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Auditors' Report and Financial Statements

Independent Auditor's Report to the Cyprus Telecommunications

Report on the Financial Statements
We have audited the financial statements of CYPRUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY (''Cyta''), which comprise the balance sheet as at 31 December 2008 and the income statement, statement of changes in equity and cash flow statement for the year then ended, and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes. This report is made solely to Cyta’s Board of Directors, as a body, to the Minister of Finance, to the House of Representatives and to the Auditor General in accordance with the Telecommunications Services Law, Cap. 302 and with the Public Corporate Bodies (Audited Accounts) Law of 1983 until 2008.

Board’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements
Cyta’s Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the European Union (EU) and the requirements of the Telecommunications Services Law, Cap. 302. This responsibility includes: designing, implementing and maintaining internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error; selecting and applying appropriate accounting policies; and making accounting estimates that are reasonable in the circumstances. 

Auditors’ Responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing. Those Standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by the Board of Directors as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion
In our opinion, the financial statements give a true and fair view of the financial position of CYPRUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AUTHORITY as of 31 December 2008 and of its financial performance and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as adopted by the EU and the requirements of the Telecommunications Services Law, Cap. 302 and the Public Corporate Bodies (Audited Accounts) Law of 1983 until 2008.

Other Matter
This report, including the opinion, has been prepared for and only for the C
yta’s Board of Directors, as a body, the Minister of Finance, the House of Repreventatives and the Auditor General in accordance with the Telecommunications Services Law, Cap. 302 and with the Public Corporate Bodies (Audited Accounts) Law of 1983 until 2008, and for no other purpose. We do not, in giving this opinion, accept or assume responsibility for any other purpose or to any other person to whose knowledge this report may come to.

KPMG
Charted Accountants

Lefkosia, 25 May 2009


Report of the Auditor General of the Republic to the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority  (Cyta)

I have examined the foregoing report on the financial statements of the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority for the year ended 31 December 2008 submitted by the appointed auditor in accordance with section 3(1) of the Public Corporate Bodies (Audited Accounts) Law and I am satisfied that this is appropriate.

×. Giorgatzi
Auditor General of the Republic

Lefkosia, 25 May 2009


Income Statement
For the year ended 31 December 208
  Note 2008
'000
  2007
'000
         
Operating Revenue
Operating Expenses
4
5
484.329
(371.877)

  453.599
(358.823)

Gross Profit   112.452   94.776
         
Other income from operations 6 1.975
  2.185
Operating profit before financing income/(expenses) 8 114.427
  96.961
Penalty (imposed)/cancelled 24 3.960   -
         
Finance income
Finance expenses
  20.536
(1.040)
  14.843
(352)

Net finance income 9 19.496
  14.491
Profit before tax   137.883   111.452
Tax 10 (34.919)
  (30.208)
Profit for the year   102.964
  81.244
The notes are an integral part of these financial statements

Balance Sheet
As at 31 December 2008
  Note 2008
'000
  2007
'000
         
Assets
Property, plant and equipment
Intangible assets
Investments in subsidiaries
Investments in associated undertakings
Held
-to-maturity investments
Trade and other receivables

11
12
13
15
16
17

377.581
39.117
55.049
1.480
68.975
2.355
 
 
396.193
31.594
55.049
1.480
69.318
1.810

Total non-current assets   544.557
  555.444
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Available-for-sale financial assets
Held
-to-maturity investments
Refundable tax
Cash at bank and in hand

17
16
14
22
 
4.949
136.150
1.404
-
26.124
323.236

  5.068
100.604
1.867
33.589
24.332
270.980

Total current assets   491.863
  436.440
Total Assets   1.036.420
  991.884
Equity        
Other reserves
Retained earnings
18 1.253
883.181

  1.716
857.117

Total equity attributable to shareholders of the Company   884.434
  858.833
Liabilities        
Long-term loans
Deferred tax liabilities
19
20
1.736
1
6.049
  2.074
18.849

Total non-current liabilities   17.785
  20.923
Short-term loans
Trade and other payables
19
21
348
133.853

  349
111.779

Total current liabilities   134.201
  112.128
Total liabilities   151.986
  133.051
Total equity and liabilities   1.036.420
  991.884
The notes are an integral part of these financial statements

The financial statements were approved by the Board on 25 May, 2009.

S. Kremmos
Chairman
Ph. Savvides
Chief Executive Officer
G. koufaris
Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 31 December 2008
  Other
reserves
'000
  Retained
earnings
'000
  Total
'000
       
Balance at 1 January 2007 1.448
775.873
777.321
       
Fair value gains
Profit for the year
268
-

-
81.244

268
81.244

Balance at 31 December 2007 1.716
857.117
858.833
       
Balance at 1 January 2008 1.716 857.117 858.833
       
Fair value losses
Profit for the year
Contribution to Cyprus Government
(463)
-
-

-
102.964
(76.900)

(463)
102.964
(76.900)

Balance at 31 December 2008 1.253
883.181
884.434
The notes are an integral part of these financial statements

Cash Flow Statement
For the year ended 31 December 2008
  Note 2008
'000
  2007
'000
         
Cash flows from operating activities
Profit for the year
Adjustments for:
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment
Amortisation of intangible fixed assets
Loss/(profit) from the sale of property, plant and equipment
Income from investments
Interest income
Interest expense
Income tax expense



11
12

6
9
9
10

102.964

58.889
17.009
96
(45)
(20.536)
359
34.919

 
81.244

63.681
14.680
(297)
(44)
(14.743)
352
30.208

Cash flows from operations before working capital changes
Decrease in inventories
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables
  193.655
119
(36.091)
22.074

  175.081
1.092
6.250
(62.688)

Cash flows from operations
Tax paid
  179.757
(
39.511)

  119.735
(
37.203)
Net cash from operating activities   140.246
  82.532
Cash flows from investing activities
Payment for purchase of intangible assets
Payment for purchase of property, plant and equipment
Payment for purchase of investments in associated undertakings
Payment for purchase of investments held
-to-maturity
Proceeds from disposal of property, plant and equipment
Proceeds from sale of investments held
-to-maturity
Interest received
Income from investments

12
11
14
16

(23.998)
(51.838)
-
-
10.931
33.932
20.536
45

 
(8.205)
(75.341)
(1.480)
(22.069)
6.082
44.524
14.743
44

Net cash used in investing activities   (10.392)
  (41.702)
Cash flows from financing activities
Repayment of loans
Interest paid
Contribution to the Republic of Cyprus
 
(339)
(359)
(76.900)

 
(314)
(352)
-

Net cash used in financing activities   (77.598)
  (666)
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents   52.256   40.164
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year   270.980
  230.816
Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year   323.236
  270.980
The notes are an integral part of these financial statements

Notes to the Financial Statements
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