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  • 26 February 2016

    BICS Financials Enterprise Consumer Network

    & IT Group

    Highlights

  • Dominique Leroy CEO Group

    Highlights

  • Solid commercial drivers in Q4

    Customer base grew in Q4 by

    + 44,000 TV subscriptions

    + 28,000 Fixed Internet Lines

    + 50,000 Mobile Postpaid cards*

    + 20,000 3 & 4-Play Households/ Small offices

    Q4 Financials**

    + 0.5% Core revenue

    -0.3% Group revenue

    +1.9 % Group Direct Margin

    + 8.4% Group EBITDA

    *excl. M2M & Internet Everywhere cards ** variances on underlying basis, excluding incidentals. EBITDA variance including timing impact from Pylon Tax provision. 3

  • Solid growth for Consumer and Enterprise, partly offset by Wholesale decline

    BICS closed a very strong 2015

    Guidance metrics Revised Outlook 2015 (Oct 2015)

    2015

    ACHIEVED

    Core underlying revenue Around 2% growth + 2.1%

    BICS underlying revenue Slightly positive + 2.5%

    Group underlying EBITDA 4% - 5% growth + 4.9%

    Capex (excl. spectrum license)

    About 900 million 926 million

    4

  • Improved customer experience

    Simplified offers

    Network quality Moving customers to the best fit technology

    Omni-channel approach & Service mindset

    Customer centric & leaner organization

    Improved content and innovative solutions, all under 1 brand

    We constantly keep people connected

    to the world so they can live better and work smarter.

    5

  • Improved market positions & strong customer acquisition

    Value based management to grow revenue and direct margin

    Convergent offerings, enhancing value & loyalty

    Reinforced cost control & simplification

    6

  • +115.000 Fixed internet in FY15; +6.6% YoY Market share growing in all regions

    44.2%

    44.5%

    46.1%

    2015 2014 2013 2015 2014 2013

    31.8%

    32.9%

    35.1%

    45.8%

    46.9%

    47.1%

    2015 2013 2014

    +167.000* DTV in FY15; i.e. +10.5% YoY Market share growing in all regions

    +167.000* Mobile Postpaid cards in FY15; i.e. +4.9% YoY Proximus outperformed the market

    Fixed Internet market share DTV market share Mobile postpaid market share

    +1.9 p.p vs. 2013

    +3.3 p.p vs. 2013

    +1.3 p.p. vs. 2013

    National market shares

    7

    *Incl. Tango, excl. M2M and Internet Everywhere cards *total subscriptions, incl. multi-settop boxes

  • 43%

    40%

    2014

    2015

    2014 2015

    Total HH/SO 2,804 K 2,783 K

    3-4-play 1,121 1,191

    1-2-play 1,683 1,592

    +3pp

    Consumer increasingly selling 3-4 Play Enterprise Bridging connectivity and ICT

    Solutions in both Telco & IT

    Going beyond mere connectivity

    Leverage our IT capabilities

    Deliver endto-end solutions including datacenter services and security

    Best-in-class business continuity and high availability Service Level Agreements

    % of total HH/SO having 3 or 4 plays

    +6.2%

    8

  • 2013 2014 2015 14 vs 13 15 vs 14

    Total Core Underlying

    Revenue 4,294 4,287 4,379 -0.2% +2.1%

    Of which 1,343 1,307 1,334 -2.7% +2.1%

    Of which 763 768 808 +0.6% +5.2%

    Of which 261 286 328 +9.7% +14.5%

    Of which 454 474 484 +4.3% +2.2%

    Total Core Underlying

    Direct Margin 3,342 3,286 3,340 -1.7% +1.6%

    Value based Revenue growth in key services converted into growing Direct Margin

    29 February 2016 Sensitivity: Unrestricted

    ICT

    9

  • Core Workforce

    Expenses in M reduced by 4.4% in 2 years

    Group Workforce

    Expenses in M reduced by 3.6% in 2 years

    1,199 1,159

    1,146

    2015 2014 2013

    Ratio reduced by 2 p.p. in 2 years

    28%

    27%

    26%

    2015 2014 2013

    OPEX WF cost as %

    of Underlying

    revenue

    1,244 1,205 1,199

    2015 2014 2013

    Ratio reduced by 1 p.p. in 2 years

    0

    1 21% 21%

    20%

    2015 2014 2013

    BICS workforce expenses went up on hirings to support their growing segments.

    Proximus reducing internal and external workforce expenses.

    * HR expenses related to internal and external workforce 10

  • 1,900 1,880 1,884

    2015 2013 2014

    Total expenses kept under control, in spite of:

    additional pylon tax provisions in 2014-2015

    more spectrum fees

    higher ICT & innovation investments

    Some benefits of Simplification showing, larger part back-end loaded.

