Annual report of the open joint-stock company north-west telecom for the year 2008 (стр. 5 )

Table 13. Basic information on the amount of the Company's net assets

Indices	as of 31.12.2007	as of 31.12.2008
Total net assets, thousands of roubles	28,962,398	31,013,641
Authorized capital, thousands of roubles	1,131,415	1,131,415
Reserve fund, thousands of roubles	56,571	56,571
Ratio of net assets to authorized capital (line 1/line 2), %	2,560	2,741
Ratio of net assets to sum total of authorized capital and reserve (line 1/(line 2+line 3)), %	2,438	2,611

Liabilities and Equity Capital

The total size of liabilities by the 2008 results increased by RUR 3,476,120,000. In particular, the long-term liabilities increased, their proportion by the year’s results being 66.5% of the total liabilities size. The main causes of such increase of long-term liabilities were: transfer of the Series 3 N. W.Telecom bonds from the short-term to the long-term line due to the fulfillment of the offer’s terms in March 2008 and to the return of the Series 3 bonds presented for retirement to the secondary market. taking a three-year syndicated credit of US$ 135 million in November 2008.

The Company’s financial stability, transparency of its financial policy, and favorable credit history enabled the Company to borrow funds in 2008 on advantageous terms. For instance, in July 2008, the Company arranged an open auction in order to take a third syndicated credit of US$ 150 million for three years.

CJSC UniCredit Bank became the auction’s sole bidder. The bank was one of the lead arrangers of the syndicated credit, and was authorized to appoint Additional Arrangers. Among the lead arrangers were also ING Bank N. V. and Natixis; Bayerische Hypo - und Vereinsbank AG, London Branch was appointed as Agent.

The third syndicated credit is subdivided into two tranches of the following parameters:

·  Tranche А: Principal: US$ 135 million, interest rate: Libor3M+Margin (2.75% per annum) (taken in November 2008);

·  Tranche А: Principal: US$ 15 million, (no funds were borrowed under this tranche.)

Table 14. Structure of accounts payable, thousands of roubles

Indices	2006	2007	2008
Short-term debts
Accounts payable to suppliers and contractors	1,456,506	2,343,597	2,329,705
Accounts payable to the Company’s personnel	105,687	109,897	251,521
Accounts payable to budget and the state out-of-the-budget funds	190,091	2,382,012	370,970
Credits, total	817,660	2,007,235	2,066,286
Loans, total	1,128,711	3,063,008	619,909
including bonded loans	1,100,110	3,032,310	577,280
Other accounts payable	938,971	1,037,357	973,609
Other liabilities	564,344	1,043,817	825,699
Long-term debts
Credits, total	2,422,106	3,539,252	5,838,951
Loans, total	5,158,655	2,133,638	7,611,675
including bonded loans	5,000,000	2,000,000	7,500,000
Other accounts payable	0	0	0
Other liabilities	1,102,765	1,063,924	1,311,532
Total	13,885,496	18,723,737	22,199,857

Fig. 3. Cost of corporate bonds and long-term and short-term credit service, % per annum

When borrowing funds, the Company’s principle is longer periods and lower borrowing costs. For instance, to reduce the interest rate costs, N. W.Telecom prematurely repaid the balance of its debt under a contract with CJSC Raiffeisenbank in December 2008. The borrowed funds duration as of the end of 2008 was 2.33 years.

Accounts receivable

Table 15. Structure of accounts receivable, thousands of roubles

Name	2006	2007	2008
Total accounts receivable (AR), including:	2,231,183	2,512,147	3,318,980
AR for communication services, including:	1,541,456	1,552,401	1,389,970
Overdue AR for communication services, including:	432,383	339,753	251,940
- individuals	111,560	135,618	130,620
- corporate customers	31,854	44,866	63,500
- communication operators	74,489	132,736	43,459
- budgetary organizations	24,707	17,916	14,049
- privileged category of individuals	189,773	8,617	312

As of 01.01.2009, the total accounts receivable of the Company was RUR 3,318,980. In 2008, the debt increased by RUR 806,833,000, or by 32%, due to the growth of arrears of compensation for losses from provision of all-in-one communication services from RUR 221,934,000 to RUR 1,050,241,000 (by 373% or RUR 797,369,000.)

The accounts receivable for communication services amounted to RUR 1,389,970,000, and decreased by RUR 162,431,000 or 10% in 2008, of which:

- the current debt decreased by RUR 74,618,000 or 6% due to additional borrowing of advance payment. In 2008, the proportion of prepayments grew from 50% to 55%;

- arrears decreased by RUR 87,813,000 or 26% due to out-of-court or legal actions. As a result of dedicated actions, funds in the amount of RUR 1,158,441,000 were received in 2008 as payment of arrears.

The turnover of accounts receivable for communication services was 19.2 days, i. e. 1.6 days less than in 2007.

Debt handling is guided by the Company’s Accounts Receivable Management Program including actions to prevent or minimize accounts areceivable.

Fig. 4. Dynamics of accounts receivable for the period from 01.01.2007 till 01.01.2009 ,thousands of roubles

Financial ratios

Table 16. Essential financial ratios of the Company

Indices	2006	2007	2008	Change, 2008/2007
Operating income margin, %	24,2	25,2	15,8	-9.4 p. p.
Net income margin, %	11,9	47,8	14,8	-33.0 p. p.
Prime cost per RUR 100 of receipts, roubles	75,79	74,82	84,24	113%
EBITDA, millions of roubles	6 658	18 551	9 561	52%
EBITDA margin, %	32,5	78,5	39,0	-39.5 p. p.
Revenue per line, roubles	4 645	5 323	5 464	103%
Net income per line, roubles	551	2 545	813	32%
Operating income per line, roubles	1 125	1 340	861	64%
ROA, %	8	28	7	-21 p. p.
ROE, %	14	48	12	-36 p. p.
Equity to assets, %	57	61	58	3 p. p.
Current liquidity ratio, %	0,63	0,80	0,64	-0.16 p. p.
Net assets to capital, %	1532	2438	2613	175 p. p.
Revenue per employee, roubles			1	115%
Net income per employee, roubles	91 226			35%
Operating income per employee, roubles				72%
Number of lines per employee, lines	165	177	198	112%

In 2008, operating income margin decreased by 9.4 percentage points against 2007, which is mainly attributable to increased costs of the “All-in-one communication service” project in 2008. Disregarding this project, operating income margin grew by 0.7 PPT in 2008 against 2007.