MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, May 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS" - NYSE: MBT), the leading telecommunications provider in Russia and the CIS, today announces its unaudited US GAAP financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2014. 

Key Financial Highlights of Q1 2014 

  • Consolidated Group revenues increased 5% y-o-y to RUB 98 billion
  • Mobile service revenue in Russia rose 7% y-o-y to RUB 68 billion
  • Data traffic revenue in Russia grew 42% y-o-y to RUB 14 billion
  • Consolidated Group OIBDA[1] up 5% y-o-y to RUB 41 billion
  • Group OIBDA margin improved 0.1 pp to 42.5%
  • Consolidated net income[2] of RUB 13 billion
  • Free cash-flow from continuing operations[3] grew 40% to RUB 34 billion for the first three months of 2014

Key Corporate and Industry Highlights 

  • Announced new 3D Strategy: Data, Differentiation, Dividends
  • Launched LTE network in Tatarstan, Primorsky Krai, Sverdlovsk Region, St. Petersburg , Leningrad Region, Adygeya, Komi, Tver region, Stavropol Krai, Novgorod Region
  • Concluded a credit facility with Citibank Europe PLC and Swedish Export Credit Corporation for up to $300 mln (RUB 10.9 bln at the date of conclusion) supported by Sweden's Exportkreditnamnden (EKN)
  • Appointed Mr. Valery Shorzhin as Vice President for Procurement and Administration, Member of the Executive Board  
  • Annual dividend recommendation by the MTS Board of RUB 18.6 per ordinary MTS share (RUB 37.2 per ADR), or a total of RUB 38.435 bln based on the full-year 2013 financial results, upon acceptance by the AGM and completion of this payment, MTS will have paid out up to RUB 49.2 bln rubles based on fiscal year 2013 financial results
  • Acquired a 10.82% stake in OZON Holdings ("OZON"), the leading Russian e-commerce company, through an additional share issuance for $75 mln (RUB 2.7 billion at the date of transaction)
  • Sold the remaining 49% stake in Business-Nedvizhimost CJSC to Sistema JSFC  for a price of RUB 3.1 bln
  • Redeemed the remaining amount of RUB 15 bln series 04 bond
  •  Appointed Mr. Andrei Ushatskiy as Vice President, Chief Technology and Information Officer, Member of the Executive Board

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1.  See Attachment A for definitions and reconciliation of OIBDA and OIBDA margin to their most directly comparable US GAAP financial measures.

2.  Attributable to the Group.

3.  See Attachment B for reconciliation of free cash-flow to net cash provided by operating activity.

Commentary 

Commented Andrei Dubovskov, President and Chief Executive Officer of MTS, "For the period we witnessed a continuation of the drivers of growth and profitability that have been seen over the previous 1 to 2 years.  Revenue for the Group grew 5% year-over-year to 97.6 billion rubles.  In each of our markets of operations we continue to see many positive trends, including rising usage of voice and strong data adoption in virtually all customer segments; benefits in data adoption from our focus in retail in Russia on sales of low-cost devices; both internal data and independent sources confirm MTS's leadership in network speed, customer service, brand and other important factors that contribute to our leading customer experience; and high-levels of profitability in each our markets."

Vasyl Latsanych, Vice President, Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer, continued, "In Q1, our Russian business grew 5% year-over-year to 87.3 billion rubles.  Driving this growth was our mobile business, which grew over 7% year-over-year, which was largely driven by the adoption of data plans as smartphone penetration among our active subscribers reached almost 35%, and our data attach rate increased to over 42%.  This contributed to an increase in data traffic revenue of 42% year-over-year.  Sales of handsets increased 8% year-over-year reflecting rising demand for higher-quality, low-cost smartphones, and we continued to see strong additions of high-value subscribers for the period.  Our sales of SIM-cards continue to be both consistent and sustainable; churn in Russia was stable at 9.1% for the quarter, which was still lower than by 40 basis points compared to Q1 2013."

Mr. Latsanych continued, "Our fixed business recorded a slight decline under 2% year-on-year.  Steady growth in our Moscow-based GPON additions and the migration of older, ADSL customers was offset by the falling numbers of traditional, fixed-line telephony services.  At the end of the period, we realized 900,000 telephony subscribers and over 300,000 Internet/pay-tv customers through our GPON network in Moscow.  In the regions, we also saw modest growth due to the on-going modernization of our networks and closer integration of acquired businesses.  

