/KASE, February 1, 13/ - Kcell (Almaty), shares of which are officially
listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), provided to KASE the following
press release of January 31, 2013:
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Kcell Joint Stock Company ("Kcell" or the "Company") (LSE, KASE: KCEL),
the leading provider of mobile telecommunications services in Kazakhstan
by market share in terms of revenue and subscribers, announces au-dited
results for the financial year ended 31 December 2012.
Enduring revenue growth and strong free cash flow
Fourth quarter
- Revenue increased 3.7 percent to KZT 48,900 million (47,154).
- EBITDA, excluding non-recurring items, decreased 2.1 percent to KZT
26,254 million (26,819). The EBITDA margin decreased to 53.6 percent
(57.0)
- Operating income, excluding non-recurring items, decreased 2.6 percent to
KZT 20,379 million (20,917), and net income decreased 5.1 percent to KZT
15,756 million (16,598).
- Significant increase in free cash flow to KZT 18,361 million (11,422).
- Subscriber base increased by 777,000 to 13.5 million.
Full year
- Revenue increased 1.8 percent to KZT 182,004 million (178,786).
- EBITDA, excluding non-recurring items, decreased 4.1 percent to KZT101,426
million (105,794). EBITDA margin decreased to 55.7 percent (59.2).
- Operating income, excluding non-recurring items, decreased 5.1 percent to
KZT 78,645 million (82,898), and net income decreased 7.5 percent to KZT
61,828 million (66,858).
- Free cash flow increased to KZT 61,155 million (54,108).
- Subscriber base increased by 2,612,737 to 13.5 million.
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The press release full version is available on KASE website at:
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http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/KCEL/kcel_reliz_310113.pdf - in Russian;
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http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/KCEL/kcel_reliz_310113_e.pdf - in English.
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