |
0.4 |
0.4 |
(4.9) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*Includes a breakdown by residential/business services and pocket guides. |
|
|
(1) TPI España includes Telefónica Publicidad e Información S.A. and 11888 Servicio de Consulta Telefónica S.A.U. results. Goodman Business Press is not included. |
|
|
(2) Both will be published from next quarter onwards. |
|
|
|
|
|
TPI - PÁGINAS AMARILLAS GROUP |
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
77.4 |
66.7 |
16.1 |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(59.5) |
(55.9) |
6.5 |
|
|
EBITDA |
17.8 |
10.8 |
65.6 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(5.0) |
(6.3) |
(19.8) |
|
|
Operating profit |
12.8 |
4.5 |
184.2 |
|
|
Profit from associated companies |
(0.3) |
(0.6) |
(45.9) |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
(0.3) |
(1.0) |
(74.0) |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill |
(0.8) |
(0.8) |
10.1 |
|
|
Consolidation adjustments |
0.0 |
0.6 |
n.s. |
|
|
Extraordinary net income (expense) |
0.1 |
(0.4) |
c.s. |
|
|
Income before taxes |
11.5 |
2.3 |
398.6 |
|
|
Income taxes |
(4.2) |
(0.8) |
445.1 |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
7.4 |
1.6 |
376.9 |
|
|
Minority interests |
0.5 |
1.7 |
(73.3) |
|
|
Net income |
7.8 |
3.3 |
140.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DIRECTORIES BUSINESS |
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
77.9 |
66.7 |
16.9 |
|
|
Internal expend capitalized in fixed assets (1) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
n.s. |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(57.1) |
(52.3) |
9.2 |
|
|
Other net operating income (expense) |
(3.5) |
(4.4) |
(20.3) |
|
|
EBITDA |
17.4 |
10.0 |
73.1 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(5.2) |
(6.5) |
(19.9) |
|
|
Operating profit |
12.2 |
3.6 |
242.0 |
|
|
Profit from associated companies |
(0.3) |
(0.6) |
(45.9) |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
(1.1) |
(2.4) |
(54.8) |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill |
(0.8) |
(0.2) |
312.3 |
|
|
Extraordinary net income (expense) |
0.1 |
(0.4) |
c.s. |
|
|
Income before taxes |
10.1 |
0.0 |
n.s. |
|
|
Income taxes |
(4.2) |
(0.8) |
445.1 |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
5.9 |
(0.7) |
c.s. |
|
|
Minority interests |
0.5 |
1.7 |
(71.7) |
|
|
Net income |
6.4 |
0.9 |
589.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note: Telefónica Directories Business includes Telinver (Argentina). |
|
|
(1) Including work in process. |
|
|
|
|
RESULTS
BY BUSINESS LINES
Other
businesses
TERRA
LYCOS GROUP
In the first quarter of 2004, the
operating revenues obtained by Terra Lycos amounted to 133.7 million
euros, representing an increase of 16.7% over the same period of the previous
year. It is important to highlight the revenues diversification, helped by the
company’s ability to act as an integral Internet product and service
provider.
Revenues from most business lines have
increased, boosted by the customer base growth in every country, continuing with
the progress in the development of the strategic alliance with
Telefónica. During this quarter, revenues from the Alliance reached 27.0
million euros compared with 19.1 million euros obtained in the same period of
year 2003. This contract represents, at the end of the first quarter 2004, 20.2%
of total revenues, (+3.5 p.p. vs. first quarter 2003).
In first quarter 2004, the revenues
breakdown by business lines was as follows: 42.4% Access revenues, 25.5%
Advertising and Online revenues, 21.7% Communication Services revenues and the
remaining 10.4% Corporate Services revenues.
Regarding the geographical revenues
breakdown, Spain, Brazil and USA subsidiaries weighted 80% of total revenues,
with a significant contribution from the strategic Alliance with Telefonica both
in Spain and Brazil. Moreover, USA revenues have stabilized, as the end of the
contract with Bertelsmann is not reflected anymore in the quarter over quarter
comparison.
During this quarter, Spain experienced a
year over year revenues growth of 29.8% to 51.4 million euros, representing
38.3% of total revenues (up from 34.5% of total revenues in the same period of
2003), mainly due to the growth registered in both access (+13.0%) and OBP
(+42.2%) revenues.
