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14 May 2019
Vodafone Group Results:for the year ended 31 March 2019
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Overview
• Good growth in most markets, competition in Spain/Italy & headwinds
in South Africa
• FY 19 guidance achieved
• Reduced financial headroom given weaker revenue growth and higher
spectrum costs in the year
• Rebasing the dividend to 9 eurocents per share in order to:
– Rebuild headroom, supporting our transformation
– Accelerate deleveraging to the low end of our 2.5x-3.0x range
– Secure a progressive dividend
• Mid-term FCF ambition: new LTIP target of €17.7bn (incl. Liberty assets)
3
FY 19: executing at pace on our strategic priorities
4
All growth rates in this document are on an IAS 18 basis, organic and year-on-year, unless otherwise stated, with Vodafone India and Vodafone Qatar excluded from organic growth calculations
Deepening
customer
engagement
Portfolio
management
Improving
asset
utilisation
Accelerating
digital
& radical
simplification
All guidance metrics achieved
1m Broadband net adds
Record lowMobile contract churn
50%of the €1.2bn net EU
opex target already
actioned
5G active network sharing
in the UK, IT & ES
IBM, ARM & AT&Tpartnerships
IndiaVIL JV completed
Successful VIL rights issue
Indus Towers merger on track
New Zealand €2.1bn disposalPrice plans in DE/ES
Simplified
Driving consistent commercial performance, record low mobile churn
Group mobile contract churn (%)
5
12.013.4
14.716.1
17.4
FY 15 FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY 19
Group fixed broadband customers1 (m)
18.0
16.616.0 16.0
14.8
FY 15 FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY 19
• Consumer NPS lead/co-lead in 16 out of 20 markets
(including 5 of our top 6)
H1: 384k
H2: 655k1.3 1.3 1.3 1.0Net additions
1. Excludes VodafoneZiggo
11.3 11.0
7.6
4.31.9
(5.8)
UK¹ Other AMAP Other Europe Germany² Vodacom Italy Spain
Good EBITDA growth in most markets, Italy stabilising in H2
FY 19 EBITDA growth (%)
(23.5)
6
1. Adjusted for handset financing and one-off settlement in the prior year
2. Adjusted for one-off settlement in the prior year
Service
revenue growth (%) 0.6 5.2 2.1 1.5 3.8 (5.9) (6.4)
(28)
(79)
(38)
(15)
Spain: commercial performance stabilising, launched unlimited
7
Movistar + Orange + other MasMovil
(55)
(103)
(56)
(3)
Q1 18/19 Q2 18/19 Q3 18/19 Q4 18/19
Q4 service revenue growth (Q3 -7.4%) Vodafone contract net ports (000s)-8.9%
Speed differentiated, value accretive
Contract port positive against Tef and Orange
1,000 FTE exits, network sharing with Orange,
content costs reduce in H2
Successful commercial repositioning in value segment
Competing effectively in premium segments
Unlimited data plans launched
Operating model transformation underway
Stable ports, Lowi c.30% market share1 (+18pp yoy)
Mobile
Fixed
1. Mobile net adds market share in value segment in H2
Italy: mobile pressure moderating, strong fixed customer growth
3.9
5.5
3.82.9
Q1 18/19 Q2 18/19 Q3 18/19 Q4 18/19
Q4 service revenue growth (Q3 -4.6%)-6.1%
Price increases in value segment and 2nd brands
MNP activity now below ‘pre-new entrant’ levels
Cost actions support margins
Vodafone to €18.99 and Ho to €12.99
Spin down pressure
Prepaid ARPU -5.8%
Churn reducing to Q4 levels of last year
Opex down 10% YoY; 1,130 FTE efficiencies
Market net ports (m)
5
10
15
20
Sep-18 Dec-18 Mar-19
Headline price evolution (€)
Vodafone Ho Competitor 1 Competitor 2
8
Strong fixed momentum
+83k broadband net adds in Q4 (FY +282k)
Reduced by
c.50%
Financial reviewMargherita Della Valle
