UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of October, 2021.
Commission File Number: 001-38763
MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
2, Rue du Fort Bourbon,
L-1249 Luxembourg
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(Address of principal executive office)
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MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A.
INDEX TO FURNISHED MATERIAL
Item
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1. | Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three-and nine month periods ended September 30, 2021 |
2. | Earnings Release for Q3 2021 |
Item 1
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Unaudited Interim
Condensed Consolidated
Financial Statements
For the three-and nine month periods ended September 30, 2021
October 28, 2021
Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
Unaudited interim condensed consolidated statement of income for the three-and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021
in millions of U.S. dollars except per share data | Notes | Nine months ended September 30, 2021 | Nine months ended September 30, 2020 | Three months ended September 30, 2021 | Three months ended September 30, 2020 |
Continuing Operations | |||||
Revenue | 4 | 3,270 | 3,083 | 1,093 | 1,026 |
Cost of sales | (928) | (887) | (313) | (286) | |
Gross profit | 2,343 | 2,196 | 780 | 740 | |
Operating expenses | (1,193) | (1,101) | (400) | (369) | |
Depreciation | (640) | (660) | (212) | (217) | |
Amortization | (239) | (244) | (57) | (88) | |
Share of profit in the joint ventures in Guatemala and Honduras | 7 | 185 | 101 | 56 | 22 |
Other operating income (expenses), net | 14 | (8) | 31 | 29 | 9 |
Operating profit | 4 | 447 | 323 | 197 | 97 |
Interest and other financial expenses | 10 | (389) | (457) | (112) | (141) |
Interest and other financial income | 10 | 22 | 8 | 17 | 1 |
Other non-operating (expenses) income, net | 5 | (37) | (147) | (20) | (10) |
Profit (loss) from other joint ventures and associates, net | 12 | (38) | — | (35) | 1 |
Profit (loss) before taxes from continuing operations | 4 | (272) | 46 | (53) | |
Tax (charge) credit, net | (84) | (48) | (42) | 1 | |
Profit (loss) from continuing operations | (80) | (320) | 4 | (51) | |
Profit (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax | — | (9) | — | (8) | |
Net profit (loss) for the period | (81) | (329) | 4 | (59) | |
Attributable to: | |||||
Owners of the Company | (53) | (288) | 5 | (51) | |
Non-controlling interests | (28) | (40) | (1) | (9) | |
(Loss)/Earnings per common share for net profit/ (loss) attributable to the owners of the Company: | |||||
Basic and Diluted ($ per share) (i) | 6 | (0.52) | (2.85) | 0.05 | (0.50) |
(i) | There are no dilutive potential ordinary shares |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
Unaudited interim condensed consolidated statement of comprehensive income for the three-and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021
in millions of U.S. dollars | Nine months ended September 30, 2021 | Nine months ended September 30, 2020 | Three months ended September 30, 2021 | Three months ended September 30, 2020 |
Net profit (loss) for the period | (81) | (329) | 4 | (59) |
Other comprehensive income (to be reclassified to statement of income in subsequent periods), net of tax: | ||||
Exchange differences on translating foreign operations | (37) | (82) | (8) | (8) |
Change in value of cash flow hedges, net of tax effects | 13 | (4) | 3 | 2 |
Total comprehensive income (loss) for the period | (105) | (415) | (1) | (66) |
Attributable to | ||||
Owners of the Company | (71) | (356) | 1 | (54) |
Non-controlling interests | (34) | (59) | (2) | (11) |
Total comprehensive income for the period arises from: | ||||
Continuing operations | (105) | (407) | — | (57) |
Discontinued operations | — | (8) | — | (8) |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
Unaudited interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position as at September 30, 2021
in millions of U.S. dollars | Notes | September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 |
ASSETS | |||
NON-CURRENT ASSETS | |||
Intangible assets, net | 9 | 3,201 | 3,403 |
Property, plant and equipment, net | 8 | 2,549 | 2,755 |
Right of use assets | 805 | 895 | |
Investments in joint ventures | 7 | 2,596 | 2,642 |
Investments in associates | 23 | 24 | |
Contract costs, net | 6 | 5 | |
Deferred tax assets | 207 | 197 | |
Derivative financial instruments | 13 | 21 | 27 |
Amounts due from non-controlling interests, associates and joint ventures | 12 | 31 | 90 |
Other non-current assets | 72 | 77 | |
TOTAL NON-CURRENT ASSETS | 9,511 | 10,114 | |
CURRENT ASSETS | |||
Inventories | 55 | 37 | |
Trade receivables, net | 352 | 351 | |
Contract assets, net | 33 | 31 | |
Amounts due from non-controlling interests, associates and joint ventures | 12 | 51 | 206 |
Prepayments and accrued income | 187 | 149 | |
Current income tax assets | 96 | 96 | |
Supplier advances for capital expenditure | 20 | 21 | |
Equity investments | 14 | — | 160 |
Other current assets | 189 | 181 | |
Restricted cash | 183 | 199 | |
Cash and cash equivalents | 723 | 875 | |
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS | 1,889 | 2,307 | |
Assets held for sale | — | 1 | |
TOTAL ASSETS | 11,400 | 12,422 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
Unaudited interim condensed consolidated statement of financial position as at September 30, 2021 (continued)
in millions of U.S. dollars | Notes | September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 |
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | |||
EQUITY | |||
Share capital and premium | 628 | 630 | |
Treasury shares | (38) | (30) | |
Other reserves | (595) | (562) | |
Retained profits | 2,023 | 2,365 | |
Loss for the period / year attributable to equity holders | (53) | (344) | |
Equity attributable to owners of the Company | 1,966 | 2,059 | |
Non-controlling interests | 179 | 215 | |
TOTAL EQUITY | 2,145 | 2,274 | |
LIABILITIES | |||
NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES | |||
Debt and financing | 10 | 5,172 | 5,578 |
Lease liabilities | 10 | 823 | 897 |
Derivative financial instruments | 13 | 1 | 14 |
Amounts due to non-controlling interests, associates and joint ventures | 12 | 1 | 29 |
Payables and accruals for capital expenditure | 452 | 485 | |
Provisions and other non-current liabilities | 306 | 328 | |
Deferred tax liabilities | 202 | 209 | |
TOTAL NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES | 6,956 | 7,540 | |
CURRENT LIABILITIES | |||
Debt and financing | 10 | 95 | 113 |
Lease liabilities | 10 | 130 | 123 |
Put option liability | 13 | 285 | 262 |
Derivative financial instruments | 2 | 1 | |
Payables and accruals for capital expenditure | 279 | 345 | |
Other trade payables | 249 | 334 | |
Amounts due to non-controlling interests, associates and joint ventures | 12 | 150 | 311 |
Accrued interest and other expenses | 474 | 445 | |
Current income tax liabilities | 87 | 71 | |
Contract liabilities | 88 | 90 | |
Provisions and other current liabilities | 461 | 511 | |
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES | 2,299 | 2,608 | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | 9,255 | 10,148 | |
TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 11,400 | 12,422 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
Unaudited interim condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021
in millions of U.S. dollars | Notes | September 30, 2021 | September 30, 2020 |
Cash flows from operating activities (including discontinued operations) | |||
Profit (loss) before taxes from continuing operations | 4 | (272) | |
Profit (loss) before taxes from discontinued operations | 4 | — | (9) |
Profit (loss) before taxes | 3 | (281) | |
Adjustments to reconcile to net cash: | |||
Interest expense on leases | 94 | 117 | |
Interest expense on debt and other financing | 295 | 340 | |
Interest and other financial income | (22) | (8) | |
Adjustments for non-cash items: | |||
Depreciation and amortization | 4 | 879 | 904 |
Share of net profit in Guatemala and Honduras joint ventures | (185) | (101) | |
(Gain) on disposal and impairment of assets, net | 8 | (22) | |
Share based compensation | 10 | 20 | |
Loss from other joint ventures and associates, net | 12 | 38 | — |
Other non-cash non-operating (income) expenses, net | 5 | 37 | 147 |
Changes in working capital: | |||
Decrease (increase) in trade receivables, prepayments and other current assets, net | (128) | (90) | |
Decrease (increase) in inventories | (20) | (18) | |
Increase (decrease) in trade and other payables, net | (37) | 35 | |
Increase (decrease) in contract assets, liabilities and costs, net | (2) | 7 | |
Total changes in working capital | (187) | (66) | |
Interest paid on leases | (109) | (111) | |
Interest paid on debt and other financing | (269) | (313) | |
Interest received | 2 | 8 | |
Taxes paid | (79) | (108) | |
Net cash provided by operating activities | 516 | 525 | |
Cash flows from (used in) investing activities (including discontinued operations): | |||
Acquisition of subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, net of cash acquired | — | 3 | |
Proceeds from disposal of subsidiaries and associates, net of cash disposed | 18 | 10 | |
Purchase of intangible assets and licenses | 9 | (132) | (201) |
Purchase of property, plant and equipment | 8 | (479) | (440) |
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment | 8 | 6 | 6 |
Proceeds from disposal of equity investments, net of costs | 14 | 163 | 91 |
Dividends and dividend advances received from joint ventures | 7 | 13 | 67 |
Cash (used in) provided by other investing activities, net | 17 | 19 | |
Net cash used in investing activities | (395) | (446) |
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
Unaudited interim condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 (continued) | |||
Cash flows from financing activities (including discontinued operations): | |||
Proceeds from debt and other financing | 10 | 247 | 810 |
Repayment of debt and other financing | 10 | (580) | (783) |
Loan repayment from (advance to) joint venture | 12 | 193 | — |
Lease capital repayment | (90) | (83) | |
Advances and dividends paid to non-controlling interests | (6) | (5) | |
Share repurchase program | (28) | (10) | |
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities | (265) | (71) | |
Exchange impact on cash and cash equivalents, net | (9) | (28) | |
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | (152) | (20) | |
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year | 875 | 1,164 | |
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period/year | 723 | 1,144 |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
Unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of changes in equity for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020
in millions of U.S. dollars | Number of shares (000’s) | Number of shares held by the Group (000’s) | Share capital | Share premium | Treasury shares | Retained profits (i) | Other reserves | Total | Non- controlling interests | Total equity |
Balance on December 31, 2019 | 101,739 | (581) | 153 | 480 | (51) | 2,372 | (544) | 2,410 | 271 | 2,680 |
Total comprehensive income for the period | — | — | — | — | — | (288) | (66) | (355) | (59) | (414) |
Dividends to non controlling interests | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (5) | (5) |
Purchase of treasury shares (ii) | — | (467) | — | — | (19) | 3 | — | (16) | — | (16) |
Share based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 19 | 1 | 20 |
Issuance of shares under share-based payment schemes | — | 521 | — | (2) | 40 | (11) | (26) | 1 | — | 1 |
Balance on September 30, 2020 | 101,739 | (526) | 153 | 478 | (30) | 2,076 | (617) | 2,059 | 207 | 2,266 |
Balance on December 31, 2020 | 101,739 | (526) | 153 | 478 | (30) | 2,020 | (562) | 2,059 | 215 | 2,274 |
Total comprehensive income for the period | — | — | — | — | — | (53) | (19) | (71) | (34) | (105) |
Dividends to non controlling interests | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | (3) | (3) |
Purchase of treasury shares (ii) | — | (842) | — | — | (34) | 2 | — | (32) | — | (32) |
Share based compensation | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 9 | 1 | 10 |
Issuance of shares under share-based payment schemes | — | 453 | — | (2) | 26 | 2 | (25) | 1 | — | 1 |
Balance on September 30, 2021 | 101,739 | (915) | 153 | 476 | (38) | 1,971 | (595) | 1,966 | 179 | 2,145 |
(i) | Retained profits – includes profit for the period attributable to equity holders, of which at September 30, 2021, $333 million (2020: $305 million) are not distributable to equity holders. |
(ii) | During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021, in connection with the Group's share repurchase program, Millicom repurchased 739,438 shares (2020:350,000 shares) for a total amount of $28 million (2020: $10 million) and withheld approximately 102,000 shares (2020: 117,000 shares) for settlement of tax obligations on behalf of employees under share-based compensation plans. |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
Notes to the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements
1. GENERAL
Millicom International Cellular S.A. (the “Company” or “MIC SA”), a Luxembourg Société Anonyme, and its subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates (the “Group” or “Millicom”) is a provider of cable and mobile services dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa. Millicom provides high speed broadband and innovation around The Digital Lifestyle® services through its principal brand, TIGO.
On October 27, 2021, the Board of Directors authorized these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for issuance.
2. SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES
I. | Basis of presentation |
These interim condensed consolidated financial statements of the Group are unaudited. They are presented in US dollars ($) and have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard (“IAS”) 34 ‘Interim Financial Reporting’ as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB") and as adopted by the European Union ("EU"). In the opinion of management, these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments that are necessary for a proper presentation of the results for interim periods. Millicom’s operations are not affected by significant seasonal or cyclical patterns.
These unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, which have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as issued by the IASB and in conformity with IFRS as adopted by the EU. These financial statements are prepared in accordance with consolidation and accounting policies consistent with the December 31, 2020 consolidated financial statements, except for the changes described below.
We have made rounding adjustments to reach some of the figures included in these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, numerical figures shown as totals in some tables may not be an arithmetic aggregation of the figures that preceded them and percentage calculations using these adjusted figures may not result in the same percentage values as are shown in these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.
II. | COVID-19 - Qualitative and quantitative assessment on business activities, financial situation and economic performance |
Impact on Millicom's markets and business
During the first nine months of 2021, economic activity continued to recover in our markets, as most countries continued to ease lockdowns implemented at the beginning of the pandemic, and remittances from the U.S. to Central America sustained double-digit growth year-on-year. Meanwhile, vaccination rates improved to above 50% in Panama, El Salvador and Costa Rica but remained below 20% in Nicaragua. Some countries experienced spikes in the number of COVID cases during the quarter, but governments generally refrained from imposing strict lockdowns, choosing instead to use curfews or voluntary quarantine programs, which had a negligible effect on commercial activity.
As of September 30, 2021, and for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021, management did not identify any significant adverse accounting effects as a result of the pandemic.
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
2. SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
III. | New and amended IFRS standards |
The following changes to standards have been adopted by the Group and did not have any significant impact on the Group’s accounting policies or disclosures and did not require retrospective adjustments:
• | Amendment to IFRS 16, 'Leases' - COVID 19 Rent Concessions - effective for annual periods starting on June 1, 2020. While the Group has implemented this amendment already in 2020, the IASB (in March 2021) extended its initial application beyond June 30, 2021, by one additional year. |
• | Amendments to IFRS 9, IAS 39, IFRS 7, IFRS 4 and IFRS 16 - Interest Rate Benchmark Reform - Phase 2 - effective for annual periods starting on January 1, 2021. The amendments provide temporary reliefs which address the financial reporting effects when an interbank offered rate (IBOR) is replaced with an alternative nearly risk-free interest rate. |
Main reliefs provided by the Phase 2 amendments relate to:
• | Changes to contractual cash flows: That is, when changing the basis for determining contractual cash flows for financial assets and liabilities required by the reform this will not result in an immediate gain or loss in the income statement but in an update of the effective interest rate (or an update in the discount rate to remeasure the lease liability as a result of the IBOR reform), and; |
• | Hedge accounting: That is, allowing hedge relationships that are directly affected by the reform to continue, though additional ineffectiveness might need to be recorded. |
The following changes to standards not yet effective are not expected to materially affect the Group:
• | Amendments effective for annual periods starting on January 1, 2022: |
◦ | IFRS 3 'Business Combinations' - Reference to Conceptual Framework. |
◦ | IAS 16 'Property, Plant and Equipment' - Proceeds before intended use. |
◦ | IAS 37 'Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets' - Cost of fulfilling a contract. |
◦ | Annual improvements to IFRS Standards 2018-2020, affecting IFRS 1, IFRS 9, IFRS 16 and IAS 41. |
• | Amendments effective for annual periods starting on January 1, 2023 (not yet endorsed by the EU): |
◦ | Amendments to IAS 1, 'Presentation of Financial Statements' : These amendments clarify that liabilities are classified as either current or non-current, depending on the rights that exist at the end of the reporting period. The amendments also clarify what IAS 1 means when it refers to the ‘settlement’ of a liability. The IASB also issued 'Disclosure of Accounting Policies' with amendments that are intended to help preparers in deciding which accounting policies to disclose in their financial statements. |
◦ | IFRS 17, ‘Insurance contracts’, including amendments. |
◦ | IAS 8, 'Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates and Errors' - Definition of accounting estimates. |
The following changes to standards are effective for annual periods starting on January 1, 2023 (not yet endorsed by the EU) and their potential impact on the Group consolidated financial statements is currently being assessed by Management:
◦ | Amendments to IAS 12, 'Income Taxes: Deferred tax related to Assets and liabilities arising from a Single Transaction' - These amendments clarify that the initial recognition exception does not apply to the initial recognition of leases and decommissioning obligations. These amendments apply prospectively to transitions that occur on or after the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented. In addition, an entity should apply the amendments for the first time by recognising deferred tax for all temporary differences related to leases and decommissioning obligations at the beginning of the earliest comparative period presented. |
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
3. ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF SUBSIDIARIES, JOINT VENTURES, ASSOCIATES AND OTHER NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS
There were no material acquisitions or disposals during the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 and 2020. Refer to note 16 for details related to the Ghana disposal.
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
4. SEGMENT INFORMATION
Management determines operating and reportable segments based on information used by the chief operating decision maker (CODM) to make strategic and operational decisions from both a business and geographic perspective. The Group’s risks and rates of return are predominantly affected by operating in different geographical regions. The Group has businesses in two main regions: Latin America (“Latam”) and Africa. Millicom is allocating corporate costs to each segment based on their contribution to underlying revenue, and only non-recurring costs - such as M&A related costs-, remain as unallocated. The Latam figures below include Honduras and Guatemala as if they are fully consolidated by the Group, as this reflects the way management reviews and uses internally reported information to make decisions. The joint venture in Ghana is not reported as if fully consolidated. Refer to note 16 for details related to the Ghana disposal.
Revenue, operating profit (loss), EBITDA and other segment information for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, are as follows:
Nine months ended September 30, 2021
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
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Latin America | Africa | Unallocated | Guatemala and Honduras(vii) |
Eliminations and Transfers |
Total |
Mobile revenue | 2,509 | 257 | — | (1,136) | — | 1,630 |
Cable and other fixed services revenue | 1,697 | 7 | — | (270) | (1) | 1,432 |
Other revenue | 52 | — | — | (7) | (1) | 44 |
Service revenue (i) | 4,258 | 264 | — | (1,413) | (3) | 3,107 |
Telephone and equipment and other revenue (i) | 365 | — | — | (201) | — | 164 |
Revenue | 4,623 | 264 | — | (1,614) | (3) | 3,270 |
Operating profit (loss) | 740 | 24 | (20) | (482) | 185 | 447 |
Add back: | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1,145 | 63 | 9 | (338) | — | 879 |
Share of profit in joint ventures in Guatemala and Honduras | — | — | — | — | (185) | (185) |
Other operating income (expenses), net | (4) | — | 12 | — | — | 8 |
EBITDA (ii) | 1,881 | 87 | 2 | (820) | — | 1,149 |
EBITDA from discontinued operations | — | — | — | — | — | — |
EBITDA incl discontinued operations | 1,881 | 87 | 2 | (820) | — | 1,149 |
Capital expenditure (iii) | (737) | (30) | (9) | 196 | — | (580) |
Changes in working capital and others (iv) | (164) | 13 | (4) | (22) | — | (177) |
Taxes paid | (178) | (16) | (5) | 119 | — | (80) |
Operating free cash flow (v) | 802 | 54 | (16) | (527) | — | 313 |
Total Assets (vi) | 12,301 | 868 | 3,651 | (4,659) | (762) | 11,400 |
Total Liabilities | 7,898 | 917 | 2,890 | (1,666) | (784) | 9,255 |
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
4. SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)
Nine months ended September 30, 2020
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
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Latin America | Africa | Unallocated | Guatemala and Honduras (vii) | Eliminations and transfers | Total |
Mobile revenue | 2,383 | 263 | — | (1,078) | — | 1,568 |
Cable and other fixed services revenue | 1,558 | 6 | (1) | (222) | — | 1,341 |
Other revenue | 43 | 1 | (1) | (5) | — | 38 |
Service revenue (i) | 3,984 | 269 | (2) | (1,304) | — | 2,947 |
Telephone and equipment revenue (i) | 326 | — | — | (190) | — | 136 |
Revenue | 4,309 | 269 | (2) | (1,494) | — | 3,083 |
Operating profit (loss) | 565 | 23 | 11 | (377) | 101 | 323 |
Add back: | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1,170 | 67 | 8 | (341) | — | 904 |
Share of profit in joint ventures in Guatemala and Honduras | — | — | — | — | (101) | (101) |
Other operating income (expenses), net | (10) | — | (21) | (1) | — | (31) |
EBITDA (ii) | 1,725 | 91 | (2) | (719) | — | 1,096 |
EBITDA from discontinued operations | — | — | — | — | — | — |
EBITDA incl discontinued operations | 1,725 | 90 | (2) | (719) | — | 1,095 |
Capital expenditure (iii) | (692) | (32) | (7) | 191 | — | (541) |
Changes in working capital and others (iv) (viii) | 14 | 2 | (24) | (38) | — | (46) |
Taxes paid | (196) | (8) | (1) | 97 | — | (108) |
Operating free cash flow (v) | 852 | 52 | (33) | (470) | — | 400 |
Total Assets (vi) | 13,185 | 915 | 4,338 | (5,241) | (868) | 12,330 |
Total Liabilities | 8,680 | 945 | 3,598 | (2,155) | (1,004) | 10,063 |
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
4. SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)
Three months ended September 30, 2021 (in millions of U.S. dollars) |
Latin America | Africa | Unallocated | Guatemala and Honduras (vii) | Eliminations and transfers | Total |
Mobile revenue | 840 | 84 | — | (378) | — | 546 |
Cable and other fixed services revenue | 568 | 2 | — | (94) | — | 477 |
Other revenue | 18 | — | — | (3) | — | 15 |
Service revenue (i) | 1,427 | 87 | — | (475) | (1) | 1,038 |
Telephone and equipment revenue (i) | 121 | — | — | (66) | — | 55 |
Revenue | 1,548 | 87 | — | (541) | (1) | 1,093 |
Operating profit (loss) | 269 | 5 | 24 | (158) | 57 | 197 |
Add back: | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 357 | 21 | 3 | (112) | — | 269 |
Share of profit in joint ventures in Guatemala and Honduras | — | — | — | — | (56) | (56) |
Other operating income (expenses), net | (3) | — | (25) | — | — | (29) |
EBITDA (ii) | 622 | 26 | 2 | (270) | — | 380 |
EBITDA from discontinued operations | — | — | — | — | — | — |
EBITDA incl discontinued operations | 622 | 26 | 2 | (270) | — | 380 |
Capital expenditure (iii) | (237) | (8) | (4) | 77 | — | (173) |
Changes in working capital and others (iv) | 40 | 1 | (6) | (22) | — | 12 |
Taxes paid | (54) | (9) | (1) | 35 | — | (30) |
Operating free cash flow (v) | 371 | 10 | (10) | (181) | — | 189 |
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
4. SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)
Three months ended September 30, 2020
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
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Latin America | Africa | Unallocated | Guatemala and Honduras (vii) | Eliminations and transfers | Total |
Mobile revenue | 790 | 92 | — | (360) | — | 522 |
Cable and other fixed services revenue | 513 | 2 | — | (76) | — | 439 |
Other revenue | 15 | — | — | (2) | — | 13 |
Service revenue (i) | 1,318 | 94 | — | (438) | — | 974 |
Telephone and equipment revenue (i) | 126 | — | — | (75) | — | 52 |
Revenue | 1,445 | 94 | — | (512) | — | 1,026 |
Operating profit (loss) | 194 | 9 | (1) | (128) | 22 | 97 |
Add back: | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 394 | 22 | 2 | (114) | — | 305 |
Share of profit in joint ventures in Guatemala and Honduras | — | — | — | — | (22) | (22) |
Other operating income (expenses), net | (7) | 1 | (1) | — | — | (9) |
EBITDA (ii) | 581 | 32 | (1) | (242) | — | 371 |
EBITDA from discontinued operations | — | — | — | — | — | — |
EBITDA incl discontinued operations | 581 | 32 | (1) | (242) | — | 370 |
Capital expenditure (iii) | (223) | (13) | (2) | 73 | — | (165) |
Changes in working capital and others (iv) (viii) | (19) | 1 | 79 | (19) | — | 42 |
Taxes paid | (100) | (3) | — | 39 | — | (65) |
Operating free cash flow (v) | 238 | 17 | 76 | (149) | — | 183 |
(i) | Service revenue is Group revenue related to the provision of ongoing services such as monthly subscription fees, airtime and data usage fees, interconnection fees, roaming fees, mobile finance service commissions, installation fees and fees from other telecommunications services such as data services, SMS and other value-added services excluding telephone and equipment sales. Revenues from other sources comprises rental, sub-lease rental income and other non-recurring revenues. The Group derives revenue from the transfer of goods and services over time and at a point in time. Refer to the table below. |
(ii) | EBITDA is operating profit excluding impairment losses, depreciation and amortization and gains/losses on the disposal of fixed assets. EBITDA is used by the management to monitor the segmental performance and for capital management. |
(iii) | Excluding spectrum and licenses of $25 million (2020: $95 million). |
(iv) | ‘Changes in working capital and others’ include changes in working capital as stated in the cash flow statement as well as share based payments expense. |
(v) | Operating Free Cash Flow is EBITDA less cash capex (excluding spectrum and license costs) less change in working capital, other non-cash items (share-based payment expense) and taxes paid. |
(vi) Segment assets include goodwill and other intangible assets.
