We would like to bring to your attention the Annual Report of MTS PJSC1 following the results of 2022.
Purpose of the 2022 Annual Report
The MTS Annual Report is a tool of our openness and transparency that allows making investors and shareholders, as well as customers aware of the important solutions and Company operation results. It is also one of our mechanisms for internal evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency of the management processes and product offers, which allows us to maintain a high level of resilience to the arising challenges, competitiveness and market leadership.
The Report provides consolidated information on the main results of the Company’s business in accordance with its strategic goals and objectives for the short, medium and long run.
Key topics of the Report
As part of the Annual Report, we inform shareholders, the investment community and all stakeholders about the situation and prospects of our business. We strive to provide comprehensive and unbiased information about the Company, the environment where we operate, a general situation in the markets of our presence and the trends that we observe there. Our primary goal is to help shareholders understand the specifics of our business, our strategic priorities and demonstrate the results of yearly operations in the context of the strategy implementation. Thus, we contribute to correct assessment of the risks and benefits of investing in MTS and, as a result, to informed investment decisions made by the market participants.
In addition to this general mandatory part, in the Annual Report 2022 we focus on the development of MTS as a stable IT company with a large-scale ecosystem of digital products. In 2019, we introduced a new development strategy for the company CLV 2.0 and headed for the formation of a digital ecosystem. We have been actively launching new products for several years now. The rebranding in 2023 was a logical continuation of the big changes in the internal culture, business and philosophy of the brand. Now the basis of the MTS corporate identity is a dynamic and flexible logo that contains all the products and becomes the foundation for the visual system, while its left corner remains free for the logos of individual services. The MTS brand retained its energy, emotionality and desire for change, but became lighter, more empathic and more modern. In the new positioning, there are own distinctive signs for large products, they are all successive to the parent brand, but each has its own unique visual solutions.
The Report has been prepared in accordance with the statutory requirements of the Russian Federation, as well as the regulatory requirements applicable to MTS:
- Federal Law No. 208-FZ “On Joint Stock Companies” dated December 26, 1995;
- Regulations of the Bank of Russia on information disclosure by issuers of equity securities dated March 27, 2020 No. 714-P;
- recommendations of the Corporate Governance Code approved by the Board of Directors of the Bank of Russia on March 21, 2014.
In addition, when preparing the Annual Report, the Company was guided by international standards and best practices in the area of public annual reporting.
Information about MTS
Mobile TeleSystems Public Joint Stock Company (MTS PJSC) is a digital ecosystem, leading company in Russia providing mobile and fixed telephony services, data transfer and internet access, cable and satellite TV broadcasting, provider of digital services, including fintech and media within ecosystems and mobile apps; provider of IT solutions in the field of unified communications, the Internet of Things, monitoring, data processing, cloud computing, cybersecurity. About 88 million subscribers in Russia, Belarus and Armenia use mobile communication services delivered by MTS Group. MTS holds a leading position in the Russian mobile business market by servicing the largest subscriber base accounting for 80 million users. MTS fixed services — telephony, Internet access and TV — cover more than 10 million subscribers, OTT and pay-TV services in various environments — more than 11 million users, the total number of MTS ecosystem customers exceeds 13 million. The company has 14 data centers in Russia and a retail network of more than 5,300 stores. The largest shareholder of MTS is Sistema PJSFC. MTS shares are listed on the Moscow Stock Exchange under the code MTSS.
1 In this Annual Report, the terms “MTS PJSC”, “MTS” and the “Company” should be understood as Mobile TeleSystems Public Joint Stock Company, and the terms the “MTS Group”. “Group” should be understood as a group of companies consisting of MTS PJSC and its subsidiaries. The figures contained in this Annual Report are as of December 31, 2021, unless other periods or dates are expressly indicated.