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Year ending June 2017 presentationPresenter: Liliana Solomon, Chief Financial OfficerDate: 18th September 2017
This presentation has been prepared by and is the sole responsibility of Arqiva Group Limited and its subsidiaries (the “Company”) and is the sole responsibility of the Company and has been prepared for information and update purposes in respect ofthe Company’s secured debt programmes only (and has not been prepared in any other context) and does not constitute or form part of a prospectus or offering memorandum or of any offer for sale or subscription of, or solicitation of any offer to buy orsubscribe for, any securities nor should it or any part of it form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with, any contract or commitment whatsoever. This presentation has not been verified and no representation or warranty, either express or implied,is given or made by any person in relation to the fairness, accuracy, completeness, correctness or reliability of the information or any opinions contained herein and no reliance whatsoever should be placed on such information or opinions. Noresponsibility or liability is or will be accepted by the Company as to or in relation to the accuracy, sufficiency, completeness or correctness of this document or the information forming the basis of the document or for any reliance placed on thedocument by any person whatsoever. No representation or warranty, expressed or implied, is or will be made as to the achievement or reasonableness of, and no reliance should be placed on, any projection, targets, estimates, forecasts and nothing inthis document should be relied on as a promise or representation as to the future.
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Disclaimer
Contents
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Executive summary
Divisional review
Detailed financials
Financing
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Executive summary
Note: Revenues and EBITDA shown relate to Arqiva Broadcast Parent Limited and Arqiva Group Parent Limited for the full year to 30 June 2017. Divisional EBITDA figures exclude central corporate overhead costs of £(46)m. Total EBITDA for the ABPL/AGPL is £474m including these corporate costs. The equivalent EBITDA for Arqiva Group Limited (Arqiva’s top company) was £467mSource: Arqiva company information1. Sole provider of Managed Transmission Services and Network access for digital terrestrial television.2. Terrestrial Broadcast (TB) revenue is post-intercompany TB / Digital Platforms (DP) eliminations
Telecoms & M2M Satellite & Media
TelecomsLeading independent provider of
wireless sites, outdoor small cells-as-a-service and DAS
M2MGas & electricity smart meters,
water smart meters and Low Power Wide Area IoT (e.g. Sigfox)
Satellite & MediaLeading UK teleport operator and
media management provider
Terrestrial BroadcastTV and radio broadcast and
infrastructure services
Digital PlatformsLeading provider of Freeview
channels for broadcasters
Terrestrial Broadcast
EBITDA£329m
EBITDA£155m
EBITDA£35m
Revenue2
£273mRevenue£176m
Revenue£297m
Revenue£49m
Revenue£147m
Sole provider1 Number 1 position Independent number 1 A market leader A market leader
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Arqiva at a glance
Key financials Full year to June 17 results
Full year to June 16 results
Year on year change
Revenue £941m £884m 6%
EBITDA1,3 £474m £428m 11%
Working capital £45m £(49)m n.m
Capital expenditure £(161)m £(163)m 1%
Net cashflow after working capital and capex2
£328m £203m 62%
Senior net debt £2,448m £2,464m 1%
Senior leverage3 5.10x 5.75x
Senior Cashflow4 ICR 2.53x 2.31x
Strong organic growth in earnings and cashflow
Notes 1. “EBITDA” refers to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation and excludes exceptional costs2. “Net cashflow after working capital and capex” above includes exceptional costs3. For covenant reporting purposes senior leverage is calculated based on an EBITDA of £480m (FY 16: £428m on a covenant adjusted basis) and senior net debt as per values shown above4. For the purposes of senior cashflow ICR cashflow is defined as EBITDA as per note 3 above less: maintenance capex, net corporation tax paid and issuer profit amount payable
Summary• Revenue up 6% year on year due to new DTT channel sales, 700 MHz
Clearance ramp up, DAB rollout, higher Smart Metering revenues, site share and growth in 4G installation services. Prior year includes revenues from non-core business areas that were disposed of. Excluding these disposals, revenue growth from continuing operations was 9%.