(vii) Including eliminations for Guatemala and Honduras as reported in the Latin America segment.
(viii) Represented for an intercompany transaction between Latin America and HQ
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
4. SEGMENT INFORMATION (Continued)
Revenue from contracts with customers from continuing operations
Nine months ended September 30, 2021 | Nine months ended September 30, 2020 | Three months ended September 30, 2021 | Three months ended September 30, 2020 | ||||||||||
in millions of U.S. dollars | Timing of revenue recognition | Latin America | Africa | Total Group | Latin America | Africa | Total Group | Latin America | Africa | Total Group | Latin America | Africa | Total Group |
Mobile | Over time | 1,346 | 170 | 1,516 | 1,282 | 177 | 1,459 | 453 | 59 | 511 | 421 | 60 | 481 |
Mobile Financial Services | Point in time | 27 | 87 | 114 | 22 | 86 | 108 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 8 | 32 | 40 |
Cable and other fixed services | Over time | 1,425 | 7 | 1,432 | 1,336 | 6 | 1,342 | 474 | 2 | 477 | 438 | 2 | 439 |
Other | Over time | 44 | — | 44 | 37 | 1 | 38 | 15 | — | 15 | 13 | — | 14 |
Service Revenue | 2,842 | 264 | 3,107 | 2,678 | 269 | 2,947 | 951 | 87 | 1,038 | 881 | 94 | 974 | |
Telephone and equipment | Point in time | 164 | — | 164 | 136 | — | 136 | 55 | — | 55 | 51 | — | 51 |
Revenue from contracts with customers | 3,006 | 264 | 3,270 | 2,814 | 269 | 3,083 | 1,006 | 87 | 1,093 | 932 | 94 | 1,026 |
5. OTHER NON-OPERATING (EXPENSES) INCOME, NET
The Group’s other non-operating (expenses) income, net comprised the following:
in millions of U.S. dollars | Nine months ended September 30, 2021 | Nine months ended September 30, 2020 | Three months ended September 30, 2021 | Three months ended September 30, 2020 |
Change in fair value of derivatives (Note 13) | 2 | (5) | — | 1 |
Change in fair value in investment in Jumia (Note 14) | — | (18) | — | — |
Change in fair value in investment in Helios Towers (Note 14) | 18 | (22) | — | 23 |
Change in value of call option and put option liability (Note 13) | (26) | 8 | — | — |
Exchange gains (losses), net | (35) | (113) | (21) | (34) |
Other non-operating income (expenses), net | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
Total | (37) | (147) | (20) | (10) |
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
6. EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE
Earnings per common share (EPS) attributable to owners of the Company are comprised as follows:
in millions of U.S. dollars | Nine months ended September 30, 2021 | Nine months ended September 30, 2020 | Three months ended September 30, 2021 | Three months ended September 30, 2020 |
Basic and Diluted | ||||
Net profit (loss) attributable to equity holders from continuing operations | (52) | (279) | 5 | (43) |
Net profit (loss) attributable to equity holders from discontinued operations | — | (9) | — | (8) |
Net profit/(loss) attributable to all equity holders to determine the basic earnings (loss) per share | (53) | (288) | 5 | (51) |
in thousands | ||||
Weighted average number of ordinary shares for basic and diluted earnings per share | 101,408 | 101,158 | 101,348 | 101,201 |
in U.S. dollars | ||||
Basic and diluted | ||||
EPS from continuing operations attributable to owners of the Company | (0.52) | (2.76) | 0.05 | (0.42) |
EPS from discontinued operations attributable to owners of the Company | — | (0.09) | — | (0.08) |
EPS for the period attributable to owners of the Company | (0.52) | (2.85) | 0.05 | (0.50) |
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
7. INVESTMENTS IN JOINT VENTURES
Joint ventures are businesses over which Millicom exercises joint control as decisions over the relevant activities of each, such as the ability to upstream cash from the joint ventures, require unanimous consent of shareholders. Millicom determines the existence of joint control by reference to joint venture agreements, articles of association, structures and voting protocols of the board of directors of those ventures.
At September 30, 2021, the carrying value of the Group's investment in AirtelTigo Ghana joint venture is zero and is therefore not shown in the table below (see note 15 for further details on the disposal of our stake in the AirtelTigo joint venture in Ghana).
At September 30, 2021, the equity accounted net assets of Millicom's joint ventures in Guatemala and Honduras totaled $2,992 million (December 31, 2020: $3,072 million). These net assets do not necessarily represent statutory reserves available for distribution as these include consolidation adjustments (such as goodwill and previously unrecognized assets and assumed liabilities recognized as part of the purchase accounting). Out of a total reserve of $297 million (December 31, 2020: $278 million), $164 million (December 31, 2020: $153 million) represent statutory reserves that are unavailable to be distributed to the Group. During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021, Millicom’s joint ventures paid $13 million (December 31, 2020: $71 million) as dividends or dividend advances to the Company.
in millions of U.S. dollars | 2021 | |||
Guatemala(i) | Honduras (i) | |||
Opening Balance at January 1, 2020 | 2,031 | 610 | ||
Results for the period | 164 | 21 | ||
Dividends declared during the period | (201) | (34) | ||
Currency exchange differences | 3 | 1 | ||
Closing Balance at September 30, 2021 | 1,998 | 598 |
(i) Share of profit is recognized under ‘Share of profit in the joint ventures in Guatemala and Honduras’ in the statement of income.
8. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021, Millicom added property, plant and equipment for $450 million (September 30, 2020: $388 million) and received $6 million from disposal of property, plant and equipment (September 30, 2020: $6 million).
9. INTANGIBLE ASSETS
During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021, Millicom added intangible assets for $98 million of which $10 million related to spectrum and licenses, and $89 million to additions of other intangible assets (September 30, 2020: $497 million out of which $427 million related to spectrum and licenses and $70 million to additions of intangible assets) and did not receive any proceeds from disposal of intangible assets (September 30, 2020: nil).
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
10. FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS
A. Debt and financing
The most significant movements in debt and financing for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021 were as follows:
Luxembourg
On September 22, 2021, Millicom announced the early participation exchange results from its offer dated September 8, 2021; $302.1 million of the 6.625% Notes due 2026 were exchanged for $307.5 million of the 4.5% Notes due 2031 (at 101.812% exchange ratio). The gain of $15 million, derived from applying the "modification accounting" under IFRS 9 to this exchange, has been recorded under "Interest and other financial income" in the statement of income during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021. Transaction costs attributable to this exchange amount to approximately $4 million.
On February 22, 2021, Millicom redeemed 10% of the principal outstanding of its Notes due 2026, 2028 and 2029 at a price of 103%. This redemption followed Millicom’s announcement dated February 11, 2021. Total consideration of approximately $180 million was funded from cash, consistent with the Company's decision to prioritize debt reduction. The redemption premium of $5 million and the accelerated amortization of the upfront costs of $3 million, have been recorded in the line "Interest and other financial expenses" in the statement of income during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2021.
Colombia
On February 16, 2021, UNE EPM Telecomunicaciones S.A. issued under the approved local bond program, a COP 485,680 million bond (approximately $138 million using the transaction date exchange rate) with 3 maturities; Series 7 years at 5.56% fixed rate, Series 10 years at CPI plus 2.61% and Series 15 years at CPI plus 3.18% margin. With the aim to improve UNE’s natural hedge against local currency, the bond proceeds were used on March 26, 2021 to partially repay 50% of the $300 million syndicated loan of Colombia Movil S.A. (originally due in December 2024).
Panama
In November 2020, Cable Onda executed an agreement with Bank of Nova Scotia for $110 million, which were disbursed in two tranches. The first tranche of $85 million was disbursed in December 2020, and on March 1, 2021 the second and final tranche ($25 million) was disbursed to Cable Onda.
On August 31, 2021, Cable Onda executed an agreement with Bank of Scotia for $75 million at 3.5% fixed rate. The facility was used to repay Cable Onda's remaining $75 million under the 5.75% local bond, which was initially due on September 3, 2025.
El Salvador
On July 1, 2021 Telemovil El Salvador S.A. repaid the remaining outstanding balance of $18 million of principal under a credit facility dated June 3, 2016 entered into with Citibank, as lender, and the Company as guarantor.
Analysis of debt and financing by maturity
The total amount of debt and financing is repayable as follows:
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
in millions of U.S. dollars | As at September 30, 2021 | December 31, 2020 | ||
Due within: | ||||
One year | 95 | 113 | ||
One-two years | 377 | 107 | ||
Two-three years | 505 | 439 | ||
Three-four years | 445 | 811 | ||
Four-five years | 310 | 467 | ||
After five years | 3,534 | 3,755 | ||
Total debt and financing | 5,267 | 5,691 |
As at September 30, 2021, the Group's share of total debt and financing secured by either pledged assets, pledged deposits issued to cover letters of credit or guarantees was $299 million (December 31, 2020: $287 million).
The table below describes the outstanding and maximum exposure under guarantees and the remaining terms of the guarantees as at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020.
Bank and financing guarantees (i) | Supplier's guarantees | |||||||
in millions of U.S. dollars | As at September 30, 2021 | As at December 31, 2020 | As at September 30, 2021 | As at December 31, 2020 | ||||
Terms | Outstanding and Maximum exposure | Outstanding and Maximum exposure | ||||||
0-1 year | 74 | 59 | 51 | — | ||||
1-3 years | 225 | 227 | — | — | ||||
3-5 years | — | — | — | — | ||||
More than 5 years | — | — | — | — | ||||
Total | 299 | 287 | 51 | — |
(i) If non-payment by the obligor, the guarantee ensures payment of outstanding amounts by the Group's guarantor.
The Group’s interest and other financial expenses comprised the following:
in millions of U.S. dollars | Nine months ended September 30, 2021 | Nine months ended September 30, 2020 | Three months ended September 30, 2021 | Three months ended September 30, 2020 | ||||
Interest expense on bonds and bank financing | (247) | (288) | (80) | (93) | ||||
Interest expense on leases | (94) | (117) | (19) | (39) | ||||
Early redemption charges | (5) | — | — | — | ||||
Others | (42) | (52) | (13) | (9) | ||||
Total interest and other financial expenses | (389) | (457) | (112) | (141) |
11. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Litigation & claims
The Company and its operations are contingently liable with respect to lawsuits, legal, regulatory, commercial and other legal risks that arise in the normal course of business. As of September 30, 2021, the total amount of claims brought against Millicom and its subsidiaries is $244 million (December 31, 2020: $288 million). The Group's share of the comparable exposure for joint ventures is $8 million (December 31, 2020: $14 million).
As at September 30, 2021, $42 million has been provisioned by its subsidiaries for these risks in the consolidated statement of financial position (December 31, 2020: $45 million). The Group's share of provisions made by the joint ventures was
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
$1 million (December 31, 2020: $3 million). While it is not possible to ascertain the ultimate legal and financial liability with respect to these claims and risks, the ultimate outcome is not anticipated to have a material effect on the Group’s financial position and operations.
Taxation
At September 30, 2021, the tax risks exposure of the Group's subsidiaries is estimated at $274 million, for which provisions of $47 million have been recorded in tax liabilities; representing the probable amount of eventual claims and required payments related to those risks (December 31, 2020: $339 million of which provisions of $77 million were recorded). The Group's share of comparable tax exposure and provisions in its joint ventures amounts to $83 million (December 31, 2020: $69 million) and $7 million (December 31, 2020: $7 million), respectively. During the third quarter of 2021, due to tax audit closure in Tanzania, the Group has released tax risk contingencies amounting to $26 million which were considered as 'possible' and has also recorded the reversal of a $30 million provision for claims no longer deemed as 'probable'.
Capital commitments
At September 30, 2021, the Company and its subsidiaries had fixed commitments to purchase network equipment, other fixed assets and intangible assets of $747 million of which $528 million are due within one year (December 31, 2020: $564 million of which $400 million are due within one year). The Group’s share of commitments in the joint ventures is $92 million and $85 million. (December 31, 2020: $69 million and $52 million).
