TeliaSonera January-December 2005
• Net sales increased 7.0 percent to SEK 87,661 million (81,937) driven by strong mobile and broadband growth. • Strong customer growth year on year: - 2.7 million new customers in the majority owned Nordic, Baltic and Eurasian operations. - 14.8 million new customers in the associated companies MegaFon and Turkcell. • Operating income, excluding non-recurring items, totaled SEK 20,107 million (20,859). International Mobile operations close to 30 percent of Group operating income. • EBITDA margin, excluding non-recurring items, decreased to 33.6 percent (36.9) due to decreased earnings in Finland mobile and Sweden fixed. Mobile margins maintained in Sweden despite strong price pressure. • Free cash flow increased to SEK 15,594 million (14,118). • Net income totaled SEK 13,694 million (14,264) and earnings per share were SEK 2.56 (2.77). • Proposed ordinary dividend of SEK 1.25 per share (SEK 5,613 million). • In addition to the ordinary dividend, a distribution of SEK 10,104 million to the shareholders through an extra dividend of SEK 2.25 per share is proposed. Questions regarding content in the reports: TeliaSonera AB Investor Relations SE–106 63 Stockholm, Sweden Tel. +46 8 504 550 00 Fax +46 8 611 46 42 www.teliasonera.com/ir Ordering of individual hard copies of the reports: Tel. +46 372 851 42 Fax +46 372 843 56 www.teliasonera.com/ir