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Dear Sir or Madam
Telstra Investor Day 2020
In accordance with the Listing Rules, I attach the presentation including speeches to be delivered by
the CEO, CFO and Brendon Riley - CEO InfraCo, at Telstra’s Investor Day today, for release to the
market.
The briefing will be held virtually andwebcast from 9am (AEDT), which is available at
https://www.telstra.com.au/aboutus/investors/financial-information/investor-presentations
A transcript of the event will be lodged with the ASX when available.
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Investor Day
12 November 2020
Agenda
9.00am Introduction Andrew Penn
5G Technology Nikos Katinakis &
& ProductKim Krogh Anderson
C&SBMichael Ackland
EnterpriseDavid Burns
10.20am Q&A followed by break
11.05am Maximising value Vicki Brady
for Telstra Group
We have an ambition to return Telstra to growth and deliver underlying
EBITDA in range of $7.5-8.5 billion by FY23 and we are targeting ROIC of
approximately 8% by FY23
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• We had delivered, or were on track to deliver, more than three quarters of
our strategic objectives as at the end of FY20
• We have simplified. C&SB in market plans reduced to 20
• We have digitised. 71% of C&SB service transactions via digital channels
as at FY20, up from 53% in FY19
• We are working differently. >10,000 employees in Agile teams
• Our 5G network is the best in the country. 5G will reach more than 50%
of the Australian population by end December 2020 and 75% by end of
FY21. Launched 5G fixed wireless for select customers
• We are working our assets more effectively. Telstra InfraCooperational
• We are more efficient. Productivity program had delivered $1.8 billion of
savings between FY16 and FY20 on track to $2.5 billion by FY22
1.These measures are not guidance and have been provided to illustrate some of the outcomes which management is focused on delivering as part of its medium-term ambitions. Refer to Financial update
• Why is this important? Greater transparency of infrastructure
assets, improve the efficiency of how we manage those assets, and
provide optionality
• What are we doing? We are announcing proposed restructure to
create three separate legal entities within the Telstra Group
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InfraCo Fixed will own and operate our passive or physical infrastructure
assets: the ducts, fibre, data centres, subsea cables and exchanges
InfraCo Towers will own and operate our passive or physical mobile tower
assets, which we will look to monetise over time
ServeCo focus on how we create innovative products and services,
support customers and deliver the best possible customer experience
• What are the key drivers? Increasing value of infrastructure assets
globally, the importance of the digital economy, and the
dependence of the digital economy on telecommunications
1.Any restructure will involve certain regulatory and other requirements. There may be delays in implementing parts of the program, or they may not be implemented at all. No final decisions have been made.
There will be an update in February 2021.
• Improved fixed product economics. Including targeting
nbn reseller EBITDA margins by FY23
1,2
• Complete thetransformation of our Enterprise business
• Complete the 5G rollout we are the clear market leader in 5G
• Complete our productivity program. Digitisation and migration will
also set us up for productivity beyond T22
• Growth in our core and adjacencies
1.These measures are not guidance and have been provided to illustrate some of the outcomes which management is focused on delivering as part of its medium-term ambitions. Refer to Financial update
We are already monetising our 5G network leadership
position
Enhanced Core MobilityFixed Wireless Access
▪ Improved TMMC from customers moving to higher
tiered plans
▪ >400k 5G devices on the Telstra 5G network
▪ 5G devices now available from all major
manufacturers
▪ 2x average data consumptionon 5G
▪ Experience uplift for subset of Consumers
▪ Flexibility and agility for Enterprises
▪ 5G Enterprise Wireless launched in July
▪ 5G Home Internet launched in September
▪ Evolution to mmWaveto scale opportunity
We are focused on delivering a step change in
fixed product economics
New & exciting
network add-ons
Improvements
to Wi-Fi
Improving fixed economics
1
Key enablers
Targetingnbn reseller EBTIDA marginsby FY23
2
Triple the no. of customers on high speed tiers (to 15% mix)
Simplified cost structure with all nbn activations through
new digital stack in FY22 (cease sale in legacy)
Accelerate on-net solutions
Uplifted Customer
Experience
Contain diseconomies of scale in legacy
1. These measures are not guidance and have been provided to illustrate some of the outcomes which management is focused on delivering as part of its medium-term ambitions. Refer to Financial update
2. Includes small-business unified communications earnings
▪ Higher rates of digital conversion
▪ Reduced provisioning times (from 40 to 10 mins)
▪ Halve fault calls with proactive trouble shooting
▪ NPS upside
▪ Onshore support with 100% calls answered locally
▪ Rich digital experiences enhanced by Messaging
Customer reset
already
underway
▪ Significant increase in transactions via My Telstra
▪ Digital service interactions at 73%; digital sales mix at 33% (Oct FY21)
▪ Rapid launch of Messaging from 5% to 55% of interactions
1. These measures are not guidance and have been provided to illustrate some of the outcomes which management is focused on delivering as part of its medium-term ambitions. Refer to Financial update
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transformation through next generation technology
▪ Deep hyperscalerpartnerships will accelerate new technology
adoption and growth
▪ Standardisation of managed services to improve customer
outcomes and drive margin and recurring revenues
▪ Continued productivity improvementsand mid teens EBITDA
margins
▪ 1500+Telstra Purple team with core strengths in Network,
Security and UC and growing in Cloud and App Development,
acquiring capabilitiesto enhance and grow
Leading technology services leveraging our network
1. These measures are not guidance and have been provided to illustrate some of the outcomes which management is focused on delivering as part of its medium-term ambitions. Refer to Financial update
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Focused on continuing International profitable growth
through network leadership and enterprise customer focus
▪ 20TB of new design capacity1on new cable routes by FY22
▪ Continued global carrier value propositionto OTT and carrier
customers
▪ Increasing focus on our Enterprise customer segment
▪ Driving EBITDA growth2on constant currency, and maximising
cash return
1. Capacity will be lit up based on demand
2. These measures are not guidance and have been provided to illustrate some of the outcomes which management is focused on delivering as part of its medium-term ambitions. Refer to Financial update
medium term ambitions.
In summary, we are on track to deliver our T22
commitments and focused on enabling profitable growth
Simplification and
customer experience
▪ Reduced Enterprise products by 35% since 2018, on track for 50%reduction
by end of FY21
▪ Strategic NPS uplift across all segments
▪ Improved employee engagement
▪ Adaptive solutions suite, enhancing customer flexibility and monetising 5G
▪ Increased NAS EBITDAmargin by 7pp2to 18% in FY20, focused on
maintaining mid-teens EBITDA margins
▪ Growth with next generation technologies on IoT, Securityand Cloud
▪ Continued growth in International
▪ Launched Adaptive Mobility and Adaptive Networks
▪ Exceeded FY20 target of 4,000 active Enterprise customers on Telstra
Connect platform, on track for 7,100active customers by end of FY21
B2B digitisation
Profitable growth
1
1. These measures are not guidance and have been provided to illustrate some of the outcomes which management is focused on delivering as part of its medium-term ambitions. Refer to Financial update
medium term ambitions.
2. Overall Telstra NAS EBITDA margin increase. Telstra Enterprise accounted for ~75% of total FY20 NAS Revenue
• We intend to restructure Telstra to maximise optionality and provide
greater flexibility to monetise our infrastructure assets
1
• This would include establishing subsidiaries -
• InfraCo Fixed would own and operate passive infrastructure:
Ducts, Fibre, Data Centres, Subsea cables and Exchanges
• InfraCo Towers would own and operate passive tower assets
• ServeCowill own and operate our retail business and all
active electronics
• Targeting company restructure to complete by end of CY2021, with
further update on our progress in Feb 2021
• We intend to launch a process to monetiseInfraCo Towersin CY21
while preservingthestrategic differentiationour world-leading
mobile network provides
• Our preferred corporate structure gives us the option to undertake
further monetisationsin the future
Exchange CoData
Centre Co
Fibre Co
Telstra shareholders
InfraCo -
Towers
ServeCo
Duct Co
Prior Monetisations
Subsea Co
Portfolio
of 36
Exchanges
Clayton
Data Centre;
Singapore
Data Centre
InfraCo -
Fixed
Telstra Group
1.Any restructure will involve certain regulatory and other requirements. There may be delays in implementing parts of the program, or they may not be implemented at all. No final decisions have been made.
There will be an update in February 2021.