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
The following transactions were conducted with related parties:
in millions of U.S. dollars | Nine months ended September 30, 2021 | Nine months ended September 30, 2020 | Three months ended September 30, 2021 | Three months ended September 30, 2020 | ||||
Expenses | ||||||||
Purchases of goods and services from Miffin | (150) | (157) | (50) | (53) | ||||
Purchases of goods and services from EPM | (29) | (27) | (10) | (8) | ||||
Other expenses | (15) | (11) | (5) | (5) | ||||
Total | (194) | (194) | (65) | (66) |
in millions of U.S. dollars | Nine months ended September 30, 2021 | Nine months ended September 30, 2020 | Three months ended September 30, 2021 | Three months ended September 30, 2020 | ||||
Income / gains | ||||||||
Sale of goods and services to Miffin | 268 | 237 | 90 | 82 | ||||
Sale of goods and services to EPM | 11 | 11 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Other income / gains | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 280 | 249 | 95 | 86 |
The Group had the following balances with related parties:
in millions of U.S. dollars | As at September 30, 2021 | As at December 31, 2020 | ||
Liabilities | ||||
Payables to Guatemala joint venture(i) | 46 | 231 | ||
Payables to Honduras joint venture(ii) | 70 | 103 | ||
Payables to AirtelTigo Ghana(iii) | 33 | — | ||
Payables to EPM | 14 | 20 | ||
Payables to Panama non-controlling interests | 1 | 1 | ||
Other accounts payable | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 164 | 356 |
(i) | Interest bearing shareholder loans of which $1 million are due after more than one year. |
(ii) | Mainly advances for dividends expected to be declared in 2021 |
(iii) | As of September 30, 2021, $32.5 million, out of a total commitment of $37.5 million, remain outstanding as a result of the transfer of shares of AirtelTigo Ghana to the Government of Ghana (see note 16). The total commitment has been provided for in the statement of income under "Profit (loss) from other joint ventures and associates, net". |
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
12. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Continued)
in millions of U.S. dollars | As at September 30, 2021 | As at December 31, 2020 | ||
Assets | ||||
Receivables from Guatemala joint venture (i) | 13 | 206 | ||
Receivables from Honduras joint venture | 63 | 84 | ||
Receivables from EPM | 3 | 3 | ||
Receivables from Panama non-controlling interests | 2 | 1 | ||
Other accounts receivable | 5 | 5 | ||
Total | 85 | 299 |
(i) As of September 30, 2021, the Guatemala joint venture has prepaid the entire $193 million Millicom's shareholder loan granted in October 2020 and originally repayable by January 13, 2022, at the latest.
13. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
Other than the items disclosed below, the fair values of financial assets and financial liabilities approximate their carrying values as at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020:
in millions of U.S. dollars | Carrying value | Fair value | ||||||
As at September 30, 2021 | As at December 31, 2020 | As at September 30, 2021 | As at December 31, 2020 | |||||
Financial liabilities | ||||||||
Debt and financing | 5,267 | 5,691 | 5,457 | 5,572 | ||||
(i) | Fair values are measured with reference to Level 1 (for listed bonds) or 2. |
Derivative financial instruments
Currency and interest rate swap contracts
MIC S.A. entered into swap contracts in order to hedge the foreign currency and interest rate risks in relation to the SEK 2 billion (approximately $228 million) senior unsecured sustainability bond issued in May 2019. These swaps are accounted for as cash flow hedges as the timing and amounts of the cash flows under the swap agreements match the cash flows under the SEK bond. Their maturity date is May 2024. The hedging relationship is highly effective and related fluctuations are recorded through other comprehensive income. At September 30, 2021, the fair values of the swaps amount to an asset of $10 million (December 31, 2020: an asset of $23 million).
Colombia, El Salvador and Costa Rica operations have also entered into several swap agreements in order to hedge foreign currency and interest rate risks on certain long term debts. These swaps are accounted for as cash flow hedges and related fair value changes are recorded through other comprehensive income. At September 30, 2021, the fair value of El Salvador amount to a liability of $2 million (December 31, 2020: a liability of $3 million), Costa Rica swaps amount to a liability of $1 million and an asset of $1 million (December 31, 2020: liability of $5 million and an asset of $1 million) and the fair value of Colombia swap amount to an asset of $10 million (December 31, 2020: a liability of $7 million).
Interest rate and currency swaps are measured with reference to Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
Call and put options - Panama
As of September 30, 2021, the put option liability is valued at $285 million (December 31, 2020: $262 million) (being the higher of the value of the 'Transaction Price' put option and fair market value - for further details refer to the Group's 2020 consolidated financial statements). Changes in the value of the put option liability are recorded in the Group's statement of income under 'other non-operating (expenses) income, net' (see note 5).
The call option, having a strike price at initial Transaction price +10% interest p.a (exercisable from June 14, 2022 to July 14, 2022), has been valued at $0.2 million
There are no other derivative financial instruments with a significant fair value at September 30, 2021.
14. EQUITY INVESTMENTS
As at December 31, 2020, Millicom held an investment in equity instruments of Helios Towers ("HT") amounting to $160 million. The investment was measured at fair value through profit and loss under IFRS 9 and changes were shown under 'Other non-operating (expenses) income, net' (see note 5).
In June 2021, Millicom disposed of its remaining 76 million shares it owned in HT for a total net consideration of GBP 115 million ($163 million), triggering a net loss on disposal of $15 million, recorded under ‘other operating income (expenses), net’. In total, starting June 2020, Millicom sold 162 million shares it held in HT, yielding total proceeds of GBP 244 million ($383 million). Following these disposals, Millicom has no remaining ownership in HT.
In the course of June 2020, Millicom disposed of its entire stake in Jumia (approximately 6%) for a total net consideration of $29 million, triggering a net gain on disposal of $15 million recorded in the statement of income for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2020 under ‘other operating income (expenses), net’.
15. MILLICOM’S OPERATIONS IN TANZANIA
Tanzania divestiture
On April 19, 2021, Millicom agreed to sell its entire operations in Tanzania to a consortium led by Axian, a pan-African group that was part of the consortium that acquired Millicom’s operations in Senegal in 2018. The Group is still awaiting the necessary regulatory approvals in order to complete the disposal.
IPO – Tanzania
The Tanzanian government has implemented legislation requiring telecommunications companies to list their shares on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange and offer 25% of their shares in a Tanzanian public offering. The Group is currently seeking to reach an agreement with the Tanzanian government regarding the conditions of the IPO, taking into account the proposed sale of Millicom's Tanzanian operation.
16. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Ghana's divestiture
On October 13, 2021, Millicom, along with its joint venture partner Bharti Airtel Limited, closed the disposal of AirtelTigo Ghana to the Government of Ghana. As part of the closing conditions, each partner committed up to $37.5 million for the reimbursement of certain local bank facilities. As of September 30, 2021, $32.5 million remain unpaid (see note 12).
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Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021 | ![]() |
Financing
On October 1, 2021, Telecel issued a PYG400,000 million bond (approximately $58 million using September 30, 2021 exchange rate) in three series with fixed interest rates between 6% to 7.5% and a repayment period from 5 to 10 years.
On October 25, 2021, Millicom Cable Costa Rica S.A. repaid a $120 million syndicated loan which was initially due on 2023 with the proceeds of a new loan, executed on October 22, 2021 which was disbursed on October 25, 2021 for an amount of $125 million. The latter has 2 tranches, a USD $33 million tranche and a local currency tranche for an amount equivalent to US$92 million. Cross currency swaps used to hedge the previous interest and principal on the previous loan were terminated.
Finally, in October 2021, Tigo Bolivia signed additional credit facilities for a total amount of approximately $26 million with a repayment period between 2.5 and 5 years.
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Item 2
Earnings Release Q3 2021 | ![]() |
Luxembourg, October 28, 2021
Broad-based growth continued in Q3
Group highlights Q3 2021
The financial highlights discussed and summarized in the table below are presented on an IFRS basis and therefore do not include the fully consolidated results from our Guatemala and Honduras joint ventures.
• | Revenue up 6.5% to $1,093 million, with most countries and all business lines showing positive growth. |
• | Operating profit up 103.6%, due to the improved revenue performance and increased profitability in Guatemala. |
• | Net profit of $5 million, $0.05 per share, an improvement from a net loss of $51 million in Q3 2020, reflects higher revenue generation, lower amortization expense, and a significant reduction in net interest expense, the result of debt repayment over the past year. |
• | Leverage declined, and we resumed shareholder remuneration via share repurchases. |
Financial highlights ($ millions) | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | % change | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 | % change |
Revenue | 1,093 | 1,026 | 6.5% | 3,270 | 3,083 | 6.1% |
Operating Profit | 197 | 97 | 103.6% | 447 | 323 | 38.3% |
Net profit/(loss) | 5 | (51) | NM | (53) | (288) | (81.7)% |
Latin America segment highlights1 – Q3 2021
Our Latin America (“Latam”) segment includes our Guatemala and Honduras joint ventures as if they were fully consolidated.
• | Service revenue up 8.2% compared to Q3 2020 and 0.6% compared to Q2 2021, marking a fifth consecutive quarter of sequential growth. |
• | In Home, strong 88,000 HFC customer net additions drove service revenue growth of 13.3%, and HFC RGU growth of 15.5%. |
• | Strong prepaid and postpaid net additions drove mobile results, including a second consecutive quarter of more than 200,000 postpaid net additions in Colombia. |
• | EBITDA grew 7.1% year-on-year, reflecting robust service revenue growth offset by growth related sales and marketing costs. |
• | Capex was $287 million in Q3 2021 and $694 million in 9M 2021, up 19.0% year-on-year as we have accelerated network investment in 2021. We anticipate that our capex-to-sales ratio should reach approximately 18% in 2021 and return to the historical range of 16-17% in 2022. |
• | OCF was $335 million in Q3 2021 and $1,187 million in 9M 2021, up 4.1% year-on-year organically. |
Latam segment highlights ($ millions) | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | % change | Organic % change | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 | % change | Organic % change |
Revenue | 1,548 | 1,445 | 7.1% | 7.4% | 4,623 | 4,309 | 7.3% | 7.5% |
Service Revenue | 1,427 | 1,318 | 8.2% | 8.5% | 4,258 | 3,984 | 6.9% | 7.1% |
EBITDA | 622 | 581 | 7.1% | 7.4% | 1,881 | 1,725 | 9.0% | 9.0% |
EBITDA Margin | 40.2% | 40.2% | — | 40.7% | 40.0% | 0.6 pt | ||
Capex | 287 | 220 | 30.7% | 694 | 583 | 19.0% | ||
OCF (EBITDA – Capex) | 335 | 362 | (7.3)% | (6.1)% | 1,187 | 1,142 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
1Service revenue, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, Capex, OCF and Organic growth are non-IFRS measures. See page 13 for a description of these measures and for reconciliations to the nearest equivalent IFRS measures.
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Earnings Release Q3 2021 | ![]() |
Millicom Chief Executive Officer Mauricio Ramos commented:
"We had another excellent quarter in Q3, with every business line and every country in Latam contributing to our solid performance. In Colombia, we continued to leverage our mobile network superiority to grow our customer base, adding 359,000 mobile customers, including 249,000 in postpaid. Our robust commercial performance is producing strong momentum for mobile service revenue, which grew 6.5% year-on-year and 4.1% sequentially. El Salvador led the way with service revenue growth of 18.0%, a direct result of recent investments to acquire spectrum and expand our network in that country.
During Q3, we resumed shareholder remuneration, repurchasing nearly 1% of our shares outstanding, and we continued to reduce our financial leverage. We remain on track to deliver on our OCF target of at least $1.4 billion for 2021, as we continue to execute on our 2021 investment plan, which includes our Colombia mobile network expansion, as well as the modernization of our mobile networks in El Salvador, Honduras, Paraguay and Bolivia. Additionally, during the quarter we continued to invest in our Tigo Money business and in our infrastructure, and we have projects underway to carve out these valuable assets from our core business to provide optionality to optimize their capital structure and unlock value in the future.
Now more than ever, we measure our success not only by looking at our financial results and at our balance sheet, but also by measuring our contribution to the lives of our employees and of the people in the communities we serve, while also reducing our impact on the environment. During the quarter, we made significant progress on many facets of our ESG agenda, and we plan to announce Paris-aligned emissions reduction targets in the near future. We recognize and embrace our role as an agent of positive change in our region, and the work we do every day to connect more people to our digital highways is a source of tremendous pride for me personally, and for each of our 21,000 employees. We remain very focused on nurturing and strengthening the Sangre Tigo culture that motivates our teams and drives our performance."
Subsequent Events
On October 13, 2021, we closed the disposal of our 50% stake in AirtelTigo Ghana. As part of the closing conditions, each partner committed up to $37.5 million for the reimbursement of certain local bank facilities. As of September 30, 2021, $32.5 million remain unpaid.
Group Quarterly Financial Review - Q3 2021
In Q3 2021, group revenue increased 6.5% year-on-year to $1,093 million due to strong customer growth in all business lines and countries, compared to a softer top line due to the negative impact of the COVID-19 and the impact of currency translation in Q3 2020. Cost of sales increased 9.4%, due to improved activity levels and to an $8 million increase in bad debt in Q3 2021 compared to Q3 2020, which benefited from strong collection activity as lockdowns began to ease.
Operating expenses increased 8.3% ($31 million) year-on-year to $400 million, reflecting increased sales and marketing costs to support customer growth in Q3 2021, as compared to Q3 2020 when COVID-19 was still impacting mobility and commercial activity in our markets.
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Depreciation decreased 2.4% ($5 million) year-on-year to $212 million, due to network modernization activities which accelerated the depreciation of older infrastructure in 2020. Amortization decreased 35.1% ($31 million) to $57 million as brands acquired in the Cable Onda acquisition in Panama have now been fully amortized, which also impacted Q3 2020 when we recognized $15 million of accelerated amortization related to a brand in Panama that was discontinued in that quarter.