    11

  • Fixed and Mobile networks were further upgraded

    Progress in simplification projects and IT-transformation

    Investment in content enrichment

    120 16 75

    852 978 926

    Excl. Spectrum

    Spectrum

    2015 2013 2014

    12

  • Geert Standaert - CTO Network

    & IT

  • Proximus brings you instantly close to what matters: 3 investment priorities

    Evolve architecture and

    way-of-working to enable faster-

    time-to-market and higher agility

    Transform towards all-IP and fiber-

    rich network to decrease operating

    costs and increase efficiency

    Support business and residential

    needs for the next decades in terms

    of bandwidth, capacity and latency

    1 2 3

    Build best-in-class network capabilities

    Simplify to a lean and efficient company

    Enable a more agile IT environment

    14

  • 1

    Build

  • Proximus is addressing the real customer needs

    0%

    22%

    43%

    2015 2014 2013

    Vectoring national coverage evolution (%)

    Successful Vectoring roll-out

    Rapid expansion of Vectoring technology,

    one of the first to reach such scale

    Strong average speed evolution

    Average VDSL speed of 52 Mbps while one

    third of population can have 100 Mbps

    High quality of streaming

    Best video quality in Belgium for Netflix

    and one of the leading positions in EU

    33 39 52

    2015 2014 2013

    4.28 4.09 3.81

    Telenet Voo Proximus

    TODAY

    Average VDSL speed (Mbps)

    Netflix speed index in December (Mbps)

    100 Mbps for 30% of population

    16

  • Residential The right digital experience for our customers

    Customers on latest technology

    Migrate to best available technology for a

    best indoor experience

    Enable a Full Digital experience

    Sufficient downstream for a full digital

    experience (speed-insensitiveness at certain point)

    Boost the Cloud experience

    Further optimize upstream performance

    for a best cloud experience

    SHORT-TERM

    Estimated evolution of customers on WiFi ac

    100 Mbps for 60% of population

    Evolution of average Downstream (in Mbps)

    Evolution of Upstream capability (up to Mbps)

    2018 2015

    x5

    200K

    >1000K

    52

    75-80

    2018 2015

    20

    40

    2018 2015

    17

  • Residential Prepare for future by bringing fiber closer to the customer

    Densify our FTTC network

    Further extend our existing FTTC network

    by gradually shortening loops

    Enhance VDSL performance

    Enhance performance with new

    technologies and leverage mobile assets

    Use alternatives for distant areas

    Make use of alternative networks for

    distant customers

    MID-TERM

    Build flexibility points to either

    Shorten local loops to further enhance

    copper capability

    Proceed FTTH in Greenfields and

    selective FTTH Brownfield projects

    Upgrade existing VDSL network

    through ultra-vectoring for up-to-250

    Mbps speeds (from 17 to 35 MHz)

    Uplift performance by combining VDSL

    and 4G bandwidth

    Use alternative networks like Coax for

    customers too distant from fiber point

    and in economically non-viable nets

    Coax for Proximus is still subject to

    Regulatory approval

    18

  • Maximally reuse existing FTTC assets to scale fast & efficient

    Capture any opportunity to prepare next generation

    evolutions to assure future-proofness of investment

    Increasing need of Businesses for higher downstream capacity,

    more symmetrical bandwidth and low-latency

    Deploy a Point-to-Multipoint fiber architecture (GPON1)

    Enterprise Accelerate the deployment of Fiber-To-The-Enterprise

    SHORT-TERM

    Prepare for the future Enterprise fiber roll-out architecture

    Fiber-To-The-Enterprise architecture (GPON) Pre-investment in future at attractive incremental effort

    New empty ducts for future purposes where it makes sense

    New Optical Platforms along the road where it makes sense

    Flexibility points in light of future mobile densification and 5G

    1 Gigabit Passive Optical Network New ducts ready for future expansion

    New fiber Existing fiber

    New fiber in existing ducts 19

  • Enterprise Maximally reuse existing assets to deploy Enterprise Fiber

    Maximum reuse of existing fiber assets

    SHORT-TERM

    Existing FTTC assets (91% coverage), i.e. empty fiber ducts; will be

    maximally reused to optimize costs and fasten deployment time

    Proximus already has important fiber assets

    One of the most dense FTTC networks in Europe, consisting of

    21.000 km of fiber across the country

    20

  • Proximus is a recognized world-pioneer in network innovation

    World-recognized DSL pioneer

    Long history in network innovation, driven

    by competitive Belgian market

    R&D and trials in pipeline

    New innovations incubating to maximally

    leverage copper, fiber and mobile assets

    Strong strategic partnerships

    Partnerships with academia & vendors for

    co-development of new technologies

    World 1st to deploy at national scale:

    VDSL2 technology

    VDSL2 Dynamic Line Management

    VDSL2 Vectoring technology

    G.fast as last-drop for fiber (2016-18)

    Ultra-vectoring 35 MHz ( 2018-19)