"In Ukraine, we continue to see volatility in the market.  Revenues grew year-over-year by 1.4% to 2.4 million hryvnas.  In Armenia, revenue fell by over 3% year-over-year to nearly 17.1 billion drams. Competitive pressures and the slowing macroeconomic environment may impact our performance, but we remain the dominant operator in this market.  In Turkmenistan, we delivered a year-on-year increase of 36% in revenues up to nearly 66 million manats. Operating indicators are characteristically volatile for an early-stage business, but more importantly we are steadily growing our subscriber base. Further investments in coverage, capacity and 3G/UMTS will allow us to realize further growth in this market."

Concluded Mr. Dubovskov, "Naturally we must acknowledge the macro-economic issues that we face.  Since last year, estimates of GDP performance in our core markets have moved downward, and we witnessed currency volatility in Russia and Ukraine.  This may impact our performance, but for now, we continue to see steady, profitable growth throughout our markets of operation.  But this is not necessarily new for us.  As we have seen in the past, our sensible strategy, organizational strengths and focus on efficiency will provide us with the flexibility to manage our macroeconomic risks and continue to create value for our shareholders."

Additional Information 

MTS continues to see sustained macroeconomic volatility in its markets of operations that may impact the financial and operational performance throughout the Group

This press release provides a summary of some of the key financial and operating indicators for the period ended March 31, 2014. For full disclosure materials, please visit http://www.mtsgsm.com/resources/reports/. 


Financial Summary


    RUB mln              Q1'14  Q1'13  y-o-y   Q4'13  q-o-q
    Revenues             97,562 92,854   5.1% 104,751  -6.9%
    OIBDA                41,451 39,347   5.3%  44,988  -7.9%
    - margin              42.5%  42.4% +0.1pp   42.9% -0.4pp
    Net operating income 23,437 21,578   8.6%  27,219 -13.9%
    - margin              24.0%  23.2% +0.8pp   26.0% -2.0pp
    Net income from
    continuing
    operations           13,025 12,911  +0.9%  19,750 -34.1%
    - margin              13.4%  13.9% -0.5pp   18.9% -5.5pp
    Net income
    attributable to the
    Group                13,025 12,963  +0.5%  19,750 -34.1%
    - margin              13.4%  14.0% -0.6pp   18.9% -5.5pp

Russia Highlights


    RUB mln              Q1'14  Q1'13  y-o-y  Q4'13  q-o-q
    Revenues[4]          87,252 82,748   5.4% 94,154  -7.3%
    - mobile             67,965 63,391   7.2% 71,556  -5.0%
    - fixed              15,184 15,454  -1.8% 16,725  -9.2%
    -sales of handsets &
    accessories           6,065  5,640   7.5%  7,760 -21.8%
    OIBDA                37,773 35,847   5.4% 41,107  -8.1%
    - margin              43.3%  43.3% stable  43.7% -0.4pp
    Net income            9,610 11,833 -18.8% 17,117 -43.9%
    - margin              11.0%  14.3% -3.3pp  18.2% -7.2pp

                     Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q1'14
    ARPU (RUB)       292.1 305.8 318.7 314.8 299.2
    MOU (min)          310   332   337   345   325
    Churn rate (%)    9.5%  9.4%  9.1%  9.0%  9.1%

Ukraine Highlights


    UAH mln          Q1'14 Q1'13  y-o-y  Q4'13  q-o-q
    Revenues         2,418 2,384    1.4% 2,441   -0.9%
    OIBDA            1,236 1,227    0.7% 1,276   -3.1%
    - margin         51.1% 51.5%  -0.4pp 52.3%  -1.2pp
    Net income       1,034   504  105.4%   636   62.7%
    - margin         42.8% 21.1% +21.7pp 26.1% +16.7pp

                         Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q1'14
    ARPU (UAH)           37.40 38.32 38.92 35.08 34.93
    MOU (min)              600   580   561   557   544
    Churn rate (%)        6.7%  6.0%  6.6%  6.8%  6.3%
    SAC (UAH)             51.9  56.2  57.1  53.3  49.4
    - dealer commission   30.6  30.2  36.7  29.7  29.4
    - adv&mktg            12.3  16.8  12.6  14.8  12.1
    - handset subsidy      1.6   1.2   0.6   0.9   0.7
    - SIM card & voucher   7.3   8.0   7.1   7.8   7.2

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4. Revenue, net of intercompany between mobile and fixed.