Our share of profits in Guatemala and Honduras increased to $56 million in Q3 2021 from $22 million in Q3 2020 due to very strong operational performance as well as lower interest expenses stemming from the reduction in debt in Guatemala.
As a result of the above factors, operating profit was $197 million in Q3 2021, up 103.6% year-on-year.
Income statement data (IFRS) | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | % change | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 | % change |
$ millions (except EPS in $) | ||||||
Revenue | 1,093 | 1,026 | 6.5% | 3,270 | 3,083 | 6.1% |
Cost of sales | (313) | (286) | 9.4% | (928) | (887) | 4.6% |
Gross profit | 780 | 740 | 5.4% | 2,343 | 2,196 | 6.7% |
Operating expenses | (400) | (369) | 8.3% | (1,193) | (1,101) | 8.4% |
Depreciation | (212) | (217) | (2.4)% | (640) | (660) | (3.0)% |
Amortization | (57) | (88) | (35.1)% | (239) | (244) | (2.2)% |
Share of net profit in Guatemala and Honduras | 56 | 22 | NM | 185 | 101 | 83.9% |
Other operating income (expenses), net | 29 | 9 | NM | (8) | 31 | NM |
Operating profit | 197 | 97 | 103.6% | 447 | 323 | 38.3% |
Net financial expenses | (95) | (140) | (32.1)% | (367) | (448) | (18.1)% |
Other non-operating income (expenses), net | (20) | (10) | 94.5% | (37) | (147) | (74.4)% |
Gains (losses) from other JVs and associates, net | (35) | 1 | NM | (38) | — | NM |
Profit (loss) before tax | 46 | (53) | NM | 4 | (272) | NM |
Net tax credit (expense) | (42) | 1 | NM | (84) | (48) | 76.4% |
Profit (loss) for the period from continuing ops. | 4 | (51) | NM | (80) | (320) | (75.0)% |
Non-controlling interests | 1 | 9 | (88.3)% | 28 | 40 | (31.6)% |
Profit (loss) from discontinued operations | — | (8) | (96.4)% | — | (9) | (94.7)% |
Net profit (loss) for the period | 5 | (51) | NM | (53) | (288) | (81.7)% |
Weighted average shares outstanding (millions) | 101.35 | 101.20 | 0.1% | 101.41 | 101.16 | 0.2% |
EPS | 0.05 | (0.50) | NM | (0.52) | (2.85) | (81.7)% |
Net financial expenses decreased $45 million year-on-year to $95 million, as a result of debt repayment over the past year, as well as a one-time $15 million gain related to the bond exchange completed during the quarter. Other non-operating expense of $20 million reflects foreign exchange losses and compares to an expense of $10 million in Q3 2020, which benefited from the
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revaluation of equity investments. Losses from other joint ventures and associates reached $35 million in Q3 2021 compared to a gain of $1 million in Q3 2020 due to charges related to the closing of the sale of the Ghana joint venture.
Tax expense of $42 million in Q3 2021, declined from a tax credit of $1 million in Q3 2020, due to higher profitability and deferred tax one-off adjustments to existing liabilities, offset by lower withholding taxes. Non-controlling interests were a $1 million loss in Q3 2021, reflecting our partners' share of net losses in Colombia, down from from a $9 million loss in Q3 2020.
As a result of these factors, net profit attributable to owners of the Company was $5 million, or $0.05 per share, as compared to a net loss of $51 million ($0.50 loss per share) in Q3 2020. The weighted average number of shares during the quarter was 101.35 million, an increase of 0.1% year-on-year related to our employee share-based compensation plans. As of September 30, 2021, we had 101,739,217 shares outstanding, including 915,037 held in treasury, which increased due to the 834,974 shares that were repurchased so far.
Cash Flow
Cash flow data ($ millions) | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | % change | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 | % change |
Operating free cash flow* | 189 | 183 | 3.6% | 313 | 400 | (21.9)% |
Finance charges paid, net | (85) | (109) | (22.2)% | (267) | (305) | (12.5)% |
Lease interest payments, net | (40) | (37) | 6.7% | (109) | (111) | (1.5)% |
Free cash flow* | 64 | 36 | 78.2% | (63) | (16) | NM |
Dividends and advances from Guatemala and Honduras | — | 9 | (100.0)% | 13 | 67 | (80.6)% |
Dividends and advances to non-controlling interests | — | (3) | (100.0)% | (6) | (5) | 20.7% |
Equity free cash flow* | 64 | 42 | 52.6% | (56) | 46 | NM |
Lease principal repayments | (28) | (30) | (7.0)% | (90) | (83) | 8.4% |
Equity free cash flow after leases* | 36 | 12 | NM | (146) | (37) | NM |
* Non-IFRS measures. See page 13 for a description of these measures. Please refer to page 18 of this Earnings Release or to Note 4 of our Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the reconciliation of Operating free cash flow to the nearest IFRS measures. In prior years, equity free cash flow was calculated by including the results of Guatemala and Honduras as if fully consolidated. On that same comparable basis, equity free cash flow was $394 million in 9M 2021 and $298 million in 9M 2020, before lease principal repayments of $117 million in 9M 2021 and $111 million in 9M 2020.
During 9M 2021, Operating Free Cash Flow (OFCF) was $313 million, a decrease of $87 million compared to $400 million in 9M 2020. The decline was largely due to increased working capital supporting improved revenue growth, as well as higher capex, which more than offset the increase in EBITDA during the period.
In 9M 2021, dividends and advances received from our joint ventures in Guatemala and Honduras were $13 million, compared to $67 million received in 9M 2020. This reflects the decision to prioritize use of Guatemala's robust cash flow generation to reduce gross debt in Guatemala. As of the end of September 2021, Guatemala had repaid $319 million of
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the $350 million in shareholder notes that were used to help fund the Comcel bond redemption in Q4 2020. Repayments have been funded from Guatemala's internally generated cash flow.
Finally, dividends paid to non-controlling interests in Colombia were $6 million in 9M 2021. As a result of these factors, Equity Free Cash Flow (EFCF) for 9M 2021 was negative $56 million, as compared to positive $46 million in 9M 2020. Further adjusting for lease principal repayments, EFCF after leases was negative $146 million in 9M 2021, down from negative $37 million in 9M 2020. The decline reflects our decision to prioritize Guatemala debt reduction; including Guatemala and Honduras as if fully consolidated, EFCF after leases was $277 million in 9M 2021, up from $187 million in 9M 2020.
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Debt
Debt information | Gross Debt | Cash | Net | Leases | Financial Obligations | |||
($ millions) | USD | LCY | Total | Debt | Gross | Net* | ||
Latin America | 657 | 2,117 | 2,774 | 334 | 2,440 | 741 | 3,515 | 3,181 |
Africa | 156 | 40 | 196 | 18 | 178 | 192 | 388 | 370 |
Corporate | 2,260 | 37 | 2,297 | 371 | 1,926 | 20 | 2,316 | 1,946 |
Millicom Group (IFRS) | 3,073 | 2,193 | 5,267 | 723 | 4,543 | 953 | 6,219 | 5,496 |
Guatemala and Honduras JVs | 197 | 539 | 737 | 261 | 476 | 264 | 1,001 | 740 |
Underlying (non-IFRS) | 3,270 | 2,733 | 6,003 | 984 | 5,019 | 1,217 | 7,220 | 6,236 |
Total Proportionate (non-IFRS) | 3,176 | 1,996 | 5,172 | 808 | 4,364 | 941 | 6,113 | 5,305 |
* Net Debt and Net financial obligations are non-IFRS measures. See page 13 for a description of non-IFRS measures and for reconciliations to the nearest equivalent IFRS measures. Cash includes term deposits of nil as of September 30, 2021 and including Guatemala and Honduras as if fully consolidated includes term deposits of $4 million as of September 30, 2021.
In order to provide a more complete picture of the Group's financial situation, this section discusses gross debt, leases, cash, and net debt on an underlying basis, a non-IFRS measure that includes Guatemala and Honduras as if fully consolidated.
As of September 30, 2021, underlying gross debt was $6,003 million, a reduction of $133 million during the quarter. Our underlying gross debt includes Guatemala and Honduras, which had $737 million of gross debt as of September 30, 2021, a decrease of $3 million during the quarter.
Approximately 58% of underlying gross debt at September 30, 2021 was in Latam, 3% in Africa, and the remaining 38% at the corporate level. Over the past year, we have lowered our average effective interest rate to 5.4% from 5.8% while also improving the mix to 46% in local currency or swapped for local currency as of Q3 2021, up from 34% as of Q3 2020. In addition 81% was at fixed rates or swapped for fixed rates and the average maturity of 5.9 years, in line with our targets. On our dollar-denominated debt, the average rate was 5.0% with an average maturity of 6.6 years, as of September 30, 2021, an improvement from an average rate of 5.1% and an average maturity of 6.3 years as of June 30, 2021.
Our underlying cash position was $984 million as of September 30, 2021, a decrease of $57 million compared to $1,041 million as of June 30, 2021, in part due to $28 million spent on share buybacks. Of our underlying cash balance, 73% was held in U.S. dollars. As a result, our underlying net debt was 5,019 as of September 30, 2021, a decrease of $76 million during the quarter.
In addition, as of September 30, 2021, we had underlying lease liabilities of $1,217 million, which represented 17% of underlying gross financial obligations. Including these lease liabilities, underlying net financial obligations were $6,236 million as of September 30, 2021, a reduction of $111 million during the quarter, which reflects cash generation during the quarter.
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Proportionate leverage1, which captures our proportional ownership in each country as well as lease obligations, was 2.81x as of September 30, 2021. This is down from 2.89x as of June 30, 2021 due to the strong EBITDA growth and the reduction in net debt during the quarter despite higher levels of capital expenditure and the commencement of share buybacks. Excluding the impact of leases, proportionate leverage would have been 2.67x2, an improvement from 2.75x as of June 30, 2021.
Operating segment performance
Our management determines operating and reportable segments based on the reports that are used by the chief operating decision maker to make strategic and operational decisions from both a business and geographic perspective. The Millicom Group’s risks and rates of return for its operations are predominantly affected by operating in different geographical regions. The Millicom Group has businesses in two main regions, Latin America and Africa, which constitute our two segments. We allocate corporate costs to each segment based on their contribution to underlying revenue, and only unusual costs, such as the M&A-related fees remain unallocated.
Our Latin America segment includes the results of Guatemala and Honduras as if they were fully consolidated, as this reflects the way our management reviews and uses internally reported information to make decisions about operating matters and to provide increased transparency to investors on those operations. Our Africa segment does not include our joint venture in Ghana because our management does not consider it to be a strategic part of the group.
Please refer to Note 4 of our Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more details on our segments. The information contained herein can also be accessed electronically in the Financial & Operating Data Excel file published at www.millicom.com/investors alongside this earnings release.
Latin America segment
Business units
We discuss our Latam results under two principal business units:
1. Mobile, including mobile data, mobile voice, and mobile financial services (MFS) to consumer, business and government customers;
2. Cable and other fixed, including broadband, Pay TV, content, and fixed voice services for residential (Home) customers, as well as voice, data and value-added services and solutions to business and government customers.
On occasion, we also discuss our performance by customer type, with B2B referring to our business and government customers, while B2C includes residential and personal consumer groups.
Market environment
1 Proportionate leverage is a non-IFRS measure calculated using LTM (last twelve-month) EBITDA, proforma for acquisitions and disposals.
2 Proportionate leverage after leases is the ratio of proportionate net debt over LTM EBITDA after leases, proforma for acquisitions made during the last twelve months. Refer to page 13 for a description of non-IFRS measures and for reconciliations to the nearest equivalent IFRS measures.
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Economic activity continued to recover in our markets, while remittances from the U.S. to Central America sustained double-digit growth year-on-year. Meanwhile, vaccination rates improved to above 50% in Panama, El Salvador, and Costa Rica, but remained below 20% in Nicaragua. Some countries experienced spikes in the number of COVID cases during the quarter, but governments generally refrained from imposing strict lockdowns, choosing instead to use curfews or voluntary quarantine programs, which had a negligible effect on commercial activity. Currencies in our markets were generally stable, both during the quarter and over the past year. Foreign exchange rates and movements are presented on page 16.