Group Chief Financial Officer
3.8 4.2
4.8 4.5
FY 18 FY 19
Full year financial highlights (IAS 18 basis)
Service revenue
(€bn)
41.139.2
FY 18 FY 19
+0.3%1
Adjusted EBITDA
(€bn)
13.4 13.8
14.7 14.1
FY 18 FY 19
+3.1%1+9.4%1
Adjusted EBIT
(€bn)
Free cash flow
4.0 4.4
5.4 5.4
FY 18 FY 19
Growth despite pressures
in Italy & Spain
Underlying EBITDA margin1
+50bps YoY
Stable
(€bn) Underlying Underlying
Underlying growth
Pre-spectrum
Post-spectrum
& restructuring
Driven by adjusted EBITDA
growth
1. Organic growth excluding UK handset financing and settlements in the UK and Germany during the prior year
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Adjusted and reported earnings
Adjusted earnings1 3,218
Weighted average number of shares2 (m) 27,770
Adjusted earnings per share (eurocents)1 11.59
1. Reported excluding impairment losses, the loss on disposal of Vodafone India, restructuring costs, significant one-off items and amortisation of acquired intangible customer bases and brand intangible assets
2. Weighted average number of shares outstanding includes a dilution of 700 million shares (2018: 1,013 million shares) following the issue of £2.9 billion of mandatory convertible bonds in February 2016 and 136 million
shares following the placing in March 2019 of subordinated mandatory convertible bonds totalling £1.72 billion with a 2 year maturity date due in 2021 and £1.72 billion with a 3 year maturity date due in 2022. 11
(€m)FY 18
IAS 18
Adjusted EBIT 4,827
Impairment loss -
Associates 389
Restructuring (156)
Amortisation of brand assets/other (974)
Other income and expense 213
Operating profit 4,299
Financing costs/income (389)
Tax expense 879
Non-operating income and expense (32)
Discontinued operations (1,969)
Non-controlling interests (349)
Profit/(loss) for the period 2,439
1,451
27,607
5.26
FY 19
IFRS 15
4,253
(3,525)
(348)
(486)
(583)
(262)
(951)
(1,655)
(1,496)
(7)
(3,535)
(376)
(8,020)
€3.4bn loss on India disposal following merger with Idea
Includes Spanish deferred tax asset write-down of €1.2bn
Group effective tax rate 24.4%, mid-term rate still low to mid-20s
Mark to market losses on MCB put options & FX movements
Includes Spain (€2.9bn)
Includes 7 months of Vodafone Idea
Primarily reflects lower adjusted EBIT and Associates
26,771m ex. mandatory convertible bonds (‘MCBs’)
1.1
0.5
0.1
(0.6)
0.9
0.0
0.3
(0.7)
Q1 19 Q2 19 Q3 19 Q4 19
Service revenue growth
0.1
6.4
(1.4)
3.9
(5.8)
0.3
(6.2)
0.8
0.3
6.1
(1.1)
3.8
(6.4)
0.6
(5.9)
1.5
Group
Rest of World
Europe
Vodacom
Spain
UK
Italy
Germany
• Q4 drags from
- UK: phasing of project revenues in the prior year
- Spain: full impact of promotional discounts in Q3
- Italy: MTR cut & phasing of loyalty programme
1. Excluding the benefit of a German legal settlement in Q4 18
2. Q2 19 and Q3 19 IFRS 15 service revenue growth rates restated from 0.3% to flat and 0.4% to 0.3% respectively
Quarterly trends (%)1 Impact of IFRS 15 in FY 19 (%)1
12
IAS 18 basis (ex. UK handset financing) IFRS 15 basis2 IAS 18 basis (ex. UK handset financing) IFRS 15 basis
Service revenue growth drivers
FY 19 organic service revenue growth contribution (ex. HF & MTRs)
(pp)
13
1. Includes common functions and eliminations
1.00.2
1.1
(1.3)
(0.7)
Europe
Consumer
(ex. IT/ES)
Vodafone
Business
Emerging
Consumer
Italy/Spain
Consumer
Wholesale
& MTRs¹
% of service
revenue33% 30% 16% 16%
FY 19
(ex. HF & settlement)
0.3
5%
13.40.1
0.1
0.4
(0.2)
13.8
FY 18
underlying
EBITDA
Direct margin Net A&R Europe opex¹ RoW opex
& other
FY 19
underlying
EBITDA
Over 50% of €1.2bn EU opex target actioned
EBITDA growth (€bn)
14
Organic
opex grew
5% vs.
