Kinnevik: Interim Report 1 January - 31 March 2017
Operating companies' performance
- Zalando's preliminary numbers for the first quarter showed revenue growth of 22-24% with an EBIT margin of 1-3%
- Millicom's organic service revenues decline by 2% in the first quarter and the EBITDA margin amounted to 37%
- Tele2 grew first quarter revenues by 22% and delivered an EBITDA margin of 22%
- GFG achieved 26% revenue growth for the full year 2016 and an EBITDA margin of -13%
- MTG reported first quarter organic revenue growth of 8% and an EBIT margin of 4%
Investment management activities
- Total investments of SEK 195m in the first quarter, whereof
- SEK 112m (USD 12.5m) for 3.5% in consumer digital healthcare company Livongo
- SEK 74m (GBP 6.7m) into Babylon
- Total divestments of SEK 2.1bn, whereof
- SEK 2.0bn (EUR 207m) from the sale of half of Kinnevik's prior shareholding in Rocket Internet
- SEK 50m from the divestment of Metro Sweden
- On 27 April, Kinnevik announced it had agreed to acquire 18.5% in Com Hem for a cash consideration totalling SEK 3.7bn
Financial position
- Net Asset Value of SEK 79.5bn (SEK 289 per share), up 10% or SEK 7.1bn in the quarter, led by a SEK 7.3bn, or 12%, increase in the value of the listed investee companies, of which Millicom SEK 4.1bn and Tele2 SEK 1.9bn
- Net cash position of SEK 0.4bn at the end of the quarter
- Bond issue of SEK 1.0bn within newly established SEK 4.0bn MTN Program
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