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	2005	2004**	2003	2002	2001*
SHARES
Number of ordinary shares on which earnings
per share is calculated (million)	173,4	189,9	188,3	187,0	191,7
Net worth per share (cents) – tangible only	645	383	450	380	464
Net worth per share (cents) – including intangibles	834	572	612	572	470
Headline earnings per share (cents)	406,0	277,5	183,5	229,5	174,8
Basic earnings per share (cents)	409,0	251,9	156,9	198,1	173,3
Dividends per share (cents)	222,0	160,0	120,0	118,0	91,0
Dividend cover (times)	1,8	1,7	1,5	1,9	1,9
Cash flow per share (cents)	370,9	353,2	417,7	187,7	187,9
Ordinary shares in issue (million) (net of treasury shares)	174,4	171,8	188,8	187,3	186,9
Number of transactions – JSE	20 938	13 452	11 308	12 765	9 245
Number of shares traded (million)	92,7	94,9	76,4	76,4	67,0
Value of shares traded (R million)	3 473,0	2 129,5	1 380,4	1 438,2	969,2
Number of shares traded as a percentage
of issued shares	47,9	49,7	37,1	37,4	32,9
Market price per share (cents)
– year-end	4 230	2 790	1 710	1 860	1 615
– highest	4 400	2 900	2 230	2 220	1 850
– lowest	2 600	1 695	1 560	1 610	980
Earnings yield (%) at year-end	9,6	10,0	10,7	12,3	10,8
Dividend yield (%) at year-end	5,2	5,7	7,0	6,3	5,6
Price: earnings ratio (times) at year-end	10,4	10,1	9,3	8,1	9,2
Market capitalisation (net of treasury shares)
(R million) at year-end	7 376	4 792	3 228	3 482	3 018
JSE actuaries electronics sector index
at 30 September	7 851	5 328	3 852	3 887	3 727
(adjusted base 2001 = 3727)
OTHER
Number of employees	5 320	5 169	4 918	4 318	4 148
Revenue per employee (R000)	1 323	1 209	1 241	1 173	1 020
Operating profit per employee (R000)	170	136	124	109	91
Wealth created per employee (R000)	404	409	335	312	297
Employment cost per employee (R000)	161	149	142	130	118

	2005	2004**	2003	2002	2001*
PROFITABILITY, ASSET MANAGEMENT,
LIQUIDITY AND LEVERAGE
EBITDA as a percentage of revenue (%)	13,7	13,0	11,7	11,1	10,1
Operating margin (%)	12,9	11,2	10,0	9,3	9,0
Net asset turn (times)	8,4	7,6	6,8	5,9	5,2
Return on ordinary shareholders' funds (%)	57,8	49,3	31,0	44,1	37,3
Return on net operating assets (%)	117,2	99,6	63,5	70,0	57,4
Return on net operating assets excluding
investments in associates (%)	120,3	96,7	78,4	71,5	57,7
Taxation (excluding STC on the share
buyback in 2004) as a percentage of
profit before taxation
(excluding abnormal items) (%)	33,4	36,4	34,4	34,9	33,2
Total liabilities to total shareholders' funds (%)	172,6	197,5	179,8	177,4	145,2
Net borrowings to total shareholders' funds (%)	7,1	3,2	32,8	47,5	3,4
Current ratio	1,8	1,3	1,6	1,6	1,5
Interest cover (times)	41,8	69,4	12,1	25,5	34,3

*	The 2001 statistics have been restated to take account of the change of accounting policies adopted on 1 October 2001 of depreciating all properties and accounting for dividends in the period that the declaration takes place.
**	The 2004 statistics have been restated to take account of the effect of reversing the debtors recourse guarantee provision (refer to note 33 to the annual financial statements) and the transfer of negative goodwill to accumulated profit (refer to note 12 to the annual financial statements).