• Reported EBITDA up 11% year on year due to growth in revenuessupported by an increasingly efficient cost base
• Net free cashflow after working capital and capex up 62% year on year principally due to strong EBITDA growth and a positive movement in working capital driven by advance cash receipts in connection with smart metering and 700 MHz clearance
• Senior financial covenants improve year on year due to better EBITDA performance and improved working capital movement
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Financial summary
Contracted orderbook
Customer portfolio
% of expected FY18 revenues contracted at the start of the year
c90%
Telecoms
Satellite
Digital Platforms
Terrestrial Broadcast
M2M
Business unit
Inflation linkage
Partial
Partial
CustomersTypical contract length
TV: up to c.20 years
Radio: 8 – 12 years
3 – 6 years
7 – 10 years
c.15 years
3 – 5 years
Public Service Broadcasters
Diverse, blue-chip customer base across all business divisions, including all the UK’s PSBs and MNOs
Established relationships demonstrating the importance of Arqiva’s assets and infrastructure to these businesses
Diverse, blue-chip customer base across all business divisions, including all the UK’s PSBs and MNOs
Established relationships demonstrating the importance of Arqiva’s assets and infrastructure to these businesses
Established relationships with blue-chip customersEstablished relationships with blue-chip customers
Long-term contracts provide strong, stable and predictable cashflows, with a demonstrable track record of renewals
Long-term contracts provide strong, stable and predictable cashflows, with a demonstrable track record of renewals
High revenue visibilityHigh revenue visibility
£5.5bn
Jun-17
Current orderbook
Our orderbook stands at £5.5bn as at 30 June 2017 and drives our recurring revenue base
The Group added £0.3bn through new contracts and renewals during the financial year
Key additions included installation services, DAB, 700 MHz Clearance and channel renewals
The Group added £0.3bn through new contracts and renewals during the financial year
Key additions included installation services, DAB, 700 MHz Clearance and channel renewals
New additions in the yearNew additions in the year
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Activity Update
Delivery
Terrestrial Broadcast
• 700 MHz spectrum clearance on schedule with a significant amount of infrastructure modification works now taking place on site.• Arqiva DTT multiplex - main national multiplexes had capacity of 31 videostreams all of which are utilised• Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) network rollout coverage at 97% and 91% for the BBC and commercial local DAB respectively.
Telecoms
• 5G trials - Europe’s first ever 5G Fixed Wireless Access trials launched in London in July 2017.• 4G rollout - completed circa 6,787 4G upgrades for MNOs up to 30 June 2017 since rollout began in 2014.• Small cells – commercial orders agreed with one MNO. Initiatives being developed to make deployment easier and cheaper to drive
additional scale onto the market.• WiFi business – disposed of in November 2016.
M2M
• Smart energy metering - North - service went live in November 2016 and 92% network coverage achieved to date.• Smart water metering – Thames Water network is live and over 195,000 smart water meters deployed as at 30 June 2017. Anglian
Water trial went live in December 2016 with over 5,600 smart water meters installed as at 30 June 2017.• Internet of Things (IoT) – The Group is targeting the use of its existing M2M networks in key sectors such as utility infrastructure
operations, asset management optimisation and smart building enablement.
Satellite and Media
• Margin management - Implementation of technology improvements within existing capacity enabled the Group to create the equivalent ofa new transponder’s worth of capacity.
Corporate
FutureFit • In the twelve month period to 30 June 2017, ‘FutureFit’ had delivered £29m of gross savings, of which £22m are recurring.
November 2016 refinancing
• Successful completion of refinancing establishing £1.1bn of new facilities and loans which extended and simplified the Group’s financing arrangements.
Credit ratings • The Group's ratings remained the same throughout FY17. Subsequent to the financial year end, Fitch ratings revised their outlook on both the senior and junior notes from negative to stable.
Shareholder strategic review
• In May 2017 the Group announced that its shareholders are jointly undertaking a strategic review of their investment in Arqiva, which maylead to a transaction involving their interests in the Company. There is no certainty that the strategic review will result in any transaction.There is no update at this point and further announcements will be made as and when appropriate.
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Highlights from the year
Market developments Update and/or implications for Arqiva
Data growth, M2M and IoT connections
• Average monthly mobile data use and subscriptions have continued to increase.1• Demand for data is expected to grow by 43% pa between 2016 and 20212. MNO networks are critical to support the forecast data
explosion• The UK Government continues to support smart grid initiatives• Internet of Things (‘IoT’) connections is forecast to grow 36% pa between 2016 and 20243
UK Government ambitions for next generation mobiletechnologies
• In March 2017, the UK Government released its “5G Strategy” document which laid out the ambition and actions required by theGovernment to create an environment that positions the UK as a “global leader in the next generation of mobile technologies and digitalcommunications”. The report further states that to deliver the high speed, high capacity capabilities of 5G will likely require a significantnumber of small cells to be deployed. Arqiva is fully committed and well-placed to support the UK in its efforts to become 5G readygiven its recent launch of its 5G FWA trial.
