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Inmarsat plc reports Interim Results 2018

Solid progress across diversified growth portfolio. Outlook and guidance reiterated

London, UK: 2 August 2018. Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT.L), ("Inmarsat", the "Group"), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, today provided the following unaudited information for the half year and second quarter ended 30 June 2018.

Financial Headlines:

Operational highlights - H1 2018:

· Group Revenue increased $33.5m (4.9%) to $717.2m (up 5.2% to $652.4m, excluding Ligado), predominantly driven by growth in Aviation and reflecting our diversified and resilient growth portfolio: 

o Maritime: solid performance supported by continued strong market traction with Fleet Xpress

o Government: robust performance against tough comparator in Q2

o Aviation: on-going double digit revenue growth:

§ In-flight Connectivity ("IFC") revenues doubled, with over 1,400 aircraft under contract and first IFC airtime revenues generated

§ Another excellent performance in our Core business, with revenues up 17.1%

o Enterprise: performance mainly driven by satellite phone airtime and handset revenues

o GX: airtime and related revenues doubled to $110.2m (H1 20171: $53.0m), including $60.2m in Q2 2018, (Q2 20171: $24.8m) with continued customer take-up in every target market

o Q2 Group Revenue: increased 5.0% to $371.8m (up 5.5% to $339.1m, excluding Ligado)

· Group EBITDA: decreased by $6.7m (1.8%) to $373.0m (down 2.5% to $308.2m, excluding Ligado), with growth in revenue and gross margin being offset by higher indirect costs, mainly due to adverse currency movements in Q1:

o Q2 EBITDA: increased 0.8% to $198.1m (up 0.9% to $165.4m, excluding Ligado), driven by generally higher revenues and gross margin

· Adjusted Profit After Tax (excluding impact on income statement of unrealised conversion liability on 2023 convertible bond): declined $35.5m, reflecting changes in EBITDA, depreciation, financing costs and taxation. Statutory PAT (including the unrealised conversion liability element) decreased $170.6m

· Interim dividend of 8 cents per share, in line with the Board's recently updated approach to dividend pay-outs (H1 2017: 21.62 cents per share)

· Liquidity position further improved: with new 5 year Revolving Credit Facility of $750m agreed, to replace existing $500m facility, on substantially the same terms  

1 2017 figures have been restated throughout this announcement to reflect the adoption of IFRS15 and the reclassification of short term deposits. The Group has also adopted IFRS16 and IFRS9 as of 1 January 2018. Please refer to Appendix 2 of this document for further details.

2 "Other" revenue comprises revenue contribution from Central Services and Ligado Networks.

3 In response to the Guidelines on Alternative Performance Measures ('APM's) issued by the European Securities and Markets Authority ('ESMA'), we have provided additional information on the APMs used by the Group including definitions and reconciliations to statutory measures within Appendix 1 of this document.

Rupert Pearce, Chief Executive Officer, commented on the results and the outlook:

"Inmarsat produced a robust set of results for the first half of 2018, delivering against a number of key strategic objectives and maintaining our continued positive operational momentum across a resilient and diversified growth portfolio. This performance highlights the quality of our business and our differentiated market position, which ensured significant market capture gains were achieved across our target end markets in the period. Consequently, we remain well placed to deliver further consistent revenue growth in the short term and to capture significant additional growth opportunities over the medium to long term."

Inmarsat's market opportunity and strategic position

The use of data at sea and in the air is expected to continue growing significantly in the future, creating a major opportunity for mobile satellite broadband communication providers.

Inmarsat is extremely well positioned to access the significant market opportunity ahead, given our established and material market presence, our differentiated capabilities in end-to-end reliable and secure networking services to our customers, not simply broadband pipes, our technology leadership, our specialisation in delivering satellite mobility services to customers, our valuable global spectrum assets and our market-leading distribution channel.

As a result of these elements, Inmarsat offers investors a diversified growth portfolio with multiple paths to future value creation, based on a solid foundation of incumbency and differentiated capabilities. We aim to continue delivering moderate growth in Maritime, Government, Aviation and Enterprise from our long-established L-band services, with higher growth to come from the delivery of new GX services to customers in these markets. Furthermore, we expect to generate significant growth from our delivery of broadband services to the fast-growing and substantial IFC segment in commercial aviation. Our progress in each of these areas was evidenced by our performance in the first half of 2018.

We also have a number of incremental growth opportunities available over the medium to long term. These include monetising the capabilities of our Inmarsat-5 F4 satellite, delivering major strategic projects for Government customers, growing dedicated regional businesses in hitherto untapped geographies, leveraging our digital services capabilities, increasing our presence in the "Internet of Things" environment and supporting Ligado Networks as they lease our L-band spectrum in North America.

Our revenue growth profile will be supported by a focus on operational leverage via a carefully controlled cost base and an infrastructure capital investment programme that is expected to meaningfully moderate from the start of the next decade. This will help to drive our cash flow growth, in line with our revenue growth, over the medium to long term.

Inmarsat is therefore confident in continued profitable growth, ensuring we retain our position as a market leader in our target end markets.

Outlook and future guidance

As a result of these dynamics, the Board remains confident in the growth outlook for the business and we consequently reiterate our financial guidance, as follows:

· Medium term Group revenue, EBITDA and free cash flow growth (all excluding Ligado):

o Targeting mid-single digit percentage revenue growth on average over the next five years, with EBITDA and free cash flow generation expected to improve steadily.

