2004 – 3rd quarter review Darren Entwistle Member of the TELUS Team October 29, 2004
4 TELUS consolidated results Revenue 8% EBITDA 9% Net income 37% Free cash flow $503M TELUS Mobility Leading results across all metrics Communications Non-ILEC, Data and LD perform well this quarter Q3 highlights Benefiting from consistent strategy & execution
5 vision of shareholder value creation TELUS Mobility growth engine bright industry outlook 39% of revenue profile today and growing 2006 and 2007 $3.5 billion debt maturities Primarily repayment events based on cash flow outlook Unlocks bottom line earnings expansion and value creation 5 year goal (2003 – 2007) to lead global peers with top quartile growth of revenue, EBITDA, EPS and cash flow
6 2004E global telecom performance projected Revenue % growth rates As at Oct 28, 2004 Notes: TELUS data based on 2003 results & mid-point of 2004 guidance Other estimates provided by Bloomberg, company and analyst reports 5.5% (0.0) (1.7) (2.3) (2.8) (5.8) (6.2) (12.2) TELUSVZSBCSprintDTPCCWTeliaFTTelstraAliant BCENipponBTKPNMTSBLSAT&T
7 2004E global telecom performance projected EBITDA % growth rates As at Oct 28, 2004 Notes: TELUS data based on 2003 results & mid-point of 2004 guidance Other estimates provided by Bloomberg, company and analyst reports 8% (7) (8) (14) (29) (0.4) (0.2) 2 5 (2.0) (2) TELUSDTFTTelstraSprintBCEVZBT KPNAliantSBCTeliaBLSMTSPCCWAT&TNippon
8 2004E global telecom performance As at Oct 28, 2004 Notes: TELUS data based on 2003 results & mid-point of 2004 guidance Other estimates provided by Bloomberg, company and analyst reports projected Cash Flow (EBITDA - Capex) % growth rates 12% (5) (7) (10) (18) (20) (24) 0.3 (0.6) (3) (2) (0.6) 7 TELUSSprintFTAliantTelstraDTBCE SBCNipponVZTeliaBTBLSKPNMTSPCCWAT&T
9 2004E global telecom performance As at Oct 28, 2004 Notes: TELUS data based on 2003 results & mid-point of 2004 guidance Other estimates provided by Bloomberg, company and analyst reports projected EPS % growth rates 91% (5) (7) (16) (37) (42) FTDTTeliaTELUSMTSKPNBTNipponTelstraBCEAliant VZBLSPCCWSBCSprintAT&T
10 shareholder value creating initiatives Increasing quarterly dividend by 33% to $0.20 per share Establishing dividend payout guideline target % ratio of net earnings Intention to make normal course issuer bid to repurchase up to total of 25.5 million common and non- voting shares, upon obtaining regulatory approval Measures to restrict issue of TELUS shares from treasury Continue balancing interests of shareholders & debt holders