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Liberty Global Reports Fiscal 2014 Results
Liberty Global plc ("Liberty Global" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: LBTYA,
LBTYB and LBTYK), today announces financial and operating results for
the three months ("Q4") and year ended December 31, 2014 ("FY"). Certain
of the information concerning Virgin Media Inc. ("Virgin Media") and
Ziggo Holding B.V., formerly Ziggo N.V. ("Ziggo"), relates to periods
prior to our ownership of the respective businesses. Please also note
that we sold substantially all of our legacy content business on January
31, 2014 (the "Chellomedia Sale") and, accordingly, we have presented
the disposed business as a discontinued operation for all periods.
Highlights for the full-year 2014:
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Organic RGU2 additions of 1.3 million, including 351,000 in
Q4
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Over 900,000 internet additions in 2014, powered by our superior
broadband speeds
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Lowest annual video attrition since 2006, supported by innovative
video offerings
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Over 500,000 postpaid mobile subscriber additions on an organic basis
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Revenue of $18.2 billion, representing rebased3 growth of 3%
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Operating Cash Flow4 of $8.5 billion, reflecting 5.5%
rebased growth
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Germany and the U.K. delivered 9% and 7% rebased growth,
respectively
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Operating income of $2.2 billion, an 11% increase
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Adjusted Free Cash Flow ("FCF") increased 25%1 to
$2.2 billion
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Excluding the post-acquisition Ziggo FCF of $122 million, Adjusted
FCF increased 18%1
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Ziggo integration already in full-swing, synergy target raised to €250
million by 2018
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Active capital management to support our growth and drive equity
returns
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Over 90% of our debt is due in 2020 and beyond
CEO Mike Fries stated, "2014 was a milestone year for us on many fronts.
We increased the pace of innovation in broadband, video, and wireless,
delivered steady organic subscriber growth, continued driving
operational efficiencies and achieved all of our financial targets. The
capstone of the year was the acquisition of Ziggo, which represents a
unique opportunity for us to create national scale and become the
leading challenger in the mobile and enterprise businesses in Holland,
while opening up great opportunities for Dutch consumers and businesses.
In terms of financial performance, we reported record revenue in excess
of $18 billion and delivered on all of our 2014 guidance targets
including an 18% increase in our Adjusted Free Cash Flow excluding
Ziggo."
"Innovation remains a key focus, enabling us to offer our customers
cutting edge products and services which, in turn, supports our pricing
strategy. In 2015, we will continue to make strategic investments to
differentiate our products and continue driving demand for our
next-generation platform, Horizon TV, which crossed the one million
subscriber milestone this week, along with increasing usage of our
Horizon Go app and our MyPrime video-streaming service. We are also
preparing for trials of DOCSIS 3.1 technology in the second half of this
year, which we expect will meaningfully and cost effectively extend our
speed leadership to 1GB when we begin commercial deployments and up to
10GB in the future. With our superior broadband network, the expansion
of WiFi to 10 million locations by the end of 2015 and our new mobile
launches across Europe, we are well positioned to offer consumers the
best connectivity experience available in our markets."
"Our balance sheet remains in great shape with approximately $5.2
billion of liquidity at year-end. In Q4, we refinanced over $3 billion
of debt, reducing our fully-swapped cost of debt to 6.0%, our lowest on
record, while pushing out our average maturity to over seven years. In
January, we took advantage of attractive capital markets again and
realigned our debt structure in order to create regional credit pools
and help drive further operating efficiencies. During 2014, we
repurchased nearly $1.6 billion of stock despite being out of the market
for over four months due to the Ziggo transaction. We remain committed
to repurchasing a further $1.9 billion by year end 2015. In addition, we
are extending our previously announced buyback program by committing to
purchase an additional $2 billion of ordinary shares by the end of 2016.
This extension of our buyback program brings our total authorized
buyback activity over the next two years to approximately $4 billion.
Later this month, our shareholders will be voting on the creation of the
LiLAC tracking stock, which would give our investor base an opportunity
to invest more directly in our fast-growing operations in Latin America
and the Caribbean."
"Looking ahead to 2015, we expect to deliver mid-single digit rebased
OCF growth, along with $2.5 billion of Adjusted Free Cash Flow, which
would represent combined mid-teens growth on an FX-adjusted basis.5
Our expectations are based on continued robust subscriber growth,
improving pricing power, our rapidly growing mobile and B2B businesses
and executing on the substantial synergy opportunities that we have
already underway with our operational integrations taking place in the
Netherlands and the U.K."
Subscriber Statistics
At December 31, 2014, we provided a total of 55.9 million subscription
services ("RGUs") to our 27.3 million unique customers across our cable
footprint of 51.9 million homes passed. These services consisted of 24.3
million video, 17.3 million broadband internet and 14.3 million
telephony subscriptions. As compared to year-end 2013, we increased our
total RGU base by 16% or 7.7 million RGUs, which is largely attributable
to our acquisition of Ziggo (6.3 million RGUs) and our 1.3 million
organic RGU additions, including 351,000 in Q4. Our overall customer
base increased by 2.8 million in 2014 and at year-end just over 60% of
our customers subscribed to more than one service, representing a
bundling ratio of 2.05x RGUs per customer.
In addition to our triple-play base, we also had 4.5 million mobile
subscribers, including nearly 3.6 million postpaid mobile subscribers at
December 31, 2014.
Broadband internet remains the primary source of our organic subscriber
additions. Driven by our market-leading speeds, and with key
contributions from our businesses in Germany and the U.K., we added
905,000 broadband RGUs in 2014 (including 242,000 in Q4), an improvement
of 4% or 38,000 RGUs year-over-year. Despite lower traction of our
fixed-line telephony products in 2014 as compared to the prior year, we
still added 597,000 telephony RGUs in 2014 (145,000 in Q4), increasing
our telephony penetration6 to 28%, while at the same time,
our broadband internet penetration6 was at 34% at year end.
Our video subscriber loss of 223,000 for the full-year of 2014
(including 35,000 in Q4) represents our best annual result in eight
years. Our next-generation video platforms continued to perform well,
attracting over one million new subscribers in 2014, and we ended the
year with 3.5 million advanced TV customers. We doubled our total
Horizon TV base to 914,000 subscribers across the Netherlands, Germany,
Switzerland, Ireland and Poland, including record take-up in Germany
during Q4. In addition, we now have 2.5 million TiVo subscribers in the
U.K., as we added 583,000 subscribers in 2014. During 2014, we enhanced
our video offer with services such as Horizon Go, our multi-screen video
service with out-of-home capabilities, which launched in eight
countries, and MyPrime, our SVoD video-streaming service, which is now
live in four markets. We ended the year with 15.9 million digital TV
subscribers, representing 68% digital penetration7, and 7.6
million analog video subscribers at year-end 2014, which represent ample
opportunity for further digital conversion.
From a regional standpoint, our 1.3 million RGU additions consisted of
918,000 in Western Europe, 232,000 in Central and Eastern Europe ("CEE")
and 130,000 in Latin America8. Our total RGU additions in
2014 were consistent with our organic RGU growth in 2013, led by strong
performances in Germany and the U.K., which contributed 511,000 and
201,000 additions, respectively, during the year. Of particular note,
our U.K. operations delivered a record 113,000 RGU additions in Q4,
driven by demand for our "Big Bundles" and record low churn. Our Belgian
operation leveraged the popularity of its "Whop" and "Whoppa"
triple-play bundles and added 129,000 RGUs during 2014.
The competitive environment in the Netherlands remained challenging with
high levels of promotional activity and marketing initiatives from
competitors. In 2014, we lost 26,000 RGUs in the Netherlands, including
11,000 RGUs at UPC Netherlands and 15,000 RGUs at Ziggo during the
post-acquisition 2014 period. If we were to combine UPC Netherlands and
Ziggo for all of 2014, our growth in the Netherlands would have been
31,000 net RGU additions. Rounding out our top five markets, our cable
operation in Switzerland reported 14,000 RGU additions in 2014, aided by
continued broadband growth and a year-over-year improvement in annual
video attrition, partially offset by lower voice additions.
With respect to our mobile business, we finished the year with 4.5
million mobile subscribers9, an 11% increase as compared to
our year-end 2013 subscriber base. This year-over-year growth of 449,000
subscribers was led by 144,000 additions in Belgium, 127,000 additions
in the Netherlands, mainly as the result of our Ziggo acquisition
(115,000 subscribers), and 70,000 and 63,000 additions in Germany and
the U.K., respectively. We also improved our customer mix by adding
623,000 total postpaid subscribers, including over 500,000 on an organic
basis. This was offset by a decline in our prepaid subscriber base of
174,000, as a result of our ongoing focus in the U.K. of cross-selling
postpaid mobile services to our cable customers. Postpaid mobile
subscribers generate 2.5 times the average monthly revenue that we
derive from prepaid subscribers and churn at a lower rate.
In Q4 2014, we launched full-MVNO mobile products in the Netherlands,
Hungary and Austria for select customers in those countries as part of
our controlled roll-out strategy, all of which utilize our centralized
MVNO hub in Amsterdam. This structure allows us to own the SIM cards and
offers greater flexibility in creating mobile products, such as shared
family plans. During the course of 2015, we will launch new mobile
marketing initiatives and look to expand the quad-play penetration of
our customer base.
Revenue
For the three months and year ended December 31, 2014, our revenue
increased 3% to $4.6 billion and 26% to $18.2 billion, respectively, as
compared to the corresponding prior year periods. Our reported increase
for Q4 was primarily driven by the inclusion of Ziggo for approximately
seven weeks and organic revenue growth, partially offset by net negative
foreign currency ("FX") movements related to the strengthening of the
U.S. dollar against all of our currencies. For the full-year period, the
key driver of our reported growth was the inclusion of acquisitions,
principally Virgin Media and Ziggo, and, to a lesser extent, organic
growth. The FX impact over full-year 2014 was limited as the
depreciation of the Chilean peso against the U.S. dollar was nearly
offset by a strengthening of the British pound against the U.S. dollar.
Adjusting to neutralize the impact of acquisitions and FX, we achieved
year-over-year rebased revenue growth of 3% for each of the Q4 and
full-year 2014 periods. Our full-year 2014 rebased growth was fueled by
higher volumes, including the positive impact of upselling customers
into our bundled products, higher ARPU, along with strong growth in our
mobile subscription and total business-to-business ("B2B") revenue,
which increased 9% and 7%, respectively, on a rebased basis10.
From a geographic perspective, Western Europe delivered 3% rebased
revenue growth for the year, including rebased growth of 4% in Q4, as
compared to Q4 2013. Our operations in CEE posted 1% rebased revenue
growth for 2014. Rounding out our operations, our businesses in Chile
and Puerto Rico reported 4% combined rebased top-line growth during 2014.
Our performance in Western Europe, which represented over 85% of our
consolidated revenue in 2014, was led by Germany, which delivered 6%
rebased growth in each of the Q4 and full-year 2014 periods. Our German
growth was primarily driven by subscriber additions and increases in ARPU11,
which resulted in a sequential acceleration of our growth in Germany
from 5% in Q3 2014 to 6% in Q4 2014. Our Swiss operation posted 5%
rebased revenue growth in 2014, its best performance since 2008,
primarily driven by continued broadband internet and digital TV volume
growth, an improvement in ARPU and growth in B2B. Our Belgian operation
had similar revenue growth drivers, which, together with the continued
success of our Belgian mobile offering, resulted in 4% rebased revenue
growth during 2014. Of particular note, Virgin Media delivered 3%
rebased revenue growth, including a 4% result in Q4, our best quarter of
the year, driven by the February price increase, strong volumes and 9%
rebased growth for both mobile subscription and total B2B revenue in Q4.
Elsewhere in Western Europe, the revenue of our Dutch business, which
includes Ziggo since November 11, experienced a 1% rebased revenue
decline for the full year 2014 due to the ongoing competitive dynamics.
Operating Cash Flow
We reported consolidated OCF of $2.1 billion and $8.5 billion for the
three months and year ended December 31, 2014, respectively. As compared
to the corresponding prior year periods, these results reflect increases
of 4% and 26%, respectively, and were driven by the aforementioned
contributors to our reported top-line results. From a rebased growth
perspective, we reported year-over-year increases of 4% and 5.5% for the
three months and year ended December 31, 2014, respectively. Both
represent improved growth rates as compared to the prior year periods.
As mentioned in our previous 2014 earnings releases, our full-year 2014
rebased OCF performance benefited from the net favorable impact of a
number of nonrecurring items.
Geographically, our European operations reported 5% rebased OCF growth
for the year ended December 31, 2014, as strong results in many of our
European markets were only partially offset by higher costs in our
European central and other category associated with scale initiatives in
the areas of information technology and finance. Our Western European
operations delivered 6%, while CEE's operations posted 2% rebased OCF
growth, led by Romania and Poland. In Latin America, our Chilean
business generated 14% rebased OCF growth, primarily as a result of a
lower mobile OCF deficit as we moved to a full-MVNO platform in late
2013, while our operation in Puerto Rico delivered 20% rebased OCF
growth mainly by harvesting acquisition related synergies.
In Western Europe, our 2014 results were fueled by strong performances
in Germany and the U.K. In particular, our German operation repeated its
2013 performance by delivering 9% rebased OCF growth, with the 2014
result being a function of the aforementioned revenue growth drivers and
strict cost containment. Meanwhile, we posted 7% rebased OCF growth in
2014 and a record 11% rebased growth in Q4 in the U.K., where we are
seeing operating momentum across all key product lines and the benefits
of cost synergies. In addition, our Belgian and Swiss operations
reported rebased OCF growth of 7% and 5%, respectively, supported by
their strong underlying broadband internet businesses. Of note, the Q4
2014 OCF performance of UPC Cablecom was impacted by costs associated
with the integration of our Swiss and Austrian operations and office
relocation expenses. Our operation in the Netherlands partially offset
these strong Western European results as the aforementioned impacts of
competition led to a 1% rebased decline in the OCF of our Dutch
operation during 2014, an improvement from the 5% rebased decline that
we posted in the Netherlands for 2013. In terms of synergies for our
combined Dutch business, we now anticipate €250 million of overall
synergies by 2018, as compared to our earlier estimate of €160 million,
with the upsize mainly being attributable to incremental property and
equipment addition savings and, to a lesser extent, additional operating
cost savings.
Our consolidated OCF margins12 for Q4 and the full year 2014
were 46.4% and 46.7%, respectively, as compared to 45.9% and 46.6% for
the corresponding prior year periods. If we were to adjust our margin
calculation13 to include Virgin Media for the full twelve
month period ended December 31, 2013, our combined OCF margin for 2013
would have been 45.6%. With the exception of our Dutch business, which
included the relatively lower margins of Ziggo during the last 7 weeks
of 2014, each of our reportable segments reported improved margins on a
year-over-year basis, underpinned by U.K./Ireland (130 basis points) and
Germany (170 basis points).