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Latam segment - Key Performance Indicators
Key Performance Indicators (‘000) | Q3 2021 | Q2 2021 | Q1 2021 | Q4 2020 | Q3 2020 | Q3 2021 vs Q3 2020 |
Mobile customers | 43,901 | 43,137 | 42,805 | 41,734 | 39,483 | 11.2% |
Of which 4G customers | 20,327 | 19,321 | 18,830 | 18,243 | 16,330 | 24.5% |
Of which postpaid subscribers | 5,682 | 5,352 | 5,060 | 4,920 | 4,773 | 19.0% |
Mobile ARPU ($) | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.8 | (5.6)% |
Total homes passed | 12,539 | 12,403 | 12,248 | 12,229 | 12,106 | 3.6% |
Of which HFC homes passed | 12,263 | 12,113 | 11,949 | 11,888 | 11,762 | 4.3% |
Total customer relationships | 4,857 | 4,792 | 4,701 | 4,545 | 4,453 | 9.1% |
Of which HFC customer relationships | 4,086 | 3,998 | 3,899 | 3,733 | 3,630 | 12.6% |
HFC revenue generating units | 8,480 | 8,273 | 7,971 | 7,602 | 7,343 | 15.5% |
Of which Broadband Internet | 3,728 | 3,642 | 3,535 | 3,356 | 3,238 | 15.1% |
Home ARPU ($) | 28.1 | 28.6 | 28.8 | 28.0 | 27.7 | 1.6% |
Mobile services
We ended Q3 21 with 43.9 million customers, an increase of 764,000 during the quarter, including 331,000 net additions in postpaid, with the vast majority of these coming from Colombia, where our investments in spectrum, network and distribution channels have extended our reach and improved customer experience driving postpaid customer gains of 249,000. In prepaid, we added 433,000 customers, ending the period with 38.2 million, up 10% year-on-year, with Colombia and Bolivia accounting for the majority of the net gains. We added 1 million new 4G smartphone data users, and these now account for 46% of our mobile customer base, up from 41% in Q3 2020.
Mobile ARPU was flat sequentially at $6.4, declining 5.6% compared to Q3 2020. ARPU increased in El Salvador and Nicaragua, where we have invested to upgrade and expand our networks over the past two years.
Cable and other fixed services
In Home, our residential cable business, we continued to experience strong demand for our services, and we added 88,000 HFC customer relationships in the quarter, reflecting a slight slowdown compared to recent periods, as we increased prices in some of our markets. At the end of Q3, our networks passed 12.5 million homes, an increase of 137,000 during the period. We continued our HFC network deployment, passing an additional 149,000 homes, as we continued to expand our network mainly in Colombia, Nicaragua, Bolivia and Guatemala. As a result, penetration on our HFC network increased to 33.3%, an increase of 2.4 percentage points from 30.9% in Q3 2020.
Demand was strong, with all countries showing positive HFC Home customer relationship net additions in the quarter. Colombia sustained strong customer intake with HFC net additions of 32,000, while Bolivia added 19,000 and Guatemala added 13,000. Home ARPU increased in constant currency terms and improved by 1.6% year-on-year in US dollar terms, averaging $28.1 for the quarter.
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Latam segment financial results
Latam Financial Highlights* | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | % change | Organic % change | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 | % change | Organic % change |
($m, unless otherwise stated) | ||||||||
Revenue | 1,548 | 1,445 | 7.1% | 7.4% | 4,623 | 4,309 | 7.3% | 7.5% |
Service revenue | 1,427 | 1,318 | 8.2% | 8.5% | 4,258 | 3,984 | 6.9% | 7.1% |
Mobile | 840 | 790 | 6.4% | 2,509 | 2,383 | 5.3% | ||
Cable and other fixed services | 568 | 513 | 10.7% | 1,697 | 1,558 | 8.9% | ||
Other | 18 | 15 | 21.2% | 52 | 43 | 22.5% | ||
EBITDA | 622 | 581 | 7.1% | 7.4% | 1,881 | 1,725 | 9.0% | 9.0% |
EBITDA margin | 40.2% | 40.2% | — | 40.7% | 40.0% | 0.6 pt | ||
Capex | 287 | 220 | 30.7% | 694 | 583 | 19.0% | ||
OCF | 335 | 362 | (7.3)% | (6.1)% | 1,187 | 1,142 | 3.9% | 4.1% |
* Service revenue, EBITDA, EBITDA margin, Capex, OCF and organic growth are Non-IFRS measures. Capex is defined as capital expenditures excluding spectrum, license costs and finance lease capitalizations. See page 13 for a description of non-IFRS measures and for reconciliations to the nearest equivalent IFRS measures.
In Q3 2021, revenue in our Latam segment increased 7.1% year-on-year to $1,548 million, while service revenue increased 8.2% to $1,427 million. Adjusting for currency, organic service revenue growth was 8.5% year-on-year, benefiting from a second consecutive quarter of positive growth in all countries and business units.
For a fourth consecutive quarter, El Salvador registered the fastest service revenue growth at 18.0%, as mobile continued to drive rapid growth stemming from recent spectrum and network investments in that country. In Panama, growth across all business units, including double digit mobile growth and a return to growth in our B2B business, resulted in 9.5% growth overall. In Colombia, strong performance in all business lines, including 8% growth in both Home and consumer mobile, led to 6.0% growth overall in the quarter. In Honduras, double-digit growth in cable were offset by a low single-digit growth in mobile. Finally, service revenue grew 14.7% in Nicaragua and 12.3% in Costa Rica.
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By business unit, Home service revenue grew 13.3% organically, fueled by customer growth and improving ARPU. In our consumer Mobile business, organic service revenue grew 7.5% year-on-year, with both prepaid and postpaid growing. Finally, B2B service revenue returned to positive growth, increasing 2.7% organically, as most countries saw improved B2B performance during the quarter.
EBITDA for our Latam segment was $622 million in Q3 2021, an increase of 7.1% year-on-year (7.4% organically) compared to $581 million in Q3 2020. Growth was positive in all countries, except for Colombia, which saw a 5.6% decline in EBITDA year-on-year, due to a significant increase in selling and marketing expenses, as we experienced strong mobile customer intake during the quarter, resulting in improved market share. El Salvador had its fourth consecutive quarter of growth driven by strong top line results.
Capex in Latin America was $287 million in the quarter. In mobile, we added more than 800 points of presence to our 4G network, and we ended the quarter with more than 16,600, an increase of 20% year-on-year. At the end of Q3 2021, our 4G networks covered approximately 80% of the population (approximately 120 million in our markets), up from approximately 73% at Q3 2020.
Operating Cash Flow (OCF) decreased 7.3% year-on-year to $335 million in Q3 2021, an decrease of 6.1% on an organic basis on higher capex. Including our Africa segment, underlying OCF was $350 million for the quarter and $1,243 million for the first nine months of the year, on track to achieve our target of at least $1.4 billion for the year.
Africa segment - Segment financial results and Key Performance Indicators
Please refer to Note 4 of our Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more details on our segments.
Africa Financial Highlights* | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | % change | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 | % change |
($m, unless otherwise stated) | ||||||
Revenue | 87 | 94 | (7.6)% | 264 | 269 | (1.9)% |
Service revenue | 87 | 94 | (7.6)% | 264 | 269 | (1.9)% |
EBITDA | 26 | 32 | (19.5)% | 87 | 91 | (4.7)% |
EBITDA margin % | 29.9% | 34.4% | (4.4) pt | 32.8% | 33.7% | (1.0) pt |
Capex | 11 | 11 | (1.5)% | 25 | 28 | (11.5)% |
Key Performance Indicators ('000) | ||||||
Mobile customers | 13,416 | 12,427 | 8.0% | 13,416 | 12,427 | 8.0% |
Tigo Money customers | 6,861 | 6,727 | 2.0% | 6,861 | 6,727 | 2.0% |
Mobile ARPU ($) | 2.1 | 2.4 | (13.7)% | 2.1 | 2.3 | (8.4)% |
* Service revenue, EBITDA and Capex are non-IFRS measures. See page 13 for a description of non-IFRS measures and for reconciliations to the nearest equivalent IFRS measures.
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Our Africa segment comprises our Tanzania operations. On April 19, 2021, we announced the signing of an agreement for the sale of our operations in Tanzania to a consortium led by Axian, a pan-African group that was part of the consortium that acquired Millicom’s operations in Senegal in 2018. Completion remains subject to regulatory approvals.
Service revenue for our Africa segment decreased 7.6% year-on-year to $87 million in Q3 2021, while EBITDA declined 19.5% year-on-year to $26 million. The decline in performance was mostly due to a reduction in customer usage of mobile financial services, which make up a third of our revenues, due to a new government levy imposed on many mobile money transactions. Capex reduced 1.5% year-on-year to $11 million and as a result OCF decreased 28.5% year-on-year to $15 million.
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ESG highlights – Q3 2021
Responsible Leadership in Action
Protecting Children
In September, we officially launched our collaboration with Fundación Real Madrid, through which we will reach over 11,100 children and adolescents that are part of their social sports schools in the region. We will start implementing our Conectate Segur@ and Conectadas programs starting in October through our Tigo operations and the Foundation's local partners. This five-year alliance will facilitate the sustainability of more than 65 social sports projects that the Foundation has in our countries.
In Bolivia we launched EducaTigo, the first TV channel 100% devoted to education in the country, available in two channels of Tigo Home. Educatigo focuses on broadcasting 24- hour educational content for children and adults: aimed at students, teachers and families it offers curated content on digital skills, responsible internet use and cybersecurity and mental health.
Empowering Women
Our Conectadas App is in its final phase of development and we will be doing soft launches during late November and December. For these soft launches we will test the App with groups of beneficiaries that will allow us to further optimize its usability for 2022. Through this app, we will be able to significantly expand the reach of our training content on digital skills, in addition to the women empowerment programs already in place.
Responsible Supply Chain Management
We are closing in on our goal of reaching 75% of our suppliers with over $1 million in spend with our online sustainability training, with currently 70% of our suppliers having completed the training. We are continuing our efforts to reach our goal by December.
Health, safety and environment
Millicom continues to implement protocols to safeguard the safety and health of our people, encouraging them to participate in the COVID-19 vaccination processes in their respective countries, ensuring continuity of service. We currently have more than 50% of our employees with their complete vaccinations.
Despite the fact that more than half of our people continue to work from home, we continue to make constant adjustments to our facilities and have initiated pilot plans to return to offices, under the latest COVID-19 guidelines from the World Health Organization, the US Centers for Disease Control, and the Ministries of Health in the countries where we operate, to care for our employees, contractors and customers.
Regarding our commitment to minimize e-waste and foster circular economies, we have met our 2021 CPE (customer premise equipment) goal ahead of time, having redeployed over 2.2 million CPEs by the end of Q3.
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We are advanced in our efforts to set and announce Paris-aligned emissions reduction targets during 2022, engaging a cross-functional team to align investments, resources, policies and partnerships towards that goal.
Compliance and anti-corruption program
During Q3 2021, we launched our annual mandatory Compliance training, covering all relevant aspects of the program (Code of Conduct, Anti-Corruption, Gifts & Hospitality, Speak Up, Sponsorships & Donations, Conflicts of Interest, Third Party Due Diligence, and Anti Money Laundering). The training targets all active employees and contracted staff of the company. Preliminary completion rates indicate that at least 95% of the target has successfully completed the training. As part of our continuous improvement and monitoring efforts, we are revising our Code of Conduct and Corporate Compliance Policies, with an expected launch timeframe of 2022.
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Video conference details
A video conference to discuss these results will take place on October 28 at 14:00 (Luxembourg/Stockholm) / 13:00 (London) / 08:00 (Miami). Registration for the live event is required and is available at the following link. After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email containing details about joining the video conference. Alternatively, participants can join in a listen-only mode, by dialing any of the following numbers and using webinar ID number 824-3416-1714. Please dial a number base on your location:
US | +1 929 205 6099 | Sweden: | +46 850 539 728 |
UK: | +44 330 088 5830 | Luxembourg: | +352 342 080 9265 |
Additional international numbers are available at the following link.
A replay of the event will be available on the Millicom website.