Brazil revenues stood at 33.7 million
revenues, an increase of 1.1% over the first quarter of 2003, representing 25.1%
of total revenues (down 3.9 percentage points y-o-y). Terra Brazil remains the
biggest paying access provider in the country with 1.1 million subscribers,
highlighting its leadership in the broadband market, with more than 447,000
clients.
USA revenues amounted to 21.2 million
euros. Although revenues in local currency soared 16%, revenues in euros
remained stable compared with the same period of 2003. USA represents 15.8% of
total revenues (18.6% in the same quarter of 2003). Following the new business
model implemented in Lycos in 2003 and early 2004, most of the revenues obtained
this quarter come from two sides: 1) advertising revenues, after closing an
agreement with 24/7 Real Media concerning the provisions of advertising sales
and 2) the higher revenues stemming from the agreement reached with
Google.
EBITDA for the first quarter
stood at 0.7 million euros, representing an EBITDA margin of 0.5%, compared with
the negative 19.6 million euros reached in the first quarter of 2003. It must be
underlined that this is the second consecutive quarter that Terra Lycos reaches
a positive EBITDA. The Alliance with Telefonica registered, in the first quarter
of 2004, 21% coverage of the value committed for the whole year, that is, 78.5
million euros.
Regarding its customer base, Terra Lycos
reached at the end of the first quarter more than 5,2 million paying subscribers
(+61.8% over the same period of 2003). Access clients accounts for 1.7 million
at the end of March 2004, of which 725,731 are broadband clients, representing
an increase of 73.1% vs the same period of the previous year.
It should be mentioned that 66.9% of the
company’s total paying customers had signed up for OBP products,
consisting of either communication or portal products (CSPs or OBPs). These
customers have increased 95.0% in the last year up to 3.5 million subscribers,
largely due to the new Alliance with Telefónica.
At the end of the first quarter of 2004,
Terra Lycos had a cash position of 1,606 million euros, placing it in a
privileged position of liquidity within the sector.
In the last quarter two main agreements
should be highlighted, the one reached between Terra Lycos and Network
Associates, Inc., leader provider in on-line security solutions, in order to
provide with additional offers such as antivirus products and “Personal
Firewall Plus” to its portal subscribers and the strategic agreement
reached with 24/7 Real Media Inc., pioneer in interactive marketing and
technology services. This company will provide services to Lycos
USA.
|
TERRA LYCOS GROUP |
|
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|
SELECTED OPERATING DATA |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Thousands) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Pay Subscribers |
5,273.5 |
3,260.0 |
61.8 |
|
|
Access |
1,745.5 |
1,450.4 |
20.3 |
|
|
Narrowband |
1,019.8 |
1,031.2 |
(1.1) |
|
|
Broadband |
725.7 |
419.1 |
73.1 |
|
|
OBP (CSP/Portal) |
3,527.9 |
1,809.6 |
95.0 |
|
|
Broadband Access Subscribers by Country |
725.7 |
419.1 |
73.1 |
|
|
Spain |
183.8 |
122.2 |
50.4 |
|
|
Latin America |
542.0 |
297.0 |
82.5 |
|
|
Employees (units) |
2,147 |
2,256 |
(4.8) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
TERRA LYCOS GROUP |
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
133.7 |
114.5 |
16.7 |
|
|
Internal expend capitalized in fixed assets (1) |
0.2 |
0.2 |
(3.2) |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(131.1) |
(132.1) |
(0.8) |
|
|
Other net operating income (expense) |
(2.1) |
(2.1) |
(2.1) |
|
|
EBITDA |
0.7 |
(19.6) |
c.s. |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(21.8) |
(19.5) |
12.3 |
|
|
Operating profit |
(21.2) |
(39.0) |
(45.7) |
|
|
Profit from associated companies |
(4.6) |
(11.2) |
(58.8) |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
12.0 |
12.3 |
(2.3) |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill |
(19.7) |
(20.1) |
(2.3) |
|
|
Extraordinary net income (expense) |
(19.6) |
2.5 |
c.s. |
|
|
Income before taxes |
(53.1) |
(55.6) |
(4.4) |
|
|
Income taxes |
10.6 |
(0.2) |
c.s. |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
(42.5) |
(55.7) |
(23.7) |
|
|
Minority interests |
2.1 |
0.0 |
n.s. |
|
|
Net income |
(40.4) |
(55.7) |
(27.5) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Including work in process. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RESULTS
BY BUSINESS LINES
Other
businesses
ATENTO
GROUP
The first quarter of 2004 is
characterized by Atento Group’s increase in commercial activity. In this
respect, it is important to note the agreements reached with VIVO and Unibanco
Brazil, the gain of new clients such as Nokia, American Express and Carrier, new
services with BBVA in Mexico and the growth with BBVA in Spain. Likewise, Atento
Puerto Rico signed this quarter important contracts with AT&T Wireless, ACE
Insurance and Banco Santander. Atento Chile was able to get new clients outside
the Telefónica Group, VTR Banda Ancha and Almacenes París
Comercial.