Operating Income
For the three months and year ended December 31, 2014, our operating
income decreased by 47% to $273 million and increased by 11% to $2.2
billion, respectively, as compared to the corresponding prior year
periods. The increase in our full year operating income was primarily
due to the inclusion of Virgin Media, which accounted for a significant
portion of our growth in OCF, offset by an increase in our depreciation
and amortization expenses. The decrease in our Q4 2014 operating income
was primarily the result of year-over-year organic OCF growth that was
more than offset by increased impairment, restructuring and other
operating items, due largely to a $222 million charge associated with
the settlement of certain litigation related to our 2011 acquisition of
KBW, and higher depreciation and amortization.
Net Earnings/Loss Attributable to Shareholders
We reported net losses attributable to shareholders ("Net Losses") of
$523 million or $0.62 per basic and diluted14 share and $695
million or $0.87 per basic and diluted share, for the three months and
year ended December 31, 2014, respectively. These compare to Net Losses
of $121 million or $0.16 per basic and diluted share and $964 million or
$1.43 per basic for the corresponding prior year periods, respectively.
For 2014, the $269 million improvement was mainly driven by positive
movements related to our derivative instruments, lower income tax
expense and a $333 million gain on the January 2014 Chellomedia sale,
which more than offset the net increase in foreign currency transaction
losses and lower gains related to changes in fair values of certain
investments. The Q4 year-over-year increase in Net Losses of $402
million was driven to a large extent by the net increase in foreign
currency transaction losses, the aforementioned lower operating income
and lower gains related to changes in fair values of certain
investments, partly offset by positive movements related to our
derivative instruments.
At February 6, 2015, we had 887 million shares outstanding, including
251 million Class A ordinary shares, 10 million Class B ordinary shares
and 626 million Class C ordinary shares.
Property and Equipment Additions
For 2014, we reported $3.9 billion of property and equipment ("P&E")
additions15 or 21% of revenue as compared to $3.2 billion or
22% of revenue for 2013. The increase in absolute P&E additions was
primarily related to the inclusion of Virgin Media, which accounted for
$1.4 billion of our P&E additions during the year ended December 31,
2014, as compared to $755 million during the period following the June
7, 2013 acquisition date through December 31, 2013, and to a lesser
extent, our acquisition of Ziggo, which was included since November 11,
2014. Adjusting our 2013 results for the inclusion of Virgin Media for
the full period, our combined P&E additions would have been $3.8 billion
or 22% of combined revenue.
The $149 million increase in our P&E additions in 2014, as compared to
the combined 2013 amount, is partly the result of higher support capital
as a result of Virgin Media's anticipated move to a full-MVNO mobile
platform, as well as network and IT projects at Telenet. In terms of
2014 allocation, 52% of our overall capital spend was related to CPE and
scalable infrastructure, 25% to line extensions and upgrade/rebuild
activity, and 23% to support capital, including IT upgrades and general
support systems.
Free Cash Flow & Adjusted Free Cash Flow
On a reported basis, we generated FCF of $2.2 billion in 2014, which
reflects a 91% increase as compared to the $1.1 billion of FCF we
generated in 2013. Similarly, our Adjusted Free Cash Flow, which
primarily excludes certain costs associated with our Chilean wireless
operation, increased 65% to $2.2 billion in 2014, as compared to $1.3
billion in 2013. Both increases were mainly driven by our acquisitions,
including Virgin Media and Ziggo, organic OCF growth, favorable net
working capital movements and a strengthening of the British pound
against the U.S. dollar, partially offset by higher cash interest
payments.
If we were to include the Adjusted FCF of Virgin Media for the full 2013
period and exclude the impact of Ziggo in 2014, we would have reported
FCF growth of 18% during 2014, as compared to 2013. This increase was
mainly driven by organic OCF growth, favorable net working capital
movements and a strengthening of the British pound against the U.S.
dollar, partially offset by higher cash interest payments.
Leverage & Liquidity
We had total debt16 of $46.2 billion and cash and cash
equivalents of $1.2 billion at December 31, 2014. As compared to the end
of the third quarter of 2014, our reported debt and cash positions
increased by $5.0 billion and $204 million, respectively. The increase
in our total debt during the fourth quarter was primarily the result of
our Ziggo acquisition ($5.2 billion), partially offset by the
depreciation of our borrowing currencies against the U.S. dollar in Q4
and the termination of our Ziggo collar loan.
After excluding $1.5 billion of debt backed by shares we hold in
Sumitomo Corporation and ITV, we finished 2014 with consolidated
adjusted gross and net leverage ratios17 of 4.9x and 4.8x,
respectively. At December 31, 2014 our fully-swapped debt borrowing cost18
was 6.0%, an improvement of 60 basis points as compared to 6.6% at
year-end 2013.
Our consolidated liquidity19 position at December 31, 2014
was approximately $5.2 billion, including $1.2 billion of cash as noted
above and aggregate borrowing capacity of $4.0 billion, as represented
by the maximum undrawn commitments under each of our credit facilities.20
Subsequent to year end, we initiated a series of transactions to
restructure our credit pools. As part of this reorganization, we
extracted UPC Broadband Ireland Ltd. in February 2015 and plan to
extract our Dutch operating entity, UPC Nederland B.V., in March 2015
from the UPC credit pool and combine them with our Virgin Media and
Ziggo credit pools, respectively, in order to create strong and
well-positioned regional assets and to further strive for operating
efficiencies.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
including statements regarding our 2015 and future prospects, including
with respect to higher rebased OCF and Adjusted FCF growth, performance
drivers including subscriber growth, improved pricing power and mobile,
B2B and synergy opportunities, the development and expansion of our
innovative and advanced products and services, including Horizon TV,
MyPrime and WiFi spots, increased broadband internet speeds, the
penetration of our digital products, product bundles and mobile
offerings, the amount and timing of our share repurchases, the strength
of our balance sheet and tenor of our third-party debt, operating and
finance initiatives over the next few years, the timing and benefits of
our strategic objectives including those related to the reorganization
of our credit pools, the proposed LiLAC tracking stock and the Ziggo
acquisition (including the anticipated synergies therefrom), and other
information and statements that are not historical fact. These
forward-looking statements involve certain risks and uncertainties that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by these statements. These risks and uncertainties include the
continued use by subscribers and potential subscribers of our services
and their willingness to upgrade to our more advanced offerings, our
ability to meet challenges from competition, to manage rapid
technological change or to maintain or increase rates to our subscribers
or to pass through increased costs to our subscribers, the effects of
changes in laws or regulation, general economic factors, our ability to
obtain regulatory approval and satisfy regulatory conditions associated
with acquisitions and dispositions, our ability to successfully acquire
and integrate new businesses and realize anticipated efficiencies from
businesses we acquire, the availability of attractive programming for
our digital video services and the costs associated with such
programming, our ability to achieve forecasted financial and operating
targets, the outcome of any pending or threatened litigation, our
ability to access cash of our subsidiaries and the impact of our future
financial performance, or market conditions generally, on the
availability, terms and deployment of capital, fluctuations in currency
exchange and interest rates, the ability of vendors and suppliers to
timely deliver quality products, equipment, software and services, as
well as other factors detailed from time to time in our filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014. These forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this release. We expressly
disclaim any obligation or undertaking to disseminate any updates or
revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein to reflect
any change in our expectations with regard thereto or any change in
events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
About Liberty Global
Liberty Global is the largest international cable company with
operations in 14 countries. We connect people to the digital world and
enables them to discover and experience its endless possibilities. Our
market-leading triple-play services are provided through next-generation
networks and innovative technology platforms that connected 27 million
customers subscribing to 56 million television, broadband internet and
telephony services at December 31, 2014. In addition, we served 5
million mobile subscribers across nine countries at year-end 2014.
Liberty Global's consumer brands include Virgin Media, UPC, Ziggo,
Unitymedia, Kabel BW, Telenet and VTR. Liberty Global's operations also
include Liberty Global Business Services, our commercial division, and
Liberty Global Ventures, our investment fund. For more information,
please visit www.libertyglobal.com.
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Please see page 18 for information on Free Cash Flow ("FCF") and
Adjusted Free Cash Flow ("Adjusted FCF") and the required
reconciliations. The combined Adjusted FCF growth rate of 18% for
the full-year period is calculated by comparing our reported
Adjusted FCF during the full year 2014, as adjusted to exclude the
$122 million of Adjusted FCF of Ziggo during the post-acquisition
2014 period, to the combined Adjusted FCF of our company and Virgin
Media during the full-year 2013 period, as calculated on pages 18
and 19. Using our reported Adjusted FCF, which includes the FCF of
Ziggo during the post-acquisition 2014 period, this growth rate
increases to 25%.
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Please see page 27 for the definition of RGUs. Organic figures
exclude RGUs of acquired entities at the date of acquisition, but
include the impact of changes in RGUs from the date of acquisition.
All subscriber/RGU additions or losses refer to net organic changes,
unless otherwise noted.
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Please see page 13 for information on rebased growth.
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Please see page 16 for our OCF definition and the required
reconciliation.
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The 2015 mid-teens growth guidance for the Adjusted Free Cash Flow
on an FX-adjusted basis is based on the reported 2014 Adjusted Free
Cash Flow plus the 2014 pre-acquisition Free Cash Flow of Ziggo,
with the combined amount further adjusted to reflect the new Ziggo
capital structure, current foreign exchanges rates and any changes
to our FCF definition.
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Telephony and broadband penetration is calculated by dividing the
number of telephony RGUs and broadband RGUs, respectively, by the
total 2-way homes passed.
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Digital penetration is calculated by dividing the number of digital
cable RGUs by the total number of digital and analog cable RGUs.
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Latin America includes our broadband communications operations in
both Chile and Puerto Rico.
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Our mobile subscriber count represents the number of active
subscriber identification module ("SIM") cards in service rather
than services provided. For example, if a mobile subscriber has both
a data and voice plan on a smartphone this would equate to one
mobile subscriber. Alternatively, a subscriber who has a voice and
data plan for a mobile handset and a data plan for a laptop (via a
dongle) would be counted as two mobile subscribers. Customers who do
not pay a recurring monthly fee are excluded from our mobile
telephony subscriber counts after periods of inactivity ranging from
30 to 90 days, based on industry standards within the respective
country. Our December 31, 2014 mobile subscriber counts for the U.K.
and Chile include 943,600 and 19,800 prepaid mobile subscribers,
respectively. In Q3 2013, we shortened the period for excluding
inactive customers from our mobile subscriber count in Chile to 30
days, resulting in a 61,000 reduction in prepaid mobile subscribers.
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Total B2B revenue includes subscription (SOHO) and
non-subscription revenue, excluding total B2B revenue from Ziggo.
Non-subscription revenue includes the amortization of deferred
upfront installation fees and deferred nonrecurring fees received
on B2B contracts where we maintain ownership of the installed
equipment. Most of this deferred revenue relates to Virgin Media's
B2B contracts, and in connection with the application of the
Virgin Media acquisition accounting, we eliminated all of Virgin
Media's B2B deferred revenue as of the June 7, 2013 acquisition
date. Due primarily to this acquisition accounting, the
amortization of Virgin Media's deferred B2B revenue is accounting
for $18 million of the rebased increase from 2013 to 2014 in our
total B2B revenue. For purposes of computing the rebased growth
percentage for mobile subscription revenue, we have excluded the
applicable revenue from Ziggo during the post-acquisition period.
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Average Revenue Per Unit ("ARPU") refers to the average monthly
subscription revenue per average customer relationship and is
calculated by dividing the average monthly subscription revenue
(excluding installation, late fees, interconnect and mobile services
revenue) for the indicated period, by the average of the opening and
closing balances for customer relationships for the period. Customer
relationships of entities acquired during the period are normalized.
Unless otherwise indicated, ARPU per customer relationship for the
Liberty Global Consolidated, the European Operations Division and
Other Europe are not adjusted for currency impacts.
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OCF margin is calculated by dividing OCF by total revenue for the
applicable period.
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Please see page 19 for information on combined OCF and combined OCF
margins.
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All share and per share amounts presented herein have been
retroactively adjusted to give effect to the March 3, 2014 share
split in the form of a share dividend ("2014 Share Dividend"), which
constitutes a bonus issue under our articles of association and
English law, of one Liberty Global Class C ordinary share for each
outstanding Class A, Class B and Class C ordinary share.
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Our property and equipment additions include our capital
expenditures on an accrual basis and amounts financed under vendor
financing or capital lease arrangements.
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Total debt includes capital lease obligations.
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Our gross and net debt ratios are defined as total debt and net debt
to annualized OCF of the latest quarter. Net debt is defined as
total debt less cash and cash equivalents. For purposes of these
calculations, debt excludes the loans backed by the shares we hold
in Sumitomo Corp. and ITV plc and is measured using swapped foreign
currency rates, consistent with the covenant calculation
requirements of our subsidiary debt agreements. Our adjusted gross
and net debt ratios are based on annualized OCF that is calculated
by adjusting our reported OCF for the fourth quarter of 2014 to
reflect the Q4 2014 pre-acquisition OCF of Ziggo and multiplying
this combined figure by four.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18
|
|
Our fully-swapped debt borrowing cost represents the weighted
average interest rate on our aggregate variable- and fixed-rate
indebtedness (excluding capital lease obligations), including the
effects of derivative instruments, original issue premiums or
discounts and commitment fees, but excluding the impact of financing
costs.
|
19
|
|
Consolidated liquidity refers to our consolidated cash and cash
equivalents plus the maximum undrawn commitments under our
subsidiaries' borrowing facilities without regard to covenant
compliance calculations.
