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DIALOG AXIATA PLC

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED INTERIM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER ENDED

31 DECEMBER 2021
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Report on Review of Condensed Consolidated Interim Financial Information


To the Directors of Dialog Axiata PLC

Introduction

We have reviewed the accompanying condensed statement of financial position of Dialog Axiata PLC and
its subsidiaries as at 31 December 2021, and the related statements of comprehensive income, changes
in equity and cash flows for the period then ended. Management is responsible for the preparation and
presentation of this interim financial information in accordance with the Sri Lanka Accounting Standard 34
[LKAS 34] - Interim Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express a conclusion on this interim
financial information based on our review.

Scope of Review

We conducted our review in accordance with the Sri Lanka Standard on Review Engagements 2410,
Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity. A review of
interim financial information consists of making of inquiries, preliminarily of persons responsible for
financial and accounting matters, and applying analytical and other review procedures. A review is
substantially less in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with Sri Lanka Auditing Standards and
consequently does not enable us to obtain assurance that we would become aware of all significant
matters that might be identified in an audit. Accordingly, we do not express an audit opinion.

Conclusion

Based on our review, nothing has come to our attention that causes us to believe that the accompanying
interim financial information is not prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the Sri Lanka
Accounting Standard 34 [LKAS 34] - Interim Financial Reporting.

11 February 2022
Date PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers, P. O. Box 918, 100 Braybrooke Place, Colombo 2, Sri Lanka


T: +94 (11) 771 9700, 771 9838, F: +94 (11) 230 3197, www.pwc.com/lk
Partners D T S H Mudalige FCA, C S Manoharan FCA, Ms S Hadgie FCA, Ms S Perera ACA, N R Gunasekera FCA
T U Jayasinghe FCA, H P V Lakdeva FCA, M D B Boyagoda FCA, Ms W D A S U Perera ACA

PricewaterhouseCoopers is a member firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited, each member firm of which is a separate legal entity.
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DIALOG AXIATA PLC

Statement of financial position

(all amounts in Sri Lanka Rupees thousands)


Group Company
31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020
(Reviewed) (Audited) (Reviewed) (Audited)
ASSETS
Non-current assets
Intangible assets 16,857,691 17,468,592 6,081,492 6,480,786
Contract costs assets 10,909,988 7,841,872 2,613,195 1,825,600
Property, plant and equipment 127,452,429 118,475,106 91,360,686 82,317,105
Right-of-use assets 7,346,093 5,135,935 7,189,509 4,923,897
Deferred tax asset 181,816 173,503 - -
Investment in subsidiaries - - 50,621,104 50,946,786
Investment in associates 183,025 127,655 - -
Other financial assets 1,469,431 544,099 - -
164,400,473 149,766,762 157,865,986 146,494,174
Current assets
Inventories 3,712,248 1,166,018 216,670 57,106
Trade and other receivables 26,994,303 19,475,762 21,340,503 20,433,790
Other financial assets 1,814,547 624,011 - -
Cash and cash equivalents 22,078,857 16,660,136 18,488,499 13,772,866
54,599,955 37,925,927 40,045,672 34,263,762
Total assets 219,000,428 187,692,689 197,911,658 180,757,936
EQUITY
Capital and reserves attributable to equity holders
Stated capital 28,855,862 28,467,285 28,855,862 28,467,285
Reserves 64,731,300 53,745,783 68,176,351 63,118,890
Non-controlling interest (72,275) (10,006) - -
Total equity 93,514,887 82,203,062 97,032,213 91,586,175
LIABILITIES
Non-current liabilities
Borrowings 10,477,656 19,721,329 8,319,323 18,587,996
Contract liabilities 1,921,962 1,614,099 857,022 769,940
Deferred income 408,132 565,653 408,132 565,653
Lease liabilities 6,255,902 4,339,514 6,078,964 4,140,856
Other financial liabilities 86,947 30,700 - -
Employee benefit payables 1,690,014 1,604,196 1,300,150 1,245,008
Provision for other liabilities 2,129,209 1,984,542 1,873,587 1,760,790
Deferred tax liability 22,448 108 - -
22,992,270 29,860,141 18,837,178 27,070,243

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables 56,985,403 44,700,230 44,254,044 35,596,689
Borrowings 31,357,958 20,704,582 26,531,973 18,077,333
Other financial liabilities 689,685 486,673 - -
Lease liabilities 1,457,784 1,627,689 1,422,379 1,556,327
Contract liabilities 10,989,578 7,201,266 8,852,736 5,986,089
Current income tax liabilities 1,012,863 909,046 981,135 885,080
102,493,271 75,629,486 82,042,267 62,101,518
Total liabilities 125,485,541 105,489,627 100,879,445 89,171,761
Total equity and liabilities 219,000,428 187,692,689 197,911,658 180,757,936
Net assets per share (Rs.) 11.40 10.06 11.83 11.20
The notes on pages 8 to 14 form an integral part of these financial statements.
I certify that these financial statements have been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the Companies Act, No. 07 of
2007.