Total of InfraCo Fixed and
InfraCo Towers including the full
costs of a standalone business
Active wholesale EBITDA does
not include all costs of a
standalone business e.g.
infrastructure costs. These
costs sit in ServeCo
1.Assets restated using asset boundaries announced in November 2019 Investor Day effective 1 July 2020. Asset change included inclusion of mobile towers & poles within InfraCo, inclusion of tower backhaul
fibre within InfraCo, minor changes in network support infrastructure, and exclusion of legacy copper and associated assets fromInfraCo.
2.Net tangible assets reflect the net book value of fixed assets per the fixed asset register as at 30 June 2020.
Focused on delivering optimal group outcomes
and returns
Investor Day - November 2020
InfraCo Fixed and TowersServeCo
2
Eliminations
3
Telstra
Group
FY20 Proforma
1
Income
$2,597m$24,907m
$1,343m$26,161m
EBITDA
4
Margin
~$1,700m
~65%
~$6,700m
~26%
-
$8,411m
32.2%
Underlying EBITDA
5
Margin
~$1,700m
~65%
~$5,700m
~25%
-
$7,409m
30.7%
Underlying EBITDA includes:
•
$820m from nbn recurring DA
•
~$0.7b from ServeCo for passive infra.
•
Only 2% from legacy including copperrelated sources
Telstra FY20 Estimated Product EBITDA
margins after charges for passive
Infrastructure:
1
•
Mobile ~32%
•
Data&IP ~54%
•
Fixed product excluding C2C ~8%
Medium-term attributes
Capex/sales
6
~13-18%~10-12%
~12%
Underlying EBITDA
High margins with recurring, predictable,
indexed earnings growth
Growing from FY22
Growing from
FY22
Long-term contracts with nbn
and ServeCo
Retained strategic differentiation and
network leadership
1.All charges for passive infrastructure from Serve Co to InfraCo are represented as operating expenses in ServceCo and revenue in InfraCo (i.e. not AASB16 accounting). Lease payments that InfraCo makes, for
example to lease property, are treated as an operating expense, whereas in Telstra Group these amounts would be below EBITDA consistent with AASB16.
2.ServeCo is Telstra Group excluding Telstra InfraCo passive infrastructure. ServeCoincludes active wholesale which is included in InfraCo segment reporting.
3.Represents payments from ServeCoto InfraCo for passive infrastructure only. No revenue recorded in ServeCo for payment of services provided to InfraCo.
4.
5.EBITDA excluding net one-off nbn DA receipts less nbn net C2C, one-off restructuring costs and guidance adjustments but includes depreciation of mobile lease right-of-use assets.
6.Capex is measured on an accrued basis and excludes spectrum and guidance adjustments, externally funded capex, and capitalised leases. Capex/sales will be managed to group outcomes mix between
entities could vary. We are targeting a medium-term capex to sales ratio for the group excluding spectrum to be approximately 12%. Refer to Financial update
✓ Financial reporting
✓ IT and process architecture
• Asset business & company structures
• Market offerings, customer segments
and branding
• Capital and funding optionality
• Operational excellence
• Standalone processes and systems
FY19/20FY21/22
Post nbn
completion
Telstra
InfraCo
priorities
Key
programs
• Long term shareholder value
maximisation
• Readiness and flexibility
• Market options
• Co-operation options
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We are transitioning from business building to business
operations & asset monetisation
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The asset perimeter for Telstra InfraCo changed on 1stJuly 2020
Telstra InfraCo financials FY20 re-stated
FY20 REP ORTED OLD PER IMETER
FY20PF NEW PERIMETER
$m
Revenue
4,423
EBITDA
2,833
Net book value
1
~10,300
ASSET CHANGES
Towers:
➢ Inclusion of mobile towers &
poles within InfraCo
Fibre:
➢ Inclusion of tower backhaul fibre
within InfraCo
Exchanges & Infrastructure:
➢ Comprises data centres, exchanges,
ducts, pits, and fixed network
supporting infrastructure
Other:
➢ Exclusion of legacy copper and
associated assets from InfraCo
FY20PF Net book value New perimeter
2
FY20PF Split legacy vs. core EBITDA
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19%
81%
98%
2%
InfraCo (incl. Active) InfraCo (Passive only)
7.2
2.6
1.2
0.3
Subsea
E&I
Fibre
$11.4 billion
LegacyCore
1 Net book values based on asset boundaries established in November 2019 Investor Day
2 Represents the net book value of tangible assets per the fixed asset register as at 30 June 2020
$m
Revenue
4,303
EBITDA
~ 2,800
Net book value
2
~11,400
Passive
assets
Towers
1) Exchanges and Infrastructure represent the aggregation of Ducts, Data Centres, Exchanges and fixed network supporting infrastructure
2) Subsea passive access EBITDA margins aligned to domestic FibreCo access margins pending further refinement
3) The passive asset financials are not shown on an AASB16 basis in that we have included relevant lease payments as part of operating expenses, and hence within the EBITDA. At a Telstra Group level these
amounts would be below EBITDA consistent with AASB16.
4) Exclusive of intercompany eliminations between ServeCo and InfraCo such as corporate recharges, intercompany service charges etc.
• Largest stock of mobile towers in Australia,
metro, regional & remote
• Currently the largest builder of mobile towers
across Australia
• Strong, long term cash flows with price
indexation
• Growth opportunities supported by
industry trends
• Largest dedicated fibre footprint in the
country (by access to business premises)
• Will have long term agreements with anchor
tenants ServeCo & nbn
• Incremental dark fibre & backhaul fibre
opportunity supported by industry trends
• Largest duct & pipe network in Australia
• Will have long term agreements with anchor
tenants ServeCo & nbn
•largest cash generating business
• 36 exchanges and one data centre already
monetised
• Growth opportunities with emerging
distributed technologies
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Telstra main passive assets represent attractive optionality and growth opportunities
ServeCo
External
ServeCo
External
ServeCo
External
Telstra passive asset businesses
ASSET STRUCTURE
•net book value: $0.3b (as of 30 June 2020)
• TowerCo provides passive equipment facilities such as towers and
rooftops (antenna equipment is tenant-owned and maintained)
•priorities:
‒ Ensure the operational efficiency, safety & reliability of our tower
assets
‒ Augment existing towers and increase tenancy
‒ Offer access seekers integrated passive mobile tower solutions
1
‒ Build new towers & rooftops for Telstra & access seekers across
the industry
‒ Provide sustainable returns & clear value proposition for investors
• We intend to launch a process to monetise TowerCo during calendar
year 2021
COMMENTS
TowersRooftops
Antenna equipment
Huts
1
Power
1
Land
parcel
Assets operated by TowerCo
Assets operated by Tenant
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Our TowerCo business operating and building new towers for Telstra and the industry
1) TowerCo service offering for new towers includes optional provision of power and hut facilities.
TowerCo overview
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FINANCIAL SNAPSHOT
Mobile towers
5,570
3
- Metro/Regional
4,410
- Remote
1,160
Average tenancy ratio today
1.34
4
Average tenancy ratio new towers
1.55
METRIC SNAPSHOT
• The leading towers business with largest
geographical footprint in Australia
• Uniquely positioned to serve industry
demand driven by 5G roll-outs
• Business underpinned by long term
contractual arrangements with
ServeCo
• Plan in place to increase tenancy ratios
on existing and new towers
• Pursuing efficiencies in build costs,
maintenance technology and lease costs
COMMENTSPEER COMPARISON
EBITDA MAR GIN
CAP EX/RE VENUE
$M
Net book value of Assets
280
Revenue (FY20PF )
306
EBITDA margin range
1
63-
67%
CAPEX/Revenue range
15-
20%
OpFCF
/NBV
2
28-
37%
60%
61%
Avg.
60%
63%
56%
59%
14%
Median
14%
13%
36%
10%
16%
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1) The passive asset financials are not shown on an AASB16 basis in that we have included relevant lease payments as part of operating expenses, and hence within the EBITDA. At a Telstra Group level these
amounts would be below EBITDA consistent with AASB16.
2) NBV is based on historical depreciated book value of the relevant passive assets as at 30 June 2020, and the OpFCF metric is subject to change as a result of any future monetisation.
3) Includes ~520 government co-funded towers. Total number of towers, poles and masts: 8,200, including 2,630 USO and non-mobile towers.
4) Calculated based on 5,050 mobile towers, excluding government co-funded towers.