BBC Charter renewal in 2017
• The BBC’s new Charter commenced on 1 January 2017. It is an 11 year charter which gives the BBC the ability to make longer termdecisions.
• No impact on DTT. Consultation on digital radio switchover date to be determined once coverage criteria are met.
Robust demand for DTT/hybrid and DTT/broadband services
• DTT-only households make up the largest number of homes in the UK, and rose to the 11 million mark for the first time as at December 20162. Freeview Play currently backed by more than 20 leading brands. The platform is the most widely adopted service by manufacturers for catch-up TV in the UK. Since launch, 1.5 million Freeview Play devices have been sold.
• Advertising revenues have remained robust indicating DTT remains highly relevant to advertisers• Steady demand for live broadcast TV (73%1 viewing share) and ongoing support for the PSB environment.• Hybrid platforms underline popularity of DTT as a core free-to-air linear foundation to which a variety of OTT services can be added.
DAB receiver ownership and listening share continues to increase
• Average weekly radio listening in the UK remained at 21 hours in 2016.1• Overall digital listening across all platforms reached 49%. DAB continues to grow and is the biggest digital platform, accounting for
71% of all digital listening.4• Percentage of adults owning a DAB set in the home has increased from 38% in 2011 to 57% in 2017.1• No date has been set for analogue switch off. Arqiva continues to receive revenues for both DAB and analogue services.
Sources: 1. Ofcom Communications Market Report August 2017; 2 Cisco – VNI mobile forecasts 2016-2021 ; 3 Cambridge Consultants – Review of latest developments in the Internet of Things; 4. BARB (as at 30 June 2017); 5. “A 5G Strategy for the UK”
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Key developments in our market
Divisional review
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700 MHz spectrum clearance on schedule
• Arqiva continues to earn revenues and cashflows fromprogramme delivery
• Programme remains on schedule
Channel sales on DTT multiplexes
• Arqiva had capacity of 31 videostreams on its mainmultiplexes, all of which were utilised and had sold newchannels on its DVB-T2 (HD enabled) multiplexes
• HD services also being broadcast on Freeview usingArqiva DVB-T2 multiplexes
DAB radio rollout progressing
• BBC UK DAB and commercial local DAB networkcoverage increased to 97% and 91% respectively
Continued development of DTTplatform
• Reinforce DTT's long term market leading position in the UK• Be at forefront of DTT proposition development including building a
hybrid DTT / IP platform for a ‘pay-lite’ audience base • Expand HD channel selection and support introduction of new
channels maximising Arqiva owned DTT Multiplex utilisation levels700 MHzdelivery
• Manage seamless execution of 700 MHz programme and meettarget of May 2020 completion
DAB
• Strengthen the DAB platform through network expansion and increasing channel choice
• Increase radio channel sales and maintain high DAB Multiplex capacity utilisation
Service excellence
• Focus on maintaining high levels of service enjoyed by all customers of our networks
Strategy Operation delivery
Orderbook additions Revenue analysis
• Overall year on year growth driven bynew DTT channel sales, DAB rollout,700 MHz Clearance programme andRPI linked increases on broadcastcontracts
• Terrestrial Broadcast orderbook stands at at £3.8bn
• Orderbook additions of £0.1bn in the year related to DAB, 700 MHzclearance and Digital Platform channel renewals
Terrestrial Broadcast update
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6% growth
Strategy Operation delivery
Orderbook additions Revenue analysis
• Year on year growth driven byinstallation service activities, siteshare upgrades and smart meteringpartially offset by impact of SecureSolutions business disposal
• Telecoms & M2M orderbook stands at £1.4bn
• Orderbook additions of <£0.2bn in the year related to installationservices, site share upgrades, smart energy metering change requestsand smart water metering
Telecoms & M2M update
Mobile towers• Strengthen Arqiva’s position as leading independent tower
provider by increasing number of sites and maintaining longterm contracts with MNOs
Small cells and in-building DAS
• Be a leading UK provider of small cells by leveraging Arqivastreet infrastructure exclusive concessions gained in primelocations and develop indoor distributed antenna systems(DAS)
Smart meters and M2M business
• Grow the value of our M2M business
5G • Europe’s first ever 5G FWA trials launched in London in July 2017• Additional 28GHz spectrum licence acquired from Luminet in summer 2017
Small cells and DAS