……………………………….......
Group Chief Financial Officer
Date: 11/02/2022
The Board of Directors is responsible for the preparation and presentation of these financial statements.
Approved and signed for and on behalf of the Board of Directors.

………………………… …………………......
Director Director
Date: 11/02/2022 Date: 11/02/2022
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DIALOG AXIATA PLC

Statement of comprehensive income

(all amounts in Sri Lanka Rupees thousands)

Group Company
Year ended 31 Dec Year ended 31 Dec
2021 2020 2021 2020
(Reviewed) (Audited) (Reviewed) (Audited)

Revenue 141,914,839 120,141,512 90,958,769 82,428,513

Direct costs (80,261,683) (68,497,031) (42,028,347) (39,143,395)

Gross profit 61,653,156 51,644,481 48,930,422 43,285,118

Distribution costs (15,653,897) (12,552,937) (13,494,432) (10,755,437)

Administrative costs (22,318,503) (20,798,576) (18,396,568) (15,582,094)

Net impairment losses on financial assets (921,167) (1,968,055) (677,724) (1,120,374)

Other income 680,416 357,977 454,450 304,541

Operating profit 23,440,005 16,682,890 16,816,148 16,131,754

Finance income 456,564 333,615 463,255 346,343

Finance costs (2,171,042) (2,392,791) (1,945,330) (2,039,379)

Net foreign exchange losses (2,644,003) (831,028) (2,336,111) (944,391)

Finance costs - net (4,358,481) (2,890,204) (3,818,186) (2,637,427)

Share of loss from associates - net of tax (28,765) (4,221) - -

Profit before income tax 19,052,759 13,788,465 12,997,962 13,494,327

Income tax expense (2,033,991) (1,785,779) (1,846,881) (1,754,771)

Profit for the period 17,018,768 12,002,686 11,151,081 11,739,556

Other comprehensive income


Items that will not be reclassified to profit or
loss
- changes in the fair value of equity investments
at fair value through other comprehensive
income, net of tax (13,010) (83,740) - -
- remeasurement of defined benefit obligations,
net of tax 102,539 (221,507) 73,229 (158,204)
Other comprehensive income for the period,
net of tax 89,529 (305,247) 73,229 (158,204)

Total comprehensive income for the period 17,108,297 11,697,439 11,224,310 11,581,352

Profit / (loss) for the period attributable to:


- owners of the Company 17,060,812 12,034,129 11,151,081 11,739,556
- non-controlling interest (42,044) (31,443) - -

Total comprehensive income for the period


attributable to:
- owners of the Company 17,151,777 11,737,065 11,224,310 11,581,352
- non-controlling interest (43,480) (39,626) - -

Basic/diluted earnings per share for profit attributable


to the equity holders of the Company (Rs.) 2.08 1.48 1.36 1.44

The notes on pages 8 to 14 form an integral part of these financial statements.


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DIALOG AXIATA PLC

Statement of comprehensive income

(all amounts in Sri Lanka Rupees thousands)

Group Company
Three months ended 31 Dec Three months ended 31 Dec
2021 2020 2021 2020
(Reviewed) (Reviewed) (Reviewed) (Reviewed)

Revenue 37,123,556 32,247,284 23,403,332 21,799,605

Direct costs (20,554,072) (18,574,328) (10,748,375) (10,493,552)

Gross profit 16,569,484 13,672,956 12,654,957 11,306,053

Distribution costs (5,246,529) (3,196,705) (4,672,442) (2,702,504)

Administrative costs (5,946,549) (5,610,425) (4,664,984) (4,433,039)

Net impairment gains / (losses) on financial assets 85,246 (374,345) (32,013) (390,926)

Other income 433,343 84,961 246,148 70,192

Operating profit 5,894,995 4,576,442 3,531,666 3,849,776

Finance income 179,500 100,840 183,508 100,380

Finance costs (709,233) (544,091) (620,575) (481,492)

Net foreign exchange losses (307,018) (319,885) (168,322) (295,710)

