Annual financial statements

Income statements

for the year ended 30 September 2018

Company     Group
2018  Reclass*
2017 
(R'million) Notes  2018  2017    
Continuing operations 
2 026,9  2 025,5  Revenue  2  28 473,9  31 297,9    
Cost of sales  (19 229,5) (20 856,4)   
2 026,9  2 025,5  Gross profit  9 244,4  10 441,5    
Sales and distribution expenses  (3 675,8) (3 596,4)   
Marketing expenses  (844,7) (771,4)   
(12,8) (14,8) Other operating expenses  (1 485,1) (1 549,7)   
2 014,1  2 010,7  Operating income before impairments and abnormal items  3  3 238,8  4 524,0    
(245,0) (250,0) Impairments  5  (261,6) (559,9)   
616,0  99,0  Abnormal items  6  (422,1) (23,4)   
2 385,1  1 859,7  Operating income after impairments and abnormal items  2 555,1  3 940,7    
115,2  149,1  Net (finance costs)/finance income  7  (34,2) (209,9)   
Investment income  2,5  3,3    
Income from associated companies  14  730,7  533,3    
2 500,3  2 008,8  Profit before taxation  3 254,1  4 267,4    
(43,9) (68,6) Taxation  8  (837,0) (1 234,4)   
2 456,4  1 940,2  Profit for the year from continuing operations  2 417,1  3 033,0    
   Discontinued operations    
Profit for the year from discontinued operations  33  14,2  105,0    
Profit for the year  2 431,3  3 138,0    
Attributable to: 
2 456,4  1 940,2  Owners of the parent  2 401,1  3 119,3    
Continuing operations  2 390,2  3 011,0    
Discontinued operations  10,9  108,3    
Non-controlling interest  30,2  18,7    
Continuing operations  26,9  22,0    
Discontinued operations  3,3  (3,3)   
2 456,4  1 940,2  2 431,3  3 138,0    
Basic earnings per ordinary share (cents) 1 457,7  1 914,9    
Continuing operations  1 451,1  1 848,4    
Discontinued operations  6,6  66,5    
Diluted basic earnings per ordinary share (cents) 1 451,2  1 877,3    
Continuing operations  1 444,6  1 812,1    
Discontinued operations  6,6  65,2    
Headline earnings per share is disclosed in note 9. 
* As part of the annual assessment of all disclosure and presentation, the company has restated its income statement to reflect investment income as revenue. This change better presents the operations of the company. The presentation of the comparative figures has therefore been adjusted to conform to this presentation of the current period. This is for the company only.