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30.06.2010
Uralsvyazinform: IFRS financial results for Q1 10

Press Release
 

Uralsvyazinform (RTS: and MICEX: URSI/URSIP, АDR: UVYZY/UVYZYP) – a universal telecommunications operator in the Urals Federal District and Perm territory – hereby presents its unaudited consolidated interim financial statement for the period of three months ended March 31, 2010 (hereinafter – the first quarter of 2010), drafted in accordance with international financial reporting standards (IFRS).

Since the Company’s IFRS financial statement was prepared for the first time, no comparative data for the same period last year are available.

Headline indicators:

  • Revenue amounted to RUR 10.6 bln in the first quarter of 2010, while more than half of revenue was derived from unregulated telecommunications services;
    1. Cellular telephony – RUR 3.8 bln (35.9% of revenue);
    2. Telegraph, datacom and telematic services (Internet) – RUR 1.8 bln (16.7% of revenue;
  • Thanks to strict cost control the Company managed to raise its financial efficiency compared to its results in 2009;
    1. EBITDA margin increased to 47.3% (up from 39.9% in 2009);
    2. Operating margin reached 26.9% (vs. 19.8% in 2009);
    3. Net profit margin increased to 18.4% (vs. 9.0% in 2009).
  • Net debt decreased by 20.6% to RUR 16.8 bln during the reporting quarter.

Headline financial indicators

 

Q1 2010

2009

(comparision)

Revenue, RUR mln  

10,616

40,412

EBITDA, RUR mln

5,024

16,131

EBITDA margin

47.3%

39.9%

Operating profit, RUR mln

2,853

7,993

Operating margin

26.9%

19.8%

Profit during the reporting period, RUR mln

1,953

3,654

Net margin

18.4%

9.0%

Net debt, RUR mln

16,760

21,104

EBITDA is calculated as pre-tax profit not including amortization and interest expenses (net).

Margin indicators are calculated as the ratio of the respective indicator to revenue

Net debt is calculated as the sum of long-term and current borrowing liabilities minus cash & cash equivalents.

 

The full version of Uralsvyazinform’s first quarter 2010 unaudited consolidated interim financial statement drafted to IFRS can be viewed on the operator’s corporate website at www.ir.u-tel.ru in the section “Financial Reports” (in Russian).

Revenue

 

Q1 2010

2009

proportion

RUR, mln

proportion

Mobile and radio (cellular) telephony

3,814

35.9%

31.3%

Local voice

2,860

26.9%

25.8%

Telegraph, datacom and telematic services (Internet)

1,775

16.7%

16.1%

Intrazonal telephony

1,052

9.9%

11.3%

Interconnect and traffic transmission

707

6.7%

11.2%

Other

254

2.4%

2.8%

Mobile and radio, wire broadcasting, radio broadcasting, television

140

1.3%

1.3%

Outsourcing and agency

9

0.1%

0.2%

Other services

5

0.1%

0.0%

Total

10,616

100.0%

100.0%

 

Operating expenses

 

Q1 2010

2009

proportion

RUR, mln

proportion

Payrolls

1,925

23.7%

24.3%

Depreciation and amortization

1,993

24.5%

24.2%

Interconnect

1,168

14.4%

16.6%

Materials, repair and maintenance, utilities services

830

10.2%

9.8%

Other operating expenses, including:

2,215

27.2%

25.1%

Outsourcing and management costs

618

7.6%

5.8%

Agency fees

582

7.2%

7.3%

Tax, except for income tax

257

3.2%

3.1%

Property lease

173

2.1%

2.2%

Total operating expenses

8,131

100.0%

100.0%

 

Debt

 

March 31, 2010

December 31, 2009

Change

Long-term borrowing liabilities

13,165

14,102

-6.6%

Current borrowing liabilities

5,732

8,626

-33.5%

Other borrowing liabilities (interest debt)

18,897

22,728

-16.9%

 

Liquidity

 

March 31, 2010

December 31, 2009

Absolute liquidity index

0.29

0.31

Quick ratio

0.64

0.53

Current liquidity ratio

0.69

0.58

Debt ratio

-2.61

-2.93

The ratio is calculated as the sum of the quotient of cash & cash equivalents, and short-term financial investments divided by the sum of current liabilities.

The ratio is calculated as the sum of the quotient of cash & cash equivalents, short-term financial investment, trade current receivables divided by the sum of current liabilities.

The ratio is calculated as the sum of the quotient of current assets divided by the sum of current liabilities.

The ratio is calculated as the quotient of the difference between own capital and non-current assets divided by the sum of current assets.