    Smaller active nodes to shorten loops:

    o Hybrid backhauling

    o Remote powering

    o Sealed unit possibly underground

    o Automatic Distribution Frame

    Tessares spin-off with university UCL to

    deliver fixed-mobile bonding

    Partnership with NOKIA on Vectoring,

    G.fast,

    Collaboration with Technicolor &

    Sagemcom for latest in-home evolutions

    21

  • 0.8% 0.7%

    0.4%

    2015 2014 2013

    3G Voice dropped call evolution1

    22.8 31.8

    12.7

    Upload national

    Download largest cities

    Download national

    Average speed 4G(+) device1 (Mbps)

    61.7% 79.6% 98.8%

    2015 2014 2013

    4G outdoor coverage1

    Voice & Data Experience

    TODAY

    Ubiquitous 4G outdoor coverage and rapidly increasing 4G

    indoor coverage (+35% in one year)

    Mobile Coverage Extender for suboptimal local indoor coverage

    Proximus bringing best overall mobile experience

    Coverage as key driver for experience

    Best voice experience with dropped calls below 0.5%

    Best data experience with fastest 4G down- and upload speeds

    and 4G+ in largest Belgian cities (30% population coverage)

    41.7% 58.9%

    93.4%

    2015 2014 2013

    4G indoor coverage1

    1 Result based on Q4 2015 national drive test conducted by independent agency CommSquare

    (% dropped calls)

    22

  • Further maximizing experience by thinking customer

    Experience availability

    SHORT-TERM

    Higher speed where it matters through

    dual band Carrier Aggregation (4G+)

    High quality voice through VoLTE

    Further densification of public FON WIFI

    hotspots

    Optimization of popular services, e.g.

    calling, video streaming, browsing,

    uploading

    Micro-analysis to optimize experience on

    2G-3G-4G combined network, e.g. gaps,

    service continuity,

    Completion of nationwide ubiquitous 4G

    indoor coverage similar to 2G

    Further enhance experience through

    network tuning from customer perspective

    Further enrich existing calling and mobile

    broadband experience

    Experience tuning Experience enrichment

    Indoor 2015 4G Similar to 2G

    23

  • Active 4G mobile data users

    787

    222

    927

    261

    EO 2015 EO 2014

    Data usage 4G user vs non-4G user

    39% 50% 58%

    2015 2014 2013

    Smartphone penetration

    4G users &usage drive strong mobile data growth

    TODAY

    Higher customer appetite for smartphones (+8pp) resulting

    in strong 4G mobile data growth (x3.6)

    In Q4 2015, 4G data traffic surpassed 3G data traffic

    Strong mobile data evolution by solid 4G take-up

    Proximus mobile data growth nearly doubled

    More than 1,200,000 active 4G mobile data users end of 2015

    Mobile data consumption of a 4G active customer is on average

    3.5 x higher (927 Mb) than a non-4G customer (261 Mb)

    Total mobile data traffic vs 4G

    EO 2015 EO 2014

    X3.6

    X1.7

    4G

    (Mb/month)

    4G

    597K

    >1200K

    EO 2015 EO 2014

    24

  • Support exponential capacity growth while paving the way to 5G

    Technology

    MID-TERM

    Renew existing 2G and 3G spectrum

    but refarm to 4G (> 2020)

    Add both licensed (e.g. 2600MHz)

    and unlicensed spectrum

    Small Cells to improve local

    customer experience (Pilot 2016)

    Small cells in high capacity zones to

    handle data growth

    Fit more bandwidth and devices within the

    available existing spectrum

    Refarm existing spectrum to more recent

    technologies and add new spectrum

    Gradually densify the network by bringing

    smaller antennas closer to the customer

    Spectrum Densification and and

    Higher order MIMO

    IoT on LTE

    5G evolutions

    (2018-2020)