|
|
|
20
|
|
Our aggregate unused borrowing capacity of $4.0 billion represents
the maximum undrawn commitments under our subsidiaries' applicable
facilities without regard to covenant compliance calculations. Upon
completion of the relevant December 31, 2014 compliance reporting
requirements for our credit facilities, and assuming no further
changes from quarter-end borrowing levels, we anticipate that our
subsidiaries' borrowing capacity would be $3.7 billion.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global plc
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
|
in millions
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
$
|
1,158.5
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,701.9
|
|
Trade receivables, net
|
|
|
1,499.5
|
|
|
|
1,588.7
|
|
Derivative instruments
|
|
|
446.6
|
|
|
|
252.1
|
|
Deferred income taxes
|
|
|
290.3
|
|
|
|
226.1
|
|
Prepaid expenses
|
|
|
189.7
|
|
|
|
238.2
|
|
Current assets of discontinued operation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
238.7
|
|
Other current assets
|
|
|
335.9
|
|
|
|
236.9
|
|
Total current assets
|
|
|
3,920.5
|
|
|
|
5,482.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments
|
|
|
1,808.2
|
|
|
|
3,491.2
|
|
Property and equipment, net
|
|
|
23,840.6
|
|
|
|
23,974.9
|
|
Goodwill
|
|
|
29,001.6
|
|
|
|
23,748.8
|
|
Intangible assets subject to amortization, net
|
|
|
9,189.8
|
|
|
|
5,795.4
|
|
Long-term assets of discontinued operation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
513.6
|
|
Other assets, net
|
|
|
5,081.2
|
|
|
|
4,707.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
|
|
$
|
72,841.9
|
|
|
|
$
|
67,714.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable
|
|
|
$
|
1,039.0
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,072.9
|
|
Deferred revenue and advance payments from subscribers and others
|
|
|
1,452.2
|
|
|
|
1,406.2
|
|
Current portion of debt and capital lease obligations
|
|
|
1,550.9
|
|
|
|
1,023.4
|
|
Derivative instruments
|
|
|
1,043.7
|
|
|
|
751.2
|
|
Accrued interest
|
|
|
690.6
|
|
|
|
598.7
|
|
Accrued programming and copyright fees
|
|
|
368.5
|
|
|
|
359.1
|
|
Current liabilities of discontinued operation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
127.5
|
|
Other accrued and current liabilities
|
|
|
3,045.4
|
|
|
|
2,344.0
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
|
|
9,190.3
|
|
|
|
7,683.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt and capital lease obligations
|
|
|
44,608.1
|
|
|
|
43,680.9
|
|
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
19.8
|
|
Other long-term liabilities
|
|
|
4,927.5
|
|
|
|
4,789.1
|
|
Total liabilities
|
|
|
58,725.9
|
|
|
|
56,172.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liberty Global shareholders
|
|
|
14,714.5
|
|
|
|
12,025.8
|
|
Noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
(598.5
|
)
|
|
|
(484.3
|
)
|
Total equity
|
|
|
14,116.0
|
|
|
|
11,541.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and equity
|
|
|
$
|
72,841.9
|
|
|
|
$
|
67,714.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global plc
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
|
Year ended
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
|
in millions, except per share amounts
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
$
|
4,615.2
|
|
|
|
$
|
4,468.0
|
|
|
|
$
|
18,248.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
14,474.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating costs and expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating (other than depreciation and amortization) (including
share-based compensation)
|
|
|
1,732.7
|
|
|
|
1,706.2
|
|
|
|
6,810.4
|
|
|
|
5,417.7
|
|
Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) (including share-based
compensation)
|
|
|
817.8
|
|
|
|
792.5
|
|
|
|
3,172.8
|
|
|
|
2,616.5
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
1,416.1
|
|
|
|
1,354.8
|
|
|
|
5,500.1
|
|
|
|
4,276.4
|
|
Release of litigation provision
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(146.0
|
)
|
Impairment, restructuring and other operating items, net
|
|
|
375.3
|
|
|
|
96.9
|
|
|
|
536.8
|
|
|
|
297.5
|
|
|
|
|
4,341.9
|
|
|
|
3,950.4
|
|
|
|
16,020.1
|
|
|
|
12,462.1
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
273.3
|
|
|
|
517.6
|
|
|
|
2,228.2
|
|
|
|
2,012.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-operating income (expense):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense
|
|
|
(632.1
|
)
|
|
|
(643.0
|
)
|
|
|
(2,544.7
|
)
|
|
|
(2,286.9
|
)
|
Interest and dividend income
|
|
|
2.5
|
|
|
|
2.3
|
|
|
|
31.7
|
|
|
|
113.1
|
|
Realized and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments, net
|
|
|
266.1
|
|
|
|
(337.0
|
)
|
|
|
88.8
|
|
|
|
(1,020.4
|
)
|
Foreign currency transaction gains (losses), net
|
|
|
(403.5
|
)
|
|
|
136.3
|
|
|
|
(836.5
|
)
|
|
|
349.3
|
|
Realized and unrealized gains due to changes in fair values of
certain investments, net
|
|
|
15.8
|
|
|
|
178.7
|
|
|
|
205.2
|
|
|
|
524.1
|
|
Losses on debt modification, extinguishment and conversion, net
|
|
|
(102.7
|
)
|
|
|
(41.5
|
)
|
|
|
(186.2
|
)
|
|
|
(212.2
|
)
|
Other income (expense), net
|
|
|
(25.0
|
)
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
|
|
(42.4
|
)
|
|
|
(5.6
|
)
|
|
|
|
(878.9
|
)
|
|
|
(703.1
|
)
|
|
|
(3,284.1
|
)
|
|
|
(2,538.6
|
)
|
Loss from continuing operations before income taxes
|
|
|
(605.6
|
)
|
|
|
(185.5
|
)
|
|
|
(1,055.9
|
)
|
|
|
(526.5
|
)
|
Income tax benefit (expense)
|
|
|
103.0
|
|
|
|
81.3
|
|
|
|
75.0
|
|
|
|
(355.5
|
)
|
Loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(502.6
|
)
|
|
|
(104.2
|
)
|
|
|
(980.9
|
)
|
|
|
(882.0
|
)
|
Discontinued operation:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operation, net of taxes
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(10.4
|
)
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
|
(23.7
|
)
|
Gain on disposal of discontinued operation, net of taxes
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
332.7
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(10.4
|
)
|
|
|
333.5
|
|
|
|
(23.7
|
)
|
Net loss
|
|
|
(502.6
|
)
|
|
|
(114.6
|
)
|
|
|
(647.4
|
)
|
|
|
(905.7
|
)
|
Net earnings attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
(20.8
|
)
|
|
|
(6.6
|
)
|
|
|
(47.6
|
)
|
|
|
(58.2
|
)
|
Net loss attributable to Liberty Global shareholders
|
|
|
$
|
(523.4
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(121.2
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(695.0
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(963.9
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted loss attributable to Liberty Global shareholders
per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations
|
|
|
$
|
(0.62
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(0.14
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(1.29
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(1.39
|
)
|
Discontinued operation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(0.02
|
)
|
|
|
0.42
|
|
|
|
(0.04
|
)
|
|
|
|
$
|
(0.62
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(0.16
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(0.87
|
)
|
|
|
$
|
(1.43
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liberty Global plc
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
|
in millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from operating activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss
|
|
|
$
|
(647.4
|
)
|
|
|
|
$
|
(905.7
|
)
|
Loss (earnings) from discontinued operation
|
|
|
(333.5
|
)
|
|
|
|
23.7
|
|
Loss from continuing operations
|
|
|
(980.9
|
)
|
|
|
|
(882.0
|
)
|
Adjustments to reconcile loss from continuing operations to net cash
provided by operating activities
|
|
|
6,593.7
|
|
|
|
|
4,803.0
|
|
Net cash provided (used) by operating activities of discontinued
operation
|
|
|
(9.6
|
)
|
|
|
|
10.3
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities
|
|
|
5,603.2
|
|
|
|
|
3,931.3
|
|
Cash flows from investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
|
(2,684.4
|
)
|
|
|
|
(2,481.5
|
)
|
Investments in and loans to affiliates and others
|
|
|
(1,016.6
|
)
|
|
|
|
(1,350.3
|
)
|
Proceeds received upon disposition of discontinued operation, net of
deconsolidated cash and disposal costs
|
|
|
988.5
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Cash paid in connection with acquisitions, net of cash acquired
|
|
|
(73.3
|
)
|
|
|
|
(4,073.4
|
)
|
Other investing activities, net
|
|
|
(13.8
|
)
|
|
|
|
(44.9
|
)
|
Net cash used by investing activities of discontinued operation
|
|
|
(3.8
|
)
|
|
|
|
(14.9
|
)
|
Net cash used by investing activities
|
|
|
(2,803.4
|
)
|
|
|
|
(7,965.0
|
)
|
Cash flows from financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Repayments and repurchases of debt and capital lease obligations
|
|
|
(11,316.1
|
)
|
|
|
|
(8,318.6
|
)
|
Borrowings of debt
|
|
|
9,572.4
|
|
|
|
|
9,670.3
|
|
Repurchase of Liberty Global and LGI shares
|
|
|
(1,584.9
|
)
|
|
|
|
(1,157.2
|
)
|
Payment of financing costs and debt premiums
|
|
|
(379.8
|
)
|
|
|
|
(389.6
|
)
|
Purchase of additional shares of our subsidiaries
|
|
|
(260.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
(461.3
|
)
|
Net cash received (paid) related to derivative instruments
|
|
|
(221.0
|
)
|
|
|
|
524.5
|
|
Change in cash collateral
|
|
|
(58.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
3,593.8
|
|
Distributions by subsidiaries to noncontrolling interests
|
|
|
(11.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
(538.1
|
)
|
Increase in restricted cash related to LGI Telenet Tender
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
1,539.7
|
|
Contributions by non controlling interests to subsidiaries
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
22.2
|
|
Other financing activities, net
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
|
137.6
|
|
Net cash used by financing activities of discontinued operation
|
|
|
(1.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
(7.4
|
)
|
Net cash provided (used) by financing activities
|
|
|
(4,261.3
|
)
|
|
|
|
4,615.9
|
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations
|
|
|
(81.9
|
)
|
|
|
|
85.4
|
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations
|
|
|
(1,528.8
|
)
|
|
|
|
679.6
|
|
Discontinued operation
|
|
|
(14.6
|
)
|
|
|
|
(12.0
|
)
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
(1,543.4
|
)
|
|
|
|
667.6
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Beginning of period
|
|
|
2,701.9
|
|
|
|
|
2,038.9
|
|
End of period
|
|
|
1,158.5
|
|
|
|
|
2,706.5
|
|
Less cash and cash equivalents of discontinued operation at end of
year
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
(4.6
|
)
|
Cash and cash equivalents of continuing operations at end of year
|
|
|
$
|
1,158.5
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,701.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for interest - continuing operations
|
|
|
$
|
2,376.7
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,148.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash paid for taxes:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Continuing operations
|
|
|
$
|
97.3
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
97.5
|
|
Discontinued operation
|
|
|
2.2
|
|
|
|
|
11.7
|
|
Total
|
|
|
$
|
99.5
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
109.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue and Operating Cash Flow
In the following tables, we present revenue and operating cash flow by
reportable segment of our continuing operations for the three months and
year ended December 31, 2014, as compared to the corresponding prior
year periods. All of our reportable segments derive their revenue
primarily from broadband communications services, including video,
broadband internet and fixed-line telephony services. Most of our
reportable segments also provide B2B services and certain of our
reportable segments provide mobile services. During the fourth quarter
of 2014, we began presenting (i) our operating segments in the U.K. and
Ireland as one combined reportable segment, (ii) our operating segments
in the Switzerland and Austria as one combined reportable segment and
(iii) our UPC DTH operating segment, as described below, as part of our
Central and Eastern Europe reportable segment. These changes were made
as a result of internal changes in organizational structures, changes in
how these segments are evaluated and monitored by the chief operating
decision maker and the integration of certain functions within these
reportable segments. Previously, (a) our operating segments in the U.K.
and Switzerland were each separate reportable segments, (b) our
operating segments in Ireland and Austria were combined into one
reportable segment, "Other Western Europe," and (c) our UPC DTH
operating segment was included in the European Operations Division's
central and other category. Segment information for all periods
presented has been revised to reflect the above-described changes. In
addition, segment information for the prior periods has been
retrospectively revised to present the disposed Chellomedia operations
as a discontinued operation. Unless otherwise noted, we present only the
reportable segments of our continuing operations in the tables below.
For additional information, see note 18 to the condensed consolidated
financial statements included in our annual report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2014.
At December 31, 2014, our operating segments in the European Operations
Division provided broadband communications services in 12 European
countries and DTH services to customers in the Czech Republic, Hungary,
Romania and Slovakia through a Luxembourg-based organization that we
refer to as "UPC DTH." Our Central and Eastern Europe segment includes
our broadband communications operating segments in the Czech Republic,
Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia and UPC DTH. The European
Operations Division's central and other category includes (i) costs
associated with certain centralized functions, including billing
systems, network operations, technology, marketing, facilities, finance
and other administrative functions, and (ii) intersegment eliminations
within the European Operations Division. In Chile, we provide video,
broadband internet, fixed-line telephony and mobile services. Our
corporate and other category includes (a) less significant consolidated
operating segments that provide (1) broadband communications services in
Puerto Rico and (2) programming and other services and (b) our corporate
category. Intersegment eliminations primarily represent the elimination
of intercompany transactions between our broadband communications and
programming operations.
For purposes of calculating rebased growth rates on a comparable basis
for all businesses that we owned during 2014, we have adjusted our
historical revenue and OCF for the three months and year ended December
31, 2013 to (i) include the pre-acquisition revenue and OCF of certain
entities acquired during 2013 and 2014 in our rebased amounts for the
three months and year ended December 31, 2013 to the same extent that
the revenue and OCF of such entities are included in our results for the
three months and year ended December 31, 2014, (ii) remove intercompany
eliminations for the applicable periods in 2013 to conform to the
presentation during the 2014 periods following the disposal of the
Chellomedia operations, which resulted in previously eliminated
intercompany costs becoming third-party costs, and (iii) reflect the
translation of our rebased amounts for the three months and year ended
December 31, 2013 at the applicable average foreign currency exchange
rates that were used to translate our results for the three months and
year ended December 31, 2014. We have included Ziggo and three small
entities in whole or in part in the determination of our rebased revenue
and OCF for the three months ended December 31, 2013. We have included
Virgin Media, Ziggo and five small entities in whole or in part in the
determination of our rebased revenue and OCF for the year ended December
31, 2013. We have reflected the revenue and OCF of the acquired entities
in our 2013 rebased amounts based on what we believe to be the most
reliable information that is currently available to us (generally
pre-acquisition financial statements), as adjusted for the estimated
effects of (i) any significant differences between Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles in the United States ("GAAP") and local generally
accepted accounting principles, (ii) any significant effects of
acquisition accounting adjustments, (iii) any significant differences
between our accounting policies and those of the acquired entities and
(iv) other items we deem appropriate. We do not adjust pre-acquisition
periods to eliminate nonrecurring items or to give retroactive effect to
any changes in estimates that might be implemented during
post-acquisition periods. As we did not own or operate the acquired
businesses during the pre-acquisition periods, no assurance can be given
that we have identified all adjustments necessary to present the revenue
and OCF of these entities on a basis that is comparable to the
corresponding post-acquisition amounts that are included in our
historical results or that the pre-acquisition financial statements we
have relied upon do not contain undetected errors. The adjustments
reflected in our rebased amounts have not been prepared with a view
towards complying with Article 11 of Regulation S-X. In addition,
the rebased growth percentages are not necessarily indicative of the
revenue and OCF that would have occurred if these transactions had
occurred on the dates assumed for purposes of calculating our rebased
amounts or the revenue and OCF that will occur in the future. The
rebased growth percentages have been presented as a basis for assessing
growth rates on a comparable basis, and are not presented as a
measure of our pro forma financial performance. Therefore, we believe
our rebased data is not a non-GAAP financial measure as contemplated by
Regulation G or Item 10 of Regulation S-K.
