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Group finance director’s report
Five-year review

Five-year review

      December   December   December   December   December  
      2009   2008   2007   2006   2005**#  
 
Financial information
  Rm   Rm   Rm   Rm   Rm  
 
Income statement – extracts
                     
  Revenue   111 947   102 526   73 145   51 595   27 212  
  EBITDA   46 063   43 166   31 845   22 413   11 231  
  Operating profit   31 588   30 407   22 872   16 094   8 478  
  Net finance costs   (5 810)   (1 917)   (3 173)   (1 427)   (373)  
  Income tax expense   (8 612)   (11 355)   (7 791)   (2 591)   (1 411)  
  Attributable to:                      
    Non-controlling interest   (2 511)   (1 820)   (1 308)   (1 489)   (838)  
    Equity holders of the company   14 650   15 315   10 608   10 610   5 866  
  Basic headline earnings   14 869   15 603   10 886   10 628   5 984  
 
Balance sheet – extracts
                     
  Property, plant and equipment   67 541   64 193   39 463   30 647   20 676  
  Goodwill   24 756   31 914   25 744   27 017   2 650  
  Other intangible assets   11 308   13 872   13 053   13 088   4 057  
  Investment in associates, loans and other non-current receivables   5 291   4 683   2 493   2 925   2 367  
  Deferred tax assets   1 317   657   1 332   2 605   1 386  
  Cash and cash equivalents including restricted cash   24 741   28 738   17 607   10 091   7 560  
  Other current assets   21 283   26 049   15 894   10 544   6 116  
 
Total assets
  156 237   170 106   115 586   96 917   44 812  
  Total equity attributable to equity holders of the company   70 011   76 386   47 315   38 696   19 716  
  Non-controlling interest   2 855   4 156   4 187   4 033   3 380  
  Interest-bearing liabilities   36 917   41 590   33 657   32 979   8 605  
  Non-interest-bearing liabilities   40 788   42 985   27 751   18 431   12 258  
  Deferred tax liabilities   5 666   4 989   2 676   2 778   853  
 
Total liabilities
  83 371   89 564   64 084   54 188   21 716  
 
Total equity and liabilities
  156 237   170 106   115 586   96 917   44 812  
 
Cash flow statement – extracts
                     
  Cash generated from operations   49 632   44 836   34 334   22 934   11 367  
  Net cash generated from operating activities   36 282   34 236   25 850   17 622   9 159  
  Net cash used in investing activities   (33 192)   (27 177)   (17 152)   (35 711)   (12 920)  
  Net cash (used in)/generated from financing activities   (926)   292   (2 135)   18 993   5 357  
  Cash and cash equivalents   22 646   25 596   15 546   9 008   7 164  
  Dividend paid   (3 381)   (2 536)   (1 675)   (1 083)   (1 081)  
  Acquisition of property, plant and equipment   (27 720)   (26 896)   (15 348)   (9 796)   (6 732)  
 
Performance per ordinary share
                     
  Basic headline earnings (cents)   803,2   836,5   584,8   606,5   359,8  
  Adjusted headline earnings (cents)   754,3   904,4   681,9   584,7   338,2  
  Attributable earnings (cents)   791,4   821,0   569,9   605,4   352,7  
  Dividend (cents)   181,0   136,0   90,0   65,0   65,0  
  Net asset value – book value (rand)(1)   38,2   41,0   25,4   20,8   11,8  
 
Returns and profitability ratios
                     
  Return on assets (%)(2)   19,4   21,3   21,5   22,7   30,3  
  Return on average shareholders' funds (%)(3)   20,3   25,2   25,3   36,4   44,6  
  EBITDA margin (%)   41,1   42,1   43,5   43,4   41,3  
  Enterprise value/EBITDA multiple (times)(4)   5,3   5,1   8,1   8,3   7,2  
  Effective taxation rate (%)   33,4   39,9   39,5   17,6   17,4  
 
Solvency and liquidity ratios
                     
  Gearing (%)(5)   16,7   16,0   31,2   53,6   4,5  
  Interest cover (times)(6)   2,6   3,5   4,6   4,9   10,7  
  Dividend cover (times)(7)   4,2   4,6   4,3   6,3   5,2  
  Net debt to EBITDA(8)   0,3   0,3   0,5   1,0   0,1  
  Operating cash flow/revenue (%)   44,3   43,7   46,9   44,5   41,8  
 
Share performance
                     
  Number of ordinary shares in issue (million)                      
  – at year-end   1 841   1 868   1 865   1 860   1 665  
  – weighted average during the year   1 851   1 865   1 862   1 752   1 663  
  Closing price (cents per share)   11 790   10 850   12 806   8 530   6 215  
  Market capitalisation (Rm)   216 999   202 385   238 806   158 684   103 498  

Definitions

(1) Ordinary shareholders’ interest divided by the number of ordinary shares in issue at year-end
(2) Profit from operations as a percentage of the average of the opening and closing balances of total assets
(3) Headline earnings as a percentage of the average of the opening and closing balances of ordinary shareholders’ interest
(4) Market capitalisation less net debt (interest-bearing liabilities less bank balances, deposits and cash) divided by EBITDA
(5) Net debt as a percentage of total equity
(6) Profit from operations divided by finance costs
(7) Headline earnings divided by total dividend
(8) Interest-bearing liabilities less cash, divided by EBITDA
** Restated to comply with IFRS
# Nine months to 31 December 2005

      December   December   December   December   December  
 
Operational information
  2009   2008   2007   2006   2005  
 
South Africa
                     
  Mobile penetration (%)   103   97   86   74   62  
  Market share (%)   32   36   36   36   35  
  Subscribers (million)   16   17   15   12   10  
  ARPU (ZAR)   126   164   149   159   169  
  EBITDA margin (%)   31   33   35   34   32  
  Capex/sales (%)   18   15   10   10   15  
 
Nigeria
                     
  Mobile penetration (%)   42   36   28   19   13  
  Market share (%)   50   44   43   46   47  
  Subscribers (million)   31   23   17   12   8  
  ARPU (USD)   12   16   17   18   22  
  EBITDA margin (%)   59   58   57   57   52  
  Capex/sales (%)   31   30   24   25   43  
 
Ghana**
                     
  Mobile penetration (%)   61   50   33   22      
  Market share (%)   55   55   52   52      
  Subscribers (million)   8   6   4   3      
  ARPU (USD)   8   12   15   17      
  EBITDA margin (%)   45   46   51   42      
  Capex/sales (%)   46   31   31   28      
 
Sudan**
                     
  Mobile penetration (%)   34   23   21   12      
  Market share (%)   28   28   28   25      
  Subscribers (million)   4   3   2   1      
  ARPU (USD)   5   7   12   16      
  EBITDA margin (%)   21   15   36   17      
  Capex/sales (%)   34   57   60   74      
 
Iran**
                     
  Mobile penetration (%)   80   61   37   20      
  Market share (%)   40   37   23   1      
  Subscribers (million)   23   16   6   *      
  ARPU (USD)   8   9   10   9      
  EBITDA margin (%)   35   30   (13)   (75)      
  Capex/sales (%)   44   56   116   1 003      

*   Amounts less than R1 million
**   Included from date of acquisition