Investor Presentaiton
airtel | Africa
Strengthening the balance sheet
De-leveraging
Net debt and leverage
As of March 31, 2022
As of March 31, 2021
3.0x
$m
Underlying
EBITDA
$m
Underlying
EBITDA
2.1x
2.0x
Foreign Currency:
1,657
0.7x
2,870
1.6x
1.3x
- Holdco
1,000
0.4x
2,388
1.3x
- OpCos
657
0.3x
482
0.3x
Local Currency:
604
0.3x
452
0.3x
- OpCos
604
0.3x
452
0.3x
Lease liabilities
1,660
0.7x
1,277
0.7x
FY'19
FY'20
FY'21
FY'22
Total debt
3,921
1.7x
4,599
2.6x
Cash and cash equivalents
980
0.4x
1,069
0.6x
Localising debt into OpCos
- Holdco
291
0.1x
715
0.4x
- OpCos
689
0.3x
355
0.2x
Total net debt
2,941
1.3x
3,530
2.0x
($1,696m)
FY'19
FY'22
$764m
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Net debt is now $2.9bn, from $3.5bn in the prior year.
2,696
2,921
2,157
1,660
Lease
liabilities
1218
1,000
939
1,261
OpCo debt
•
•
OpCo debt is higher than HoldCo debt, in line with our strategy to de-risk the
balance sheet from currency effects, and gain a tax shield on interest payments.
Weighted average interest rate of 5.6% versus 4.9% in March 21, due to a change
in the mix of HoldCo to OpCo debt.
Debt repayment at Hold Co
•
Over the last twelve months the business has repaid nearly $1.4bn of debt at
HoldCo through upstreaming cash across our OpCos and from proceeds from
minority investments in mobile money and tower sales.
Debt at HoldCo
Debt at OpCos
(Including lease
liabilities)
Notes: Leverage is calculated as gross debt (including lease liabilities) less cash and cash equivalents (including deposits with banks) divided by the last 12 months underlying EBITDA.
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