In each case, the following tables present (i) the amounts reported by
each of our reportable segments for the comparative periods, (ii) the
U.S. dollar change and percentage change from period to period and (iii)
the percentage change from period to period on a rebased basis:
|
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
(decrease)
|
|
|
(decrease)
|
Revenue
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
Rebased %
|
|
|
|
in millions, except % amounts
|
|
European Operations Division:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.K./Ireland
|
|
|
$
|
1,802.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,786.8
|
|
|
|
$
|
15.5
|
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
|
3.6
|
|
Netherlands
|
|
|
562.5
|
|
|
|
319.0
|
|
|
|
243.5
|
|
|
|
76.3
|
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
655.1
|
|
|
|
675.1
|
|
|
|
(20.0
|
)
|
|
|
(3.0
|
)
|
|
|
5.8
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
547.1
|
|
|
|
569.7
|
|
|
|
(22.6
|
)
|
|
|
(4.0
|
)
|
|
|
4.7
|
|
Switzerland/Austria
|
|
|
445.0
|
|
|
|
461.3
|
|
|
|
(16.3
|
)
|
|
|
(3.5
|
)
|
|
|
3.0
|
|
Total Western Europe
|
|
|
4,012.0
|
|
|
|
3,811.9
|
|
|
|
200.1
|
|
|
|
5.2
|
|
|
|
3.6
|
|
Central and Eastern Europe
|
|
|
299.1
|
|
|
|
327.5
|
|
|
|
(28.4
|
)
|
|
|
(8.7
|
)
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
Central and other
|
|
|
(7.6
|
)
|
|
|
(1.0
|
)
|
|
|
(6.6
|
)
|
|
|
N.M.
|
|
|
*
|
|
Total European Operations Division
|
|
|
4,303.5
|
|
|
|
4,138.4
|
|
|
|
165.1
|
|
|
|
4.0
|
|
|
|
3.3
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
219.7
|
|
|
|
243.7
|
|
|
|
(24.0
|
)
|
|
|
(9.8
|
)
|
|
|
4.3
|
|
Corporate and Other
|
|
|
94.3
|
|
|
|
93.4
|
|
|
|
0.9
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Intersegment eliminations
|
|
|
(2.3
|
)
|
|
|
(7.5
|
)
|
|
|
5.2
|
|
|
|
N.M.
|
|
|
*
|
|
Total
|
|
|
$
|
4,615.2
|
|
|
|
$
|
4,468.0
|
|
|
|
$
|
147.2
|
|
|
|
3.3
|
|
|
|
3.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental Information
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liberty Global (excluding Ziggo)
|
|
|
3.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
(decrease)
|
|
|
(decrease)
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
Rebased %
|
|
|
|
|
in millions, except % amounts
|
|
European Operations Division:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.K./Ireland
|
|
|
$
|
7,409.9
|
|
|
|
$
|
4,117.4
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,292.5
|
|
|
|
80.0
|
|
|
|
2.5
|
|
Netherlands
|
|
|
1,498.5
|
|
|
|
1,242.4
|
|
|
|
256.1
|
|
|
|
20.6
|
|
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
Germany
|
|
|
2,711.5
|
|
|
|
2,559.2
|
|
|
|
152.3
|
|
|
|
6.0
|
|
|
|
6.0
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
2,279.4
|
|
|
|
2,185.9
|
|
|
|
93.5
|
|
|
|
4.3
|
|
|
|
4.3
|
|
Switzerland/Austria
|
|
|
1,846.1
|
|
|
|
1,767.1
|
|
|
|
79.0
|
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Total Western Europe
|
|
|
15,745.4
|
|
|
|
11,872.0
|
|
|
|
3,873.4
|
|
|
|
32.6
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
Central and Eastern Europe
|
|
|
1,259.5
|
|
|
|
1,272.0
|
|
|
|
(12.5
|
)
|
|
|
(1.0
|
)
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
Central and other
|
|
|
(7.1
|
)
|
|
|
(0.4
|
)
|
|
|
(6.7
|
)
|
|
|
N.M.
|
|
|
*
|
|
Total European Operations Division
|
|
|
16,997.8
|
|
|
|
13,143.6
|
|
|
|
3,854.2
|
|
|
|
29.3
|
|
|
|
2.9
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
898.5
|
|
|
|
991.6
|
|
|
|
(93.1
|
)
|
|
|
(9.4
|
)
|
|
|
4.4
|
|
Corporate and other
|
|
|
376.9
|
|
|
|
374.3
|
|
|
|
2.6
|
|
|
|
0.7
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
Intersegment eliminations
|
|
|
(24.9
|
)
|
|
|
(35.3
|
)
|
|
|
10.4
|
|
|
|
N.M.
|
|
|
*
|
|
Total
|
|
|
$
|
18,248.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
14,474.2
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,774.1
|
|
|
|
26.1
|
|
|
|
3.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental Information
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liberty Global (excluding Ziggo)
|
|
|
3.0
|
|
* - Omitted; N.M. - Not Meaningful
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
(decrease)
|
|
|
(decrease)
|
Operating Cash Flow
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
Rebased %
|
|
|
|
in millions, except % amounts
|
|
European Operations Division:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.K./Ireland
|
|
|
$
|
802.4
|
|
|
|
$
|
749.9
|
|
|
|
$
|
52.5
|
|
|
|
7.0
|
|
|
|
10.0
|
|
Netherlands
|
|
|
314.4
|
|
|
|
189.5
|
|
|
|
124.9
|
|
|
|
65.9
|
|
|
|
(1.1
|
)
|
Germany
|
|
|
400.7
|
|
|
|
420.5
|
|
|
|
(19.8
|
)
|
|
|
(4.7
|
)
|
|
|
3.9
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
247.1
|
|
|
|
257.3
|
|
|
|
(10.2
|
)
|
|
|
(4.0
|
)
|
|
|
4.7
|
|
Switzerland/Austria
|
|
|
242.2
|
|
|
|
263.9
|
|
|
|
(21.7
|
)
|
|
|
(8.2
|
)
|
|
|
(2.1
|
)
|
Total Western Europe
|
|
|
2,006.8
|
|
|
|
1,881.1
|
|
|
|
125.7
|
|
|
|
6.7
|
|
|
|
4.7
|
|
Central and Eastern Europe
|
|
|
133.9
|
|
|
|
149.5
|
|
|
|
(15.6
|
)
|
|
|
(10.4
|
)
|
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
Central and other
|
|
|
(68.2
|
)
|
|
|
(67.2
|
)
|
|
|
(1.0
|
)
|
|
|
(1.5
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
Total European Operations Division
|
|
|
2,072.5
|
|
|
|
1,963.4
|
|
|
|
109.1
|
|
|
|
5.6
|
|
|
|
4.2
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
95.9
|
|
|
|
97.1
|
|
|
|
(1.2
|
)
|
|
|
(1.2
|
)
|
|
|
13.8
|
|
Corporate and other
|
|
|
(29.1
|
)
|
|
|
(19.0
|
)
|
|
|
(10.1
|
)
|
|
|
(53.2
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
Intersegment eliminations
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
10.7
|
|
|
|
(10.7
|
)
|
|
|
N.M.
|
|
|
*
|
|
Total
|
|
|
$
|
2,139.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,052.2
|
|
|
|
$
|
87.1
|
|
|
|
4.2
|
|
|
|
4.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental Information
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liberty Global (excluding Ziggo)
|
|
|
4.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
Increase
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
(decrease)
|
|
|
(decrease)
|
Operating Cash Flow
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
$
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
Rebased %
|
|
|
|
in millions, except % amounts
|
|
European Operations Division:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.K./Ireland
|
|
|
$
|
3,235.7
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,742.8
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,492.9
|
|
|
|
85.7
|
|
|
|
7.1
|
|
Netherlands
|
|
|
857.9
|
|
|
|
721.7
|
|
|
|
136.2
|
|
|
|
18.9
|
|
|
|
(0.9
|
)
|
Germany
|
|
|
1,678.2
|
|
|
|
1,541.1
|
|
|
|
137.1
|
|
|
|
8.9
|
|
|
|
9.0
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
1,125.0
|
|
|
|
1,049.4
|
|
|
|
75.6
|
|
|
|
7.2
|
|
|
|
6.9
|
|
Switzerland/Austria
|
|
|
1,056.4
|
|
|
|
1,005.7
|
|
|
|
50.7
|
|
|
|
5.0
|
|
|
|
3.5
|
|
Total Western Europe
|
|
|
7,953.2
|
|
|
|
6,060.7
|
|
|
|
1,892.5
|
|
|
|
31.2
|
|
|
|
6.1
|
|
Central and Eastern Europe
|
|
|
583.0
|
|
|
|
584.5
|
|
|
|
(1.5
|
)
|
|
|
(0.3
|
)
|
|
|
1.5
|
|
Central and other
|
|
|
(282.7
|
)
|
|
|
(239.1
|
)
|
|
|
(43.6
|
)
|
|
|
(18.2
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
Total European Operations Division
|
|
|
8,253.5
|
|
|
|
6,406.1
|
|
|
|
1,847.4
|
|
|
|
28.8
|
|
|
|
5.3
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
351.0
|
|
|
|
353.6
|
|
|
|
(2.6
|
)
|
|
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
|
14.3
|
|
Corporate and other
|
|
|
(86.2
|
)
|
|
|
(63.8
|
)
|
|
|
(22.4
|
)
|
|
|
(35.1
|
)
|
|
|
*
|
|
Intersegment eliminations
|
|
|
4.0
|
|
|
|
44.8
|
|
|
|
(40.8
|
)
|
|
|
N.M.
|
|
|
*
|
|
Total
|
|
|
$
|
8,522.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,740.7
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,781.6
|
|
|
|
26.4
|
|
|
|
5.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Supplemental Information
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liberty Global (excluding Ziggo)
|
|
|
5.6
|
|
* - Omitted; N.M. - Not Meaningful
Operating Cash Flow Definition and Reconciliation
OCF is the primary measure used by our chief operating decision maker to
evaluate segment operating performance. OCF is also a key factor that is
used by our internal decision makers to (i) determine how to allocate
resources to segments and (ii) evaluate the effectiveness of our
management for purposes of annual and other incentive compensation
plans. As we use the term, OCF is defined as revenue less operating and
SG&A expenses (excluding share-based compensation, depreciation and
amortization, provisions and provision releases related to significant
litigation and impairment, restructuring and other operating
items). Other operating items include (a) gains and losses on the
disposition of long-lived assets, (b) third-party costs directly
associated with successful and unsuccessful acquisitions and
dispositions, including legal, advisory and due diligence fees, as
applicable, and (c) other acquisition-related items, such as gains and
losses on the settlement of contingent consideration. Our internal
decision makers believe operating cash flow is a meaningful measure and
is superior to available GAAP measures because it represents a
transparent view of our recurring operating performance that is
unaffected by our capital structure and allows management to (1) readily
view operating trends, (2) perform analytical comparisons and
benchmarking between segments and (3) identify strategies to improve
operating performance in the different countries in which we operate. We
believe our operating cash flow measure is useful to investors because
it is one of the bases for comparing our performance with the
performance of other companies in the same or similar industries,
although our measure may not be directly comparable to similar measures
used by other public companies. OCF should be viewed as a measure of
operating performance that is a supplement to, and not a substitute for,
operating income, net earnings (loss), cash flow from operating
activities and other GAAP measures of income or cash flows. A
reconciliation of total segment operating cash flow to our operating
income is presented below.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
|
Year ended
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
in millions
|
Total segment operating cash flow
|
|
|
$
|
2,139.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,052.2
|
|
|
|
$
|
8,522.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
6,740.7
|
|
Share-based compensation expense
|
|
|
(74.6
|
)
|
|
|
(82.9
|
)
|
|
|
(257.2
|
)
|
|
|
(300.7
|
)
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
(1,416.1
|
)
|
|
|
(1,354.8
|
)
|
|
|
(5,500.1
|
)
|
|
|
(4,276.4
|
)
|
Release of litigation provision
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
146.0
|
|
Impairment, restructuring and other operating items, net
|
|
|
(375.3
|
)
|
|
|
(96.9
|
)
|
|
|
(536.8
|
)
|
|
|
(297.5
|
)
|
Operating income
|
|
|
$
|
273.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
517.6
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,228.2
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,012.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Summary of Debt, Capital Lease Obligations and Cash and Cash
Equivalents
The following table1 details the U.S. dollar equivalent
balances of our third-party consolidated debt, capital lease obligations
and cash and cash equivalents at December 31, 2014:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
|
|
|
Debt & Capital
|
|
|
Cash
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease
|
|
|
Lease
|
|
|
and Cash
|
|
|
|
Debt2
|
|
|
Obligations
|
|
|
Obligations
|
|
|
Equivalents
|
|
|
|
in millions
|
Liberty Global and unrestricted subsidiaries
|
|
|
$
|
1,569.2
|
|
|
$
|
39.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,608.5
|
|
|
|
$
|
646.8
|
Virgin Media3
|
|
|
13,216.5
|
|
|
255.3
|
|
|
|
13,471.8
|
|
|
|
53.8
|
UPC Holding
|
|
|
10,016.2
|
|
|
28.0
|
|
|
|
10,044.2
|
|
|
|
71.8
|
Unitymedia KabelBW
|
|
|
7,856.4
|
|
|
810.1
|
|
|
|
8,666.5
|
|
|
|
17.5
|
Ziggo
|
|
|
5,787.8
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
5,787.8
|
|
|
|
32.7
|
Telenet
|
|
|
4,093.3
|
|
|
413.4
|
|
|
|
4,506.7
|
|
|
|
228.8
|
VTR Finance
|
|
|
1,400.0
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
1,400.5
|
|
|
|
85.2
|
Liberty Puerto Rico
|
|
|
672.0
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
673.0
|
|
|
|
21.9
|
Total Liberty Global
|
|
|
$
|
44,611.4
|
|
|
$
|
1,547.6
|
|
|
|
$
|
46,159.0
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,158.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and Equipment Additions and Capital Expenditures
The table below highlights the categories of our property and equipment
additions for the indicated periods and reconciles those additions to
the capital expenditures that we present in our condensed consolidated
statements of cash flows:
|
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
|
Year ended
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
in millions, except % amounts
|
Customer premises equipment
|
|
|
$
|
295.0
|
|
|
|
$
|
247.0
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,284.2
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,101.9
|
|
Scalable infrastructure
|
|
|
227.6
|
|
|
|
210.5
|
|
|
|
751.6
|
|
|
|
604.5
|
|
Line extensions
|
|
|
128.9
|
|
|
|
108.5
|
|
|
|
426.0
|
|
|
|
367.1
|
|
Upgrade/rebuild
|
|
|
140.3
|
|
|
|
138.4
|
|
|
|
542.6
|
|
|
|
434.6
|
|
Support capital & other
|
|
|
328.1
|
|
|
|
235.6
|
|
|
|
904.8
|
|
|
|
653.5
|
|
Property and equipment additions
|
|
|
1,119.9
|
|
|
|
940.0
|
|
|
|
3,909.2
|
|
|
|
3,161.6
|
|
Assets acquired under capital-related vendor financing arrangements
|
|
|
(297.4
|
)
|
|
|
(207.5
|
)
|
|
|
(975.3
|
)
|
|
|
(573.5
|
)
|
Assets acquired under capital leases
|
|
|
(20.6
|
)
|
|
|
(34.7
|
)
|
|
|
(127.2
|
)
|
|
|
(143.0
|
)
|
Changes in current liabilities related to capital expenditures
|
|
|
(163.8
|
)
|
|
|
(7.3
|
)
|
|
|
(122.3
|
)
|
|
|
36.4
|
|
Capital expenditures4
|
|
|
$
|
638.1
|
|
|
|
$
|
690.5
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,684.4
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,481.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment additions as % of revenue
|
|
|
24.3
|
%
|
|
|
21.0
|
%
|
|
|
21.4
|
%
|
|
|
21.8
|
%
|
_________________________________
1
|
|
Except as otherwise indicated, the amounts reported in the table
include the named entity and its subsidiaries.
|
2
|
|
Debt amounts for UPC Holding and Telenet include senior secured
notes issued by special purpose entities that are consolidated by
each.
|
3
|
|
The Virgin Media borrowing group includes certain subsidiaries of
Virgin Media Inc., but excludes Virgin Media. The cash and cash
equivalents amount includes cash and cash equivalents held by the
Virgin Media borrowing group, but excludes $1 million of cash and
cash equivalents held by Virgin Media. This amount is included in
the amount shown for Liberty Global and unrestricted subsidiaries.