    25

  • 2

    Simplify

  • New Selling & Ordering Efficient workforce

    88% 69%

    46%

    2015 2014 2013

    Remaining legacy voice equivalent lines to be migrated to IP

    Transformation of our internal IT systems

    TODAY

    54% of PSTN equivalent lines migrated

    8 buildings outphased and 500 ton copper removed & sold

    Important efforts past years to reduce operating costs

    Outphasing of legacy Telephone-switching

    Ongoing transformation of Selling & Ordering tools to

    rationalize IT landscape while contributing to field efficiency

    Order introduction time for a 4-play Pack reduced with 60%

    Automatic order handling increased to over 80%

    Number of repair field interventions reduced with 16%

    Number of avoided calls: 1.000.000

    27

  • Active transformation of Proximus towards all-IP to reduce costs

    Outphase legacy telephony

    Deploy an IP-ready 100 Gbps network

    Build an SDN capable core to improve

    redundancy with increased automation

    Continue transformation mass market

    Employ a Greenfield disruptive approach

    for Professional Market

    Complete consolidation of legacy Voice by

    EO 2017 and outphase buildings by 2020

    Evolve to a high-capacity architecture with

    focus on high scalability and redundancy

    Rationalize IT landscape to enable higher

    agility and lower operating costs

    Transform to one unified backbone

    Rationalize IT platforms

    Complete migration of fixed lines to IP

    Switch-off remaining 575 switches

    Outphase another 16 technical buildings

    SHORT-TERM

    Manage massive data growth at 50% of current cost by 2021

    ~35M recurrent cash savings beyond 2020 through IT transformation

    4M recurrent group cash* savings as from 2015 growing to ~35M after 2020

    *sum of Opex and Capex 28

  • 1. Further consolidation of legacy copper

    network: improved operational efficiency,

    less maintenance costs,

    2. Towards outphasing of ADSL technology:

    simpler network, less operational and

    maintenance cost,

    3. Massive reduction or downsizing of

    technical buildings: savings on facilities,

    building maintenance, security, tax,

    Extensive simplification towards a lean network

    Network Simplification+

    MID-TERM

    To Copper Fiber

    Street cabinet

    Remote Optical Platform

    Central Technical Office

    Coax

    From

    VDSL

    ADSL

    Long Reach

    FTTH

    VDSL

    VDSL COAX

    FTTH

    Expected benefits (> 2018)

    29

  • 3

    Enable

  • From a silo to a more horizontal

    and loosely coupled architecture

    Bi-modal architecture with flexible

    front-ends and robust back-ends

    Enable one coherent digital

    experience in all channels

    IT as enabler for long term experience differentiation

    SHORT-TERM

    31

  • Evolve delivery capabilities to enable new business models & experience for faster time-to-market and higher scalability

    Cloudification

    Delocalization of functionalities from the

    end-user device to the cloud

    Softwarization

    Abstraction & virtualization of functionalities in network & infrastructure

    Openness

    Open platforms for 3rd parties and integrate

    external assets in Proximus experience

    Automate network configuration (SDN)

    & Deploy network functions (NFV) on a

    Telco Cloud stack (Pilots 2016)

    First implementations expected in 2017

    following the renewal roadmap

    Enable reuse of Proximus core assets

    through API and drive easier interaction

    between customers and third parties

    Pilots ongoing and first products

    expected as from 2016

    SHORT & MID-TERM

    Further automate Proximus data centers;

    first steps will be taken through

    automation via SDN as from 2016

    Next steps are to further consolidate and

    simplify the data center architecture

    32

  • Dominique Leroy - CEO Consumer

  • positioned our Scarlet and Proximus brands to cover the entire spectrum of consumers

    commercialized new convergent solutions on the market

    made Proximus TV experience intuitive and modern, and enriched our content (Netflix, Eleven Sports Network and Kids offer)

    improved the quality of our installation and repair processes and migrated our customers to the latest technology

    optimized the experience in our sales channels

    continued to transform ourselves through simplification and digitalization

    Mobile Coverage Extender

    Bizz Switch

    V3 decoders

    swap

    Best Mobile Quality

    OneDrive for

    Business

    Eleven Sports

    Network

    Bizz Experts

    21 new Shops of the Future

    Pack Migrations

    My Proximus

    Kids

    34

  • Solid revenue growth for Broadband and TV

    2013 2014 2015

    1,465 1,593

    1,759 +8.7%

    +10.5%

    27.9 27.7 27.9

    2013 2014 2015

    +0.6%

    +3.6%

    18.5 19.2 20.1

    2013 2014 2015

    +4.6%

    -0.7%

    506 520 558

    2013 2014 2015

    +7.3%

    +2.8%

    261 286 328

    2013 2014 2015

    +9.8% +14.5%

    25.5%

    26.3%

    27.9%

    2013 2014 2015

    33.2%

    33.2%

    34.4%

    2013 2014 2015

    +1.6 p.p.

    +1.2p.p. +0 p.p.

    +0.8 p.p.

    1,533 1,598 1,718

    2013 2014 2015

    +4.2% +7.5%

    Very good customer growth* (in K)

    Improved market share, also in Flanders

    Sound ARPU trends (in )

    Revenue Growth (in M)

    Flanders Region**

    Flanders Region**

    **Telenet cable zone, incl 1/3 of Brussels

    FIXED

    35

    *TV incl. multiple set top boxes

  • Strong market position in Mobile

    Strong growth in Postpaid Prepaid erosion Mobile service revenue

    Growing Postpaid* cards base (in K)

    Back to growing ARPU

    150 124

    2014 2015

    2,157 2,306

    2,430

    2013 2014 2015

    Low Medium High

    2013 2014 2015

    30.4 29.1 29.4

    2013 2014 2015

    -4.3% 1.1%

    +12p.p.

    -9p.p.