Atento Group operating revenues
for the first quarter 2004 amounted to 134.0 million euros, 9.4% more than in
the same period of the previous year, primarily due to greater contribution of
Atento Brazil, which revenues grew 22.7% year over year due to commercial
achievements over the period. Excluding the negative exchange rate effect,
revenues would have increased by 11.7%.
In terms of revenues structure, the
contribution of clients outside the Telefónica Group maintain its upward
trend, reaching 40% of revenues as of March 2004, compared with 38% in December
2003, as a result of the aforementioned commercial progress.
Regarding the evolution by countries,
Spain and Brazil continue to be the highest contributors of revenues (73% of the
total), 0.4 percentage points less than their contribution at the end of March
2003. Spain’s contribution reduced 1.9 percentage points while
Brazil´s contribution rose 1.5 percentage points. Regarding the rest of the
countries, Mexico increased its contribution to 6% (4% a year ago).
Operating expenses totaled 115.0
million euros for the period January-March 2004, 5.4% higher than the first
three months of 2003. This variation can be explained by the year over year
increase in the items of personnel expenses and subcontracts (+6.9% and 6.7%,
respectively) related to a higher activity.
As a result of this evolution of
revenues and expenses, EBITDA for the first quarter of the year stood at
19.4 million euros, 42.0% higher than the figure for the same quarter of the
previous year (47.7% excluding the forex effect). EBITDA margin rose to 14.4%,
3.3 percentage points above that registered twelve months ago. This margin
places the Company among the most profitable companies in the “Contact
Center” sector.
The operating profit for the
first quarter amounted to 9.4 million euros compared with the 0.2 million euros
loss registered during the same period in 2003, mainly due to the increase in
EBITDA and the 27.9% decrease in depreciation as a result of the degree of
maturity achieved in operations.
Net income for the first quarter
amounted to 1.6 million euros, as compared with a net loss of 6.3 million euros
in the first three months of 2003. It is important to note that, for the second
consecutive quarter, the Company has recorded a positive net result.
At operating level, Atento Group had
26,400 positions in place as of March 31, 2004, 700 and 800 more than those as
of December and March 2003, respectively, in line with the growth experienced by
the business. The average number of occupied positions for the quarter was
20,021, representing a level of occupation of 82%, an increase of 3 percentage
points from the same period of the previous year.
CapEx amounted to 2.9 million
euros in the first three months of the year, 22.8% more than in the first
quarter of 2003, mainly due to the investments made by Atento Brazil to attend
new services and clients and the implementation of the new call center in Chile.
Finally, it is important to note that
operating free cash flow (EBITDA-Capex) reached 16.4 million euros
compared with the 11.3 million euros generated in January-March 2003 (+46.0%).
|
ATENTO GROUP |
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
134.0 |
122.5 |
9.4 |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(115.0) |
(109.0) |
5.4 |
|
|
Other net operating income (expense) |
0.3 |
0.2 |
66.3 |
|
|
EBITDA |
19.4 |
13.6 |
42.0 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(10.0) |
(13.9) |
(27.9) |
|
|
Operating profit |
9.4 |
(0.2) |
c.s. |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
(3.6) |
(8.5) |
(58.0) |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill |
(1.6) |
(1.8) |
(14.1) |
|
|
Extraordinary net income (expense) |
(0.4) |
0.4 |
c.s. |
|
|
Income before taxes |
3.9 |
(10.1) |
c.s. |
|
|
Income taxes |
(2.0) |
3.8 |
c.s. |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
1.9 |
(6.3) |
c.s. |
|
|
Minority interests |
(0.3) |
0.0 |
c.s. |
|
|
Net income |
1.6 |
(6.3) |
c.s. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RESULTS
BY BUSINESS LINES
Other
businesses
CONTENT
AND MEDIA BUSINESS
The Content and Media business obtained
operating revenues of 273.8 million euros at the end of the first quarter
2004, 98.5 million euros less than during the same period of the previous year,
mainly due to the consolidated results of Antena 3 and its subsidiary Onda Cero
using the full integration method during the first quarter of 2003, both
companies being subsequently removed from the consolidation perimeter of the
Telefónica Group. This drop was partially offset by the positive
performance of Endemol in the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom and
of ATCO, thanks to the recovery of the advertising market in Argentina and to
its strong competitive position.