In addition, the $57 million carrying value of the 6.5% convertible
notes of Virgin Media is excluded from the debt of the Virgin Media
borrowing group and included in the debt of Liberty Global and
unrestricted subsidiaries.
|
4
|
|
The capital expenditures that we report in our consolidated
statements of cash flows do not include amounts that are financed
under vendor financing or capital lease arrangements. Instead, these
expenditures are reflected as non-cash additions to our property and
equipment when the underlying assets are delivered, and as
repayments of debt when the related principal is repaid.
|
|
|
|
Free Cash Flow and Adjusted Free Cash Flow Definition and
Reconciliation
We define free cash flow as net cash provided by our operating
activities, plus (i) excess tax benefits related to the exercise of
share-based incentive awards and (ii) cash payments for third-party
costs directly associated with successful and unsuccessful acquisitions
and dispositions, less (a) capital expenditures, as reported in our
consolidated statements of cash flows, (b) principal payments on
capital-related vendor financing obligations and (c) principal payments
on capital leases (exclusive of the portions of the network lease in
Belgium and the duct leases in Germany that we assumed in connection
with certain acquisitions), with each item excluding any cash provided
or used by our discontinued operations. We also present Adjusted FCF,
which adjusts FCF to eliminate the incremental FCF deficit associated
with the VTR mobile initiative and certain financing and other costs
associated with the Virgin Media acquisition. We believe that our
presentation of free cash flow provides useful information to our
investors because this measure can be used to gauge our ability to
service debt and fund new investment opportunities. Free cash flow
should not be understood to represent our ability to fund discretionary
amounts, as we have various mandatory and contractual obligations,
including debt repayments, which are not deducted to arrive at this
amount. Investors should view free cash flow as a supplement to, and not
a substitute for, GAAP measures of liquidity included in our
consolidated statements of cash flows. The following table provides the
reconciliation of our continuing operations' net cash provided by
operating activities to FCF and Adjusted FCF for the indicated periods:
|
|
|
Three months ended
|
|
|
Year ended
|
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
in millions
|
Net cash provided by operating activities of our continuing
operations
|
|
|
$
|
1,542.7
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,469.2
|
|
|
|
$
|
5,612.8
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,921.0
|
|
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation5
|
|
|
7.0
|
|
|
|
39.3
|
|
|
|
7.0
|
|
|
|
41.0
|
|
Cash payments for direct acquisition and disposition costs6
|
|
|
54.4
|
|
|
|
7.8
|
|
|
|
79.7
|
|
|
|
61.0
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
|
(638.1
|
)
|
|
|
(690.5
|
)
|
|
|
(2,684.4
|
)
|
|
|
(2,481.5
|
)
|
Principal payments on capital-related vendor financing obligations
|
|
|
(114.1
|
)
|
|
|
(54.7
|
)
|
|
|
(677.6
|
)
|
|
|
(320.4
|
)
|
Principal payments on certain capital leases
|
|
|
(42.5
|
)
|
|
|
(48.1
|
)
|
|
|
(183.3
|
)
|
|
|
(95.8
|
)
|
FCF
|
|
|
$
|
809.4
|
|
|
|
$
|
723.0
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,154.2
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,125.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FCF
|
|
|
$
|
809.4
|
|
|
|
$
|
723.0
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,154.2
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,125.3
|
|
FCF deficit of VTR's mobile operations
|
|
|
1.7
|
|
|
|
19.3
|
|
|
|
52.7
|
|
|
|
113.5
|
|
Virgin Media acquisition adjustments7
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
64.7
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
97.0
|
|
Adjusted FCF
|
|
|
$
|
811.1
|
|
|
|
$
|
807.0
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,206.9
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,335.8
|
|
______________________________________
5
|
|
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation represent the
excess of tax deductions over the related financial reporting
share-based compensation expense. The hypothetical cash flows
associated with these excess tax benefits are reported as an
increase to cash flows from financing activities and a corresponding
decrease to cash flows from operating activities in our consolidated
cash flow statements.
|
6
|
|
Represents costs paid during the period to third parties directly
related to acquisitions and dispositions.
|
7
|
|
Represents costs associated with the Virgin Media acquisition
consisting of (i) cash paid of $19.8 million during the period
related to the pre-acquisition costs of the new Virgin Media capital
structure and (ii) cash paid of $12.5 million during the period for
withholding taxes associated with certain intercompany transactions
completed in connection with the Virgin Media acquisition.
|
|
|
|
Combined Free Cash Flow, Adjusted Free Cash Flow, Revenue, Property &
Equipment Additions and OCF for Historical 2013
The combined amounts presented below have been included in this release
to provide a means for comparison. The Liberty Global amounts presented
below are on a reported basis. The Virgin Media pre-acquisition amounts
presented below are on a reported basis for the period from January 1,
2013 to June 7, 2013, as adjusted to conform to the FCF and Adjusted FCF
definitions of Liberty Global as set forth earlier. The Virgin Media
pre-acquisition amounts have been converted into U.S. dollars at the
average GBP/USD foreign exchange rate for the pre-acquisition period in
2013 as applicable. The combined Liberty Global/Virgin Media results
have not been prepared with a view towards complying with Article 11 of
Regulation S-X. In addition, the combined Liberty Global/Virgin Media
results are not necessarily indicative of the FCF and Adjusted FCF that
would have occurred if the Liberty Global/Virgin Media transaction had
occurred on the dates assumed for purposes of calculating the combined
results, or the FCF and Adjusted FCF that will occur in the future. The
below FCF and Adjusted FCF table should be read in conjunction with the
information included in the footnotes to the tables on page 18.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended
|
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
|
Liberty Global
|
|
|
Virgin Media Pre-acquisition
|
|
|
|
Combined
|
|
in millions
|
Net cash provided by operating activities of our continuing
operations
|
|
$
|
3,921.0
|
|
|
|
$
|
906.1
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
4,827.1
|
|
Excess tax benefits from share-based compensation
|
|
41.0
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
41.0
|
|
Cash payments for direct acquisition and disposition costs
|
|
61.0
|
|
|
|
80.0
|
|
|
|
|
141.0
|
|
Capital expenditures
|
|
(2,481.5
|
)
|
|
|
(483.1
|
)
|
|
|
|
(2,964.6
|
)
|
Principal payments on capital-related vendor financing obligations
|
|
(320.4
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
(320.4
|
)
|
Principal payments on certain capital leases
|
|
(95.8
|
)
|
|
|
(69.4
|
)
|
|
|
|
(165.2
|
)
|
FCF
|
|
$
|
1,125.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
433.6
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,558.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FCF
|
|
$
|
1,125.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
433.6
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,558.9
|
|
FCF deficit of VTR's mobile operations
|
|
113.5
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
113.5
|
|
Virgin Media acquisition adjustments
|
|
97.0
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
97.0
|
|
Adjusted FCF
|
|
$
|
1,335.8
|
|
|
|
$
|
433.6
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,769.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended
|
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
|
Liberty Global
|
|
|
|
Virgin Media Pre-acquisition
|
|
|
Combined
|
|
|
in millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
$
|
14,474.2
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,790.1
|
|
|
|
$
|
17,264.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCF
|
|
$
|
6,740.7
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,126.1
|
|
|
|
$
|
7,866.8
|
|
Share-based compensation
|
|
(300.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
(33.8
|
)
|
|
|
(334.5
|
)
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
(4,276.4
|
)
|
|
|
|
(667.1
|
)
|
|
|
(4,943.5
|
)
|
Release of litigation provision
|
|
146.0
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
146.0
|
|
Impairment, restructuring and other
|
|
(297.5
|
)
|
|
|
|
(78.5
|
)
|
|
|
(376.0
|
)
|
Operating Income
|
|
$
|
2,012.1
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
346.7
|
|
|
|
$
|
2,358.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property & Equipment Additions
|
|
$
|
3,161.6
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
598.7
|
|
|
|
$
|
3,760.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCF Margin
|
|
46.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
40.4
|
%
|
|
|
45.6
|
%
|
Property & Equipment Additions as a percentage of Revenue
|
|
21.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
21.5
|
%
|
|
|
21.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARPU per Customer Relationship
The following table provides ARPU per customer relationship8
for the indicated periods:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three months ended December 31,
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
FX-Neutral
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
% Change9
|
Liberty Global Consolidated
|
|
|
$
|
46.41
|
|
|
|
$
|
48.14
|
|
|
|
(3.6
|
)%
|
|
|
3.0
|
%
|
European Operations Consolidated
|
|
|
€
|
36.53
|
|
|
|
€
|
34.56
|
|
|
|
5.7
|
%
|
|
|
3.2
|
%
|
U.K. (Virgin Media)
|
|
|
£
|
49.36
|
|
|
|
£
|
48.21
|
|
|
|
2.4
|
%
|
|
|
2.4
|
%
|
Germany (Unitymedia KabelBW)
|
|
|
€
|
22.04
|
|
|
|
€
|
20.79
|
|
|
|
6.0
|
%
|
|
|
6.0
|
%
|
Belgium (Telenet)
|
|
|
€
|
51.48
|
|
|
|
€
|
49.49
|
|
|
|
4.0
|
%
|
|
|
4.0
|
%
|
Other Europe
|
|
|
€
|
31.16
|
|
|
|
€
|
29.47
|
|
|
|
5.7
|
%
|
|
|
5.6
|
%
|
VTR
|
|
|
CLP
|
32,284
|
|
|
|
CLP
|
31,573
|
|
|
|
2.3
|
%
|
|
|
2.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mobile Statistics10
The following tables provide ARPU per mobile subscriber11 and
mobile subscribers12 for the indicated periods:
|
|
|
ARPU per Mobile Subscriber
|
|
|
|
Three months ended December 31,
|
|
|
%
|
|
|
FX-Neutral
|
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
Change
|
|
|
% Change9
|
Liberty Global Consolidated:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Including interconnect revenue
|
|
|
$
|
25.07
|
|
|
|
$
|
25.94
|
|
|
|
(3.4
|
)%
|
|
|
0.9
|
%
|
Excluding interconnect revenue
|
|
|
$
|
20.52
|
|
|
|
$
|
20.82
|
|
|
|
(1.4
|
)%
|
|
|
2.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mobile Subscribers
|
|
|
December 31, 2014
|
|
|
September 30, 2014
|
|
|
Change
|
European Operations:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.K.
|
|
3,053,000
|
|
|
3,059,600
|
|
|
(6,600
|
)
|
Belgium
|
|
894,500
|
|
|
868,500
|
|
|
26,000
|
|
Germany
|
|
309,800
|
|
|
296,100
|
|
|
13,700
|
|
The Netherlands13
|
|
129,500
|
|
|
2,000
|
|
|
127,500
|
|
Switzerland
|
|
8,800
|
|
|
3,300
|
|
|
5,500
|
|
Austria
|
|
200
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
200
|
|
Total Western Europe
|
|
4,395,800
|
|
|
4,229,500
|
|
|
166,300
|
|
Hungary
|
|
11,200
|
|
|
9,600
|
|
|
1,600
|
|
Poland
|
|
10,600
|
|
|
11,900
|
|
|
(1,300
|
)
|
Total CEE
|
|
21,800
|
|
|
21,500
|
|
|
300
|
|
Total European Operations
|
|
4,417,600
|
|
|
4,251,000
|
|
|
166,600
|
|
Chile
|
|
110,500
|
|
|
100,700
|
|
|
9,800
|
|
Grand Total
|
|
4,528,100
|
|
|
4,351,700
|
|
|
176,400
|
|
_______________________________
8
|
|
Average Revenue Per Unit ("ARPU") refers to the average monthly
subscription revenue per average customer relationship and is
calculated by dividing the average monthly subscription revenue
(excluding installation, late fees, interconnect and mobile services
revenue) for the indicated period, by the average of the opening and
closing balances for customer relationships for the period. Customer
relationships of entities acquired during the period are normalized.
Unless otherwise indicated, ARPU per customer relationship for the
Liberty Global Consolidated, the European Operations Division and
Other Europe are not adjusted for currency impacts
|
.
|
9
|
|
The FX-neutral change represents the percentage change on a
year-over-year basis adjusted for FX impacts and is calculated by
adjusting the prior year figures to reflect translation at the
foreign currency rates used to translate the current year amounts.
|
|
10
|
|
Please see page 9 for the definition of mobile subscriber.
|
|
11
|
|
Our ARPU per mobile subscriber calculation that excludes
interconnect revenue refers to the average monthly mobile
subscription revenue per average mobile subscribers in service and
is calculated by dividing the average monthly mobile subscription
revenue (excluding activation, handset fees and late fees) for the
indicated period, by the average of the opening and closing balances
of mobile subscribers in service for the period. Our ARPU per mobile
subscriber calculation that includes interconnect revenue increases
the numerator in the above-described calculation by the amount of
mobile interconnect revenue during the period.
|
|
12
|
|
With the exception of the U.K. and Chile, all of our mobile
subscribers receive mobile services pursuant to postpaid contracts.
