Reconciliation of headline earnings with net earnings
International Financial Reporting Standards Basis
Figures are in millions unless otherwise stated
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December
2008 |
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September
2008 |
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December
2007 |
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December
2008 |
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September
2008 |
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December
2007 |
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Net earnings |
483.1 |
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39.2 |
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1,938.0 |
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54.2 |
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5.2 |
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281.1 |
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(Profit)/loss on sale of investments |
(1.6) |
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0.9 |
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(1,414.7) |
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(0.2) |
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0.1 |
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(204.1) |
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Taxation effect on sale of investments |
- |
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- |
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- |
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- |
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(0.1) |
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- |
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Loss/(profit) on sale of assets |
2.9 |
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(1.9) |
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(1.9) |
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0.3 |
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(0.2) |
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(0.4) |
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Taxation effect on sale of assets |
(0.3) |
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0.7 |
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8.3 |
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- |
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- |
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1.2 |
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Impairment of assets/other |
- |
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- |
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(77.1) |
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0.3 |
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- |
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(10.7) |
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Headline earnings |
484.1 |
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38.9 |
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455.5 |
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54.6 |
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5.0 |
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67.1 |
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Headline earnings per share – cents |
74 |
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6 |
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70 |
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8 |
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1 |
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10 |
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Based on headline earnings as given above divided by 653,341,082 for December 2008 (September 2008 – 653,241,161 and December 2007 – 652,412,191) being the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue. |
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