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Five-year review

 

  Financial information December
2010
  December
2009
  December
2008
  December
2007
  December
2006
 
  Income statement – extracts (Rm)                    
  Revenue 114 684   111 947   102 526   73 145   51 595  
  EBITDA 47 537   46 063   43 166   31 845   22 413  
  Pro t from operations 32 137   31 588   30 407   22 872   16 094  
  Net finance costs (4 094)   (5 810)   (1 917)   (3 173)   (1 427)  
  Income tax expense (11 268)   (8 612)   (11 355)   (7 791)   (2 591)  
  Profit after tax attributable to                    
  – Equity holders of the Company 14 300   14 650   15 315   10 608   10 610  
  – Non-controlling interest 2 527   2 511   1 820   1 308   1 489  
  Basic headline earnings 14 011   14 869   15 603   10 886   10 628  
  Statement of financial position – extracts (Rm)                    
  Property, plant and equipment 63 361   67 541   64 193   39 463   30 647  
  Goodwill 20 797   24 756   31 914   25 744   27 017  
  Intangible assets 9 469   11 308   13 872   13 053   13 088  
  Investments and loans 4 693   5 291   4 683   2 493   2 925  
  Deferred taxation 1 407   1 317   657   1 332   2 605  
  Bank balances, deposits and cash 36 232   24 741   28 738   17 607   10 091  
  Other current assets 18 002   21 283   26 049   15 894   10 544  
  Assets of a disposal group classified as held for sale 825          
  Total assets 154 786   156 237   170 106   115 586   96 917  
  Ordinary shareholders’ interest 71 855   70 011   76 386   47 315   38 696  
  Non-controlling interest 2 219   2 855   4 156   4 187   4 033  
  Interest-bearing liabilities 35 328   36 917   41 590   33 657   32 979  
  Non-interest-bearing liabilities 38 344   40 788   42 985   27 751   18 431  
  Deferred taxation 7 040   5 666   4 989   2 676   2 778  
  Total liabilities 80 712   83 371   89 564   64 084   54 188  
  Total equity and liabilities 154 786   156 237   170 106   115 586   96 917  
  Cash flow statement – extracts (Rm) 50 536   49 632   44 836   34 334   22 934  
  Cash generated from operations 34 728   36 282   34 236   25 850   17 622  
  Net cash in flows from operating activities (15 701)   (33 192)   (27 177)   (17 152)   (35 711)  
  Net cash outflows from investing activities                    
  Net cash outflows from financing activities (2 055)   (926)   292   (2 135)   18 993  
  Cash and cash equivalents 35 907   22 646   25 596   15 546   9 008  
  Dividends paid (6 313)   (3 381)   (2 536)   (1 675)   (1 083)  
  Capital expenditure (15 343)   (27 720)   (26 896)   (15 348)   (9 796)  
  Performance per ordinary share                    
  Basic headline earnings (cents) 760,6   803,2   836,5   584,8   606,5  
  Adjusted headline earnings (cents) 747,0   754,3   904,4   681,9   584,7  
  Attributable earnings (cents) 776,2   791,4   821,0   569,9   605,4  
  Dividends (cents) 343,0   181,0   136,0   90,0   65,0  
  Net asset value – book value (rands)(1) 38,1   38,2   41,0   25,4   20,8  
  Returns and pro tability ratios                    
  Return on assets (%)(2) 20,7   19,4   21,3   21,5   22,7  
  Return on average shareholders’ funds (%)(3) 19,8   20,3   25,2   25,3   36,4  
  EBITDA margin (%) 41,5   41,1   42,1   43,5   43,4  
  Enterprise value/EBITDA multiple (times)(4) 5,4   5,3   5,1   8,1   8,3  
  E ective taxation rate (%) 40,1   33,4   39,9   39,5   17,6  
  Solvency and liquidity ratios                    
  Gearing (%)(5) (1,2)   16,7   16,0   31,2   53,6  
  Interest cover (times)(6) 5,2   2,6   3,5   4,6   4,9  
  Dividends cover (times)(7) 2,2   4,2   4,6   4,3   6,3  
  Net debt to EBITDA(8)   0,3   0,3   0,5   1,0  
  Operating cash flow/revenue (%) 44,1   44,3   43,7   46,9   44,5  
  Share performance                    
  Number of ordinary shares in issue (million)                    
  – at year end 1 885   1 841   1 868   1 865   1 860  
  – weighted average during the year 1 884   1 851   1 865   1 862   1 752  
  Closing price (cents per share) 13 442   11 790   10 850   12 806   8 530  
  Market capitalisation (Rm) 253 318   216 999   202 385   238 806   158 684  

Definitions
(1) Ordinary shareholders’ interest dividend 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

  Operational information December
2010
  December
2009
  December
2008
  December
2007
  December
2006
 
  South Africa                    
  Mobile penetration (%) 105   103   97   86   74  
  Market share (%) 36   32   36   36   36  
  Subscribers (million) 19   16   17   15   12  
  ARPU (ZAR) 154   126   164   149   159  
  EBITDA margin (%) 34   31   33   35   34  
  Capex/sales (%) 11   18   15   10   10  
  Nigeria                    
  Mobile penetration (%) 49   42   36   28   19  
  Market share (%) 52   50   44   43   46  
  Subscribers (million) 39   31   23   17   12  
  ARPU (USD) 11   12   16   17   18  
  EBITDA margin (%) 63   59   58   57   57  
  Capex/sales (%) 14   31   30   24   25  
  Ghana                    
  Mobile penetration (%) 67   61   50   33   22  
  Market share (%) 53   55   55   52   52  
  Subscribers (million) 9   8   6   4   3  
  ARPU (USD) 7   8   12   15   17  
  EBITDA margin (%) 44   45   46   51   42  
  Capex/sales (%) 54   46   31   31   28  
  Iran                    
  Mobile penetration (%) 92   80   61   37   20  
  Market share (%) 44   40   37   23   1  
  Subscribers (million) 30   23   16   6   *  
  ARPU (USD) 8   8   9   10   9  
  EBITDA margin (%) 41   35   30   (13)   (75)  
  Capex/sales (%) 18   44   56   116   1 003  
  Syria                    
  Mobile penetration (%) 50   46   38   26   26  
  Market share (%) 45   45   46   46   46  
  Subscribers (million) 5   4   4   2   2  
  ARPU (USD) 16   18   19   17   17  
  EBITDA margin (%) 24   20   28   35   32  
  Capex/sales (%) 6   11   16   17   10  

* Amount less than R1 million