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TKG - Telkom - Vodacom Group Announces Provisional Results For 6 Months Ended September Telkom SA Limited (Registration Number 1991/005476/06) ISIN: ZAE000044897 JSE & NYSE Share code: TKG ("Telkom") VODACOM GROUP ANNOUNCES PROVISIONAL RESULTS FOR 6 MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER Shareholders are referred to the announcement below issued by Vodacom Group (Pty) Limited, a joint venture company in which Telkom holds a 50% interest: The Vodacom Group (Proprietary) Limited and its subsidiaries ("Vodacom Group") announces provisional results for the six months ended 30 September 2008. This information is also contained in Vodafone`s financial results announcement released today. Pieter Uys, Chief Executive Officer of the Vodacom Group said "These provisional results demonstrate once again strong growth in Vodacom`s business. We now have almost 36 million customers, which is a 13.1% increase on a year ago." Highlights in the Vodacom Group provisional results for the six months ended 30September 2008 - Total customers increased by 13.1% to 35.7 million - Revenue increased by 14.0% to R26.0 billion - Profit from operations increased by 12.5% to R6.4 billion - EBITDA increased by 13.9% to R8.7 billion - Cash generated from operations increased by 15.6% to R8.0 billion A detailed analysis of the Vodacom Group`s operations and indicators will be released on Monday, 17 November 2008. EBITDA and profit from operations Total customers (`000s) margins (%) 2006 2006 2007 2007 2008 2008 EBITDA margin Total customers 33.8 25,752 33.3 31,564 33.3 35,689 Profit from operations margin 25.5 25.0 24.7 Profit from operations (Rm) EBITDA (Rm)
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Profit from operations EBITDA 4,965 6,578 5,714 7,600 6,430 8,654 Date: 11/11/2008 09:00:04 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.
