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TELSTRA GROUP LIMITED — Capital/Financing Update 2014
May 13, 2014
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Capital/Financing Update
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14 May 2014
The Manager
Company Announcements Office Australian Securities Exchange 4[th] Floor, 20 Bridge Street SYDNEY NSW 2000
Office of the Company Secretary
Level 41 242 Exhibition Street MELBOURNE VIC 3000 AUSTRALIA
General Enquiries 08 8308 1721 Facsimile 03 9632 3215
ELECTRONIC LODGEMENT
Dear Sir or Madam
Telstra completes sale of CSL
In accordance with the Listing Rules, I attach a copy of a media release, for release to the market.
Yours faithfully
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Damien Coleman Company Secretary
Telstra Corporation Limited ACN 051 775 556 ABN 33 051 775 556
MEDIA RELEASE
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Telstra completes sale of CSL
Wednesday 14 May 2014 – Telstra today announced it had completed the sale of its Hong Kong based mobiles business CSL to HKT Limited.
This followed recent regulatory consent by the Office of the Communications Authority in Hong Kong.
The sale proceeds equate to US$1.99 billion for Telstra’s 76.4 per cent interest in CSL after preliminary completion adjustments. As part of the sale HKT also acquired the remaining 23.6 per cent shareholding held by New World Development.
The transaction is expected to generate a profit on sale for Telstra of approximately A$561 million subject to completion accounts and audit.
The CSL unaudited year to date operating results at the end of April include income of A$1.05 billion and EBITDA of A$261 million. These results will be consolidated in Telstra’s FY 14 results.
The net proceeds are incremental to Telstra’s free cashflow guidance of A$4.6billion to A$5.1billion in FY14 which excludes any proceeds on the sale of businesses.
Telstra will now consider the net proceeds from this transaction, consistent with its capital management framework and will provide a further update to the market when it announces its full year results in August 2014.
Read Telstra’s original announcement of this deal by following the link.
ENDS
Media contact: Nicole McKechnie, +61 (0) 429 004617 Email: [email protected] Ref number: 75/2014
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