TowerCo business snapshot
ASSET STRUCTURE
• FibreCo net book value: $2.6b (as of 30 June 2020)
•assets:
‒ Regional & intercity fibre network
‒ Inter-exchange & data centre network
‒ Business premises access fibre network
‒ Mobile backhaul fibre network
•priorities:
Provide integrated access solutions & maximise network
utilisation across all fibre segments
Leverage technology uplifts & life cycle management to
sustain performance & growth
Develop new growth via dark fibre offerings & use cases
Provide a sustainable return profile & clear value proposition
for investors
Improve operational efficiency to deliver cost-effective
solutions to our customers
COMMENTS
Exchanges
and DCs
Business premises
access fibre
Mobile
backhaul fibre
Inter-exchange
& DC fibre
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Regional &
intercity fibre
Exchanges
and DCs
Our FibreCo business design, construct, operate and maintain the passive fibre network
FibreCo overview
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FINANCIAL SNAPSHOTPEER COMPARISON
• Leading Australian fibre business with high
market share in business fibre connections
• Reach ~130,000 addressable business
locations and less than 180m from
additional ~700,000 business premises
• Business underpinned by long term
contractual arrangements with
ServeCo
• Further monetisation opportunities of
available fibre capacity
• New growth opportunities in dark fibre
segments
• Program to reduce costs through superior
asset management and improved capital
effectiveness
COMMENTS
METRIC SNAPSHOT
$M
Net book value of Assets
2,616
Revenue (FY20PF)
808
EBITDA margin range
1
64
68%
CAPEX/Revenue range
15-
20%
OpFCF
/NBV
2
9-
11%
EBITDA MARGIN
CAPEX/REVENUE
69%
Avg.
57%
52%
68%
57%
39%
Median:
35%
86%
69%
35%
20%
16%
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Fibre
segment
3
Total
fibre cable
Currently
available for
monetisation
Inter-exchange &
DC fibre (Metro)
30,0005,000
Regional &
intercity fibre
108,00022,000
Business premises
access fibre
112,00050,000
1) The passive asset financials are not shown on an AASB16 basis in that we have included relevant lease payments as part of operating
expenses, and hence within the EBITDA. At a Telstra Group level these amounts would be below EBITDA consistent with AASB16.
2) Operating free cash flow / Net book value. NBV is based on historical depreciated book value of the relevant passive assets as at 30 June
2020, and the OpFCF metric is subject to change as a result of any future monetisation.
3) Mobile backhaul fibre is a combination of the other three fibre segments
FibreCobusiness snapshot
ASSET STRUCTURE
Towers
Customer premises
Access fibre
Legacy copper
COMMENTS
• Exchanges & Infrastructure net asset value:
$7.2b (as of 30 June 2020)
regional footprint capable of supporting distributed
emerging technology solutions
• Business underpinned by long term contractual
arrangements with ServeCo and nbn
• 1,500 exchanges suitable for external tenants
• Already monetised 36 high priority exchanges and 1 data
centre in metro areas
• New automated digital solution for ducts provides customers
with reservation capabilities and speed to market
• Pursuing efficiencies in build cost, enhanced facilities
monitoring, rationalisation of space and site divestments
COMMENTS
METRIC SNAPSHOT
Duct distance (km)
370,000
- Metro
220,000
- Non-metro
150,000
$M
Net book value of Assets
7,202
Revenue (FY20PF)
1,487
EBITDA margin range
1
57-
60%
CAPEX/Revenue range
10-
15%
OpFCF
/NBV
2
7-
8%
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InfraCo exchanges and fixed network sites
10,000
- Data centres (2) & Exchanges with DC racks (9)
11
- Strategic sites
650
- Other exchanges
~4,300
- Other fixed network sites
~5,000
Data Centre Power utilisation effectiveness (PUE)
1.5-
1.6
1) The passive asset financials are not shown on an AASB16 basis in that we have included relevant lease payments as part of operating expenses, and hence within the EBITDA. At a Telstra Group level these
amounts would be below EBITDA consistent with AASB16.
2) Operating free cash flow / Net book value. NBV is based on historical depreciated book value of the relevant passive assets as at 30 June 2020, and the OpFCF metric is subject to change as a result of any
future monetisation.
Exchanges & Infrastructure business snapshot
• A major program of work is underway to establish TowerCo as an independent
operating business and subsidiary in the Telstra Group
• Key initiatives in progress include verifying all structures and land tenure,
recruiting key talent, redesigning processes and implementing a new tower
asset management system
• Majority of the work is expected to be complete by the end of financial year 2021
• Commencing discussions with employees, customers, suppliers, government,
unions and regulators
• We intend to launch a process to monetise TowerCo during calendar year 2021
Work to set up TowerCo is well advanced
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❑ InfraCo has a set of diverse at scale assets with strong financials
and major long-term customer agreements, which compare well
to global peers
❑ We have a world class team who will unlock value by creating the
structures to drive growth, operating efficiency and respond to
market opportunities
❑ We are executing strongly to the plan tabled at Investor Day 2019
and are commencing the next stage of structural changes
nbn headwind
tracking as expected,
and to be largely
complete by FY22
Expect
similar level
of decline in
FY21 to FY20
Mid
-teens
EBITDA
margins to
continue
COVID impacts
remain within our
expectations
International growth
Productivity
tracking to
$400m target
Medium
-
term
ambition
1
Early stage of 5G growth
cycle
EBITDA growth critical to
achieving ambition
Mid-teens nbn resale
EBITDA % margin by
FY23
2
Less than $100m pa
of losses in legacy
Accelerate on
-net
solutions
Return to
growth by
FY24
Continued
growth
InfraCo unlocking
value from
efficiencies,
utilisation and growth
New growth from
adjacencies incl.
Health & Energy
$2.5b by FY22
Further
opportunity
beyond FY22
Enterprise back to revenue &
EBITDA growth by FY22
(mobile, DIP, NAS &
International as a whole)
Lower capex to sales of ~12%3to support free cash flow and ROIC target of ~8% by FY23
Ambition is to achieve $7.5b -$8.5b of underlying EBITDA by FY23
1
1.on with this ambition. Further, the information on this slide across Mobile, Fixed,
Data&IP, NAS, Other and Productivity is not guidance and is provided to illustrate some of the outcomes which management is focused on delivering as part of this ambition. Each is subject to a range of
assumptions and contingencies including the actions of third parties.
1.Historical costs re-stated on a post AASB16 basis
$7.9b
$6.1b
~$5.7b
~$5.4b
$1.8b cost-out delivered
over four years
~$400m cost-out expected in FY21 despite
~$100m delay due to COVID-19 response
Investor Day - November 2020
Targeting $2.5 net productivity by FY22 from FY16 base of
underlying fixed costs. Net target includes absorbing
inflation and re-investment, reduction in legacy access
network costs and COVID-19 impacts
FY21 cost-out
• Predominantly through Indirect and Direct labour cost
reductions, enabled by increased adoption of digital
channels, ongoing focus on vendor costs and increased
internal workforce efficiency
• Direct Labour cost reduction impacted by COVID-19
(deferred to Feb 21) will deliver run-rate reduction into
FY22
FY22 cost-out
• Further product rationalisation, platform simplification,
increased customer self service through digitisation and
incremental indirect and direct labour cost reductions
Ongoing productivity benefits from T22 beyond FY22
• T22 progress gives confidence that transformation,
especially digitisation, provides platform for further cost
reduction. For example in legacy and IT costs, and
benefits from digital platforms
FY20FY21 guidance
1
Total income
$26.1b$23.2b to $25.1b
Underlying EBITDA
2,3
- Included in-year nbnheadwind
4
$7.4b
$6.5b to $7.0b
~$0.7b
Net one
-off nbn DA receipts less nbnnet C2C$1.5b$0.7b to $1.0b
1. This guidance assumes no impairments in and to investments or non-current tangible and intangible assets, and excludes any proceeds on the sale of businesses, mergers
and acquisitions and purchase of spectrum. The guidance is based on management best estimates of nbn impacts including input from the nbn Corporate Plan currently
published at time of issue of this guidance.
2. Underlying EBITDA excludes net one-off nbn DA receipts less nbnnet C2C, one-off restructuring costs and guidance adjustments but includes depreciation of mobile lease
right-of-use assets.
3. Guidance for FY21 underlying EBITDA assumes an estimated negative impact from the COVID-19 pandemic in FY21 of approximately $400 million. This estimate is
approximately $200 million greater than the estimated negative impact from the COVID-19 pandemic for FY20 underlying EBITDA.
4. In-year nbn headwind defined as the net negative recurring EBITDA impact on our business.
5. Capex is measured on an accrued basis and excludes spectrum and guidance adjustments, externally funded capex, and capitalised leases.