inflation of
9%
1. Europe and common functions opex
2. Excluding one-off provisions from changes in labour regulation
Progress against
EU opex target
>€1.2bn net reduction
target
>€0.2bn of further
actions already
executed
Still to be
delivered
€0.4bn2 delivered
in FY 19
of which:
• >50% digital
• 30% leveraging scale
Digital case study: rolling out chatbots (TOBi) in Italy
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-
2
4
6
8
10
12
Apr-18 May-18 Jun-18 Jul-18 Aug-18 Sep-18 Oct-18 Nov-18 Dec-18 Jan-19 Feb-19 Mar-19
WHATSAPPTOBi VOICE
(for fixed)
TOBi VOICE
(for mobile)
TOBi CHAT >90% of contacts
via TOBi
Automated voice
response contacts
End-to-end
TOBi contacts
TOBi handover
to human contacts
Human contacts
(no TOBi)
-15%YoY reduction in
frequency of contact per
customer in H2
66% Contacts now automated1
-19%YoY reduction in Customer
Operations costs in FY 19
Benefits:
TOBi
Human contacts
1. As at March 2019
A fourth consecutive year of EBITDA margin expansion
30.6%
29.0%
28.3% 28.4%
29.7% 30.6%
31.1%
FY 13 FY 14 FY 15 FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY 19
Reported EBITDA margin
16
Group adjusted EBITDA margin (%)
IAS 18 basis (ex. HF & settlements)
31.6% 31.4%
16%
16%
11%
22%
7%
28%
FY 19
16% capital
intensity
Mid-teens capital intensity guidance re-iterated
Evolving capex mix (%)
17
Mid-term
Fixed
Success based
(CPE)
IT capabilities
Maintenance
(Network & IT)
Capacity
Coverage
>50% of IT estate
transformed
Digital efficiencies
in maintenance
Investing in
5G roll-out
Limited fixed build
Stable capacity
investments
Network sharing opportunities
Unlocking large industrial synergies
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Passive
sharing(Towers)
Deep passive (incl. backhaul)
Active
sharing(ex. major cities)
Number of
sites1
UK (CTIL) 14,000
Spain 10,300
Italy 11,100
Germany 30% shared 19,200
EU cluster
(incl. VFZiggo)40% shared 19,200
Europe total 73,800
MoU signed, negotiations ongoing
• Rest of Europe in progress
• Typically breakeven by YR3, majority of benefits by YR5
• Existing UK partnership expanded to 5G, unwinding active sharing
in major cities
• New agreements in Spain and Italy (c.1/3 of EU towers ex. UK)
Driving c.€200m of annual cost and capex savings
1. Controlled sites, excluding third party sites
UK, Spanish & Italian 5G spectrum acquired
Free cash flow
(€m)FY 18
IAS 18
FY 19
IAS 18
Adjusted EBITDA 14,737 14,139
Capital additions (7,321) (7,227)
Working capital (584) (33)
Net interest (753) (502)
Taxation (1,010) (1,040)
Dividends received from associates & investments 489 498
Dividends to non-controlling interests (310) (584)
Other1 169 192
Free cash flow (pre-spectrum) 5,417 5,443
Spectrum (1,123) (837)
Restructuring (250) (195)
Free cash flow 4,044 4,411
Handset financing reversal offset by sale of handset receivables
VHA guarantee fees of €288m in FY 19
Includes €269m Egyptian dividend in FY 19
19
1. Relates to non-cash movements in share based payments and disposal of capital assets
€5.5bn at guidance FX
31.5
27.0(1.8)
(2.1)
(5.4)
(3.8)
4.1
2.8 1.2 0.6
(0.1)
March
2018
KDG put
option
reclassified
VZ loan
note
FY 19
FCF
Mandatory
Convertible
Dividends Spectrum
(including
accruals)
M&A¹ Partial MCB
buyback
FX/
restructuring
/other
March
2019
Pro-forma leverage 2.9x post Liberty
Net debt (€bn)
1. M&A relates primarily to the formation of Vodafone Idea
20
~2.9x
pro-forma
leverage
post LBTY
Outlook
FY 20 EBITDA guidance1 (€bn)
14.1
13.7(0.2)
(0.2)
FY 19
EBITDA
UK handset
financing
Impact from
IFRS 15/16
FY 19
(rebased)
FY 20
EBITDA guidance
13.8-14.2
Adjusted EBITDA of €13.8-14.2bn, implying low single digit organic growth
Free cash flow pre-spectrum of at least €5.4 bn
Non-cash
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1. We have based guidance for the financial year ending 31 March 2020 on our current assessment of the global macroeconomic outlook and assume foreign exchange rates of €1:£0.87, €1:ZAR 16.4, €1:TRY 6.4 and €1:EGP
19.7. Guidance excludes the impact of licence and spectrum payments, material one-off tax-related payments, restructuring payments, changes in shareholder recharges from India and any fundamental structural change
to the Eurozone. It also assumes no material change to the current structure of the Group. Actual foreign exchange rates may vary from the foreign exchange rate assumptions used.