Armenia Highlights


    AMD mln          Q1'14  Q1'13  y-o-y   Q4'13   q-o-q
    Revenues         17,138 17,803  -3.7%  19,778  -13.3%
    OIBDA             7,802  8,947 -12.8%   5,298   47.3%
    - margin          45.5%  50.3% -4.8pp   26.8% +18.7pp
    Net
    income/(loss)     1,855  2,670 -30.5% (1,442)     n/a
    - margin          10.8%  15.0% -4.2pp     n/a     n/a

                    Q1'13   Q2'13   Q3'13   Q4'13   Q1'14
    ARPU (AMD)     2,433.6 2,750.2 3,108.2 2,690.6 2,316.3
    MOU (min)          330     365     389     398     399
    Churn rate (%)    8.2%    8.6%    8.0%    6.5%    6.3%
    SAC (AMD)      6,506.2 6,287.4 6,077.1 6,800.7 5,129.8

Turkmenistan Highlights


    TMT mln      Q1'14 Q1'13  y-o-y  Q4'13  q-o-q
    Revenues        66    48   36.1%    72   -8.4%
    OIBDA           26    13   94.7%    44  -41.1%
    - margin     39.0% 27.2% +11.8pp 60.6% -21.6pp
    Net income      21    13   67.1%    39  -46.7%
    - margin     31.8% 25.8%  +6.0pp 54.6% -22.8pp

                   Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q1'14
    ARPU (TMT)       9.7  11.1  12.0  11.9  11.0
    MOU (min)        473   527   541   531   505
    Churn rate (%)   n/a   17%  6.7% 11.1% 11.5%
    SAC (TMT)        9.5  13.6  18.1  22.1  23.9

CAPEX Highlights


    RUB mln       FY 2011 FY 2012 FY 2013   Q1'14
    Russia         66,869  82,896  70,910    9,257
    - as % of rev   21.4%   24.5%   20.0%    10.6%
    Ukraine         4,487   4,125   8,840      608
    - as % of rev   13.4%   10.9%   22.2%     6.4%
    Armenia         1,344     751   1,093       80
    - as % of rev   22.8%   12.5%   17.5%     5.5%
    Turkmenistan      n/a      11     732      145
    - as % of rev     n/a    3.4%   25.8%    18.0%
    Group         72,798   87,783  81,575   10,091
    - as % of rev   20.9%   23.2%   20.5%    10.3%

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Mobile TeleSystems OJSC ("MTS") is the leading telecommunications group in Russia and the CIS, offering mobile and fixed voice, broadband, pay TV as well as content and entertainment services in one of the world's fastest growing regions. Including its subsidiaries, the Group services over 100 million mobile subscribers. The Group has been awarded GSM licenses in Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Armenia and Belarus, a region that boasts a total population of more than 200 million. Since June 2000, MTS' Level 3 ADRs have been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol MBT). Additional information about the MTS Group can be found at http://www.mtsgsm.com.

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Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of MTS, as defined in the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You can identify forward looking statements by terms such as "expect," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "will," "could," "may" or "might," and the negative of such terms or other similar expressions.  We wish to caution you that these statements are only predictions and that actual events or results may differ materially. We do not undertake or intend to update these statements to reflect events and circumstances occurring after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. We refer you to the documents MTS files from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the Company's most recent Form 20-F. These documents contain and identify important factors, including those contained in the section captioned "Risk Factors" that could cause the actual results to differ materially from those contained in our projections or forward-looking statements, including, among others, the severity and duration of current economic and financial conditions, including volatility in interest and exchange rates, commodity and equity prices and the value of financial assets; the impact of Russian, U.S. and other foreign government programs to restore liquidity and stimulate national and global economies, our ability to maintain our current credit rating and the impact on our funding costs and competitive position if we do not do so, strategic actions, including acquisitions and dispositions and our success in integrating acquired businesses, potential fluctuations in quarterly results, our competitive environment, dependence on new service development and tariff structures, rapid technological and market change, acquisition strategy, risks associated with telecommunications infrastructure, governmental regulation of the telecommunications industries and other risks associated with operating in Russia and the CIS, volatility of stock price, financial risk management and future growth subject to risks.

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Attachments to the First Quarter 2014
Earnings Press Release 

Attachment A 

Non-GAAP financial measures. This press release includes financial information prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, or US GAAP, as well as other financial measures referred to as non-GAAP. The non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information prepared in accordance with US GAAP. Due to the rounding and translation practices, Russian ruble and functional currency margins, as well as other non-GAAP financial measures, may differ.