Financial calendar
2022
Date | Event |
February 11 | Q4 2021 results |
April 28 | Q1 2022 results |
May 4 | 2022 AGM1 |
July 28 | Q2 2022 results |
October 27 | Q3 2022 results |
For further information, please contact
Press: | Investors: |
Vivian Kobeh, Corporate Communications Director | Michel Morin, VP Investor Relations |
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About Millicom
Millicom (NASDAQ U.S.: TIGO, Nasdaq Stockholm: TIGO_SDB) is a leading provider of fixed and mobile services dedicated to emerging markets in Latin America and Africa. Millicom sets the pace when it comes to providing high- speed broadband and innovation around The Digital Lifestyle® services through its principal brand, TIGO. As of December 31, 2020, Millicom operating subsidiaries and joint ventures employed more than 21,000 people and provided mobile services to approximately 55 million customers, with a cable footprint of more than 12 million homes passed. Founded in 1990, Millicom International Cellular S.A. is headquartered in Luxembourg. For more information, visit: millicom.com. Connect with Millicom on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
1 The deadline for submitting additional items to the 2022 AGM is April 12, 2022.
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Forward-Looking Statements
Statements included herein that are not historical facts, including without limitation statements concerning future strategy, plans, objectives, expectations and intentions, projected financial results, liquidity, growth and prospects, are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time. In the event such risks or uncertainties materialize, Millicom’s results could be materially adversely affected. In particular, there is uncertainty about the spread of the COVID-19 virus and the impact it may have on Millicom's operations, the demand for Millicom's products and services, global supply chains and economic activity in general. The risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following:
• | global economic conditions and foreign exchange rate fluctuations as well as local economic conditions in the markets we serve; |
• | potential disruption due to diseases, pandemics, political events, piracy or acts by terrorists, including the impact of the recent outbreak of the COVID-19 virus and the ongoing efforts throughout the world to contain it; |
• | telecommunications usage levels, including traffic and customer growth; |
• | competitive forces, including pricing pressures, the ability to connect to other operators’ networks and our ability to retain market share in the face of competition from existing and new market entrants as well as industry consolidation; |
• | legal or regulatory developments and changes, or changes in governmental policy, including with respect to the availability of spectrum and licenses, the level of tariffs, tax matters, the terms of interconnection, customer access and international settlement arrangements; |
• | adverse legal or regulatory disputes or proceedings; |
• | the success of our business, operating and financing initiatives and strategies, including partnerships and capital expenditure plans; |
• | the level and timing of the growth and profitability of new initiatives, start-up costs associated with entering new markets, the successful deployment of new systems and applications to support new initiatives; |
• | relationships with key suppliers and costs of handsets and other equipment; |
• | our ability to successfully pursue acquisitions, investments or merger opportunities, integrate any acquired businesses in a timely and cost-effective manner and achieve the expected benefits of such transactions; |
• | the availability, terms and use of capital, the impact of regulatory and competitive developments on capital outlays, the ability to achieve cost savings and realize productivity improvements; |
• | technological development and evolving industry standards, including challenges in meeting customer demand for new technology and the cost of upgrading existing infrastructure; |
• | the capacity to upstream cash generated in operations through dividends, royalties, management fees and repayment of shareholder loans; and |
• | other factors or trends affecting our financial condition or results of operations. |
A further list and description of risks, uncertainties and other matters can be found in Millicom’s Registration Statement on Form 20-F, including those risks outlined in “Item 3. Key Information—D. Risk Factors,” and in Millicom’s subsequent U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings, all of which are available at www.sec.gov. To the extent COVID-19
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adversely affects Millicom's business and financial results, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the risks described in its filings.
All forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements that speak only as of the date hereof. Except to the extent otherwise required by applicable law, we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Non IFRS Measures
This press release contains financial measures not prepared in accordance with IFRS. These measures are referred to as “non-IFRS” measures and include: non-IFRS service revenue, non-IFRS EBITDA, and non-IFRS Capex, among others defined below. Annual growth rates for these non-IFRS measures are often expressed in organic constant currency terms to exclude the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates, the adoption of new accounting standards, and are proforma for material changes in perimeter due to acquisitions and divestitures. The non-IFRS financial measures are presented in this press release as Millicom’s management believes they provide investors with an additional information for the analysis of Millicom’s results of operations, particularly in evaluating performance from one period to another. Millicom’s management uses non-IFRS financial measures to make operating decisions, as they facilitate additional internal comparisons of Millicom’s performance to historical results and to competitors' results, and provides them to investors as a supplement to Millicom’s reported results to provide additional insight into Millicom’s operating performance. Millicom’s Remuneration Committee uses certain non-IFRS measures when assessing the performance and compensation of employees, including Millicom’s executive directors.
The non-IFRS financial measures used by Millicom may be calculated differently from, and therefore may not be comparable to, similarly titled measures used by other companies - refer to the section “Non-IFRS Financial Measure Descriptions” for additional information. In addition, these non-IFRS measures should not be considered in isolation as a substitute for, or as superior to, financial measures calculated in accordance with IFRS, and Millicom’s financial results calculated in accordance with IFRS and reconciliations to those financial statements should be carefully evaluated.
Financial Measure Descriptions
Service revenue is revenue related to the provision of ongoing services such as monthly subscription fees, airtime and data usage fees, interconnection fees, roaming fees, mobile finance service commissions and fees from other telecommunications services such as data services, short message services, installation fees and other value-added services excluding telephone and equipment sales.
EBITDA is operating profit excluding impairment losses, depreciation and amortization, and gains/losses on fixed asset disposals. In respect of the segments Latam or Africa it is shown after the allocation of Corporate Costs and inter-company eliminations.
EBITDA after Leases (EBITDAaL) represents EBITDA excluding lease interest and principal repayments.
EBITDA Margin represents EBITDA in relation to Revenue.
Proportionate EBITDA is the sum of the EBITDA in every country where Millicom operates, including its Guatemala and Honduras joint ventures, pro rata for Millicom’s ownership stake in each country.
Organic growth represents year-on-year growth excluding the impact of changes in FX rates, perimeter, and accounting. Changes in perimeter are the result of acquisitions and divestitures. Results from divested assets are immediately removed from both periods, whereas the results from acquired assets are included in both periods at the beginning (January 1) of the first full calendar year of ownership.
Net debt is Debt and financial liabilities less cash and pledge and time deposits.
Net financial obligations is Net debt plus lease liabilities.
Proportionate financial obligations is the sum of the net financial obligations in every country where Millicom operates, including its Guatemala and Honduras joint ventures, pro rata for Millicom’s ownership stake in each country.
Leverage is the ratio of net financial obligations over LTM (Last twelve month) EBITDA, proforma for acquisitions made during the last twelve months.
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Leverage after leases is the ratio of net debt over LTM (Last twelve month) EBITDA after leases, proforma for acquisitions made during the last twelve months.
Proportionate leverage is the ratio of proportionate net financial obligations over LTM proportionate EBITDA, proforma for acquisitions made during the last twelve months.
Proportionate leverage after leases is the ratio of proportionate net debt over LTM (Last twelve month) EBITDA after leases, proforma for acquisitions made during the last twelve months.
Capex is balance sheet capital expenditure excluding spectrum and license costs and lease capitalizations.
Cash Capex represents the cash spent in relation to capital expenditure, excluding spectrum and licenses costs.
Operating Cash Flow (OCF) is EBITDA less Capex.
Operating Free Cash Flow (OFCF) is OCF less changes in working capital and other non-cash items and taxes paid.
Equity Free Cash Flow (EFCF) is OFCF less finance charges paid (net), less advances for dividends to non-controlling interests, plus dividends received from joint ventures.
Equity Free Cash Flow after Leases (EFCFaL) is EFCF, less lease principal repayments.
Operating Profit After Tax displays the profit generated from the operations of the company after statutory taxes.
Return on Invested Capital (ROIC) is used to assess the Group’s efficiency at allocating the capital under its control to and is defined as Operating Profit After Tax, including Guatemala and Honduras as if fully consolidated, divided by the average invested Capital during the period.
Average Invested Capital is the capital invested in the company operation throughout the year and is calculated with the average of opening and closing balances of the total assets minus current liabilities (excluding debt, joint ventures, accrued interests, deferred and current tax, cash as well as investments and non-controlling interests), less assets and liabilities held for sale.
Underlying measures, such as Underlying service revenue, Underlying EBITDA, Underlying equity free cash flow, Underlying net debt, Underlying leverage, etc., include Guatemala and Honduras, as if fully consolidated.
Average Revenue per User per Month (ARPU) for our Mobile customers is (x) the total mobile and mobile financial services revenue (excluding revenue earned from tower rentals, call center, data and mobile virtual network operator, visitor roaming, national third parties roaming and mobile telephone equipment sales revenue) for the period, divided by (y) the average number of mobile subscribers for the period, divided by (z) the number of months in the period. We define ARPU for our Home customers in our Latin America segment as (x) the total Home revenue (excluding equipment sales, TV advertising and equipment rental) for the period, divided by (y) the average number of customer relationships for the period, divided by (z) the number of months in the period. ARPU is not subject to a standard industry definition and our definition of ARPU may be different to other industry participants.
Please refer to our 2020 Annual Report for a list and description of non-IFRS measures.
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Non-IFRS Reconciliations
Reconciliation from Reported Growth to Organic Growth for the Latam segment1
Latam Segment ($ millions) | Revenue | Service Revenue | EBITDA | OCF |
Q3 2021 | Q3 2021 | Q3 2021 | Q3 2021 | |
A- Current period | 1,548 | 1,427 | 622 | 335 |
B- Prior year period | 1,445 | 1,318 | 581 | 362 |
C- Reported growth (A/B) | 7.1% | 8.2% | 7.1% | (7.3)% |
D- FX impact | (0.2)% | (0.2)% | (0.1)% | (0.1)% |
E- Other* | (0.1)% | (0.1)% | (0.2)% | (1.1)% |
F- Organic Growth (C-D-E) | 7.4% | 8.5% | 7.4% | (6.1)% |
Latam Segment ($ millions) | Revenue | Service Revenue | EBITDA | OCF |
9M 2021 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2021 | |
A- Current period | 4,623 | 4,258 | 1,881 | 1,187 |
B- Prior year period | 4,309 | 3,984 | 1,725 | 1,142 |
C- Reported growth (A/B) | 7.3% | 6.9% | 9.0% | 3.9% |
D- FX impact | (0.1)% | (0.1)% | (0.1)% | (0.1)% |
E- Other* | (0.2)% | (0.1)% | 0.1% | (0.1)% |
F- Organic Growth (C-D-E) | 7.5% | 7.1% | 9.0% | 4.1% |
*Organic growth is calculated by re-basing all periods to the budget FX rates of the current year. This creates small differences that are captured in "Other". EBITDA and OCF are calculated excluding the allocation of corporate costs to reflect operational growth and to align with how we manage the Latam segment, and this also creates small differences that are included in "other".
ARPU reconciliations
Latam Segment - Mobile ARPU Reconciliation | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Mobile service revenue ($m) | 840 | 790 | 2,509 | 2,383 |
Mobile Service revenue ($m) from non Tigo customers ($m) * | (8) | (7) | (21) | (26) |
Mobile Service revenue ($m) from Tigo customers (A) | 832 | 782 | 2,489 | 2,357 |
Mobile customers - end of period (000) | 43,901 | 39,483 | 43,901 | 39,483 |
Mobile customers - average (000) (B) ** | 43,519 | 38,630 | 42,894 | 39,139 |
Mobile ARPU (USD/Month) (A/B/number of months) | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.4 | 6.7 |
* Refers to production services, MVNO, DVNO, equipment rental revenue, call center revenue, national roaming, equipment sales, visitor roaming, tower rental, DVNE, and other non-customer driven revenue.
** Average QoQ for the quarterly view is the average of the last quarter.
1 See Note 4 of our Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for details on our segments.
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Latam Segment - Home ARPU Reconciliation | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Home service revenue ($m) | 416 | 371 | 1,238 | 1,122 |
Home service revenue ($m) from non Tigo customers ($m) * | (10) | (8) | (25) | (23) |
Home service revenue ($m) from Tigo customers (A) | 407 | 363 | 1,212 | 1,099 |
Customer Relationships - end of period (000) ** | 4,857 | 4,453 | 4,857 | 4,453 |
Customer Relationships - average (000) (B) *** | 4,824 | 4,374 | 4,724 | 4,370 |
Home ARPU (USD/Month) (A/B/number of months) | 28.1 | 27.7 | 28.5 | 27.9 |
* TV advertising, production services, equipment rental revenue, call center revenue, equipment sales and other non customer driven revenue.