· Group revenue:

o 2018 revenue, excluding Ligado, of $1,300m to $1,500m;

o Annual GX revenues at a run rate of $500m by the end of 2020.

· Group capex:

o Over 2018 to 2020, we expect that capital expenditure will be within a range of $500m to $600m per annum;

o Based on current management plans, infrastructure capex is expected to meaningfully moderate after 2020 as we bring to bear our next generation network augmentation plans.

· Group leverage:

o Net Debt: EBITDA to normally remain below 3.5x.

Results presentation

Inmarsat management will discuss the first half results in a presentation on Thursday 2 August at 09.00 London time at the company's offices at 99 City Road, London, EC1Y 1AX.

The presentation can be accessed by dialling +44 (0) 330 336 9125 (from the UK and Europe) or +1 929 477 0324 (from the US), with a passcode of 2946863.

A web-cast of the presentation can be accessed via our website: www.inmarsat.com.

Contacts:

Forward looking Statements

This announcement contains 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the US Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or industry results, to be materially different from those projected in the forward-looking statements. These factors include general economic and business conditions; changes in technology; timing or delay in signing, commencement, implementation and performance of programmes, or the delivery of products or services under them; structural change in the satellite industry; relationships with customers; competition; and ability to attract personnel. You are cautioned not to rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this announcement. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in our expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances.

Other Information

While Inmarsat plc is the ultimate parent company of our group, our subsidiary Inmarsat Group Limited is required by the terms of our Senior Notes to report consolidated financial results on a quarterly basis. A copy of the resulting financial report for Inmarsat Group Limited will be available via the Investor Relations section of our website.

OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW

The following is a discussion of the unaudited consolidated results of the operations and financial condition of Inmarsat plc (the "Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group") for the six months ended 30 June 2018. This should be reviewed together with the whole of this document including the historical consolidated financial results and the notes. The consolidated financial results were prepared in accordance with the measurement requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS") as adopted by the European Union. In addition to IFRS measures we use a number of Alternative Performance Measures (APMs) in order to provide readers with a better understanding of the underlying performance of our business, and to improve comparability of our results for the periods concerned. These have been explained in Appendix 1.

Inmarsat has adopted IFRS15, 16 and 9 for the financial year ending 31 December 2018.

To reflect the adoption of IFRS15, both Q2 and Half Year 2017 figures have been restated throughout this document, primarily impacting Maritime and Aviation, where revenue and costs related to equipment installation are now spread over the length of the contract, rather than being recognised at the time of installation. Consequently, in Q2 2017, revenue is $1.8m lower, whilst EBITDA and capital expenditure are higher by $1.6m and $3.2m respectively. The half year has seen revenue decrease by $4.5m and EBITDA and capital expenditure increase by $3.2m and $7.4m respectively.

IFRS16, which Inmarsat has adopted a year early, requires vehicles and properties to be accounted for as "right-of-use assets". This had a $5.6m positive impact on EBITDA in H1 2018, including $3.3m positive impact in Q2, due to lease costs being reclassified as depreciation and interest.

The impact of the adoption of IFRS9 is not material in the period or in prior year reported numbers.

Short-term deposits which have an original maturity of more than 3 months have been re-classified from cash and cash equivalents to short-term deposits to align with the requirements of IAS7.

More information on the changes in accounting policy can be found in Appendix 2 of this document.

H1 2018 - Group Financial Highlights

Group revenue increased by $33.5m, including an increase of $17.6m in Q2, driven predominantly by growth in Aviation.

Direct costs increased by $31.7m, including an increase of $14.8m in Q2, reflecting the short term addition of low margin equipment revenue to help capture further market share, particularly in Aviation.

Indirect costs increased by $8.5m in the half, mainly as a result of a c.$9m adverse impact of currency movements in Q1, which more than offset a currency benefit of c.$1m in Q2. Indirect costs benefited from successful cost containment in Central Services, following a headcount reduction exercise implemented in Q4 2017.

EBITDA consequently decreased by $6.7m and EBITDA margin decreased to 52.0%, from 55.5% in H1 2018. In Q2, EBITDA increased by $1.5m, with margins decreasing to 53.3%, from 55.5%, mainly due to higher direct costs, as discussed above.

Cash capex was $50.4m lower, reflecting the launch and insurance costs of the I-5 F4 satellite in the prior year, but there continues to be a high level of investment in major infrastructure projects (in particular the GX-5 and I-6 satellites).

Maritime

Maritime delivered another solid revenue performance during the half, with revenues up slightly to $282.1m, including $140.1m in Q2.

Revenue from our products in the maritime VSAT market, Xpress Link ("XL") and Fleet Xpress ("FX"), continued to grow strongly, increasing by 21.6%, including growth of 24.6% in Q2, with 5,364 installed VSAT vessels at the end of the period, (4,121 of which were FX vessels).

The VSAT installation order book was stable at c.670 vessels, and the fast pace of FX installations continued, driven by our internal installation capability and on-going engagement from our four strategic distribution partners, all of which are now running FX installation programmes.

The overall proportion of completely new customer installations remained high at over 26% during the half (excluding XL migrations).