6.andexcludes spectrum and guidance adjustments.
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Q&A
Disclaimer
These presentations include certain forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements are based on certain assumptions and information known by Telstra as at the date of these presentations.
The forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of Telstra, which may cause
rd-looking statements including general economic conditions in Australia; exchange
rates; competition in the markets in which Telstra will operate; the inherent regulatory risks in the businesses of Telstra; the substantial technological changes taking place in the telecommunications industry; the
ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; and the continuing growth in the data, internet, mobile and other telecommunications markets where Telstra will operate. A number of these risks, uncertainties and other
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In addition, there are particular risks and uncertainties in connection with the implementation of Telstra2022, including theresponse of customers to changes in products; the risks of disruption from changes to the
organisation structure; that detailed business plans have not been developed for the entirety of the strategy and the full scope and cost of Telstra2022 may vary as plans are developed and third parties engaged;
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Good morning everybody and welcome. I hope everyone is continuing to stay safe and well.
Thank you for investing the time to be with us today. Let me start by setting the scene for today's
discussion.
There are three things we would like to achieve today:
Firstly, we want to update you on our operational performance, the key market dynamics we are
seeing and our progress with our T22 strategy;
Secondly, we want to provide a deep dive on key aspects of our strategy – including the next steps in
the creation of Telstra InfraCo and our intention to create a new corporate structure; and,
Thirdly, we want to give you the opportunity to hear directly from the broader management team.
Slide 4 - T22 – why it matters
As you join us today, we are almost 18 months out from the completion of our T22 program.
This means we are closer to the end than the beginning so to set the scene, I wanted to start by
reminding you why T22 is so important to Telstra - why it is so important we finish the job.
When we launched T22, in June 2018, we had reached a tipping point. A tipping point where we
knew we had to act more boldly.
We could see our industry was changing rapidly, driven by technology innovation, competition and the
changing expectations of customers hungry for digital experiences. And, of course, we had to deal
with the profound impacts of the NBN on us.
Our T22 strategy was created to respond to these trends by radically simplifying and digitising our
business; eliminating customer pain points; removing legacy systems and processes; introducing new
agile ways of working; further extending our network leadership including in 5G; reducing our cost
base; and establishing a standalone infrastructure business to drive performance and create
optionality post the nbn rollout.
In other words, we were preparing the company for an accelerating digital economy.
Little did we know that COVID would super-charge the digital economy and online working, learning
and living would suddenly become the new normal. COVID has proven that when it comes to doing
things digitally, with the right incentives in place, change can be embraced quickly.
In the last nine months the digital economy has exploded through activities such as tele-health, on lin e
learning, remote working and e-commerce.
Through the work we have already done with T22, we are exceptionally well placed to respond and
now lead in this new environment.
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I cannot emphasise enough the significance and scale of the foundational changes we have made to
our digital systems and functions over the last 2-3 years – they are generational and we have only just
scratched the surface of the benefits they will deliver.
Telstra, as Australia’s largest telco, plays a central role in the digital economy and the work we have
done through T22 gives us a winning competitive advantage.
Slide 5 – T22 – what we have delivered so far
As we move into the final 18 months of T22 we are extremely well progressed.
We have delivered, or are on track to deliver, more than three quarters of our strategic objectives.
The progress is visible right across the business.
We have simplified. Consumer and Small Business in-market plans were cut from 1800 to 20 and
today we have almost 6 million services on those plans.
We have digitised. Many of the old, cumbersome legacy systems are gone and by the end of FY20
more than 70% of Telstra consumer and small business service transactions were via digital
channels, up from 53% just 12 months before.
We are working differently. More than 10,000 employees are now working in Agile teams where
roadblocks have been removed and products and services are rolled out in weeks rather than
months.
Our 5G network is the best in the country and among the very best in the world. I expect us to cover
more than 50% of the Aus tr ali an pop ula ti on by the end of Dece mber and 75% by June 202 1. As you
will hear from Kim and Nikos shortly we will leverage this with new products and services such as our
5G fixed wireless broadband solution.
We are working our assets more effectively. Telstra InfraCo is now fully operational as a standalone
infrastructure business unit controlling assets with a book value of around $11 billion. I will return to
InfraCo in a moment to comment on the deep dive we will take you through today.
We have also become more efficient. Through our productivity work we have delivered $1.8 billion of
savings so far and remain on track to reach our target of reducing annual underlying fixed costs by
$2.5 billion by FY22 including a further $400 million this year.
Our progress so far on productivity, along with the digital investments we have made, sets us up for
what’s beyond T22 and importantly we believe we can deliver strong productivity in FY23 and beyond.
Notwithstanding the significant progress, I know it is not sufficient if we do not deliver a strong
financial performance for our shareholders too.
While the impacts of competition and COVID mean we will not achieve our original ROIC goal in our
original timeframe, our level of aspiration should not be interpreted as being capped at ROIC of 7%
over time.
Vicki is going to speak to this later and without stealing her thunder too much I do want you to hear
from me that we are absolutely focussed on getting our underlying EBITDA into the $7.5-$8.5b range
post the nbn. We are also upgrading our ROIC target in FY23 to around 8% given that is the ROIC,
consistent with EBITDA, towards the lower end of that range.
Importantly we can now see the point in FY23 when the nbn migration will be fully complete and its
impact finally washed through our financials. This will be an historic moment because the net cost to
Telstra of this has been huge – around $3.5 billion in recurring annual EBITDA when it is complete.
But with this largely behind us, as you will hear from Vicki, we expect profit to return to growth from
FY22.
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Ultimately transforming Telstra and preparing and positioning it for the future post the rollout of the
nbn has been what T22 is all about. We have made massive progress but there is still work to do –
and that brings me to today’s agenda.
Slide 6 – T22 – what we need to deliver – InfraCo announcement
Today we want to take you through a deep dive on some of our key priorities for the remainder of the
program.
18 months out from the end of T22 we are very clear about what we need to deliver.
Let me start with Telstra InfraCo.
In the last two years we have done a lot of work to set InfraCo up as a stand-alone business
managing the vast majority of our infrastructure assets.
It was created for three reasons – to provide greater transparency of Telstra’s infrastructure assets, to
improve the efficiency of how we manage those assets, and thirdly to provide optionality in an
evolving industry.
Today we are announcing the next step, not just in Telstra Infra Co’s establishment, but in the future
operations of Telstra overall.
Vicki and Brendon will take you through the detail shortly but today we are announcing an important
milestone in our T22 strategy – an important moment in Telstra ’s long histor y – a propos e d
restructure of our business into three separate legal entities within the Telstra Group.
The three entities will be InfraCo Fixed, InfraCo Towers and a third entity – ServeCo.
Serve Co is not a new brand name, we are just using it today for the purpose of differentiating this
entity which is focussed on products and services and customer support from the infrastructure
business.
InfraCo Fixed will own and operate our passive physical infrastructure assets: the ducts, fibre, data
centres, subsea cables and exchanges that underpin our fixed telecommunications network.
InfraCo Towers will own and operate our passive physical mobile tower assets, which we will look to
monetise over time given the strong demand and compelling valuations for this type of high-quality
infrastructure.
ServeCo will focus on how we create and innovate products and services, support customers and
deliver the best possible customer experience, including maintaining our significant network
leadership.
ServeCo will own the active parts of our network – things like software defined networking that allows
us to operate in a dynamic w ay.
It is important to understand that we are being very careful to retain key elements of our network in
ServeCo – these include the Radio Access Network equipment on our mobile towers, our spectrum
holdings and the electronics that light up the fibre in our fixed network - these underpin our strategic
advantage and differentiation.
We spoke about the key drivers for the establishment of InfraCo when we launched our T22 Strategy
in June 2018. The challenges and disruptions over the last 6-12 months have reinforced these.
Firstly, the increasing value of infrastructure assets globally; secondly, the importance of the digital
economy, not only to business but to the whole of Australia and its economic recovery; and thirdly, the
dependence of the digital economy on telecommunications as the platform.
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As our collective fortunes become increasingly digitised our proposed new corporate structure reflects
this new world and will help us build a foundation for it – one that is in the interests of our
shareholders, our employees, our customers, and ultimately one that benefits the country overall.
Any restructure is a complex process and this is undoubtedly our biggest and most complex since
privatisation. It will take time to work our way through the many commercial, regulatory and
operational issues.