Finance (costs) - net (836,751) (763,136) (605,389) (676,822)

Share of loss from associates - net of tax (15,277) (1,756) - -

Profit before income tax 5,042,967 3,811,550 2,926,277 3,172,954

Income tax expense (475,920) (383,681) (421,431) (465,092)

Profit for the period 4,567,047 3,427,869 2,504,846 2,707,862

Other comprehensive income


Items that will not be reclassified to profit or
loss
-changes in the fair value of equity investments
at fair value through other comprehensive
income, net of tax 12,187 (83,577) - -
-remeasurement of defined benefit obligations,
net of tax 102,966 (221,561) 73,229 (158,204)
Other comprehensive income for the period,
net of tax 115,153 (305,138) 73,229 (158,204)

Total comprehensive income for the period 4,682,200 3,122,731 2,578,075 2,549,658

Profit / (loss) for the period attributable to:


- owners of the Company 4,586,834 3,437,364 2,504,846 2,707,862
- non-controlling interest (19,787) (9,495) - -

Total comprehensive income for the period


attributable to:
- owners of the Company 4,700,569 3,140,408 2,578,075 2,549,658
- non-controlling interest (18,369) (17,677) - -

Basic/diluted earnings per share for profit attributable to


the equity holders of the Company (Rs.) 0.56 0.42 0.31 0.33

The notes on pages 8 to 14 form an integral part of these financial statements.


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DIALOG AXIATA PLC

Consolidated statement of changes in equity

(all amounts in Sri Lanka Rupees thousands)

Attributable to owners of the


Company
Non-
controlling
Stated capital Reserves interest Total

Balance at 1 January 2021 28,467,285 53,745,783 (10,006) 82,203,062

Profit / (loss) for the year - 17,060,812 (42,044) 17,018,768

Other comprehensive income - 90,965 (1,436) 89,529

Total comprehensive income for the period - 17,151,777 (43,480) 17,108,297

Transactions with non-controlling interest - 589 (18,789) (18,200)

Employee share schemes - value of employee


services - 290,178 - 290,178

Dividends to equity holders - (6,068,450) - (6,068,450)

Transfer from share-based payment reserve upon


vesting 388,577 (388,577) - -

Balance at 31 December 2021 28,855,862 64,731,300 (72,275) 93,514,887

Balance at 1 January 2020 28,103,913 46,134,448 12,860 74,251,221

Profit / (loss) for the year - 12,034,129 (31,443) 12,002,686

Other comprehensive income - (297,064) (8,183) (305,247)

Total comprehensive income for the period - 11,737,065 (39,626) 11,697,439

Transactions with non-controlling interest - (4,622) 16,760 12,138

Employee share schemes - value of employee


services - 558,467 - 558,467

Dividends to equity holders - (4,316,203) - (4,316,203)

Transfer from share-based payment reserve upon


vesting 363,372 (363,372) - -

Balance at 31 December 2020 28,467,285 53,745,783 (10,006) 82,203,062

The notes on pages 8 to 14 form an integral part of these financial statements.


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DIALOG AXIATA PLC

Company statement of changes in equity

(all amounts in Sri Lanka Rupees thousands)

Attributable to owners of the Company

Stated capital Reserves Total

Balance at 1 January 2021 28,467,285 63,118,890 91,586,175

Profit for the year - 11,151,081 11,151,081

Other comprehensive income - 73,229 73,229

Total comprehensive income for the period - 11,224,310 11,224,310

Employee share schemes - value of employee services - 290,178 290,178

Dividends to equity holders - (6,068,450) (6,068,450)

Transfer from share-based payment reserve upon vesting 388,577 (388,577) -

Balance at 31 December 2021 28,855,862 68,176,351 97,032,213

Balance at 1 January 2020 28,103,913 55,658,646 83,762,559

Profit for the year - 11,739,556 11,739,556

Other comprehensive income - (158,204) (158,204)

Total comprehensive income for the period - 11,581,352 11,581,352

Employee share schemes – value of employee services - 558,467 558,467

Dividends to equity holders - (4,316,203) (4,316,203)

Transfer from share-based payment reserve upon vesting 363,372 (363,372) -

Balance at 31 December 2020 28,467,285 63,118,890 91,586,175

The notes on pages 8 to 14 form an integral part of these financial statements.