As expected, VSAT ARPU has continued to decline, by 16.8% in H1 2018 and 15.9% in Q2, a slightly lower run rate from Q1. At this stage of the launch and ramp-up of FX, we are primarily focused on market capture, speed of service take-up and installation rates. Accordingly, the recent ARPU decline reflected principally a sharp increase in the proportion of indirect FX sales, (with wholesalers increasing their share of aggregate VSAT installations from 7% (243 installed FX vessels) at the end of H1 2017 to 23% (1,296 installed FX vessels) at the end of H1 2018), special wholesale discounts for a small number of strategic partners in exchange for vessel installation commitments, and a high proportion of installations coming from entry level price plans and other short-term end user incentives.

FleetBroadband ("FB") vessels declined to 34,496 at the end of H1 2018, from 37,532 in H1 2017. Over 40% of the decline in FB vessel numbers related to the migration of vessels up to FX in the half, from around 30% in Q4 2017. The remainder, which were mainly lower ARPU vessels, were lost as a result of scrappage and increased competition. The rate of vessel losses for these reasons declined during the half to c.350 in Q2, from c.420 in Q1 and c. 520 in Q4 2017. New pricing strategies and increased functionality will be implemented over the next 12 months to address these FB vessel losses.

FB revenues consequently declined by 7.1% in H1, including 9.1% in Q2, with the migration to FX accounting for over half of this reduction in H1. FB ARPU remained stable during H1 at around $770 per month.

Fleet One doubled its revenue to $3.7m of airtime and equipment revenue in H1, including $1.4m in Q2 2018, with around 400 new Fleet One terminals installed during Q2. The product's customer base is now 3,672 vessels, up from 1,937 in H1 2017. Fleet One's average airtime ARPU increased in H1 to around $113, but fell in Q2 to around $65 per month due to lower usage related to seasonality, but is expected to normalise to around $100 per month in the coming quarters.

During the period, the International Maritime Organization's Maritime Safety Committee formally approved our Fleet Safety solution as a new service to support the Global Maritime Distress & Safety System ("GMDSS"). The GMDSS approval for Fleet Safety is immediate and not conditional on a number of stringent performance tests, unlike the conditional approval of Iridium's GMDSS solution, which is planned for introduction in 2020. 

Fleet Safety represents an upgrade to our existing Inmarsat-C safety service, which is currently installed on over 160,000 vessels across the commercial maritime industry. The new service will be delivered over our existing I-4 satellites, as well as over our I-6 satellites. Ship owners and operators will be able to combine maritime safety and broadband data services in a single FB or Fleet One terminal.

Revenue from our mainly lower margin and legacy products was flat in the half, with the on-going decline in legacy product revenue being offset by a $6.8m increase in VSAT terminal sales in H1 2018 (including an increase of $3.0m in Q2). Terminal sales will remain a positive feature of our revenue mix over the next 12 to 18 months, helping to deliver new airtime revenues once installed. Excluding terminal sales, other legacy products declined by $6.5m, or 16.7%, to $32.4m in the half.

Direct costs increased by $3.0m in H1 2018, including an increase of $0.2m in Q2, mainly due to higher bad debt provisions, following temporarily slower customer collections resulting from the introduction of a new billing system. Leased capacity savings achieved from the migration of XL vessels to FX were broadly offset by the addition of low margin terminal sales during the period. These savings are expected to have an increasingly beneficial impact on direct costs, as the XL migration programme draws to a close by the end of 2019.

Indirect costs increased by $4.1m in H1 2018, including $2.2m in Q2, mainly as a result of increased marketing activity related to the Volvo Ocean Race, which has now finished.

As a result, EBITDA in H1 declined by $4.8m, with EBITDA margin decreasing to 77.2%, from 79.6% (in Q2, EBITDA fell by $2.3m, with EBITDA margin declining to 77.3%, from 79.0% in Q2 2017).

Maritime capex, which is all success-based capex supporting customer installations in FX and XL migrations, helping to deliver new airtime revenues once installed, was up slightly to $24.0m in the period, including $12.6m in Q2.

 Government

Government revenue declined by 2.3% to $183.1m in H1 2018, but increased by 3.3% to $104.8m in Q2.

This growth was driven by an outstanding performance from our US Government business, where revenue grew by 2.8% in the half, including 7.8% in Q2, against a very tough comparator. This was the result of the renewal of a contract on revised terms, as well as one-off airtime leasing revenues and equipment sales in Q2. The Boeing Take-or-Pay contract saw further progress, with underlying revenues continuing to increase and breakage declining, but the total contract continues to reduce to normalised levels.

Outside the US, revenues fell by 11.6% in the period, including 5.8% in Q2, mainly reflecting the previously highlighted end of exceptional higher margin operational revenue in Q3 2017.

Direct costs increased by $5.4m in H1 2018, including $1.3m in Q2, mainly due to the impact of the lower margin CSSC contract during the period, partially offset by higher margin revenues from the renewed contract and airtime leasing revenues outlined above. Indirect costs declined by $1.2m in the period, including $0.4m in Q2.

As a result of lower revenue and higher direct costs in the period, EBITDA declined by $8.6m and EBITDA margin fell to 70.6%. However, due to the increase in high margin revenue offsetting the lower margin revenue generated in Q2, EBITDA in that quarter was up by $2.4m to $75.9m, with EBITDA margin remaining flat at 72.4%.

As previously outlined, near-term future revenue growth in Government is expected to be modest, with contract wins continuing to be lumpy and irregular.

Aviation

Core Aviation business

Our Core Aviation business comprises SwiftBroadband and JetConneX for Business and General Aviation ("BGA"), Classic Aero and SwiftBroadband-Safety for Safety and Operational Services ("SOS") and other legacy products. As in previous periods, revenue growth across these businesses was particularly strong, increasing by $10.8m, 16.8%, to $74.3m in the half, including an increase of $5.6m, 17.1%, to $37.6m in Q2.