• Received first commercial orders for roll-out of small cells• 15 year agreement made in July 2017 to deliver 4G connectivity at
Bluewater Shopping centre using DAS• Secured a further three London Borough concessions in Kingston Upon
Thames, Lambeth and Waltham Forest
Smartand M2M
• Smart North – service went live in November 2016 and 92% networkcoverage achieved to date
• Thames Water smart meters - network is live and over 195,000 smartwater meters deployed to date
• Anglian Water smart meters – trial went live in December 2016 with over5,600 smart water meters installed to date
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9% growth
Strategy Operation delivery
Orderbook additions Revenue analysis
• Revenue growth was driven by new HDchannel sales, a new agreement with AlJazeera Media Network for globalteleport and distribution services, andforeign exchange gains partially offsetby exiting certain low margin contracts
Satellite and Media update
Efficient operations
• Continue to develop “Service Excellence” initiative to driveoperational efficiency whilst delivering industry leading service
• Create new saleable capacity through improved compressionMargin improvement
• Focus on maintaining high asset utilisation and higher marginservices
UKDTH growth • Drive incremental UK DTH growth from demand for HD channelsInternational markets
• Drive growth from provision of Managed Services acrossinternational markets using UK infrastructure
Expand media management and IP capability
• Continued expansion of media management capability includingvideo-on-demand, streaming, metadata management and otherOTT services; increasingly operating off a virtualisedenvironment which offers customers greater speed to marketand flexibility and incurs lower capex for Arqiva
UK DTH growth
• Achieved growth of HD channels from CNN, BT Sports, Bloombergand others
• Renewal agreement reached on more flexible terms with Eutelsatin July 2017 for high-power transponders at 28° East for provisionof DTH services
Margin management
• Exited the Hotbird satellite market, which was subject to structuraloversupply, resulting in margin improvement
• Implementation of technology improvements within existingcapacity enabled the Group to create the equivalent of a newtransponder’s worth of capacity
IP and OTT• Suite of new cloud based IP and OTT products launched, including
remote and pop-up play-out as well as IP Streaming, by building offthe capability introduced from the Capablue acquisition in 2014
• Satellite and Media orderbook stands at £0.2bn
• Orderbook additions of <£0.1bn in the year related to numerous renewals
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2% growth
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Detailed financials
5% CAGR
Key highlights• Revenue growth over three years has been driven by DAB rollout, Digital Platforms, and 700 MHz Clearance, installation services, site share and smart metering,.• EBITDA growth over the same period has been driven by revenue growth and cost savings as a result of company wide transformation and FutureFit initiatives. Key
drivers by division are as follows:• Terrestrial Broadcast revenues and EBITDA continue to grow underpinned by long term TV and radio contracts, DAB rollout, Digital Platforms capacity
increase and high utilisations, and progress 700 MHz clearance programme.• Telecoms & M2M:
o FY 17 has seen strong growth in higher revenues in site share business coupled with M2M, installation service activities and also underpinned by a steppedincrease in smart metering revenues and earnings.
• Satellite and Media is stable and continued focus on higher margin services and cash generation• Corporate costs have remained flat over the past two years whilst supporting strong revenue growth with an efficient cost base.
6% CAGR
6% CAGR
7% CAGR
(2)% CAGR
5% CAGR
2% CAGR
4% CAGR
11% CAGR
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Results driven by growth in continuing operations
(£m, FY-end 30 June) 2017 2016 %ABPL and AGPL (Junior and Senior)
Revenue 941 884 6%
Cost of sales (354) (344) (3)%
Gross Profit 588 541 9%
Operating expenses (114) (112) (2)%
EBITDA* 474 428 11%
Exceptional costs (30) (14) (117)%
Depreciation (142) (128) (10)%
Amortisation (13) (10) (22)%
Share of results of associates and joint ventures and other income 1 0 (200)%
Operating profit 291 276 5%
Key highlights• Revenue 6% up year on year due to new DTT channel sales, 700
MHz Clearance ramp up, DAB rollout, higher Smart Metering revenues, site share and growth in 4G installation services. Prior year includes revenues from non-core business areas that were disposed of. Excluding these disposals, revenue growth from continuing operations was 9%.
