Telstra 2012 Annual Report Download - page 35

Full year results and operations review - June 2012
Telstra Corporation Limited and controlled entities
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CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
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to invest around $500 million of excess cash into its mobile
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Telstra is not contemplating capital management initiatives at
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FINANCIAL OUTLOOK
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expects capital expenditure to be around 15% of sales over
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the sale of businesses and the cost of spectrum purchases.
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completion is also excluded.
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REPORTED RESULTS
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or $275 million to $25,368 million.
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PRODUCT PERFORMANCE
Measure Fiscal 2013 Guidance
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EBITDA ORZVLQJOHGLJLWJURZWK
Capex/sales Around 15%
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FY 2013 GUIDANCE SUMMARY*
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cost of spectrum purchases. The foreign exchange impairment on TelstraClear
expected on completion is also excluded.
KEY PRODUCT REVENUE
FY 2012
($m)
FY 2011
($m)
YoY
change
Fixed 7,488 7,972 -6.1%
Mobile 8,668 7,989 8.5%
Data and IP 3,122 3,147 -0.8%
NAS 1,263 1,143 10.5%
International 1,496 1,398 7.0%
Digital Media 2,377 2,629 -9.6%