By the end of Q2 2018, 290 aircraft were installed with JetConneX, our GX-based product for BGA, (from 67 at the end of Q2 2017). During the half, JetConneX grew airtime revenue by a factor of seven times to $8.3m (H1 2017: $1.1m), including $4.6m in Q2 (Q2 2017: $0.6m).

SwiftBroadband revenues grew $3.3m, 8.8%, in the period to $40.6m, including an increase of $1.4m, 7.4%, to $20.2m in Q2, driven by higher usage, with the number of installed aircraft remaining stable at around 4,000.

In SOS, Classic Aero delivered revenue growth of $2.3m, 11.9%, to $21.6m in the half, including an increase of $1.2m, 12.4%, to $10.9m in Q2, as a result of a change to the pricing structure, to reflect higher usage. The number of aircraft using the service remained stable at around 9,000.

Revenue in our other legacy products in our Core business decreased to $3.7m (H1 2017: $5.8m), including $1.9m in Q2, (Q2 2017: $2.9m), due to the end of a leasing contract, as previously highlighted, which will have a similar impact on H2 2018.

Direct costs in our Core business remained fairly immaterial at $0.7m in the half, including $0.3m in Q2, whilst indirect costs remained stable at $5.0m in H1 and $2.8m in Q2. EBITDA and Business Unit Operating Cash Flow for the Core Aviation business consequently both grew to $68.6m in H1 and to $34.5m in Q2.

IFC

IFC revenues, comprising our L-band-based IFC services for commercial aviation, and our GX Aviation services for IFC, more than doubled across the period, together growing by $21.6m, 110.2%, to $41.2m in the half, including $11.1m, 102.8%, in Q2 to $21.9m.

Our L-band-based IFC services delivered revenue growth of $4.7m, 26.3%, to $22.6m, including an increase of $0.8m, 7.9%, in Q2 to $10.9m, driven by increased usage.

We also generated $18.7m of GX-related revenue in the half, including $11.0m in Q2, (H1 2017: $1.6m, including $0.6m in Q2, restated for IFRS15) of which $1.4m was higher margin airtime revenue, generated for the first time. The remainder of this revenue was relatively low margin equipment sales, which is a precursor to further airtime revenue generation in the future.

We now have over 1,400 aircraft expected under signed contracts for our GX and EAN Aviation IFC services, including a number of new airline customers who signed airtime contracts or made GX hardware commitments so far in 2018, including Citilink, Kuwait Airways, Philippine Airlines and Emirates Airlines. We continue to advance our new business pipeline of around 3,000 aircraft and we are confident in the strength of our competitive position, with GX and the EAN, to continue to win new IFC business on attractive terms.

We now have 286 GX-installed aircraft across a number of customers (up from 245 at the end of Q1 2018). Several customers, including Qatar Airways and Air New Zealand, officially launched Inmarsat-supported GX IFC services during Q2, and we now have 48 aircraft commercially activated, albeit with very low take-up rates at this early stage of service delivery, generating airtime revenue.

Preparations continue for the service roll-out of the European Aviation Network ("EAN"). We continue to receive the outstanding regulatory authorisations and remain confident that claims raised by some of our competitors against national regulators will not delay our plans.

IFC direct costs increased to $21.1m in H1 2018 (H1 2017: $1.1m), including $13.6m in Q2 2018 (Q2 2017: $0.4m), due to additional short term GX equipment sales being added to the revenue mix. Indirect costs in IFC, related to investment in headcount and other overhead costs associated with the pursuit and delivery of the major growth opportunities in IFC, increased by $2.2m to $28.8m in H1 and by $1.9m to $16.5m in Q2.

Cash capex in IFC decreased to $28.9m in H1 2018, (H1 2017: $85.4), and to $9.1m in Q2 2018 (Q2 2017: $36.4m) mainly as a result of infrastructure investment in the S-band satellite in the prior year, ahead of its launch.

As a result of all of the factors outlined above, IFC EBITDA improved in the period, with the Business Unit Operating Cash Flow in IFC improving significantly, reducing the level of start-up investment by $55.9m to $37.6m for the half.

Enterprise

Enterprise revenues increased by $1.7m, 2.7%, in H1 2018, mainly as a result of significant growth in satellite phone airtime and handset revenue in Q1. Revenues declined by $1.6m, 4.9%, in Q2 due to a decline in revenues from our Broadband Global Area Network ("BGAN") product and the continued downward trajectory of fixed-to-mobile revenues.

BGAN revenues were flat in the period, at $12.2m, but fell by $0.4m, 7.3%, to $5.1m in Q2 due to a minor SIM reclassification. Excluding this impact, BGAN delivered revenue growth of 4.1% in H1 and 12.7% in Q2, highlighting the strong underlying performance of this product line.

Satellite phone airtime and handset revenue increased by $8.4m, 68.3%, to $20.7m, including by $2.1m, 27.3%, in Q2 to $9.8m, due to several new partnerships for handset sales over the period.

Fixed-to-mobile revenues continued to decline, falling by $3.4m, 37.0% to $5.8m during the period, including by $1.6m, 38.1% to $2.6m in Q2, reflecting on-going decline of satellite-based voice products, driven by continued migration to Voice-over-IP.

