Audited Abridged Consolidated Annual Financial Results for the year ended 29 February 2008
 
  • Revenue ↑ 22%
  • Operating profit ↑17%
  • Headline earnings per share ↑ 23%
  • Dividend ↑ 20%
  • Strong balance sheet

Media Release: Altech profits up 23%

 
 

Income statements   |   Balance sheets   |   Statement of changes in equity
Cash flow statement   |   Segmental Analysis   |   Supplementary information
Message to our shareholders

Abridged income statements    

Figures in R million

         
    2008   2007
%        
Change   (Audited)   (Audited)
         
         
Revenue            22  

 8,242

 

    6,780

   

 

 

 

Operating profit before     

 

 

 

impairment and capital items            17  

      664

 

         568

Investment income    

   98

 

      79

Finance costs    

     (21)

 

    (6)

Goodwill impaired    

    (86)

 

                       -  

Capital items (Note 1)    

                       (1)

 

      (7)

Profit before taxation    

 654

 

 634

Taxation    

  (219)

 

 (211)

Profit after taxation    

      435

 

      423

   

 

 

 

Attributable to minority shareholders    

     26

 

  22

Attributable to ordinary shareholders    

       409

 

   401

   

 435

 

  423

   

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share (cents)    

421

 

 410

Diluted basic earnings per share (cents)    

    406

 

   398

Dividend per share - paid (cents)    

    240

 

 209

Special dividend per share - paid (cents)    

                         -

 

   100

Dividend per share - declared (cents)    

 

 

   240

Weighted average number of ordinary shares in     

 

 

 

in issue (millions)    

97.040

 

97.763

           
         
Headline earnings per share (cents)            23  

        511

 

        414

Diluted headline earnings per share (cents)            21  

     493

 

       406

         
Notes:          
         
1.      Capital items            
      Loss on disposal property,plant and equipment    

                      (1)

 

    (1)

      Divisional closure cost    

                       -  

 

   (5)

      Discontinuing operations    

                       -  

 

         (1)

   

                       (1)

 

      (7)

        

 

 

 

2.      Reconciliation between earnings and            
headline earnings           
Attributable to ordinary shareholders    

 409

 

    401

Capital items   -  gross    

                        1

 

         7

Goodwill impaired    

 86

 

      -

Tax effect of above adjustments    

                         -

 

       (2)

Minority interest    

                         -

 

       (1)

         Headline earnings    

                     496

 

                     405

         
         
         
3. The Altech group's auditors,PKF (Jhb) Inc., have audited these year-end results. Their unqualified audit  report is available for inspection at the company's registered office during normal office hours. These results have been prepared in terms of International Financing Reporting Standards, the Companies Act, 1973 and the JSE listing requirements. The group accounting policies have not changed from the prior year.
         
4. The annual financial results have been prepared in terms of IAS 34 - "Interm Financial Reporting"    
         
5. Headline Earnings per Share has been calculated in terms of the new circular 8/2007 Headline Earnings, which was issued in July 2007. The effect of the change is that the comparitive figure has decreased from 418 to 414 as a result of the closure cost not being a headline earnings adjustment under the new circular.