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Technology Stocks : Vodafone-Airtouch (NYSE: VOD) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MrGreenJeans who wrote (2499)	2/3/2000 10:32:00 PM
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FACTBOX-Key data on Vodafone /Mannesmann LONDON, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Germany's Mannesmann AG and Vodafone AirTouch PLC (quote from Yahoo! UK & Ireland: VOD.L) were poised to agree to merge on Thursday, ending a three-month battle for dominance of mobile communications in Europe. Following are key data on each company, taken from Reuters Securities 3000. Company Vodafone AirTouch Mannesmann AG Merged Proforma RIC (quote from Yahoo! UK & Ireland: VOD.L) Industry Telecommunications Telecoms/engineering Local currency GBP EUR Share price at Feb 2 close 3.855 325 Company Size Ownership of new company 50.5 49.5 percent percent Number of employees 12,642 116,414 129,056 Mobile phone subscribers in million, as of Q4 35.5 18.5 54.0 Shares outstanding, in bln 31.10 494.56 (31Dec99) (05Jan00) Market capitalisation 119.91 160.73 (based on Feb 2 close) (bln, GBP) (bln, EUR) Market capitalisation in $billion 192.24 163.05 355.29* Financial data for 1999 Telecommunications revenue in $billion 11.0 (est.) 4.7 15.7 Financial data first half 1999 Pre-tax profit, mln stg 277 448.42 Price/earnings ratio 202.89 170.16 Revenue, mln stg 3.194 6.395 Dividend yield 0.38% 0.19% EPS (GB pence) 0.655 0.657 Key Ratios Price/Book ratio 147.21 28.67 Return on Equity 116.07% 10.52% Return on Total Assets 20.72% 2.97% Mannesmann's German subscribers come from its 65.2 percent stake in its Mannesmann Mobilfunk GmbH unit. Its Italian subscribers come from its 55.1 percent stake in Omnitel Pronto Italia SpA. Mannesmann owns British mobile operator Orange (quote from Yahoo! UK & Ireland: ORA.L) and Vodafone has offered to spin off Orange to avoid any EU competition regulatory hurdles. Vodafone is a pure mobile telephone company. Its merger with AirTouch of the U.S. in January created the world's largest, most diverse mobile phone operator. Vodafone AirTouch has equity stakes in 24 operators in 23 countries on five continents. Note: * Market capitalisation value for Mannesmann AG includes the company's engineering business units and not just its telecommunications division. Source: Reuters Securities 3000 Vodafone 1999 estimates from Salomon Smith Barney