    Strong net adds in Mobile Postpaid* (in K)

    Acquisition tiering improved

    CBU Postpaid market share up by 1.1pp vs end 13

    Reducing Prepaid loss (in K)

    -274

    -190 -150

    2013 2014 2015

    Mobile service revenue improving (in M)

    1,034 1,000 1,010

    2013 2014 2015

    -3.3% +1.0%

    *Excl Internet Everywhere

    MOBILE

    36

  • A strong uptake of 3 & 4 Play services

    We developed Proximus Households/Small Offices towards convergence

    Selling all our products to our customers, increasing their ARPU

    Achieving higher retention

    Convergence evolution RGU / HH and ARPH evolution Full churn per play FY15

    % customers combining fixed and mobile

    53% 56%

    2015 2014

    RGUs 3.38 3.38

    4.81 4.84 4P

    3P

    2015 2014

    Households& Small offices

    641 662

    480 529 4P

    3P

    2015 2014

    ARPH 83.7 84.1

    115.7 115.9 4P

    3P

    2015 2014 Average all plays 3P 4P

    3.1%

    9.6% 13.0%

    +6.2%

    CONVERGENT

    37

  • Growth in total Consumer Revenue & Direct Margin

    Value-driven revenue growth in Fixed and Mobile services leading to sound growth in Direct Margin

    2,793 2,803

    2,889

    2013 2014 2015

    2015 Direct Margin 2,196m +3.1% YoY

    CBU Revenue (underlying) +0.4% +3.0%

    38

  • we reconfirm our winning strategy

    Grow our profitable market leadership through mobile led convergence, superior customer experience and brand preference

    Mobile led convergence

    Superior customer experience

    Brand preference

    39

  • We will reinforce our mobile quality leadership and deliver top of class user experience anywhere and on any screen, with professional specificities for SE

    Mobile solutions Enhanced TV experience Professional market New opportunities

    Further develop professional specific convergent solutions

    Further explore new opportunities Improve coverage

    Deploy latest technologies

    Enrich MyProximus app with more valuable interactions

    Boost smartphones penetration

    Content aggregator strategy

    New TV experience coherent on all screens with high interactivity

    Swipe box enabling swiping content on TV screen

    PABX in the Cloud

    Bizz switch : different professional and private numbers on the same SIM

    Security

    Smartphone security Mobile back-up for

    home broadband

    Targeted advertising

    40

  • Customer satisfaction following technical intervention

    CBU Customer Experience*

    We will further optimize our channels, bring the customer experience to the next level

    One coherent Proximus experience across different channels (web, app, stores,) and cross all products (Fixed, Mobile, TV, Cloud,),

    Exploit strengths of each channel and integrate the acquisition of The Phone House shops

    Further personalization using data analytics

    Optimize distribution channels to enhance experience and efficiency

    All customers to our redesigned Proximus TV and TV app

    Migrate customers on latest technologies (ADSL-VDSL migrations, swap settopbox to latest version,..)

    Focus on customer experience

    80% 83%

    87%

    2015 2014 2013 2015 2014

    +2.1 p.p.

    85% full installs in 2016

    60% 75%

    85%

    2016 2015 2014

    41

    * Proximus KPI based on brand preference, overall satisfaction and touchpoint satisfaction.

  • Customers benefitting from the latest pack

    Customers using MyProximus (in K) Residential customers using E-Billing

    In 2016, we will further simplify

    Think digital first and further improve efficiency

    In communication, in sales and servicing (eg. support portals)

    Revamp of Proximus.be and the MyProximus app with more valuable interactions for a higher digital experience

    Think digital first

    Simplify our products and portfolios

    Manage value and reduce our costs

    Exploit data analytics and geolocation to trigger upsell recommendations such as roaming

    Be more efficient

    MyProximus

    430 531 640

    2015 2014 2013

    24% 38% 46%

    2015 2014 2013

    50% 85% 94%

    2015 2014 2013 80K mobile migrations to new plans

    100% of customers on latest pack

    Phase out remaining 240K V3 decoders

  • Position Scarlet as the smartest alternative Proximity of the Proximus brand through quality and service

    We will provide the best multi-screen experience to each member of the family/the company, indoor and outdoor

    Brings you instantly close to what matters

    Value seekers

    TV Network Service

    Keep feeding our brands and apply differentiated communication approach by region

    Why should I pay more?

    Smart shoppers

    44% 56%

    37% 47%

    Fixed

    Mobile

    Double Digit growth of trio Customers Scarlet awareness increases

    2014 2015

    43

  • By continuing our winning strategy, and

    bringing our operational costs down, thanks to Simplification and Cost efficiency programs,

    we will continue to GROW.

    Reinforce our value position

    Excel in the

    execution

    44

  • Bart Van Den Meersche - Chief Enterprise Market Officer Enterprise

  • #NewPerspective Realised growth thanks to: new contracts with both Corporate customers (Belfius, ING, Worldline, )

    and medium enterprises (Lukoil, Wibra, VWR, Clearchannel, )

    successes in the Telco and ICT business (Swift, Astrid, Euroclear, Delhaize, )

    new fiber projects (ING, Volvo, Carrefour)

    Launched new solutions that help our customers do better business:

    SME in the cloud

    Engage Packs

    Explore intense

    Workplace as a service

    Continued innovation:

    launched first LoRa commercial offer

    rolling out Road User Charging

    extended Cyber Security portfolio

    Further optimized costs

    Reduced non-HR expenses with 10% YoY

    46

  • 26 February 2016

    Since 2014 we stick to our customer-centric mission

    Our mission

    Be the nearby, reliable ICT partner that brings solutions to live better and work smarter, and that is easy to do business with!