We are very conscious of the many stakeholders who will have an interest in these changes and that
is why we have announced our intentions today. We wanted to do so ahead of implementation so we
can undertake a comprehensive consultation program to detail the many benefits this structure
delivers for our stakeholder and hear their input.
Slide 7 – what we need to deliver
Elsewhere in the business we also need to finish the T22 job.
For our consumer customers, we need to finish radically simplifying our product offerings, eliminating
pain points and creating all digital experiences.
We have already made great progress. As I mentioned a moment ago more than 70% of our total
service transactions are now through digital channels. That equates to almost 5 million transactions
per month.
Customers are using digital channels to make payments, download bills and update their credit card
details and 95% of these transactions are now completed in digital.
Digital sales have also dramatically increased over the past two years, up from 6% to 33% in October.
Simple sales experiences such as plan changes are now over 55% via digital driven through new one
click processes.
Finishing this radical simplification and digitisation is a large and complex piece of work that Michael
Ackland will take you through shortly.
With so much change happening simultaneously for our customers it is inevitable we will see some
issues, but we will address them as quickly as possible and ultimately, we will end up providing a
better, more seamless experience.
I mentioned earlier that T22 will not stand for anything if it does not lead to an improved outcome for
our shareholders and we are confident it will. Similarly, it must lead to a transformed experience for
our customers and we are now starting to see these benefits accelerate.
Turning to our fixed business, the nbn headwinds we have faced are tracking as expected and the
T22 changes will enable us to improve our Fixed EBITDA and we are targeting a mid-teens nbn
resale margin in FY23.
For our business customers, we need to complete the transformation of our Enterprise business
including with initiatives such as Adaptive Networks to enable Australian companies to manage their
connectivity needs and respond more quickly to changing dynamics.
David will talk more about this shortly, but we expect to bring Enterprise back to growth in FY22 at the
aggregate level in both revenue and EBITDA.
In networks, as with the roll-out of 3G and 4G previously, Telstra is the clear market leader in 5G
already and this reinforces that Telstra has, and will retain, by far the best network in Australia.
Vicki will talk in more detail about our outlook, but we are confident our leadershi p in 5G will ena ble us
to achieve 2H FY21 ARPU and EBITDA growth in mobiles.
In Productivity, cost reductions are expected to come from further product rationalisation, platform
simplification, increased customer self-service and incremental indirect and direct labour reductions.
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And finally, as well as restoring growth in our core business, we intend to build on the strong
performance we have achieved in Telstra Health.
The business has built an impressive eco-system of digital services that can help with everything from
a simple consultation with a GP via a telehealth platform to delivering paperless prescriptions to
helping create new integrated capabilities in healthcare and aged care at a national level.
It hit breakeven in the month of May this year and we expect positive an EBITDA contribution in FY21
with revenue growth in excess of 25%.
We know that not all the investments Telstra has made in the past have gone well but we have
learned from the experience. Our measured approach now means Telstra Health is incredibly well
positioned and performing wel l.
And I believe it will be a very strong contributor to the value of Telstra in the coming years.
I also wanted to take this opportunity to share with you we are exploring the opportunity to re sell
energy to our consumer customers. These plans are at an early stage but we about to apply for the
necessary licenses and you will therefore become aware of them in the coming weeks.
We are one of the largest consumers of electricity in the country and we have been heavily involved in
the sector by underwriting renewable generation via PPAs, providing firming power capacity during
times of extreme demand or grid instability, and neutralising the emissions from our total operations.
We already underwrite projects that generate enough renewable energy to power about 100,000
homes. And we provide standby power that enables more renewable energy to be absorbed into the
energy grid. We deploy machine learning and IoT to change the way that we use energy. We also
have a very experienced energy team.
All of these things help us affordably access more renewable energy. And we also help some of our
large customers do the same.
We are exploring bringing this experience to the table with a consumer offer leveraging our strong in
home position with our customers, the investments we have made in the digitisation of our customer
systems and our Telstra Plus loyalty program. We plan to do so with a simple affordable solution at a
low cost for us.
And we will do it with the same measured and conservative approach we have applied to Health over
the last few years.
I want to finish my remarks this morning by coming back to the digital economy and the importance of
getting the policy and regulatory settings right for Australia’s future.
Slide 8 – Getting the settings right…
To its credit, the Federal Government has shown its commitment to the huge task of digitising our
economy with recent announcemen t s in the Budge t.
Only last month, the Prime Minister reiterated his commitment to this goal when he spoke of
“upgrading the circuit boards” of our economy and “using the gains we have made this year as a
springboard” to become a leader.
What is important now is that we continue to build momentum behind the digital economy by
removing barriers, incentivising growth and encouraging reform.
If we get this right the potential economic benefits for Australia and Australians are enormous.
Recent modelling from PwC showed that more businesses embracing digital tools could add up to
$90 billion to the Australian economy and create up to 250,000 new jobs by 2025.
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Telecommunications networks will make or break the country’s digital economy ambitions. With so
much at stake it is therefore crucial we have a clear, shared vision for the telecommunications
industry for the next decade.
With the completion of the nbn rollout, there is now an opportunity for Australia to develop such a
vision – one that is technology agnostic, one that provides an environment that is pro-invest m ent and
pro-innovation. A vision that not only considers the nbn but the success of the whole sector.
Our initiatives with InfraCo and the structural changes we have announced today support such a
vision. As do all of the changes we have made and are making as part of our T22 strategy.
T22 is fundamentally about transforming Telstra for the future and being in the best possible position
to grow strongly in the digital economy.
I hope that helps to set the scene for today’s discussion and gives you a sense for our immediate
priorities and the urgency with which we are facing into them.
As we move further into FY21, and a point where we are closer to the finish of T22 than the start, we
know we have more work to do to truly transform Telstra but we also know we have already made
very significant progress. We therefore look to the future with growing confidence in our ability to
deliver our strategic ambitions and return Telstra to growth.
Thank you and with that I will hand over to Kim.
VICKI BRADY – CFO
Hello everyone and welcome back.
I'm Vicki Brady, CFO of Telstra.
I’m really pleased so many people could join us for our Investor Day, even if the circumstances are a
bit different this year.
Let me start by saying that I hope you and your loved ones are safe and well during this difficult time.
I’d like to thank my colleagues who have presented so far – I think they’ve demonstrated the
momentum we’ve built within our business.
[Slide: Agenda]
Shortly Brendon Riley will provide an update on InfraCo including an overview and financial snapshot
of the passive asset-based businesses.
Before he does, I wanted to discuss the structural implications for our whole business and our focus
on delivering optimal group outcomes and returns.
[Slide: Simplified preferred cor po rate structure]
Today is an exciting milestone, as we take advantage of the progress InfraCo has made and set out
our plans for the future.
As Andy has mentioned, we intend to establish a corporate structure for Telstra that maximises longterm value for our shareholders and gives us the option to undertake further monetisations.
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This structure would include InfraCo Fixed, InfraCo Towers and ServeCo as subsidiaries of the
Telstra Group. We are targeting completing this restructure by the end of calendar year 2021.
InfraCo Fixed would own and operat e our passive infrastructure assets: ducts, fibre, data centres,
subsea cables and exchanges. Under our preferred structure we would also establish separate asset
co subsidiaries of InfraCo Fixed.
InfraCo Towers would own and operate our passive tower assets.
With strong demand from investors and compelling valuations for high-quality infrastructure assets,
the time is right to review our options for unlocking value.
We have already demonstrated our ability to successfully monetise infrastructure assets, particularly
our exchanges and data centres.
Today we take a further step forward through announcing an intention to monetise InfraCo Towers.
We anticipate this will begin in 2021 and will follow a similar timeline to the rest of the restructuring
process.
We are confident we can do this while also preserving the strategic differentiation our world-leading
mobile network provides. This is because of the choices we have made on setting asset perimeters,
as well as the Intercompany Agreements we have created, which I will explain shortly.
We also intend to maintain control of our strategic towers. Any transaction that we proceed with
would, of course, be subject to being significantly value accretive for Telstra.
As we have done with previous transactions, the proceeds from any future monetisation will be
assessed in line with our capital management framework. And to deliver long-term value for our
shareholders, we would consider earmarking proceeds to firstly maintaining our balance sheet
strength, followed by a focus on returning proceeds directly to shareholders, or potentially reinvesting
in the business for growth.
In the proposed simplified structure, Telstra ServeCo would own and operate the rest of Telstra,
including our Consumer & Small Business and Enterprise functions, along with all the elements of our
network, other than passive assets.