Low single
digit organic
EBITDA
growth
Free cash flow ambition
Long-term incentive plan (LTIP) targets
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15.1 15.2
17.017.71
FY 16 FY 17 FY 18 FY 19
New LTIP target & implied dividend cover1
Cumulative 3 year FCF pre-spectrum (€bn)
Achieved
100%
Above
target On-target
1. New LTIP includes acquisition of Liberty Global assets (post restructuring costs)
2. 10 year average cash spectrum spend €1.2bn per annum
3. Dividend cover calculated as cumulative 3 year free cash flow less historic average cash spectrum spend less normalised cash restructuring charges of c. €0.2 billion per annum, divided by 3 years of dividend payments
(€bn)
15.9
17.7
Minimum Target Maximum
3x new dividend
+ historic average
spectrum2
19.6
1.8x3
dividend
cover
(1.1x)
0.5x
0.2x
FY 19 pro-forma
leverage¹
New 3yr
LTIP target²
New
3yr dividend
Potential MCB
buyback
Prioritising deleveraging to rebuild headroom
2.9x
FY 19
EBITDA
Spectrum
Restructuring
EM FX volatility
EBITDA growth
Asset sales
Targeting the lower end of our 2.5x-3.0x range in the next few years
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Deleveraging drivers
1. Includes the acquisition of Liberty Global’s assets (€18.4bn) and the remaining €1.0bn MCB share buyback
(€bn)Lower end
of 2.5-3.0x
range
leverage
range
3.0x
2.5x
0.8x
(old dividend)
+
-
Strategy updateNick Read
Group Chief Executive
Best Gigabit Network Digital First Radically Simpler
Our strategy
We connect for a better future
Europe
Consumer
Vodafone
Business
Emerging
Consumer
Our purpose
Deeper customer engagement
Scaled platforms & partner of choice
Leading global
IoT platform
85m sims
Loyalty and customer
engagement
MyVodafone App
50m users2
Europe’s leading
TV and content
distribution platform
22m TV customers1
M-Pesa Africa’s largest
payment platform
37m customers
1. Includes VodafoneZiggo and proforma for the acquisition of Liberty Global’s Unitymedia asset in Germany and UPC assets in Central and Eastern Europe
2. Includes JV’s and associates25
3654
7
9
64
59
3223
FY 18 FY 19²
145
OpenFiber >3m homes passed
Network sharing agreement with Orange, expands homes
passed by an additional 1m, opportunity to co-invest
Best gigabit network: Liberty transaction enhances NGN footprint
Strategic partnerships
Germany/CEE acquisition
• Constructive discussions with EC continue
• 300Mbps wholesale broadband access agreement with Tef D
• On track to complete in July
Gigabit upgrades (DOCSIS 3.1)
• Spain complete
• Germany 66% of current footprint
• Netherlands underway
European marketable homes (m) Strengthening our reach and economics
1. Includes Telefonica (selected areas in Spain) and Open Fiber (Italy)
2. Includes VodafoneZiggo and proforma for the acquisition of Liberty Global’s Unitymedia asset in Germany and UPC assets in Central and Eastern Europe
Pro-forma for
Liberty assets
26
108
122
Owned NGN
network
Strategic wholesale
partnerships1
NGN
wholesale
ADSL
139
Best gigabit network: launching Europe’s largest 5G network
We are 5G Ready
1. Sites in cities with more than 100k population
27
69% of EU sites1 enabled for 5G (SRAN & backhaul)
Roll-out to 50+ cities in 9 markets by end of FY 20
Enabling affordable speed tiered unlimited data1/10th cost
Remote healthcare, smart cities, driverless carsDigital Society
Game of Thrones season download in 2 minutes10x faster
Multiplayer e-gaming on the go, 5G smart glasses Real time
First to announce 5G launch in the UK
Best gigabit network: network sharing benefits
• Broader network coverage outside
major cities
• Faster 5G deployment enabling
