Notes to the cash flow statements
for the year ended 30 September 2017
| Company | Group | ||||||||||
| 2017 | 2016 | (R'million) | 2017 | 2016 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Cash operating income/(loss) | ||||||||||
| Operating income/(loss) before abnormal items and impairment | |||||||||||
| (14,8) | (1,8) | - Continuing operations | 4 524,0 | 4 154,1 | |||||||
| - Discontinued operations | 14,0 | – | |||||||||
| Proceeds on claims included in abnormal items | 114,1 | – | |||||||||
| Add back: | |||||||||||
| Depreciation | 562,4 | 558,8 | |||||||||
| Share-based payment expenses | 110,3 | 88,9 | |||||||||
| Provision for post-retirement medical aid | 46,9 | 22,9 | |||||||||
| Amortisation | 11,4 | 11,9 | |||||||||
| Loss on disposal of plant, equipment and vehicles | 5,0 | 0,2 | |||||||||
| 4,5 | 1,2 | Other non-cash items | – | – | |||||||
| (10,3) | (0,6) | Cash operating income/(loss) | 5 388,1 | 4 836,8 | |||||||
| B | Working capital changes | ||||||||||
| Decrease/(increase) in inventories | 911,6 | (518,7) | |||||||||
| 11,6 | 9,1 | (Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables | (355,9) | (282,0) | |||||||
| 7,0 | (0,7) | Increase/(decrease) in trade and other payables | 111,9 | 196,7 | |||||||
| 18,6 | 8,4 | Working capital changes | 667,6 | (604,0) | |||||||
| C | Taxation paid | ||||||||||
| 10,7 | – | Amounts (payable)/receivable at beginning of the year, net | (73,5) | (38,9) | |||||||
| Income statement charge | |||||||||||
| (68,6) | (48,1) | - Continuing operations | (1 234,4) | (1 220,6) | |||||||
| - Discontinued operations | (6,7) | – | |||||||||
| (4,2) | 0,9 | Deferred tax | 74,2 | 67,1 | |||||||
| Exchange rate differences | (21,9) | 11,5 | |||||||||
| 17,0 | (10,7) | Amounts payable/(receivable) at end of the year, net | 66,4 | 73,5 | |||||||
| (45,1) | (57,9) | Total taxation paid | (1 195,9) | (1 107,4) | |||||||
| D | Dividends paid | ||||||||||
| (2 030,3) | (1 831,0) | Per statement of changes in equity | (1 808,6) | (1 629,9) | |||||||
| Dividends paid to outside shareholders | (25,5) | (31,2) | |||||||||
| (2 030,3) | (1 831,0) | Total dividends paid | (1 834,1) | (1 661,1) | |||||||
| E | Purchase of property, plant and equipment | ||||||||||
| Replacement | (457,1) | (638,9) | |||||||||
| Expansion | (461,9) | (306,5) | |||||||||
| (919,0) | (945,4) | ||||||||||
| F | Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of the year | ||||||||||
| 282,1 | 127,1 | Cash resources | 737,0 | 1 051,6 | |||||||
| – | – | Short-term borrowings regarded as cash and cash equivalents | (1 612,0) | (3 178,4) | |||||||
| 282,1 | 127,1 | (875,0) | (2 126,8) | ||||||||
| G | Cash and cash equivalents at end of the year | ||||||||||
| 346,4 | 282,1 | Cash resources | 1 221,4 | 737,0 | |||||||
| – | – | Short-term borrowings regarded as cash and cash equivalents | (735,1) | (1 612,0) | |||||||
| 346,4 | 282,1 | 486,3 | (875,0) | ||||||||