Machine to Machine ("M2M") revenue increased by $1.0m, 11.2%, to $9.9m during the half, including by $0.5m, 11.1%, to $5.0m in Q2, driven by on-going demand for M2M in commercial applications and an increase in terminals to over 360,000.

Direct costs increased by $2.5m in the half, mainly reflecting the substantial satellite phone handset sales agreements in Q1, but declined by $0.7m in Q2, given a lower level of handset sales. Indirect costs increased by $2.1m in the period, including an increase of $1.5m in Q2, as a result of legal fees in the period.

Consequently, EBITDA was down by $2.9m in H1 2018, and down by $2.4m in Q2. EBITDA margin declined to 63.6% in the half and to 61.0% in Q2.

Central Services

Revenue from Ligado increased $1.1m during the half, but was flat in Q2, driven by the terms of our 2016 agreement.

Direct costs increased by $0.5m in H1 2018, and by $0.7m in Q2.

Indirect costs increased by $1.0m in H1 2018, but decreased by $4.1m in Q2, with costs contained as a result of the headcount reduction programme initiated in Q4 2017, a currency benefit of c.$1m and the impact of the implementation of IFRS16 which moved lease costs of $3.3m into depreciation.

As previously outlined, growth in central operational delivery costs in 2018 is expected to be in low single digits, in percentage terms.

Central Services capital expenditure in H1 2018 increased by $8.7m, due to the timing of expenditure on our major infrastructure programmes, including in Q1 2018 the 5th GX satellite and the I-6 satellite infrastructure. This was partially offset by a reduction of $29.1m in capital expenditure in Q2 2018, due to the launch and insurance costs of I-5 F4 satellite in the prior year.

Reconciliation of EBITDA to profit after tax

Operating profit

Operating profit decreased by $44.5m (including a decrease of $18.1m in Q2) to $140.7m. This is largely attributable to the I-5 F4 and S-Band satellites coming into commercial service in Q4 2017 which resulted in increased depreciation and amortisation of $38.4m in the first half ($20.1m for Q2).

Net financing cost

Net financing costs for the half increased by $138.0 to $259.8m, including an increase of $219.1m to $256.4m in Q2. This has been driven by the significant increase in the unrealised conversion liability on the 2023 Convertible Bond. The fair value of the conversion liability is calculated as the difference between the market value of the Convertible Bond and the 'book value' of the cash element of the convertible bond. The convertible price increased substantially in Q2, following EchoStar's takeover approach in June. This drove an increase in the fair value liability and a corresponding charge in the income statement. Since then, the market value of the convertible bond has reduced sharply. The impact of the unrealised conversion liability will reverse to nil if the convertible bonds reach maturity and are not converted.

Financing costs, excluding the non-cash impact of the convertible bond adjustments outlined above, increased marginally by $2.9m and $1.9m for the half and quarter respectively due to an increase in net debt.

Taxation

The underlying effective tax rate for the half year was 16.3% (2017: 15.7%). This rate is lower than the UK statutory rate of 19% (2017: 19.25%), due to some profits being earned in jurisdictions where the tax rate is lower than the UK and the benefit that the business gains in the UK from the Patent Box regime, which allows income to be taxed at 10%, rather than the statutory rate of 19%.

Any gain or reduction in the unrealised conversion liability on the convertible bond which is reported in net financing costs, as outlined in note 7, is non-taxable.

The Group maintains tax provisions in respect of ongoing enquiries with tax authorities. In the event all such enquiries were settled as currently provided for, we estimate that the Group would incur a cash tax outflow of approximately $90m, excluding interest, during 2019. The enquiries remain ongoing at this time.

Profit after tax ("PAT")

Adjusted PAT, which excludes the impact on the income statement of the unrealised conversion liability on the 2023 convertible bond, declined by $35.5m for H1 2018 (including a decrease of $12.2m in Q2 2018), reflecting changes in EBITDA, depreciation, financing costs and taxation noted above. Including this impact, statutory PAT decreased by $170.6m to a loss of $131.8m (including a decrease of $229.8m in Q2 2018).

Cash Flow1

Free cash flow decreased in the half by $26.8m, with lower capital expenditure of $50.4m and lower tax of $18.0m more than offset by a working capital outflow of $61.6m, driven by both higher receivables and inventory. The increase in receivables was largely due to a temporary slowdown in customer collections relating to the introduction of a new billing system and the higher inventory levels were driven by additional inventory being held to support new terminal installations in the Aviation business.

 1 Cash flow outlined in this table is non-statutory.

2 Net borrowings includes the convertible bond, total borrowings less cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. Borrowings exclude accrued interest

and any derivative liabilities.

3 Non-cash movements relate primarily to the amortisation of deferred financing costs and the fair value of the convertible bond.

Capital Expenditure

The decrease in capital expenditure on major infrastructure projects for both the half and Q2 was mainly due to the launch and insurance costs of the I-5 F4 satellite impacting the prior year periods. Success-based capex increased in H1, due to the higher levels of spend in Q1 relating to GX installations in Maritime and Aviation, but decreased in Q2 due to the timing of GX installations in Aviation. Other capex remained relatively stable during the period, with investment continuing in areas like IT and Cyber. Cash flow timing for the half and quarter was impacted by the timing of contractual payments on GX-5.

