Reconciliation of headline earnings with net earnings
International Financial Reporting Standards Basis
Figures are in millions unless otherwise stated
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Quarter |
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Year to date |
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Net earnings |
1,100.4 |
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899.9 |
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1,215.6 |
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Profit on sale of investments |
- |
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- |
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(63.8) |
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- |
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(88.2) |
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Taxation effect on sale of investments |
- |
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- |
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6.9 |
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- |
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6.9 |
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Loss/(profit) on sale of assets |
2.4 |
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1.3 |
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(0.5) |
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3.7 |
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(1.4) |
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Taxation effect on sale of assets |
(0.3) |
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(0.3) |
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- |
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(0.6) |
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0.3 |
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Impairment of investments |
- |
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196.6 |
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197.9 |
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Headline earnings |
1,101.4 |
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1,039.1 |
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1,331.1 |
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Headline earnings per share – cents |
176 |
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153 |
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147 |
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329 |
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189 |
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Based on headline earnings as given above divided by 721,981,479 (March 2011 – 720,785,806 and June 2010 – 705,826,038) being the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue. |
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