Blue Label warns of 20% drop in earnings
Blue Label says its audit for the financial year is ‘substantially complete’ but it is in the process of determining the valuation of its Cell C investment
19 August 2019 - 17:01
Cell C's largest shareholder, Blue Label Telecoms, expects earnings for the year to May to plunge 20%, it said on Monday.
Blue Label, which owns 45% of struggling cellphone network operator Cell C, said its audit for the financial year was “substantially complete”, but that it was in the process of determining the valuation of its investment in Cell C. The outcome will, among other things, have an effect on the carrying value of the investment, as well as the recoverability of the existing deferred tax asset within Cell C...
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