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DIALOG AXIATA PLC

Statement of cash flows

(all amounts in Sri Lanka Rupees thousands)

Group Company
31 Dec 31 Dec
2021 2020 2021 2020
(Reviewed) (Audited) (Reviewed) (Audited)
Cash flows from operating activities

Cash generated from operations 52,273,339 46,878,757 48,335,256 40,256,215


Interest received 465,177 500,202 406,049 346,140
Interest paid (1,919,899) (2,372,433) (1,705,482) (1,991,374)
Income taxes paid (1,664,119) (1,636,670) (1,660,768) (1,556,627)
Employee benefits paid (87,755) (115,959) (68,826) (91,463)
Net cash generated from operating activities 49,066,743 43,253,897 45,306,229 36,962,891

Cash flows from investing activities

Purchase of property, plant and equipment (30,594,478) (17,462,694) (24,068,623) (14,290,706)


Purchase of intangible assets (3,368,008) (2,078,629) (3,295,117) (1,822,143)
Acquisition of subsidiary, net of cash acquired 13,567 - (642,221) -
Investment in subsidiaries - - - (789,933)
Investment in associates (84,135) - - -
Net cash flows used in other financial assets (143,373) (90,045) - -
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment 152,872 4,267 153,232 4,267
Investment income received 240 - - -

Net cash used in investing activities (34,023,315) (19,627,101) (27,852,729) (16,898,515)

Cash flows from financing activities

Repayment of borrowings (23,842,636) (11,391,571) (21,843,581) (8,638,571)


Proceeds from borrowings 18,334,500 3,904,000 16,334,500 2,600,000
Principal element of lease payment (2,753,750) (1,668,176) (2,650,981) (1,595,870)
Redemption of preference shares from non-
controlling interests (15,356) - - -
Proceeds from share issue - non-controlling interests 6,566 12,138 - -
Dividends paid to ordinary shareholders (6,068,449) (4,316,203) (6,068,449) (4,316,203)

Net cash used in financing activities (14,339,125) (13,459,812) (14,228,511) (11,950,644)

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 704,305 10,166,984 3,224,989 8,113,732

Movement in cash and cash equivalents

At beginning of the year 14,029,038 4,021,549 11,862,294 3,920,335


Increase 704,303 10,166,984 3,224,989 8,113,732
Effect of exchange rate changes 235,720 (159,495) 234,982 (171,773)

At end of the year 14,969,061 14,029,038 15,322,265 11,862,294

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the financial year consist of the following:

Group Company
31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020

Cash in hand and at bank 22,078,857 16,660,136 18,488,499 13,772,866


Bank overdrafts (7,109,796) (2,631,098) (3,166,234) (1,910,572)

14,969,061 14,029,038 15,322,265 11,862,294

The notes on pages 8 to 14 form an integral part of these financial statements.


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DIALOG AXIATA PLC

Notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements

(all amounts in the notes are in Sri Lanka Rupees thousands unless otherwise stated)

1 General information

Dialog Axiata PLC (‘the Company’) and its subsidiaries (together ‘the Group’) provide communication services (mobile, fixed,
broadband, international gateway services), telecommunication infrastructure services (tower infrastructure and transmission
services), media (digital television services based on multiple media - satellite, cable, terrestrial), digital services [including but
not limited to digital commerce (mobile and eCommerce), electronic payments (including mobile payment), digital health,
education, navigation and enterprise services and financial services], software solutions, data centre services, manpower
services, provision of Information Technology and venture capital investment activities.

Dialog Axiata PLC is a public limited liability company incorporated and domiciled in Sri Lanka and is listed on the Colombo
Stock Exchange since 28 July 2005. The registered office of the Company is located at 475, Union Place, Colombo 2.

2 Basis of preparation

The condensed interim financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 of the Company and the Group have been
prepared in accordance with Sri Lanka Accounting Standard LKAS 34, ‘Interim Financial Reporting’. The condensed
consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements for the year
ended 31 December 2020, except for the reclassification of overdrafts as disclosed in note 24.

3 Segment information

Operating segments are presented in a manner consistent with the internal reporting provided to chief operating decision
makers.

