| 6 months to | 6 months to | Year to | |||||
| 29 February 2008 | 28 February 2007 | % | 31 August 2007 | ||||
| R’000 | Note | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | change | (audited) | ||
| Continuing operations | |||||||
| Revenue | 5 878 718 | 5 214 863 | 12.7 | 10 529 632 | |||
| Turnover | 5 640 981 | 4 989 120 | 13.1 | 10 051 373 | |||
| Cost of merchandise sold | (4 518 413) | (4 038 332) | 11.9 | (8 153 049) | |||
| Gross profit | 1 122 568 | 950 788 | 18.1 | 1 898 324 | |||
| Other income | 226 634 | 220 657 | 2.7 | 462 393 | |||
| Expenses | (1 049 267) | (911 029) | 15.2 | (1 866 889) | |||
| Depreciation and amortisation | (46 410) | (38 620) | 20.2 | (81 587) | |||
| Occupancy costs | (152 091) | (138 978) | 9.4 | (284 605) | |||
| Employment costs | (490 060) | (421 789) | 16.2 | (891 262) | |||
| Other costs | (360 706) | (311 642) | 15.7 | (609 435) | |||
| Profit/(loss) on disposal of property, plant and equipment | 18 806 | (812) | 29 402 | ||||
| Profit on disposal of business | 1 244 | – | – | ||||
| Goodwill impairment | – | – | (250) | ||||
| Operating profit before financing costs | 319 985 | 259 604 | 23.3 | 522 980 | |||
| Net financing costs | (16 406) | (22 216) | (26.2) | (38 827) | |||
| Financial income | 11 103 | 5 086 | 15 866 | ||||
| Financial expense | (27 509) | (27 302) | (54 693) | ||||
| Profit before taxation | 303 579 | 237 388 | 27.9 | 484 153 | |||
| Income tax expense | (82 300) | (64 825) | 27.0 | (129 965) | |||
| Profit for the period from continuing operations | 221 279 | 172 563 | 28.2 | 354 188 | |||
| Discontinued operations | |||||||
| Profit for the period from discontinued operations | 1 | 33 681 | 13 601 | 26 320 | |||
| Total profit for the period | 254 960 | 186 164 | 380 508 | ||||
| Headline earnings | |||||||
| Total profit for the period | 254 960 | 186 164 | 37.0 | 380 508 | |||
| Adjustments for | |||||||
| Profit/(loss) on disposal of property, plant and equipment | (16 237) | 1 383 | (23 836) | ||||
| Profit on disposal of business | (28 742) | – | – | ||||
| Goodwill impairment | – | – | 250 | ||||
| Headline earnings | 209 981 | 187 547 | 12.0 | 356 922 | |||
| Headline earnings per share (cents) | 68.6 | 54.7 | 25.4 | 106.1 | |||
| Diluted headline earnings per share (cents) | 67.8 | 53.9 | 25.8 | 103.0 | |||
| Earnings per share (cents) | 83.3 | 54.3 | 53.4 | 113.2 | |||
| Diluted earnings per share (cents) | 82.4 | 53.5 | 54.0 | 109.9 | |||
| Distributions per share (cents) | |||||||
| Proposed/paid – June | 18.8 | 15.0 | 25.3 | 15.0 | |||
| Paid – December | 33.2 | ||||||