new experiences
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Customers
Digital society
Vodafone
• Faster 5G deployment boosts
economic productivity
• Lower environmental impact
(fewer sites, less equipment)
• Industrial synergies
• Maintaining network differentiation
in major cities
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26
26 ES, IT & UK
Active/passive sharing,
exploring tower
monetisation options
Other Europe (Inc. NL)
Exploring network sharing/tower
options
Germany
No discussions
during spectrum
auction
Unlocking tower monetisation options
(% of towers)
Europe Consumer: simplification, selling ‘one more product’
29
49%of group
service
revenue
3GB
€19.99
6GB
€29.99
Unlimited
2Mbps
€40.99
Super Unlimited
10Mbps
€45.99
Total Unlimited
Full speed
€49.99
Spain mobile plans
Network
experience Content DevicesRoaming
Deeper customer engagement
Fixed
A single commercial approach,
tailored to local customer needs
Improve customer
and sales experience
Migrate customer base
and remove legacy
Accretive to ARPU, upsell
and reduce discounts
Engage on additional services
Principles:
Europe Consumer: scaled platforms
30
Instant Simple Personal Expert
• MyVodafone app 50m unique customers
• Primary customer support channel
• Personalised product and service offers
• Loyalty programs: e.g. Happy in IT
(9m users)
Vodafone TV
• 22m1 TV customers across Europe
• Moving to a single platform post Liberty
acquisitions, VTV launched in 4 markets2
• Content distribution / aggregation,
partner of choice
49%of group
service
revenue
1. Includes VodafoneZiggo and proforma for Liberty Global acquisitions
2. ES, IT, GR and NZ
MyVodafone
23.5
9.7
1.6
(2.2)
0.3
Cloud & Hosting
IoT
Fixed²
Mobile¹
Total
Vodafone Business: fixed and digital services offset mobile pressure
31
1. Mobile excluding IoT; including IoT, mobile was -1.3%
2. Fixed excluding Cloud & Hosting; including Cloud & Hosting fixed was +3.8%
3. Software Defined Wide Area Networking
Key drivers:
30%of group
service
revenue
• SOHO/SME impacted by lower consumer prices
• Pressure on large corporate renewals
• Gaining market share
• SD-WAN3 launched
• Automotive industry slowdown
• FY connectivity revenues +14.5%
• Significant account wins
• Partnership with IBM
• Developing digital solutions for SOHO
FY service revenue growth (%)
Vodafone Business: growth drivers
Fixed market disruptor: SD-WAN Building a global IoT platform
1. Source: Gartner
• Harmonised IoT products and services
roadmap for Auto sector
• Enables SoC-level connectivity for any
application, at lower costs
• Vodafone as the default connectivity
provider
32
• Window of opportunity to replace legacy IP-VPN technology
and displace traditional fixed suppliers
• Vodafone’s global platform enables quicker speed to market
at a lower cost (‘Leader’ in Gartner Magic Quadrant)
FY 18 FY 19 FY 20 FY 21 FY 22 FY 23
Vodafone addressable market (€bn)1
6.3 6.5 6.7 7.07.4
8.3
Legacy IP VPN SD-WAN (incl. services)
30%of group
service
revenue
Best in class global coverage in 180+ countries
77
39
23
14
Data users¹ 4G customers¹ M-Pesa customers
Safaricom
Vodacom
Emerging Consumer: data services and M-Pesa supporting growth
33
Key value drivers M-Pesa: Largest payment platform in Africa2
Customers
16%of group
service
revenue
+4%
YoY
1. Registered 4G customer base and includes Turkey, Vodacom and Egypt
2. Source: GSMA 2018, McKinsey Financial Services Report, eMarketer
Platform for growth
Consumer platformP2P & international
transfers
Enterprise B2B, bank transfers, bills,
salaries
Financial services Loans, handset financing,
insurance
