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Headline earnings and core headline earnings

The net effect of the above is that core headline earnings grew by 38% for the period to R3,9 billion. The “Calculation of Headline and Core Headline Earnings” is detailed in the table below:
     
CALCULATION OF HEADLINE AND CORE HEADLINE EARNINGS    
  Year ended 
31 March 2008 
R’m 
Year ended 
31 March 2007 
R’m 
Net profit attributable to shareholders 3 418  1 999 
Adjusted for:  
– impairment of goodwill and other assets 48  114 
– profit on sale of property, plant and equipment (15) (8)
– discontinuance of operations 82  — 
– gain on loan settlement (87) — 
– loss on sale of investments 512  279 
– impairment of equity-accounted investments 348  176 
  4 306  2 560 
Total tax effects of adjustments (486) (4)
Total minority interest of adjustments (14)
Headline earnings 3 806  2 560 
Discontinued operations (258) (157)
Headline earnings from continuing operations 3 548  2 403 
Headline earnings 3 806  2 560 
Adjusted for:  
– creation of deferred tax assets (244) (30)
– treasury-settled share schemes charge 47  42 
– amortisation of intangible assets 410  173 
– fair value adjustments and currency translation differences (71) 109 
Core headline earnings 3 948  2 854 
Discontinued operations 48  (26)
Core headline earnings from continuing operations 3 996  2 828 
As regularly reported to shareholders, the board remains of the view that core headline earnings is an appropriate measure of the sustainable operating performance of the group, as it adjusts for non-recurring and non-operational items.
 
 
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