As of December 31, 2014 and September 30, 2014, the mobile
subscriber count in the U.K. included 943,600 and 986,100 prepaid
mobile subscribers, respectively, and the mobile subscriber count in
Chile included 19,800 and 22,200 prepaid mobile subscribers,
respectively.
|
|
13
|
|
The change in mobile subscribers in the Netherlands includes the
addition of 114,900 subscribers from the acquisition of Ziggo.
|
|
|
|
|
|
RGUs, Customers and Bundling
The following table provides information on the breakdown of our RGUs
and customer base and highlights our customer bundling metrics at
December 31, 2014, September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013: 14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
Sept. 30, 2014
|
|
|
December 31, 2013
|
|
|
|
Q4'14 / Q3'14 (% Change)
|
|
|
Q4'14 / Q4'13 (% Change)
|
Total RGUs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Video RGUs
|
|
|
24,335,700
|
|
|
|
21,610,800
|
|
|
|
21,787,600
|
|
|
|
12.6
|
%
|
|
|
11.7
|
%
|
Total Broadband Internet RGUs
|
|
|
17,275,300
|
|
|
|
15,064,000
|
|
|
|
14,365,000
|
|
|
|
14.7
|
%
|
|
|
20.3
|
%
|
Total Telephony RGUs
|
|
|
14,330,900
|
|
|
|
12,574,300
|
|
|
|
12,115,200
|
|
|
|
14.0
|
%
|
|
|
18.3
|
%
|
Liberty Global Consolidated
|
|
|
55,941,900
|
|
|
|
49,249,100
|
|
|
|
48,267,800
|
|
|
|
13.6
|
%
|
|
|
15.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Customers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
European Operations Division
|
|
|
25,802,600
|
|
|
|
22,990,300
|
|
|
|
23,024,500
|
|
|
|
12.2
|
%
|
|
|
12.1
|
%
|
VTR
|
|
|
1,225,300
|
|
|
|
1,229,900
|
|
|
|
1,199,800
|
|
|
|
(0.4
|
%)
|
|
|
2.1
|
%
|
Puerto Rico
|
|
|
281,600
|
|
|
|
278,800
|
|
|
|
272,800
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
|
3.2
|
%
|
Liberty Global Consolidated
|
|
|
27,309,500
|
|
|
|
24,499,000
|
|
|
|
24,497,100
|
|
|
|
11.5
|
%
|
|
|
11.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Single-Play Customers
|
|
|
10,730,900
|
|
|
|
10,140,700
|
|
|
|
10,646,000
|
|
|
|
5.8
|
%
|
|
|
0.8
|
%
|
Total Double-Play Customers
|
|
|
4,524,900
|
|
|
|
3,966,600
|
|
|
|
3,931,400
|
|
|
|
14.1
|
%
|
|
|
15.1
|
%
|
Total Triple-Play Customers
|
|
|
12,053,700
|
|
|
|
10,391,700
|
|
|
|
9,919,700
|
|
|
|
16.0
|
%
|
|
|
21.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% Double-Play Customers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
European Operations Division
|
|
|
16.3
|
%
|
|
|
15.9
|
%
|
|
|
15.7
|
%
|
|
|
2.5
|
%
|
|
|
3.8
|
%
|
VTR
|
|
|
22.1
|
%
|
|
|
21.7
|
%
|
|
|
21.1
|
%
|
|
|
1.8
|
%
|
|
|
4.7
|
%
|
Liberty Global Consolidated
|
|
|
16.6
|
%
|
|
|
16.2
|
%
|
|
|
16.0
|
%
|
|
|
2.5
|
%
|
|
|
3.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
% Triple-Play Customers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
European Operations Division
|
|
|
44.0
|
%
|
|
|
42.2
|
%
|
|
|
40.2
|
%
|
|
|
4.3
|
%
|
|
|
9.5
|
%
|
VTR
|
|
|
46.6
|
%
|
|
|
46.8
|
%
|
|
|
46.3
|
%
|
|
|
(0.4
|
%)
|
|
|
0.6
|
%
|
Liberty Global Consolidated
|
|
|
44.1
|
%
|
|
|
42.4
|
%
|
|
|
40.5
|
%
|
|
|
4.0
|
%
|
|
|
8.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RGUs per Customer Relationship
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
European Operations Division
|
|
|
2.04
|
|
|
2.00
|
|
|
1.96
|
|
|
2.0
|
%
|
|
|
4.1
|
%
|
VTR
|
|
|
2.15
|
|
|
2.15
|
|
|
2.14
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
0.5
|
%
|
Liberty Global Consolidated
|
|
|
2.05
|
|
|
2.01
|
|
|
1.97
|
|
|
2.0
|
%
|
|
|
4.1
|
%
|
14
|
|
Both the September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 amounts do not
include the impact of the Ziggo acquisition.
|
|
|
|
Supplemental information for Ziggo
OPERATING STATISTICS
(15)
|
|
|
Q4 2013
|
|
|
Q1 2014
|
|
|
Q2 2014
|
|
|
Q3 2014
|
|
|
Q4 2014
|
|
|
FY 2014
|
CABLE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Footprint
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Homes Passed
|
|
|
4,106,000
|
|
|
|
4,108,900
|
|
|
|
4,117,500
|
|
|
|
4,120,300
|
|
|
|
4,129,300
|
|
|
|
4,129,300
|
|
Two-way Homes Passed
|
|
|
4,106,000
|
|
|
|
4,108,900
|
|
|
|
4,117,500
|
|
|
|
4,120,300
|
|
|
|
4,129,300
|
|
|
|
4,129,300
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscribers (RGUs)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Analog Cable
|
|
|
546,100
|
|
|
|
520,600
|
|
|
|
502,800
|
|
|
|
479,100
|
|
|
|
455,300
|
|
|
|
455,300
|
|
Digital Cable
|
|
|
2,237,100
|
|
|
|
2,249,600
|
|
|
|
2,259,900
|
|
|
|
2,264,900
|
|
|
|
2,265,000
|
|
|
|
2,265,000
|
|
Total Video
|
|
|
2,783,200
|
|
|
|
2,770,200
|
|
|
|
2,762,700
|
|
|
|
2,744,000
|
|
|
|
2,720,300
|
|
|
|
2,720,300
|
|
Internet
|
|
|
1,861,900
|
|
|
|
1,898,000
|
|
|
|
1,922,300
|
|
|
|
1,942,800
|
|
|
|
1,954,400
|
|
|
|
1,954,400
|
|
Telephony
|
|
|
1,572,200
|
|
|
|
1,590,700
|
|
|
|
1,590,000
|
|
|
|
1,590,200
|
|
|
|
1,584,000
|
|
|
|
1,584,000
|
|
Total RGUs
|
|
|
6,217,300
|
|
|
|
6,258,900
|
|
|
|
6,275,000
|
|
|
|
6,277,000
|
|
|
|
6,258,700
|
|
|
|
6,258,700
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RGU net additions (losses)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Analog Cable
|
|
|
(26,400
|
)
|
|
|
(25,500
|
)
|
|
|
(17,800
|
)
|
|
|
(23,700
|
)
|
|
|
(23,800
|
)
|
|
|
(90,800
|
)
|
Digital Cable
|
|
|
10,500
|
|
|
|
12,500
|
|
|
|
10,300
|
|
|
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
|
27,900
|
|
Total Video
|
|
|
(15,900
|
)
|
|
|
(13,000
|
)
|
|
|
(7,500
|
)
|
|
|
(18,700
|
)
|
|
|
(23,700
|
)
|
|
|
(62,900
|
)
|
Internet
|
|
|
32,600
|
|
|
|
36,100
|
|
|
|
24,300
|
|
|
|
20,500
|
|
|
|
11,600
|
|
|
|
92,500
|
|
Telephony
|
|
|
18,000
|
|
|
|
18,500
|
|
|
|
(700
|
)
|
|
|
200
|
|
|
|
(6,200
|
)
|
|
|
11,800
|
|
RGU net additions (losses)
|
|
|
34,700
|
|
|
|
41,600
|
|
|
|
16,100
|
|
|
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
(18,300
|
)
|
|
|
41,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Penetration
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Digital Cable as a % of Total Video Subscribers
|
|
|
80.4
|
%
|
|
|
81.2
|
%
|
|
|
81.9
|
%
|
|
|
82.6
|
%
|
|
|
83.3
|
%
|
|
|
83.3
|
%
|
Internet as a % of Two-way Homes Passed
|
|
|
44.3
|
%
|
|
|
45.1
|
%
|
|
|
45.5
|
%
|
|
|
45.9
|
%
|
|
|
46.1
|
%
|
|
|
46.1
|
%
|
Telephony as a % of Two-way Homes Passed
|
|
|
37.3
|
%
|
|
|
37.6
|
%
|
|
|
37.5
|
%
|
|
|
37.4
|
%
|
|
|
37.1
|
%
|
|
|
37.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer relationships
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer Relationships
|
|
|
2,783,200
|
|
|
|
2,770,200
|
|
|
|
2,762,700
|
|
|
|
2,744,000
|
|
|
|
2,720,300
|
|
|
|
2,720,300
|
|
Net Reductions
|
|
|
(15,900
|
)
|
|
|
(13,000
|
)
|
|
|
(7,500
|
)
|
|
|
(18,700
|
)
|
|
|
(23,700
|
)
|
|
|
(62,900
|
)
|
RGUs per Customer
|
|
|
2.19
|
|
|
|
2.21
|
|
|
|
2.22
|
|
|
|
2.23
|
|
|
|
2.24
|
|
|
|
2.24
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Customer bundling
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Single-Play
|
|
|
31.1
|
%
|
|
|
29.4
|
%
|
|
|
28.5
|
%
|
|
|
27.3
|
%
|
|
|
26.1
|
%
|
|
|
26.1
|
%
|
Double-Play
|
|
|
14.4
|
%
|
|
|
15.2
|
%
|
|
|
15.5
|
%
|
|
|
16.3
|
%
|
|
|
17.6
|
%
|
|
|
17.6
|
%
|
Triple-Play
|
|
|
54.5
|
%
|
|
|
55.5
|
%
|
|
|
55.9
|
%
|
|
|
56.4
|
%
|
|
|
56.2
|
%
|
|
|
56.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
MOBILE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mobile Subscribers
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
21,100
|
|
|
|
50,300
|
|
|
|
71,200
|
|
|
|
101,500
|
|
|
|
128,200
|
|
|
|
128,200
|
|
Net additions
|
|
|
16,700
|
|
|
|
29,200
|
|
|
|
20,900
|
|
|
|
30,300
|
|
|
|
26,700
|
|
|
|
107,100
|
|
15
|
|
Operating data is presented using Liberty Global's definitions and
policies. See pages 9 and 27.
|
|
|
|
Preliminary Ziggo Financial Results
The following table provides preliminary unaudited selected financial
results of Ziggo based on GAAP and in accordance with Liberty Global
accounting policies.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year ended December 31,
|
|
|
Increase (decrease)
|
|
|
|
2014*
|
|
|
2013
|
|
|
|
Rebased % (16)
|
|
|
|
in millions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
€
|
1,617.3
|
|
|
|
€
|
1,566.8
|
|
|
|
3.2
|
%
|
OCF
|
|
|
€
|
863.9
|
|
|
|
€
|
869.1
|
|
|
|
0.9
|
%
|
Property and equipment additions
|
|
|
€
|
379.8
|
|
|
|
€
|
360.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCF margin
|
|
|
53.4
|
%
|
|
|
55.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Property and equipment additions as a percentage of revenue
|
|
|
23.5
|
%
|
|
|
23.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCF Reconciliation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCF
|
|
|
€
|
863.9
|
|
|
|
€
|
869.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share-based compensation
|
|
|
6.3
|
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
520.7
|
|
|
|
442.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
Impairment, restructuring and other operating items, net
|
|
|
156.7
|
|
|
|
1.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating income
|
|
|
€
|
180.2
|
|
|
|
€
|
424.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
The full-year 2014 figures combine amounts from "Predecessor" and
"Successor" Periods, as further detailed below and in footnote 17.
|
|
|
|
Successor and Predecessor Periods - Combining
Schedules (17)
The financial results for the Predecessor Period and the Successor
Period have been combined in order to provide a more meaningful basis
for comparing the results of operations in this press release. The
combination of Predecessor and Successor periods does not comply with
GAAP and has not been prepared in compliance with Article 11 of
Regulation S-X. The table below reflects the combination of the
Predecessor Period from January 1, 2014 to November 11, 2014 and the
Successor Period from November 12, 2014 to December 31, 2014 (in
millions):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Successor
|
|
|
|
Predecessor
|
|
|
Combined
|
|
|
|
Period from November 12 to December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
Period from January 1 to November 11, 2014
|
|
|
Year ended December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
€
|
219.9
|
|
|
|
|
€
|
1,397.4
|
|
|
|
€
|
1,617.3
|
OCF
|
|
|
€
|
115.9
|
|
|
|
|
€
|
748.0
|
|
|
|
€
|
863.9
|
Property and equipment additions
|
|
|
€
|
47.0
|
|
|
|
|
€
|
332.8
|
|
|
|
€
|
379.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCF Reconciliation
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OCF
|
|
|
€
|
115.9
|
|
|
|
|
€
|
748.0
|
|
|
|
€
|
863.9
|
Share-based compensation
|
|
|
€
|
3.7
|
|
|
|
|
€
|
2.6
|
|
|
|
€
|
6.3
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
|
€
|
112.0
|
|
|
|
|
€
|
408.7
|
|
|
|
€
|
520.7
|
Impairment, restructuring and other operating items, net
|
|
|
€
|
64.5
|
|
|
|
|
€
|
92.2
|
|
|
|
€
|
156.7
|
Operating income (loss)
|
|
|
€
|
(64.3
|
)
|
|
|
|
€
|
244.5
|
|
|
|
€
|
180.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ziggo Capital Structure Financial Results
The following table details Ziggo's consolidated third-party debt.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
Nominal value in borrowing currency
|
|
|
Carrying value(18)
|
|
|
Unused borrowing capacity
|
|
|
|
in millions
|
Senior Credit Facility
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revolving Credit Facility
|
|
|
€
|
650.0
|
|
|
|
€
|
-
|
|
|
|
€
|
650.0
|
Term Loan B1 (EURIBOR + 3.00%) EUR due 2022
|
|
|
€
|
579.0
|
|
|
|
571.5
|
|
|
|
-
|
Term Loan B1 (LIBOR + 2.75%) USD due 2022
|
|
|
$
|
869.0
|
|
|
|
707.6
|
|
|
|
-
|
Term Loan B2 (EURIBOR + 3.00%) EUR due 2022
|
|
|
€
|
373.0
|
|
|
|
368.2
|
|
|
|
-
|
Term Loan B2 (LIBOR + 2.75%) USD due 2022
|
|
|
$
|
560.0
|
|
|
|
456.0
|
|
|
|
-
|
Term Loan B3 (EURIBOR + 3.00%) EUR due 2022
|
|
|
€
|
1,048.0
|
|
|
|
1,040.1
|
|
|
|
-
|
Term Loan B3 (LIBOR + 2.75%) USD due 2022
|
|
|
$
|
921.0
|
|
|
|
749.9
|
|
|
|
-
|
Total Senior Credit Facility (euro equivalent)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,893.3
|
|
|
|
€
|
650.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Secured Notes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2020
|
|
|
€
|
71.7
|
|
|
|
73.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior Notes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.125% Senior Notes due 2024
|
|
|
€
|
743.1
|
|
|
|
816.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital Lease Obligations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5
|
|
|
|
|
Total third-party debt (including current portion)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
€
|
4,783.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exchange Rate ($ to €)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1.2100
|
|
|
|
|
_______________________________
16
|
|
For purposes of calculating rebased growth rates on a comparable
basis, we have adjusted Ziggo's historical revenue and OCF for the
Predecessor Periods to reflect the impacts in the Successor Period
from the push down of acquisition accounting. In addition, for
purposes of calculating rebased OCF growth, we have adjusted the
historical OCF of Ziggo for the period from January 1, 2014 to
November 11, 2014 to remove the impact of a non-recurring bonus
payment of €13 million to employees of Ziggo that was triggered by
the Ziggo Transaction, as defined in footnote 17. We have not
adjusted the Predecessor Periods to eliminate other non-recurring
items or to give retroactive effect to any changes in estimates that
might be implemented in the Successor Period. The adjustments
reflected in Ziggo's rebased amounts have not been prepared with a
view towards complying with Article 11 of Regulation S-X. In
addition, the rebased growth rates are not necessarily indicative of
the rebased revenue and OCF that would have occurred if the Ziggo
Transaction had occurred on the date assumed for purposes of
calculating our rebased amounts or the revenue and OCF that will
occur in the future. The rebased growth percentages have been
presented as a basis for assessing growth rates on a comparable
basis, and are not presented as a measure of Ziggo's pro forma
financial performance. Therefore, we believe Ziggo's rebased data is
not a non-GAAP financial measure as contemplated by Regulation G or
Item 10 of Regulation S-K.
