Title: Company Presentation
1VIMPELCOM
Company Presentation
Brunswick UBS Annual Conference
September 2004
2Disclaimer
- This presentation contains "forward-looking
statements", as the phrase is defined in Section
27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These
statements relate, in part, to the Companys
development plans, such as national and
international expansion, and to estimated future
growth in Russia of subscribers, wireless
revenues and GDP. These statements also relate
to the consummation of the merger between
VimpelCom and each of VimpelCom-Region and KB
Impuls, each of which is subject to regulatory
and certain other approvals, as well as certain
other conditions precedent, including the
transfer of all respective licenses and
permissions to VimpelCom in the case of the
mergers. These statements also relate to the
planned sale of a stake in KaR-Tel to a local
Kazakh Partner, which is subject to the execution
of definitive documentation as well as the
satisfaction of certain conditions precedent that
will be included in such documentation. If any
of the respective approvals are not obtained or
any condition precedent is not met, the mergers
or stake sale, as applicable, will not be
consummated. The forward-looking statements are
based on management's best assessment of the
Company's strategic and financial position,
future market conditions and trends and its
ability to consummate the mergers and stake sale.
These discussions involve risks and
uncertainties. The actual outcome may differ
materially from these statements as a result of
unforeseen developments from regulatory
authorities, competition, governmental
regulations of the wireless telecommunications
industry, general political and social
uncertainties in Russia and Kazakhstan, general
economic developments in Russia and Kazakhstan,
the Companys ability to continue to grow its
overall subscriber base, continued volatility in
the world economy and other factors. There can be
no assurance that such risks and uncertainties
will not have material adverse effects on the
Companys development plans. Certain factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially
from those discussed in any forward-looking
statements include the risks described in the
Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2003 and other public filings
made by the Company with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, which risk
factors are incorporated herein by reference.
VimpelCom disclaims any obligation to update
developments of these risk factors or to announce
publicly any revision to any of the
forward-looking statements contained in this
presentation, or to make corrections to reflect
future events or developments. This document is
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States. Securities may not be offered or sold in
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defined in Regulation S under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933 (the Securities Act)) absent
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distributed into the United States.
3VimpelCom company profile
- Second-largest national cellular operator in
Russia - GSM license portfolio covering 136 million people
- 45 market share in Moscow and 33 in Russia
- First Russian company with NYSE listing
- 50 free float
- US 5.3 billion market cap (as of August 31,
2004) - Benchmark for transparency and corporate
governance in Russia - Strategic alliances with Telenor and Alfa Group
- Strong financial performance
VimpelCom subscriber base
million
2003
2002
2004
Moscow
Regions
Source Company data
4VimpelCom-Region and shareholder structure
- The merger of VimpelCom-Region (VimpelComs
subsidiary for regional development) into
VimpelCom was approved on October 24, 2003 at the
EGM of VimpelCom - The merger was also approved at the Joint EGM of
VimpelCom and VimpelCom-Region shareholders on
April 16, 2004 as required by Russian law - The merger will be completed as soon as licenses
and frequencies are transferred from
VImpelCom-Region to VimpelCom - In connection with the merger of VimpelCom and
VimpelCom-Region, Alfa and Telenor will exchange
their aggregate 44.7 interest in
VimpelCom-Region for 10.9 million new VimpelCom
common shares (equal to 14.6 million ADSs)
VimpelCom
shareholder structure
5Wireless growth expected to continue
Subscriber Growth in Russia
Russia Wireless Revenues and GDP
million
National penetration forecast
Source Goskomstat, Brunswick UBS, VimpelCom
estimates
Source Consensus forecasts, independent
research
6Goals and Directions
Become the leading operator in Russia and expand
in the CIS countries
Strategic Factors
Strategic Directions
- Strategic Factors
- Macroeconomy
- Political and regulatory environment
- New technologies
- Industry competition, mergers acquisitions
- Strengthening VimpelComs position on the Russian
market Market Leader - New products and technologies
- New markets
VimpelComin CIS
VimpelComin Russia 3G
VimpelComin Russia 2.5G
7Acquisition in Kazakhstan
- KAZAKHSTAN country profile
- Population 15 million
- GDP per capita - 1,970 second-largest in the
CIS - Cellular penetration 13
- KAR-TEL company profile
- Second-largest cellular operator in Kazakhstan
- National GSM-900 license
- Over 600,000 subscribers
- 31 market share
- ACQUISITION DETAILS
- 100 stake is purchased for 350 million the
assumption of 75 million in debt - Up to 50 - 1 share is to be sold to a local
partner
8Main Russian GSM players
MTS
MegaFon
VimpelCom
Market share in Moscow as of July 31, 2004
Market share in Russia as of July 31, 2004
Source Company data
9National GSM network rollout
Moscow Population 17.0 mln.
Urals Population 18.3 mln.
Northwest Population 14.0 mln.
Central Population 21.0 mln.
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VolgaPopulation 25.2 mln.
South Population 22.9 mln.
SiberiaPopulation 15.3 mln.
Far EastPopulation 11.4 mln.
In commercial operation
Other licensed regions
10National market key trends
Russia (Overall) Subscriber Market Share
Incremental Market Share (Organic Net Adds)
2004
2003
Source Independent research
11Moscow market key trends
Subscriber Market Share
Incremental Market Share (Organic Net Adds)
2003
Note VimpelCom recorded negative net additions
in June 2004
Source Independent research and Company estimates
12Market share regions
Central Region
South Region
Siberia Region
Incremental market share (net adds, July 2004)
Market share (July 31, 2004)
BeeLine
MegaFon
Source Company data and independent research
MTS
Others
13Market share regions
Northwest Region
Ural Region
Volga Region
Incremental market share (net adds, July 2004)
Market share (July 31, 2004)
BeeLine
MTS
Others
Source Company data and independent research
MegaFon
Smarts
14Ratios, cash flow and capex
, mln
72.6
70.3
43.5
Net operating cash flow as of Capex
15Summary
- Leading national GSM operator in Russia
- Committed and complementary strategic partners -
Telenor and Alfa - Rapid subscriber growth and strong financial
performance - A focused strategy for successful national
expansion - The beginning of international expansion
- A benchmark for corporate governance and
transparency in Russia
Any statement made or opinion expressed in the
presentation by VimpelCom, including any slides
shown, are those of VimpelCom only and not
Brunswick UBS. Brunswick UBS was not involved in
the preparation of these materials and Brunswick
UBS assumes no responsibility for that
presentation.
16Debt/OIBDA, OIBDA/Interest expenses
Reconciliation to U.S. GAAP measures
Reconciliations related to other non-U.S. GAAP
measures can be found at http//www.vimpelcom.com
/docs/VimpelCom_2Q2004_results.ppt
17 ROCE, Reconciliation to U.S. GAAP measures
ROCE, Operating income / Average Capital
Employed 100