• The segment results for the year 31 December 2021 are as follows:

Fixed telephony
Mobile and broadband Television Elimination
operation operation operation /adjustment Group

Total segmental revenue 99,163,022 44,790,240 10,605,891 - 154,559,153


Inter-segment revenue (8,085,570) (4,460,957) (97,787) - (12,644,314)
Revenue from external customers 91,077,452 40,329,283 10,508,104 - 141,914,839

Segment operating profit for the period 17,021,037 5,309,232 463,659 646,077 23,440,005

Finance costs – net (4,358,481)


Share of loss from associate - net of tax (28,765)
Profit before income tax 19,052,759
Income tax expense (2,033,991)
Profit for the period 17,018,768
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Notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements (Continued)

3 Segment information (Continued)

• Other segment items included in the statement of comprehensive income are as follows:

Fixed telephony
Mobile and broadband Television Elimination
operation operation operation /adjustment Group

Depreciation, amortisation
and impairment 23,229,648 9,484,203 3,222,758 - 35,936,609

• The segment assets and liabilities at 31 December 2021 and capital expenditure for the year then ended are
as follows:

Fixed telephony
Mobile and broadband Television Elimination
operation operation operation /adjustment Group

Assets 207,420,963 53,496,804 10,730,050 (43,895,338) 227,752,479


Inter-segment assets (6,624,498) (304,473) (1,823,080) - (8,752,051)

Total assets 200,796,465 53,192,331 8,906,970 (43,895,338) 219,000,428

Liabilities 108,390,997 17,769,073 8,320,693 - 134,480,763


Inter-segment liabilities (5,300,569) (3,375,111) (319,542) - (8,995,222)
Total liabilities 103,090,428 14,393,962 8,001,151 - 125,485,541

Capital expenditure 28,347,386 7,590,799 101,526 - 36,039,711

• The segment results for the year ended 31 December 2020 are as follows:

Fixed telephony
Mobile and broadband Television Elimination
operation operation operation /adjustment Group

Total segmental revenue 86,787,478 32,209,438 8,728,369 - 127,725,285


Inter-segment revenue (5,050,764) (2,495,492) (37,517) - (7,583,773)
Revenue from external customers 81,736,714 29,713,946 8,690,852 - 120,141,512

Segment operating profit / (loss) for


the period 15,938,689 1,872,988 (800,980) (327,807) 16,682,890

Finance costs – net (2,890,204)


Share of profit from associates – net
of tax (4,221)
Profit before income tax 13,788,465
Income tax expense (1,785,779)
Profit for the period 12,002,686

• Other segment items included in the statement of comprehensive income are as follows:
Fixed telephony
Mobile and broadband Television Elimination
operation Operation operation /adjustment Group

Depreciation, amortisation
and impairment 22,054,422 9,194,678 3,279,944 - 34,529,044
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Notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements (Continued)

3 Segment information (Continued)

• The segment assets and liabilities at 31 December 2020 and capital expenditure for the year then ended are as
follows:

Fixed telephony
Mobile and broadband Television Elimination
operation operation operation /adjustment Group

Assets 187,441,032 45,811,828 8,593,954 (43,092,633) 198,754,181


Inter-segment assets (10,785,982) (204,555) (70,955) - (11,061,492)

Total assets 176,655,050 45,607,273 8,522,999 (43,092,633) 187,692,689

Liabilities 94,773,251 15,081,468 6,381,074 - 116,235,793


Inter-segment liabilities (3,737,813) (5,637,254) (1,371,099) - (10,746,166)

Total liabilities 91,035,438 9,444,214 5,009,975 - 105,489,627

Capital expenditure 25,284,890 3,930,007 38,300 - 29,253,197

4 Reserves

Group Company
31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020

Attributable to the owners of the Company


Retained earnings 64,365,247 53,269,769 67,783,015 62,627,155
Fair value through other comprehensive
income (“FVOCI”) reserve (27,283) (15,721) - -
Share-based payments reserve 393,336 491,735 393,336 491,735

Attributable to the non-controlling interest


Non-controlling interest (72,275) (10,006) - -
64,659,025 53,735,777 68,176,351 63,118,890

5 Seasonal or cyclical factors

The operations of the Group were not significantly affected by any seasonal or cyclical factors.

6 Significant unusual events or transactions affecting assets, liabilities, equity, net income or cash flows

COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a substantive shift in management’s focus towards ensuring the continued safety of
people, connectivity of customers, compliance with guidelines issued by various government authorities and continuity of
critical business operations. The pandemic has also fueled the digitization journey of the organization, it has significantly
shifted how our customers use products and services, how our customers interact with us and how we provide services and
interact with our customers.

The outbreak and the associated developments impacted the business on multiple fronts including distribution, network rollout
and working capital management. The lockdown and credit extensions provided to keep customers connected, significantly
impacted cash collections. The global impact of the pandemic and the repatriation of Sri Lankans have also adversely
affected the Group’s international business including inbound and outbound roaming. Despite the resurgence of outbreak and
related restrictions, the Group continued to see a gradual recovery in revenue and collections in 2021.

