Vodacom Group Limited · JSE:VOD

Vodacom — FY2010 Earnings Presentation

22 slides from Vodacom's earnings presentation, 2010

  1. Slide 1: Disclaimer

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  2. Slide 2: Strong Group performance

    Strong Group performance C t Customers R Revenue D t revenue Data EBITDA O FCF OpFCF 0 7% 0.7% 5 6% 5.6% 31 9% 31.9% 8 7% 8.7% 55 2% 55.2% 40m R58.5bn R4.5bn R19.8bn R13.5bn 22.3% % growth in headline earnings per share to 510 cents Final dividend declared of 175 cents p per share 2 2 Delivery again

  3. Slide 3: South Africa delivered a robust performance

    South h Africa International South Africa Conve serv vices erged Financials Outlo ook South Africa delivered a robust performance Customers Revenue Million R million Ç 5.7% 5 7% È 4.9% 27.6 50 431 26.3 47 733 24.8 43 004 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 EBITDA Operating free cash flow

  4. Slide 4: Maintained solid growth and leadership position

    Maintained solid growth and leadership position Revenue market share Service revenue % (calendar year) R million/% YoY growth 11 604 53.9% 11 191 53.2% 10 866 10 505 36.9% 35.5% 8.0 7.6 7.4 9.9% 10.6% 7.1 CY 2008 CY 2009 Q1 2010 Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Vodacom MTN Cell C 6 Contract service revenue u

  5. Slide 5: Prepaid service revenue up 8.3%

    Prepaid service revenue up 8.3% • Prepaid ARPU flat at R70 Prepaid customers Thousand/% YoY growth • Prepaid churn down from 45.2% to 43.7% 24 696 24 045 22 753 21 765 • New lower prepaid tariff plans launched 16.2 11 8 11.8 • RICA impact 0.8 – Prepaid customer base declined (8.1%) 1.9 million – G G

  6. Slide 6: Widest selection of data devices

    Widest selection of data devices Basic internet capable Data card PC/Netbook Smartphone handset • 728k active p • Cheapest netbook • 2.0m active • 3.1m active • 34.1% YoY growth at $310 • 44.6% YoY growth • Average usage • New Linkbook with in smartphones 14MB/pm • Cheapest data card at $80 embedded

  7. Slide 7: Managing through difficult trading conditions

    South h Africa International International Conve serv vices erged Financials Outlo ook Managing through difficult trading conditions Customers Revenue Normalised Million R million È 8.1% Ç 13.7% 7 099 È 21.6% 13.6 12.0 5 569 5 403 9.2 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 EBITDA Normalised

  8. Slide 8: Decisive action taken to lower prices and tackle costs

    Decisive action taken to lower prices and tackle costs • Tanzania in transition Tanzania revenue TZS million/% EBITDA margin – Reduced tariffs – Customer growth of 28.3% 424 460 È 4.1% – MOU up from 34 in Q1 to 69 in Q4 404 859 407 214 35.3 32.5 30.5 FY 2008 FY 2009 FY 2010 • DRC challenging DRC rev

  9. Slide 9: Increasing contribution to Group from converged services

    South h Africa International Converged services Conve serv vices erged Financials Outlo ook Increasing contribution to Group from converged services • Strong sales momentum in South Africa Group other service revenue R million/% of service revenue • Global corporate wins with Vodafone 8.1 • Investin

  10. Slide 10: Group income statement

    South h Africa International Financials Conve serv vices erged Financials Outlo ook Group income statement R million FY 2010 FY 2009 % change Revenue 58 535 55 442 5.6 EBITDA 19 782 18 196 8.7 Operating profit before impairment/BBBEE charge 14 608 13 432 8.8 BBBEE charge - (1 315) n/a Impairment los

  11. Slide 11: Group revenue growth of 5.6%

    Group revenue growth of 5.6% Group revenue growth Group revenue by category R million R million FY 2010 % %2 Mobile voice 31 338 1.0 1.0 Ç 5.7% È 8.1%1 (201) Ç 5.6% Mobile interconnect 8 742 (3.9) (3.9) (1 530) 2 126 58 535 2 698 Mobile messaging 3 215 6.3 6.3 55 442 Mobile data 4 498 31.9 31.9 Othe

