Telenet proposes an extraordinary dividend of €600.0 million

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Brussels, August 1, 2018 – Telenet Group Holding NV (“Telenet” or the “Company”) (Euronext Brussels: TNET) announces that the board of directors proposes to proceed with an extraordinary dividend payment of €600.0 million, equivalent to approximately €5.2 (gross) per share[1] consistent with the board’s previously stated intention to revert on additional forms of shareholder remuneration in the second half of the year. Telenet will convene a general shareholders’ meeting (“EGM”), currently contemplated to be held on September 26, 2018.

On June 25, 2018, Telenet initiated an extended €300.0 million share repurchase program (the “Share Repurchase Program 2018bis”) under which it may repurchase from time to time up to 7.5 million own shares until the end of June next year[2]. Since the start of the program on June 25, 2018, an aggregate of 573,363 shares have been repurchased for an aggregate amount of €24.0 million.

Consistent with the board’s previously stated intention to revert on additional forms of shareholder remuneration in the second half of the year, the board’s decision was supported by a series of elements, including, amongst other factors, (i) the board’s assessment of any meaningful short-term M&A opportunities within the markets and segments the Company operates, as well as (ii) the confirmed decrease in the Company’s net total leverage from 4.0x end-March 2018 to 3.8x end-June 2018 on the back of a robust 9% rebased Adjusted EBITDA growth in Q2 as communicated separately this morning. Telenet intends to finance the proposed extraordinary dividend through the issuance of additional debt facilities, complemented by its current and future cash balance and available untapped capacity under its revolving credit facilities. The effective pay-out date is currently contemplated, subject to EGM approval, to take place on October 4, 2018, with the ex-coupon date on October 1, 2018 and the record date on October 3, 2018.

Finally, Telenet will host a Capital Markets Day on December 5, 2018, focusing on the strategic value drivers and financial outlook for the Company in the medium term and on the future capital allocation framework in the pursuit of sustainable growth and shareholder value.

[1] Based on the total number of outstanding dividend-entitled shares at July 30, 2018. Further progress on the execution of the Company’s Share Repurchase Program 2018bis could affect the proposed dividend per share to the September 2018 EGM.

[2] For the period between April 30, 2019 and June 28, 2019, subject to renewal of the share buy-back authorisation by the shareholders’ meeting.