The future impact will heavily depend on the level of restrictions and time taken for the economy to rebound to pre COVID-19
levels. The overall impact on consumer spending and the recovery of the country’s enterprises will also be key determinants
of future impact on our business.

There were no other unusual events or transactions affecting assets, liabilities, equity, net income or cash flows due to their
nature, size or incidence for the year ended 31 December 2021.
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Notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements (Continued)

7 Estimates

The preparation of condensed consolidated interim financial statements requires management to make judgments, estimates
and assumptions that affect the application of accounting policies and the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income
and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

There were no changes in estimates and assumptions used in prior financial periods that may have a material effect in the
current quarter and for the financial period to date, except for the note 8.

In preparing the condensed consolidated interim financial statements, the significant judgments made by the management in
applying the Group’s accounting policies and the sources of estimates uncertainty are consistent with the audited financial
statements for the year ended 31 December 2020.

8 Impairment of Investments and Goodwill

The Company has impaired Rs. 968Mn invested in Digital Holding Lanka (Pvt) Limited. The impact to Group financial
statements is limited to Rs. 102Mn; goodwill impairment of e-learning operation of Rs. 76Mn and change in fair value of
Linear Squared (Pvt) Ltd of Rs.26Mn respectively.
The recoverable value forecasts and projections of cash generating units reflects management expectations of revenue
growth, operating costs and margins based on past experience and future plans and strategies. The Group applies
Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) method and Market Value method for VIU and FVLCS calculations. The assumptions applied in
the VIU computation are EBITDA margin, Free cash flow (FCF), Pre-tax discount rate and Terminal growth rate. Estimates
were revised by applying a scenario-based approach.

9 Issues, repurchases and repayments of debt and equity securities

Further to the Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) established by the Company to reward and retain high performing employees
of the Company and its subsidiaries and pursuant to satisfying the vesting conditions pertaining to Grant 2 of the LTIP, a total
of 26,798,400 ordinary shares in the Company were allotted and issued to the eligible employees on 19 April 2021 for non-cash
consideration at a price of Rs.14.50 per share.

10 Stated capital

Stated capital of the Company consists of 8,200,607,505 ordinary shares.

11 Earnings per share

The diluted earnings per share is same as the basic earnings per share.

12 Market price per share

For the three months ended 31 December 2021 2020


Rs. Rs.

- Highest 11.40 12.90


- Lowest 10.70 7.90
- Last traded 10.90 12.40

13 Directors’ shareholdings

The details of shares held directly by the Directors and their spouses as at 31 December 2021 are as follows:

Number
of shares

Dr. Hansa Wijayasuriya 2,408,910


Mr. Mohamed Muhsin 18,040
Mr. Supun Weerasinghe 2,181,600

None of the Directors and their spouses other than those disclosed above directly held any shares in the Company.
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Notes to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements (Continued)

14 Twenty largest shareholders of the Company

Name of Shareholders No. of shares % Holding


1 Axiata Investments (Labuan) Limited 6,785,252,765 82.74%
2 Employees Provident Fund 237,424,082 2.90%
3 BBH Luxfidelity Funds - Pacific F 147,311,909 1.80%
4 CITI Bank New York S/A Norges Bank Account 2 129,074,552 1.57%
5 BNYM RE - Consilium Extended Opportunities Fund, L.P. 78,847,620 0.96%
6 Pershing LLC S/A Averbach Grauson and Co. 60,663,897 0.74%
7 BBH - Fidelity Funds 55,240,998 0.67%
8 J.B. Cocoshell (Private) Limited 51,989,063 0.63%
9 Employees Trust Fund Board 49,090,898 0.60%
10 JPMCB NA - Fidelity Asian Values PLC 41,762,540 0.51%
11 Northern Trust Company S/A Hosking Global Fund PLC 22,575,939 0.28%
12 SSBT-Sunsuper PTY. LTD. As Trustee for Sunsuper Supperannuation Fund 18,492,884 0.23%
13 SSBT - Retail Employees Superannuation Trust 17,216,852 0.21%
14 Hatton National Bank PLC-NDB Wealth Growth and Income Fund 14,954,638 0.18%
15 Citibank Hong Kong S/A Hostplus Pooled Superannuation Trust 14,867,369 0.18%
16 Union Assuarance PLC-Universal Life Fund 14,467,446 0.18%
17 Deutsche Bank AG as Trustee for JB Vantage Value Equity Fund 14,289,887 0.17%
18 Ceylon Investment PLC A/C # 02 13,797,647 0.17%
19 Rubber Investment Trust LTD A/C NO 01 13,554,973 0.17%
20 Mellon Bank N.A.- UPS Group Trust 12,369,731 0.15%

15 Public shareholding

Information pertaining to public shareholding is as follows:


31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020

Public holding percentage 17.20% 16.94%


Number of public shareholders 22,595 21,769
Float adjusted market capitalisation (Rs.) 15,377,133,471 17,173,922,996

The Company is compliant with the Minimum Public Holding requirement under option 1 of rule 7.13.1(a) of the Listing Rules
of the Colombo Stock Exchange.