Group Liquidity and Capital Resources

At 30 June 2018, the Group had cash and cash equivalents of $204.3m, short term deposits of $171.5m and available but undrawn borrowing facilities of $500.5m under our Senior Revolving Credit Facility. In July 2018, a new 5 year Senior Revolving Credit Facility of $750m was agreed, to replace existing $500m facility, on substantially the same terms, allowing the Group to drawdown against it to meet any short term operational liquidity needs, if required, through to 2023.

Principal Risks and Uncertainties

There have been no material changes in the principal risks and uncertainties from those described on pages 51 - 55 of the 2017 Inmarsat plc Annual Report and Accounts.

Related Party Transactions

There have been no material changes in the related party transactions described on page 151 of the of the 2017 Inmarsat plc Annual Report and Accounts.

Dividends

At our full year results for 2017 on 9 March 2018, the Board took a decision to reduce the annual dividend to 20 cents per share, with the annual dividend expected to stay at these levels until the cash flow of the business rebuilds sufficiently to make an increase appropriate. The Board will therefore propose to shareholders a 2018 interim dividend of 8 cents per share, based on the reduced annual level of dividend of 20 cents per share and Inmarsat's historic allocation of 60% of the full year dividend to the final dividend.

A full scrip dividend election opportunity is available for shareholders, enabling them to elect in their absolute discretion to take all or any part of their cash dividend entitlement in Inmarsat shares. This option is available to shareholders in relation to the 2018 interim dividend. Dividend payments that are due to be paid in cash will be paid in Pounds Sterling based on the exchange rate from the WMReuters GBP/USD 9am fix (London time) four business days prior to the date of announcement of the scrip reference price. The procedure that will apply for scrip dividends will be advised to shareholders in due course. The 2018 interim dividend is not recorded as a liability in the financial statements at 30 June 2018.

Inmarsat plc

99 City Road

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By order of the Board,

Rupert Pearce Tony Bates

Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer

2 August 2018 2 August 2018

1 "Major infrastructure projects" capex consists of satellite design, build and launch costs and ground network infrastructure costs.

2 "Success-based capex" consists of capital equipment installed on ships, aircraft and other customer platforms.

3 "Other capex" investment primarily includes infrastructure maintenance, IT and capitalised product and service development costs.

4 Cash flow timing represents the difference between accrued capex and the actual cash flows

INMARSAT PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM INCOME STATEMENT

For the half year ended 30 June 2018 (unaudited)

1 2017 figures have been restated throughout this announcement to reflect the adoption of IFRS15 and the reclassification of short term deposits. The Group has also adopted IFRS16 and IFRS9 as of 1 January 2018. Please refer to Appendix 2 of this announcement for further details.

2 The change in fair value of derivatives relates to the mark-to-market valuation of the conversion liability component of the convertible bonds due 2023, issued in Q3 2016.

3 Non-controlling interest ("NCI") refers to the Group's 51% shareholding in Inmarsat Solutions ehf.

INMARSAT PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

For the half year ended 30 June 2018 (unaudited)

 INMARSAT PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM BALANCE SHEET (unaudited)

1 Cash and cash on deposits with maturity at acquisition of less than 3 months.

2 Short-term deposits are cash held on deposit with maturity at acquisition of between 3 and 12 months.

INMARSAT PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY (unaudited)

For the half year ended 30 June 2018

1 The 'other' reserve relates to ordinary shares held by the Employee Share Trust debit of $3.1m (2017: $2.4m), the currency reserve credit of $1.0m (2017: $0.6m) and the revaluation reserve of $0.6m (2017:  $0.6m).

2 Non-controlling interest ("NCI") refers to the Group's 51% shareholding in Inmarsat Solutions ehf.

3 Represents the fair value of share option awards recognised in the period.

4 OCI refers to Other Comprehensive Income.

5 Represents the cash value of the scrip dividend reinvested into the Company.

INMARSAT PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM CASH FLOW STATEMENT

For the half year ended 30 June 2018 (unaudited)

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (unaudited)

1. General information

Inmarsat plc ('the Company' or, together with its subsidiaries, 'the Group') is a company incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in England.

2. Principal accounting policies

Basis of preparation 

The condensed consolidated interim financial statements for the half year 30 June 2018 have been prepared in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the Financial Conduct Authority and with IAS 34, 'Interim Financial Reporting' as adopted by the European Union. They were approved by the Board of Directors on 2 August 2018.

The financial information presented in this release does not constitute statutory accounts as defined in Section 434 of the Companies Act 2006. The statutory accounts for the year ended 31 December 2017 were approved by the Board of Directors on 9 March 2018. The auditor's report on those accounts was unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis and did not contain a statement under Section 498(2) or (3) of the Companies Act 2006.

Going Concern

The Group has a robust and resilient business model, and is expected to generate positive free cash flow over the medium term and is compliant with all banking covenants. Because of this, the Directors believe that the Company and the Group are well placed to manage their business risks successfully. After considering current financial projections and facilities available and after making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, Inmarsat plc continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the consolidated financial statements.

Basis of accounting

The functional currency of the Company and most of the Group's subsidiaries and the presentation currency is the US Dollar, as the majority of receipts from operational transactions and borrowings are denominated in US Dollars.

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in conformity with IFRS requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period. Although these estimates are based on management's best estimate of the amount, event or actions, the actual results may ultimately differ from these estimates.

In the current period the Group has adopted IFRS15, IFRS16, IFRS9 and IAS7. The impact of these changes in accounting policies has been discussed in Appendix 2 of this announcement. Other than those discussed within Appendix 2, the accounting policies used are consistent with the 2017 financial statements.

