Notes to the company financial statements l Note 12

12 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Refer to note 10.1 of the group financial statements for the applicable accounting policy.

Various transactions were entered into by the company during the year with related parties.

The following is a summary of significant transactions with subsidiaries during the year and significant balances at the reporting date:

   2017 
Rm 
   2016 
Rm 
  
Dividends paid             
– Mobile Telephone Networks Holdings Limited  (70)    (112)   
– MTN Zakhele Futhi (RF) Limited  (538)    –    
Dividends received             
– Mobile Telephone Networks Holdings Limited  12 500     20 200    
Management fees paid             
– MTN Group Management Services Proprietary Limited  (189)    (148)   
Management fees received             
– MTN International Proprietary Limited  208     163    
Professional fees paid             
– MTN Group Management Services Proprietary Limited  –     (2)   
Receivables             
– Mobile Telephone Networks Holdings Limited  93     111    
– MTN Group Management Services Proprietary Limited  29     6    
– Mobile Telephone Networks Proprietary Limited  7     3    
– MTN (Dubai) Limited1  *     33    
– MTN International Proprietary Limited  66     55    
– MTN Zakhele Futhi (RF) Limited2  –     13    
– MTN (Mauritius) Investments Limited3  *     2    
– MTN International (Mauritius) Limited  *     –    
Payables             
– MTN Group Management Services Proprietary Limited  (68)    (14)   
– MTN (Dubai) Limited1  (31)    (8)   
– Mobile Telephone Networks Holdings Limited  –     (538)   
Share dealings             
– Main Street 1561 Proprietary Limited4  295     –    
1 The balances result from transactions whereby MTN Dubai Limited and the company extinguished liabilities on behalf of each other
2 The balance arose from the MTN Zakhele Futhi transaction (note 8).
3 The balance results from transactions whereby the company extinguished liabilities on behalf of MTN (Mauritius) Investments Limited.
4 On 28 December 2017, 14 750 000 MTN Zakhele Futhi shares, acquired by the company in terms of the 2016 MTN Zakhele Futhi underwrite option (note 8), were sold for a total consideration of R295 million. The shares were purchased by Main Street 1561 Proprietary Limited, a wholly owned company of PF Nhleko, non-executive chairman of MTN Group.
* Amounts less than R1 million.

Financial guarantee contracts
Details of financial guarantee contracts are disclosed in note 13 of the company financial statements.

Directors
Details of directors’ remuneration are disclosed in note 3 of the company financial statements and note 10.2 of the group financial statements.

Shareholders
The principal shareholders of the company are disclosed in annexure 1 which is unaudited.


Notes to the company financial statements l Note 12