SIX-YEAR STATISTIC REVIEW


  31 Dec
2005

IFRS
  31 Dec
2004
Restated
IFRS
  31 Dec
2003

(8 months)
SA GAAP
  30 April
2003


SA GAAP
  30 April
2002


SA GAAP
  30 April
2001


SA GAAP
 
Ratios and statistics                        
Profitability                        
Operating profit as percentage of revenue (%) 7,60   7,35   3,68   (8,28)   2,84   (7,76)  
Net profit as percentage of revenue (%) 6,55   12,51   1,31   (10,52)   0,65   (10,12)  
Return on equity (%)1 22,98   117,33   14,36   (67,84)   4,46   (43,25)  
Leverage                        
Interest-bearing debt to equity (%)2 22,0   20,70   34,31   277,20   91,37   154,56  
Debt to equity (%)3 51,78   63,72   52,16   580,42   159,98   216,22  
Liquidity                        
Current ratio4 1,8   1,8   2,0   1,0   1,2   1,1  
Interest cover (times)5 11,7   13,3   (1,4)   3,6   (1,3)   3,2  
Productivity                        
Total assets turn 1,7   1,2   1,7   2,9   2,4   2,1  
Number of employees 4 681   5 272   1 689   1 921   2 153   3 177  
Assets per employee (R) 374 471   293 160   211 485   210 332   222 447   189 107  
Revenue per employee (R) 640 440   362 647   365 023   603 002   542 556   404 326  
Share statistics                        
Number of shares in issue (000) 423 266   418 720   168 120   28 020   28 020   28 020  
Weighted average number of shares issued (000) 421 477   293 412   34 882   28 020   28 020   28 020  
Headline earnings/(loss) per share (cents)6 46,1   33,8   24,9   (311,6)   43,2   (364,0)  
Earnings/(loss) per share (cents)7 46,6   81,5   23,13   (434,93)   26,87   (464,76)  
Distribution per share (cents) 12   5          
Net asset value per share (cents)8 246,8   204,0   121,2   200,5   641,2   602,76  
Total number of shares traded (million) 208,4   40,7   10,84   0,25   0,27   0,21  
Total value of shares traded (Rm) 719,7   83,7   1,85   0,54   0,79   0,76  
Market price at year end (cents) 375   300   100   220   220   180  
– highest closing price (cents) 415   305   300   380   500   700  
– lowest closing price (cents) 293   50   100   100   140   140  
Market capitalisation at year end (Rm) 1 587   1 256   168   62   62   50  
Price to earnings ratio9 8,13   8,87   4,02   (0,71)   5,09   (0,49)  


 Definitions


1
  

Return on equity

Net profit/(loss) divided by opening equity.
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Headline earnings/(loss) per share

Headline earnings/(loss) per share divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue.
2
  

Interest-bearing debt to equity

Net interest-bearing borrowings divided by closing equity.
  7

Earnings/(loss) per share

Profit/(loss) after taxation divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue.
3
  

Ratio of debt to equity

The ratio of total liabilities net of cash resources to equity.
  8

Net asset value per share

Shareholders’ interest, including intangible assets, divided by the number of shares in issue.
4
  

Current ratio

The ratio of current assets to current liabilities.
  9

Price-to-earnings ratio

Market price per share at year-end divided by headline earnings per share.
5
  

Interest cover

The number of times that net finance costs are covered by operating income.