3. Segment information

Operating segments are reported in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to the Chief Operating Decision Maker to allocate resources and assess the performance of the Group. The Group's operating segments are aligned to five market-facing business units, being:

· Maritime, focusing on worldwide commercial maritime services;

· US Government, focusing on US civil and military government services; and

· Global Government, focusing on worldwide civil and military government services.

· Aviation, focusing on commercial IFC, business and general aviation services;

· Enterprise, focusing on worldwide energy, industry, media, carriers, and M2M services;

3. Segment information (continued)

These five business units are supported by 'Central Services' which include satellite operations and backbone infrastructure, corporate administrative costs, and any income that is not directly attributable to a business unit such as Ligado Networks. The Group has aggregated the US Government and Global Government operating segments into one reporting segment, as the segments meet the criteria for aggregation under IFRS8. Therefore, the Group's reportable segments are Maritime, Government, Aviation, Enterprise and Central Services. The accounting policies of the operating segments are the same as the Group's accounting policies described in Note 2. Segment results are assessed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker at the EBITDA level without the allocation of central costs, depreciation, net financing costs and taxation.

 1 Central Services includes revenue and EBITDA from Ligado. 

4. Net financing costs

5. Taxation

6. Net Borrowings

These balances are shown net of unamortised deferred finance costs, which have been allocated as follows:

For further details of the Group's debt structure please refer to note 19 of the 2017 Annual Report.

7. Fair value of financial instruments

The Group's derivative financial instruments consist of forward foreign currency contracts which are primarily designated as cash flow hedges and the conversion liability component of the Convertible Bonds due 2023.

The Group generally does not hedge foreign currency transactions. Where there is a material contract with a foreign currency exposure, a specific hedge to match the specific risk will be evaluated. At present the Group only hedges certain foreign currency milestone payments to Airbus for the construction of the I-6 satellites.

The fair values at the Balance Sheet date were:

The fair values of forward foreign exchange contracts are based on the difference between the contract amount at the current forward rate at each period end and the contract amount at the contract rate, discounted at a variable risk-free rate at the period end.

On issuance the Convertible Bond 2023 was bifurcated between a cash debt and conversion liability component, as shown below. The cash debt component meets the definition of net borrowings and over the term of the bond will accrete up to the principal value of $650m with the cost of that accretion recognised in net financing costs. The conversion liability component represents the value of the conversion rights associated with the instrument and is accounted for at fair value through profit and loss.

The fair value of the conversion liability is calculated as the difference between the fair value of the Convertible Bond (being the principal multiplied by the closing bond price at the Balance Sheet date) and the accreted balance of the cash debt component. At 30 June 2018, the fair value of the Convertible Bond was $901.1m and the accreted balance of the cash debt component was $568.1m, meaning the conversion liability was valued at $333.0m. As shown in the table below, the movement in the conversion liability from December 2017 to 30 June 2018 of $207.3m has been recognised in the income statement through net financing costs:

The impact of the unrealised conversion liability will reverse to nil if the convertible bonds reach maturity and are not converted.

The Group has no financial instruments with fair values that are determined by reference to significant unobservable inputs i.e. those that would be classified as level 3 in the fair value hierarchy, nor have there been any transfers of assets or liabilities between levels of the fair value hierarchy. There are no non-recurring fair value measurements.

Except as detailed in the following table, the Directors consider that the carrying value of non-derivative financial assets and liabilities approximately equal to their fair values:

8. Dividends

The Board intends to declare an interim dividend of 8.00 cents ($) per ordinary share, to be paid on 19 October 2018 to ordinary shareholders on the share register at the close of business on 14 September 2018. Dividend payments will be made in Pounds Sterling based on the exchange rate from the WMReuters GBP/USD 9am fix (London time) four business days prior to the date of announcement of the scrip reference price. In accordance with IAS 10, this dividend has not been recorded as a liability for the half year ended 30 June 2018.

9. Earnings per share

Earnings per share for the half year ended 30 June 2018 has been calculated based on the profit attributable to equity holders for the period and the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held by the Employee Benefit Trust).

For diluted earnings per share, the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue is adjusted to assume conversion of all potentially dilutive ordinary shares. These represent share options and awards granted to employees under the employee share plans.

10. Adjusted earnings per share

Adjusted earnings per share for the half year ended 30 June 2018 has been calculated based on profit attributable to equity holders adjusted for the pre-tax impact of the change in the fair value of the conversion liability component of the 2023 Convertible Bonds.

11. Contingent liabilities

The Group is subject to periodic legal claims in the ordinary course of its business, none of which is expected to have a material impact on the Group's financial position. There have been no material changes to the Group's contingent liabilities from those reported in the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2017.

12. Events after the balance sheet date

The interim dividend and the renegotiation of the Senior Credit Facility discussed on page 13 are both considered material non adjusting post balance sheet events as per IAS10. There have been on other material events since the balance sheet date.

DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITY STATEMENT

The Directors confirm to the best of their knowledge that:

(a) the condensed set of financial statements has been prepared in accordance with IAS 34, "Interim Financial Reporting"

(b) the interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by Disclosure and Transparency Rule ('DTR') 4.2.7R, being an indication of important events during the first six months and description of principal risks and uncertainties for the remaining six months of the year; and

(c) the interim management report includes a fair review of the information required by DTR 4.2.8R, being the disclosure of related parties' transactions and changes therein.

The Directors of Inmarsat plc are listed on our website at www.inmarsat.com.

