SENS Note - 15 June 2004
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR TH
 
MTN GROUP LIMITED - ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR
ENDED 31 MARCH 2004
MTN Group Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1994/009584/06)
JSE Share code: MTN
ISIN: ZAE000042164
(`MTN Group`)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON FINANCIAL RESULTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2004
MTN Group has aligned its reporting format for the year ended 31 March 2004 with
International Financial Reporting Standards (`IFRS`). The key difference to
previous disclosure is on the Operating expenses - net of other operating income
line. This line was previously split between Operating expenses - net of sundry
income, Depreciation as well as Amortisation. To enable easy comparison with
prior years, the income statement for the year ended 31 March 2004 is provided
below prepared in accordance with the previous format.
Year ended Year ended
31 March 31 March
2004 2003
Rmil Rmil
Revenue 23 871 19 405
Cost of sales (9 659) (8 321)
Gross Profit 14 212 11 084
Operating expense - net of (5 229) (4 867)
sundry income
Earnings before interest, 8 983 6 217
taxation, depreciation and
amortisation (`EBITDA`)
Depreciation (2 204) (1 651)
Amortisation (172) (233)
Profit from operations 6 607 4 333
before goodwill amortisation
Goodwill amortisation (599) (596)
Profit from operations 6 008 3 737
Finance income 144 129
Finance costs (748) (957)
Share of results of 9 1
associates
Profit before tax 5 413 2 910
Income tax expense (1 101) (687)
Profit after tax 4 312 2 223
Minority interest (612) (289)
Net profit 3 700 1 934
Johannesburg,
15 June 2004
Sponsor
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Limited
Date: 15/06/2004 05:15:02 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department