|
17
|
|
Ziggo became a consolidated subsidiary of Liberty Global on November
11, 2014 , pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Merger with respect
to an offer to acquire all of the shares of Ziggo that Liberty
Global did not already own (the "Ziggo Transaction"). As a result of
Liberty Global's push-down of its investment basis in Ziggo arising
from the Ziggo Transaction, a new basis of accounting was created on
November 11, 2014. In our preliminary unaudited selected financial
results included herein, the periods prior to November 12, 2014 are
referred to as the "Predecessor Periods," and the period from
November 12, 2014 to December 31, 2014 is referred to as the
"Successor Period." The most significant effect of the Ziggo
Transaction on our results for the Successor Period is an increase
in depreciation and amortization expense as a result of the
application of acquisition accounting. In order to provide a more
meaningful basis for comparing the results of operations for the
year ended December 31, 2014 to the corresponding prior year period,
we have presented financial information for the year ended December
31, 2014 that reflects the combination of the results for the 2014
Predecessor and Successor Periods. The combination of Predecessor
and Successor Periods is not permitted by GAAP and has not been
prepared with a view towards complying with Article 11 of Regulation
S-X.
|
18
|
|
Amounts include the impact of premiums and discounts, where
applicable.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidated Operating Data - December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Video
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Homes Passed(1)
|
|
|
Two-way Homes Passed(2)
|
|
|
Customer Relationships(3)
|
|
|
Total RGUs(4)
|
|
|
Analog Cable Subscribers(5)
|
|
|
Digital Cable Subscribers(6)
|
|
|
DTH Subscribers(7)
|
|
|
MMDS Subscribers(8)
|
|
|
Total Video
|
|
|
Internet Subscribers(9)
|
|
|
Telephony Subscribers(10)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
European Operations Division:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.K.
|
|
|
12,627,400
|
|
|
|
12,598,400
|
|
|
|
5,016,500
|
|
|
|
12,513,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,760,300
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
3,760,300
|
|
|
|
4,536,600
|
|
|
|
4,216,600
|
Germany
|
|
|
12,713,300
|
|
|
|
12,401,900
|
|
|
|
7,126,800
|
|
|
|
12,202,300
|
|
|
|
4,280,100
|
|
|
|
2,277,800
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
6,557,900
|
|
|
|
2,896,400
|
|
|
|
2,748,000
|
The Netherlands(11)
|
|
|
6,982,700
|
|
|
|
6,968,000
|
|
|
|
4,291,600
|
|
|
|
9,931,400
|
|
|
|
902,100
|
|
|
|
3,387,300
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,289,400
|
|
|
|
3,066,000
|
|
|
|
2,576,000
|
Belgium
|
|
|
2,916,300
|
|
|
|
2,916,300
|
|
|
|
2,066,700
|
|
|
|
4,751,500
|
|
|
|
490,100
|
|
|
|
1,576,600
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,066,700
|
|
|
|
1,530,600
|
|
|
|
1,154,200
|
Switzerland(11)
|
|
|
2,193,300
|
|
|
|
2,192,400
|
|
|
|
1,433,000
|
|
|
|
2,585,200
|
|
|
|
697,800
|
|
|
|
689,300
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,387,100
|
|
|
|
729,400
|
|
|
|
468,700
|
Austria
|
|
|
1,350,400
|
|
|
|
1,350,400
|
|
|
|
653,100
|
|
|
|
1,350,900
|
|
|
|
153,000
|
|
|
|
364,400
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
517,400
|
|
|
|
464,000
|
|
|
|
369,500
|
Ireland
|
|
|
854,800
|
|
|
|
754,900
|
|
|
|
519,000
|
|
|
|
1,111,200
|
|
|
|
40,100
|
|
|
|
333,200
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
30,200
|
|
|
|
403,500
|
|
|
|
363,400
|
|
|
|
344,300
|
Total Western Europe
|
|
|
39,638,200
|
|
|
|
39,182,300
|
|
|
|
21,106,700
|
|
|
|
44,446,000
|
|
|
|
6,563,200
|
|
|
|
12,388,900
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
30,200
|
|
|
|
18,982,300
|
|
|
|
13,586,400
|
|
|
|
11,877,300
|
Poland
|
|
|
2,783,900
|
|
|
|
2,706,100
|
|
|
|
1,437,400
|
|
|
|
2,755,000
|
|
|
|
282,600
|
|
|
|
918,800
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,201,400
|
|
|
|
997,200
|
|
|
|
556,400
|
Hungary
|
|
|
1,556,400
|
|
|
|
1,540,300
|
|
|
|
1,075,900
|
|
|
|
1,967,300
|
|
|
|
209,600
|
|
|
|
430,900
|
|
|
|
280,400
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
920,900
|
|
|
|
554,100
|
|
|
|
492,300
|
Romania
|
|
|
2,405,200
|
|
|
|
2,282,800
|
|
|
|
1,186,300
|
|
|
|
1,925,200
|
|
|
|
305,600
|
|
|
|
548,400
|
|
|
|
324,800
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,178,800
|
|
|
|
433,500
|
|
|
|
312,900
|
Czech Republic
|
|
|
1,372,700
|
|
|
|
1,282,400
|
|
|
|
716,300
|
|
|
|
1,185,900
|
|
|
|
89,600
|
|
|
|
369,500
|
|
|
|
112,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
571,100
|
|
|
|
445,000
|
|
|
|
169,800
|
Slovakia
|
|
|
504,500
|
|
|
|
482,000
|
|
|
|
280,000
|
|
|
|
432,300
|
|
|
|
39,300
|
|
|
|
141,800
|
|
|
|
66,100
|
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
|
247,800
|
|
|
|
116,800
|
|
|
|
67,700
|
Total CEE
|
|
|
8,622,700
|
|
|
|
8,293,600
|
|
|
|
4,695,900
|
|
|
|
8,265,700
|
|
|
|
926,700
|
|
|
|
2,409,400
|
|
|
|
783,300
|
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
|
4,120,000
|
|
|
|
2,546,600
|
|
|
|
1,599,100
|
Total Europe
|
|
|
48,260,900
|
|
|
|
47,475,900
|
|
|
|
25,802,600
|
|
|
|
52,711,700
|
|
|
|
7,489,900
|
|
|
|
14,798,300
|
|
|
|
783,300
|
|
|
|
30,800
|
|
|
|
23,102,300
|
|
|
|
16,133,000
|
|
|
|
13,476,400
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
2,978,800
|
|
|
|
2,459,700
|
|
|
|
1,225,300
|
|
|
|
2,639,300
|
|
|
|
111,600
|
|
|
|
901,900
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1,013,500
|
|
|
|
932,000
|
|
|
|
693,800
|
Puerto Rico
|
|
|
706,500
|
|
|
|
706,500
|
|
|
|
281,600
|
|
|
|
590,900
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
219,900
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
219,900
|
|
|
|
210,300
|
|
|
|
160,700
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grand Total
|
|
|
51,946,200
|
|
|
|
50,642,100
|
|
|
|
27,309,500
|
|
|
|
55,941,900
|
|
|
|
7,601,500
|
|
|
|
15,920,100
|
|
|
|
783,300
|
|
|
|
30,800
|
|
|
|
24,335,700
|
|
|
|
17,275,300
|
|
|
|
14,330,900
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Subscriber Variance Table - December 31, 2014 vs. September 30, 2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Video
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Homes Passed(1)
|
|
|
Two-way Homes Passed(2)
|
|
|
Customer Relationships(3)
|
|
|
Total RGUs(4)
|
|
|
Analog Cable Subscribers(5)
|
|
|
Digital Cable Subscribers(6)
|
|
|
DTH Subscribers(7)
|
|
|
MMDS Subscribers(8)
|
|
|
Total Video
|
|
|
Internet Subscribers(9)
|
|
|
Telephony Subscribers(10)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
European Operations Division:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.K.
|
|
|
43,300
|
|
|
|
75,700
|
|
|
|
69,000
|
|
|
|
149,400
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
21,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
21,500
|
|
|
|
72,500
|
|
|
|
55,400
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
26,300
|
|
|
|
44,400
|
|
|
|
23,500
|
|
|
|
136,700
|
|
|
|
(20,600
|
)
|
|
|
14,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(6,600
|
)
|
|
|
78,300
|
|
|
|
65,000
|
|
The Netherlands(11)
|
|
|
4,135,600
|
|
|
|
4,134,600
|
|
|
|
2,699,100
|
|
|
|
6,238,100
|
|
|
|
437,800
|
|
|
|
2,261,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,699,300
|
|
|
|
1,958,600
|
|
|
|
1,580,200
|
|
Belgium
|
|
|
5,600
|
|
|
|
5,600
|
|
|
|
(7,100
|
)
|
|
|
31,300
|
|
|
|
(18,200
|
)
|
|
|
11,100
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(7,100
|
)
|
|
|
17,800
|
|
|
|
20,600
|
|
Switzerland(11)
|
|
|
35,700
|
|
|
|
35,400
|
|
|
|
(23,700
|
)
|
|
|
(8,000
|
)
|
|
|
(24,000
|
)
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(23,400
|
)
|
|
|
12,200
|
|
|
|
3,200
|
|
Austria
|
|
|
6,600
|
|
|
|
6,600
|
|
|
|
2,500
|
|
|
|
9,500
|
|
|
|
(6,100
|
)
|
|
|
2,800
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(3,300
|
)
|
|
|
8,900
|
|
|
|
3,900
|
|
Ireland
|
|
|
(500
|
)
|
|
|
1,800
|
|
|
|
(3,100
|
)
|
|
|
6,000
|
|
|
|
(2,000
|
)
|
|
|
(2,600
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
(6,300
|
)
|
|
|
4,300
|
|
|
|
8,000
|
|
Total Western Europe
|
|
|
4,252,600
|
|
|
|
4,304,100
|
|
|
|
2,760,200
|
|
|
|
6,563,000
|
|
|
|
366,900
|
|
|
|
2,308,900
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
2,674,100
|
|
|
|
2,152,600
|
|
|
|
1,736,300
|
|
Poland
|
|
|
42,000
|
|
|
|
48,000
|
|
|
|
16,800
|
|
|
|
46,300
|
|
|
|
(8,800
|
)
|
|
|
16,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
7,200
|
|
|
|
27,100
|
|
|
|
12,000
|
|
Hungary
|
|
|
8,600
|
|
|
|
8,300
|
|
|
|
9,500
|
|
|
|
31,500
|
|
|
|
(20,300
|
)
|
|
|
22,900
|
|
|
|
7,900
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
10,500
|
|
|
|
9,100
|
|
|
|
11,900
|
|
Romania
|
|
|
78,300
|
|
|
|
91,000
|
|
|
|
21,300
|
|
|
|
35,500
|
|
|
|
(8,900
|
)
|
|
|
11,000
|
|
|
|
19,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
21,100
|
|
|
|
13,000
|
|
|
|
1,400
|
|
Czech Republic
|
|
|
4,000
|
|
|
|
15,400
|
|
|
|
3,800
|
|
|
|
6,700
|
|
|
|
1,500
|
|
|
|
(900
|
)
|
|
|
5,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
6,100
|
|
|
|
2,500
|
|
|
|
(1,900
|
)
|
Slovakia
|
|
|
600
|
|
|
|
800
|
|
|
|
700
|
|
|
|
4,000
|
|
|
|
(4,900
|
)
|
|
|
2,700
|
|
|
|
1,600
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(600
|
)
|
|
|
2,600
|
|
|
|
2,000
|
|
Total CEE
|
|
|
133,500
|
|
|
|
163,500
|
|
|
|
52,100
|
|
|
|
124,000
|
|
|
|
(41,400
|
)
|
|
|
51,700
|
|
|
|
34,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
44,300
|
|
|
|
54,300
|
|
|
|
25,400
|
|
Total Europe
|
|
|
4,386,100
|
|
|
|
4,467,600
|
|
|
|
2,812,300
|
|
|
|
6,687,000
|
|
|
|
325,500
|
|
|
|
2,360,600
|
|
|
|
34,000
|
|
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
2,718,400
|
|
|
|
2,206,900
|
|
|
|
1,761,700
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
9,900
|
|
|
|
10,500
|
|
|
|
(4,600
|
)
|
|
|
(7,700
|
)
|
|
|
(4,600
|
)
|
|
|
9,100
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,500
|
|
|
|
(600
|
)
|
|
|
(11,600
|
)
|
Puerto Rico
|
|
|
900
|
|
|
|
900
|
|
|
|
2,800
|
|
|
|
13,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
6,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grand Total
|
|
|
4,396,900
|
|
|
|
4,479,000
|
|
|
|
2,810,500
|
|
|
|
6,692,800
|
|
|
|
320,900
|
|
|
|
2,371,700
|
|
|
|
34,000
|
|
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
2,724,900
|
|
|
|
2,211,300
|
|
|
|
1,756,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Organic Change Summary:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Europe (excl. U.K., DE, NL & BE)
|
|
|
119,300
|
|
|
|
151,300
|
|
|
|
(400
|
)
|
|
|
97,600
|
|
|
|
(99,700
|
)
|
|
|
51,500
|
|
|
|
34,000
|
|
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
(15,900
|
)
|
|
|
73,900
|
|
|
|
39,600
|
|
U.K.
