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