DGAP-News: freenet AG: freenet Group publishes annual report 2018 and confirms preliminary results

freenet Group publishes annual report 2018 and confirms preliminary results
Büdelsdorf, 25 March 2019 - Following verification of the annual financial statements of the freenet Group [ISIN DE000A0Z2ZZ5] as of 31 December 2018 and approval of the consolidated financial statements by the Supervisory Board, the Executive Board has confirmed the preliminary figures announced on 28 February 2019. The complete annual report 2018 including the audited consolidated financial statements is available for download at https://www.freenet-group.de/investor.

 

Key performance indicators for the freenet Group¹
 

Forecast for the 2019 financial year
 

The company expects stable revenue development in the 2019 financial year. EBITDA based on EBITDA 2018 exclusive of Sunrise and profits of analogue radio sale (402.2 million euros) is expected to come in between 420 and 440 million euros. This figure includes effects from the application of IFRS 16 in the amount of 30 to 40 million euros. Taking the new definition into account, free cash flow is anticipated to be between 240 and 260 million euros. In the Mobile Communications segment, the number of postpaid customers is forecasted to increase moderately in 2019. In the TV and Media segment, waipu.tv subscribers are assumed to grow to more than 350,000 customers and freenet TV customers (RGU) are expected to stabilise at more than 1 million customers.

 

Dividend continuity
 

Based on the results achieved, the Executive Board and Supervisory Board of the freenet Group will propose a dividend of 1.65 euros per share for the financial year 2018 at the Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2019.

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