Mobile commerceMerchant in-store
and online
Penetration 41%68% 34%
+62%
YoY +13%
YoY
37m
M-Pesa
20m
No.1 African
bank
Number of transactions per annum
11bn
M-Pesa
9bn
African card
payments
8bn
PayPal
(Global)
Customers (m)
Summary
• Moving at pace on the implementation of our strategy
• More consistent commercial performance to support gradual revenue recovery
• Digital transformation accelerating, confident of delivering €1.2bn opex reduction target by FY 21
• Improving asset utilisation through network sharing deals in Europe, exploring tower monetisation options
• Germany/CEE acquisition on track to close in July 2019, >€6bn cost synergies
• Rebased dividend to rebuild financial headroom, targeting the lower end of our 2.5x - 3.0x range in the next
few years, 3 year FCF LTIP target of €17.7bn
FY 20 outlook: continued growth
• Adjusted EBITDA of €13.8 - €14.2bn, implying low single digit organic growth
• Free cash flow (pre-spectrum) at least €5.4bn
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Appendix
35
212
258
208
165
8479
46
69 73 76
Q4 17/18 Q1 18/19 Q2 18/19 Q3 18/19 Q4 18/19²
Germany: continued operational momentum and EBITDA growth
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OutcomesActions
Mobile contract and broadband net adds (000s)
Investing for network leadership
DOCSIS 3.1 upgrade in 66% of footprint
Growing in higher value channels
Direct >48% of gross adds (+4% YoY)
Driving convergence
1.5m converged customers, 20% of broadband base
Digital transformation delivering savings
FY EBITDA +4.3%1, margin +90bps YoY
1. Excludes legal settlement from prior year
2. Contract mobile adjusted for base cleanse (reported Q4 18/19 +60k)
Mobile contract Fixed broadband
UK: strong commercial momentum, margin improvement
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OutcomesActions
Mobile contract and broadband net adds (000s)
Consumer focus on fixed and youth segment
Broadband net add leadership
Business growing in fixed, mobile pressure continues
Fixed +2.4% in H2
Deepening customer engagement
Launched VeryMe app, churn fell 1.3ppt1 YoY
Driving efficiencies, partly through digitalisation
FY EBITDA +11.3%2, margin +2pp YoY
1. Adjusted for phasing out of Talkmobile customers
2. Adjusted for legal settlement in the prior year and excludes handset financing
3. Adjusted for the phasing out of Talkmobile customers and base cleanse in Q2. Reported contract net adds in FY 17/18: Q4 -14k, and in FY 19: Q1 +60k, Q2 +86k, Q3 +92k, Q4 +26k
6
77
104109
40
66
53
44 4650
Q4 17/18 Q1 18/19 Q2 18/19 Q3 18/19 Q4 18/19
Mobile contract3 Fixed broadband
• FY mobile contract net adds 3x prior year
Vodacom: SA pressure offset by strong international performance
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OutcomesActions
Service revenue growth (%)
OOB regulation from 1 March 2019
Partially offset by price increase in postpaid
Continue to migrate customers to more in-bundle usage
866m data bundles sold, launched music platform
Digitalisation supporting cost efficiencies
Digital sales 8% - medium term target 25%
Continued strong growth in Internationals (24% of Group)
Driven by customer, M-Pesa and data growth
5.2 4.94.3
(0.9)
0.3
11.1
9.4
15.0
11.1
9.5
Q4 17/18 Q1 18/19 Q2 18/19 ¹ ² Q3 18/19 Q4 18/19
10.2
2.2
1. Underlying growth in Q2 18/19 excluding the impact of a one-off benefit relating to a change in revenue deferral policy for new ‘plus’ plans. Reported growth was 4.3% in South Africa
2. Underlying growth of 10.2% in Q2 18/19 excluding the impact of lapping the devaluation of the Congolese Franc in the prior year. Reported growth was 15.0%