By order of the Board,

Rupert Pearce Tony Bates

Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer

2 August 2018 2 August 2018

INDEPENDENT REVIEW REPORT TO INMARSAT PLC

We have been engaged by the company to review the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly financial report for the six months ended 30 June 2018 which comprises the condensed consolidated interim income statement, the condensed consolidated interim statement of comprehensive income, the condensed consolidated interim balance sheet, the condensed consolidated interim statement of changes in equity, the condensed consolidated interim cash flow statement, related notes 1 to 12 and appendices 1 and 2. We have read the other information contained in the half-yearly financial report and considered whether it contains any apparent misstatements or material inconsistencies with the information in the condensed set of financial statements.

This report is made solely to the company in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagements (UK and Ireland) 2410 "Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity" issued by the Financial Reporting Council. Our work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company those matters we are required to state to it in an independent review report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company, for our review work, for this report, or for the conclusions we have formed.

Directors' responsibilities

The half-yearly financial report is the responsibility of, and has been approved by, the directors. The directors are responsible for preparing the half-yearly financial report in accordance with the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority.

As disclosed in note 2, the annual financial statements of the group are prepared in accordance with IFRSs as adopted by the European Union. The condensed set of financial statements included in this half-yearly financial report has been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 "Interim Financial Reporting" as adopted by the European Union.

Our responsibility

Our responsibility is to express to the Company a conclusion on the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly financial report based on our review.

Scope of review

We conducted our review in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagements (UK and Ireland) 2410 "Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity" issued by the Financial Reporting Council for use in the United Kingdom. A review of interim financial information consists of making inquiries, primarily of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) and consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Conclusion

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the condensed set of financial statements in the half-yearly financial report for the six months ended 30 June 2018 is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with International Accounting Standard 34 as adopted by the European Union and the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority.

Deloitte LLP

Statutory Auditor

London, United Kingdom

2 August 2017

APPENDIX 1: ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES ("APMs")

The Directors use APMs to better understand the underlying financial performance of the Group and to provide comparability of information between reporting periods and business units. The measures are also used in discussions with the investment analyst community and the credit rating agencies. Given that APMs are not defined by International Financial Reporting Standards they may not be directly comparable with other companies who use similar measures. APMs used in these financial statements are:

APPENDIX 2: ACCOUNTING POLICY CHANGES

IFRS15 'Revenue from contracts with customers'

The Group has adopted IFRS15 on 1 January 2018 using the fully retrospective method. Two revenue streams were identified as areas requiring Group policy change to align with IFRS15. These are revenues from the Ligado contract and installation revenues.

The impact due to these changes is set out below:

Within the income statement, the main impact of IFRS 15 is on the treatment of installation revenue which was previously recognised in full on completion of the work. Under IFRS15 installation revenue is in most instances added to the transaction price and spread over the contract period. Similarly installation costs, which were previously expensed on installation, are now capitalised and depreciated over the contract period. These changes flow through to the balance sheet leading to an increases in property, plant and equipment due to the capitalisation of installation costs and an increase in deferred income, reported within trade and other payables, reflecting the corresponding delay in the recognition of installation revenue.

The Ligado impact is largely limited to the balance sheet with payments which were contractually deferred and were previously offset against deferred revenue now being recognised as receivables leading to an increase of $18m in both current assets and current liabilities.

The overall impact of the accounting policy change is a decrease in net assets and retained income of $8.5m as at the 30 June 2017.

In the cash flow statement the impact of the accounting policy change is limited to the reclassification of installation costs from cash generated from operations into investing activities. The overall movement in cash remains unchanged.

IFRS16 'Leases'

IFRS16 has been adopted by the Group on 1 January 2018 using the modified retrospective approach which allows for the recognition of the lease liability and asset as at 1 January 2018 with no restatement of prior period financial statements.

The main impact is around property leases where the Group is the lessee.

A lease liability of $87.2m has been calculated using the present value of the unpaid lease payments over the lease term specific to each lease, using the incremental borrowing rate as the discount rate. The liability has been separated between a current ($13.1m) and a non-current liability ($74.1m). A right of use asset of $75.7m has been created based on the lease liability, adjusted by $11.5m of accruals related to the phasing of lease payments.

There was an EBITDA benefit of $5.7m in the quarter from lease-related costs being accounted for as depreciation and interest rather than indirect costs. Overall PBT was positively impacted by $6.0m mainly due to the forex gain of $3m.

IFRS9 'Financial Instruments'

IFRS9 has been adopted in January 2018. There has been no material impact on Q1 or prior year reported numbers.

IAS7 Reclassification of short term deposits

In Q4 2017, the Group changed the basis for recognising short term deposits with a maturity less than 3 months to more accurately reflect the requirements of IAS7. Previously short term deposits with less than 3 months remaining until maturity at the reporting date were classified as cash and cash equivalents. This has been changed so that only those short-term deposits that have a 3 month maturity at their acquisition date are classified as cash and cash equivalents.

As a result, the comparative financial numbers for the year to Q2 2017 have been restated and short term deposits have increased by $298.6m to $415.0m and cash & cash equivalents have decreased by $298.6m to $101.4m. The overall impact on current assets is zero. The corresponding impact on the cash flow statement can be seen in the table below:

1 The reported numbers in the table above have been adjusted for the impact of IFRS15 which is discussed earlier in this appendix. The restated numbers above therefore need to be considered in aggregate.