Kcell (Kazakhstan) announced Y2012 results

01.02.13 12:35
/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: quotation 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. ends The press release full version is available on KASE website at: - http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/KCEL/kcel_reliz_310113.pdf - in Russian; - http://www.kase.kz/files/emitters/KCEL/kcel_reliz_310113_e.pdf - in English. [2013-02-01]