November 19, 2001
A U D I T E D   R E S U L T S   F O R   T H E   Y E A R   E N D E D   
3 0   S E P T E M B E R
Highlights  
Income statement  
Segmental analysis  
Cash flow information  
Balance sheet 
Supplementary information  
Statement of changes in equity  
Review of results 
Review of operations  
Prospects  
Dividend

Group income statement        
   
2001 
2000 
% 
 
Notes
R million 
R million 
change 
Revenue   4 229,8  3 340,1  27 

Operating profit 1 381,5  275,5  38 
Net interest and dividend income 2 59,1  58,8 

Profit before abnormal items   440,6  334,3  32 
Abnormal items     77,4   

Profit before taxation   440,6  411,7   
Taxation   145,6  114,0   

Profit after taxation   295,0  297,7   
Share of associate companies' profits 2 81,8  73,8  11 

Profit after tax including associate companies   376,8  371,5   
Earnings attributable to outside shareholders        
in subsidiaries   42,4  4,3   

Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders        
in Reunert Limited   334,4  367,2   

Basic earnings per share (cents) 4 174,4  180,3   
Diluted earnings per share (cents) 4 172,0  178,6   
Headline earnings per share (cents) 5 176,0  140,7  25 
Diluted headline earnings per share (cents) 5 173,6  139,4  25 
Dividends per ordinary share (cents)   91,0  76,0  20 
Taxation rate excluding abnormal items (%)   33,1  34,1   
Operating profit as a % of turnover   9,0  8,2   

Note 1        
Operating profit        
Operating profit is stated after charging:        
– Cost of sales   3 036,6  2 432,4   
– Other income   (9,6) (25,0)  
– Other expenses   777,5  620,5   
– Depreciation   41,5  36,7   
– Amortisation of goodwill   2,3  –   

Note 2        
Net interest and dividend income        
Interest received   64,5  77,0   
­ from RC&C Finance Company   32,1  56,9   
­ external   32,4  20,1   
Interest paid   (13,1) (33,4)  
Dividend income other than from associates   7,7  15,2   

Total   59,1  58,8   

Dividend income from associates included in        

share of associate companies' profits

  70,9 47,6   

Note 3

       

Accounting policies

       

Reunert has adopted South African Statements of Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (SA GAAP) which have become effective during the current financial year. This has resulted in changes of accounting policies, requiring the restatement of the comparative figures for 2000. The main change involves the consolidation of RC&C Finance Company (Pty) Limited which was previously equity accounted as an associate company.

Had the new policies been used in 2000 the group's
attributable earnings and retained income would not
have been affected.

The group's accounting policies are in accordance with SA GAAP and, except for the above changes, are consistent with those of the prior year.

     

Note 4        
Basic earnings per share and diluted earnings per share      
The earnings used to determine both basic earnings per      
share and diluted earnings per share are the earnings      
attributable to ordinary shareholders in Reunert      
Limited (Rm) 334,4  367,2   
       
The weighted average number of shares in issue used      
to determine basic earnings per share and headline      
earnings per share (millions of shares) 191,7  203,7   
       
Adjusted by the dilutive effect of unexercised share      
options available to executives employed in the group      
(millions of shares) 2,7  1,9   

Weighted average number of shares used to determine      
diluted earnings per share and diluted headline earnings      
per share (note 5) (millions of shares) 194,4  205,6   

Note 5        
Headline earnings per share and diluted headline
earnings per share
     

Headline earnings per share and diluted headline earnings per share have been calculated using the weighted average number of shares in issue as detailed in note 4.

Headline earnings are determined by eliminating the effect of capital items in attributable earnings as follows:

     
Earnings attributable to ordinary shareholders   334,4  367,2   
Capital profit on disposal of businesses     (89,0)  
Other (net)   3,0  8,3   

Headline earnings   337,4  286,5   

Note 6        
RC&C Finance Company accounts receivable        
Collectable within one year   278,0  302,9   
Collectable after one year   467,1  448,7   

    745,1  751,6   

 

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