annual report 2007

Annual Financial
Statement

Segmental reporting – Annexure B
for the period ended 30 June 2007

BUSINESS SEGMENTS

For management purposes, the group is organised into two main operating segments, an industrial segment and a consumer segment. These segments are based on the nature of the customer and form the basis on which the group reports its primary segment information.

Segment information about these businesses is presented below:

Period ended 30 June 2007        
            Total  
  External Operating     Total liabilities Capital
  revenue profit Depreciation Impairments assets (excl SARS) expenditure
  Rm Rm Rm Rm Rm Rm Rm
Industrial 3 027,4 246,7 50,2 3,4 1 567,6 693,0 135,3
Consumer 2 214,5 93,5 14,7 0,3 918,7 341,6 46,8
Other 0,3 (3,8) 0,7 - 21,7 256,3 0,3
Intra-group – 2,1 – - (118,3) (96,3) –
  5 242,2 338,5 65,6 3,7 2 389,7 1 194,6 182,4
Year ended 31 December 2005        
Industrial 1 792,4 160,2 32,6 - 1 238,2 480,2 132,5
Consumer 1 180,9 54,0 9,2 0,8 617,8 149,4 30,9
Other 1,8 20,8 0,4 - 24,7 101,2 1,8
Intra-group – (9,5) – - (132,4) (43,0) –
  2 975,1 225,5 42,2 0,8 1 748,3 687,8 165,2

Prior year figures have been restated to reflect the effects of the adoption of Circular 9/2006 and the change in treatment of biological assets (note 39).

The impairments in the industrial segment relates to the impairment of certain redundant plant and machinery in the leather tanning division.