Salient features
Trading profit grew by
19.8% to
R4.0 billion
Trading profit margin
improved 81bps to
9.2%
Strong balance sheet
maintained with
1.1x net debt/EBITDA
Operational cash
generated up 32.7%, to
R5.5 billion
Normalised HEPS of
610.9 cents
per share
ROFE up to
24.8%
Unchanged interim
dividend of
282 cents
per share
Acquired UK's number 1
hygiene business, PHS, for
GBP495
million