Operating Income before Depreciation and Amortization (OIBDA) and OIBDA margin. OIBDA represents operating income before depreciation and amortization. OIBDA margin is defined as OIBDA as a percentage of our net revenues. OIBDA may not be similar to OIBDA measures of other companies, is not a measurement under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information contained in our consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive income. We believe that OIBDA provides useful information to investors because it is an indicator of the strength and performance of our ongoing business operations, including our ability to fund discretionary spending such as capital expenditures, acquisitions of mobile operators and other investments and our ability to incur and service debt. While depreciation and amortization are considered operating costs under generally accepted accounting principles, these expenses primarily represent the non-cash current period allocation of costs associated with long-lived assets acquired or constructed in prior periods. Our OIBDA calculation is commonly used as one of the bases for investors, analysts and credit rating agencies to evaluate and compare the periodic and future operating performance and value of companies within the wireless telecommunications industry. OIBDA can be reconciled to our consolidated statements of operations as follows:


    Group (RUB mln)  Q1'13  Q2'13  Q3'13  Q4'13  Q1'14
    Operating income 21,578 25,566 27,395 27,219 23,437
    Add: D&A         17,770 18,819 18,895 17,769 18,014
    OIBDA            39,347 44,385 46,290 44,988 41,451

    Russia (RUB mln) Q1'13  Q2'13  Q3'13  Q4'13  Q1'14
    Operating income 20,865 22,977 25,167 25,865 22,464
    Add: D&A         14,982 16,245 16,356 15,243 15,310
    OIBDA            35,847 39,222 41,523 41,107 37,773

    Ukraine (RUB mln) Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q1'14
    Operating income  2,261 2,978 3,397 3,109 2,634
    Add: D&A          2,411 2,236 2,165 2,085 2,256
    OIBDA             4,672 5,214 5,562 5,194 4,890

    Armenia (RUB mln)  Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q1'14
    Operating
    income/(loss)        280   447   601  (27)   221
    Add: D&A             385   345   382   448   440
    OIBDA                665   791   983   420   662

    Turkmenistan (RUB
    mln)               Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q1'14
    Operating income     138   229   305   488   289
    Add: D&A               2     1     4    11    25
    OIBDA                140   230   309   498   315

OIBDA margin can be reconciled to our operating margin as follows:


    Group            Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q1'14
    Operating margin 23.2% 26.2% 26.5% 26.0% 24.0%
    Add: D&A         19.1% 19.3% 18.3% 17.0% 18.5%
    OIBDA margin     42.4% 45.5% 44.8% 42.9% 42.5%

    Russia           Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q1'14
    Operating margin 25.2% 26.6% 27.5% 27.5% 25.7%
    Add: D&A         18.1% 18.8% 17.9% 16.2% 17.5%
    OIBDA margin     43.3% 45.4% 45.4% 43.7% 43.3%

    Ukraine          Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q1'14
    Operating margin 24.9% 30.0% 31.4% 31.3% 27.6%
    Add: D&A         26.6% 22.5% 20.0% 21.0% 23.6%
    OIBDA margin     51.5% 52.6% 51.5% 52.3% 51.2%

    Armenia          Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q1'14
    Operating margin 21.1% 29.5% 33.2% -1.7% 15.2%
    Add: D&A         29.1% 22.8% 21.2% 28.2% 30.2%
    OIBDA margin     50.3% 52.3% 54.4% 26.5% 45.4%

    Turkmenistan                  Q1'13 Q2'13 Q3'13 Q4'13 Q1'14
    Operating margin              26.7% 32.9% 37.8% 59.5% 35.9%
    Add: D&A                       0.4%  0.2%  0.5%  1.3%  3.1%
    OIBDA margin                  27.1% 33.1% 38.3% 60.8% 39.0%

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Attachment B 

Net debt represents total debt less cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. Our net debt calculation is commonly used as one of the bases for investors, analysts and credit rating agencies to evaluate and compare our periodic and future liquidity within the wireless telecommunications industry. The non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for, the information prepared in accordance with US GAAP.