By defining the asset perimeter this way and keeping active elements of our network, such as the
mobile Radio Access Network equipment, spectrum and fibre electronics within ServeCo, we are able
to preserve the strategic differentiation we have built through decades of investment and innovation,
making us Australia’s leading telco.
The restructure will be a multi-faceted process and need to consider a broad range of commercial,
regulatory and operational requirements. We will work collaboratively with shareholders, staff,
customers and other stakeholders through this process.
We will provide an update on our progress at our half year results in February 2021.
[Slide: Key principles of Intercompany Agreements]
Turning now to the principles underpinning our Intercompany Agreements.
We have created a set of Intercompany Agreements between Telstra InfraCo and Telstra ServeCo
that underpin their ongoing relationship and support strong and sustainable earnings for both. These
agreements ensure that both organisations benefit from the strengths and capabilities of the other.
They are also designed to maximise overall value for Telstra shareholders.
The first principle is business continuity. InfraCo will provide all passive infrastructure services to
Telstra ServeCo at today’s high level of quality. And Telstra ServeCo will support InfraCo on
managing and optimising its operations.
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The second principle is differentiation for Telstra ServeCo. As I just mentioned, the agreements and
asset boundaries will maintain Telstra’s sources of infrastructure-led differentiation.
The third principle is maintaining a strategic relationship. Telstra ServeCo will receive pricing and
terms consistent with its status as a strategic partner and anchor customer of InfraCo and will commit
to long-term contracts providing certainty to InfraCo.
The fourth principle is market competitiveness, ensuring both entities are competitive in the market
with respect to supply and demand for passive infrastructure.
The final principle is that Telstra InfraCo operates as a fully operational stand-alone business with its
own dedicated leadership team focused on delivering long-term value for customers and Telstra
Group shareholders.
We are confident we can have strong Infrastructure businesses and maintain Telstra’s strategic
differentiation.
[Slide: Telstra InfraCo financials]
Let me turn now to Telstra InfraCo’s financials.
The left-hand side of this slide, displays FY20 InfraCo pro forma segment view, which includes the
asset perimeter changes which were effective from 1 July 2020.
This segment view of InfraCo includes both passive assets and active wholesale. This is consistent
with how we manage the business today, w ith Bren do n lead ing a functio n that inc lud es passive
InfraCo and the active wholesale business. This is reflected in our current segment reporting.
The proposed simplified new legal structure is consistent with Infraco Fixed and Towers being
passive-only infrastructure businesses. As a result, in the financials, the active wholesale business is
assessed as part of Telstra ServeCo.
The FY20 pro forma InfraCo Fixed and Towers earnings reflect fully allocated costs consistent with
them being a standalone business.
The Active wholesale earnings, however, do not include all costs of a standalone business. This
includes costs for infrastructure, including passive infrastructure. These costs sit in Telstra ServeCo.
For these reasons, assessing Telstra ServeCo earnings should be done by excluding only InfraCo
passive earnings not the segment view.
This is shown on the next slide.
[Slide: Focused on delivering optimal group outcomes and retur n s]
There is one-view of the Telstra Group’s financial performance, and there will continue to be oneview. Our focus will remain on delivering optimal financial outcomes and returns for the entire Telstra
group.
We remain committed to our capital management framework including balance sheet strength.
You can see on this slide the FY20 pro forma breakdown between InfraCo Fixed and Towers and
Telstra ServeCo.
At our 1HFY21 results in February, our management reporting will provide disclosure of InfraCo
passive-only earnings for InfraCo Fixed and Towers separately. This will continue to be a secondary
disclosure rather than included in our primary product-based management reporting.
It is important to note InfraCo Fixed and Towers is an economic, rather than accounting, view which
would include AASB16 – as such all lease costs are included as operating expenses.
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Looking now at the financial attributes of InfraCo and ServeCo.
Telstra InfraCo’s passive infrastructure delivers high EBITDA margins, with recurring, predictable, and
indexed earnings growth, largely from long-term contracts with NBN Co and Telstra ServeCo.
This can be seen in the FY20 Proforma EBITDA, which includes $820 million from nbn recurring DAs
and around $700 million from Telstra ServeCo for passive infrastructure. Only 2 per cent is from
legacy including copper-related sources.
Telstra ServeCo has an ambitious growth profile, with a lower capital-intensity than the Telstra Group.
After Brendon’s presentation I will talk in more detail about Telstra ServeCo’s ambitious earnings
growth profile from FY22.
In respect of our medium-term capex to sales target for the group of 12% excluding spectrum, we are
committed to managing the allocation of capex between servo, infra fixed and Towers to achieve this
outcome.
I’m going to hand over to Brendon Riley before I come back and close with a financial update.
After that, Andy, Brendon and I will take questions.
So with that, I’ll pass to Brendon.
BRENDON RILEY – TELSTRA INFRACO CEO
Slide 43: Telstra InfraCo…
Good morning.
Telstra InfraCo was created just over two years ago with three key objectives in mind:
1. Provide greater transparency on the value of Telstra’s infrastructure assets
2. Implement strategies to improve asset efficiency, service delivery and financial returns
3. To provide optionality in an evolving industry
Our intent was to shape InfraCo to be a business with a set of performance attributes readily
identifiable and aligned to a dedicated infrastructure company.
We’re now at the point in our execution – where the benefits of InfraCo are more apparent:
• For shareholders – InfraCo can respond to continued growth in fibre and mobile network
rollouts and take advantage of structural and capital options to drive value.
• For customers – standing up InfraCo as a commercial operating business, affords easier
access to our world class infrastructure, including a focus on improved service and new
products and solutions; and
• For our people – InfraCo provides an exciting opportunity to be part of a new business –
focused on growth, our customers and further developing our specialist infrastructure
expertise – all as part of the broader Telstra group.
While we have much to deliver in the months and years ahead, today’s presentation and
announcements will see an acceleration in our efforts to make InfraCo an unqualified success.
Slide 44 – We are transitioning….
At Investor Day a year ago, I presented this framework.
We have executed strongly over the past year and are transitioning from building the business to
operating as a dedicated infrastructure business and preparing for asset monetisation.
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In looking back over the past 12 months, we have completed the work required to establish an
operational InfraCo and underpin the basis for today’s announcements. The work has included (8
items):
• Refinement of the asset perimeter settings, which I will cover shortly.
• Establishing individual asset-based businesses, accountable for go-to-market offerings,
financial performance, long term agreements and service delivery.
• Creating a new organisation, including leadership appointments and the transfer of
operational capabilities from Networks & IT.
• Building a new financial and operational reporting system for InfraCo and each asset
business.
• Putting in place long term inter-company agreements for asset-based services from
InfraCo to ServeCo – our anchor tenant.
• Creating a core operations capability and operating efficiency program across all asset
businesses.
• Building business plans, to drive growth and productivity for each AssetCo and InfraCo
overall, beyond our T22 commitments.
• And updating our framework for risk, safety and asset lifecycle management which builds
on established practices and evolves InfraCo further.
The presentation today will provide updates from the Stage 1 work, including InfraCo asset financials
based on re-stated FY20 results.
Given the state of the nbn completion and Andy and Vicki’s earlier comments on our corporate
structure, we will include the optionality work as part of our Stage 2 program going forward.
Slide 45 – InfraCo financials…
Given changes to the asset perimeter between InfraCo and ServeCo, we wanted to re-state the
overall financial profile for InfraCo for FY20. The new asset perimeter was effective from 1 July 2020.
The asset perimeter changes announced at our 2019 Investor Day were:
• Mobile towers and poles and backhaul fibre within InfraCo, resulting in a new total fibre view.
• Legacy copper and associated assets to remain within ServeCo
• Minor changes to network supporting infrastructure, mostly around power related assets.
We have also updated the financials to reflect new asset charges between InfraCo and ServeCo as
part of the Intercompany Agreements. The charges are based on market-rates a nd ref lect Serv eCo ’s
status – as an anchor tenant – and the long-term volume commitments it is making.
The original charges were put in place during FY18 when InfraCo was established as a reporting
segment – before the new operating business was created.
When the FY20 results are re-stated for these changes, revenue and EBITDA declines slightly and
net book value increases.
In this presentation we also breakout InfraCo’s active and passive businesses. The active business is
Telstra’s wholesale business which provides a range of fixed connectivity solutions as well as mobile
services for MVNO’s.
The re-stated FY20 numbers you see here – include the active and passive businesses – with active
representing 38% of the total EBITDA.
