Preliminary condensed consolidated annual financial statements
for the year ended 31 March 2009

 

Operating results

Operating results for the year ended 31 March 2009

    South   Inter-       Corporate/      
  Rm Africa   national   Gateway   Eliminations   Group  
  Airtime and access 25 771   4 560   -   -   30 331  
  Data 5 973   468   -   -   6 441  
  Interconnection 8 632   1 187   -   (20)   9 799  
  Equipment sales 5 190   128   -   (18)   5 300  
  International airtime 1 496   654   -   (64)   2 086  
  Other 421   6   808   (5)   1 230  
  Revenue 47 483   7 003   808   (107)   55 187  
  Other operating income 250   96   -   (91)   255  
  Direct network expenses (26 357)   (3 575)   (616)   126   (30 422)  
  Employee expenses (2 447)   (807)   (57)   (308)   (3 619)  
  Marketing and advertising (1 099)   (408)   (3)   (13)   (1 523)  
  Other operating expenses (1 620)   (474)   (32)   430   (1 696)  
  Depreciation (2 843)   (1 057)   (21)   (27)   (3 948)  
  Amortisation of intangible assets (607)
  (67)   (46)   (15)   (735)  
  Impairment of assets (6)   (106)   -   -   (112)  
  Adjusted operating profit1 12 754   606   33   (6.0)   13 387  
  BBBEE charge (1 382)   -   -       (1 382)  
  Operating profit 11 372   606   33   (6.0)   12 005  
  Net finance charges                 (1 749)  
  Loss from associates                 (19)  
  Profit before taxation                 10 237  
  Taxation                 (4 045)  
  Net profit                 6 192  
  EBITDA 16 222   1 835   100   39   18 196  
  EBITDA margin (%) 34.2   26.2   12.4   -   33.0  
  Operating profit margin (%) 23.9   8.7   4.1   -   21.8  

1 Adjusted operating profit excludes the BBBEE charge of R1 382 million.

Operating results for the year ended 31 March 2008

    South   Inter-       Corporate/      
  Rm Africa   national   Gateway   Eliminations   Group  
  Airtime and access 23 596   3 499   -   -   27 095  
  Data 4 670   332   -   -   5 002  
  Interconnection 7 945   960   -   (18)   8 887  
  Equipment sales 4 942   120   -   (10)   5 052  
  International airtime 1 396   479   -   (39)   1 836  
  Other 303   3   -   -   306  
  Revenue 42 852   5 393   -   (67)   48 178  
  Other operating income 152   10   -   (6)   156  
  Direct network expenses (23 653)   (2 725)   -   78   (26 300)  
  Employee expenses (2 159)   527)   -   (290)   (2 976)  
  Marketing and advertising (993)   (279)   -   8   (1 264)  
  Other operating expenses (1 438)   (326)   -   402   (1 362)  
  Depreciation (2 607)   (742)   -   (17)   (3 366)  
  Amortisation of intangible assets (450)   (56)   -   (39)   (545)  
  Impairment of assets -   (30)   -   -   (30)  
  Operating profit 11 704   718   -   69   12 491  
  Net finance charges                 (424)  
  Profit before taxation                 12 067  
  Taxation                 (4 109)  
  Net profit                 7 958  
  EBITDA 14 790   1 546   -   127   16 463  
  EBITDA margin (%) 34.5   28.7   -   -   34.2  
  Operating profit margin (%) 27.3   13.3   -   -   25.9