The consolidated EBITDA of the
business during the first quarter of the year amounted to 41.8 million euros, as
compared with the 36.7 million euros obtained during the same period of 2003.
Excluding the contribution made to consolidated EBITDA by Antena 3 and Onda Cero
during the first quarter of 2003 (7.6 million euros), the EBITDA growth would be
29.7 percentage points higher than the one recorded.
ENDEMOL
The Endemol Group generated revenues of
233.5 million euros during the first quarter of 2004, which was 19.4% more than
in the same period of the previous year. In EBITDA terms, Endemol registered
39.9 million euros, 22.1% more than in the first quarter of 2003. This positive
performance was mainly achieved in the United States, Germany and the United
Kingdom. It is important to note that the “Fear Factor” format has
contributed most towards the company’s good performance in the United
States, with equally important agreements being reached to use the old series
portfolio based on this format for subsequent rebroadcasting.
ATCO
The advertising market in Argentina grew
by approximately 61% during the first quarter with respect to the same period of
the previous year. Telefé reaffirmed its position as leader of the
free-to-air television market, obtaining 40.3% of the total audience, followed
by its main competitor Canal 13 with a 25.3% share during the first quarter.
As a result of the significant financial
and competitive improvement, ATCO’s operating revenues rose to 61.3
million pesos, 46.6% higher than the figure for the first quarter of 2003.
Regarding EBITDA, it was positive in 15.8 million pesos, as compared with the
loss of 0.6 million pesos recorded in the same period of the previous
year.
|
CONTENT & MEDIA BUSINESS |
|
|
|
|
|
CONSOLIDATED INCOME STATEMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
273.8 |
372.3 |
(26.5) |
|
|
Internal expend capitalized in fixed assets (1) |
0.0 |
0.0 |
n.s. |
|
|
Operating expenses |
(228.0) |
(342.3) |
(33.4) |
|
|
Other net operating income (expense) |
(4.1) |
6.7 |
c.s. |
|
|
EBITDA |
41.8 |
36.7 |
13.9 |
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
(7.0) |
(14.7) |
(52.0) |
|
|
Operating profit |
34.7 |
22.0 |
57.7 |
|
|
Profit from associated companies |
6.7 |
(27.1) |
c.s. |
|
|
Financial net income (expense) |
(10.9) |
(10.9) |
(0.3) |
|
|
Amortization of goodwill |
(30.0) |
(20.1) |
49.6 |
|
|
Extraordinary net income (expense) |
3.8 |
(14.1) |
c.s. |
|
|
Income before taxes |
4.3 |
(50.2) |
c.s. |
|
|
Income taxes |
(28.1) |
13.0 |
c.s. |
|
|
Net income before minority interests |
(23.8) |
(37.2) |
(36.1) |
|
|
Minority interests |
0.1 |
4.0 |
(98.7) |
|
|
Net income |
(23.7) |
(33.3) |
(28.6) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Including work in process. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RESULTS
BY BUSINESS LINES
Other
businesses
TELEFÓNICA
DEUTSCHLAND GROUP
Telefónica Deutschland Group
obtained revenues of 91.6 million euros in the first quarter of 2004, a
decrease of 9.2% year on year, due primarly to the reduction in revenues from
narrowband services wich has not yet been offset by the increase in broadband
business, wich nearly accounted for 11% of the total revenues.
Amongst the main commercial successes
achieved during the quarter, noteworthy was the incorporation of the narrowband
ISP provider Intelicom to the customer portfolio of Telefónica
Deutschland in Germany, thus becoming the second client behind AOL in terms of
managed volume.
