| "Our total shareholder payout is S$26
billion over the last 10 years or 76%
of earnings over the same period." |
For the full year, the Group's revenue
increased 7% to S$18.07 billion and
net profit declined 2% to S$3.83 billion.
Excluding the impact of Bharti Africa,
net profit would have increased 1%.
The Group's free cash flow increased
19% to a record S$4.04 billion while
cash flows from the Singapore
business grew 11% to S$1.44 billion.
Singtel Singapore achieved 7% revenue
growth to S$6.40 billion. Our mobile
services continued to be a key driver with
revenue growth of 11% to S$1.79 billion,
driven by strong postpaid customer
acquisitions and higher postpaid ARPU.
Data and internet revenue rose 2% to
S$1.61 billion while IT and Engineering
revenue grew 8% to S$1.53 billion.
For the full year, Optus saw a 4% increase
in operating revenue to A$9.28 billion,
underpinned by continued mobile revenue
growth. The sustained revenue growth
and strong cost management increased
EBITDA by 8% to A$2.33 billion, while net
profit increased 15% to A$776 million. |
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The Group's share of pre-tax ordinary
profit from the regional mobile
associates declined 12% to S$2.03
billion mainly due to lower earnings
from Bharti including losses incurred
by Bharti Africa, as well as lower
profits from Telkomsel and Globe.
The Group and its regional mobile
associates continued to register
strong customer growth and had
403 million mobile customers as at
31 March 2011, a 37% increase from
a year ago.
Singtel has a strong track record of
cash returns to shareholders with
steady increases in ordinary dividend
per share. The ordinary dividends
paid and proposed in respect of the
financial year ended 31 March 2011
represent an 11% increase and 66%
of underlying net profit. The Board
has also recommended a special
dividend of 10 cents a share. Our
total shareholder payout is S$26
billion over the last 10 years or 76%
of earnings over the same period. |
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