RESULTS

January - March

2021

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Q1 21 Results

Mr. Ángel Vilá

COO

A strong start to 2021; improving growth outlook

Q1 21 highlights

Revenues

OIBDA

EPS

Cash conversion

Customer experience

y-o-y org

y-o-y org

y-o-y org

y-o-y org

y-o-y

Declined 1.3%

Up +0.3%

€886m net income, +118%

OIBDA - Capex margin +0.3 p.p.

Churn declined 0.3 p.p.

+0.7 p.p. vs. Q4 20

+3.1 p.p. vs. Q4 20

€0.15 EPS +158%

FCF x3.0 y-o-y

NPS +9 p.p. in core markets

B2B revenues+2.8 p.p. vs. Q4

Improvement across the board

Strong earnings,

(ex spectrum payments)

Digital sales +37% in 4 core

Robust customer metrics

OIBDA margin +0.6 p.p.

greater value

Smart capital allocation

markets

  • 3rd consecutive quarter of sequential improvement in revenue and OIBDA trends; OIBDA and OIBDA-CapEx already growing y-o-y
  • March was the strongest month in Q1, showing y-o-y organic growth in revenues, OIBDA and OIBDA-CapEx
  • Q1 faced the toughest y-o-y comparison

Progress on strategy

  • Advancing towards completion of UK JV (preliminary CMA approval) + Telxius Towers; ~€9bn net debt reduction, >€6bn capital gains to be booked in Q2 21E
  • Hispam: further improvements to operating model, +2.6 p.p. y-o-y in OIBDA-CapEx margin; Chilean InfraCo operational in H2 21
  • Strong growth across T. Tech companies; revenues +25.1% y-o-y
  • T. Infra: regulatory approval of towers sale to ATC most likely in Q2 21; launch of FiBrasil underway; UGG rollout & commercialisation initiated
  • Streamlined operations: 79% of processes and 35% of sales digitised in Q1; implementation of Open RAN solutions progressing to plan
  • Strong ESG focus recognised by S&P Global Rating (72 out of 100) and Bloomberg Gender Equality; founding member of European Green Digital Coalition

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Financial performance

Q1 21

Reported

Organic

4 core

€ in millions

Reported

markets

y-o-y

y-o-y

y-o-y org.

Revenues

10,340

(9.0%)

(1.3%)

(2.0%)

OIBDA

3,417

(9.1%)

0.3%

0.3%

OIBDA margin

33.0%

(0.0 p.p.)

0.6.p.p.

0.9 p.p.

OIBDA-CapEx(ex-spectrum)

2,079

(8.6%)

0.1%

(2.9%)

(OIBDA-CapEx)/Revenues(ex-spectrum)

20.1%

0.1 p.p.

0.3.p.p.

(0.2 p.p.)

Net Income

886

118.3%

EPS

0.15

157.8%

FCF (incl. leases principal payments)

33

(85.8%)

FCF (ex-spectrum paid)

727

201.4%

Net Financial Debt (ex- leases)

35,796

(6.4%)

Revenue Q1 21 y-o-y

OIBDA Q1 21 y-o-y

Reported

Fx

Other

Organic

Reported

Fx

(6.6 p.p.)

(1.1 p.p.)

(7.7 p.p.)

(1.3%)

COVID-19

-2.5 p.p.

(9.1%)

(9.0%)

Q4 20 (12.0%)

(8.1 p.p.)

(1.9 p.p.)

(2.0%)

Q4 20 2.2%

(10.9 p.p.)

FX and C-19 impacts on reported

figures less pronounced than in Q4 20

Organic margin expansion on

accelerating digitalisation

CapEx stable y-o-y org.;

  • 50% on NGN
    Neutralised FX impact at FCF level

Other

Organic

(1.8 p.p.)

0.3%

COVID-19-3.3 p.p.

16.0 p.p.

(2.8%)

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