Interim Report January-June 2009>
Interim Report January-June 2009
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Stockholm - Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - Tele2 AB ("Tele2") (OMX NordicExchange: TEL2 A and TEL2 B), today announced its consolidatedresults for the second quarter 2009."Tough times do not last; tough companies do. Tele2 faces economicchallenges in most markets. Our result in the second quarter is areward for commitment to our core business and execution of ourcontingency plans.", states Harri Koponen, President and CEO ofTele2.Financial highlightsDuring Q2 2009, net sales amounted to SEK 10,130 (9,832) million, anincrease of 3 percent, while EBITDA increased by 17 percent to SEK2,450 (2,101) million. Despite a challenging economic environment,Tele2 was able to deliver increased operational result in Q2 2009.Strong net intake and EBITDA margin in Tele2 RussiaIn Q2 2009, Tele2 Russia added 478,000 new customers and the EBITDAmargin amounted to 35 (36) percent.Stable operational development in the Baltic regionTele2's Baltic operations managed to improve the EBITDA result to SEK384 (372) million in spite of a weakening economy.The restructuring of Western Europe continued to generate positiveresultThe Western European market area, driven by Tele2 Netherlands andTele2 Austria, once again contributed to improving cash flow for theGroup.The Interim report is available on www.tele2.com.Interim result conference callTele2 will host a conference call, with an interactive presentation,for the global financial community at 10.00 am CET (09.00 am UK time/ 04.00 am NY time) on Wednesday, July 22, 2009. The conference callwill be held in English and also available as audiocast on Tele2'swebsite, www.tele2.com.Dial-in information:To ensure that you are connected to the conference call, please dialin a few minutes before the start of the conference call to registeryour attendance.Dial-in numbers:Sweden: +46 8 50 52 02 70UK: + 44 208 817 9301US: + 1 718 354 1226You will also be in a position to listen to the conference callafterwards:Replay number until August 5, 2009:International and UK: +44 207 769 6425US: +1 630 652 3111Passcode: 1750100#ContactsHarri Koponen, President and CEOTelephone: +46 (0)8 5626 4000Lars Nilsson, CFOTelephone: +46 (0)8 5626 4000Lars Torstensson, Investor RelationsTelephone: + 46 (0)8 5620 0042TELE2 IS ONE OF EUROPE'S LEADING ALTERNATIVE TELECOM OPERATORS.Tele2's mission is to provide affordable and easy connectivity foreveryone at anytime. Tele2 always strives to offer the market's bestprices. We have 25.4 million customers in 11 countries. Tele2 offersmobile services, fixed broadband and telephony, data networkservices, cable TV and content services. Ever since Jan Stenbeckfounded the company in 1993, it has been a tough challenger to theformer government monopolies and other established providers. Tele2has been listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange since 1996. In 2008, wehad net sales of SEK 39.5 billion and reported an operating profit(EBITDA) of SEK 8.2 billion.http://hugin.info/133413/R/1330141/314322.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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