We think it is important to split the two – which we will do going forward – so it is easier to compare
InfraCo with other dedicated infrastructure providers. It also shows that InfraCo’s passive business
has limited exposure to legacy copper based business services which are progressively being
substituted with nbn and other services across the industry.
Slide 46 – Asset categories…
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I’d now like to move on and discuss InfraCo’s asset businesses in more detail.
This table shows the re-stated FY20 financials for revenue and then ranges for EBITDA.
The reason we have included EBITDA ranges is that we are continuing to refine our cost base as we
stand up our passive asset co’s as operational businesses.
The InfraCo FY20 actual results did not reflect the increased opex from the operational transfers from
N&IT into InfraCo – or the new skills and capabilities we are introducing to drive market facing
business momentum.
By providing an EBITDA range, we can normalise for these changes and provide a better view of
InfraCo EBITDA going forward and its relativity to global peers.
We will report the FY21 1st half actual results for both revenue and EBITDA by asset class at
Telstra’s results presentation early next year.
If we start at the bottom of the table, you can see the total revenue of $4.303B. Total EBITDA of
approximately $2.8B is the midpoint of the EBITDA margin range of 63% to 66%.
If we now subtract the active business, you can see the InfraCo passive business with a revenue of
$2.597B, and an approximate EBITDA of $1.7B, which is the midpoint of the passive EBITDA margin
range of 64% to 67%. While there are some differences between InfraCo and other global
infrastructure businesses, the EBITDA margin range compares well.
Looking to the asset businesses:
• TowerCo has revenue of $306M and an EBITDA margin range of 63% to 67%
• FibreCo has revenue of $808M and an E BITDA mar g i n range of 64% to 68%
• Exchanges & Infrastructure, which includes ExchangeCo, DataCentreCo and DuctCo,
has revenue of $1.487B and an EBITDA margin range of 57% to 60%
• Subsea cables revenue is $156M with an EB IT DA ma r gin between 64% and 68%
• Inter-company eliminations are $160M and these relate to asset charges between the
asset businesses, which net out at the total InfraCo level. Most of the $160M are asset
charges paid by FibreCo to DuctCo for duct access – as FibreCo sells duct space
bundled with fibre to ServeCo and other customers.
I also wanted to highlight that in FY20, $874M of nbn ISA revenue landed in the Fibre – and
Exchanges & Infrastructure portfolios. This is consistent with what we have previously disclosed.
Slide 47 – InfraCo’s passive…
InfraCo is Australia’s leading passive telco asset business, across towers, fibre, exchanges and
ducts. Each business is unique with long term customer arrangements and strong financial returns.
TowerCo has around 8200 towers, which is more in aggregate than any other provider across both
metro and regional areas. 5,570 of our towers are mobile towers and 2,630 towers are USO and nonmobile towers.
TowerCo is the largest builder of mobile towers in Australia, having built approximately 1000 towers
over the past five years, and will have a long-term arrangement to build and manage ServeCo’s future
passive tower infrastructure.
With 250,000 km of optical fibre cable, FibreCo has the largest dedicated business fibre footprint in
Australia and will also have long term anchor agreements in place. Incremental opportunities exist to
supply additional fibre to ServeCo, nbn and the industry – to support mobile expansion and business
connections.
InfraCo’s largest cash generating business is the Exchanges and Infrastructure portfolio. The
portfolio will have long term agreements in place with nbn and ServeCo for duct and exchange access
– and can continue to rationalise and grow. The portfolio has 1500 exchanges with external tenants,
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of which 650 are suitable for growth to support distributed emerging technology solutions. It’s
important to note that 36 exchanges and one data centre in Australia have already been monetised.
Slide 48 – TowerCo overview
Moving to talk more about our TowerCo business which is led by Jon Lipton.
TowerCo’s business model is the provision and management of passive equipment including towers,
large poles, rooftop towers – and power to huts to support active assets managed by tenants.
TowerCo’s focus is to:
• drive the operational efficiency, safety and reliability of the tower portfolio
• increase tenancy ratios by augmenting existing towers or selling available space
• build new towers and rooftops to support both ServeCo and industry expansion, including
collaboration with FibreCo on backhaul expansion
• and, provide transparency on performance metrics and investor returns
As mentioned earlier by Andy and Vicki, we intend to launch a process to monetise TowerCo during
calendar year 2021.
Slide 49 – TowerCo business
Moving to the TowerCo financials in more detail, we have looked at many other Tower businesses in
different geographies. The key financial metrics which are reported and helpful to position TowerCo –
are the underlying EBITDA, Capex and operating free cash flow.
Going forward we ex pec t EBIT DA marg in in the rang e of 63-67% which is slightly ahead of industry
averages. CAPEX to revenue is close to the industry median in the 15-20% range and a resulting
operating free cash flow to net book value in the 28-37% range.
The overall tower numbers show TowerCo’s strong market position in all areas, with significantly more
towers than all other tower businesses in Australia.
We have a total tower base of 8,200 towers, of which 5,570 are mobile towers and 2,630 are USO
and non-mobile towers. Some of our towers are government co-funded in regional and remote areas
and the tenancy ratios we are reporting are for the 5,050 mobile towers that Telstra has owned and
built outright.
The average tenancy ratio on existing towers today of 1.34 is below industry average and this is due
to two main factors:
1. Firstly, some of the existing towers have been built for ServeCo’s sole usage, meaning
they cannot be physically hardened for addition tenants.
2. Secondly, the intercompany agreements facilitate ServeCo’s future requirements for 5G,
and with 3G, 4G & 5G all in operation, there is no space for additional tenants on some of
our towers.
That said, the plan is to increase tenancy ratios on the existing portfolio and look to build new towers
with multi-tenancy where-ever possible. Our current plans are to build new towers with an average
tenancy ratio of 1.5 – 1.6. This will bring our tenancy ratios closer to global industry averages over
time, noting that tenancy ratios are specific to each geography.
We are also simplifying our processes and pricing to make it easier for the industry to access our
available portfolio and participate in joint tower builds. This is already unearthing some exciting new
opportunities.
From an operating efficiency perspective, around 60% of the cost base is rental, land access and
government charges. TowerCo is well into the process of reviewing the entire portfolio, beefing up its
in-house capabilities in this area and identifying medium to long term efficiencies. These include
reducing the costs to build new towers, renegotiating leases – and use of new technologies to reduce
maintenance costs.
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Slide 50 – FibreCo overview
Moving onto our FibreCo business, which is led by Kathryn Jones.
FibreCo has an extensive national fibre presence including:
• Regional & inter- city fibre
• Inter-exchange & data centre fibre
• Business access fibre
• Mobile backhaul fibr e
FibreCo is the primary fibre provider to ServeCo and a significant fibre provider to nbn and the wider
industry. Its priorities include:
• Providing simple market facing solutions to maximise network utilisation across all
segments
• Effectively managing capital to drive growth and life cycle maintenance
• Developing new uses cases for dark fibre, data centre and edge compute workloads
• Providing transparency on performance metrics and investor returns.
Slide 51 – FibreCo business…
In looking to the FibreCo financials, we expect EBITDA margin in the range of 64%-68%. CAPEX to
revenue of 15%-20% at the lower end of industry averages and a resulting operating free cash flow to
net book value in the 9%-11% range.
FibreCo has a strong market position in the business fibre market and there remains opportunity to
drive further utilisation with existing capacity and minor new builds, especially in the customer access
market.
FibreCo will have long term contractual arrangements with both nbn and ServeCo which underpin its
market position. FibreCo is responsible for the design, build, operate and maintenance of all Telstra’s
passive fibre needs, across the fixed and mobile portfolios.
FibreCo is further developing its approach to life cycle maintenance of the fibre assets to optimise
work-induced faults and field costs, including the use of predictive analytics to drive increased
proactive maintenance.
Slide 52 – Exchanges & Infrastructure…
The Exchanges & Infrastructure portfolio, led by Rachel Johnson-Kelly, includes ducts, data centres,
exchanges, other fixed network structures – such as portable exchange sites (known as SCAX huts)
and repeaters – and supporting infrastructure.
The ducts and exchanges play a crucial role in supporting the industry, by providing duct space for
national connectivity – and powered racks in exchanges to facilitate active equipment and services.
The exchanges can be broadly broken down into two categories. Those to be rationalised as the nbn
rollout completes and the last 8% of the population, currently on copper services, migrate to newer
technologies over the long-term. While the second category of exchanges will continue to support
commercial arrangements as well as be a target for new use cases, such as edge compute and data
centre services.