With respect to the broadband business,
it is important to highlight the addition of 90,802 new ADSL users within
Telefónica Deutschland wholesale (T-ZISP) offer in the german market. As
a result, the total number of the company’s ADSL users exceeded the figure
of 320,000 (both in the German and UK markets), providing services to the top
four main ISPs (out of five) in Germany.
EBITDA reached a total of 3.8
million euros in the first quarter of 2004, with an EBITDA margin of 4.1% wich
compares with the negative figure registered the previous year.
|
TELEFÓNICA DEUTSCHLAND GROUP |
|
|
|
|
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA |
|
|
|
|
Unaudited figures (Euros in millions) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
January - March |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
2003 |
% Chg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
91.6 |
100.9 |
(9.2) |
|
|
EBITDA |
3.8 |
(0.4) |
c.s. |
|
|
EBITDA margin |
4.1% |
(0.4%) |
4.5 p.p. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ADDENDA
Companies
included in each Financial Statement
Based on what was indicated at the start
of this report, the results breakdown of Telefónica Group are detailed
according to the business in which the Group has a presence. The main
differences between this view and the one that would apply attending to the
legal structure, are the following:
• Telefónica, S.A. directly
participates in the share capital of Endemol Entertainment Holding, N.V., which
has been included in Telefónica de Contenidos Group. Furthermore, in the
fiscal year 2003 the results from the participation, and following divestiture,
in Antena 3 de Televisión, S.A., were integrated within the
Telefónica de Contenidos Group results, although it had been participated
directly by Telefónica S.A. through a part of the year. The results from
the Sogecable stake have been also assigned to Telefónica de Contenidos
Group, even though a part of the investment is legally dependent upon
Telefónica, S.A.
• Telefónica Holding
Argentina, S.A. holds 26.82% of Atlántida de Comunicaciones, S.A. (ATCO)
and 26.82% of AC Inversora, S.A. which, for those purposes, are considered to be
part of Telefónica de Contenidos Group, consolidating 100% share capital
of both companies.
• In the case of
Compañía de Telecomunicaciones de Chile, S.A. (CTC), participated
by Telefónica Latinoamérica, the activities of the mobile
telephony business in Chile have already been assigned to the mobile
business.
• The participation of
Telefónica Group in IPSE 2000 SpA is assigned to the cellular business,
also including the investment legally dependent upon Telefónica DataCorp,
S.A.
• In the case of Telefónica
de Argentina (TASA), participated by Telefónica Latinoamérica
Group, Telinver has been assigned to the directories business, in line with our
vision for the total Telefónica´s directories business.
• Telefónica Data Group,
legally dependent upon Telefónica S.A., has been segregated and
subsequentally integrated into the fixed line activities both in Spain and Latin
America for presentation porposes, and according to geographic criterias. The
stakes not included in neither of the previous geographic areas will be
consolidated directly by Telefónica S.A.
• Emergia Group, directly
participated by Telefónica S.A., has been consolidated within the
Telefónica Latinoamérica Group.
