It attributed the loss to the net interest expense of RM15.02 million and depreciation and amortisation of RM60.76 million, which it stressed are significant expenses normally experienced by a telecommunications operator which is highly capital intensive in nature.
22.
The group also contended with much higher amortisation and depreciation charges and an increase of $ 227.6 million in interest charges to $ 1.09 billion in the last quarter of 1997 as a result of the Asian financial turmoil.
23.
It was also attributed to the net interst expense of RM26.01 million and depreciation and amortisation of RM111.95 million which are significant expenses normally experienced in the initial years by a telecommunications operator which is highly capital intensive in nature.
24.
In order to settle them Jerusalem's Evangelical congregation of German language stepped in, which netted its holdings of similar amount with the afore-mentioned bank with the cemetery's debts, thus defraying its share in the debt amortisation.
25.
The sales proceeds had to cover the amortisation and servicing of the debts; a share for the Holy See, for allowing this exploitation of the believers; the expenditure paid from the Hohenzollerns own pockets; and the charges involved with the sales.
26.
The immediate effects of amortisation are leaner bottomlines, a smaller earnings per share ( EPS ) and higher price earnings ratio which, according to analysts, will be more acute in companies without amortisation policies and those which have not written off the sum.
27.
The immediate effects of amortisation are leaner bottomlines, a smaller earnings per share ( EPS ) and higher price earnings ratio which, according to analysts, will be more acute in companies without amortisation policies and those which have not written off the sum.
28.
"' Amortization "'( or "'amortisation "'; see spelling differences ) is the process of reducing, or accounting for, an amount ( usually a financial debt ) over a period according to a plan.
29.
At the group level, the RM9.5 million reduction was attributed to the accelerated amortisation of unrealised loss on variation of currency exchange rates due to the extension of the group's US $ 250 million ( US $ 1 RM3.78 ) loan.
30.
Consolidated operating profit before tax, minority interest and extraordinary items, interest on borrowings, depreciation and amortisation at company's level was RM3.84 million or up 297.41 per cent from the RM967, 000 achieved in the first half of last year.
