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36. ACQUISITION AND DISPOSALS OF SUBSIDI<strong>AR</strong>IES, JOINT<br />

VENTURES AND MINORITY INTERESTS (continued)<br />

36.1 Acquisitions (continued)<br />

By the Group’s subsidiaries<br />

Multi-Links Telecommunications Limited (’Multi-Links Telecommunications’) (75%)<br />

On May 1, 2007 <strong>Telkom</strong> acquired a 75% shareholding in Multi-Links<br />

Telecommunications through <strong>Telkom</strong> International, a wholly owned<br />

South African subsidiary, for a total cost of R1,985 million.<br />

Multi-Links Telecommunications is a Nigerian Private Telecommunications<br />

Operator with a Unified Access Licence providing fixed, mobile, data, long<br />

distance and international telecommunications services throughout Nigeria.<br />

Multi-Links is domiciled and incorporated in Nigeria.<br />

The purchase price allocation was completed during the 2008 financial year,<br />

and has resulted in goodwill being adjusted.<br />

The following intangible assets were identified and valued<br />

at the end of the year:<br />

<strong>Telkom</strong> Annual Report 2009 217<br />

Notes to the consolidated annual financial statements (continued)<br />

for the three years ended March 31, 2009<br />

2007 2008 2009<br />

Rm Rm Rm<br />

Customer relationship – 61 –<br />

Licence – 36 –<br />

Brand – 105 –<br />

Fair value of intangible assets – 202 –<br />

The fair value of the assets and liabilities acquired were determined as follows:<br />

Net assets acquired (excluding fair value of intangible assets) – 236 –<br />

Fair value of intangible assets – 202 –<br />

Less: Contingencies recognised – (35) –<br />

Less: Deferred taxation raised on intangible assets – (65) –<br />

Fair value of net assets acquired – 338 –<br />

Less: Minority interest – (80) –<br />

Goodwill – 1,727 –<br />

Purchase price* – 1,985 –<br />

* The purchase price was settled in cash.<br />

Disposal group<br />

By the Group’s 50% joint venture, Vodacom<br />

Storage Technology Services (Proprietary) Limited – – 69<br />

Gateway – – 2,846<br />

Smartphone SP (Proprietary) Limited and subsidiaries 168 468 –<br />

Smartcom (Proprietary) Limited 4 9 –<br />

Africell Cellular Services (Proprietary) Limited 40 – –<br />

InterConnect s.p.r.l 10 – –<br />

Cointel VAS (Proprietary) Limited 73 – –<br />

Disposals<br />

By the Group’s 50% joint venture, Vodacom<br />

Ithuba Smartcall (Proprietary) Limited – – –<br />

Stand 13 Eastwood Road Dunkeld (Proprietary) Limited – 8 –

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