ADDENDA
Key
Holdings of the Telefónica Group and its Subsidiaries detailed by
business lines
|
TELEFÓNICA GROUP |
|
|
|
|
% Part |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telefónica de España |
100.00% |
|
|
Telefónica Móviles |
92.44% |
|
|
Telefónica Latinoamérica |
100.00% |
|
|
TPI Group |
59.90% |
|
|
Terra Lycos Group |
75.29% |
|
|
Telefónica de Contenidos |
100.00% |
|
|
Atento Group |
91.35% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TELEFÓNICA DE ESPAÑA GROUP |
|
|
|
% Part |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telyco |
100.00% |
|
|
Telefónica Telecomunicaciones Públicas |
100.00% |
|
|
Telefónica Soluciones Sectoriales |
100.00% |
|
|
Telefónica Empresas España |
100.00% |
|
|
T. Soluciones de Informatica y Comunic. |
100.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TELEFÓNICA LATINOAMÉRICA GROUP |
|
|
|
% Part |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telesp |
87.49% |
|
|
Telefónica del Perú |
97.15% |
|
|
Telefónica de Argentina |
98.03% |
|
|
TLD Puerto Rico |
98.00% |
|
|
CTC Chile |
43.64% |
|
|
CAN Teléfonos de Venezuela (CANTV) |
6.92% |
|
|
Telefónica Data México Holding |
100.00% |
|
|
Telefónica Data Colombia |
65.00% |
|
|
Telefónica Empresas Brasil |
100.00% |
|
|
Telefónica Empresas Perú |
97.07% |
|
|
Telefónica Data Argentina |
97.92% |
|
|
Telefónica Data USA |
100.00% |
|
|
T. Internacional Wholesale Services |
100.00% |
|
|
Emergia |
100.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TELEFÓNICA MÓVILES GROUP |
|
|
|
|
% Part |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Telefónica Móviles España |
100.00% |
|
|
|
Brasilcel (1) |
50.00% |
|
|
|
TCP Argentina |
97.93% |
|
|
|
TEM Perú |
97.97% |
|
|
|
T. Móviles México |
92.00% |
|
|
|
TEM El Salvador |
90.26% |
|
|
|
TEM Guatemala |
100.00% |
|
|
|
Group 3G (Germany) |
57.20% |
|
|
|
IPSE 2000 (Italy) |
45.59% |
|
|
|
3G Mobile AG (Switzerland) |
100.00% |
|
|
|
Medi Telecom |
32.18% |
|
|
|
Telefónica Móviles Interacciona |
100.00% |
|
|
|
Mobipay España |
13.36% |
|
|
|
Mobipay Internacional |
36.05% |
|
|
|
T. Móviles Aplicac. y Soluciones (Chile) |
100.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) Joint Venture which fully consolidates TeleSudeste Celular, Celular CRT, TeleLeste Celular, Telesp Celular Participa&ccdeil;ões. From May 2003 Telesp Celular Participa&ccdeil;ões includes the stake acquired in TeleCentro Oeste Participa&ccdeil;ões.
Brasilcel's stake in subsidiaries in March 2004: TeleSudeste Celular 84.14%; Telesp Celular Participa&ccdeil;ões 65.12%; CRT Celular 50.42%; TeleLeste Celular 27.86% and TeleCentro Oeste Participa&ccdeil;ões 19.04%.
|
|
|
TPI - PÁGINAS AMARILLAS GROUP |
|
|
|
% Part |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Goodman Business Press |
100.00% |
|
|
Publiguias (Chile) |
100.00% |
|
|
TPI Brasil |
100.00% |
|
|
TPI Perú |
100.00% |
|
|
11888 Servicios de Consulta Telefónica |
100.00% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TERRA LYCOS GROUP |
|
|
|
% Part |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lycos, Inc. |
100.00% |
|
|
Lycos Europe |
32.01% |
|
|
Terra Networks Perú |
99.99% |
|
|
Terra Networks México |
99.99% |
|
|
Terra Networks USA |
100.00% |
|
|
Terra Networks Guatemala |
100.00% |
|
|
Terra Networks Venezuela |
100.00% |
|
|
Terra Networks Brasil |
100.00% |
|
|
Terra Networks Argentina |
99.99% |
|
|
Terra Networks España |
100.00% |
|
|
Terra Networks Chile |
100.00% |
|
|
Terra Networks Colombia |
68.30% |
|
|
Ifigenia Plus |
100.00% |
|
|
EducaTerra |
100.00% |
|
|
R.U.M.B.O. |
50.00% |
|
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Uno-E Bank |
33.00% |
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One Travel.com |
54.15% |
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ATENTO GROUP |
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% Part |
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Atento Teleservicios España, S.A. |
100.00% |
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Atento Brasil, S.A. |
100.00% |
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Atento Argentina, S.A. |
100.00% |
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Atento de Guatemala, S.A. |
100.00% |
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Atento Mexicana, S.A. de C.V. |
100.00% |
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Atento Perú, S.A.C. |
100.00% |
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Atento Chile, S.A. |
100.00% |
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Atento Maroc, S.A. |
100.00% |
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Atento El Salvador, S.A. de C.V. |
100.00% |
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TELEFÓNICA DE CONTENIDOS GROUP |
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% Part |
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Telefé |
100.00% |
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Endemol |
99.60% |
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Lola Films |
70.00% |
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Torneos y Competencias |
20.00% |
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Servicios de Teledistribución |
100.00% |
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Sogecable |
23.83% |
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Telefónica Servicios Audiovisuales |
100.00% |
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Pearson |
4.84% |
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Hispasat |
13.23% |
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ADDENDA
Significant
Events
• On May 14, 2004,
Telefónica, pursuant to the resolution adopted by the shareholders of
Telefónica, S.A. at their Annual General Meeting of April 30th, 2004,
will pay a cash dividend from 2003 net income of a gross amount of 0.20 euros
for each Company share issued, in circulation and carrying entitlement to this
dividend.