16 Effect of changes in composition of the Group

a) Dialog Broadband Networks (Private) Limited (‘DBN’), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired 100% of the
shareholding in H One (Private) Limited, Sri Lanka’s leading Microsoft solutions provider on 7 January 2021.
b) Pursuant to a conversion of shareholder advances, Digital Holdings Lanka (Private) Limited (‘DHL’), a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, issued and allotted 3,044,200 new ordinary shares in DHL to the Company on 30 March 2021.
This share issue has not changed the composition of the Group.
c) Digital Health (Private) Limited (‘DH’) a subsidiary of DHL, acquired 100% of the issued share capital of My Health
Solutions (Private) Limited from its existing shareholders, Dialog Axiata Digital Innovation Fund (Private) Limited (‘DADIF’)
and Aartiz Technologies (Private) Limited (‘Aartiz’) on 20 February 2021, in consideration of the issuance of 30% shares in
DH, in the proportion of 20.45% to DADIF and 9.55% to Aartiz.
d) Dialog Axiata Digital Innovation Fund (Private) Limited (‘DADIF’), which is a subsidiary of DHL, redeemed 186,002 of its
preference shares on 11 March 2021, out of which 170,646 shares were redeemed from preference shares held by DHL.
During the period, DADIF issued 47,938 preference shares out of which 41,277 were issued to DHL and the remaining
preference shares were issued to individual shareholders. Pursuant to the transactions, DHL’s stake in DADIF decreased
to 89.04% from 90.18%.
e) Dialog Finance PLC (“DFP”), a subsidiary of the Company proceeded with a Rights Issue with a view to increase the core
Capital of the Company to ensure compliance with Central Bank Directions. Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the
shareholders of DFP at a meeting held on 26 August 2021, DFP raised LKR 560,072,760 through a Rights Issue by issuing
8,616,504 ordinary shares (in the proportion of 8 new shares for every 101 existing shares in DFP) at the price of LKR 65
per share. The new shares were listed on the Colombo Stock Exchange on 13 October 2021.
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16 Effect of changes in composition of the Group (Continued)

f) Pursuant to a conversion of shareholder advances, Dialog Network Services (Private) Limited (‘DNS), a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, issued and allotted 5,699,925 new ordinary shares in DNS to the Company on 24 December
2021. This share issue has not changed the composition of the Group.

Other than disclosed above there has not been a change in the composition of the Group which was disclosed in the audited financial
statements for the year ended 31 December 2020.

17 Financial instruments measured at fair value

Measurement criteria and the fair value


Level 1 Level 3 Total
Note Rs.000 Rs.000 Rs.000
31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec 31 Dec
2021 2020 2021 2020 2021 2020
Financial assets

Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss


(FVTPL)
- Investment in quoted equities (a) 1,918 1,513 - - 1,918 1,513
- Investment in unquoted equities (a) - - 295,231 205,865 295,231 205,865

Financial assets at fair value through other


comprehensive income (FVOCI)
- Investment in unquoted equities (b) - - 170,609 187,728 170,609 187,728

The Group measures the financial instruments based on published price quotations (Level 1), market approach valuation
technique (Level 2) with inputs of valuation technique such as interest rates and yield curves observable at commonly quoted
intervals; implied volatilities; and credit spreads that are observable directly or indirectly and valuation technique with
unobservable inputs (Level 3) at the end of the financial reporting period.

(a) Carrying value of financial assets at FVTPL at the end of the financial reporting period represents the investments in
quoted equity investments by Dialog Finance PLC and investment in unquoted equity investments by Dialog Axiata Digital
Innovation Fund (Private) Limited.

(b) The carrying value of financial assets at FVOCI represents the fair value of the investment in shares in the Credit
Information Bureau of Sri Lanka by Dialog Finance PLC and investment in unquoted equity investments by Dialog Axiata
Digital Innovation Fund (Private) Limited.