• Gross profit 9% up year on year due to strong revenue growth andimprovements in efficiency of service delivery
• EBITDA 11% up year on year due to growth in revenues supported byan increasingly efficient cost base
• Exceptional costs up year on year due to reorganisation costs arisingfrom the Group’s FutureFit initiative, disposals and refinancing
• Depreciation 10% up year on year due to increase in tangible assetbase driven by capex and accelerated depreciation on certain contractsincluding 700 MHz
• Amortisation up 22% year on year due to increase in underlyingintangible asset base and the accelerated amortisation of certain assetslinked to the Group’s IT transformation
• Operating profit 5% year on year due to EBITDA growth partiallyoffset by increased exceptional costs, depreciation and amortisation charges
Income statement summary (1)
*“EBITDA” refers to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation. For covenant reporting purposes EBITDA is reported as £480m (FY 16: £428m)
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(£m, FY-end 30 June) 2017 2016 2017 2016ABPL (Junior) AGPL (Senior)
Operating profit 291 276 291 276
Interest receivable and similar income 4 1 4 1
Net bank loan and other interest (231) (225) (174) (168)
Other net interest (34) (33) (30) (29)
Other gains and losses (113) (0) (113) (0)
Exceptional other gains and losses (21) 14 (21) 14
Loss on ordinary activities after external interest (104) 34 (43) 95
Interest payable to parent undertakings (93) (85) (136) (129)
Loss on ordinary activities before taxation (197) (50) (179) (34)
Tax 0 0 0 0
Loss for the financial year (197) (50) (179) (34)
ABPL key highlights• Net bank loan and other interest £6m up year on year
due to higher rates and phasing of new swap instruments restructured as part of November 2016 refinancing, and annual margin step-up on the Group’s former bank facilities prior to refinancing
• Other gains and losses (non-cash) of £(113)m - £104m as a result of movements in the fair value of swaps. This loss was principally due to changes in market yields and credit spreads. A further £8m loss arose from foreign exchange movements on foreign denominated debt instruments, but this is hedged in cashflow terms. These charges are entirely non-cash.
• Exceptional other gains and losses of £(21)m included close out of swap arrangements relating to November 2016 refinancing and a loss on disposal of WiFi business in November 2016
• Interest payable to parent undertakings £8m up year on year due to the additional interest on higher interest accrued and outstanding balances
• Accounting loss of £(197)m principally due to £413m of non-cash items including depreciation, amortisation, other gains and losses, interest payable to parent undertakings and other net interest charges. Excluding the non-cash charges results in an adjusted profit of £217m
Income statement summary (2)
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(£m, FY-end 30 June) 2017 2016 2017 2016ABPL (Junior) AGPL (Senior)
EBITDA 474 428 474 428Exceptional costs and other (30) (13) (30) (13)Working capital 46 (49) 46 (49)
Net cash inflow from operating activities 490 366 489 366
Net capital expenditure and financial investment (161) (163) (161) (163)
Net cash flow after working capital and capex 328 203 328 203
Disposals 23 16 24 16
Net interest paid and financing charges (237) (231) (180) (174)
Principal accretion on ILS (53) (26) (53) (26)Refinancing costs (45) - (45) -
Net cash flow before financing 16 (38) 73 19
Movement in external borrowings (19) 5 (19) 5
Financing - parent undertakings - - (57) (57)
(Decrease) in cash (4) (34) (3) (34)
Cashflow summary
ABPL key highlights• Net cash flow after working capital and
capex £126m up year on year principally due to strong EBITDA growth and a positive working capital driven by advance cash receipts in connection with smart metering and 700 MHz clearance
• Disposals relate to proceeds in connection with WiFibusiness. The prior year related to payphones business
• Net interest paid £6m up year on year as explained for P&L movement
• Principal accretion on ILS £27m up year on year due to higher year on year inflation
• Refinancing costs of £(45)m related to cashflowon close out of swaps, debt issue costs and swap option termination proceeds following the November 2016 refinancing
• External borrowings relate to net repayment of £19m bank facilities
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Note - Growth capex also includes cash sales of fixed assets and change in capital creditors as shown in the table opposite
Growth capex breakdown:FY16 FY17
• Smart metering – energy and water £63m £61m
• Terrestrial engineering incl 700 MHz Clearance £10m £40m
• Radio £37m £12m
• Satellite and Media £13m £12m
• Telecoms £19m £3m
• Other smart M2M £1m £0m
• Net other £9m £15m
Contracted and non-contracted growth capex £151m £143m
• Capital creditors/accruals £(3)m £(4)m
• Sales of fixed assets £(6)m -
Net Growth capex (as per chart)
£143m £139m
Capex
Growth capex Maintenance capex
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30 Jun ‘17 30 Jun ‘18September 2016
certificate (projected)
September 2017 certificate (actual) September 2017
certificate (projected)
EBITDA* £441m £480m £510m
Senior net debt £2,440m £2,448m £2,397m
Senior leverage 5.53x 5.10x 4.70x
Junior leverage N/A 6.29x N/A
Senior ICR 2.29x 2.53x 2.66x
Junior ICR N/A 1.92x N/A
Key highlights
• Senior financial covenants better than guidance for year ending 30 June 2017 principally due to a better than forecast EBITDA performance and strong cashflows driven by improved working capital movement
Covenant reporting and guidance
Note – All financials are reported as per covenant reporting definitions*“EBITDA” refers to earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation and is reported as per covenant reporting definitions.