• On May 5, 2004,
Telefónica, S.A. held 80,175,320 million own shares as treasury stock
representing 1.618% of the company stock.
• On May 3, 2004,
Telefónica Publicidad e Información, S.A., paid a dividend of
92,058,582.75 euros against 2003 fiscal year net income and distributable
reserves. Every share will receive a gross dividend of 0.25 euros.
• On April 29, 2004,
Telefónica, S.A. notified the Portuguese “Comissão do
Mercado de Valores Mobiliários” of the increase in its holding in
the share capital of Portugal Telecom SGPS, S.A. Subsequent to the acquisition,
Telefónica, S.A. directly holds 89,132,630 shares of Portugal Telecom
SGPS, S.A., representing 7.106 % of its share capital. In addition,
Telefónica, S.A. holds an indirect stake representing 1.062% of the
Portugal Telecom, SGPS, S.A. share capital through the following Grupo
Telefónica companies: Alliança Atlántica Holding B.V.
(0.424% of Portugal Telecom) y Telecomunicaçoes de Sao Paulo, S.A.
(0.637% of Portugal Telecom).
• On March 24, 2004, the TPI Group
reached an agreement to acquire Telefónica CTC of Chile’s 9% stake
in Publiguías for 14.7 million dollars.
On February 23, the company reached an
agreement to acquire for 65.6 million dollars the 40% held until then by the
company’s minority shareholders, Editorial Lord Cochrane (20.4%) and
Impresiones Cuenca Uno e Impresiones Cuenca Dos (19.6%).
With both operations, the TPI Group will
control 100% of Publiguías. Since December 2000, the TPI Group owned 51%
of “Impresora y Comercial Publiguías S.A.”.
• On March 8, 2004,
Telefónica Móviles reached an agreement to acquire
BellSouth’s Latin America cellular operations. With this agreement, adding
10 companies in 10 countries, Telefónica Móviles:
- consolidates its leadership position in
key Latin American markets where it is already present (Argentina, Chile and
Peru).
- gains a strong footprint in high-growth
markets where it did not have a presence before (Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador
and Uruguay).
- and achieves a critical mass in Central
America (Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama and Nicaragua).
The agreement implies a total value for
the 100% of the companies (firm value) of 5,850 million US dollars.
ADDENDA
Changes to
the Perimeter and Accounting Criteria of Consolidation
In the first quarter 2004, the following
changes have occurred in the consolidation perimeter:
TELEFÓNICA
GROUP
• During 2004, Telefónica
Group has purchased 36,501 shares in the Dutch company Endemol Entertainment
Holding, N.V. (Endemol). After this transaction, Telefónica Group's stake
in Endemol has reached 99.6%. The company continues to be fully consolidated
within the Telefónica Group.
TELEFÓNICA
DE ESPAÑA GROUP
• As part of its ongoing process
to restructure its group of companies, Telefónica Cable, S.A., a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Telefónica de España, S.A., has taken
over the following local operators:Telefónica Cable Asturias, S.A.,
Telefónica Cable Valencia, S.A. and Telefónica Cable Balears, S.A.
All of these companies, which were fully consolidated within the
Telefónica Group, have been removed from the Group's perimeter of
consolidation this year.
• The 2.13% stake that
Telefónica de España, S.A. owned in the French company Eutelsat,
S.A., was sold for 44.83 million euros, resulting in a 22.50 million euros
capital gain. The company was recorded within the "Other investments" item of
the Telefónica Group’s consolidated balance sheet.
TELEFÓNICA
LATINOAMÉRICA GROUP
• The Brazilian company Aix
Participaçoes, which was integrated by the equity method in the
consolidated accounts of the Telefónica Group in 2003, is now
incorporated using the proportional integration method.
• The U.S. company Katalyx, Inc.
took over the U.S. companies Adquira, Inc. and Katalyx Transportation, LLC. Both
companies, which were integrated in 2003 in the consolidated accounts of the
Telefónica Group using the full integration method, have been removed
from the consolidation perimeter.