Net debt can be reconciled to our consolidated statements of financial position as follows:


                                                    As of Dec 31,   As of Mar 31,
    RUB mln                                             2013            2014
    Current portion of debt and of capital
    lease obligations                                   25,064          25,046
    Long-term debt and capital lease
    obligations                                        194,083         196,605
    Total debt                                         219,147         221,651
    Less:

    Cash and cash equivalents                           30,612          37,207

    Short-term investments                              14,633          39,073
    Net debt                                           173,903         145,371

                                                                 Twelve months
                            Nine months ended   Three months         ended
                                               ended Mar 31,
    RUB mln                   Dec 31, 2013          2014          Mar 31, 2014
                                    A                B               C=A+B
    Net operating
    income                        80,180           23,437            103,617
    Add: D&A                      55,483           18,014             73,497
    LTM OIBDA                   135, 663           41,451            177,114

Free cash-flow can be reconciled to our consolidated statements of cash flow as follows:


                                                     For three
                                                       months      For three months
                                                    ended Mar 31,   ended Mar 31,
                                                         2013             2014
    RUB mln
    Net cash provided by operating activities           36,647           44,068
    Less:
    Purchases of property, plant and equipment         (9 194)          (8 654)
    Purchases of intangible assets                     (3 304)          (1 437)
    Proceeds from sale of property, plant and
    equipment                                              140              123

                                                        24,289           34,101
    Free cash flow

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Attachment C 

Definitions

Subscriber. We define a "subscriber" as an individual or organization whose account shows chargeable activity within sixty one days in the case of post-paid tariffs, or one hundred and eighty three days in the case of our pre-paid tariffs, or whose account does not have a negative balance for more than this period.

Average monthly service revenue per subscriber (ARPU). We calculate our ARPU by dividing our service revenues for a given period, including interconnect, guest roaming fees and connection fees, by the average number of our subscribers during that period and dividing by the number of months in that period.

Average monthly minutes of usage per subscriber (MOU). MOU is calculated by dividing the total number of minutes of usage during a given period by the average number of our subscribers during the period and dividing by the number of months in that period.

Churn. We define our "churn" as the total number of subscribers who cease to be a subscriber as defined above during the period (whether involuntarily due to non-payment or voluntarily, at such subscriber's request), expressed as a percentage of the average number of our subscribers during that period.

Subscriber acquisition cost (SAC). We define SAC as total sales and marketing expenses and handset subsidies for a given period. Sales and marketing expenses include advertising expenses and commissions to dealers. SAC per gross additional subscriber is calculated by dividing SAC during a given period by the total number of gross subscribers added by us during the period.

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    MOBILE TELESYSTEMS
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
    AS OF MARCH 31, 2014 (UNAUDITED) AND DECEMBER 31, 2013

    (Amounts in millions of RUB)

                                                        As of March 31,  As of December 31,
                                                               2014              2013
    CURRENT ASSETS:
    Cash and cash equivalents                                  37,207             30,612
    Short-term investments                                     39,073             14,633
    Trade receivables, net                                     30,614             34,554
    Accounts receivable, related parties                        1,183                965
    Inventory and spare parts                                   7,476              8,498
    VAT receivable                                              6,245              6,651
    Prepaid expenses and other current assets                  20,328             20,763
    Total current assets                                      142,126            116,676

    PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT                             261,467            270,660

    INTANGIBLE ASSETS                                          73,798             74,329

    INVESTMENTS IN AND ADVANCES TO ASSOCIATES                  13,486             13,393

    OTHER INVESTMENTS                                           3,960              4,392

    OTHER NON CURRENT ASSETS                                    8,021              6,074

    Total assets                                              502,858            485,524

    CURRENT LIABILITIES
    Trade accounts payable                                     20,738             23,864
    Accrued expenses and other current liabilities             55,866             49,619
    Accounts payable, related parties                           3,112              3,315
    Current portion of long-term debt, capital lease
    obligations                                                25,046             25,064
    Total current liabilities                                 104,762            101,862

    LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
    Long-term debt, capital lease obligations                 196,605            194,084
    Deferred income taxes                                      23,587             21,202
    Deferred revenue and other long-term liabilities            9,521              9,391
    Total long-term liabilities                               229,713            224,677

    Total liabilities                                         334,475            326,539

    Redeemable noncontrolling interests                         2,932              2,932

    SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
    Total shareholders' equity attributable to the Group      161,179            151,931
    Non-redeemable noncontrolling interest                      4,272              4,122
    TOTAL SHAREHOLDERS` EQUITY                                165,451            156,053

    Total liabilities and shareholders' equity                502,858            485,524


    MOBILE TELESYSTEMS
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
    FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2014 AND 2013 (UNAUDITED)

    (Amounts in millions of RUB except per share amount)