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Financing
As at 30 June 2017 £m Maturity Structure LeverageSENIOR
Public Bonds (BBB/BBB) 1 400 Dec-32
Public Bonds (BBB/BBB) 1 350 Jun-35 (exp. Jun-20)
Public Bonds (BBB/BBB) 1 164 Dec-37(exp. Jun-30)
USPP 1 – USD tranche 2 236 Jun-25
USPP 1 – GBP tranche 163 Jun-25
USPP 2 300 Jun-29
EIB Loan 190 Feb-38 (exp. Jun 24)
Institutional Term Loan 180 Feb-38 (exp. Dec 23)
Capex and working capital facility 86 Mar-21
Tranche 1a term loan 155 Dec-24 (exp. Jun-20)
USPP 3 219 Dec-29
TOTAL DRAWN SENIOR DEBT4 2,442 5.10x EBITDA3
JUNIOR
Junior Notes (B- / B3)5 600 Mar-20
TOTAL DRAWN DEBT 3,042 6.29x EBITDA3
Note – all values are reported at their carrying value unless specified otherwise1. Fitch / S&P2. Sterling equivalent of US $358 in principal amount, swapped into sterling at an exchange rate of US $1.523. Net leverage as per the latest covenant compliance certificates published September 2017, as at 30 June 20174. Total drawn senior debt on this page represents gross debt. On a covenant reporting basis, gross debt is adjusted for finance leases and the deduction of total cash balances to arrive at a reported
senior net debt value in the certificate of £2,448m
WBS Platform
Arqiva debt position
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Inflation linked swaps (ILS)► ILSs convert fixed rate liabilities into inflation linked liabilities
► ILSs match inflation exposure as seen in Arqiva’s revenue contracts
► Coupon and principal amount accrete with RPI
► ILSs are overlaid on fixed rate bond and fixed rate PP debt
Notional c. £1.3bn
Maturity 2027
Fair value £(843m)
Seniority Super senior to senior debt (but carries no voting or enforcement rights)
£1.1bn notional has no mandatory break £0.2bn notional has break in 2023
[1]
1. IFRS risk adjusted mark to market reported as at 30 June 2017
Long term structural hedge – no crystallisation of MTM if not terminated early
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Arqiva has interest rate swaps covering £1,023m of notional principal value of which all are in WBS
All breaks removed following November 2016 refinancing
All swaps now restructured to match underlying EIB, ITL, USPP2 and USPP3/bank term loan floating rate facilities
Interest rate swaps (IRS)
Platform Notional Maturity Underlying Debt Fair value
WBS £353m 2027 USPP3/Tranche 1a £(116)m
WBS £180m 2024 ITL £(54)m
WBS £190m 2024 EIB £(69)m
WBS £300m 2029 USPP 2 £(127)m
Total £1,023m £(366)m
1. IFRS risk adjusted fair value reported as at 30 June 2017
[1]
Long term structural hedge – no crystallisation of MTM
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Financial covenant ratios and senior trigger events
Ratios (maintenance tests)Forward and backward looking
Historic(Jun 17)
Projected (Jun 18)
Trigger Threshold Consequence of Trigger Event of Default
Threshold
Senior Net Debt to EBITDA Ratio 5.10x 4.70x Trigger: 6.50x 7.50x (Historic test)
Senior Cashflow DSCR 2.53x 2.47x Trigger: 1.30x 1.05x (Historic test)
Senior Cashflow ICR 2.53x 2.66x Trigger: 2.0x 1.55x (Historic test)
Junior leverage 6.29x N/A
Senior Trigger Event:
Distribution lock-up
1. As at 30 June 2017, £86m of the working capital facility was drawn.
£m MaturityFacilityCapex facility 2502 March ‘21Working capital facility 140 March ‘21Senior liquidity facility 250 364 day (renewable)
Liquidity facilities
Covenant summary
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Q&A
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