Financial & Business Review - Media Prima Berhad

RESULTS QUARTER-BY-QUARTERRM'000 %Q2 2012 Q3 2012 Q3 2011 CHANGEA B C (B - A) (B - C)GROSS REVENUE 529,151 515,604 498,271 (3) 3NET REVENUE 447,623 437,211 417,468 (2) 5ROYALTIES (1,009) (993) (939) (2) (6)NET REVENUE AFTER ROYALTIES 446,614 436,218 416,529 (2) 5DIRECT COSTS (156,301) (139,285) (130,287) 11 (7)CONTRIBUTION 290,313 296,933 286,242 2 4OTHER INCOME 5,288 3,565 8,781 (33) (59)OVERHEADS (186,026) (190,993) (188,533) (3) (1)EBITDA 109,575 109,505 106,490 (0) 3FINANCE COSTS (7,509) (7,303) (8,725) 3 16DEPRECIATION & AMORTISATION (24,668) (24,852) (25,732) (1) 3PROFIT BEFORE ASSOCIATES 77,398 77,350 72,033 (0) 7SHARE OF ASSOCIATE'S RESULTS (44) 2,027 683 (>100) (>100)PROFIT BEFORE TAX 77,354 79,377 72,716 3 9TAXATION (19,949) (19,948) (18,672) 0 (7)PROFIT AFTER TAX 57,405 59,429 54,044 4 10MINORITY INTEREST (617) (283) (726) 54 61PATAMI - CONTINUING OPERATIONS 56,788 59,146 53,318 4 11NET (LOSSES)/GAINS FROM SUBSIDIARIES HELD FOR SALE - - -GAIN ON DISPOSAL OF SUBSIDIARY ACQUIREDEXCLUSIVELY FOR SALE - - 54 100PATAMI 56,788 59,146 53,372 4 11EBITDA margin % 24% 25% 26%PATAMI margin % 13% 14% 13%