  12. Slide 12: Group operating costs decreased 1.4% excluding Gateway

    Group operating costs1 decreased 1.4% excluding Gateway Group operating costs1 by segment Group operating costs1 by category R million FY 2010 % change R million FY 2010 % %2 South Africa 31 850 0.8 Direct costs3 26 774 2.1 (3.4) International 4 680 (11.1) Staff expenses 4 291 16.4 12.0 Corporate/el

  13. Slide 13: Group net profit impacted by impairments and higher effective tax

    Group net profit impacted by impairments and higher effective tax Net profit analysis R million R3 189 million recognised in H1 (410) 1 315 (3 258) 1 586 12 005 11 238 (2 272) (4 745) (21) 4 200 FY 2009 EBITDA BBBEE Depreciation Impairment FY 2010 Net finance Taxation Loss from FY 2010 Operating cha

  14. Slide 14: Group taxation

    Group taxation • STC on interim dividend paid in November Group taxation 2009 R million FY 2010 Rate (%) • DRC benefited from higher allowances due Normal tax 2 505 28.0 to the devaluation of the Congolese Franc Unproductive U p oduc e interest e es 191 2.1 • The unrecognised tax asset is mainly due

  15. Slide 15: Group balance sheet

    Group balance sheet R million FY 2010 FY 2009 Movement Assets Property, plant and equipment 21 383 21 844 (461) Intangible assets 6 673 11 794 (5 121) Other non-current assets 1 075 1 586 (511) Current assets 12 560 12 135 425 T t l assets Total t 41 691 47 359 (5 668) Equity and liabilities Total e

  16. Slide 16: Group free cash flow increased 127.1%

    Group free cash flow increased 127.1% Cash flow generation R million Ç 8.7% (71) Ç 23.9% 19 782 19 711 (6 222) Ç 55.2% 13 489 (1 513) (4 764) Ç 127.1% 7 212 EBITDA Working Cash Net additions Operating Net finance Taxation Free capital generated from to PPE and free cash charges cash flow and other o

  17. Slide 17: Final dividend declared of 175 cents per share

    Final dividend declared of 175 cents per share • Dividend payable on 5 July 2010 Dividend R million Interim Final Total • Dividend payout of approximately 60% Adjusted1 headline for March 2011 4 039 4 404 8 443 earnings – Flexibility for potential acquisitions Adjusted1 HEPS (cents) 271 297 568 and

  18. Slide 18: Looking forward

    Looking forward Economic GDP growth forecast % YoY growth • GDP growth th recovers 6.1 6.0 4.9 5.2 2.8 3.0 3.5 • Positive indicators in South Africa 2.0 1.6 • Strong rand dampens growth (1.8) South Tanzania DRC Mozambique Lesotho Africa CY 2009 CY 2010 Competition Regulatory • Expect price pressure

  19. Slide 19: Company medium term targets

    Company medium term targets Market position • Maintain or improve market position in all geographies • Growth despite reduction in interconnect revenue Service revenue (low single digit) EBITDA • Improve EBITDA margin through operational efficiencies Capex Capital expenditure • Manage capital expend

  20. Slide 20: Exchange rates

    South h Africa International Appendix Conve serv vices erged Financials Outlo ook Exchange rates % change % change Average year to date FY 2010 FY 2009 FY 2008 09/10 08/09 USD/ZAR 7.83 8.84 7.11 (11.4) 24.3 ZAR/MZN 3.68 2.83 3.57 30.0 (20.7) ZAR/TZS 171.29 142.67 171.95 20.1 (17.0) EUR/ZAR 11.05 12.

  21. Slide 21: Country data

    Country data South Africa Tanzania DRC Mozambique Lesotho Population (million) 49 44 66 23 2 GDP per capita (US$) 5 790 495 190 434 960 GDP growth est. 2009 (%) (1.8) 4.9 2.0 5.2 1.6 Estimated mobile penetration (%) 100 34 13 23 41 p Number of operators 3 7 4 2 2 Market position 1 1 1 2 1 Estimated

  22. Slide 22: Forward-looking statements

    Forward-looking statements This presentation which sets out the year end results for Vodacom Group Limited for the year ended 31 March 2010 contains 'forward-looking statements' with respect to the Group’s financial condition, results of operations and businesses and certain of the Group Group’ss pl

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