• The Peruvian company
Telefónica Empresas Perú, S.A.A. has taken over the Peruvian
company Telefónica Servicios Financieros, S.A.C. The company, which in
2003 was integrated in the consolidated accounts of the Telefónica Group
using the full integration method, has been removed from the consolidation
perimeter.
• The Mexican companies Katalyx
Construction Mexico, S.R.L., Katalyx Health Mexico, S.R.L., Katalyx Cataloguing
Mexico, S.R.L. de C.V., Katalyx Food Service Mexico, S.R.L. de C.V. and Katalyx
Transportation Mexico, LLC. were liquidated in February this year. All of these
companies, which in 2003 were integrated in the consolidated accounts of the
Telefónica Group using the full integration method, have been removed
from the consolidation perimeter.
TELEFÓNICA
MÓVILES GROUP
• Mobipay España, S.A.,
carried out a capital increase of 3.78 million euros in 2004. In this capital
increase, Telefónica Móviles España, S.A., raised its stake
in the company from 13.33% to the current 13.36%. The company continues to be
consolidated within the Telefónica Group using the equity method.
TPI
GROUP
• In March 2004, Telefónica
Publicidad e Información, S.A., has purchased an additional 40% in the
share capital of its Chilean subsidiary, Impresora y Comercial
Publiguías, S.A., for 53.3 million euros, increasing its stake up to 91%.
The company continues to be fully consolidated within the Telefónica
Group.
TERRA
LYCOS GROUP
• Emplaza, S.A., in which the
Terra Lycos Group had a 20% stake and that was no longer included in the
consolidation perimeter as of June 2003 because it was not running any business,
was liquidated in January 2004.
• In March 2004 Lycos, Inc., sold
its stakes in Wit Capital and GSI Global Sports. These companies were recorded
under the "Other investments" item and accounted at their cost of acquisition
because the stakes in both of them were less than 5% and there was no influence
in their management. Proceeds from selling these stakes amounted to 153,000
euros.
ATENTO
GROUP
• The sale of 100% of the shares
in Atento Guatemala Comercial, S.A., in March 2004, resulted in a 0.02 million
euros capital gain for the Telefónica Group. The company has been removed
from the consolidation perimeter of the Telefónica Group, in which it was
fully consolidated.
• Atento USA, Inc., has been
dissolved and all its assets and liabilities were transferred to its parent
company Atento Holding Inc. effective January 1, 2004. The company, which in
2003 was included in the consolidated financial statements of the
Telefónica Group by the full consolidation method, has been removed from
the consolidation perimeter.
DISCLAIMER
This document contains
statements that constitute forward looking statements in its general meaning and
within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
These statements appear in a number of places in this document and include
statements regarding the intent, belief or current expectations of the customer
base, estimates regarding future growth in the different business lines and the
global business, market share, financial results and other aspects of the
activity and situation relating to the Company. The forward-looking statements
in this document can be identified, in some instances, by the use of words such
as "expects", "anticipates", "intends", "believes", and similar language or the
negative thereof or by forward-looking nature of discussions of strategy, plans
or intentions.
Such forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and
uncertainties and actual results may differ materially from those in the forward
looking statements as a result of various factors.
Analysts and investors are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on those forward looking statements which
speak only as of the date of this presentation. Telefónica undertakes no
obligation to release publicly the results of any revisions to these forward
looking statements which may be made to reflect events and circumstances after
the date of this presentation, including, without limitation, changes in
Telefónica´s business or acquisition strategy or to reflect the
occurrence of unanticipated events. Analysts and investors are encouraged to
consult the Company's Annual Report as well as periodic filings filed with the
relevant Securities Markets Regulators, and in particular with the Spanish
Market Regulator
For additional information, please
contact.
Investor
Relations
Gran Vía, 28 –
28013 Madrid (Spain)
Phone number:
+34 91 584
4700
Fax number:
+34 91 531
9975
Email:
ezequiel.nieto@telefonica.es
dmaus@telefonica.es
dgarcia@telefonica.es
www.telefonica.com/ir
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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Telefónica, S.A.
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Date:
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May 13th, 2004
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By:
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/s/ Santiago Fernández Valbuena
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Name:
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Santiago Fernández Valbuena
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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