    47

  • Customer Experience improved YoY with

    2.1pp

    96% achievement of committed customer

    SLAs in case of incidents

    Increased Proximus workplace seats up to

    88K

    576K SIM cards

    connecting objects Eco-system

    partners X2

    c

    We make our offer as close as possible to the customers business needs. We focus on helping businesses to:

    1. Keep their business

    running 2. Create productive and

    motivated employees 3. Collaborate smarter 4. Satisfy their customers 5. Innovate & grow

    Customer-centric Convergence Best in market SLAs Proximity

    High quality Networks

    Innovation Cost efficient organization

    Customer centric organization

    Customer Experience +2.1pp* YoY

    96% achievement of committed customer

    SLAs

    Increased Proximus workplace seats up to

    88K

    Portfolio simplification (Mobile Options -33%)

    Cost optimization

    566K active SIM cards connecting objects

    Nr of partners in

    Eco-system X 2

    Best customer coverage (omni-channel) We make our offer as close as possible to the customers business needs: 1. Keep their business

    running 2. Create productive and

    motivated employees 3. Collaborate smarter 4. Satisfy their customers 5. Innovate & grow

    Customer-centric Convergence Best in market SLAs Proximity

    Highquality Networks

    Innovation Cost efficient organization

    Best mobile experience: solid gross adds & low ~10% Mobile churn

    Explore & Fiber * Proximus KPI based on brand preference, overall satisfaction and touchpoint satisfaction.

    48

  • 1,311

    1,338

    -11

    2

    10

    17

    9

    Underlying 2014 Fixed voice Fixed data ICT Mobile services Terminals & other Underlying 2015

    1,305 1,311 1,338

    2013 2014 2015

    Underlying

    943 + 0.7%

    Progressing underlying revenue, +2.1% for 2015

    2015 revenue up mainly on growing revenue from Mobile services and ICT

    Revenue growth for a large part driven by Mobile Services revenue. Within the Fixed Business, higher revenue from ICT and Fixed Data more than compensated for the continued erosion of Fixed Voice revenue.

    Increasing Direct margin

    950

    +0.4% +2.1%

    49

  • Leading market position in Mobile (in K)

    Roaming cut July 2014 annualized

    ARPU from Mobile Data (national & roaming) +24% YoY

    309 307 324

    2015 2014 2013

    +5.6%

    -0.6%

    32.0 29.5 29.7

    2015 2014 2013

    -7.5% +0.5%

    2015 2014 2013

    80

    277

    209 289

    566

    2014 2015

    49 31

    2014 2015 2015 2014 2013

    814 863

    894

    +3.6% +6.0%

    Net adds in VOICE and DATA* customer base

    Mobile VOICE and DATA* cards base

    Strong M2M net adds

    M2M cards base

    Mobile ARPU turnaround (in )

    Back to Mobile Service revenue Growth (in M)

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    * Excluding Internet Everywhere cards and M2M

  • IT solutions enriching Telco solutions

    Hybrid solutions combining platform-based solutions and integration business

    Ensuring best-in-class business continuity

    Double digit growth in security domain

    425

    444

    455

    2015 2014 2013

    +4.6%

    +2.3%

    ICT revenue growth

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  • Get into SHAPE to ANTICIPATE expected challenges, to INNOVATE and to EXCITE our customers

    Shape Customer centric

    organization & solution portfolio

    Cost control

    Anticipate challenges Pre-empt mobile

    challenges

    Accelerate Fiber to the Enterprise

    New Communication & Collaboration

    Innovate Internet of

    Things

    Data Analytics

    Security

    Excite Business

    transformation

    End-to-end Services

    ICT industrialization

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  • Customer centric:

    Co creation & friendly user testing

    5 value propositions

    Vertical approach

    Shape our portfolio to become more customer-centric and get fit for the future

    Cost control:

    Digitalization: online self-service

    Efficient sourcing

    Process improvements

    Portfolio lifecycle management

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  • Accelerate Fiber roll-out

    better serve customer needs, higher bandwidth and lower latency

    counter upcoming cable competition

    new ICT propositions

    Mobile: Fixed:

    Network superiority

    Further differentiate by mobile managed services

    Prepare for roaming challenge by the implementation of a portfolio adapted to customer travel profiles

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    New communication and collaboration tools

    Anticipate upcoming challenges initiated by competitors, regulation and changing customer behavior

    New C&C solutions replacing legacy services, e.g

    VoIP portfolio,

    Enriched Voice Managed services

    Call control: f.e. PBX in the cloud

    Further focus on convergence

  • Increase business value for our customers through innovating activities and specific focus on transformational deals

