07.11.2013
DGAP-Adhoc:Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG: Dividend proposal for 2013 of approx. 525 million Euro. January-September 2013 preliminary results show stable year-on-year free cash flow evolution despite decline in OIBDA and OIBDA margin
Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG / Key word(s): Dividend/Quarter Results
07.11.2013 07:30
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Dividend proposal for 2013 of approx. 525 million Euro. January-September
2013 preliminary results show stable year-on-year free cash flow evolution
despite decline in OIBDA and OIBDA margin
The management of Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG (the Company) has
resolved today that it intends to propose to the next ordinary General
Meeting a cash dividend for the financial year 2013 of approximately 525
million Euro, showing an increase versus the dividend for the financial
year 2012.
The Company today releases preliminary results for the January to September
2013 period, highlighting the strong conversion from operating results to
Free Cash Flow which supports the proposed dividend.
In a more competitive and dynamic German telecommunications market, the
Company has experienced increasing pressure on revenues throughout the year
2013, especially from competition, regulation and changing customer
communication behaviours. This, together with the increase of commercial
investments to improve the tariff mix of the customer base, led to a 7.7%
year-on-year OIBDA decline in the January-September 2013 period (-14.0% in
the third quarter), with margins going down 0.6 p.p. year-on-year to 23.5%
(-1.9 p.p. to 23.8% in the third quarter).
The Company continues monitoring the mobile market place in the second half
of 2013 and still sees a significant level of competition around smartphone
3G tariffs and device bundles. With a short-term focus on value
maximisation in a transition year to the next technology cycle, the Company
already anticipates the need to keep flexibility in the market through
targeted investments and allocation of resources. As a result, full year
2013 OIBDA margin is expected to be at or below prior year's level.
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Company: Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG
Georg-Brauchle-Ring 23-25
80992 München
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)89 24 42 0
Fax:
E-mail:
Internet: www.telefonica.de
ISIN: DE000A1J5RX9
WKN: A1J5RX
Listed: Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr
in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, München, Stuttgart
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