18 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents of the Group include restricted cash deposited in the following financial institutions:
31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020

Hatton National Bank PLC, amount deposited in custodian accounts to facilitate Ez cash
operation 611,603 610,000
Margin requirements against imports on Documents against Acceptance terms 276,081 97,716
People’s Bank, amount deposited in settlement account to facilitate NFC Travel card value 64,390 64,276
952,074 771,992

19 Revenue from contracts with customers


Group Company
31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020

Mobile operation 91,077,452 81,736,714 90,958,769 82,428,513


Fixed telephony and broadband operation 40,329,283 29,713,946 - -
Television operation 10,508,104 8,690,852 - -
141,914,839 120,141,512 90,958,769 82,428,513

Group Company
Timing of revenue recognition 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020 31 Dec 2021 31 Dec 2020

At a point in time 3,491,494 1,172,174 88,666 71,780


Over time 138,423,345 118,969,338 90,870,103 82,356,733
141,914,839 120,141,512 90,958,769 82,428,513
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20 Valuation of property, plant and equipment

The Company and the Group do not adopt a revaluation policy on its property, plant and equipment.

21 Contingent liabilities

In August 2008, Sri Lanka Customs (‘SLC’) detained a shipment of CDMA Customers’ Premises Equipment (‘CPE’) belonging
to Dialog Broadband Networks (Private) Limited (‘DBN’) and commenced an investigation into the eligibility of these items
falling under the duty exemptions granted under the terms and conditions of the agreement with the Board of Investment of
Sri Lanka. The shipment was cleared by DBN upon submitting bank guarantees and thereafter subsequent shipments of CPE
were cleared by paying duty 'Under Protest'. SLC commenced an inquiry into this matter on 30 January 2009 which was
temporarily suspended upon a proposed settlement by the Secretary to the Treasury in May 2010. However, SLC took steps
to continue with the inquiry. Inquiry was held on several dates and the last date being 9 September 2016, however the inquiry
was not concluded on this date. On 11 April 2018, DBN was served with an ‘Order’ dated 6 April 2018 by SLC imposing a
mitigated monetary forfeiture of Rs. 1,626,622,200. DBN has instituted legal action challenging the order made by SLC in the
Court of Appeal under Case No: CA (Writ) 166/2018. The matter was supported on 28 November 2018 and notices were
issued on the respondents.

Thereafter, SLC filed objections on 15 February 2019 as directed by the Courts. The case was fixed for argument on several
dates, the last date being 8 November 2021. The matter has been refixed for argument on 10 March 2022.

Except for disclosed above there has not been a significant change in the nature of the contingent liabilities, which were
disclosed in the audited financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2020.

22 Capital commitments

Capital expenditure contracted for as at the statement of financial position date but not yet incurred consists of Rs.
22,139,556,038 (31.12.2020 - Rs. 9,777,542,685) and Rs. 28,596,911,824 (31.12.2020 - Rs. 13,913,085,606) of the
Company and the Group respectively.

23 Events after the reporting period

a) The Board of Directors has recommended a final dividend of Rs. 1.24 per share amounting to Rs. 10,168,753,306 for the
financial year 2021, subject to the approval of the shareholders at the Annual General Meeting.

b) An agreement is executed on 11 January 2022 between edotco Services Lanka (Private) Limited to obtain energy system
equipment and service. The term of the agreement shall commence with effect from 31 December 2021.

c) Government Budget Proposals for 2022 proposed a one-off “Surcharge Tax” at the rate of 25 percent on Individuals or
Companies who have earned a taxable income over LKR 2Bn for the year of assessment 2020/2021. The Bill governing
the imposition and administration of the Surcharge Tax published in the gazette dated 7th of February 2022 which will be
tabled for debate in Parliament in due course.

Based on the provisions of the Bill, Surcharge Tax payable by Dialog Axiata PLC is in the range between LKR 3Bn to LKR
4Bn. However, there may be changes to the aforementioned Bill in its process of enactment, which may impact the
aforementioned estimate.

Since the legislation was not enacted or substantially enacted at the balance sheet date, no provision for Surcharge Tax
was made in the Financial Statements.

24 Reclassification

The Company’s and Group’s bank overdrafts was previously not considered under cash and cash equivalents in the
statement of cash flows. However, management considers it more relevant if bank overdrafts are presented under cash and
cash equivalents in the statement of cash flows. Prior year comparatives as at 31 December 2020 have been restated by
reclassifying Rs.502,284 and Rs.736,114 from cash generated from operations for the Company and the Group respectively.

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