Kinnevik: Interim Report 1 January - 30 September 2017
OPERATING COMPANIES' PERFORMANCE
- Zalando showed continued healthy growth and announced the launch of a beauty category in the spring of 2018
Preliminary revenue growth of 27.5-29.5% and an EBIT margin of between -0.5 and 0.5% - GFG reported solid sales growth and halved losses, progressing on its path to profitability
Revenue growth of 16% and an adjusted EBITDA margin of -4% - Millicom returned to positive revenue growth driven by accelerated deployment of high-speed data networks
Organic service revenue growth of 1.7% and an EBITDA margin of 37% - Tele2 showed good momentum driven by strong uptake of their new mobile offerings
Revenue growth of 1% on a like for like basis and an EBITDA margin of 25% - Com Hem intends to propose a 50% increase of the cash dividend on the back of a solid growth trajectory
Organic revenue growth of 4% and an organic underlying EBITDA margin of 50% - MTG reported strong growth driven by all four business segments, and continued its digital investments
Organic revenue growth of 7% and an EBIT margin of 6%
- Total investments of SEK 569mwhereof SEK 527m (USD 65m) into Betterment, increasing Kinnevik's shareholding to 16%
- Total divestments of SEK 104mattributable in full to Glossybox
- Dividend of SEK 350mreceived from Black Earth Farming following completion of asset sale
FINANCIAL POSITION
- Net Asset Value of SEK 85.7bn(SEK 311 per share), up SEK 3.8bn or 5% during the quarter, led by a SEK 1.8bn increase in Zalando and a SEK 1.5bn increase in Millicom
- Net debt position of SEK 0.9bnat the end of the quarter
A conference call will be held today, 26 October 2017, at 10.00 CET to present the results.
Link to the audiocast: http://edge.media-server.com/m/p/8zczrdqs
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