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Business review Performance Governance Financials Additional information
119
Vodafone Group Plc
Annual Report 2012
13. Investments in joint ventures
Principal joint ventures
At 31 March 2012 the Company had the following joint ventures carrying on businesses which affect the prots and assets of the Group. Unless
otherwise stated the Company’s principal joint ventures all have share capital consisting solely of ordinary shares, which are indirectly held, and the
country of incorporation or registration is also their principal place of operation.
Country of
incorporation Percentage1
Name Principal activity or registration shareholdings
Indus Towers Limited Network infrastructure India 35.52
Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Limited3Network operator Australia 50.0
Vodafone Fiji Limited Network operator Fiji 49.04
Vodafone Omnitel N.V.5Network operator Netherlands 76.96
Notes:
1 Effective ownership percentages of Vodafone Group Plc at 31 March 2012, rounded to the nearest tenth of one percent.
2 42% of Indus Towers Limited is held by Vodafone India Limited (‘VIL’) in which, as discussed in note 12, footnote 4, the Group had a 64.4% interest through wholly owned subsidiaries and a further 20.1% indirectly through less
than 50% owned entities.
3 Vodafone Hutchison Australia Pty Limited has a year end of 31 December.
4 The Group holds substantive participating rights which provide it with a veto over the signicantnancial and operating policies of Vodafone Fiji Limited and which ensure it is able to exercise joint control over Vodafone Fiji
Limited with the majority shareholder.
5 The principal place of operation of Vodafone Omnitel N.V. is Italy.
6 The Group considered the existence of substantive participating rights held by the non-controlling shareholder provide that shareholder with a veto right over the signicant nancial and operating policies of Vodafone
Omnitel N.V., and determined that, as a result of these rights, the Group does not have control over the nancial and operating policies of Vodafone Omnitel N.V., despite the Group’s 76.9% ownership interest.
Effect of proportionate consolidation of joint ventures
The following table presents, on a condensed basis, the effect on the consolidated nancial statements of including joint ventures using
proportionate consolidation. Theresults of Vodacom Group Limited are included until 18 May 2009 when it became a subsidiary. The results
ofAustralia are included from 9 June 2009 following its merger with Hutchison 3G Australia. The results of Polkomtel are included until its disposal
on 9November2011.
2012 2011 2010
£m £m £m
Revenue 7,436 7,849 7,896
Cost of sales (4,483) (4,200) (4,216)
Gross prot 2,953 3,649 3,680
Selling, distribution and administrative expenses (1,231) (1,624) (1,369)
Impairment losses (2,450) (1,050) –
Other income and expense 296 – (12)
Operating prot (432) 975 2,299
Net nancing costs (141) (146) (152)
Prot before tax (573) 829 2,147
Income tax expense (552) (608) (655)
Prot for the nancial year (1,125) 221 1,492
2012 2011
£m £m
Non-current assets 15,707 19,043
Current assets 911 1,908
Total assets 16,618 20,951
Total shareholders’ funds and total equity 12,574 16,389
Non-current liabilities 1,721 1,887
Current liabilities 2,323 2,675
Total liabilities 4,044 4,562
Total equity and liabilities 16,618 20,951