July 30, 2021
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Share Repurchase Program
As announced today, our Board of Directors has authorized a new share repurchase prog ram whereby we a re committing to repurchase a minimum of 10 percent of our equity market capitalization a nnually over the next three years. Under the
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Additional Information Relating to Defined Terms:
Please refer to the Appendix at the end of this presentation, as well as our press release dated July 29, 2021 and our SEC filings, for the definitions of the following terms which may be used herein, including: Rebased Growth, Adjusted EBIT DA, Adjusted Free Cash Flow ("FCF"), Operating Free Cash Flow ("OFCF"), Revenue Generating Units ("RGUs"), Average Revenue per Unit ("ARPU"), as well asnon-GAAP reconciliations, where applicable.
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Q2 | KEY HEADLINES |
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FMC CHAMPIONS DRIVING SCALE & GROWTH
Integrations and synergy plans on track; NPV of $12.6b validated
CONNECTIVITY ANCHORS COMMERCIAL MOMENTUM
Revenue & subscriber growth remains strong across markets
KEY NETWORK STRATEGIES PROGRESSING
VMO2 to upgrade HFC network to FTTP; cost effective & accretive plan
VENTURES & ASSET SALES HELP BRIDGE VALUE GAP
Offer received for UPC Poland (9.3x EBITDA); Ventures portfolio growing
STRENGTHENING BUYBACK COMMITMENT TODAY
Targeting 10% of market cap annually for next 3 years
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FMC TRANSFORMATION DRIVING SCALE
OPERATING MARKETS | AGGREGATE REVENUE1 | SUBSCRIBERS2 |
$US | 85m | ||||||
2016 > 2020 | 12 | +40% | IE & CE+ | +40% | |||
RO | BE | ||||||
• Exited sub-scale | |||||||
CZ | -40% | CH | 61m | ||||
markets at attractive | $US | ||||||
multiples | HU | Sold for | Mobile | Mobile | |||
• | Acquired or merged | NL | |||||
DE | $25b TEV | ||||||
with mobile ops in 4 | |||||||
7 | IE & CE+ | ||||||
core countries | AT | ||||||
BE | |||||||
• | Increased aggregate(3) | ||||||
IE & CE | IE & CE | CH | |||||
revenue by 50% on a | BE | BE | Fixed | ||||
more concentrated | NL | UK | |||||
footprint | |||||||
CH | CH | Fixed | |||||
• | Created balanced FMC | ||||||
NL | NL | UK | |||||
subscriber base with | |||||||
40%+ convergence | UK | UK | |||||
2016 | 2020 | 2016 | 2020 | 2016 | 2020 |
1. Represents (i) consolidated revenue of $17b for the Liberty Global Group for FY 2016 and (ii) consolidated Liberty Global revenue of more than $7b, adjusted to exclude the revenue of the U.K. and include the estimated revenue of Sunrise for FY 2020, and non-
consolidated | combined JV revenue | for the NL JV and estimated revenue for the VMED O2 JV of more than $17b for FY 2020. | 5 |
2. Represents | aggregate consolidated | Liberty Global and 50% owned non-consolidated fixed and mobile subscribers in accordance with Liberty Global definitions. To be consistent with the presentation of FY 2016 Liberty Global Group revenue, the December 2016 | |
subscriber number includes the subscribers of UPC NL, which was contributed to the NL JV on December 31, 2016. June 2021 subscriber number also includes the wholesale mobile subscribers of the VMED O2 JV. |
3. Through FMC acquisitions and 50% owned JV deals.
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