** Represented by homes connected all technologies (HFC + Other Technologies + DTH & Wimax RGUs).
*** Average QoQ for the quarterly view is the average of the last quarter.
One-off Summary - Items above EBITDA only
2021 | Q3 2021 | 9M 2021 | |||
($ millions) | Revenue | EBITDA | Revenue | EBITDA | Comment (Q3 2021) |
Paraguay | — | — | (4) | (4) | |
Latam Total | — | — | (4) | (4) |
2020 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2020 | |||
($ millions) | Revenue | EBITDA | Revenue | EBITDA | Comment (Q3 2020) |
Nicaragua | — | — | — | (8) | |
Latam Total | — | — | — | (8) |
Foreign Exchange rates used to support FX impact calculations in the above Organic Growth reconciliations
Average FX rate (vs. USD) | End of period FX rate (vs. USD) | ||||||||||
Q3 21 | Q2 21 | QoQ | Q3 20 | YoY | Q3 21 | Q2 21 | QoQ | Q3 20 | YoY | ||
Bolivia | BOB | 6.91 | 6.91 | 0.0% | 6.91 | 0.0% | 6.91 | 6.91 | 0.0% | 6.91 | 0.0% |
Colombia | COP | 3,705 | 3,730 | 0.7% | 3,784 | 2.2% | 3,835 | 3,757 | (2.0)% | 3,879 | 1.2% |
Costa Rica | CRC | 621 | 619 | (0.2)% | 594 | (4.3)% | 630 | 622 | (1.2)% | 607 | (3.7)% |
Guatemala | GTQ | 7.74 | 7.72 | (0.2)% | 7.73 | (0.1)% | 7.73 | 7.74 | 0.1% | 7.79 | 0.7% |
Honduras | HNL | 24.07 | 24.06 | 0.0% | 24.66 | 2.4% | 24.17 | 23.95 | (0.9)% | 24.53 | 1.5% |
Nicaragua | NIO | 35.08 | 35.08 | 0.0% | 34.47 | (1.8)% | 35.34 | 35.17 | (0.5)% | 34.60 | (2.1)% |
Paraguay | PYG | 6,764 | 6,604 | (2.4)% | 6,921 | 2.3% | 6,914 | 6,754 | (2.3)% | 6,990 | 1.1% |
Tanzania | TZS | 2,315 | 2,318 | 0.1% | 2,317 | 0.1% | 2,307 | 2,317 | 0.5% | 2,319 | 0.5% |
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Reconciliation of Net financial obligations to EBITDA to Proportionate net financial obligations to EBITDA as of September 30, 2021
Debt Information - September 30, 2021 | Financial obligations | EBITDA | Leverage | ||
$ millions | Gross | Cash | Net | ||
Millicom Group (IFRS) | 6,219 | 723 | 5,496 | 1,549 | |
Plus: Guatemala | 619 | 200 | 420 | 856 | |
Plus: Honduras | 381 | 61 | 320 | 265 | |
Less: Corporate Costs | — | — | — | 29 | |
Underlying Millicom Group (Non-IFRS) | 7,220 | 984 | 6,236 | 2,641 | 2.36x |
Less: 50% Minority Stake in Colombia | 501 | 49 | 452 | 225 | |
Less: 45% Minority Stake in Guatemala | 279 | 91 | 188 | 385 | |
Less: 33% Minority Stake in Honduras | 127 | 20 | 107 | 88 | |
Less: 20% Minority Stake in Panama | 194 | 16 | 179 | 54 | |
Less: 1.5% Minority Stake in Tanzania | 6 | — | 6 | 2 | |
Proportionate Millicom Group (Non-IFRS) | 6,113 | 808 | 5,305 | 1,887 | 2.81x |
Capex Reconciliation
Capex Reconciliation | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Consolidated: | ||||
Additions to property, plant and equipment | 189 | 149 | 450 | 388 |
Additions to licenses and other intangibles | 64 | 34 | 98 | 497 |
Of which spectrum and license costs | 24 | 7 | 10 | 427 |
Total consolidated additions | 253 | 182 | 548 | 885 |
Of which capital expenditures related to corporate offices | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Latin America Segment | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Additions to property, plant and equipment | 238 | 188 | 589 | 499 |
Additions to licenses and other intangibles | 80 | 38 | 136 | 594 |
Of which spectrum and license costs | 30 | 7 | 31 | 510 |
Latin America Segment total additions (Underlying) | 317 | 227 | 725 | 1,093 |
Capex excluding spectrum and license costs | 287 | 220 | 694 | 583 |
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Africa Segment | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Additions to property, plant and equipment | 11 | 11 | 25 | 28 |
Additions to licenses and other intangibles | — | — | — | — |
Of which spectrum and license costs | — | — | — | — |
Africa Segment total additions | 11 | 11 | 25 | 28 |
Capex excluding spectrum and license costs | 11 | 11 | 25 | 28 |
Underlying Capex | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Latam capex excluding spectrum and license cost | 287 | 220 | 694 | 583 |
Africa capex excluding spectrum and license cost | 11 | 11 | 25 | 28 |
Capital expenditures related to corporate offices | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Underlying capex excluding spectrum and license costs | 300 | 231 | 726 | 618 |
Equity Free Cash Flow Reconciliation
Cash Flow Data | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Net cash provided by operating activities | 237 | 201 | 516 | 525 |
Purchase of property, plant and equipment | (149) | (138) | (479) | (440) |
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Purchase of intangible assets | (29) | (35) | (132) | (201) |
Proceeds from sale of intangible assets | — | — | — | — |
Purchase of spectrum and licenses | 4 | 4 | 25 | 95 |
Finance charges paid, net | 125 | 147 | 376 | 416 |
Operating free cash flow | 189 | 183 | 313 | 400 |
Interest (paid), net | (125) | (147) | (376) | (416) |
Free cash flow | 64 | 36 | (63) | (16) |
Dividends received from joint ventures (Guatemala and Honduras) | — | 9 | 13 | 67 |
Dividends paid to non-controlling interests | — | (3) | (6) | (5) |
Equity free cash flow | 64 | 42 | (56) | 46 |
Lease Principal Repayments | (28) | (30) | (90) | (83) |
Equity free cash flow after leases | 36 | 12 | (146) | (37) |
OCF (EBITDA- Capex) Reconciliation
Latam OCF Underlying | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Latam EBITDA | 622 | 581 | 1,881 | 1,725 |
(-) Capex (Ex. Spectrum) | 287 | 220 | 694 | 583 |
Latam OCF | 335 | 362 | 1,187 | 1,142 |
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Africa OCF | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Africa EBITDA | 26 | 32 | 87 | 91 |
(-) Capex (Ex. Spectrum) | 11 | 11 | 25 | 28 |
Africa OCF | 15 | 22 | 61 | 63 |
Corporate OCF | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2021 |
Corporate EBITDA | 2 | (1) | 2 | (2) |
(-) Capex (Ex. Spectrum) | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
Corporate OCF | (1) | (2) | (5) | (8) |
Underlying OCF | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Underlying EBITDA | 650 | 613 | 1,969 | 1,815 |
(-) Capex (Ex. Spectrum) | 300 | 231 | 726 | 618 |
Underlying OCF | 350 | 381 | 1,243 | 1,197 |
Interest Expense Reconciliation
Interest ($ millions) | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Interest expense | (80) | (93) | (247) | (288) |
Interest expense on leases | (19) | (39) | (94) | (117) |
Loan Redemption expense | — | — | (5) | — |
Other | (13) | (9) | (42) | (52) |
Total financial expenses | (112) | (141) | (389) | (457) |
Interest income | 17 | 1 | 22 | 8 |
Net financial expenses | (95) | (140) | (367) | (448) |
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Underlying Interest ($ millions) | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Interest expense on bonds and bank financing | (88) | (119) | (271) | (352) |
Interest expense on leases | (25) | (45) | (113) | (137) |
Loan Redemption expense | — | (18) | (5) | (18) |
Other | (24) | (21) | (63) | (67) |
Total financial expenses | (137) | (204) | (452) | (575) |
Interest income | 17 | 3 | 22 | 16 |
Net financial expenses | (121) | (200) | (430) | (559) |
Amortization Expense Detail
Amortization Expense* ($ millions) | Q3 2021 | Q3 2020 | 9M 2021 | 9M 2020 |
Licenses and Spectrum | (18) | (19) | (55) | (48) |
Related to acquisitions | (12) | (35) | (104) | (114) |
Other items | (28) | (34) | (80) | (83) |
Total Amortization | (57) | (88) | (239) | (244) |
*Amortization expense related to Guatemala and Honduras was $33 million in Q3 2021 and $102 million in 9M 2021, and $34 million in Q3 2020 and $100 million in 9M 2020.
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Guatemala and Honduras Financial Information (unaudited)
Until 2015, Millicom group results included Guatemala and Honduras on a 100% consolidation basis. Since 2016, these businesses are treated as joint ventures and are consolidated using the equity method. To aid investors to better track the evolution of the company’s performance over time, we provide the following indicative unaudited financial statement data for the Millicom group as if our Guatemala and Honduras joint ventures had been fully consolidated.
Income statement data Q3 2021 | Millicom (IFRS) | Guatemala and Honduras JVs | Eliminations | Underlying (non-IFRS) |
($millions) | ||||
Revenue | 1,093 | 541 | — | 1,634 |
Cost of sales | (313) | (120) | — | (432) |
Gross profit | 780 | 421 | — | 1,201 |
Operating expenses | (400) | (151) | — | (551) |
EBITDA | 380 | 270 | — | 650 |
EBITDA margin | 34.8% | 50.0% | — | 39.8% |
Depreciation & amortization | (269) | (112) | — | (381) |
Share of net profit in joint ventures | 56 | — | (56) | — |
Other operating income (expenses), net | 29 | — | — | 28 |
Operating profit | 197 | 158 | (56) | 298 |
Net financial expenses | (95) | (25) | — | (121) |
Other non-operating income (expenses), net | (20) | (3) | — | (23) |
Gains (losses) from associates | (35) | — | — | (35) |
Profit (loss) before tax | 46 | 130 | (56) | 120 |
Net tax credit (charge) | (42) | (26) | — | (68) |
Profit (loss) for the period | 4 | 104 | (56) | 52 |
Non-controlling interests | 1 | (48) | — | (47) |
Profit (loss) from discontinued operations | — | — | — | — |
Net profit (loss) for the period | 5 | 56 | (56) | 5 |
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Income statement data 9M 2021 | Millicom (IFRS) | Guatemala and Honduras JVs | Eliminations | Underlying (non-IFRS) |
($millions) | ||||
Revenue | 3,270 | 1,614 | — | 4,885 |
Cost of sales | (928) | (356) | — | (1,284) |
Gross profit | 2,343 | 1,258 | — | 3,601 |
Operating expenses | (1,193) | (439) | — | (1,632) |
EBITDA | 1,149 | 820 | — | 1,969 |
EBITDA margin | 35.1% | 50.8% | — | 40.3% |
Depreciation & amortization | (879) | (338) | — | (1,217) |
Share of net profit in joint ventures | 185 | — | (185) | — |
Other operating income (expenses), net | (8) | — | — | (8) |
Operating profit | 447 | 482 | (185) | 744 |
Net financial expenses | (367) | (63) | — | (430) |
Other non-operating income (expenses), net | (37) | 3 | — | (34) |
Gains (losses) from associates | (38) | — | — | (38) |
Profit (loss) before tax | 4 | 423 | (185) | 242 |
Net tax credit (charge) | (84) | (86) | — | (170) |
Profit (loss) for the period | (80) | 336 | (185) | 71 |
Non-controlling interests | 28 | (151) | — | (124) |
Profit (loss) from discontinued operations | — | — | — | — |
Net profit (loss) for the period | (53) | 185 | (185) | (53) |
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Balance Sheet data ($ millions) | Millicom IFRS | Guatemala and Honduras JVs | Underlying (non-IFRS) |
Assets | |||
Intangible assets, net | 3,201 | 2,770 | 5,971 |
Property, plant and equipment, net | 2,549 | 855 | 3,405 |
Right of Use Assets | 805 | 241 | 1,046 |
Investments in joint ventures and associates | 2,619 | (2,596) | 23 |
Other non-current assets | 336 | 3 | 339 |
Total non-current assets | 9,511 | 1,273 | 10,784 |
Inventories, net | 55 | 48 | 103 |
Trade receivables, net | 352 | 86 | 438 |
Other current assets | 576 | 184 | 760 |
Restricted cash | 183 | 19 | 202 |
Cash and cash equivalents | 723 | 257 | 980 |
Total current assets | 1,889 | 594 | 2,483 |
Assets held for sale | — | — | — |
Total assets | 11,400 | 1,867 | 13,267 |
Equity and liabilities | |||
Equity attributable to owners of the Company | 1,966 | (50) | 1,916 |
Non-controlling interests | 179 | 444 | 623 |
Total equity | 2,145 | 394 | 2,540 |
Debt and financing | 5,994 | 942 | 6,937 |
Other non-current liabilities | 962 | 140 | 1,101 |
Total non-current liabilities | 6,956 | 1,082 | 8,038 |
Debt and financing | 225 | 59 | 283 |
Other current liabilities | 2,074 | 332 | 2,406 |
Total current liabilities | 2,299 | 390 | 2,689 |
Liabilities directly associated with assets held for sale | — | — | — |
Total liabilities | 9,255 | 1,472 | 10,727 |
Total equity and liabilities | 11,400 | 1,867 | 13,267 |
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Cash Flow Data 9M 2021 | Millicom IFRS | Guatemala and Honduras JVs | Underlying (non-IFRS) |
($millions) | |||
Profit (loss) before taxes from continuing operations | 4 | 238 | 242 |
Profit (loss) for the period from discontinued operations | — | — | — |
Profit (loss) before taxes | 3 | 238 | 241 |
Net cash provided by operating activities (incl. discontinued ops) | 516 | 678 | 1,194 |
Net cash used in investing activities (incl. discontinued ops) | (395) | (286) | (681) |
Net cash from (used by) financing activities (incl. discontinued ops) | (265) | (383) | (647) |
Exchange impact on cash and cash equivalents, net | (9) | — | (9) |
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents | (152) | 10 | (142) |
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period | 875 | 247 | 1,122 |
Effect of cash in disposal group held for sale | — | — | — |
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period | 723 | 257 | 980 |
Regulatory Statement
This information was prior to this release inside information and is information that Millicom is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. This information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 12:00 CET on October 28, 2021.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR S.A. (Registrant) | ||||
By: | /s/ Salvador Escalon | |||
Name: | Salvador Escalon | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President, General Counsel |
Date: October 28, 2021