Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad reported unaudited consolidated financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended Dec. 31, 2012. For the quarter, the company reported revenue of MYR 1,131.6 million against MYR 1,035.5 million for the same period of last year. Profit from operations was MYR 167 million against MYR 205.2 million for the same period of last year. Profit before tax was MYR 114.8 million against MYR 212.4 million for the same period of last year. Profit attributable to equity holders of the company was MYR 83.2 million or MYR 0.016 per diluted share against MYR 157.1 million for the same period of last year. Group EBITDA increased by MYR 27.7 million or 8.7% against corresponding quarter mainly due to the increase in Group revenue, as highlighted above and partly offset by higher installation, marketing and distribution costs in relation to customer acquisition as well as higher B.yond boxes swap out and higher content costs. Net profit decreased by 47.4% or MYR 75.3 million compared with the corresponding quarter. The decrease in net profit is mainly due to a reduction in interest income as well as higher depreciation compared with the corresponding quarter which resulted in lower tax expenses. For the year, the company reported revenue of MYR 4,265.0 million against MYR 3,846.7 million for the same period of last year. Profit from operations was MYR 785.2 million against MYR 988.3 million for the same period of last year. Profit before tax was MYR 575.0 million against MYR 869.4 million for the same period of last year. Profit attributable to equity holders of the company was MYR 418.0 million or MYR 0.222 per diluted share against MYR 629.1 million for the same period of last year. Net cash flows from operating activities was MYR 1,174.5 million against MYR 1,038.5 million for the same period of last year. Purchase of property, plant and equipment and intangibles was MYR 553.5 million against MYR 442.5 million for the same period of last year. The increase in results is as a result of new customers and good take-up of value added products and services such as HD, Personal Video Recording (PVR), Multi-room, On Demand (Astro First and Astro Best) and Superpack. The Group's revenue was higher by 10.9%, mainly due to the increase in subscription and advertising revenue. Group EBITDA decreased by MYR 18.9 million against the corresponding year mainly due to higher content cost attributable to introduction of additional channels as well as increase in license fees, increase in installation, marketing and distribution costs in relation to higher customer acquisition as well as higher B.yond box swap out and one-off expenses for IPO and listing. The decrease in net profit is mainly due to higher depreciation decrease in EBITDA and increase in net finance costs. Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad announced that it declares a second interim single-tier dividend of 1.5 sen per share payable on April 18, 2013, and propose a final dividend of 1.0 sen per share for the year ended January 31, 2013, subject to shareholders approval, giving a total dividend of 4.0 sen per share since listing in October last year. Total dividend was 4.0 sen per share.

Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad Presents at Credit Suisse 16th Asian Investment Conference 2013, Mar-18-2013 05:00 PM. Venue: Conrad Hotel, 88 Queensway, Admiralty, Hong Kong. Speakers: Rohana Binti Rozhan, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director.

Astro Malaysia Holdings Berhad Presents at Bank of America Merrill Lynch ASEAN Stars Conference 2013, Mar-04-2013 . Venue: The Ritz-Carlton Millenia, Singapore, Singapore.