    Cooperate with strong solution providers,

    Connect things with applications to make customers business processes smarter

    Internet-of-Things Data analytics Security

    Translate captured data in new insights to make smarter business decisions and develop new value proposals

    Aiming to be n 1 ICT security provider in Belgium growing faster than the market

    Target a double digit revenue growth from innovation

    2015 2018 ~90M

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  • Excite our customers by providing an excellent customer experience in every touch-point of their journey

    Redesign internal processes, redesign portfolio and IT landscape

    Business transformation E2E services ICT industrialisation

    Customer centric after-sales services, converged over Telco & IT

    IT & Telco solutions in a standard modular way

    Uniform customer experience Invest in growing ICT segments

    (NL & LUX)

    Improve E2E customer experience, provisioning processes & profitability, while reducing operational costs

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  • By

    Shaping our portfolio to become even more customer-centric

    Anticipating upcoming challenges initiated by competitors, regulation and changes in customer behavior

    Increasing business value for customers through innovating activities

    Exciting our customers by providing an excellent customer experience on every touch-point of their journey

    we will continue to sustain our solid market position.

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  • Daniel Kurgan - CEO BICS

  • Sending End user

    Voice

    49% of DM

    Infrastructure

    10% of DM

    Signaling

    Messaging

    Roaming Data & VAS

    Ensuring Transport and Interoperability

    Mobile Data: 41% of DM

    Fixed Operators

    Mobile Operators

    MVNOs

    OTTs

    xSPs

    Local Partner

    Fixed Operators

    Mobile Operators

    xSPs

    Wholesale only, International only

    Telecom Service providers

    Local Partner Receiving End user

    MISSION: Deliver converging international wholesale solutions to existing and future communications service providers worldwide

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  • Transport services

    Value Added Services

    Infrastructure services

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    Voice Messaging Signalling Data

    Terrestrial cables Submarine cables Satellite

    Business Intelligence (big data)

    Fraud detection and remediation

    Roaming Value added services

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  • Products Regions

    Infrastr. Voice Mobile data EMEA Americas Asia

    #4 Top-3

    #1

    Top-3

    #2 Own footprint

    #3 Own footprint

    Other Level 3

    PCCW-G KPN iBasis

    IDT SAP

    Comfone Comfone

    KPN iBasis SAP

    KPN iBasis PCCW-G

    SAP

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  • Customer portfolio

    >1000 customers, including >400 Mobile operators

    Connecting OTTs (business growth with OTTs >30% in 2015) and MVNOs

    Neutrality

    Neutral hub independent from major mobile groups

    Integrated delivery model

    One stop shopping solutions delivered over the same network, with 1 sales force and 1

    service delivery engine

    Financial health

    Ability to self finance organic and inorganic growth/diversification

    Consolidation track record

    Successful integration of Swisscom (2005) and MTNs (2010) carrier operations

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    120130 141 118

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    1,562 1,6451,666

    1,577 1,616

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    2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

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    Revenue

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    Forex (very positive in 2015)

    Direct Margin

    Voice:

    Overall volatile and (slowly) declining market

    2015: strong margin management and one-shots more than compensated slight volume decline (in line with market)

    Non Voice: continuously outgrowing the market (Signalling, Messaging, Roaming data and VAS)

    OPEX

    Diversification into more complex, labour intensive business (value added services) increases HR expense

    Positive Forex impact

    Low capex intensity . Capex increase driven by business growth.

    Revenue and Direct Margin (M)

    OPEX and CAPEX (M)

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  • * Defined as EBITDA CAPEX ** Excluding sale of Homesend business in 2014 (19 M)

    Low EBITDA margin

    (voice dilutive effect) but high

    Cash conversion

    2015 record year for BICS

    In 2016, accelerated investment

    in resources to tap new growth

    opportunities and continue to

    transform BICS.

    EBITDA and Operating Cash Flow* (M)

    **

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  • Cloud communication and traditional players disintermediation

    Address new customer segments

    Enable cross-border mobility of people

    and objects

    Leverage information available in the network

    to offer BI services

    Secure international communications

    OPPORTUNITIES FOR

    Big data and monetization of user information

    Internet of things Fraud and Security

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  • CONSOLIDATE LEADERSHIP

    FIT THE FACTORY FOR GROWTH

    TRANSFORM THE COMPANY

    Address new

    Customers segments

    Expand in Complementary

    Geographies

    Develop new

    Products and features

    BECOME GLOBAL

    Optimize Core and Go beyond Boundaries

    Products

    Geographies Customers

    Value Added Services

    OTT & Cloud

    Asia & Americas

    Transport

    EMEA Operators

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  • Sandrine Dufour - CFO Financials

  • +2.2% +2.1%

    Fixed and Mobile growth mitigated by lower mobile devices and flat ICT both on high comparable base

    Q4 Core revenue up +0.5% Q415 in M

    -0.3% +0.5%

    FY15 in M

    Consumer: + 1.1% YoY

    Enterprise: + 1.4% YoY

    TEC: - 11% YoY

    - 2.7% YoY

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  • +4.9% +3.6%

    +8.4% +8.7%

    Q415 in M

    Q415

    Core EBITDA further improved from prior quarters driven by:

    solid Direct Margin growth

    lower HR and non-HR costs, o/w timing impact 2014 Regional Pylon tax accrual.