South Africa Internationals
168 172
Mobile contract Converged
498
103
Mobile Contract Fixed broadband
FY customer net
adds (000s)
Financial and
commercial
performance
• FY EBITDA +7.6%, margin +1.1ppt
• Mobile churn at <10% in 6 markets
• Q4 fixed +3.3%
• Q1 OCF +3.4%
• 1.1m converged customers; 70%
mobile main brand / 33% fixed
• 1yr ahead of synergy targets
• Added 5.4m 4G customers; total
4G base now 80.7m, 4G
coverage up to 65%
• Higher customer losses; low
ARPU customer disconnections
post minimum recharge fees
• 60% of synergy target achieved
to date
• Q4 EBITDA +39% QoQ excl. one-
off items; u/lying EBITDA
margin 13.5%
• Successful rights issue, €3.2bn
raised
Other markets
Europe Cluster (12% of Group service revenue)
VodafoneZiggo VodafoneIdea
Q4 service revenue
growth (%) +1.1 -1.01
+0.12
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1. Based on US GAAP
2. Quarter on quarter Q4 organic service revenue growth
Pro-forma European NGN footprint1
12.8
3.1
10.3
2.97.2
3.4
11.0
6.4
6.9
13.6
12.028.2
0.3
Germany Italy Spain UK Portugal VodafoneZiggo NLJV CEE¹
122m Households passed with NGN (incl. wholesale)
73% Coverage
54m Households passed with own NGN
32% Coverage
75% 70% 78% 88% 63% 93% 38%
Owned Strategic partnership3 Acquired assets Wholesale Household coverage%
Household coverage (m)2
1. Includes VodafoneZiggo and pro-forma adjustments for the announced acquisition of Liberty Global’s Unitymedia asset in Germany and UPC assets in Central and Eastern Europe
2. As at the end of March 2019. Excludes 4.2m wholesale & self built NGN homes passed in Greece and Ireland
3. Of the 3.7m homes passed by Open Fiber, 3.4m were marketable by Vodafone at the end of March 2019 40
Taxation
(€m)FY 18 FY 19
Taxation 879 (1,496)
Deferred tax assets - Luxembourg (330) (488)
De-recognition of deferred tax assets in Spain - 1,166
Amortisation of deferred tax assets 304 320
Tax on the Safaricom transaction 110 -
Additional deferred tax assets recognised (1,603) -
Other (188) (206)
Adjusted tax expense (828) (704)
Adjusted effective tax rate 20.6% 24.4%
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Deferred tax following revaluation of investments in Luxembourg
Write off of a deferred tax asset in Spain following revised outlook for
the business
Use of tax assets in Luxembourg
CGT on sale of Safaricom to Vodacom
Recognition of tax assets in Luxembourg
Financing costs
(€m)FY 18 FY 19
Net financing costs (389) (1,655)
Mark to market – mandatory convertible bonds (134) 233
Foreign exchange1 (322) 190
Adjusted net financing costs (845) (1,232)
Other mark to market of derivative positions 107 190
Interest expense arising on settlement of outstanding tax issues (11) (1)
Net financing costs before settlement of outstanding tax issues (749) (1,043)
Other FX/FV including Share buyback irrevocable (41) 52
Liberty Global financing costs - 240
Other 27 (10)
Underlying net financing costs excl. Liberty Global (a) (763) (761)
Average net debt (b) (30,024) (30,894)
Net cost of debt2 2.5% 2.5%
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1. Comprises foreign exchange rate differences reflected in the income statement primarily in relation to sterling and US dollar balances
2. Cost of debt: ((a/b)x2) x 100
FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26 FY27 FY28 FY29 FY30 FY31 FY32 FY33 FY34 FY35 FY36 FY37 FY38 FY39 FY40+
Bond maturity profile1
Average life of bonds: 10.5yrs (including hybrids to call date)
Senior Hybrid
12
10
6
4
2
8
0
43
(€bn)
1. As at 31 March 2019
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