There will be significant safety, life cycle maintenance, security and community matters to be
managed across the exchange portfolio. Given this and the large number of exchanges set for
rationalisation, the returns on the exchanges portfolio is expected to be lower – compared with ducts
and data centres.
Slide 53 – Exchanges business…
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A significant attribute of the Exchanges & Infrastructure business is the high book value, with tangible
net assets of $7.2B. While we expect EBITDA margins in the range of 57%-60%, CAPEX to revenue
will be in the 10%-15% range and operating free cash flow to net book value in the 7%-8% range.
Ducts is a lower growth business but is a strong investor proposition due to the long-term contracts
that will be in place, its stable market position and strong operating free cash flows. We have recently
launched a new Automated Duct Reservation system which has significantly increased speed to
market for duct access for our customers.
We have monetised one of our data centres in Australia (Clayton) and we have further opportunities
to increase utilisation across both data centres – and data centre facilities in some of our exchanges.
We already have active interest from customers in taking up additional rack space in our data centres.
Nine of our exchanges have data centre floors and that also creates opportunities to provide more
high-power density services.
On the exchange portfolio we currently have around 1500 exchanges with external tenants, of which
650 exchanges will support new use cases such as edge compute and growth in regional data centre
services. We are working with ServeCo on its edge compute requirements and we also believe these
sites will be attractive to other customers.
In terms of operating efficiency, we will focus on land costs, more efficient building management and
monitoring, site optimisation and rationalisation – and power consumption and efficiency. With our
data centres, we see an opportunity to bring our power utilisation efficiency (PUE) metric closer to
industry standards. We will also continue to explore property divestments where we believe there is
an attractive return from sale of the land.
We will provide information on the Exchange & Infrastructure portfolio as part of our 1st half results
announcement.
Slide 54 – Work to set up TowerCo is well advanced
As announced earlier, we will look to launch a process to monetise TowerCo during calendar year
2021.
TowerCo will be an independent operating business. It will be the first of the Co’s to be established in
this way.
We are well advanced on our operational program of work. Key initiatives underway include
verification of all tower structures and land tenure for all our sites, building out the TowerCo team with
some selective specialist capabilities and implementation of an off the shelf Tower asset management
system, which is the same system used by other major global tower companies.
We are also redesigning our internal processes – to improve how we work with ServeCo and other
customers to meet their tower requirements. We have site acquisitions and designs underway for
new tower sites and are working closely with ServeCo as our anchor customer to support their 5G
rollout.
We expect the majority of our program of work to establish TowerCo as an independent operating
company – to be complete by the end of financ ia l year 2021 .
In light of today’s announcements, we will commence discussions with employees, customers and
major stakeholders in the coming days.
Slide 55 – Summary
In closing, I wanted to leave all investors with three key take-outs.
1. We tabled a plan at last year’s Investor Day. We have executed strongly, and we are
building good momentum in Telstra InfraCo. We’re now an established operating
business and are commencing the next stage of structural changes.
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2. InfraCo has a set of diverse at scale assets. Each Asset Co has strong financials,
established long-term customer agreements and the businesses compare well to global
peers.
3. We have a fantastic new team – with a rapidly emerging infrastructure mindset and
culture. We are committed to driving the growth of InfraCo, building the metrics,
operating efficiency and transparency you all wish to see. And of course, responding to
the market shifts and opportunities that emerge.
I look forward to presenting our inaugural 1st half results as an operating business in February,
providing more colour on the asset co’s and more on InfraCo’s plans for the future.
Thank you. I’ll pass you back to Vicki.
VICKI BRADY – CFO
[Slide: Agenda]
Thanks very much Brendon.
As mentioned, I wanted to close today’s presentations with a brief discussion on the momentum we
are building in growing underlying EBITDA, and discuss our FY21 guidance.
[Slide: Building momentum and confidence]
As Andy has spoken to many times before, as did our Chairman at the AGM last month, our view is
that in order to support a 16-cent dividend under our current capital management framework, we need
to achieve Underlying EBITDA in the range of $7.5 to $8.5 billion by FY23.
While we do not provide financial guidance beyond the current financial year, our management team
understands the importance of this range and it is our ambition to deliver results within it.
If we are successful in delivering a result towards the bottom end of this range would equate to a
ROIC of around 8 per cent.
We took a conservative approach in August setting our FY23 ROIC target at greater than 7 per cent.
With the increased confidence outlined today, we are updating our FY23 ROIC target from greater
than 7 per cent to approximately 8 per cent. And we will continue to pursue opportunities to achieve a
higher ROIC closer to our original target under T22.
You’ve already heard today from my colleagues, so let me briefly reiterate how their work is
contributing to our confidence.
We reported Underlying EBITDA of $7.4 billion in FY20 and have guided to $6.5 to $7.0 billion in
FY21.
We believe we will turn underlying EBITDA back to growth in FY22, with the building blocks in place
to achieve medium-t erm E BITD A consistent with our ambition.
In our mobile business, we have an enormous opportunity to capitalise on a new multi-year cycle of
growth driven by 5G thanks to our clear market leadership.
Transacting minimum monthly commitment, our leading indicator of ARPU, has continued to grow in
FY21. This, and other factors, supports confidence that we can achieve 2H21 mobile ARPU and
EBITDA growth.
In our fixed business, the nbn headwinds we have faced are tracking as expected, and will be largely
complete by FY22.
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We have a plan to improve our Fixed EBITDA by:
• Firstly, targeting mid-teens nbn resale margins in FY23,
• Secondly managing the economic impact of the legacy copper network by limiting losses
to less than $100 million,
• and finally accelerating on-net solutions including by leveraging our mobile network.
Our focus is on bringing our total Enterprise business back to growth in FY22 across mobile, Data &
IP, NAS and International as a whole, as you have heard from David.
We remain on track to deliver our productivity target of $2.5 billion in reductions by FY22, and see
further opportunity beyond this point.
And on the financial impacts of the COVID pandemic, measures including levels of bad debt remain
within our expectations.
In the medium term, we expect adjacencies such as Health to contribute to our turn around.
Given these trends, we have increasing confidence that our underlying EBITDA ambition is
achievable and is the right level of ambition be to be setting ourselves.
[Slide: Strong progress in cost-out delivery]
Turning now to a more detailed view of productivity.
We continue to target $2.5 billion in net product iv ity by FY22. We delivered $1.8 billion of this from
FY16 to FY20. This year we will deliver another $400 million.
This $2.5 billion target is a net figure which includes absorbing all inflation, re-investment, reduction in
legacy network costs and COVID-19 impacts .
Our cost reductions in FY21 are expected to be achieved predominantly through indirect and direct
labour, enabled by the shift of customers onto digital sales and service channels along with a strong
focus on vendor costs and workforce efficiency.
An example of the productivity improvements we are making is the optimisation of some of our Field
service teams and vendors. Historically, tasks were tendered and scheduled in a reactive and discreet
manner.
Now, through proactive forecasting, vendor management and enhanced scheduling techniques, we
are optimising the sequencing and prioritisation of this work to enable similar types of work in similar
areas to be scheduled together. This is helping us bring down our costs.
Direct labour cost reductions, which we deferred until February 2021, will deliver a full year of benefits
in FY22.
Other FY22 cost reductions are expected to come from further product rationalisation, platform
simplification, increased customer self-service through digitisation and incremental indirect labour
reductions.
It is important to recognise that the transformation of our business which T22 delivers also enables
ongoing productivity benefits beyond FY22.
For example, as we migrate our customers and products to our new digital stack we will continue
switching off our legacy IT systems. As we do this the associated support and maintenance activities
can also be switched off.
The new products and customer experiences we are launching are also focused on straight-through
ordering and self-service, enabling further rationalisation of some of our support activities.
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[Slide: FY21 guidance]
Let me finish by turning to our FY21 guidance.
We reaffirm our FY21 guidance provided to the market at our FY20 Full Year Results in August.
However, as outlined in our FY20 result, I want to re-iterate that we expect FY21 Underlying EBITDA
to be weighted to the second half, with cost reductions, COVID impacts and product trajectory especially mobile - all more supportive of improved second half performance.
Given the evolution of our business and our desire to deliver better clarity for the market, we are
considering changes to our product hierarchy for our 1HFY21 results. If we proceed with any change,
we will provide more details before our half year results.
Thank you, and I will see you in just a moment for Q&A.
[ENDS]
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