                                                 Three months ended    Three months ended
                                                   March 31, 2014        March 31, 2013

    Net operating revenue
    Service revenue and connection fees                   91,469               87,172
    Sales of handsets and accessories                      6,093                5,683
                                                          97,562               92,854
    Operating expenses
    Cost of services                                     (20,819)             (20,252)
    Cost of handsets and accessories                      (5,342)              (4,750)
    Sales and marketing expenses                          (5,045)              (5,166)
    General and administrative expenses                  (22,678)             (21,213)
    Depreciation and amortization expense                (18,014)             (17,770)
    Provision for doubtful accounts                       (1,059)                (508)
    Impairment of long-lived assets                            -                  (56)
    Other operating expenses                              (1,168)              (1,560)

    Net operating income                                  23,437               21,578

    Currency exchange and transaction loss                (3,766)              (1,470)

    Other (expenses)/income:
    Interest income                                          958                  553
    Interest expense, net of capitalized interest         (4,173)              (4,297)
    Other income                                             576                  266
    Total other expenses, net                             (2,639)              (3,478)

    Income from continuing operations before provision
    for income taxes                                      17,032               16,629

    Provision for income taxes                            (3,792)              (3,474)

    Net income from continuing operations                 13,240               13,156

    Net income from discontinued operations                    -                   51

    Net income                                            13,240               13,207

    Less net income attributable to the noncontrolling
    interest                                                (215)                (245)

    Net income attributable to the Group                  13,025               12,963

    Other comprehensive income/(loss), net of taxes
    Currency translation adjustment                       (6,211)              (2,211)
    Unrealized gains on derivatives                        2,355                  255
    Unrecognized actuarial losses                             (5)                (152)
    Total other comprehensive loss, net of taxes          (3,861)              (2,108)
    Total comprehensive income                             9,379               11,100
    Less comprehensive income attributable to the
    noncontrolling interests                                (316)                (442)

    Comprehensive income attributable to the Group         9,064               10,657

    Weighted average number of common shares
    outstanding, in millions - basic and diluted           1,989                1,989
    Earnings per share attributable to the Group - basic
    and diluted:
    EPS from continuing operations                          6.55                 6.49
    EPS from discontinued operations                           -                 0.03
    Total EPS                                               6.55                 6.52


    MOBILE TELESYSTEMS
    CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
    FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2014 AND
    2013 (UNAUDITED)

    (Amounts in millions of RUB)

                                                     Three months ended Three months ended
                                                       March 31, 2014     March 31, 2013

    Net cash provided by operating activities -
    continuing operations                                  44,068             36,647
    Net cash used in operating activities -
    discontinued operations                                     -               (378)
    Net cash provided by operating activities              44,068             36,269

    CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
    Purchases of property, plant and equipment             (8,654)            (9,194)
    Purchases of intangible assets                         (1,437)            (3,304)
    Proceeds from sale of property, plant and
    equipment                                                 123                140
    Purchases of short-term investments                   (24,976)           (17,191)
    Proceeds from sale of short-term investments            1,984              2,656
    Net cash used in investing activities -
    continuing operations                                 (32,960)           (26,893)
    Net cash provided by investing activities -
    discontinued operations                                     -                 98
    Net cash used in investing activities                 (32,960)           (26,795)

    CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
    Repayment of notes                                     (1,819)                 -
    Notes and debt issuance cost paid                         (22)                 -
    Capital lease obligation principal paid                   (10)               (53)
    Dividends paid                                            (56)               (50)
    Proceeds from loans                                         -                  -
    Loan principal paid                                    (2,865)           (10,856)
    Other financial activities                                 23                (20)
    Net cash used in financing activities -
    continuing operations                                  (4,749)           (10,979)
    Net cash provided by/(used in) financing
    activities - discontinued operations                        -                  -
    Net cash used in financing activities                  (4,749)           (10,979)

    Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash
    equivalents                                               236                 76

    NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH
    EQUIVALENTS:                                            6,595             (1,429)

    CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, at beginning of the
    period                                                 30,612             22,014

    CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, at end of the period        37,207             20,585
    Less cash and cash equivalents from discontinued
    operations, at end of period                                -                (97)
    CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS from continuing
    operations, at end of period                           37,207             20,488

For further information, please contact in Moscow: Joshua B. Tulgan, Director, Corporate Finance & Investor Relations, Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, Tel: +7-495-223-2025, E-mail: ir@mts.ru

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