    BICS EBITDA up by 5.8% YoY FY15 in M

    Initial impact from cost initiatives resulted in 20M Net savings vs. end-2013

    (excl. BICS).

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  • Ambition to realize ~260M gross

    savings by 2018 Initiatives for Gross Opex savings

    Partly offset by

    Company-wide detailed cost programs to accelerate OPEX savings

    Agile organization Optimize Sales channels Reduce support functions Structurally reduce contractors

    Productivity & Efficiency Productivity gains Network simplification ICT industrialization Process optimization & automation

    Volume deflation Improve customer experience to reduce

    bad volumes

    Digitalization E-billing E-ordering E-servicing

    ~ 260M

    Gross savings

    ~ 100M

    Net cost reduction

    2015-2018

    Increasing customer installed base

    Capacity driven maintenance costs

    Opex linked to mobile spectrum licenses

    New taxes on e.g. electricity, real-estate

    New skills needed for innovative solutions

    Automatic wage indexations (3 expected to occur) & higher pension cost

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  • Investing in capacity and speed, both in Fixed and Mobile

    Enriching content

    Rebalancing Capex portfolio

    Special focus on Fiber-to-the-Enterprise in 2016

    978* 926 950

    16 75

    Capex excl. spectrum Spectrum

    2015 2014 2016E

    Mobile Fixed

    2016E 2015 2014

    Rebalancing Capex to Fixed investments

    (M)

    70

    *Incl. Jupiler League

  • FY15 EBITDA to FCF

    in M 2015 FCF initiatives offset by

    120M settlement agreement on mobile tariff related litigation,

    higher cash paid for Capex

    less cash received from the sale of consolidated companies and buildings

    less favorable change in working capital

    FY14 EBITDA to FCF

    in M

    Underlying EBITDA

    FIN result Income Tax

    CAPEX paid

    Working Cap

    changes

    Acquisitions/ disposals

    Settlement litigation

    Other

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    FCF

  • Transversal Cash Management initiative

    Launched mid- 2015

    Focus on all actionable working capital operating decisions

    Active management to normalize FCF from high level at 2014-closing

    Optimize a long-term sustainable level of FCF

    As from 2016, Operating FCF, including Working Capital, is part of managements short-term incentive.

    Accounts Receivables

    Improved management of billing cycles

    Better collection process

    Inventory

    Better forecasting of devices, overall successful joint offers and device sales

    Delivery management of goods with our main vendors

    Better invoicing of ICT projects

    Accounts Payable

    Payment terms optimization in line with market conditions

    Proximus core

    DIO: -5% Average 2015 vs 2014

    DS0: -6% Average 2015 vs 2014

    DPO: +8% Average 2015 vs 2014

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  • YTD DEC15 in M

    Net financial debt at 1,919M

    Credit ratings: Standard & Poors A, Moodys A1 , both stable outlook.

    500M Senior Unsecured Notes issued (due Oct 2025)

    Cash tender on two outstanding 2016/2018 bonds, total of 370M repurchased.

    DEBT MATURITY SCHEDULE in M

    Net debt/EBITDA ratio @ 1.1

    Average debt maturity extended

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  • 2016 Outlook

    Core underlying revenue Slight growth

    Group underlying EBITDA Slight growth

    Capex Around 950m

    We expect to end 2016 with slightly growing Core revenue and Group EBITDA, in spite of the high comparable basis for BICS and the additional challenges that 2016 is expected to bring:

    Proximus will operate in a new competitive landscape in Belgium

    Roam-Like-At-Home regulation

    Transitory period starting 30 April 2016.

    Negative impact on Proximus Revenue and EBITDA estimated at -28M. Net impact expected to be lower due to positive elasticity on usage.

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  • 1.00 1.00 1.00

    0.50 0.50 0.50

    Normal Interim

    2015* 2014 2016E

    * Subject to approval AGM 20 April 2016

    1.50/share

    2015

    normal dividend*:

    - Payment 29 April 2016

    - Ex-dividend 27 April 2016

    2016

    Intention to pay out a stable dividend of EUR 1.50 per share

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  • For further information

    Investor relations

    Nancy Goossens

    +32 2 202 82 41

    Director Investor Relations

    Sarah Franklin

    +32 2 202 77 11

    Investor Relations Manager

    E-mail: [email protected]

    Proximus investor relations website: www.proximus.com/en/investors

    mailto:[email protected]://www.proximus.com/en/investors

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