|
|
|
18,500
|
|
|
|
50,900
|
|
|
|
44,200
|
|
|
|
113,300
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
21,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
21,500
|
|
|
|
58,700
|
|
|
|
33,100
|
|
Germany
|
|
|
26,300
|
|
|
|
44,400
|
|
|
|
25,500
|
|
|
|
138,800
|
|
|
|
(19,000
|
)
|
|
|
14,100
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(4,900
|
)
|
|
|
78,500
|
|
|
|
65,200
|
|
The Netherlands(11,12)
|
|
|
11,700
|
|
|
|
10,700
|
|
|
|
(33,300
|
)
|
|
|
(36,000
|
)
|
|
|
(33,200
|
)
|
|
|
(2,100
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(35,300
|
)
|
|
|
8,200
|
|
|
|
(8,900
|
)
|
Belgium
|
|
|
5,600
|
|
|
|
5,600
|
|
|
|
(7,100
|
)
|
|
|
31,300
|
|
|
|
(18,200
|
)
|
|
|
11,100
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(7,100
|
)
|
|
|
17,800
|
|
|
|
20,600
|
|
Total Europe
|
|
|
181,400
|
|
|
|
262,900
|
|
|
|
28,900
|
|
|
|
345,000
|
|
|
|
(170,100
|
)
|
|
|
96,100
|
|
|
|
34,000
|
|
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
(41,700
|
)
|
|
|
237,100
|
|
|
|
149,600
|
|
Chile
|
|
|
9,900
|
|
|
|
10,500
|
|
|
|
(4,600
|
)
|
|
|
(7,700
|
)
|
|
|
(4,600
|
)
|
|
|
9,100
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
4,500
|
|
|
|
(600
|
)
|
|
|
(11,600
|
)
|
Puerto Rico
|
|
|
900
|
|
|
|
900
|
|
|
|
2,800
|
|
|
|
13,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,000
|
|
|
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
6,500
|
|
Total Organic Change
|
|
|
192,200
|
|
|
|
274,300
|
|
|
|
27,100
|
|
|
|
350,800
|
|
|
|
(174,700
|
)
|
|
|
107,200
|
|
|
|
34,000
|
|
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
(35,200
|
)
|
|
|
241,500
|
|
|
|
144,500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Q4 2014 Adjustments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition - The Netherlands
|
|
|
4,123,900
|
|
|
|
4,123,900
|
|
|
|
2,732,400
|
|
|
|
6,274,100
|
|
|
|
471,000
|
|
|
|
2,263,600
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,734,600
|
|
|
|
1,950,400
|
|
|
|
1,589,100
|
|
Acquisition - Switzerland
|
|
|
36,400
|
|
|
|
36,400
|
|
|
|
15,100
|
|
|
|
15,100
|
|
|
|
15,100
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
15,100
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Acquisition - Poland
|
|
|
19,600
|
|
|
|
19,600
|
|
|
|
13,100
|
|
|
|
18,800
|
|
|
|
11,100
|
|
|
|
1,000
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
12,100
|
|
|
|
5,800
|
|
|
|
900
|
|
Germany Adjustments
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(2,000
|
)
|
|
|
(2,100
|
)
|
|
|
(1,600
|
)
|
|
|
(100
|
)
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
(200
|
)
|
|
|
(200
|
)
|
U.K. Adjustments
|
|
|
24,800
|
|
|
|
24,800
|
|
|
|
24,800
|
|
|
|
36,100
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
13,800
|
|
|
|
22,300
|
|
Net Adjustments
|
|
|
4,204,700
|
|
|
|
4,204,700
|
|
|
|
2,783,400
|
|
|
|
6,342,000
|
|
|
|
495,600
|
|
|
|
2,264,500
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
2,760,100
|
|
|
|
1,969,800
|
|
|
|
1,612,100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Adds (Reductions)
|
|
|
4,396,900
|
|
|
|
4,479,000
|
|
|
|
2,810,500
|
|
|
|
6,692,800
|
|
|
|
320,900
|
|
|
|
2,371,700
|
|
|
|
34,000
|
|
|
|
(1,700
|
)
|
|
|
2,724,900
|
|
|
|
2,211,300
|
|
|
|
1,756,600
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Footnotes for Operating Data and Subscriber Variance Tables
(1)
|
|
Homes Passed are homes, residential multiple dwelling units or
commercial units that can be connected to our networks without
materially extending the distribution plant, except for DTH and
Multi-channel Multipoint ("microwave") Distribution System ("MMDS")
homes. Our Homes Passed counts are based on census data that can
change based on either revisions to the data or from new census
results. We do not count homes passed for DTH. With respect to MMDS,
one MMDS customer is equal to one Home Passed. Due to the fact that
we do not own the partner networks (defined below) used in
Switzerland and the Netherlands (see note 11) we do not report homes
passed for Switzerland's and the Netherlands' partner networks.
|
(2)
|
|
Two-way Homes Passed are Homes Passed by those sections of our
networks that are technologically capable of providing two-way
services, including video, internet and telephony services.
|
(3)
|
|
Customer Relationships are the number of customers who receive at
least one of our video, internet or telephony services that we count
as Revenue Generating Units ("RGUs"), without regard to which or to
how many services they subscribe. To the extent that RGU counts
include equivalent billing unit ("EBU") adjustments, we reflect
corresponding adjustments to our Customer Relationship counts. For
further information regarding our EBU calculation, see Additional
General Notes to Tables. Customer Relationships generally are
counted on a unique premises basis. Accordingly, if an individual
receives our services in two premises (e.g., a primary home and a
vacation home), that individual generally will count as two Customer
Relationships. We exclude mobile customers from Customer
Relationships. For Belgium, Customer Relationships only include
customers who subscribe to an analog or digital cable service due to
billing system limitations.
|
(4)
|
|
Revenue Generating Unit is separately an Analog Cable Subscriber,
Digital Cable Subscriber, DTH Subscriber, MMDS Subscriber, Internet
Subscriber or Telephony Subscriber. A home, residential multiple
dwelling unit, or commercial unit may contain one or more RGUs. For
example, if a residential customer in our Austrian system subscribed
to our digital cable service, telephony service and broadband
internet service, the customer would constitute three RGUs. Total
RGUs is the sum of Analog Cable, Digital Cable, DTH, MMDS, Internet
and Telephony Subscribers. RGUs generally are counted on a unique
premises basis such that a given premises does not count as more
than one RGU for any given service. On the other hand, if an
individual receives one of our services in two premises (e.g., a
primary home and a vacation home), that individual will count as two
RGUs for that service. Each bundled cable, internet or telephony
service is counted as a separate RGU regardless of the nature of any
bundling discount or promotion. Non-paying subscribers are counted
as subscribers during their free promotional service period. Some of
these subscribers may choose to disconnect after their free service
period. Services offered without charge on a long-term basis (e.g.,
VIP subscribers, free service to employees) generally are not
counted as RGUs. We do not include subscriptions to mobile services
in our externally reported RGU counts. In this regard, our December
31, 2014 RGU counts exclude our separately reported postpaid and
prepaid mobile subscribers in the U.K., Belgium, Germany, the
Netherlands, Chile, Hungary, Poland, Switzerland and Austria of
3,053,000, 894,500, 309,800, 129,500, 110,500, 11,200, 10,600, 8,800
and 200, respectively. Our mobile subscriber count represents the
number of active SIM cards in service.
|
(5)
|
|
Analog Cable Subscriber is a home, residential multiple dwelling
unit or commercial unit that receives our analog cable service over
our broadband network. Our Analog Cable Subscriber counts also
include subscribers who may use a purchased set-top box or other
means to receive our basic digital cable channels without
subscribing to any services that would require the payment of
recurring monthly fees in addition to the basic analog service fee
("Basic Digital Cable Subscriber"). Our Basic Digital Cable
Subscribers are attributable to the fact that our basic digital
cable channels are not encrypted in certain portions of our
footprint and the use of purchased digital set-top boxes in Belgium.
In Europe, we have approximately 110,600 "lifeline" customers that
are counted on a per connection basis, representing the least
expensive regulated tier of video cable service, with only a few
channels.
|
(6)
|
|
Digital Cable Subscriber is a home, residential multiple dwelling
unit or commercial unit that receives our digital cable service over
our broadband network or through a partner network. We count a
subscriber with one or more digital converter boxes that receives
our digital cable service in one premises as just one subscriber. A
Digital Cable Subscriber is not counted as an Analog Cable
Subscriber. As we migrate customers from analog to digital cable
services, we report a decrease in our Analog Cable Subscribers equal
to the increase in our Digital Cable Subscribers. As discussed in
further detail in note 5 above, Basic Digital Cable Subscribers are
not included in the respective Digital Cable Subscriber counts.
Subscribers to digital cable services provided by our operations in
Switzerland and the Netherlands over partner networks receive analog
cable services from the partner networks as opposed to our
operations.
|
(7)
|
|
DTH Subscriber is a home, residential multiple dwelling unit or
commercial unit that receives our video programming broadcast
directly via a geosynchronous satellite
|
(8)
|
|
MMDS Subscriber is a home, residential multiple dwelling unit or
commercial unit that receives our video programming via MMDS.
|
(9)
|
|
Internet Subscriber is a home, residential multiple dwelling unit or
commercial unit that receives internet services over our networks,
or that we service through a partner network. Our Internet
Subscribers exclude 89,200 asymmetric digital subscriber line
("ADSL") subscribers within our U.K. segment and 65,900 digital
subscriber line ("DSL") subscribers within our Austria segment that
are not serviced over our networks. Our Internet Subscribers do not
include customers that receive services from dial-up connections. In
Switzerland, we offer a 2 Mbps internet service to our Analog and
Digital Cable Subscribers without an incremental recurring fee. Our
Internet Subscribers in Switzerland include 66,800 subscribers who
have requested and received this service.
|
(10)
|
|
Telephony Subscriber is a home, residential multiple dwelling unit
or commercial unit that receives voice services over our networks,
or that we service through a partner network. Telephony Subscribers
exclude mobile telephony subscribers. Our Telephony Subscribers
exclude 59,300 and 48,400 subscribers within our segments in the
U.K. and Austria, respectively, that are not serviced over our
networks. In Switzerland, we offer a basic phone service to our
Analog and Digital Cable Subscribers without an incremental
recurring fee. Our Telephony Subscribers in Switzerland include
2,800 subscribers who have requested and received this service.
|
(11)
|
|
Pursuant to service agreements, Switzerland and, to a much lesser
extent, the Netherlands offer digital cable, broadband internet and
telephony services over networks owned by third-party cable
operators ("partner networks"). A partner network RGU is only
recognized if there is a direct billing relationship with the
customer. At December 31, 2014, Switzerland's partner networks
account for 143,600 Customer Relationships, 279,500 RGUs, 107,700
Digital Cable Subscribers, 101,900 Internet Subscribers, and 69,900
Telephony Subscribers.
|
(12)
|
|
The net loss of 36,000 total RGUs in the Netherlands consists of a
net loss of 20,600 total RGUs in the historical UPC Netherlands
footprint and a net loss of 15,400 total RGUs in the Ziggo
footprint. The net loss in the historical UPC Netherlands footprint
consists of a net loss of 17,500 Analog Cable Subscribers, a net
loss of 3,600 Digital Cable Subscribers, a net gain of 4,200
Internet Subscribers and a net loss of 3,700 Telephony Subscribers.
The net loss in the Ziggo footprint consists of a net loss of 15,700
Analog Cable Subscribers, a net gain of 1,500 Digital Cable
Subscribers, a net gain of 4,000 Internet Subscribers and a net loss
of 5,200 Telephony Subscribers.
|
|
|
|
Additional General Notes to Tables:
Most of our broadband communications subsidiaries provide telephony,
broadband internet, data, video or other B2B services. Certain of our
B2B revenue is derived from small or home office ("SOHO") subscribers
that pay a premium price to receive enhanced service levels along with
video, internet or telephony services that are the same or similar to
the mass marketed products offered to our residential subscribers. All
mass marketed products provided to SOHOs, whether or not accompanied by
enhanced service levels and/or premium prices, are included in the
respective RGU and customer counts of our broadband communications
operations, with only those services provided at premium prices
considered to be "SOHO RGUs" or "SOHO customers". With the exception of
our B2B SOHO subscribers, we generally do not count customers of B2B
services as customers or RGUs for external reporting purposes.
Certain of our residential and commercial RGUs are counted on an EBU
basis, including residential multiple dwelling units and commercial
establishments such as bars, hotels and hospitals in Chile and Puerto
Rico and certain commercial and residential multiple dwelling units in
Europe (with the exception of Germany and Belgium, where we do not count
any RGUs on an EBU basis). Our EBUs are generally calculated by dividing
the bulk price charged to accounts in an area by the most prevalent
price charged to non-bulk residential customers in that market for the
comparable tier of service. As such, we may experience variances in our
EBU counts solely as a result of changes in rates. In Germany, homes
passed reflect the footprint and two-way homes passed reflect the
technological capability of our network up to the street cabinet, with
drops from the street cabinet to the building generally added, and
in-home wiring generally upgraded, on an as needed or success-based
basis. In Belgium, Telenet leases a portion of its network under a
long-term capital lease arrangement. These tables include operating
statistics for Telenet's owned and leased networks.
While we take appropriate steps to ensure that subscriber statistics are
presented on a consistent and accurate basis at any given balance sheet
date, the variability from country to country in (i) the nature and
pricing of products and services, (ii) the distribution platform, (iii)
billing systems, (iv) bad debt collection experience and (v) other
factors add complexity to the subscriber counting process. We
periodically review our subscriber counting policies and underlying
systems to improve the accuracy and consistency of the data reported on
a prospective basis. Accordingly, we may from time to time make
appropriate adjustments to our subscriber statistics based on those
reviews.
Subscriber information for acquired entities is preliminary and subject
to adjustment until we have completed our review of such information and
determined that it is presented in accordance with our policies.
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